gundamkyoukai
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They were good in season 1 and 2 but now just a waste of time.
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Arrow Season 4 |OT| A Tale of Salt and Fire
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They were good in season 1 and 2 but now just a waste of time.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
The flashbacks will most likely become more relevant to the main story in this back half of the season. Oliver is clearly outmatched against Darhk and will need some kind of mystical buff that relates to his time on the island.
I literally could not care less for the flashbacks. Nothing has happened. Ollie has been running around on the island for 10 episodes in them and every episode ends with beard dude pretty much saying "haha I got you now you lying son of a bitch" only for the black leader dude to be like "I like Mr Queen more than you anyways"
hipsterpants
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Finished S3 a few days ago and it was pretty balls. I was originally planning a more detailed write up but I figure that my complaints have already been posted by other people like a thousand times.
I don't really hate Olicity for being a thing but moreso for it being such a poorly written thing. None of the Olicity stuff in the latter half of the season (mainly when Oliver joins the league) felt earned. Like the writers told us that they had this super deep love for each other without actually showing it. Why can't Olaureliver be a thing again?
Also the power creep of her tech skills went waaaaay to far. Did none of the writers realize that by making her smarter than Ray aka billionaire CEO man that literally none of her character makes any sense? She could be out changing the world and making infinite money but instead works IT jobs.
I feel bad for the tumblr/twitter girls that probably use her to self-insert themselves into Amell's muscly embrace.
ps does anyone have that gif of Oliver shooting an arrow into the sky and flying off?
I don't really hate Olicity for being a thing but moreso for it being such a poorly written thing. None of the Olicity stuff in the latter half of the season (mainly when Oliver joins the league) felt earned. Like the writers told us that they had this super deep love for each other without actually showing it. Why can't Olaureliver be a thing again?
Also the power creep of her tech skills went waaaaay to far. Did none of the writers realize that by making her smarter than Ray aka billionaire CEO man that literally none of her character makes any sense? She could be out changing the world and making infinite money but instead works IT jobs.
I feel bad for the tumblr/twitter girls that probably use her to self-insert themselves into Amell's muscly embrace.
ps does anyone have that gif of Oliver shooting an arrow into the sky and flying off?
NotTheGuyYouKill
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I'm all for this
Great costume!
Yeah! She looks great. Can't wait for her debut.
I would actually be interested in seeing how that would play out, hahaha. I'm finding the relationship between Thea and Anarky to be pretty interesting. No romantic relationship, I mean there's a lot of potential to be mined from them being arch-enemies.
Half of the people complaining here wanted to wreck that stability anyway by killing her.
What is the other option? Oliver wins every fight by default, except against the big bad?
Jorok Goldblade
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They're a charisma vacuum. They stuff the flashbacks with stoics. Slade and, for one episode, Constantine were the only flashback characters with any charm.
The modern scenes have had pre-angst Felicity, Malcolm, Slade, Dahrk and Ray to bring the charisma.
And in the case of Slade, it was the DeathStroke teases that also helped. It was clear he was going to kick ass. The flashbacks are growing to something, but we have not much reason to care yet.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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You guys think Slade's ever gonna return? Manu still pissed at the showrunners?
Manu seemed to tease Amell a while back on a set photo, how the dark weather predicted DeathStroke coming or something.
PHOENIXZERO
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Asking someone to cut their hair short for a guest appearance, especially one that's probably going to at most amount to 15 minutes of screen time I think would be asking a lot.
Well, I have mine along with a "abandon show" version.
Well, I have mine along with a "abandon show" version.
He was never pissed enough not to return.
Wait, why was he pissed at the showrunners?
He made a comment about not being happy with Slade's direction in the S3 episode and a lot of people jumped on it and assumed he was angry at the show and wouldn't return. Despite lots of other positive comments he's made about the show, and that the cast and crew of the show have made about him.
It also helps a lot of people agreed with him on the complaint, it kinda sucked he was just used for Thea to take out.
I also found the Tweet again that has him teasing DeathStroke: https://twitter.com/manubennett/status/685267175003668480
I also found the Tweet again that has him teasing DeathStroke: https://twitter.com/manubennett/status/685267175003668480
I'm all for this
Great costume!
oh shit! awesome
Asking someone to cut their hair short for a guest appearance, especially one that's probably going to at most amount to 15 minutes of screen time I think would be asking a lot.
Well, I have mine along with a "abandon show" version.
I love this gif. He shoots into nothing and flies away.
Cross posting from the Legends thread because he talks a little bit about Arrow. And a lot about Superman.
Fatman on Batman on BRANDON ROUTH!
https://soundcloud.com/fatmanonbatman/fatman-107
http://www.smodcast.com/channel/fatmanonbatman?audio=107
Fatman on Batman on BRANDON ROUTH!
https://soundcloud.com/fatmanonbatman/fatman-107
http://www.smodcast.com/channel/fatmanonbatman?audio=107
Kevin curses a lot.
Well... yeah. It's Kevin Smith. Talking dirty is his thing.
He's waaayyy raunchier with his speech than he seemingly used to be. Case in point - his Superman Lives talk from over a decade ago (also back before he was a huge stoner).
Now I am imagining Robbie as The Atom swooping in and stealing his cousins girl
I wanna see Robbie Amell convince me he's a scientist. Or at least an FBI agent.
He seems a bit old for that role. Wouldn't he age-wise fit better as the Reverse Flash? Or would Tom C have already been cast at that point?
Sounded like a season long guest role, not a regular. Would have been a post-Flash pilot casting. Plus he's only 8 years older than Danielle and pretty youthful looking.
Either that or it's Captain Cold?
Calm waterfall
Banned
I'm all for this
Great costume!
Awwww YIIIIIIIIIS.
Can Vixen carry a show by herself? Does she have enough villains? If so, i want a show about Vixen.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
It's definitely starting to get to be slim-pickings on the still-recognizable, but B-tier villains with Supergirl, Gotham, Flash, Arrow, and Legends of Tomorrow all calling dibs.
Here's a list of known enemies from Comic Vine: http://www.comicvine.com/vixen/4005-2551/enemies/
There's a lot of overlap with other heroes and the Justice League, but they could still make it work I think. The major problem is that she hasn't had any definitive runs and for a long time was just a Justice Leaguer.
Cold seems to fit better. Still glad it ended up with Amell as Firestorm, Routh for Palmer/Should Have Been Kord and Miller for Cold. They aced casting, even if Amell left too early.
Calm waterfall
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Thanks. Not much original villains. But Arrow will be crowded with character wise so i hope that there is time enough shed on Vixen.
cereal_killerxx
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The Flash is getting so good and this seems to be slowly degrading again. Hopefully the next few episodes get better. At this point, I feel like I'm just watching it because it's part of a shared universe and not because it's grabbing my attention.
Still, seems enough to fill an 8-episode season to air between season halves of Arrow.
Yes, feel the same. They even have opposite problems though. Not enough powered heroes in Flash, too many in Arrow.
Jorok Goldblade
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So the part was pretty much written as a straight up Tony Stark rip off, and everything that makes Palmer his own character is an acting choice by Routh.
kylecoley182
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BewareTheBatsie
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The real issue I felt with Palmer at first was the character was originally thought to be Ted Kord, but when they couldn't get Blue Beetle, they went for the Atom hence why for the first half of season 3 the armor was basically being teased as a power armor with nothing of the actual Atom abilities.
brotkasten
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Finally getting to watch the episode.
Seeing Oliver being more aggressive was great.
Felicity in the hospital was such shitty make-up. It didn't help that she acting like usual. Not a single moment did I believe that she has been shot.
Diggle beating his brother was a bit surprising, but Oliver's reaction to that was like "damn, I should be in there".
Diggle's wife still exists, right. Why isn't Argus taking Dhark down?
After being imprisoned this whole time, with nothing but disdain for his brother, Andy starts talking just like that? Damn, Diggle's should've pretended to care earlier.
And that walking briquette is seriously the bad guy of the week? Jesus. He was completely lit up, but because it's the CW, they had to paint his face a little red.
Oh, and look, it's Laurel annoying the enemy with her thing again. Fantastic.
Why is Thea's love life still a part of the story. No one wants to see that shit.
And there it is again, the briquette is a master of martial arts, can deflect arrows like they're just an inconvenience and has no problem with taking on both Oliver and Thea at the same time. All while his body should be in huge pain. It's like when villains are somehow able to keep up with Barry, when the plot demands it. It's getting really lame.
Meanwhile the confrontation between Oliver and Damien was fucking nothing. This entire episode Oliver was so determined to find Dhark, he was willing to go full punisher, if it wasn't for his super buddies. His fiancé might never walk again (lol, right). He is fueled with hate and rage, which should've pushed him beyond the pain of some arrows. But Dhark blabbering about family was enough to stop both of them, because reasons.
All in all a disappointing start from both shows this week. It's not gutter tier trash or anything, but shorter seasons would be great, because we might get less filler like this.
Seeing Oliver being more aggressive was great.
Felicity in the hospital was such shitty make-up. It didn't help that she acting like usual. Not a single moment did I believe that she has been shot.
Diggle beating his brother was a bit surprising, but Oliver's reaction to that was like "damn, I should be in there".
Diggle's wife still exists, right. Why isn't Argus taking Dhark down?
After being imprisoned this whole time, with nothing but disdain for his brother, Andy starts talking just like that? Damn, Diggle's should've pretended to care earlier.
And that walking briquette is seriously the bad guy of the week? Jesus. He was completely lit up, but because it's the CW, they had to paint his face a little red.
Oh, and look, it's Laurel annoying the enemy with her thing again. Fantastic.
Why is Thea's love life still a part of the story. No one wants to see that shit.
And there it is again, the briquette is a master of martial arts, can deflect arrows like they're just an inconvenience and has no problem with taking on both Oliver and Thea at the same time. All while his body should be in huge pain. It's like when villains are somehow able to keep up with Barry, when the plot demands it. It's getting really lame.
Meanwhile the confrontation between Oliver and Damien was fucking nothing. This entire episode Oliver was so determined to find Dhark, he was willing to go full punisher, if it wasn't for his super buddies. His fiancé might never walk again (lol, right). He is fueled with hate and rage, which should've pushed him beyond the pain of some arrows. But Dhark blabbering about family was enough to stop both of them, because reasons.
All in all a disappointing start from both shows this week. It's not gutter tier trash or anything, but shorter seasons would be great, because we might get less filler like this.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Green Arrow isn't able to carry his own show, so probably not.
Maybe could make a great tv movie or miniseries.
Black Laurel?
I'm all for this
Great costume!
Nyssa works really well as a platonic partner for Oliver because they've both got this "let's get shit done efficiently" vibe. Their interaction was one of my favorite parts of an otherwise lackluster S3 finale. She also works well as a 'partner' for Laurel.
http://tvline.com/2016/01/22/greys-anatomy-owens-sister-nathan-riggs-transgender-season-12/
BewareTheBatsie
Member
If neither of them tell the other they want a divorce, it is a wasted opportunity. Also goddammit that Sara won't be brought up. At this rate, I'm just going to guess Nyssa doesn't even know that she isn't mindless anymore.
Jorok Goldblade
Member
Thea dies and Ollie takes on Artemis Crock as his new apprentice.
Wally gets speedster powers on Flash.
Miss Martian and Superboy are introduced on Supergirl.
Then all four of them apply to college in Happy Harbor, where they meet Dick Grayson and Kaldur'ahm.
Roy pops in from time to time, but isn't a regular.
We have our Friday series.
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