The science fiction series “The 100 ": Human Choices and His Repeated Sins

 

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The 100 series, which the last part ended this year, does not seem just a work of art based on a scientific imagination aimed at achieving the greatest entertainment for the viewer, who is not attached to seducing visual effects, or multiple plots based on suspense, despite the extension of the series through its long episodes, where the time of the episode reaches about 40-60 minutes, but the importance of the series stems from its ability to criticize one of the most pivotal systems in human existence, and we mean the desire for control, or power, which appears to be part of the human journey to overcome this amount that results from a philosophical idea related to the system, and its superior ability to Hegemony, as well as the exploitation of the other, by enabling the elites to monopolize a profitable margin for their well-being, as well as the permanence of their existence by exploiting the faith that distinguishes the public towards the institution and ideology.

The 100 series, which ended in 2020, is based on a popular centrality, or widespread among film and drama makers, and we mean the Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction, as the events begin 97 years after the end of a nuclear war, as there are ( 12) A spaceship that is formed within one huge vehicle called “Ark” that roams the space on board (2400) people led by the advisor “Jaha”. On board are the survivors of humanity after the extinction, while the terrestrial colony is called (Arcadia), which refers to the connotation of harmony and purity, and it means the house of God in the mythical Greek culture.

The chain of events begins when a technical glitch prevents life on the spaceship, forcing the leaders to send a group of young people to Earth after they have been accused of offenses on the ship, knowing that there was a law stipulating that whoever commits any offense will be thrown into Space excluding children and adolescents, and thus this group is formed from the category of young outlaws, and perhaps it is noticeable here, that the philosophy of this act makes us evoke what was common in Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries of the practice of transporting criminals, fools and lepers to the colonies, or the new world to get rid of Among them, as pointed out by Michel Foucault in his analysis of the letters of madness and punishment in a number of his books.

The semantic intentions are generated when the dramatic discourse is directed within paths that seem at first glance to be based on the logic of conflict, but in fact they relate to the meaning of domination, exploitation, as well as the exercise of influence and power, and between these levels the human relationship is always at stake, as it is tested over and over again, and here remains the most pivotal To include all episodes of the series, and relate to the fateful decisions we make.. Are they produced because we desire them? Or because we have no other choice! especially when it comes to the idea of ​​survival, or survival; That is why the dialogue sentences on this matter multiply in many episodes that depend on discussing the meaning of choice, which is a deep question related to the philosophy of existence, especially when it relates to the free will of man. ? They are questions that seemed pivotal through the character of “Clark” - whose character Elisa Taylor performs and summed up her dramatic function in contrast to the significance of those questions, especially from the moment she descended on Earth to search within a collective experience to test the Earth, as a planet fit for life, after the elements of life were dissipated as a result of the war, or Nuclear weapons that wiped out all forms of normal life.

With the landing of a group of young people on the planet Earth, we witness the collision of this group with the inhabitants who survived the nuclear war, and they are called "the terrestrials." Benefiting from the blood of young people who landed on Earth, so that the mountain people can get out of a colony completely isolated from the outside, due to biological transformations as a result of the war, while there are other groups that were residing on other planets, and despite the complexity of the work, and the multiplicity of its levels, they are not It adopts a pattern or a pattern, in each of its parts, where the work is focused on confronting the other, with an attempt to search for common denominators for coexistence, and building multiple alliances to avoid man the fate of annihilation, as conflict is the center of work, and there is always a semantic sector based on the presence of a dominant elite ( authority) that controls others, based on perpetuating the illusion of exclusivity, while trying to build a loyalty system that depends on establishing the idea of ​​believing in the ability of authority or leaders to provide means of survival, in light of the exceptional circumstances that govern humanity, especially with this collective extinction of humans, where we see in every part The emergence of the model m Including Clarke and Octavia, the latter of which comes up with the idea of ​​cannibal outlaws for protein, are ensnared in an underground shelter after the second destruction of Earth.

In many of its purposes, the 100 series relies on the tendencies of betrayal, friendship, family, love and sacrifice, and the change of human values according to the situations that govern their behavior. Perhaps Clark, the heroine of the series, is a model for a leader who makes fateful decisions that may often make her question her moral authority, especially when she contributes to the elimination of many members of competing groups within the justifications for defending her people.

Among the issues that appear to be of great excitement is the last part of the idea of searching for the last phase of the cosmic end, which was believed to be the last war, but it was actually a divine test to hold man accountable for his sins, and here we see Clark and her group (friends) after This test they preferred to return to Earth as an option, but without resulting in any form of future life to reproduce, or the building of life anew as a punishment; This means that man will remain captive to the search for free will, despite the disastrous results.