You're equating losing Ireland with losing any of their other possessions? I can't agree with that. Ireland had long been the symbol of English imperial ambitions, and admitting that they'd lost it wasn't just part and parcel of a fluid project—it was the end of the whole project. That's a big reason why they…

My pet explanation is that the low-level radiation of space allowed the Arkers to epigenetically become resistant to radiation, rather than through inherited genetic selection.

Yes, this! "Gray area" does not mean that the characters are anti-heroes (like Vic in The Shield or Walter in Breaking Bad), it means that the characters do good things and bad things. Very few shows let their main characters fit into this mold—Buffy and Veronica Mars being significant examples. I wonder if it's…

I've believed in this show since the two-headed deer…which we never saw again, damn it!

In the first few episodes Clarke was already showing that she wasn't written traditionally, not just nagging the main male but immediately being the first person who knew how to survive on the ground (that was something I expected from the male). I agree that her full awesomeness wasn't apparent until the 3rd episode,…

Ah, in Enders Game, the justification for the genocide was based on a lie, and Ender spends the rest of his life trying to teach people how evil that action was, and atone for it.

I believe it has to be at least 15 miles, the radius of the acid fog—right?

I've always felt like the one thing this show does consistently well is show how dumb teenagers are sometimes. Though, yes, Jasper's stupidity wasn't highlighted as much as it normally is (like every time the 47 tried to fight the Mountain Men, until Bellamy showed up).

Eh, more of a village.

And this is why I'm looking forward to S3. The 100 is excellent when it comes to constantly expanding the universe of the show. Though hopefully, they write a tighter finale next season…

Goddamn, it's sad that I wish Caprica or SGU had made it, but here we are…

The funny thing about watching kids put themselves into danger is that, even when you're annoyed at them and think they're being dumb, some animal instinct takes over and you become frantic to save them. It's this weird sensation that I can't describe properly, but which makes perfect evolutionary sense.

We should also remember that the chick is straight-up crazy. SHE wanted to watch him die and be the hand that caused it. Having him get killed by Vikings in battle wasn't quite enough for her.

Um, why did they do a study where people ingested urea? Couldn't they just put pee on some wounds, instead?

No, no, no…the weirdest urea!

Anderson Cooper says in the beginning of the movie that the robots are invented in 2016. The events of the film thus take place in either 2016 or 2017. I guess you could have meant in your comment that Blomkamp imagines that one year from now things get really dirty, but I think it makes more logical sense to…

I disagree. Losing Ireland signaled the death knell. After WWI, the Brits had trouble in almost all their Asian colonies and were slowly losing the ability to exert control. They were spinning off Canada and Australia. As Dik says, the trend began before WWII, though I agree that WWII finally ended old-style…

I'm on the fence, really. On the one hand, this show does a better job than 90% of sci-fi when it comes to time travel logic. OTOH, the movie 12 Monkeys was the best time travel movie of all time, so this show always suffers in comparison when it comes to time travel logic.

Ha! I can't argue with that. Though I didn't hate Yolandi in this. Ninja…I could've done without Ninja.

I find it amazing that people assume the FBI is always competent. Remember Waco? I have to hope that was incompetence, because if it were planned, then that's even worse.