Arrow Arrow General Discussion Thread - - - - - - - - - - - Part 25

[Naked Shia]

I know it wasn't meant to be completely serious, but I viewed it more as both of your real views and opinions being expressed in a joking manner. Of course, me, being the miserable, humourless and joyless sod that I am, had to respond in a somewhat serious manner . Whenever someone says they do not like something about the movie in question, one of the most common responses is that they must be love Marvel and want everything to be full of jokes. It is a common response, and a lazy one.

I actually agree with you on that one.

 

[Slade W]

I actually agree with you on that one.

I hope you are referring to the loving Marvel part of my post and not just the "miserable, humourless and joyless sod " part .

 

[dude stannis]

I was just ****ing around lol, I'm sorry if I offended.

 

[Slade W]

Don't worry lol, no offence was taken.

 

[godisawesome]

Something about S2. Anyone else felt that in episode 22 they were hinting at Sara helping train Laurel, while Laurel inspires Sara to be a hero. Just like they were hinting at Thea joining Malcolm as well. Laurel and Sara share a few scenes that were really well done. They never went back to that, it seemed like they were setting something up between the two of them.


Also, Slade states Thea is 19 years of age a couple episodes back. How does a 19 year old girl run a club serving alcohol. I don't know whats harder to believe, that she's running her own club or that after becoming a business owner at such a young age she's still such a whiny, spoiled brat that turns anything positive anyone says to her into a negative. And there's actually a fan base for this chick?

I honestly believe their plans vis-a-vie the Lance sisters and Canary identity were in a massive state of flux throughout season two. Laurel's Demon in a Bottle story-line was botched in execution, then her integration to the team wound up being an extremely sloppy reveal by Slade (was it supposed to cause issues like everything else Slade was doing that episode? Because it only got Team Arrow an ally with absolutely no problem at all) and Sara's initial character development and interaction with the League of Assassins was completely inverted to have the girl who's once tried to commit suicide rather than join the LoA walk smilingly onto a boat with them.

And there's very little about Laurel's ascension to Black Canary that would have worked if Katie Cassidy weren't good enough to pull it off. Sara's death was badly conceived and badly executed...coincidentally words I would use to describe Black Canary's death.

 

[Naked Shia]

I hope you are referring to the loving Marvel part of my post and not just the "miserable, humourless and joyless sod " part .

Spoiler

who knows

 

[Reek]

..... Detective Lance trying to cry at Laurel's funeral is the funniest thing I have ever seen.

Will Ferrell in Wedding Crashers did better at that funeral.

 

[Legendver2]

So....Talia maybe?

 

[Slade W]

Cool. I cannot wait to find out if it is Talia or not.

 

[Steyin]

Cool. I cannot wait to find out if it is Talia or not.

Her name is Esrin Fortuna according to the image captions on the main page.

 

[Slade W]

Her name is Esrin Fortuna according to the image captions on the main page.

Thanks.

 

[zenith16]

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DCUO launches on Xbox One, previews the next three episodes

April 29, 2016 11 Comments





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source: Massivelyop.com/

 

[Herolee10]

ARROW - "Lost in the Flood"

OLIVER FIGHTS FOR THEA; DONNA SMOAK FACES OFF WITH NOAH KUTTLER – Following the shocking events in the previous episode, Oliver (Stephen Amell) and Diggle (David Ramsey) race to rescue Thea (Willa Holland), while Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards), Curtis (Echo Kellum) and Noah (guest star Tom Amandes) join together to stop Darhk (guest star Neal McDonough). Glen Winter directed the episode written by Brian Ford Sullivan & Oscar Balderrama.

You know, I actually hope that someone ends up having the guts to confront the producers during an interview and bring up on how they've pretty much turned this show into an Felicity/Olicity Show, with all of the crap that they've spewed on it.

 

[Omegabat]

You know, I actually hope that someone ends up having the guts to confront the producers during an interview and bring up on how they've pretty much turned this show into an Felicity/Olicity Show, with all of the crap that they've spewed on it.

This is the final episode right? I have a feeling they're positioning Calculator as the new Merlyn. He'll be a major player next season and probably will replicate the Thea/Malcolm relationship with Felicity in essence. In other words it's going to get worse and I hope, nah pray that woman is not Talia

 

[b_boy]

This is the final episode right? I have a feeling they're positioning Calculator as the new Merlyn. He'll be a major player next season and probably will replicate the Thea/Malcolm relationship with Felicity in essence. In other words it's going to get worse and I hope, nah pray that woman is not Talia

It's not the final, there's one more after that.

 

[antsman41]

This last week's episode was insufferable.

 

[Sawyer]

http://tvline.com/2016/05/02/arrow-season-5-olivers-new-adversary-series-regular/

Theories?

 

[Primal Slayer]

Geez, they are wasting no time putting that KC salary to use.

 

[Silver Surfer]

http://tvline.com/2016/05/02/arrow-season-5-olivers-new-adversary-series-regular/

Theories?

Grant Wilson's Deathstroke.

 

[Snow Queen]

Of course he has a tragic backstory involving a dead person close to him. These writers lean on that way too much. Everyone only does things because people they liked died.

 

[Slade W]

Grant Wilson's Deathstroke.

If that were the case, they would not be looking for a new actor. They already cast someone to play him in LOT.

 

[Silver Surfer]

If that were the case, they would not be looking for a new actor. They already cast someone to play him in LOT.

Maybe they didn't like him for the role long-term.

 

[Paradox1]

Of course he has a tragic backstory involving a dead person close to him. These writers lean on that way too much. Everyone only does things because people they liked died.

I will give the writers a lot of **** but the tragic backstory is a staple in story telling. From the Greek stories of Hercules to modern heroes like Spider-Man and Luke Skywalker someone close must die to propell the hero on their journey. Very few stories have the hero do things just because they are capable and it's the right thing to do.

 

[Snow Queen]

I will give the writers a lot of **** but the tragic backstory is a staple in story telling. From the Greek stories of Hercules to modern heroes like Spider-Man and Luke Skywalker someone close must die to propell the hero on their journey. Very few stories have the hero do things just because they are capable and it's the right thing to do.

It is, but they've used it so much at this point I feel it's almost more of a running joke. It's become a crutch. Barry's mom died to make him a hero, Oliver's dad died to push him to be a hero, Moira needed to die for him to really go after Slade, [BLACKOUT]Laurel needed to die to propel him to really go after Dhark[/BLACKOUT] (do I still need to spoiler tag this? I don't know), Malcolm is evil because dead wife, Ray only wants to be a hero because his wife (or was it fiancee?) died, Slade's evil because Shado died, Sara needed to die in a convoluted way to get Oliver to fight Ra's, Sara needed to die to get Laurel to be Black Canary, Rip is only doing what he's doing because his wife and son died. I feel like I'm forgetting more. None of these are necessarily bad on their own, nor does using it once mean you can never use it again, but I feel they need to stop leaning on it to get characters to do anything. It's just done too much.

 

[Paradox1]

It is, but they've used it so much at this point I feel it's almost more of a running joke. It's become a crutch. Barry's mom died to make him a hero, Oliver's dad died to push him to be a hero, Moira needed to die for him to really go after Slade, [BLACKOUT]Laurel needed to die to propel him to really go after Dhark[/BLACKOUT] (do I still need to spoiler tag this? I don't know), Malcolm is evil because dead wife, Ray only wants to be a hero because his wife (or was it fiancee?) died, Slade's evil because Shado died, Sara needed to die in a convoluted way to get Oliver to fight Ra's, Sara needed to die to get Laurel to be Black Canary, Rip is only doing what he's doing because his wife and son died. I feel like I'm forgetting more. None of these are necessarily bad on their own, nor does using it once mean you can never use it again, but I feel they need to stop leaning on it to get characters to do anything. It's just done too much.

I don't think it's the trope I think it s the way the characters are written. We both frequent POI boards and all those characters have similar backgrounds but they are written much better.