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ARROW Season 3 |OT| Welcome to the New Age
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I liked that
Laurel/Roy shot. I really wish they'd put off Oliver's return for more than just one episode.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Finally.
Funky Papa
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So, uh, Ollie survived getting slashed all over his body, stabbed in the chest with a huge ass sword and dropping from a cliff on penicillin tea. Not even Lazarus Pit ex machina.
I'm all about being comic booky and wallflipping at any given chance, but that was unreasonably silly even for Arrow.
I'm all about being comic booky and wallflipping at any given chance, but that was unreasonably silly even for Arrow.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Step away Barry I got this
Hey, I have that same shirt!
But I don't look as good in it.
So they pussied out of using the lazarus pit, because being stabbed and dropping down a mountain and not dying is more believable?
Fuck these "realism" obsessed writers, especially when Flash is a reality now
Fuck these "realism" obsessed writers, especially when Flash is a reality now
time to hit the Salmon Ladder NTGYK
wtf people it seems they haven't even finished the Oliver revival ark, let them deal with it for a few episodes, we know Lazarus and Alpha & Omega exist too.
ROY LEVELED UP
ROY LEVELED UP
Jesus christ that's like super spoilers
Episode should be pretty entertaining.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Jest Chillin
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There's nothing about Slade's spec ops group that points them out as "super duper secret" at all. For all we're told, it's just an Aussie Spec Ops unit. Diggle is former Army Special Forces, who do more extensive training that regular army units. His backstory includes having his unit ambushed in Afghanistan, all of them being killed. Diggle survived by killing every single assailant. He was also considered skilled enough that Waller put him in the Suicide Squad. In-show he's absolutely a cut above and as such should be portrayed as much more skilled than Laurel or Roy (even if you consider Roy's training with Ollie as Diggle has trained with him longer).
Arrow, Malcom, Slade (pre-mirakuru), and most of the League are not super human. They do not surpass human limits. They're simply trained more than most and that training includes a strengthening of spirit and determination. Ollie's beaten people he should have lost to repeatedly, not through super human feats but through his determination and willingness to put himself on the line. I feel like you're conflating comics with the tv show only when it's convenient.
The point of my bringing up Active Duty soldier who have competed at professional levels of MMA is to point out that, these aren't even special forces soldiers. You're making statements about training that you have no context for. I mean first you say that military has very little hand-to-hand training and when I point out that that isn't at all true then you shift to saying (paraphrasing)"well they need extensive training outside of the military to hope not to lose." To even compete at a professional level you have to be in the upper echelon of the sport. And Colton Smith won The Ultimate Fighter and fought most of his professional fights without the aid of an outside training camp. He trained for those fights at the base he was stationed at, not in a professional MMA camp. These guys are not MMA fighters who happen to be Soldiers but Soldiers who happen to be MMA fighters. Being active duty means they still have day to day military responsibilities and they have to get special permission to even compete.
Members of the Special Forces go through even more training at even more extensive levels than a guy like Colton Smith would. They also train constantly (though in various areas). Whereas professional fighters go through cycles of intense training for a number of weeks in preparation for a fight and much lighter training when they don't have a fight coming up. Diggle being Special Forces puts him in the class of soldier whose skillset is wider and higher than most people on the planet. Of course comics being comics means that Heroes and Villains posses impossible skills and abilities but in regards to Arrrow as a show, Diggle's "Real World" training should still place him above nearly everyone who isn't on Mirakuru or in The League. And if Diggle's training is only "Comic Book" military, he should still be at a level comparable to Pre-Mirakuru Slade, Deadshot, or even higher considering he's been Ollie's training partner for the longest.
You can't just say "Well Diggle's training is the Real World equivalent and everyone else including Thea, Laruel, and Roy all have Comic Book equivalent training so Diggle is weakest." Not only is that a major inconsistency but it would still be inaccurate.
The pit is supposed to be something rare, not thrown around like Oliie's mom where everyone gets a dip.
The cold temp would have helped keep him alive, the fall definitely was not friendly but he has been through worse and has superb conditioning.
He would not have lasted long. It is not that insane to grasp.
Leave the Lazarus Pit to have some mystique to it.
BlackGhost
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Just started Spartacus, slade always so angry.
Freddy=Legend
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Only if Captain Cold [and his crew] is mastermind for escaping the prison.
Cold, Heat Wave, Clock King, and Vertigo.....I'd watch that. Fox needs to sign the papers to just make a new season of Prison Break a crossover spectacular.
Oh man, putting Cold in prison and casting Dom Purcell as heat wave - they *have* to be thinking about doing this
a tribute / nod I mean. And if not (
I know they've already been broken out of the police van
BKatastrophe
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Bought.
That is so mine.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
PhoncipleBone
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Is it possible to distill that much awesome and swag into a figure?
BrokenFiction
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Only until Manu appears with a Slade figure.
Phoenician_Viking
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Who is that?
BKatastrophe
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FTFY. I saw him at my local comic shop in a two-pack with Arrow Oliver.
Figs based on realistic characters wig me. I prefer mine to look as fictional as possible.
You didn't fix it actually, the specific line of collectibles I posted up: Dark Archer, Slade Deathstroke and a few others isn't launching til May. The one you saw is an older set which is actually Billy Wintergreen Deathstroke
BKatastrophe
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You didn't fix it actually, the specific line of collectibles I posted up: Dark Archer, Slade Deathstroke and a few others isn't launching til May. The one you saw is an older set which is actually Billy Wintergreen Deathstroke
Well then my mistake. This one is different.
Well then my mistake. This one is different.
Yep that's Billy and S1 Arrow. The next figurine line has Sara Canary too, they're usually a bit late with what characters and designs they use.
BKatastrophe
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Still freaks me out
NotTheGuyYouKill
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They need to make some Hot Toys ones.
Especially of Laurel in that tight body suit. Like the Selina Kyle one.
Especially of Laurel in that tight body suit. Like the Selina Kyle one.
I love those boots.
I mean, literally, I fucking love those boots. Chick wearing those and a miniskirt... hhhhnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng.
PHOENIXZERO
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Tru dat.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
what the hell...
Hours Left
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They knew what they were doing when they made that promo art.
Funky Papa
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looooooooooooool
Which kind of action figure are we talking about?
fallengorn
Bitches love smiley faces
Seriously. Surprised they didn't do one for Ollicity.
Brandon Routh as the
http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2015/02/03/first-look-brandon-routh-as-the-atom
Atom! WOO!
http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2015/02/03/first-look-brandon-routh-as-the-atom
the_firewithin
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guess ill get rid of it. people are going to post it anyway though
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