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Stumbled upon this interesting piece from a Geoff Johns interview:
His energy and enthusiasm for the characters at his disposal should make him the perfect person to helm DC going forward, because he makes his decisions based on pure adoration for the fictional work. “I’ve loved these characters more than anything else for as long as I’ve lived,” he says, and the hyperbolic statement doesn’t ring disingenuous. He’s more than an encyclopedia of minor character facts — although he’s certainly that too, rattling off what Blue Beetle got himself into decades ago — he’s a champion for what once made DC great.
“Let’s say you’ve been given the position of writing Green Arrow from scratch,” he posits, rhetorically. “Clean slate. You might say, ‘Okay, I’m going to write this new character,’ and when someone says, ‘Well, what about Black Canary,’ you might say… ‘nope.’ That means you completely misunderstand these characters.”
Link: https://www.inverse.com/article/1589...s-path-forwardComment
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Stumbled upon this interesting piece from a Geoff Johns interview:
Who could he be talking about?
Link: https://www.inverse.com/article/1589...s-path-forwardComment
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Stumbled upon this interesting piece from a Geoff Johns interview:
Who could he be talking about?
Link: https://www.inverse.com/article/1589...s-path-forwardComment
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Looks like they want to go back to basics and essentially copy season 2. After the last couple seasons, I'm perfectly okay with that. Just hope they can execute.
Also, I've noticed many complaints that the show doesn't focus on Oliver enough. In the first season and much of the second Stephen Amell was on screen a lot. He carried the show. But he also made it known it was a lot of work and he barely had anytime off. Remember when Oliver "died"in season 3, that was done because Amell had asked for some time off. If anybody watches Person of Interest they know Jim Cavizel carried that show for the first couple seasons, but he was burnt out, so they added main characters to help carry the load. Naturally, for better or for worse, the show changed because of that. My guess is something similar happened on Arrow. With the way the season ended however, maybe Amell went to the writers and told them he's okay with lots of screen time again, because I'm sure he's noticed all the complaints about the show and one of the easiest ways to fix it is by focusing on Oliver Queen like they used to.Comment
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Looks like they want to go back to basics and essentially copy season 2. After the last couple seasons, I'm perfectly okay with that. Just hope they can execute.
Also, I've noticed many complaints that the show doesn't focus on Oliver enough. In the first season and much of the second Stephen Amell was on screen a lot. He carried the show. But he also made it known it was a lot of work and he barely had anytime off. Remember when Oliver "died"in season 3, that was done because Amell had asked for some time off. If anybody watches Person of Interest they know Jim Cavizel carried that show for the first couple seasons, but he was burnt out, so they added main characters to help carry the load. Naturally, for better or for worse, the show changed because of that. My guess is something similar happened on Arrow. With the way the season ended however, maybe Amell went to the writers and told them he's okay with lots of screen time again, because I'm sure he's noticed all the complaints about the show and one of the easiest ways to fix it is by focusing on Oliver Queen like they used to.
..still I wonder if they'll fix BC's deathComment
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only one way that'll happen, and it has two essential points for that way to happen:
This modern take on "Flashpoint paradox" with Barry's time travelling is the only way plotwise left to fix her death, as Nyssa destroyed the League's Pit and Oliver's "groupies" never bothered to look for Darhk's supply of those waters (the writers were probably hoping we'd forget that tidbit that was mentioned in season 3 to avoid plot holes).
Second point for this scheme to work at all is for Katie herself to come back on board. With all the bad taste this most likely left in her mouth as a result, I'm not sure the actress would be willing to reprise her role on Arrow anyways. Not only does she have to agree to come back on board but the show runners themselves have to agree to let her come back on board.
So, yeah. If you are the one of the ones who support DC cannon over love fest gibberish of CW making, start gathering groupies, then start FLOODING the twitter/tumblr boards with pro DC cannon posts, as they are the ONLY boards Arrow's show runners cater to. It's the only one slim .000000000000001% chance I see this happening.Comment
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For me, Laurel won't really be missed. I could take her or leave her. Think back to season 2, the season we all pretty much agree was the strongest...Laurel was the weak link. If they execute, I bet Laurels absence (for the audience) won't really be felt all that much. I expect her absence to still be felt by the characters from time to time, as Tommy was in season 2Comment
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For me, Laurel won't really be missed. I could take her or leave her. Think back to season 2, the season we all pretty much agree was the strongest...Laurel was the weak link. If they execute, I bet Laurels absence (for the audience) won't really be felt all that much. I expect her absence to still be felt by the characters from time to time, as Tommy was in season 2
Put it to you like this: Killing off Laurel/Black Canary is basically Killing off Dick Grayson/Robin. Which tells me that if these "bozos" in charge of Arrow were in charge of a CW Batman show, they'd have ZERO troubles killing off Dick about a year after putting on the Robin costume if it meant a cheap ratings boost. That's after knowing full well he's supposed to grow up in the superhero business and mature and become Nightwing later on, fighting as a member in the Teen Titans and fighting side by side with the JLA itself every once in a while to boot.
So yeah. These show runners can jump off a cliff for all I care because they don't respect the DC lore I love and they'd rather have more romantic lovey dovy nonsense.Comment
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To your comparison, if this was a Batman show and they handled and written Dick as they did Laurel, I probably would have felt the same way. I always believed that the outrage of her death was based more on the character's name and her place in the comics then it was for who she was and how she was portrayed on the show. Which to be honest was a B character at best. She shouldn't have been, I'll give you that, but unfortunately she was.Comment
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For me, Laurel won't really be missed. I could take her or leave her. Think back to season 2, the season we all pretty much agree was the strongest...Laurel was the weak link. If they execute, I bet Laurels absence (for the audience) won't really be felt all that much. I expect her absence to still be felt by the characters from time to time, as Tommy was in season 2
Her absence may not be missed drastically by those that still watch the show but I'd be willing to bet we will see a drop in ratings which will be the people who cared about Laurel and have quit the show as a result of it.Comment
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Fair enough. If people don't like it, don't watch. I respect that much more then the people that watch, but continually complain about it. I used to watch CSI Miami and boy were those last couple seasons rough. But I had been watching from the start so I powered through. But while I watched not once did I complain about it, I knew what I was doing and that I could stop watching at anytime. At that point it wasn't on the show to be better, it was on me to make a decision. Anyway, all that being said ARROW has many more issues to iron out then killing off Laurel. Hopefully they focus on fixing those problems.Last edited by 134sc; 06-06-2016, 09:46 PM.Comment
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Question: Any news on John Barrowman’s status for Season 5 of Arrow? Will he return as a regular? —Brian
Ausiello: Unclear at this time.Got a scoop request? An anonymous tip you’re dying to share? Send any/all of the above to [email protected] Question: Any hints on The Flash‘s Season 3 Big Bad? I’m hoping Mirror Master is introduced! —Mike Ausiello: I’m seeing nothing firm (yet) on Mirror Master being introduced, but here’s a curious new breakdown to wrap your noodle […]Comment
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