Legends of Tomorrow is such,
such a silly show, as frustrating as it is endearing...
Particularly whenever you remember the characters' backstories, where they come from, what they've been through...I mean,
so god damned silly!!!
And yet, they continuously make me smile; the writing is terrible, the character's decisions beyond stupid, they constantly and repeatedly forget that
they do have superpowers and the performances go from "a little hammy" to "HAM OVER 9000!!!"...and yet, they make me smile.
I don't think the show is "good" by any possible metric...and yet, they make me smile, and that assured, easy going, non-challenging entertainment is what keeps me coming back, and that should tell you everything about how the entertainment-consumer relationship works; it doesn't need to be good or well thought out, it just needs to make you smile.
But for Beebo's sake, give my man Ray Palmer one,
just one badass moment??! Ok, I get it, he's the wholesome big hearted swell guy which, to be perfectly honest, is kinda refreshing in an age of gritty conflicted antiheroes or tragic heroes....but come on!! Guy's supposed to be a genius and has one of the most - allegedly - badass weapons in the Arrowverse, can he stop being THE goofball for a second and have just one badass moment??!
Now *sigh*....onto the next episode....