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Burning_Monk
Jan 11, 2005
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enraged_camel posted:

Except Felicity never went on a dumb rampage against him.

The writers set him up as a friendly rival by having him take over the company (and "steal" Felicity) from Ollie which was fine, but went overboard when he decided The Arrow was the enemy, lured him into a trap and zapped Roy with a million volts of electricity.

Hmm, Roy? Never heard of him. *looks over to heap of red leather smoldering in the corner* Nope.

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Burning_Monk
Jan 11, 2005
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WarLocke posted:

Ray wasn't bad, but it was extremely obvious that he was supposed to be Ted Kord. I know they had to write around the decree from higher-up, but it made the character we got feel off, like a Dollar Store Iron Man.

Kinda like how Green Arrow is a Dollar Store Bat Man?

Burning_Monk
Jan 11, 2005
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Phylodox posted:

How am I the first person to mention that Lance wants a code name, too? :allears:

We still just have "Black Driver" for Diggle, right?

Burning_Monk
Jan 11, 2005
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McSpanky posted:

I might be reading too much into this but the boss ninja Constantine fought was a man of large stature who always had one hand behind his back and wore a familiar embroidered coat...

For the layman?

Burning_Monk
Jan 11, 2005
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Hawk people look dumb, there I said it.

Burning_Monk
Jan 11, 2005
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Kibayasu posted:

I can't help but wonder what that thing below Amell is supposed to be.

Looks like his compound bow.

Burning_Monk
Jan 11, 2005
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Dexo posted:

Jesus christ, Felicity dying would not be a fridge. As Felicity has had a purpose in the series story that wasn't just "going to die"


It is possible to kill a female in fiction without it being a fridge for christ sakes.

But if her death is only to advance the plot of Green Arrow against whoever killed her than it would be fridging. The first female Robin was a fleshed out character but her death is still considered a fridging because it was only done to motivate Batman.

Burning_Monk
Jan 11, 2005
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Pretty neat actually.

Burning_Monk
Jan 11, 2005
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Aphrodite posted:

Or maybe he shouldn't become a character he has nothing in common with just because of his skin colour.

They have pretty similar backgrounds, being ex-military. With a similar personality (compared with JLU).

Burning_Monk
Jan 11, 2005
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libertao posted:

At first I rolled my eyes at the nail gun, but then I pictured it in a comic book -- of course the evil demolition squad is going to have demolition-themed tools to fight with. I know the "hey it's a comic book show" cop-out can get a bit carried away, but I've seen worse.

In the comics, her character uses a modified bolt gun, so this was a just a simplification of that.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demolition_Team

Rosie the Riveter... get it? :cheeky:

Burning_Monk fucked around with this message at 21:43 on Feb 18, 2016

Burning_Monk
Jan 11, 2005
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Mr Beens posted:

Anyway, the action scenes were cool this week, then I remembered that someone mentioned last week that it was the stunt guy directing again. Standouts for me were the long uncut shot of the Lances escaping the first building, and Thea and Laurel fighting one of the demolition team up high past an opening and you see Diggle fighting with the sledgehammer guy in the background down below.

Ya I loved the practical effects, I definitely noticed the stunt guy directing as there were lots of random fights and lots of running with explosions. I even noticed that the "group fights all the ninjas/soldiers at once in a melee brawl" was even more on point this episode with the characters doing some really good moves and less dancing in circles.

Is there a gif of Diggles flying kick yet?

Burning_Monk
Jan 11, 2005
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Mr Beens posted:

The cheque was discovered by a researcher on his team looking for stuff that the other side could find and use against Ollie, which was in the assumedly public records of Queen Industries (otherwise why did it get flagged as a potential skeleton that could come out) - Thea connected the dots by looking up her name and finding out she went to college with Ollie and has a kid of the right age, all public info.

Which is strange because how is a check that was never cashed in the public record?

Neon Knight posted:

I just remembered, did Diggle use some fucken Magneto powers to repel a sledgehammer last night? Like, was he wearing a franklin badge or anti-sledgehammer spray or something?

Yep, surprising but cool. Pushed a little badge on his jacket and it repelled the hammer. (of course no other metal including a giant loving helmet right there next to it did anything.)

Burning_Monk
Jan 11, 2005
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I still say Cisco should have gifted her Well's chair.

Burning_Monk
Jan 11, 2005
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hangedman1984 posted:

Nice try, the Arrow was already revealed to be Roy Harper

But he died!

Burning_Monk
Jan 11, 2005
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Aphrodite posted:

In story there's no reason Rip shouldn't just drop him back off a half second after he took him, unless he dies.


Burning_Monk
Jan 11, 2005
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bbf2 posted:

Did anyone else notice that when Oliver was having his dream vision, Slade is the person who appears right as the narration says "people you've killed."

But....he didn't kill Slade! Slade is sitting in a cell in prison.

Didn't he escape the prison?

Burning_Monk
Jan 11, 2005
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greatn posted:

Remind me how she died again?

Nonsensically.

Burning_Monk
Jan 11, 2005
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Rhyno posted:

Didn't Ray gift his shares to Felicity and thus making her the majority shareholder?

She could still be a major shareholder, but they can fire her from the CEO position.

Burning_Monk
Jan 11, 2005
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Rhyno posted:

Wouldn't the building and everything in it still be hers?

Also why didn't they get out a melon-baller and scoop the chip out of her back since that's technically PalmerTech property as well?

Depends on how the corporation is setup really. Palmer could have had a controlling stock in the company but still less than <50% so technically the rest of the shareholders together would own more of the building and things. But in any case you can't just walk into a national corporation, even one you own, and start taking everything. That's called embezzlement.

Felicity has been using the company as her superhero credit card so I'm sure they could find some excuse to remove her from the building. After all, she was just going to straight up steal a prototype cpu from her company and give it to her escaped-felon father when they escorted her out.

Just ask George Bluth.

Burning_Monk
Jan 11, 2005
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10 Beers posted:

Between this show BvS, and Man of Steel, DC just really doesn't care for civilian populations.

Meh, they are just made up cities anyway.

Speaking of... is there some significance to Monument Point? Any known superheros there?

Burning_Monk
Jan 11, 2005
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PowerBeard posted:

Not anymore. :black101:

MP survived, but those jerks in Havenbrook got what they had coming! :commissar:

Burning_Monk
Jan 11, 2005
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Scyantific posted:

So uh, remember when Guggenheim and Amell kept touting that season 4 was "going to be lighter in tone" and not as grim and dark as season 3???

Everyone seems pretty happy a day after nuking a city... see not as Grimdarhhhhk!

Burning_Monk
Jan 11, 2005
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Slandible posted:

So is the world free of all nukes now that they were all launched into space? Also no one seems to really give a poo poo about the town of 50k people that was wiped out. Shrug our bad, let's talk about our drama.

Yes, finally we have peace in our time! Nuclear disarmament is complete and everyone gets a puppy.

Havenrock? Nope, never heard of that shithole.

Burning_Monk
Jan 11, 2005
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Xelkelvos posted:

One of the ramifications for this is that there aren't any more nuke on the planet. Hooray Nuclear Disarmament! :downs:

Or is it only NATO doesn't have nukes? Season 5 - CnC Red Alert!

Now we know how the Russian stuff fits in. ;)

Burning_Monk
Jan 11, 2005
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Nah, pretty sure when push comes to shove he was only looking out for #1. Barrowman you stupid as gently caress.
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Yep even his "love" for Thea is from his not wanting to feel bad about her death like he did her mother. He's protecting himself, and when Thea steps out of line or does something that makes him feel less guilt for her, he ditches/drugs/manipulates until she comes around

Burning_Monk
Jan 11, 2005
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Guess who isn't completely forgotten about and left in a pile of garbage?

http://screenrant.com/arrow-season-5-roy-harper/

The show is reportedly “getting back to its roots,” focusing on Team Arrow in a grittier, more grounded reality that calls back to the first season.

haha, right, sure, this time, no doubt!

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Burning_Monk
Jan 11, 2005
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Does he have a nose for crime?

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