《地球百子》是一部集动作与科幻于一体，并且即将播出第三季的CW剧集。这部剧设定为核灾难导致全球灭亡，所有人类被迫进入太空站生存，100年后，一群年轻人被送回了地球以探寻地球是否已经恢复了生存的环境，是否已从之前他们抛下的贫瘠环境中复苏了过来。第二季中，空间站，也就是方舟上剩下的人也回到了地球，同时之前第一批回到地球的少年们要么被囚禁在韦瑟山，要么就被卷入了与当初留在地球上却幸存下来的地表人的战争当中。

　　虽然它时常被诟病为偶像剧，但是《地球百子》还涉及到了很多及其复杂的政治和道德问题，并且在推动角色们转向黑暗面，跨过模糊的道德界限的时候从来都极为大胆。尤其是在第三季当中在Clarke(Eliza Taylor饰演)，Bellamy(Bob Morley饰演)和Monty(Christopher Larkin)对韦瑟山的处置态度上，这部剧设定的更为坚决，留下了几百个男人女人甚至孩子在那等死。而第一次透露出的预告和宣传照就已经展示出了方舟人员和地表人之间的战争的苗头，而最新的剧情透露则证实了这一点，战争是不可避免的。

　　这个CW新透露的预告让大家看到Clarke仍旧被她之前的行为所困扰着，对其感到深深的罪恶感和内疚。Lincoln和Kane也都回到了他们那个以之前打算自我牺牲的Jaha为名的Jaha营地，他们与Abby和Bellamy都暗示着这会儿他们与地表人之间的和平只是大战之前的短暂序幕。已知的那些情节向我们展示了满满的丰富情感，其中有残酷的战斗，有Clarke身上即将发生的新的浪漫恋情的闪现，还有Jasper(Devon Bostick饰演)绝望地挣扎着想从失去Maya的痛苦中解脱出来。在这么多条感情线的发展下，第三季的标题“渴望和平，准备战争”显得异常的合适。

　　第三季将会对地表人所生活着的世界进行更为仔细的探寻，揭示更多的细节，Clarke和其他方舟的成员将会向山外和他们的飞船外的地界进行拓展。虽然这部剧一直在努力地建立自己的一个科幻体系和传统形式，但是地球的大部分地域以及地球上的居民们对观众来说仍然是一个谜，大家都迫切地等着方舟的成员们进行更大范围地探索。据Alycia Debnam，也就是《行尸之惧》当中的Carey，也就是本剧中深受粉丝喜爱的女王Lexa所说：

　　“第三季当中我最喜欢的部分就是我们可以对地表人的世界进行更为深入的了解 – 比如他们的政治，他们的文化，他们的神圣的历史，还有在世界大变的时候他们是怎么适应那一切的。”

　　另外，看样子这部剧可能又要回到它一开始比较注重“硬科幻”的设定了，第二季中它因为方舟成员们都离开了空间站，所以主要的重点是放在地球上的各种斗争上，但是直到季末，Jaha快要发现人工智能设施了，这应该就是一个要重启科幻元素的征兆。同样，据执行制作人Jason Rothenberg所说：

　　“这一季我们将会对这部剧的起始点有一个全方位的展示。并且在营地内部的矛盾也不会终止，再加上会有一个新的种族成员出场，将会将现有的平衡所打破，造成极大的混乱，并且加剧内部矛盾。”

　　这部剧将大批量的演员和对创意的运用很好地结合在了一起，并且也穿插了一些接地气的动作情节使观众能够对这些均有很大发展空间的角色们感到满意。虽然大家对下一季的期待已经很高了，制作者们仍然还在理顺一些想要加入其中的阴谋诡计，看样子《地球百子》将会给我们带来非常复杂，振奋人心，直击心脏的精彩一季了。

　　《地球百子》第三季将会在美国1月21日，周四晚9点CW台播出。

　　The 100 is an action/sci-fi series heading into season 3 on The CW. Set nearly 100 years after a nuclear apocalypse forced mankind into space stations to survive, the story follows a group of teenagers who were sent to back to Earth only to find it survivable, and not as abandoned as they once thought. Season 2 saw the rest of the space dwellers — called Arkers — returning to Earth, while the original teenagers were either held captive in Mount Weather or locked in battle with another band of survivors known as Grounders.

　　Though it’s often framed as a teen drama, The 100 deals with incredibly complex political and ethical issues and never flinches at pushing its characters into dark, morally ambiguous places. Season 3 looks to be every bit as gritty, as it deals with the fallout from Clarke (Eliza Taylor), Bellamy (Bob Morley) and Monty (Christopher Larkin) actions at Mount Weather that left hundreds of men, women, and children dead. The first preview and promotional photos showed the war brewing between the Arkers and Grounders and the most recent trailer confirms it: war is inevitable.

　　The CW has released a new trailer (above) which finds Clarke still reeling from, and hunted for, her actions. Lincoln and Kane are back at Camp Jaha with Abby and Bellamy, both hinting at the peace between the Grounders and the Arkers being merely a short lived prelude to war. The quick trailer is packed with emotional points: brutal fighting, flashes of romance between Clarke and a new (unseen) love interest, and an anguished Jasper (Devon Bostick) desperately trying to moreover from Maya’s death. With all of this going on, the season 3 tagline of “Hope for peace, prepare for war” seems incredibly appropriate.

　　Season 3 is poised to develop the world of the Grounders in greater detail, as Clarke and the rest of the Arkers explore the world beyond the mountain and their drop ship. While the show has taken pains to build its own mythology and traditions, much of Earth and its inhabitants remain a mystery to the audience, who is left to discover the world in tandem with the Arkers. According to Variety Alycia Debnam-Carey (Fear the Walking Dead), who plays fan-favorite Lexa, spoke at the TCA’s about The 100 season 3, saying:

　　“My favorite part of Season 3 is the fact that we do get to explore the world of the Grounders — their politics, their culture, their spiritual history and how it’s changed and how they adapted things from what the world used to be.”

　　It also looks like the show is getting back to its more “hard sci-fi” roots, as season 2 left the space station completely and focused more on the battles on Earth, the end of the season closed on Jaha (Isaiah Washington) discovering artificial intelligence and what might have caused the first apocalypse. Also speaking at the TCA’s executive producer Jason Rothenberg outlined what the next chapter would look like:

　　“This season we get to a pure version of where the show started. There is internal conflict at Camp Jaha — what was formerly known as Camp Jaha — and there’s a new group that comes in and really mixes things up and creates a lot of conflict internally.”

　　The show has managed to strike a fine balance between following a large ensemble cast and exploring intellectual ideals, while keeping the action grounded in well-developed characters the audience can root for. While expectations for this next season are high and they still have some smaller plot contrivance problems to smooth out, it looks like The 100 will again deliver another complicated, powerful, heart-pounding season of television.

　　The 100 season 3 premieres Thursday, January 21st, 2016 at 9pm on The CW.

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