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David D. Davidson posted:I gotta admit, I didn't like him at first, but that DJ has some killer beats. And he's so subtle in his mixes, like a ninja or something.
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Oracle posted:And why would you even use a staff if you've been training in boxing? Nothing about what she did made any sense. If only this was addressed in dialogue. quote:Also Felicity's sudden nano-quantum-electrical microchip engineering skills. Why is she working as a personal assistant again? If only this was addressed in dialogue. And also set dressing. And hell probably on an official website somewhere.
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Oracle posted:Except the actor has the physicality to back it up. Laurel's actress doesn't. She was swinging that staff like a baseball bat, it looked painfully stupid and awkward and unwieldy. And why would you even use a staff if you've been training in boxing? Nothing about what she did made any sense. She could have been bluffing. Its not like this show has a history of being completely incompetent when it comes to understanding how the legal system works ...oh...wait
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Gaz-L posted:Also, if they keep giving Routh lines like the one about lasers in this episode, I'd be entirely OK with the Atom spin-off that's been floated. Dude is hilarious at delivering that stuff. I will always think of him as "the Superman from that one movie".
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Jan 29, 2015 20:51
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I can't stand Laurel, but I am also under no illusion that Sara was a great character. The actress is awesome, but the Sara-Ollie drama was Huntress bad.
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Oracle posted:Except the actor has the physicality to back it up. Laurel's actress doesn't. She was swinging that staff like a baseball bat, it looked painfully stupid and awkward and unwieldy. And why would you even use a staff if you've been training in boxing? Nothing about what she did made any sense. There are rechargeable pacemakers bro. Also with all the work they did to show how bad Laurel is at Canarying at this point, of course she's not going to look pro with that staff.
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I'm disappointed Oliver was just better after a couple of stitches and some penicillin. I was hoping for full on Lazarus Pit magic or something. Instead we get ah, just some bandaids! That'll fix your punctured lung.
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They never actually explained what was done to make him better. This is preferred to talking about herbs or something. I did see a mortar and pestle though so...
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Jan 29, 2015 21:19
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DJ Douchebag was trained in the art of the mix in Nanda Parbeats.
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David D. Davidson posted:I gotta admit, I didn't like him at first, but that DJ has some killer beats. Beats By Ras(tm)
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Azhais posted:Beats By Ras(tm) If you break the warranty on your headphones, Ras stabs you and pushes you off a mountain.
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Oracle posted:But then there was a lot of cringe-worthy stuff in this episode, from the blatant law-breaking by Laurel setting up the mook to be killed in prison What was cringe-worthy about this? I took it as Laurel wanting to threaten a law-ignorant thug to get what she wants. You could say it makes her a bad person - it does give me the impression that she's willing to bend the rules to get what she wants now - but I see this as the character being bad, not the show.
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imperialparadox posted:What was cringe-worthy about this? I took it as Laurel wanting to threaten a law-ignorant thug to get what she wants. You could say it makes her a bad person - it does give me the impression that she's willing to bend the rules to get what she wants now - but I see this as the character being bad, not the show. Seriously, dude's never watched The Wire.
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Gaz-L posted:And he's so subtle in his mixes, like a ninja or something. Ra's was impressed by his deep cuts
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They totally established that Laurel was only using a staff to be more like Sara and that the police brutality stick was far more suited to her, but I did feel like they were missing a scene where Laurel goes "Okay fine this weapon was a bad idea, let me try this other thing instead." Like, y'know, this, but with a nightstick instead.
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zoux posted:Also with all the work they did to show how bad Laurel is at Canarying at this point, of course she's not going to look pro with that staff. Seriously. Every complaint about that sounds ridiculous to me, because in no way is the show saying Laurel is actually good at this stuff. Roy isn't even good at it, he's just comparatively better. I mean, their co-op mission to save hostages ended with Canary face-planting on the roof of a van and Brickwell shooting a hostage in the face. They're bad at this. And Felicity's tacit endorsement hardly means she's all-in. She just realized that *someone* had to do it, and Black Canary is all they've got. It's also why she reversed course with Ray; the need for an Arrow figure is there even if the Arrow isn't, so she might as well help the people willing to do it in his stead. I'm kind of into this plotline, because it really hammers the Batman sense that wearing a costume to fight crime is *insane*. Also, it's going to be really badass when Ollie returns and wrecks poo poo.
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Azhais posted:Beats By Ras(tm) "I have replaced Evil, with Death. And EDM."
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David D. Davidson posted:I gotta admit, I didn't like him at first, but that DJ has some killer beats. *assuming anyone else reads The Adventures of Dr. McNinja
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VDay posted:"I have replaced Evil, with Death. And EDM." "I drop the bass and my enemies off cliffs"
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Xealot posted:Seriously. Every complaint about that sounds ridiculous to me, because in no way is the show saying Laurel is actually good at this stuff. Roy isn't even good at it, he's just comparatively better. I mean, their co-op mission to save hostages ended with Canary face-planting on the roof of a van and Brickwell shooting a hostage in the face. They're bad at this. Yeah people bitching about "uuuh self defense training much?" are ridiculous because if she had shown an ounce of competency they'd be bitching about how unrealistic it was that she was any good at this after a little bit of training. There are a ton of people who have decided Laurel is terrible and will whine about everything she does in the show regardless of the actual quality or development of the story.
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Xealot posted:Seriously. Every complaint about that sounds ridiculous to me, because in no way is the show saying Laurel is actually good at this stuff. Roy isn't even good at it, he's just comparatively better. I mean, their co-op mission to save hostages ended with Canary face-planting on the roof of a van and Brickwell shooting a hostage in the face. They're bad at this. Yeah, this Brick story is either ending with Ray, Roy and Laurel coming together to beat him, or with an out-of-nowhere "DANIEL BRICKWELL! YOU HAVE FAILED THIS CITY!"
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I hope Thea and Chase, Merlyn and some other league assassins start fighting in the middle of an open club night, and Vanilla Ice is there, and takes over the DJ booth to start singing "Go ninja go ninja go!"
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Gaz-L posted:Also, if they keep giving Routh lines like the one about lasers in this episode, I'd be entirely OK with the Atom spin-off that's been floated. Dude is hilarious at delivering that stuff. Barry's mind in Ollie's body is how Felicity is supposed to describe him. Ollie's mind in Barry's body is how we get Roy. 
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greatn posted:I hope Thea and Chase, Merlyn and some other league assassins start fighting in the middle of an open club night, and Vanilla Ice is there, and takes over the DJ booth to start singing "Go ninja go ninja go!" It'd still only be the second-best reference to that movie this century.
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Gaz-L posted:It'd still only be the second-best reference to that movie this century. ...what was the first 
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Bad Moon posted:...what was the first https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMeqlyORegg
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Bad Moon posted:...what was the first https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-lT1oOU7b4 edit: well i never saw that first one 
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Bad Moon posted:
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I completely understand the direction we're going in making Laurel even worse than Roy because she's just starting out as a vigilante. I just find it hilarious because S1 is still fresh in my mind since I marathoned S1 and S2 in the fall so it's amusing to me that they've quietly forgotten all of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcM-zfYEGq4. I guess the moral of the story is the S2 drug binge was worse than we all thought! Man I completely forgot Deathlok was in S1.
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I mean, I can see how she...feels?...more competent in season 1 but she doesn't actually fight a bodyguard in that first scene and every other scene ends in her getting schooled in some way. That last one is particularly embarrassing 'cuz she literally goes "Bet ya didn't expect me to be so badass huh?...ohnoz my gun jammed!  "I definitely remember spending much of season 1 thinking "This is supposed to be our Black Canary? Miles to go, etc." and I actually prefer what they're doing with her now more.
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hangedman1984 posted:She could have been bluffing. Its not like this show has a history of being completely incompetent when it comes to understanding how the legal system works I don't see how this was incompetence, she was just being blatantly corrupt, as fits her current "total lack of any regard for law" character.
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BrianWilly posted:They totally established that Laurel was only using a staff to be more like Sara and that the police brutality stick was far more suited to her, but I did feel like they were missing a scene where Laurel goes "Okay fine this weapon was a bad idea, let me try this other thing instead." Like, y'know, this, but with a nightstick instead. Maybe we'll get there. I thought her explanation that Starling City criminals are already afraid of the Canary (because of Sara) and that she's trying to take advantage of that actually makes a lot of sense.
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It also fits into the show's opening voiceover: "To the city, I am someone else... something else." Oliver's become a symbol, as the Arrow. Laurel and Roy are trying to use the same symbolism to cover for their shortcomings.
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He's an MMA fighter but all we've seen them do is boxing. From all those pictures she posted, Katie Cassidy might be training harder than Laurel is supposed to be.
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hangedman1984 posted:She could have been bluffing. Its not like this show has a history of being completely incompetent when it comes to understanding how the legal system works I bet she filed the wrong paperwork anyways and that guy is now dead.
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