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Bad Moon
Member since Dec-17-02
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Apr-18-14, 09:05 PM (EDT) |
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"Arrow"
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So, CW's the Arrow. Look, I know it's CW but it's pretty good. Great action scenes, a compelling male lead, complicated characters, enough dipping into comics lore to be rewarding but not afraid to take anything in a new direction, a tendency to resolve plot lines fast, and lastly Manu fucking Bennett is owning it as Slade Wilson. For you Who and Torchwood fans John Barrowman is awesome in the first season. The first season is streaming on Netflix, and I think it's worth a watch for anybody. ------ Oh God, it was me. I was the grognard all along. |
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Gryphon
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Apr-18-14, 09:36 PM (EDT) |
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1. "RE: Arrow"
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Frankly, son, I think you're being pretty optimistic filing this under "source material". :) Also, >owning it as Slade Wilson is... I mean what? That's like saying MegaWeapon was the most engaging character in Warrior of the Lost World - OK, bad example. --G. -><- Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Mod Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/ zgryphon at that email service Google has Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam. |
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Bad Moon
Member since Dec-17-02
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Apr-18-14, 11:47 PM (EDT) |
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3. "RE: Arrow"
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I mean, comic books right... right? Yeah, in retrospect this shoulda been in Private Emails. And I'm serious, Bennett is awesome as former Australian Secret Intelligence Service agent Slade Wilson. Dude played Crixus in Spartacus Blood and Sand, and can switch from scary ass killer to smug villian trolling the hero as needed. It's fantastic. ------ Oh God, it was me. I was the grognard all along. |
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Pasha
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Apr-19-14, 00:23 AM (EDT) |
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6. "RE: Arrow"
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>The first season is streaming on Netflix, and I think it's worth a >watch for anybody. Yep. And heck, up until last week, the second season had been nothing but better. But last week had what was possibly the dumbest regression of a character from badass to whiner in the entire show. I am disappoint. -- -Pasha "Don't change the subject" "Too slow, already did." |
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Mercutio
Member since May-26-13
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Apr-19-14, 01:32 AM (EDT) |
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7. "RE: Arrow"
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>fucking Bennett is owning it as Slade WilsonYou know, I would ordinarily be skeptical of any media work that was front-and-centering Slade fuckin' Wilson, the single most overrated, missused, and appalling supervillain in the entire DCU. But I had that same reaction when people told me about his presence in Teen Titans, and that version of Slade was pretty fucking cool and actually used correctly. So I'm prepared to give other non-comics uses of Slade the benefit of the doubt. So now I'm slightly intrigued. I'm still wary, tho. I invested four years of my life into Smallville before realizing, no, you know what? This show is never going to fulfill its promise. Ever. -Merc Keep Rat |
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Mercutio
Member since May-26-13
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Apr-19-14, 01:53 PM (EDT) |
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11. "RE: Arrow"
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>Well, not literally. Shit, that would be a long-running >goddamn series. :) >I actually took a couple minutes to do some back-of-the-envelope math. A standard BBC season of twelve or thirteen total hour-long episodes would take on the order of 2600 years to get to four total years of footage. Not even Professor Enigma has produced that volume, even if you assume they eventually moved to a more American-standard number of episodes. :) -Merc Keep Rat |
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