OK so a more detailed review from me as I procrastinate on both cooking dinner and doing homework (almost typed "cooking homework" lol). Just highlighting most of what I liked/disliked then giving a final score:
The Positives
+ Roy Harper - Colton Haynes had one of his better performances, the new costume was cool, and it was pretty awesome to see Green Arrow and Red Arrow (IMO he isn't quite to Aresneal yet) fight crime
+ Diggle and Detective Lance one-liners, also liked how they acknowledged that people would not want to live in Starling anymore
+ Sara's death - Pretty shocking that they killed her off so soon
+ Ray Palmer - Brandon Routh's performance was pretty good
+ The guy with the bazooka who blew up the "Olicity" date
The Negatives
- Most of the characters were acting out of character - Dig telling Oliver that he is right, Dig being an "Olicity" "shipper," Oliver bizarrely kissing Felicity (he wouldn't disrespect her like that)...I could go on but I don't really want to
- Oliver/Felicity - This felt so forced to pander to the "shippers", Oliver and Felicity are nothing alike, and they work much better as friends. Again I could go on but I won't.
- Sara's death - The OFFICIAL ARROW FACEBOOK PAGE spoiled it for me two days after the episode aired - I hadn't watched it yet
- Detective Lance having heart attacks - I loved the buddy-cop episode(s)? last season with him and Arrow, so Lance not going into the field anymore is a bit of a disappointment
- The script - "BTW," "From the moment I met you there was something about you," etc.
- Malcolm and Thea not appearing at all, that was the storyline I was most looking forward too (apart from Ra's al Ghul potentially appearing) after Arrow finished Season 2
- The new Count felt like a bit of a rip-off of Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy's Scarecrow
Overall I was pretty disappointed. 4/10
The Positives
+ Roy Harper - Colton Haynes had one of his better performances, the new costume was cool, and it was pretty awesome to see Green Arrow and Red Arrow (IMO he isn't quite to Aresneal yet) fight crime
+ Diggle and Detective Lance one-liners, also liked how they acknowledged that people would not want to live in Starling anymore
+ Sara's death - Pretty shocking that they killed her off so soon
+ Ray Palmer - Brandon Routh's performance was pretty good
+ The guy with the bazooka who blew up the "Olicity" date
The Negatives
- Most of the characters were acting out of character - Dig telling Oliver that he is right, Dig being an "Olicity" "shipper," Oliver bizarrely kissing Felicity (he wouldn't disrespect her like that)...I could go on but I don't really want to
- Oliver/Felicity - This felt so forced to pander to the "shippers", Oliver and Felicity are nothing alike, and they work much better as friends. Again I could go on but I won't.
- Sara's death - The OFFICIAL ARROW FACEBOOK PAGE spoiled it for me two days after the episode aired - I hadn't watched it yet
- Detective Lance having heart attacks - I loved the buddy-cop episode(s)? last season with him and Arrow, so Lance not going into the field anymore is a bit of a disappointment
- The script - "BTW," "From the moment I met you there was something about you," etc.
- Malcolm and Thea not appearing at all, that was the storyline I was most looking forward too (apart from Ra's al Ghul potentially appearing) after Arrow finished Season 2
- The new Count felt like a bit of a rip-off of Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy's Scarecrow
Overall I was pretty disappointed. 4/10
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