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xerxus posted:He's played by David Nykl, aka Dr. Zelenka from Stargate Atlantis. This just blew my freaking mind. I hope Sara sticks around for a while, I love what they're doing with her staff choreography and this week's teamup was just a joy to watch. McSpanky fucked around with this message at 03:02 on Nov 1, 2013 |
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Nov 1, 2013 02:58
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xerxus posted:He's played by David Nykl, aka Dr. Zelenka from Stargate Atlantis. Holy crap I totally didn't notice behind that beard, that's awesome. Hope he shows up more.
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Just started watching this show. My wife and I blitzed through season one and found ourselves up and 1 a.m. going "Is that it? Aren't there any more?" We are really enjoying the series. The writers seem to really have a solid idea of what they want the show to be and where they want to go, storywise. After ten seasons of Clark's whining on Smallville it's a relief. Felicity is my wife's favorite character. Emily Bett Rickards has really good comic timing. I love the little flubs/ double entendre she does. Also, Paul Blackthorne (Quentin Lance) has a face that looks like it was drawn by Neal Adams. We need a sequence with Alex Kingston and Summer Glau so we can know who would win in a fight, River Song or River Tam.
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Is that even a serious question? Pretty much any character Summer Glau has ever played could kick River Song's rear end.
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Phylodox posted:Is that even a serious question? Pretty much any character Summer Glau has ever played could kick River Song's rear end. Did River Song ever even do anything other than smugly say "Spoilers!"?
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Azhais posted:Did River Song ever even do anything other than smugly say "Spoilers!"? To her credit, her first act when when given access to a time machine was to immediately try to go kill Hitler.
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They're both terrible actresses so hopefully it would end in a double KO.
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XboxPants posted:To her credit, her first act when when given access to a time machine was to immediately try to go kill Hitler. Considering everyone knows how that ends up, I wouldn't count that as a 'credit.'
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Warmachine posted:Considering everyone knows how that ends up, I wouldn't count that as a 'credit.' We got this and it was worth it 
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Whizbang posted:They're both terrible actresses so hopefully it would end in a double KO. River Song was a terrible character in a bad show played awfully, I don't think it's fair to dump all the blame on the chick who played her. I'm not a huge fan of Summer Glau but she was good in the good parts of the Sarah Conner Chronicles. The part in the second season where Cameron first evinced emotion and breaks down begging for her life was genuinely affecting. I was affected. Of course, She's not very good in Arrow, and the best the character she's playing can hope for is retroactive justification of her existence, so I dunno how to count that one.
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The Island is a magical place - Agent Coulson.
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I just want Jennifer Carpenter to show up for a meta 'Debra Morgan/Anton Briggs' reunion
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Kraps posted:The Island is a magical place - Agent Coulson. He can never know.
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Warmachine posted:The more screen time Sarah gets, the less relevant Laurel becomes. I'm pretty OK with that. Those two teaming up and kicking all the rear end forever would keep me watching. Every scene with Oliver and Sarah together this episode was a solid knock out. This is so true - Laurel didn't bother me too much until this season, but now that her sister is here, being so reasonable and not being so bitchy to everyone who is trying to help her, it really highlights how obnoxious Laurel has become. Hell, it took less than one episode from them meeting face to face for them to start partnering up - with no Laurel-style drama, despite the fact that she's probably been through a lot worse than Laurel ever has and probably has more reasons to be unhappy with Ollie, I bet. Future spoilers from interviews : if Laurel really does become the Black Canary and they kill off Sarah, that will really suck massively Wolpertinger fucked around with this message at 08:58 on Nov 1, 2013 |
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I just discovered and marathoned this show. It's fantastic and John Barrowman was an incredible, bombastic villain.
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Some Numbers posted:I just discovered and marathoned this show. It's fantastic and John Barrowman was an incredible, bombastic villain.  BARROWMANHe was great. As was Tommy  Who is the big villain this season? Is it the guy Laurel works for, who is secretly a criminal? Is it that business woman who controls half of Queen Consolidated? Is she even evil?
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Torrannor posted:
The DA that Laurel works you're referring to is just some guy for Laurel's subplot. Summer Glau and Brother Blood are side villains. (Glau is a corporate villain, Brother Blood the criminal side). The main villain for this season is the League of Assassins, led by motherfucking Ra's Al Ghul. I don't know if we'll see Ra's himself in the flesh this season, but the League of Assassins itself is clearly the biggest threat and will be the main antagonists.
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Oh wow, that's what I get for skipping the Laurel parts. So the DA and Brother Blood are not the same people? I am bad at telling actors apart  Edit: I forgot China White and Bronze Tiger (I could remember their names!  )
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bbf2 posted:The DA that Laurel works you're referring to is just some guy for Laurel's subplot. Summer Glau and Brother Blood are side villains. (Glau is a corporate villain, Brother Blood the criminal side). The main villain for this season is the League of Assassins, led by motherfucking Ra's Al Ghul. I don't know if we'll see Ra's himself in the flesh this season, but the League of Assassins itself is clearly the biggest threat and will be the main antagonists. Yeah, I'm betting Ra's will be the final shot of the season. Of course, I didn't expect to see Canary unmasked this soon, so what do I know 
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Kwyndig posted:Oh poo poo it's Brother Blood. Also what the hell was that? Are they injecting crooks with venom? I thought it was just some variation of Vertigo? Wasn't it shown to be the same bright neon green as the stuff injected into the Mayor?
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I suspect this season will be all about Brother Blood and Rochev, with the league of assassins remaining in the background of Sarah's plot arc, and as a bit of a cocktease. I suspect they're being set up to be a big thing next season.
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The Lord Bude posted:I suspect this season will be all about Brother Blood and Rochev, with the league of assassins remaining in the background of Sarah's plot arc, and as a bit of a cocktease. I suspect they're being set up to be a big thing next season. So then, taking this show's pacing into account, what you're saying is that Ollie will have defeated Ra's and replaced him as head of the league by midseason?
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So Black Canary hangs out in a clock tower, and I seem to recall that the Birds of Prey WB show had a clocktower HQ as well. Is that just an established thing or a coincidence.
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It's a one of those iconic thingies. The Birds of Prey -- specifically, Barbara Gordon ie Oracle -- operated mainly from her clocktower where she directed her various agents.
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BrianWilly posted:It's a one of those iconic thingies. The Birds of Prey -- specifically, Barbara Gordon ie Oracle -- operated mainly from her clocktower where she directed her various agents. That's what I thought. Once again this show proves it is expert at giving comics fans nice tidbits without alienating non-comics fans.
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Also Chloe Sullivan in Smallville was basically Oracle and worked out of a clock tower.
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TheManWithNoName posted:Also Chloe Sullivan in Smallville was basically Oracle and worked out of a clock tower. That was a twofer, as she was also kind of in charge of the Justice League, which often has a Watchtower.
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I know people here have been pretty excited about the Canary stuff, and I wanted to point out that it seems like Caity Lotz has much better chemistry with Amell than Katie Cassidy. Or maybe its just the kick rear end action sequences.
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Gaz-L posted:That was a twofer, as she was also kind of in charge of the Justice League, which often has a Watchtower. And Watchtower ended up being her codename, because Smallville did not do subtlety. hi liter posted:I know people here have been pretty excited about the Canary stuff, and I wanted to point out that it seems like Caity Lotz has much better chemistry with Amell than Katie Cassidy. It's not like either Lotz or Cassidy would actually be doing the real action stuff though.
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hi liter posted:I know people here have been pretty excited about the Canary stuff, and I wanted to point out that it seems like Caity Lotz has much better chemistry with Amell than Katie Cassidy. Yeah I thought she did a real good job. Also freckles  I don't really mind that the "she survived the boat :o " is an obvious retcon, because I think they need to do more to tie the island stuff into the main plot stuff. Also, I can start to see how they are going to answer the "Why is ollie a capo in the Russian mafia" question.
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Wolpertinger posted:
See I don't put it past the show runners to do some misinformation, but that might be wishful thinking interfering with my brain because the direction the spoilers lead is stupid for a multitude of reasons.
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Holy gently caress this show.  I can't believe we're actually getting a comic book show that is not only honestly rad as gently caress, but the plot moves at loving Nikita levels of hyperspeed. I want more Zelenka. And I want to know what that green poo poo was (IIRC Vertigo was more yellowish). And holy gently caress EVERYTHING connected to Canary. e: Random speculation - when Ollie confronts her about her coming back, she cites the earthquake, but then OLLIE makes the jump to her protecting her family. She never confirms it. What if Blood is working for Ras or something and she's really there now to prevent the League of Shadows from coming in and taking over Starling or something similar? 
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I just hope that ninjas become the new villain of the week type. Though I will miss Ollie beating up corrupt millionaires while yelling, "YOU HAVE FAILED THIS CITY."
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Oh yeah, the weapon switch in the middle of their fight was awesome. I also like rather than going with the conceit of "the hero begrudgingly teams up with the new kid on the scene", Ollie's just like "let's see what you got son".
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WarLocke posted:And I want to know what that green poo poo was (IIRC Vertigo was more yellowish). It was Mountain Dew. The Mayor couldn't do the dew. quote:e: Random speculation - when Ollie confronts her about her coming back, she cites the earthquake, but then OLLIE makes the jump to her protecting her family. She never confirms it. What if Blood is working for Ras or something and she's really there now to prevent the League of Shadows from coming in and taking over Starling or something similar? I think you could be on to something. But, then it's getting a bit like the plot of Batman Begins.
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hi liter posted:I know people here have been pretty excited about the Canary stuff, and I wanted to point out that it seems like Caity Lotz has much better chemistry with Amell than Katie Cassidy. So does Felicity. And that cop. Also, Sin probably. What I'm saying is Laurel sucks.
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UberAaron posted:It was Mountain Dew. The Mayor couldn't do the dew. The Mayor wanted Crab Juice.
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TheChad posted:I just hope that ninjas become the new villain of the week type. I'm thinking the Brother Blood thing is building to that. "SEBASTIAN BLOOD! YOU HAVE FAILED THIS CI-" *Arrow is attacked by ninjas/zombies/junkies/mutant chimps*
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