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Ragman COULD theoretically make the rest of the team obsolete but the show's clearly gone out of its way to sideline him and stay mum about his power limitations, presumably specifically to avoid him outclassing the rest of the team. Its kind of the same way Legends always seems to send Jax and Stein off on separate missions so that Firestorm is never available to resolve the problem quickly.
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STAC Goat posted:Its kind of the same way Legends always seems to send Jax and Stein off on separate missions so that Firestorm is never available to resolve the problem quickly. Yeah, well, they're idiots.
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Even when Firestorm is around they just use him to fly around and shoot fireballs
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I think he turned a bomb into water once. Although I feel like I've never once seen or read a Firestorm story that didn't effectively treat him like the Human Torch instead of some dude who does crazy science poo poo I don't truly understand and clearly the writers don't either. But like, even the Human Torch would resolve most of their small, mid episode issues. Which is why they always have to separate Jax and Stein and come up with an excuse to turn Ray's suit off. Otherwise there'd never be a reason for Mick and Sara to punch people.
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STAC Goat posted:I think he turned a bomb into water once. Mick doesn't need a reason to punch people. If he's not punching enough bad guys he'll just start punching Ray because Mick's not drunk enough for 3pm.
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That's not quite what he said. They have a story planned but no timetable for it right now.
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STAC Goat posted:Ragman COULD theoretically make the rest of the team obsolete but the show's clearly gone out of its way to sideline him and stay mum about his power limitations, presumably specifically to avoid him outclassing the rest of the team. Eh, I don't mind how they've handled him -- he doesn't know martial arts or anything, and he's been played as a pretty ordinary guy without any real experience being a soldier or vigilante. He was just some kid who found his dad's magic suit and went out to kill the people he thought were responsible for his death. He's been a weapon for Oliver to direct, but I don't see it as strange that the character that's been portrayed isn't out doing all sorts of crazy things with his suit or showing a ton of initiative on his own. He's a regular dude that's just starting to get used to all this vigilante and magic poo poo, he's not Oliver, or Diggle with his special forces background, or even Wild Dog, who's much more impulsive and seems much more personally driven.
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Didn't they say Evil Laurel (she needs a nickname) was going to join the Legion of Doom?
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No, people just speculated because rumors said she signed a multi-show deal.
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Rhyno posted:(she needs a nickname) Black Siren
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Burning_Monk posted:Black Siren A FUN NICKNAME
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Rhyno posted:A FUN NICKNAME Urban Siren
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Naturally Athletic Siren
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Urban Contemporary Siren.
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she has an extra vocal cord that lets her scream better
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We all know Tommy Merlyn made her scream more than Oliver. But... it wasn't RADIOACTIVE
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Bad Moon posted:I wish Prometheus was Tommy but it's not Flashpoint Tommy
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Rhyno posted:A FUN NICKNAME Goth Canary?
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Azhais posted:Flashpoint Tommy Detective whosits is/was Kovar's son.
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Rocksicles posted:Detective whosits is/was Kovar's son. An acceptable alt would be Detective Shivakamini Somakandarkram
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Bad Moon posted:I wish Prometheus was Tommy but it's not I don't expect Prometheus to be anyone but the guy they're saying he is in the show, but this is the only exception that's worth it.
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I have no idea if they're going to stick the landing on a mass shooting episode, but hey, more power to the show for trying.
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Hurray! Gun debate!
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Dialogue was pretty clunky at times to insert Curtis's and Rene's argument, but overall I thought it was a pretty good episode. Amell did a really good job tonight, I thought, especially during the scene where he talks down Edlund. The Rene flashback stuff was really good, too, actually. My house's power cut out right after the lady or whoever it was hung up on Rene at the end, so I missed the last four or so minutes, did I miss anything?
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^^^ Curtis is going to help Rene get his daughter back and Ollie gave an inspirational speech. I would dearly love to know what was in that magic gun control legislation. Arrow is totally the wrong show to take on gun violence in any serious sort of way, but like I said before, I admire the chutzpah.
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Sir Potato posted:Dialogue was pretty clunky at times to insert Curtis's and Rene's argument, but overall I thought it was a pretty good episode. Amell did a really good job tonight, I thought, especially during the scene where he talks down Edlund. The Rene flashback stuff was really good, too, actually. Dinah got the apartment and a job with the SCPD. Curtis is going to help Rene get his daughter back.
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Thanks. Nothing super cliffhanger-y, then.
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The shooting was pretty terrifying because it didn't look like the other action scenes, just a nutbar shooting people, rather than criminals going after Team Arrow. So how old is Wild Dog? I assumed he was in his 20s but he has a daughter that's like 12?
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twistedmentat posted:The shooting was pretty terrifying because it didn't look like the other action scenes, just a nutbar shooting people, rather than criminals going after Team Arrow. The actor is 37, which is crazy because he doesn't look anywhere close to that old.
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X-O posted:The actor is 37, which is crazy because he doesn't look anywhere close to that old. Holy poo poo really? Crazy. I guess people think i'm way younger than I actually am, but drat. I guess the character acts like an angry kid as well doesn't help. Man, Digg's arms are massive, serious 24 inch pythons going on.
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twistedmentat posted:Holy poo poo really? Crazy. I guess people think i'm way younger than I actually am, but drat. I guess the character acts like an angry kid as well doesn't help. I think Digg and Lance are the only regulars on the show older than him actually.
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howe_sam posted:I have no idea if they're going to stick the landing on a mass shooting episode, but hey, more power to the show for trying. I liked that they stopped the episode to have a scene with Team Arrow practically look straight at the camera and ask "Are we being preachy?" and ruminate on the nature of being preachy Also I feel like it's a plot-hole that Rene was inspired by watching Darhk on TV right after talking to that Social Worker, wasn't the whole city on lockdown at that point?
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"We've written a gun control law that doesn't restrict purchase or use." "Then what does it do?" "Gives us a way to get out of this political mess of a corner we painted the episode into." twistedmentat posted:The shooting was pretty terrifying because it didn't look like the other action scenes, just a nutbar shooting people, rather than criminals going after Team Arrow. Yeah, I was surprised they had a TV-14 warning before an episode of Good Guy Shoots People, but in context it was handled pretty differently.
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