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Blackchamber posted:Wow all this talk about Blood's endgame has me spacing here... why exactly did Slade even bother trying to get him into office? So when things got bad he wouldn't call in the national guard? That's it? Thats the crack team that would have assembled fast enough to have shut Slade's army down on their night of chaos? He recruited Slade's army. Becoming mayor was the deal.
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Aphrodite posted:He recruited Slade's army. Becoming mayor was the deal. Yeah, Brother blood had the responsibility of rounding up the prisoners and other unsavory people and then transforming them with mirakuru. And I guess dealing with all of the dead bodies of the people who failed to transform.
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May 9, 2014 20:51
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Blackchamber posted:Wow all this talk about Blood's endgame has me spacing here... why exactly did Slade even bother trying to get him into office? So when things got bad he wouldn't call in the national guard? That's it? Thats the crack team that would have assembled fast enough to have shut Slade's army down on their night of chaos? Slade never was that attached to Blood, even telling him to his face if Blood kept loving up he'd find somebody else to do the same work.
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May 9, 2014 21:27
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Drifter posted:Yeah, Brother blood had the responsibility of rounding up the prisoners and other unsavory people and then transforming them with mirakuru. Ok yeah. He was doing blood drives and what not and thats where Sin's pal disappeared to.
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Drifter posted:But he did love it. He wanted to make it better and stronger than before. He just didn't care about the damage that his transformation of it would require - because it would end up being better. So did he think that Slade's army was going to be a bunch of Season 1 Ollie's who don't have qualms about killing for a higher cause and got legitimately surprised when they went apeshit? That doesn't seem to objectionable as we all liked Ollie back then. Why'd they have that side trip to the asylum with grandma? I think the whole thing would have worked better without it. Or maybe grandma was actually just senile.
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So official A.R.G.U.S policy is "Drone Strikes Solve Everything" now? Also did Sebastian seriously not get that Slade was a crazy person who was using him to stroke his massive revenge boner and would probably kill him the first moment it's convenient? God drat this show's dumb.
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May 10, 2014 00:27
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David D. Davidson posted:Also did Sebastian seriously not get that Slade was a crazy person who was using him to stroke his massive revenge boner and would probably kill him the first moment it's convenient? If he had he'd be wrong. Slade only killed him for the betrayal.
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May 10, 2014 00:28
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David D. Davidson posted:So official A.R.G.U.S policy is "Drone Strikes Solve Everything" now? Might be dumb, but it's still better than Agents of Shield.
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teagone posted:Might be dumb, but it's still better than Agents of Shield. That's where I'd have to disagree with you. I watch both. Anyways to keep it from getting off topic. This show my be dumb but that's just part of the charm for me. edit: Aphrodite posted:If he had he'd be wrong. Slade only killed him for the betrayal. From how Isobel and Slade acted around him I'm pretty sure they would have just killed him either way once he served his purpose. His betrayal was just a good excuse. David D. Davidson fucked around with this message at 00:37 on May 10, 2014 |
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teagone posted:Might be dumb, but it's still better than Agents of Shield. Not necessarily. If you stopped watching AoS, you are missing some pretty good TV. It's grown on me. Sure, it has a much larger budget, but they've definitely picked up the pace. Id say they are both doing well now. And TV can handle a few good comic book shows.
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May 10, 2014 00:57
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Next year is going to ruin my DVR just with comic book shows. Flash, Constantine, iZombie, Arrow, Shield, Peggy Carter, sheesh.
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Aphrodite posted:If he had he'd be wrong. Slade only killed him for the betrayal. I still like that Blood was able to get the antidote away from Slade. I mean why wouldn't he destroy it right away or put it in a safe. I guess he just left it on the table and stared out the window at the burning cityscape. SpannerX posted:Not necessarily. If you stopped watching AoS, you are missing some pretty good TV. It's grown on me. Sure, it has a much larger budget, but they've definitely picked up the pace. Shield is still bad, just less bad than it was for the first 2/3rds of the season. It isn't even as good as S1 of Arrow was.
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GreenNight posted:Next year is going to ruin my DVR just with comic book shows. Flash, Constantine, iZombie, Arrow, Shield, Peggy Carter, sheesh. And Seth Rogen's trying to get Preacher off the ground, as well as a Scalped pilot, the Netflix shows AND Powers on PSN.
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David D. Davidson posted:So official A.R.G.U.S policy is "Drone Strikes Solve Everything" now? Sounds par for the course for most US agencies these days  quote:Also did Sebastian seriously not get that Slade was a crazy person who was using him to stroke his massive revenge boner and would probably kill him the first moment it's convenient? Sebastian was also crazy in a number of ways. Perhaps that was his weakness.
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Astro Nut posted:Ladies and Gentlemen: Goddamn I hope this works out.
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Why is the Flash wearing lipstick.
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Oracle posted:Why is the Flash wearing lipstick. You gotta coordinate.
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Astro Nut posted:Ladies and Gentlemen:
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Aphrodite posted:SHIELD has a much larger budget and yet looks so much cheaper. The two shows have different requirements, I imagine that a lot of what happens on Arrow can be done with practical effect, not so much on Shield. Arrow generally looks really good, you can sometimes see how small the budget is, like in the latest episode where every explosion was basically just a few sparks and a stunt guy doing a backflip.
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Astro Nut posted:Ladies and Gentlemen: Why isn't it autumn yet?! 
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I have always been more of a Marvel fan, but Flash is one of the few DC characters I have always wanted to like, but never got around to actually reading. I have mixed feelings about the characters as they were introduced on Arrow, but I look forward to the show starting. And I am happy that we will be having four Marvel and DC superhero shows on tv at the same time.
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Oasx posted:I have always been more of a Marvel fan, but Flash is one of the few DC characters I have always wanted to like, but never got around to actually reading. It's blowing my mind how huge comic book properties are right now, and how many of them are actually quality entertainment. Hell, even Agents of SHIELD turned it around and I'm super excited for the next episode of that.
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Constantine is the one I'm pretty psyched for. That and Preacher.
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GreenNight posted:Constantine is the one I'm pretty psyched for. That and Preacher. As much as I love it, Preacher is never actually going to get made. It's been in HBO's hands for ~10 years and I don't think they know what to do with it. It's too violent and graphic even for them. Edit: I see AMC had optioned it now. Good luck putting even half of the content on TV. B.B. Rodriguez fucked around with this message at 18:19 on May 10, 2014 |
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Yeah, I expect Constantine, and especially Preacher, to be a letdown in terms of what they do with it on TV. ...though if Preacher even has half of its content portrayed on TV, it will be fun to listen to the angry fundamentalist scream.
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Amell shared a thing someone made. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIVGPEGIHyI Holy poo poo.
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BreakAtmo posted:Amell shared a thing someone made. I know it makes me sound like an rear end, but while the effects are great, they should have kept the original lines and used Arrow's own music after the opening scroll. 
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GigaPeon posted:Why'd they have that side trip to the asylum with grandma? I think the whole thing would have worked better without it. Or maybe grandma was actually just senile. They needed Laurel to know he was bad so that she could tell Ollie.
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BreakAtmo posted:Amell shared a thing someone made. They used the Wilhelm Scream 
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For all of DC's problems with launching a movie universe, all FOUR of their proposed television shows made it to series. Constantine on NBC, Gotham on Fox, and iZOmbie and Flash on the CW. That is ludicrously successful, and great news all around.
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Yeah but the problem for me is that DC's going for the whole "let's rip off The Dark Knight trilogy by making everything all Dark and edgy because that was the only reason why people say they are good movies" thing that DC has been doing for the past ten or so years. That's honestly the biggest problem with this show. They spend so much time ripping off batman that this show honestly doesn't get enough time to be it's own thing.
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David D. Davidson posted:Yeah but the problem for me is that DC's going for the whole "let's rip off The Dark Knight trilogy by making everything all Dark and edgy because that was the only reason why people say they are good movies" thing that DC has been doing for the past ten or so years. That's honestly the biggest problem with this show. They spend so much time ripping off batman that this show honestly doesn't get enough time to be it's own thing.  So DARK and EDGY
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David D. Davidson posted:Yeah but the problem for me is that DC's going for the whole "let's rip off The Dark Knight trilogy by making everything all Dark and edgy because that was the only reason why people say they are good movies" thing that DC has been doing for the past ten or so years. That's honestly the biggest problem with this show. They spend so much time ripping off batman that this show honestly doesn't get enough time to be it's own thing. No not really.
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David D. Davidson posted:Yeah but the problem for me is that DC's going for the whole "let's rip off The Dark Knight trilogy by making everything all Dark and edgy because that was the only reason why people say they are good movies" thing that DC has been doing for the past ten or so years. That's honestly the biggest problem with this show. They spend so much time ripping off batman that this show honestly doesn't get enough time to be it's own thing. No, they're doing Green Arrow when it was critically acclaimed.
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David D. Davidson posted:Yeah but the problem for me is that DC's going for the whole "let's rip off The Dark Knight trilogy by making everything all Dark and edgy because that was the only reason why people say they are good movies" thing that DC has been doing for the past ten or so years. That's honestly the biggest problem with this show. They spend so much time ripping off batman that this show honestly doesn't get enough time to be it's own thing. The Dark Knight Trilogy is the best screen interpretation of a comic book character basically ever. Drawing on that style is a massive part of what makes Arrow as good as it is.
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Aren't the back stories more or less similar? At least the playboy turns vigilante part. Tommy almost had more of a batman back story than Ollie.
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imperialparadox posted:Yeah, I expect Constantine, and especially Preacher, to be a letdown in terms of what they do with it on TV. I'm not hopeful for Preacher. "gently caress" is used to often in the books it may as well be a member of the cast. It's inscribed on the drat lighter for God's sake, they can't change that.
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