Maybe they thought the island was well situated and remote enough to make it their HQ for future stops - keep some stuff hidden there - ? Perhaps they originally planned on just a quick repair stop and then set it up for good. Or it could be the continuity error you suspect.
I think they weren't really thinking about it, they did what they thought would look pretty, and it did, but didn't think about the logistics involved.
I think designers need to think of the practical parts of their designs and not just the pretty parts.
Now, I'm all about the pretty. I have my shallow moments, but only if it makes sense.
I mean, in the baby blowing up episode, I forget the name of it, they were all very gorgeously dressed, but they changed freakin' clothes between when they were looking for the kid the night before and when Clark talked to Lana about it the next morning in the kitchen.
They'd actually both had said, if I'm remembering this correctly, that they'd been out all night looking.
When did Clark and Lana decide it was time to change their clothes and she decide to redo her hair?
The designer had them change clothes because it was pretty and the clothes they changed into were better suited for the scenes around the kid finally blowing up for the last time, or whatever, but it made little sense in context of the episode and what the characters were doing.
It's like that with the tent.
What they did was pretty, but wasn't logical.
*shrug*
It wasn't a deal breaker, but it bothered me so I mentioned it.
I like the review although I thought it was a little harsh. IMO, the episode was good and it deserves a little more credit but yes, it was too focused on Oliver Queen.
keep up the good work!
Well, I thought Oliver's story wasn't well told...
It was supposed to be Oliver's origin, yet we learned little new about him.
Even worse: I saw no substantive difference from the man he was then to the man he is now.
For an origin, that's a fail on its most basic level to me, but to each his own.
*shrug*
Again, he certainly looked pretty and he showed off his great pecs and abs and lats and delts everything else that is nice about his torso, but it largely turned into an excuse to have Ollie to remove his shirt.
Sorta like his scenes with Tess in Committed.
What was the point?
meh... I wasn't too happy with this episode, Caroline has delivered so much better writing before it wasn't really her best effort in this case however.
