Arrow Brandon Routh IS Ray Palmer/The Atom

[CaptainWagner]

-I was hoping that the character description was going to be Ted Kord, but The Atom will be interesting to see.

 

[Rorschach2012]

Brandon Routh will do fine here. IMO he made a fine Superman too with what he was given

 

[vantheman77]

I think they're building towards a Justice League without the trinity.

If this is so, then I'll be fine with it.

 

[specialc_15]

I really hate Brandon Routh but he's perfect at the same time. The casting tells me everything I need to know. He plays the guy you hate and love at the same time better than most. He will be fun, add something new and "zesty" to shake things up a bit and make us go "Woah... that dude is badass." Like Oliver's parkour moves in 1x01. Then we will be reminded that he isn't quite as awesome as our hero right after mid-season cliffhanger.

 

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Weird news, but cool. Apparently he'll be on for about 14 episodes.

 

[regnak]

Can they actually afford the shrinking FX on a CW budget? Keep in mind cool FX scenes have to be paid for usually by the drama scenes everyone loves so much.

 

[Herolee10]

So routh goes on chuck and gets close to the blonde female lead, causing the male protagonist to feel uneasy, and now he looks like he'll be doing that again over in arrow.

 

[Bren]

Is Ray Palmer a scientist? Because no offense to Brandon Routh, I just can't picture him as a scientist hehehe. I'm glad he got a role here, hope he proves me wrong.

 

[Lencho01]

This has got to be one of the biggest superhero-casting surprises out there.

 

[specialc_15]

So routh goes on chuck and gets close to the blonde female lead, causing the male protagonist to feel uneasy, and now he looks like he'll be doing that again over in arrow.

you mean television is predictable???? ****gasp****

 

[Kurne]

This is cool... But this is just another reactionary move to what Marvel is doing. All that talk about Quicksilver last year made them want to do Flash out of nowhere (especially when they strictly said NO POWERS) and then all the talk of Ant-Man this year makes The Atom a sudden priority.

 

[DrMylesOBoogie]

Seems like a poor fit. Smartest guy in the room he isn't and probably too physical for Ray Palmer. Didn't like him in Chuck. Monotone voice with a vacuumious presence that sucks all the energy from scenes.

 

[Mike Murdock]

are you aware that The Flash is set in the same universe as Arrow... obviously things are going to get crazy in this universe.

They wanted to start the show grounded, and progressively build to crazier things. it's a perfect plan and i suspect it'll continue to work as organically as it has already

Yeah, I agree that The Flash is a gamechanger. The only thing is, while I agree season 2 laid a lot of the groundwork, I'm not quite sure season 3 got us all the way to The Atom. Maybe having Barry Allen appear in Arrow will be enough, though. I think The Arrow can have fantastical moments, but it needs to come down to the ground every so often as well (if for no other reason that having a hero without powers).

As for the Atom/Ant-Man connection, I'm sure the differences in medium will make up for that so I don't think anyone is thinking one copied the other.

 

[DrMylesOBoogie]

This is cool... But this is just another reactionary move to what Marvel is doing. All that talk about Quicksilver last year made them want to do Flash out of nowhere (especially when they strictly said NO POWERS) and then all the talk of Ant-Man this year makes The Atom a sudden priority.

Probably important as historically the DC characters predate the Marvel counterparts and they want them in the public consciousness first so that they don't seem like they've copied Marvel characters. The other big one is Darkseid/Thanos which will also draw similarities but witht eh right marketing they could blow that out of the water. Darkseid was the inspiration for Darth Vader.

 

[Sawyer]

So, I see this board is in the cynical, angry nerd phase right now.

That's.... fun.

 

[Gee]

Looking forward to him as the Atom.

 

[BatmanVSuperman]

Here was a quick bad manip I made. "Captain" Atom

 

[Sawyer]

I honestly can't believe everyone is looking at this as a response/rip-off of Ant-Man. That movie has been in some form of production for, like, eight years. Edgar Wright is off it now, and the confidence/anticipation for the project is considerably lower. Who even knows how well it will perform? Why would they look at that, and say "Hey, let's get a piece of that"?

The guys running the show here are all comic nerds. If this is something they want to do, it's because it's something they wanted to do. Not a knee-jerk response to Marvel. It's NOT always about Marvel.

Besides, if DC wanted to fire shots and get in on that action, they'd greenlight an Atom movie to compete with Ant-Man, not get the character as a guest star on Arrow.

 

[O'Haire]

Always liked Routh so this news pleases me.

 

[Kurne]

I honestly can't believe everyone is looking at this as a response/rip-off of Ant-Man. That movie has been in some form of production for, like, eight years. Edgar Wright is off it now, and the confidence/anticipation for the project is considerably lower. Who even knows how well it will perform? Why would they look at that, and say "Hey, let's get a piece of that"?

The guys running the show here are all comic nerds. If this is something they want to do, it's because it's something they wanted to do. Not a knee-jerk response to Marvel. It's NOT always about Marvel.

Besides, if DC wanted to fire shots and get in on that action, they'd greenlight an Atom movie to compete with Ant-Man, not get the character as a guest star on Arrow.

I'm just going by whatever pieces of evidence is there. I mean, I do look like the typical Marvelite (shhh don't tell anyone ) going off like this, but it's the same situation with studios suddenly wanting shared universes after Avengers, Fox wanting Quicksilver immediately after Whedon confirms he's utilising the character - thus spanning months of arguments only for DC to move in and announce a Flash TV show, and now this?

^Now I just went full Marvelite

 

[king666]

I honestly can't believe everyone is looking at this as a response/rip-off of Ant-Man. That movie has been in some form of production for, like, eight years. Edgar Wright is off it now, and the confidence/anticipation for the project is considerably lower. Who even knows how well it will perform? Why would they look at that, and say "Hey, let's get a piece of that"?

The guys running the show here are all comic nerds. If this is something they want to do, it's because it's something they wanted to do. Not a knee-jerk response to Marvel. It's NOT always about Marvel.

Besides, if DC wanted to fire shots and get in on that action, they'd greenlight an Atom movie to compete with Ant-Man, not get the character as a guest star on Arrow.

Agreed.

But I gotta say, DC probably likes the idea of using their shrinking superhero before the release of Ant-Man. Kinda like a "defensive move".

 

[Hush]

This time, though, he might actually have good material to work with.

Exactly! He won't be working with Bryan Singers personal jerk off material.

 

[DarthDorranceBane]

From Superman downsized to The Atom?

 

[Loki882]

No, more like from "creepy super-stalker emo man" to the Atom. Sounds like an upgrade to me.

 

[greenlantern248]

And if you think bringing Ray Palmer/The Atom to Live-Action for the first time ever is shark-jumping then clearly you have a blinded view of the landscape of comic book movies/TV.

Actually this would be Ray Palmer/The Atom's second time on live action TV. Granted the first time was the Justice League show that ever got off the ground. You can still watch the pilot episode.

As for the news congrats to Routh and I'm sure he will do a great job as The Atom.