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BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
I think the latter half of this episode was a lot stronger than the front half. The front half felt kinda amateurish and rushed. The back half was a lot more riveting with the twists and turns.

I don't think I'll ever not hate Waller's dumb plots, but I actually she was more like this -- smarmy and wicked -- last season.

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BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand

Senerio posted:

but I don't blame the actor for that.
The CW should make T-shirts of this phrase and pass it out just to save time.

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
That...that was actually amazing. Everything in the episode was good.

I know about as much about business as Felicity apparently does, so I actually liked her plot. I...like...Felicity again? What is this emotion.

The fight scenes alone put the season 3 finale to shame.

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
There were a bunch of pretty good jokes that landed well in the episode, which is more than you can say for the majority of s3. Oliver going "Self-defense classes!" (which is, hey, technically true) when he threw a guy off a balcony was great. I even laughed at Felicity's "da bomb" schtick.

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
I will say it's a little ridiculous that Dahrk is coercing Lance's cooperation by threatening to attack his daughter, aka the vigilante that's going out every night to attack Dahrk.

What happened to the Canary cry, anyway?

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
Laurel would fit pretty well in Supernatural what with her stubborn refusal to let a sibling stay dead no matter what the consequences might be.

(:haw:)

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
Now don't quote me on this but I'm like 12% sure they have professional fight choreographers and stunt martial artists to make sure all the hitting is exactly the way they want the hitting to look.

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
Oh that silly Malcolm.

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
Mr. Argent was a better shot in Teen Wolf.

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
Legends of Tomorrow to introduce Connor Hawke.

(kinda)

(:awesome:)

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
Ooh, I really hope Ray is at least doing the insane thing that comic book Atom does where he warps from place to place using phone calls. Maybe that's how he ended up in Felicity's phone.

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
This episode was loving amazing. Easily at season 2 quality, if not even slightly better.

...though to be honest I spent most of it being annoyed at Oliver wearing the same ugly maroon shirt for days on end...

But still. Please keep this up.

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
She also trained with Nyssa for a while.

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
Well, frankly, slowly forming a team and becoming less dark and brutal over time is a quintessential part of Batman's narrative, as well.

...What I'm basically saying is that Arrow's probably gonna be a Batman clone to the bitter end. :buddy:

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
Lol Ollie's life truly is constantly synchronized with things that happened to him precisely five years ago.

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
I see this episode is giving Caity Lotz a chance to stretch those acting chops :buddy:

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
"Why don't you see that this is really about me?" -Laurel

(She had a good point about Ollie's constant hypocrisy though)

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
How did Sara get into that room if Laurel was standing at the door? She crawled through the vents or what

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
C'mon Paul Blackthorn this can't be the first exorcism you've seen.

e: restitution whatevr

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
Yeah y'know, I think I probably woulda watched Constantine if they used this episode to spin off into his show. :v:

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
This was a great episode. That's like, five for five this season.

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
On Earth-2, Arrow was cancelled and Stephen Amell went on to guest-star in an episode of Constantine.

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
"I think episodes 406 through 409 might be one of our strongest stretches ever on the show." -Stephen Amell

Get............hype....? :ohdear:

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
Pleather game strong

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
I hope there are air holes in tiny Ray's new house

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
To be honest this is more or less how Sara acted before she died as well.

How long has Laurel not been wearing the wig? Just this episode?

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
Lotsa talk about Order and Destiny in the ep...

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
I think the guns Diggle has been using are tranqs.

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
This is like the ninth or tenth time Sara has left Star City to "find herself"

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
I think the one thing that's not quite clicking with me this season is the constant reliance on the whole "I'm afflicted with murderous raaaAaaAAAAGE!" device that they just keep on using episode after episode with Thea and now with Sara. I liked the episode where they first realized this about Thea because it led to some cool moments between her and Ollie and also to that sickass fight between her and Anarky, but at this point the charm of seeing someone wallop mooks in an uncontrollable rage while someone else shouts "No, that's enough! Stop it!" has worn off.

Especially since, if you think about it, this is basically the same exact thing as that Mirakuru rage thing that Roy had.

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
There's like zero chance the season doesn't end with Barry, Jay, Jesse Quick, and Wally West in a massive speedster pile-up against Zoom. Probably some others as well.

e: OKAY FRAK this is the Arrow thread but uh same principle remains

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
Cultivating a healthier outlook over time with the help of the friends and family he picks up through the course of his war really just another fundamental narrative that Arrow ganks from Batman.

(not pictured: like four or five other Robins)

BrianWilly fucked around with this message at 21:48 on Nov 16, 2015

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
Oh my god if they get Ray to shrink to examine the tooth.

PLEASE DO THIS

e: aww missed opportunity.

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
Are those twigs from Themyscira or something?

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
Mr. Dahrhrkh gets some of the greatest scenes, really.

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
...CoverGirl...Star Wars...collection...?

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
Okay that looked extremely lethal.

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
SHOUTING A LOT.

BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
Yeah, I like it. Nice action camerawork.

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BrianWilly
Apr 24, 2007

There is no homosexual terrorist Johnny Silverhand
I have this weird feeling that Thea's new boy is gonna end up being the mayor by the end if the season, and not Oliver.

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