Arrow 2x09
Dec. 12th, 2013 12:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rainwaterspark[Warning: There are MASSIVE SPOILERS in this post.]
The good:
- We actually got to see Barry Allen's lightning strike?! I dunno...on one hand, that's probably the best way to drum up support for the Flash spin-off TV series, because it was pretty epic. On the other hand, I feel like the Flash pilot would be really confusing to new viewers if it picked up directly after that, or even if (God forbid) they skip over it entirely and just start with him trying to figure out his new powers. Ugh, I don't know, I just really want a Flash TV series and I want it to be good and self-contained.
The bad:
- Oh great, Arrow, thanks for fridging a Woman of Color for not just one, but TWO men's manpain. I see you still have issues with writing women, show.
- Also, thanks for killing of a Man of Color in this episode as well, I really appreciated that. /sarcasm
The iffy:
- Roy Harper getting injected with the superserum is super ehh. Frankly I don't know why they went down that route, because in the comics Roy (a.k.a. Speedy/Red Arrow/Arsenal) is, like Green Arrow and the Batfamily, one of the select comic heroes who doesn't have superpowers. And considering how Arrow in general doesn't seem to like superpowers, I thought they would've stuck with that. But, y'know, whatever, it's not like Arrow particularly cares about DC continuity in the first place...
At first I thought, yay, Barry Allen's last appearance on this show means I can stop watching Arrow and just wait for Flash! Except I think I'm going to have to watch again if they address Roy becoming Red Arrow/Arsenal, ugh.
The good:
- We actually got to see Barry Allen's lightning strike?! I dunno...on one hand, that's probably the best way to drum up support for the Flash spin-off TV series, because it was pretty epic. On the other hand, I feel like the Flash pilot would be really confusing to new viewers if it picked up directly after that, or even if (God forbid) they skip over it entirely and just start with him trying to figure out his new powers. Ugh, I don't know, I just really want a Flash TV series and I want it to be good and self-contained.
The bad:
- Oh great, Arrow, thanks for fridging a Woman of Color for not just one, but TWO men's manpain. I see you still have issues with writing women, show.
- Also, thanks for killing of a Man of Color in this episode as well, I really appreciated that. /sarcasm
The iffy:
- Roy Harper getting injected with the superserum is super ehh. Frankly I don't know why they went down that route, because in the comics Roy (a.k.a. Speedy/Red Arrow/Arsenal) is, like Green Arrow and the Batfamily, one of the select comic heroes who doesn't have superpowers. And considering how Arrow in general doesn't seem to like superpowers, I thought they would've stuck with that. But, y'know, whatever, it's not like Arrow particularly cares about DC continuity in the first place...
At first I thought, yay, Barry Allen's last appearance on this show means I can stop watching Arrow and just wait for Flash! Except I think I'm going to have to watch again if they address Roy becoming Red Arrow/Arsenal, ugh.
