The Vertigo Thread!

[Destructus86]

Watch out Arrow! It's a man in a black overcoat!!!

[greenlantern248]

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Tonight's episode was awesome, I actually really liked this take on The Count, I thought he did a great job in the scenes he was in. I really didn't see The Joker in him, I mean yes he was insane and a little over the top. but not as much as I thought when I read the interview with the actor.

[Rainer7]

I liked him, but he did come off as a little too Joker (to me).

[The Squirrel]

He was pretty much Joker/Scarecrow mix. The scene at the end when Arrow storms his lair was straight out of Begins. It was a good performance from the actor though; I wish he had been in more scenes.

[Nightwing]

Originally Posted by The Squirrel

He was pretty much Joker/Scarecrow mix. The scene at the end when Arrow storms his lair was straight out of Begins. It was a good performance from the actor though; I wish he had been in more scenes.

[gugumugats]

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Now that he's been OD'd on Vertigo, does anybody think the character will be more closely aligned with the traditional Count Vertigo? It seems like the character might come back with some kind of prosthesis that he would be able to use against people.

I really enjoyed the drug dealer re-interpretation for this series though.My only disappointment was that I thought they should've given his story more of a slow burn as a rising threat rather than quickly introducing him in one episode

[chamber-music]

I thought he was alot like Scarecrow from the Batman films. Drug Dealer who his slightly quirky.

[Gotham's Knight]

Originally Posted by The Squirrel

He was pretty much Joker/Scarecrow mix. The scene at the end when Arrow storms his lair was straight out of Begins. It was a good performance from the actor though; I wish he had been in more scenes.

I saw it more as "The Raid: Compressed".

[Sawyer]

I liked Gabel as Vertigo, but it kinda felt like the performance would've worked better in an animated series or something. Here it felt like a bit of a weird culture clash.

[DarKush]

I liked the guy playing Vertigo. He had a creepy vibe, slightly over-the-top, but I was fine with that. I'm glad they didn't kill him off. I think he should be a recurring menace for Arrow.

[Justin]

It's the same as Scarecrow was in begins. You have people who are "YES!" because its so fresh and cool, then you have the people who just want him off screen because he's way over the top.

I personally thought it was neccessary to have such a character. A charismatic pyscho. I mean, so far all of the bad guys fall into the category of good guy gone bad due to hardship (royal gang, firefly) or bad guy for profit (Deadshot, Ted).

The count was just a nutjob. Sure he profited, but he killed people he got no gain out of killing. Thats not something we've seen so far. And whether people like it or not, over the top acting is pretty much a staple for pyschotic villains in media.