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Ollie should stick Ras in with Slade and Boomerang for an Aussie actor party - devote an episode to the three of them having endless sparring montages, followed by an escape.
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The Lord Bude posted:Ollie should stick Ras in with Slade and Boomerang for an Aussie actor party - devote an episode to the three of them having endless sparring montages, followed by an escape. On the Mateship! 
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Dec 19, 2014 15:22
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Rocksicles posted:On the Mateship! Better yet, a between seasons mini series featuring those three escaping from the island.
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Dec 19, 2014 15:39
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Wait, if they put the them on an island and the island is there specifically for convicts, does that make them double Australians? (Tasmanians?)
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I would watch that in a heartbeat.
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Xealot posted:I think so, too. At most, Ollie might achieve some kind of symbolic victory, and make a point of not killing Ra's. I think they could do something pretty interesting with Oliver suddenly being the head of the League of Assassins and trying to figure out how to use that power for something good, but that would be a pretty crazy direction for the show to go in.
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evenworse username posted:I think they could do something pretty interesting with Oliver suddenly being the head of the League of Assassins and trying to figure out how to use that power for something good, but
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Angel got better after they got Wolfram & Hart though.
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But that was an end game that basically destroyed all the characters' souls. I don't think that's the sort of thing you want to write yourself if you're hoping for years of success. I think Ras is too interesting and big to kill off or stick in a prison. Slade was just one random psycho for all his stature. Ras is basically a king of a small country of killers. He's much more interesting as a recurring character with ambiguous morals and allegiance to Ollie. I don't like the Evil Ollie stuff at all. I think it's a little hackey and too game changing. And the idea of Merlyn brainwashing Ollie to kill Thea makes no sense to me. I still think the simplest answer is Katana's husband whose name I can never remember. Or maybe even Katana herself. He's basically the gun that got cleaned in the first act that you're waiting to be used. You still get all the grief and confusion that will happen when Nyssa tells Team Arrow he's dead (and they tell Thea), Ollie can be plenty messed up by resurrection without being someone's puppet, and Ras can just let it go because Ollie died once and he didn't kill Sara anyway.
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Dec 19, 2014 20:30
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http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/19/arrows-manu-bennett-joins-mtvs-shannara Look's like we might we may end up getting little to no Slade beyond this season.
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Oh my God they're making a tv series version of Shannara?  I loved that book when I was a kid but man it doesn't hold up too well at all.... then again, I never thought they could make a tv series based on the Green Arrow comic that I would watch regularly.
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Jerusalem posted:Oh my God they're making a tv series version of Shannara? http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/19/arrows-manu-bennett-joins-mtvs-shannara posted:Shannara is based on Terry Brooks' book series of the same name. The story is set in our world, thousands of years after the destruction of our civilization. It tells the tale of the Shannara family, whose descendants are empowered with ancient magic and whose adventures continuously reshape the future of the world. The first season will be based on The Elfstones of Shannara, the second title in the series. If a the book is set thousands of years into the future, but features "ancient" magic, wouldn't that mean the magic is from our present time?
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SIR FAT JONY IVES posted:If a the book is set thousands of years into the future, but features "ancient" magic, wouldn't that mean the magic is from our present time? They wield the power of the ipad with a solar charging case
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32MB OF ESRAM posted:They wield the power of the ipad with a solar charging case 
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Where would the show be shot? Because if its still shot in Vancouver, couldn't that allow for them to have Bennet on the show every so often? BTW the fact that it involves the guys from smallville makes me think it will fail.And if it doesn't Kristen Kreuk has a great meal ticket.
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TyrantWD posted:http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/19/arrows-manu-bennett-joins-mtvs-shannara I don't expect it to last long. Certainly no longer than the 'Sword of Truth' TV series managed to last. There just isn't enough substance there to adapt into a long form series without becoming as derivative and pointless as the later books in the series. What next? Are we going to start seeing TV adaptations of Raymond E. Feist or David Eddings books? If anything, I'd rather see a producer tackle material from someone like Robin Hobb or Melanie Rawn. Plus, Slade is too memorable of a character to be left out of the series for more than a season at a time.
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Dumb question time: Did I just blink and miss the scene where Slade's old partner on the island got killed? He was the top henchman for several episodes and then as far as I can tell he was just gone, but I don't recall ever seeing him get killed. We never saw his face so it's not like it would matter who the actor was, so it seems strange to me that he'd just disappear, and I figure I must have somehow missed the scene showing what happened to him.
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Jerusalem posted:Dumb question time: Did I just blink and miss the scene where Slade's old partner on the island got killed? He was the top henchman for several episodes and then as far as I can tell he was just gone, but I don't recall ever seeing him get killed. For sure he's killed. I think Slade kills him saving Oliver.
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The Shannara show is being produced by the Smallville creators.
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SIR FAT JONY IVES posted:For sure he's killed. I think Slade kills him saving Oliver. Fair enough, obviously I must have been distracted or stepped out of the room or something when it happened. I just remember noticing at some point the guy wasn't around anymore and being confused by it.
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SIR FAT JONY IVES posted:For sure he's killed. I think Slade kills him saving Oliver. Here's a screencap. Looks like it was in season 1 episode 14, The Odyssey.
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Aphrodite posted:The Shannara show is being produced by the Smallville creators. No magic powers or using the words druid or elfstones till season 10
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Bennet was made to CHOOOOOOSE and he chose the poo poo book series 
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Bad Moon posted:Bennet was made to CHOOOOOOSE and he chose the poo poo book series So there would be no way for them to still have him as a occasional guest? (Once a season)
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I'm sure they probably could. There's plenty of actors on multiple shows at once. It just depends on when the availability is necessary, but I'm sure they could probably plan well enough to make it happen if they wanted to.
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TyrantWD posted:http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/19/arrows-manu-bennett-joins-mtvs-shannara Nooooooooo. Yesssssssssss.
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Crowsbeak posted:So there would be no way for them to still have him as a occasional guest? (Once a season) The problem is I want Bennet to Slade it up way more than once a season.
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Slade shouldn't be around all the time. I love him but if Arrow was bouncing with Slade and Merlyn and Ra's all the time it would get silly. Slade's special so if he disappears for awhile I'm fine with it. The longer he's away the more amazingly complicated I expect his plot to destroy Ollie to be when he comes back. And I have faith that Arrow will last longer than that show so as long as they don't kill him off we're all good. And hey, we're about to get a fix for that too! I love comics. Jerusalem posted:Dumb question time: Did I just blink and miss the scene where Slade's old partner on the island got killed? He was the top henchman for several episodes and then as far as I can tell he was just gone, but I don't recall ever seeing him get killed. Slade kills Wintergreen when he rescues Ollie from the bad dudes after Ollie goes back to try and save Yao. If I'm remembering it right the bad guy tells Ollie and Yao to fight to the death or else he'll kill Shado. Than Slade shows up, kills Wintergreen, and they escape with Shado.
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bull3964 posted:I'm sure they probably could. There's plenty of actors on multiple shows at once. It just depends on when the availability is necessary, but I'm sure they could probably plan well enough to make it happen if they wanted to. As long as I get to see him once or twice a season I am fine. Maybe so they can actually shoot in snow so often they'll film Shanarra up in Vancouver.
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Dave Angel posted:Here's a screencap. Looks like it was in season 1 episode 14, The Odyssey. Thanks guys, this is pretty drat explicit and makes me feel even sillier for having missed it.
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Stephen did another Q&A and answered a couple of relevant questions: Shooting Slade with an arrow is more humane than letting him starve, so since Oliver didn't want to kill Slade, he's getting fed by someone (probably ARGUS) and who/how will likely be answered at some point. Stephen suggested doing the fight with Ra's shirtless so he could keep his stunt double from doing any of it and Ra's and Batman fighting shirtless on a mountain is an iconic scene that they wanted to honor. The producers actually said they could wear shirts, but Stephen was already scarred and tattooed up. Stephen also made a post clarifying that the picture we saw earlier was fanmade and the idea that they'd make a cliffhanger like that and reveal the solution to said cliffhanger a few days later is ludicrous.
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Some Numbers posted:Shooting Slade with an arrow is more humane than letting him starve "I won't kill you, but I don't have to feed you." Sounds perfectly logical to me.
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Some Numbers posted:Stephen also made a post clarifying that the picture we saw earlier was fanmade and the idea that they'd make a cliffhanger like that and reveal the solution to said cliffhanger a few days later is ludicrous. Master of deception.
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Eddain posted:Master of deception. So CLEARLY I cannot choose the photoshop in front of me.
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Bruceski posted:So CLEARLY I cannot choose the photoshop in front of me. Luckily, I spent the last two seasons building up an immunity to fan speculation.
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One of the classic blunders, investing in an island prison in Asia.
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bull3964 posted:I'm sure they probably could. There's plenty of actors on multiple shows at once. It just depends on when the availability is necessary, but I'm sure they could probably plan well enough to make it happen if they wanted to. Roger Cross (Quentin's former partner) was a regular on three series in one year and managed to cameo in at least 4 others. I have no doubts that Slade will be back.
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TyrantWD posted:http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/19/arrows-manu-bennett-joins-mtvs-shannara Allanon isn't in the books all that frequently. He's a big deal, but he's basically a deus ex so he can't show up too often. I think. It's been a while since I read those and they really didn't hold up.
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Dave Angel posted:One of the classic blunders, investing in an island prison in Asia. But also, never go in against an Aussie when death is on the line.
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