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has this started then? how did people see the pilot?
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The fighting has been woeful so far, in the pilot you get the showboating parkour style chasing the guys down which was frankly painful to watch as well as the bullets missing him thing. The second ep had even more guns shooting at him and largely stupidity involved. It has potential but it needs to be less CW, less showy about combat and less teen angsty and just better.
Meh, CW, not much hope for it, start with a good idea and then get worse pretty much every episode, more over the top, more ridiculous decisions by characters, etc, etc.
I mean, so far its very much feeling like every single episode will be , threaten criminal rich guy, criminal rich guy refuses, fight through his guys and force him to pay then a side story of a little more of his island experience, a little more of conspiracy and a little more over the top action every week. It already feels painfully predictable.
The problem I guess with these shows is, super hero's/comic's on tv aren't new, and they all follow such a similar thread, it already feels like I know the entire story behind the other two having an affair and plotting to kill the husband, and what, is the island going to turn out to be some mystical place where it was his alter ego or some manifestation teaching him to be "the arrow". The kid sister will get in trouble at some point and he'll earn her respect/love again by saving her, etc, etc.
Overall I think thats where it will fail, so many different super hero's and they picked Batman the dark knight, put him in green and gave him an arrow. Revenge for a father murdered, a city gone to crap, corruption AND protecting his ex girlfriend in the DA's office.... i mean, seriously? Batman gets almost as much coverage as Superman, cartoons, films, its painfully well known so of ALL the super hero's and storys, they make one almost identical.
You can at least say with Smallville that they were focusing on Superman growing up and based the entire show on before he even puts the suit on, at least they tried to do not the same as the films/cartoon's(most of them) part of the story even if it was fundamentally the same anyway. This, it really is just the Dark knight mark 2/green.
Meh, CW, not much hope for it, start with a good idea and then get worse pretty much every episode, more over the top, more ridiculous decisions by characters, etc, etc.
I mean, so far its very much feeling like every single episode will be , threaten criminal rich guy, criminal rich guy refuses, fight through his guys and force him to pay then a side story of a little more of his island experience, a little more of conspiracy and a little more over the top action every week. It already feels painfully predictable.
The problem I guess with these shows is, super hero's/comic's on tv aren't new, and they all follow such a similar thread, it already feels like I know the entire story behind the other two having an affair and plotting to kill the husband, and what, is the island going to turn out to be some mystical place where it was his alter ego or some manifestation teaching him to be "the arrow". The kid sister will get in trouble at some point and he'll earn her respect/love again by saving her, etc, etc.
Overall I think thats where it will fail, so many different super hero's and they picked Batman the dark knight, put him in green and gave him an arrow. Revenge for a father murdered, a city gone to crap, corruption AND protecting his ex girlfriend in the DA's office.... i mean, seriously? Batman gets almost as much coverage as Superman, cartoons, films, its painfully well known so of ALL the super hero's and storys, they make one almost identical.
You can at least say with Smallville that they were focusing on Superman growing up and based the entire show on before he even puts the suit on, at least they tried to do not the same as the films/cartoon's(most of them) part of the story even if it was fundamentally the same anyway. This, it really is just the Dark knight mark 2/green.
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Did you know we have a sub forum for US aired shows?
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After watching the pilot and then reading this thread drunkenmaster has it spot on imo, it's really painful to watch some of the scenes especially the running on rooftop freestyle crap.
Yea, seriously, go back to your HBO/Showtime dramas if you want something more respectable, the CW are aiming for an audience who don't care much for nitpicking.
Thought it was okay, was hoping for something to really hook me like the Walking Dead but totally different kinds of shows in the end. Reckon ill give this a few more episodes and then I can see me getting bored with it if it doesn't pick up
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I don't mind it, it has all the embarrassing layers spoken about further up on this page but I can look past it and just enjoy it for what it is.
its not a reality show featuring people going on a 'journey'
therefore its worth watching
Green Arrow was always a bit more morally ambiguous than batman and willing to step over the line than batman wouldnt...they are both a product of DC comics so it seems unfair to criticise the program makers for the source material
therefore its worth watching
Green Arrow was always a bit more morally ambiguous than batman and willing to step over the line than batman wouldnt...they are both a product of DC comics so it seems unfair to criticise the program makers for the source material
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I'm enjoying it, can look past the 'realism issues' it is after all based on a superhero comic.
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I actually thought the second episode was a lot better that the first - I'll give it a few more episodes before passing any verdict, though I will say his sister is amazing hawt 
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Tonight, Sky One. Pilot was on in the US a few weeks ago.
cheers bud.
recorded it. will give it a watch when there are a few recorded. i hate just watching 1 show a week of something so i always store a few up on my TiVo
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T'wasn't bad t'wasn't brilliant either I'll give it a few more episodes but I'm not holding my breath.
Although I do like the approach of the character **** capturing/imprisoning etc... Kill the ****ers!
Although I do like the approach of the character **** capturing/imprisoning etc... Kill the ****ers!
Haven't we got the new sub forum for America discussion?
Haven't watched it yet (sky+ first one last night)but not hopeful now!
dont worry..it was perfectly entertaining
its a TV show based on a 40's cartoon strip..people shouldnt read too much into it..theres also only so much they can get away with on prime time TV..so its not overly technical or violent..though at least they do kill people
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