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Arrow S5 |OT| You thought you were out, but Manu Bennett pulls you back in.
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DangerMouse
Member
Yeah
Incendiary
Banned
Yeah - I get having any sort of crossover at all is hard to do with four separate filming schedules, so I appreciate it and it's definitely be awesome so far. But it's definitely felt like "this is the Flash episode of the crossover, this is the Arrow episode of the crossover, etc." as opposed to it feeling like a cohesive event.
Still enjoyed every episode, though!
Yeah for people who only watch Arrow, having Sara and Ray both back on it would be pretty cool.
Garrett 2U
Member
That episode was great.
Although no Manu was so sad
Although no Manu was so sad
Jorok Goldblade
Member
Only one of the recruits doesn't show up to help find Ollie. Who could it be?
TRAITOR!
DangerMouse
Member
Yeah.
On the plus side the Supergirl/Flash scene and especially fight were pretty great with that tag team.
CreeperBlocks
Banned
This was probably one of the best episodes of the series. Very Emotional. As a Crossover episode it was okay.
Freddy=Legend
Member
Flash and Supergirl weren't around much; but we did have 2 of the Legends for almost the entire episode. So, it was light in some areas, but heavy on others. It's a lot of characters to pick and choose since they went more emotional than action based like Flash was.
Jorok Goldblade
Member
He wouldn't show up to job.
Save him for an episode of Flash on Crime Syndicate Earth, where Slade and Snart are heroes.
DangerMouse
Member
That episode was great.
Although no Manu was so sad
Yeah, would have been nice if they could have gotten him for some voiceover since the character is in the suit in both fights.
Too bad we didn't get any shado or Yao fei
Really want him back with how they have done the character? Had him job twice this episode.
At this point I don't feel like it's snubbed
DangerMouse
Member
Yeah, hopefully.
Every villain jobbed.
It's their destiny to lose.
I hope people aren't surprised when the Legends stop the Legion of Doom. Matt Letscher was completely open about the fact that the Reverse Flash is going to lose.
Also they're not real. And yeah, at this point, a non-powered Slade would definitely lose to Oliver.
MikeBreezy92
Member
Genius use of the crossover to frame the 100th Episode. I'd argue that it's the Arrowverse for a reason and celebrating that is a major part of the crossover imo. It all began with Arrow so it makes sense it got so much focus.
Seven Force
Banned
I honestly thought this crossover was going to be messy as hell, but it's been well paced and written across the board. Kudos to the showrunners, the LoT portion would have to be a pretty epic trainwreck for me to be soured at this point.
Jorok Goldblade
Member
Dominators left one Non-meta behind.
Because Mick would immediately start burning down the fantasy world.
Because Mick would immediately start burning down the fantasy world.
more hinting at Laurel is coming back in one fashion or another. I hope
It's also because Ray was a big part of Arrow. Him and Sara. Just like Jackson, Stein and Mick are much more relevant to Flash and got more screen time yesterday as opposed to today.
One thing I will say. This Crossover event I feel will raise the ratings of all the shows. It's getting people who normally don't tune into to one or the other to tune in.
I feel going forward they should try to do more teamups. Not overdo it of course.
TWIST - Mick is a meta
Undead Fantasy
Member
Completely bumped out with no Manu.
Yup. If you're watching Arrow. It needs to feel like Arrow. Even in a crossover. It's why I think these are being done so well in the tv format. Each episode is true to the show it's airing on.
The "invasion" is the overall arc, but I LOVE how each episode is resolving and advancing it's own plot points.
He did train in the Time Master's hyperbolic time chamber.
Also I keep forgetting that Sara and Ray are two years older than everyone because they were left behind.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Was great having Sara and Ray be such important parts of this episode.
Sara was always a great part of Arrow and with her just being on Legends it felt as far as Arrow went she might as well still be dead.
Sara was always a great part of Arrow and with her just being on Legends it felt as far as Arrow went she might as well still be dead.
MikeBreezy92
Member
Exactly why I love the last two episodes. Even as dour as the Flashpoint plotline it is all well tied into everything.
DangerMouse
Member
Yup!
Yeah, and I'm pretty hyped for the finale.
Yeah, it's been great.
DashReindeer
Lead Community Manager, Outpost Games
Very disappointed that they decided to do my absolute least favorite story trope for the crossover episode. Essentially, when watching stories of this type, I may as well just skip every single scene that takes place in the dream world. I loved yesterday's Flash episode and had some high hopes for this one, but I'm about halfway through and just want to skip ahead to the end. What's the point of watching these scenes of Oliver and Laurel discussing relationship drama? It isn't real and I doubt it will impact anything going forward, so what's the point?
That's pretty dumb as hell because all the dream world sequences inform Oliver. He made the choice to come out of the fantasy but he's double down on the mission.
In fact it ties in pretty nicely with Barry talking about how he wishes he could save his parents last week. Oliver said he'd do the same to Barry, but really, both he and (mostly) Barry know that their work is bigger than their feelings and desires.
MikeBreezy92
Member
I take it you didn't like "For the man who has everything."
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Don't know about to date but its easily the best since they introduced Barry in S2.
Which was the series highpoint for me(that "oh shit" moment when Cyrus Gold absolutely destroyed Oliver with superstrength).
DangerMouse
Member
DashReindeer
Lead Community Manager, Outpost Games
Nah, just finished the episode and everything that happened in dream world was just 100th episode wankery. Trying to bring back all the departed characters they could drum up out of some sort of self reverence. Everything that happened in dream world was lacking in consequence, which is the case whenever this story trope pops up. I rarely like these sorts of stories and this one was no exception. Kind of a bummer for me. Wish the episode had been about them finding a way off the alien ship rather than a way out of their shared delusion. Whatever, you're free to like what you like, but for me this was an absolute disappointment, and pretty much the worst way they could have followed up yesterday's awesome Flash episode.
Red Arremer
Member
You know what I don't get is why they didn't just tell that lady that, you know, the entire planet is about to be conquered by aliens, could they maybe borrow that piece of tech they stole, instead of smugly beating her up?
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Can we just have them together as a team all the time? Please?
Freddy=Legend
Member
Yeah, it's really crazy. Going back and watching the Pilot; you could've never expected we are where we are today. I don't even think the show runners could've imagined it.
Hey, it's cool you can't understand how reflection and fantasy is used for character growth. Nobody's going to hold wanting a simple story about getting off an alien ship as the hundredth episode of Arrow.
