Arrow Season 3 - "The show about the hooded vigilante with a boner."

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Its Rinaldo: Aug 13, 2010; CODS BINCH

I never liked Constantine being in the DC universe because holy poo poo is it dark plus the Christian background weirdly gibes with literal Greek Gods running around

# ? Aug 11, 2015 23:02

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STAC Goat: Mar 12, 2008; Watching you sleep.

Butt first, let's
check the feeds.

Doesn't the DC world just have "God" and angels? Like wasn't there an actual angel in the Justice League and the Spectre's actual official explanation is "God's avenging angel"?

They just call him "The Entity" or something.

# ? Aug 11, 2015 23:06

Rhyno: Mar 22, 2003; Can't post for 10 years!

I don't even like wrestling but everything Amell did is awesome. And the Diggle sign just about killed me.

# ? Aug 11, 2015 23:09

Astro Nut: Feb 22, 2013; Nonsensical Space Powers, Activate! Form of Friendship!

Bad Moon posted:

I never liked Constantine being in the DC universe because holy poo poo is it dark plus the Christian background weirdly gibes with literal Greek Gods running around

STAC Goat posted:

Doesn't the DC world just have "God" and angels? Like wasn't there an actual angel in the Justice League and the Spectre's actual official explanation is "God's avenging angel"?

They just call him "The Entity" or something.

The DC universe, at large, has a lot of faiths represented by actual figures of their respective lores, and most of the time company policy regarding how to resolve the obvious ramifications and implications was to do nothing whatsoever and quietly ignore it. A few events have been based on pantheons going to war with each other, but you rarely if ever see like, Wonder Woman being protested for the fact her apparent existence is itself blasphemous.

In general though, its inconsistent to the point that you just kinda have to accept it as a thing. Vertigo was especially problematic in this regard because the ambiguous nature of how closely related it was to the DC mainstream meant that writers were far less concerned about playing politically correct and/or ambiguous, but that resulted in stuff like gods needing belief to maintain power because they're just ~ideas~ and otherwise they can just be hunted down and killed (nevermind the Olympians run around fine), God actually having been split in two and His evil half tried - and succeeded - to re-unite with the good half, but then also God retiring and handing over the reins of the cosmos to like, his granddaughter or something?

In that sense I do hope they keep Constantine's side of affairs more ambiguous on Arrow, just to avoid the confusion.

# ? Aug 11, 2015 23:21

SpiderHyphenMan: Apr 1, 2010; by Fluffdaddy

Actually no I take it back Season 3 wasn't where the show went downhill it was when the episode after Moira's death opened with her funeral instead of Thea asking Oliver what the hell just happened and learning everything. That was the precursor to everyone hiding Sara's death from Lance.

# ? Aug 11, 2015 23:41

Humbug Scoolbus: Apr 25, 2008; The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.; Clapping Larry

STAC Goat posted:

Doesn't the DC world just have "God" and angels? Like wasn't there an actual angel in the Justice League and the Spectre's actual official explanation is "God's avenging angel"?

They just call him "The Entity" or something.

The Presence. Spectre is the manifestation of God's Vengeance (explicitly not an angel)

# ? Aug 11, 2015 23:41

Valeyard: Mar 30, 2012; Grimey Drawer

I am hyped as hell for Arrow now

# ? Aug 12, 2015 00:28

pentyne: Nov 7, 2012

Chokes McGee posted:

Jesus yes. We were watching this live in the Raw GDT, and he went over the barricade and into the ring like a high flyer. Plus, his spear and interview afterwards was pretty amazing.

They'll reduce the time he spends in the ring and tightly script everything, so it should be fun.

The wrestling thread seems pretty meh about it, but mostly hoping its a better celeb match then some of the previous ones. Amell is extremely fit and has a ton of experience doing his own stunts and fight scenes so he knows how to make a fight look amazing. All he needs is a couple of weeks of wrestling training for a great show. He's not going to be pulling off any crazy flips but he'll definitely be able to handle medium level moves you'd expect from a rookie wrestler.

# ? Aug 12, 2015 02:37

jscolon2.0: Jul 9, 2001; With great payroll, comes great disappointment.

Phylodox posted:

This is good news!

But, again, will White Driver be there, too?

# ? Aug 12, 2015 02:47

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Gaz-L posted:

Neville is relatively small, but Amell [...] over 6 feet, so it's a little deceptive there.

Huh, I wouldn't have guessed that about Arnell. For some reason I thought he was just "average" height. :shrug:

# ? Aug 12, 2015 03:12

Xelkelvos: Dec 19, 2012

Dexo posted:

IIRC, he was Mirakuru'ed up and then got hit with Chemicals and had a building fall on him or something.

He could very easily not be dead.

Or he could be dead, but then revived.

# ? Aug 12, 2015 12:35

Rocksicles: Oct 19, 2012; by Nyc_Tattoo

loving Amell, i hate wrestling but that's some funny poo poo.

He's a ultra competitive man child.

# ? Aug 12, 2015 12:39

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

pentyne posted:

The wrestling thread seems pretty meh about it, but mostly hoping its a better celeb match then some of the previous ones.

Oh, I meant the GDT! Don't look at the aftermath threads, everything is terrible in them.

:v:

# ? Aug 12, 2015 14:08

Levantine: Feb 14, 2005; GUNDAM!!!

Amell is just delightful to watch. He's a down to earth guy using his success to fuel all of his childhood dreams and it looks like a blast.

# ? Aug 12, 2015 14:10

sbaldrick: Jul 19, 2006; Driven by Hate

Levantine posted:

Amell is just delightful to watch. He's a down to earth guy using his success to fuel all of his childhood dreams and it looks like a blast.

That's pretty much his life and honestly good for him for doing it.

# ? Aug 12, 2015 16:10

Aphrodite: Jun 27, 2006

# ? Aug 12, 2015 16:31

jscolon2.0: Jul 9, 2001; With great payroll, comes great disappointment.

Aphrodite posted:

You left off professional baseball player.

# ? Aug 12, 2015 16:33

Aphrodite: Jun 27, 2006

I would have also put "Starting quarterback" and "Marry a model" if the site let me make it any longer.

# ? Aug 12, 2015 16:37

The Question IRL: Jun 8, 2013; Only two contestants left! Here is Doom's chance for revenge...

Given how much he talked about doing Ninja Challange, ninja should also be on that list.

# ? Aug 12, 2015 16:56

hcreight: Mar 19, 2007; My name is Oliver Queen...

Technically it already is.

# ? Aug 12, 2015 17:12

Aphrodite: Jun 27, 2006

Celebrities running Ninja Warrior is always funny because they spend so long hyping it, and then they usually go down to like the 3rd obstacle.

Like Amell can do a salmon ladder, but I doubt he works on grip strength stuff.

# ? Aug 12, 2015 17:16

sbaldrick: Jul 19, 2006; Driven by Hate

Aphrodite posted:

I would have also put "Starting quarterback" and "Marry a model" if the site let me make it any longer.

Amell's wife was on America's next top model and I'm sure he could start in the CFL if he wanted.

# ? Aug 12, 2015 17:37

Aphrodite: Jun 27, 2006

I know, they would have been crossed out!

(The quarterback thing is from Blue Mountain State.)

# ? Aug 12, 2015 17:38

Tupping Liberty: Mar 17, 2008; Never cross an introvert.

sbaldrick posted:

Amell's wife was on America's next top model and I'm sure he could start in the CFL if he wanted.

Oh, THAT'S who she is! She was one of the sad poor babies that didn't like their makeover. I knew I recognized her from something.

# ? Aug 12, 2015 18:37

The Question IRL: Jun 8, 2013; Only two contestants left! Here is Doom's chance for revenge...

I just had a perfect idea for.how to bring in Constantine.

Have him show up in the present day plot line meeting Ollie for the first time.
Then in the Flashback part show Thea Queen spending a load of money to hire famed magician John Constantine to find her brother. (Like how psychics are sometimes hired to find missing people.)

The flashback plot can be that Constantine does find Ollie, but knows that it's better for him to stay lost and become a hero rather than being him home early.

So he takes Thea's money and tells her Oliver Queen is dead.

# ? Aug 13, 2015 16:23

Valeyard: Mar 30, 2012; Grimey Drawer

Have the episode before Constantine end with the gang like "Oi bloody hell mate, what do we do!!!!" and then have someone pull out a card, show it to everyone else, put it down on the desk next to a phone and then pan and rotate on to the card playing the Constantine intro theme showing its his business card. Then spend the whole week plugging the next episode

# ? Aug 13, 2015 16:34

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

It's already been stated how Constantine will fit into all of this

He helps bring Sara back.

quote:

Said Mericle, of Constantine�s role on Arrow, �It was born more out of the storyline for Sara Lance. We needed someone to come in and help bring her back. He felt like the most exciting possibility and we�re just thrilled to get him. He brings such a different element to the show.�

So, it seems that Sara coming back isn't going to be as simple as a quick dip into the Lazarus Pit.

bull3964 fucked around with this message at 17:49 on Aug 13, 2015

# ? Aug 13, 2015 17:47