DC's Yesterday: Superheroes, Maybe?

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raditts: Feb 21, 2001; The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.

So this is basically Rory's solo adventures after the Doctor left him for dead, right

# ¿ Jan 22, 2016 02:08

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raditts: Feb 21, 2001; The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.

"Why did we become criminals?"

"Because we love breaking out of prison."

I guess we can also consider this the continuing adventures of Prison Break, since this is only a logical continuation.

Soothing Vapors posted:

Lgnds To Tomorrow

I hope thread titles are editable, because drat dude.

# ¿ Jan 22, 2016 02:17

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Maxwell Lord posted:

IT IS THE SEVENTIES!

You can tell by the sepia filter and the greatest hits of the '70s blaring everywhere they go!

# ¿ Jan 22, 2016 02:38

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Mooseontheloose posted:

I am ok with Sarah, Snart, and Heatwave getting into bar fights through time.

Yeah, as long as this show winds up being the dumb, entertaining alternative to all the sulking and brooding in Flash and Arrow it's all right with me.

# ¿ Jan 22, 2016 02:42

raditts: Feb 21, 2001; The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.

My favorite part of the episode was the reveal that Rory just got the most convenient people he could find and lied to them to make them feel special. It could only be better if it turned out they weren't the first group he'd given that spiel to and sent to their time-forgotten deaths.

Toxxupation posted:

if youre really into arthur darvill and specifically arthur darvill as rory williams on that other bad time-travelling sci-fi show how appealing is this show

How do you feel about Rory as The Doctor and a bunch of b-squad superheroes and villains as his companions?

Xelkelvos posted:

The Hawks are also the only pair that could have any sort of romantic relationship drama so they're on even more thin ice of being the worst of the team.

Especially because they have absolutely zero chemistry together or screen presence in general. Their suits also make them look like dime-store Wolverines in action.

raditts fucked around with this message at 20:25 on Jan 23, 2016

# ¿ Jan 23, 2016 20:19

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FemHawk.

Hawkess.

# ¿ Jan 25, 2016 18:24

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twistedmentat posted:

Either version of Hawk and Dove would be great. Actually, this show does lend itself well to single episode heroes and villains. Depends on how much they want to spend on effects and such.

Only if they get the Arnold brothers back together to play them in live action. I'd settle for just the Savage brothers if they can't swing that.

Rhyno posted:

Yeah?

What happened to their feet?

raditts fucked around with this message at 06:44 on Jan 26, 2016

# ¿ Jan 26, 2016 06:40

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BrianWilly posted:

This is seriously the best use of all these characters.

I mean except the Hawks but hey

Well Carter is dead so best use of him as well.

How convenient that they are stuck in 1975 though. Legends of 40 Years Ago.

# ¿ Jan 29, 2016 02:58

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greatn posted:

How will Iron Man who can also shrink, a guy with the power to throw nuclear fire and fly, a guy with a gun that can lower temperatures to sub zero (although now it seems to just fire a blue laser and nothing freezes), and a guy with a gun that can fire beams of "absolute hot" possibly defeat a guy who can throw knives real good?

Well you see, a microchip and a wire might fall off of Iron Man Who Can Also Shrink's robot suit for some reason, and Knifey Throwy will be able to reverse engineer that into a doomsday weapon somehow.

BrianWilly posted:

Yeah I gotta be honest, I'm still not buying Savage as any credible threat and I'm not crazy about the hoops they have to jump through to make sure the team doesn't just obliterate him on a continual basis.

Heck, he would've just flat-out died and the series would've been over this week if Hawkgirl had been the one to use the knife in the first place, instead of Hawkman. The fact that he's still around to gloat about with that lovely accent and haircut came down to pure luck.

It's too bad she had to stand 30 feet away slack-jawed while that whole thing went down instead of loving helping fight the bad guy.

raditts fucked around with this message at 05:11 on Jan 29, 2016

# ¿ Jan 29, 2016 05:05

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I dont know posted:

This is my hope. Now that Hawkman is gone (hopefully for good), Savage is the weakest part of the show. He doesn't come across as menacing or interesting. His entire performance just doesn't work. Having Darhk cameo just underscored how much better of villain Arrow has compared to LOT.

Speaking of, is Darhk also immortal or have a lazarus pit of his own or something, because why else would he have not aged in 40 years?

# ¿ Jan 29, 2016 22:00

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Xealot posted:

Though, Matt Ryan is in his thirties. In 2016. The main possibility is that DCTV Constantine is between the ages of 1 and 9 in the 1980's.

Yes, the actors' ages are definitely a legitimate obstacle in a TV show with time travel, magic, and multiple immortals. Especially when it crosses over with another show with magic and immortals.

# ¿ Jan 30, 2016 06:25

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Andrew_1985 posted:

I know, right!?

Meanwhile, Hawkman was creepy AF, but I have to admit he was kinda hot without a shirt.

I don't watch Arrow/Flash, but Wentworth Miller's fantastic.

Dominic Purcell is too. But between this show / Flash and that one yogurt commercial, I wonder how much he is actually acting as opposed to just being himself.

Ither posted:

I'll echo some people here. This show's Vandal Savage isn't a credible threat.

Yea, he killed Hawkman (Yay!), but that was only due to the most extreme plot induced stupidity.

Yeah, but he can throw knives

like real fast

# ¿ Jan 30, 2016 16:52

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His only abilities demonstrated thus far are "throws knives real fast" and "plot armor"

A little show-don't-tell would go a long way as far as making the viewer give a solitary poo poo about him

# ¿ Jan 31, 2016 05:26

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Party Plane Jones posted:

Seriously. The fate of what's left of the world versus your super creepy eternal gently caress buddy.

Her creepy eternal gently caress buddy that will have another life eventually where he can remember you and you can be happy or whatever.

I knew that goddamn horseshit was coming and it still didn't stop me from yelling "Oh gently caress YOU" at the TV when it happened.

This show is so loving stupid.

# ¿ Apr 29, 2016 02:01

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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:

Thank god. Maybe Kendra will just decide to bash in Savage's head and the last 2 eps will be them celebrating through time.

No, he'll ~*~regain his memories~*~ just in time to loving die again, then she'll kill Savage.

# ¿ Apr 29, 2016 03:58

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Sereri posted:

Just goddamn kidnap Savage as a baby.

Savage has hosed poo poo up throughout time, so why don't the time ~~lords~~ masters just send their Pilgrim lady to kill [i]him[/i[ as a child?

# ¿ Apr 29, 2016 17:25

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People should just stay away from The Flash because it's bad.

# ¿ Apr 30, 2016 17:26

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enraged_camel posted:

Ray is likable, but both he and Kendra are being dragged down by the horrendous and creepy romance plot that's unfortunately central to the story.

What is it with all these shows and vanishing into a shithole of lame boring relationship drama anyway? Arrow did it and it loving sucked, Flash did it and it loving sucked, LOT is doing it and it loving sucks. When will they learn?

# ¿ May 1, 2016 05:26

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Rhyno posted:

The same people do not write every CW show.

The DC shows share some staff though, don't they?
e: The superhero ones in the shared universe I mean.

raditts fucked around with this message at 15:13 on May 1, 2016

# ¿ May 1, 2016 14:42

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Robot Hobo posted:

Also, assuming it's even true that Savage did something to Carter's mind, why would anyone possibly believe that only he can fix it? Yeah, Savage says so, but what does he know?

Well, he's immortal and can throw knives pretty good, so we should take him on his word that he has mind-bending powers because

uh

hmm

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nooneofconsequence posted:

If time worked that way why do we need Time Masters in the first place!

To act smug about it and be assholes I guess.

# ¿ May 2, 2016 23:13

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