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jscolon2.0 posted:Speedy suit is still the best costume that Roy has ever had. I like Roy too much to wish anything to do with Arsenal on him.
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Ehh, even if you watch all of Man of Steel it's not really clear how the average civilian would know that Superman wasn't completely scary-as-poo poo dangerous to them. At most they probably realize he's fighting the bad aliens, but why wouldn't he? Those aliens have announced to the whole world that he's their enemy! And maybe seven or eight people might have caught on to the fact that he was on the side of the military, but since when has the military been some kind of great comfort to anyone? You tell the average American, much less anyone living in other countries, that the US Army is working with an alien that can demolish a city in a matter of minutes, and see for yourselves how very comforted they feel. That's not even considering the fact that Superman and the military end the story on a rather iffy note anyway. Maybe that's why Superman started making out with Lois on top of that sea of corpses at the end, to show all those bystanders that he actually really likes humans! Macdeo Lurjtux posted:I like Roy too much to wish anything to do with Arsenal on him.
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Dec 29, 2013 23:07
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I know it's hiatus time and all and talking about semi-related stuff is fine during this down time but the Man of Steel stuff is going a bit overboard at this point. I'm sure we can all find something to discuss actually related to this show.
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So, anyone else like how they managed to get the perfect white streak into Manu Bennet's hair?
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bunnyofdoom posted:So, anyone else like how they managed to get the perfect white streak into Manu Bennet's hair? I liked how totally Bad Guy villain it was. I don't know anything about his character except what people keep posting in this thread (UGH) so it was a nice costume/make up choice. I really think the costumes on this show are pretty great.
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Funhilde posted:I liked how totally Bad Guy villain it was. I don't know anything about his character except what people keep posting in this thread (UGH) so it was a nice costume/make up choice. I really think the costumes on this show are pretty great. His monologue also never gets old. Somehow that scene is just... so James Bond. In the most delicious way. 
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God, even if he's reduced to like, I dunno, throwing poo poo at Ollie from the street corner like a crazy homeless man, he'll still be the most menancing scenery chewing villain (other than  BARROWMAN)
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bunnyofdoom posted:God, even if he's reduced to like, I dunno, throwing poo poo at Ollie from the street corner like a crazy homeless man, he'll still be the most menancing scenery chewing villain (other than Bennet/Barrowman team up Season 3 
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Bad Moon posted:Bennet/Barrowman team up Season 3 Slade and Ollie get into a big epic fight in the Season 3 finale. Suddenly Ollie is pierced by an arrow. It's black. "You didn't think you could defeat The Arrow on your own did you?"
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AFoolAndHisMoney posted:Slade and Ollie get into a big epic fight in the Season 3 finale. Suddenly Ollie is pierced by an arrow. It's black. That would be pretty legit to see on the show. The last time Slade and Ollie really shook it up in the comics they both had various backups on their respective sides.
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Manu Bennett killed that monologue - he's similar to Barrowman in that the writers don't really give them great lines, but they do give them some great scenes to chew on.
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If Roy is super strong now, maybe he and Ollie can do a fastball special where Roy throws Ollie and while in midair Ollie shoots an arrow. The arrow would be TWICE AS FAST, TWICE AS POWERFUL!!!!
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Hobohemian posted:Superman is the worst superhero ever created. I can't ignore this... Superman isn't the worst superhero ever created and he might be the best. The problem is that he's outlived when he was most relevant - he has to be evaluated in the context of his original appearances when he was HUGELY popular. Superman was a symbol of honor and strength at a difficult period in American history, when we were experiencing the Great Depression and preparing to enter WWII. He was popular because he wasn't getting polio and he was truth, justice and the American Way. There's a lot I could say, but here's an article that says it better. Anyway, back around to Arrow.
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Cloks posted:I can't ignore this... Don't be dumb. Moon Knight is the best superhero. Or maybe Silver Surfer. No, wait, the Red Tornado was the...no, wait a sec, The Shadow was the best superhero - if he won in a fight against Moon Knight, that is. Do you see how this works?
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Oasx posted:It would be weird for him to be super strong and tough, and then be an archer. If he keeps his powers i could see him being more of a meelee fighter. My prediction is that the serum is more of a treatment that requires repeated dosage. And that Roy's exposure to it becomes more of an addiction plotline, as he pursues more Miracle when it wears off. Learning to become an archer could be painted as a therapeutic exercise to wean him off of a destructive drug, also providing a motivation for Oliver to train him (as Red Arrow or whatever.)
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Xealot posted:My prediction is that the serum is more of a treatment that requires repeated dosage. And that Roy's exposure to it becomes more of an addiction plotline, as he pursues more Miracle when it wears off. Learning to become an archer could be painted as a therapeutic exercise to wean him off of a destructive drug, also providing a motivation for Oliver to train him (as Red Arrow or whatever.) My ward is a junkie 
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Rarity posted:My ward is a junkie But that means they'll have to bring in Hal! 
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Xealot posted:My prediction is that the serum is more of a treatment that requires repeated dosage. And that Roy's exposure to it becomes more of an addiction plotline, as he pursues more Miracle when it wears off. Learning to become an archer could be painted as a therapeutic exercise to wean him off of a destructive drug, also providing a motivation for Oliver to train him (as Red Arrow or whatever.) Good point, that would make for a much better story, than Roy having Hulk powers.
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The fact that Slade offers his blood as a sample to make more serum kinda implies that he doesn't need any to keep his strength, though. And then there's also Grundy who I doubt will turn into another serum junkie.
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:But that means they'll have to bring in Hal! Special guest appearance by Ryan Reynolds's dying career. Krad posted:The fact that Slade offers his blood as a sample to make more serum kinda implies that he doesn't need any to keep his strength, though. If it's a knock-off based on Slade's blood they could play it as wearing off and Grundy got a face full of overdose that could be used to explain his keeping the powers and being zombie like when he returns. SirDan3k fucked around with this message at 15:36 on Dec 30, 2013 |
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SirDan3k posted:If it's a knock-off based on Slade's blood they could play it as wearing off and Grundy got a face full of overdose that could be used to explain his keeping the powers and being zombie like when he returns. Yeah or intentionally engineered from his blood to be temporary, which could be the control speedy of it. I mean, from a rational perspective, Slade probably doesn't want to create an army of potential challengers/rivals.
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I introduced my 65+ year old parents to Arrow last week, and they've almost finished marathoning the first season. A few things they've reached consensus on is that Laurel is terrible, and Thea should have gone to jail for her Vertigo DUI. And whiny island Ollie has them both hoping that Slade is the one that gave him all those scars.
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The main problem with Laurel is that in season one her role was to be confidant to Ollie as well as romantic interest. And then Felicity happened. They brought in an extra character who had so much like-ability and chemistry that every scene that could have been passed to Laurel got eaten up by Felicity. Which wasn't a bad thing at all. Everyone prefers it, and season two is awesome because you can keep all the drama contained in one plot line, instead of having one character in a conversation be completely oblivious to why the other is acting that way, and you don't have to have 50% of the scenes in the show end with Oliver saying he really has to go for no apparent reason. Sara's reappearance seemed to be just a flashing light saying, don't worry we've got a back up plan for killing off Laurel. At this point the best thing that could happen to the character is have her killed by Blood, bringing Sara back to the city.
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Well, it sounds like they're at least aware that Laurel's kinda been left in the dust. In that Quiver video, Amell mentioned that Laurel's episode is coming up soon. Episode 11, I guess, which would put it the week after Arrow comes back if the show doesn't immediately take a week off.Azubah posted:With his mask on Blood reminds me of Scarecrow from the Nolan movies. It's a skull mask, though. Scarecrow's thing was more of a rag.
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jedibeavis posted:I introduced my 65+ year old parents to Arrow last week, and they've almost finished marathoning the first season. A few things they've reached consensus on is that Laurel is terrible, and Thea should have gone to jail for her Vertigo DUI. And whiny island Ollie has them both hoping that Slade is the one that gave him all those scars. Your parents sound awesome.
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King of Solomon posted:It's a skull mask, though. Scarecrow's thing was more of a rag. He didn't say it was a clone. Really, you don't see a similarity?  
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Drifter posted:He didn't say it was a clone. Really, you don't see a similarity? A bit, but not enough for me to notice before looking at them closely.
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Well they're both based off of skulls so yeah they're gonna look alike.
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I think its the combination of similar mask + similar voice modulation + crazy drug story line that has people calling it out.
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I'd completely forgotten that Ollie went back to the island between the s1 finale and the opening of s2. Since it is now a place for him to run around and feel guilty in, is it fairly safe to assume everything there is wrapped up so no more super drugs or secret lazarus pit temples like some people suspect?
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:But that means they'll have to bring in Hal! Hal should be played by Liam McIntyre, Dustin Clare, or Peter Mensah 
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For the last week or so, Amell has been posting stunt rehearsal videos form this season to facebook. Here's the most recent one from the League of Assassin's episode: Link The Mayor: Link Dollmaker: Link They really deserve to win the stunt coordination Emmy this year.
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I'm all aboard Ollie growing that facial hair and keeping it
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Habibi posted:And name him Sgt Detritus.  In other news I found the only person on the play who watched the show and didn't like it. Burned through season 1/2 with my friend, and according to him the show is poo poo and boring as hell.  He probably would have liked it more if he had paid attention, though, as he had no idea what the Undertaking was until an episode or two before the finale. He also complained the plot was hard to follow. 
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Lawlicaust posted:For the last week or so, Amell has been posting stunt rehearsal videos form this season to facebook. Here's the most recent one from the League of Assassin's episode: Link I bet they're already strapped for time on this show but these need to be 3x longer, I wonder if the BluRays have expanded versions.
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GOT VIRUS FROM MP3 posted:I bet they're already strapped for time on this show but these need to be 3x longer, I wonder if the BluRays have expanded versions. At least one of those has a deleted fight sequence so it's probably a safe bet that time is a major concern for fight sequences. Definitely agreed that the BluRay needs plenty of special feature time devoted to the stunt teams. It'd also be interesting to see just to see all the stunts Amell actually does. He said in an interview that he does about 75% of his own stunts.
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GOT VIRUS FROM MP3 posted:I bet they're already strapped for time on this show but these need to be 3x longer, I wonder if the BluRays have expanded versions. Someone said there was a deleted scene that justified Laurel going to work in the finale, so yeah, I'd say the episodes don't have room for longer fight scenes. They could reduce the amount of plot development to lengthen the fight scenes, but I don't think anyone wants that.
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Scott Bakula posted:I'm all aboard Ollie growing that facial hair and keeping it I am as well, and I regularly ask on the Facebook page for him to grow it.
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