DC Television Megathread - The House That The Arrow Built - Film, Television and Music

I'd love to see a billionaire try to become a crime fighter, only to get shit on by criminals and have to be rescued by Oliver, then he gives up the very same episode.

Season 1 I felt was trying to be Nolan Batman in every way. Was a little distracting; Season 2 has grown legs. That last episode fully carved out it's own style: Proper super hero and super villain origins and powers, and Oliver even got a mask! The supporting characters have really grown into their own and aren't simply "geeky quirky girl hehe". It's TV the whole family can honestly enjoy. This is what super-hero TV should be like, not patronising and simplified like a certain Marvel TV show. [editline]16th December 2013[/editline] Honestly I really feel they could come to some kind of deal and let Flash and Green Arrow be transported from the TV series to the upcoming Justice League movie. They now match the Man of Steel universe quite nicely. I'd rather that then creating [I]another[/I] Arrow and Flash for the movies.

I thought Season 1 was really meh, the writing, acting just pretty much all of it But they really smoothed out the rough patches in Season 2 and have something really, really good on their hands now. This is an amazing Superhero TV series, I never thought it would work as well as this has for Season 2. Easily one of my favourite shows right now I hope they keep this up, it only looks like it can get much much better from here on out.

I think the acting has been kind of suspect from the beginning right up to the current episode. It's one of the only shows where I'm really noticing actor quirks that I don't think I should be.

The show was alright when I began to watch, I watched roughly the first half of Season 1. The problem was that, being a CW show, they focused way too much on the tweenager drama and it just got annoying and predictable. Every episode, characters would make up some petty excuse to get angry at Oliver, Oliver would do his deep emo "I KNOW I'M A FAILURE AND I'M SORRY" shit, and then at the end of the episode the characters all say "OH IT'S OKAY WE LOVE YOU ANYWAY AND FORGIVE YOU." Which would be fine, except they come up with the most contrived bullshit with which to get angry at Oliver with. I remember specifically in one episode, a gunman shot at a man next to Oliver's mother. So the first thing Oliver does is run to his mother's side to make sure she is unharmed, and makes sure that professional security personnel are by her side to see to her. Then he takes off running after the gunman. The rest of the episode is the entire cast yelling at Oliver because he "Left his mother to die in the streets," which clearly fucking didn't happen. It had some cool action scenes and I liked the DCU fanservice, but the petty drama was just too much to put up with for me and I stopped watching.

Season 2 is [I]eons[/I] better.

[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;43224082]The show was alright when I began to watch, I watched roughly the first half of Season 1. The problem was that, being a CW show, they focused way too much on the tweenager drama and it just got annoying and predictable. Every episode, characters would make up some petty excuse to get angry at Oliver, Oliver would do his deep emo "I KNOW I'M A FAILURE AND I'M SORRY" shit, and then at the end of the episode the characters all say "OH IT'S OKAY WE LOVE YOU ANYWAY AND FORGIVE YOU." Which would be fine, except they come up with the most contrived bullshit with which to get angry at Oliver with. I remember specifically in one episode, a gunman shot at a man next to Oliver's mother. So the first thing Oliver does is run to his mother's side to make sure she is unharmed, and makes sure that professional security personnel are by her side to see to her. Then he takes off running after the gunman. The rest of the episode is the entire cast yelling at Oliver because he "Left his mother to die in the streets," which clearly fucking didn't happen. It had some cool action scenes and I liked the DCU fanservice, but the petty drama was just too much to put up with for me and I stopped watching.[/QUOTE] Yeah I noticed shit like that too but I managed to make it through Season 1. I almost didn't even bother watching Season 2, but I'm glad I did it really picks up. I'd suggest you give it another chance, the acting is still pretty sub par yeah but currently the plots are really well done imo.

I just watched an entire episode devoted to making sure a rich white girl got out of jail time for crashing her car while DUI. Season 2 had better be good.

[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;43269971]I just watched an entire episode devoted to making sure a rich white girl got out of jail time for crashing her car while DUI. Season 2 had better be good.[/QUOTE] Season 2 picks up. But if you don't care for the characters there's little to carry on for. A lot do take a bit of a back seat, his family and their dramas have faded away a bit. The best way to describe it is Season 1 was trying to be a drama with a super hero in it. Season 2 embraces the super hero, even embracing comic-book action. It drops a lot of the Nolanisms too.

The flashback episode was easily the best so far. It's things like that episode that keeps me going.

If you like the flashbacks you'll enjoy Season 2. They begin to intertwine more directly with the modern day.

Also, apparently Speedy is sleeping with [Sp]Speedy.[/sp] I like how they change up the atablished DC lore just enough to keep someone like me guessing.

Just finished season one on netflix, is there any way for me to start season two without waiting for it to finish?

[QUOTE=ZnT00;43542216]Just finished season one on netflix, is there any way for me to start season two without waiting for it to finish?[/QUOTE] Does the CW website have the episodes?

[QUOTE=Zuimzado;43543072]Does the CW website have the episodes?[/QUOTE] It doesn't look like it.

Oh man, dat promo. [img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/9TJ4UZR.png[/img_thumb] yessssss

Damn this half of the Season is going to be great.

I still have no way to catch up to season 2, i need help here guys.

That was a damn good episode, especially near the ending.

I'm glad I stuck around. This show has gotten quite a bit better, and the drama has gotten smarter. There's actually a reason for it this time around, it adds quite a bit to the dramatic irony.

Things are getting better and better! :dance:

Dammit Slade! You're too fucking cool!

I'm on s2e8, and i guess the Flash killed barry's mom???

[QUOTE=ZnT00;43683306]I'm on s2e8, and i guess the Flash killed barry's mom???[/QUOTE] *Reverse Flash, aka Professor Zoom.

Oh my fucking God, next week's Arrow episode is looking too good.

mmhmmm [sp]suicide squad[/sp]

Found the concept art for the newer Deathstroke costume. [t]http://i.imgur.com/o49VcsV.jpg[/t] God I love it.

I actually sort of expected [sp]Oliver to reveal to Roy his identity this episode.[/sp]

The next episode looks to be basically what I've been waiting for, [sp]Slade finally kicking things off. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbuuVEAeBO4[/sp] Looks like [sp]the Clock King[/sp] is going to appear too.

Spoilers next episode: [url]http://i.imgur.com/Moy7mVV.jpg[/url] [t]http://i.imgur.com/nPm2M.gif[/t]