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2 Things: Not only is Catman a villain, he's kind of a cool one. More of an anti-hero than anything. Started off as a cheesy Adam West era Bat-Foe and got resuscitated in Green Arrow decades later. Also, I did some googling and apparantly the Booster Gold show has been gestating for a long time, and was to be produced by Berlanti and written by Kreisberg. Color me loving excited, I didn't know any of that existed until reading this thread.
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BreakAtmo posted:If you're talking about TDKR Bane the Nolan trilogy already exists in its own universe and has nothing to do with Arrow at all. The only Batman continuity Arrow MIGHT be connected to - and it's still nothing but rumours right now - is the one started by Man of Steel and the upcoming sequel. And hell, I can imagine they would stay away from Bane as a Batfleck villain since he was just in Rises, so Arrow could actually be the best place for him. I didn't know that, cool!
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Dec 8, 2013 06:03
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Aphrodite posted:Bane's Santa Priscan, you racist. Santa Prisca actors guild are a little lite on enormous motherfuckers
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Dec 8, 2013 06:19
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I wonder how unlikely it would be for them to be able to nab Trejo.
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Dec 8, 2013 06:22
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TheChad posted:I wonder how unlikely it would be for them to be able to nab Trejo. Danny Trejo as Bane is something I would perform multiple obscure ritual sacrifices for. And it probably could be done - Trejo's done TV before (all I know of is the couple of Breaking Bad episodes).
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Dec 8, 2013 06:24
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TheChad posted:I wonder how unlikely it would be for them to be able to nab Trejo. I didn't know I needed this until you said that.
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Dec 8, 2013 06:25
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 It's preordained, really.
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Dec 8, 2013 06:30
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TheChad posted:
Hell, have Trejo-Bane use a machete at one point as a joke. Or have Ollie grab a machete and slash a Venom tube with it.
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Dec 8, 2013 06:31
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I was thinking "Why using all of Batman's villains", but then I remembered that they pretty much already run through all of Green Arrows rogues, including killing one of in the pilot.
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Dec 8, 2013 07:08
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e X posted:I was thinking "Why using all of Batman's villains", but then I remembered that they pretty much already run through all of Green Arrows rogues, including killing one of in the pilot. Yeah, Green Arrow is kinda like Daredevil that way, he picks up a lot of castoffs and time-shared B-villains from other heroes along the way.
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So I watched the Flash episode of Arrow and really liked it. I think they did an awesome job introducing him and making him a distinct, nice character. Plus he had some really nice chemistry with Feleciity (but to Hell with him if he thinks he can be with her instead of Ollie! Rargh, grr, irrational hatred of shipping that I don't support.) One thing I will say is this episode, while capable of standing on it's own merits as a part of Arrow's season 2 also did a good job of setting up the basics of creating a spin off show. (So much so that I can understand how the execs decided to give Flash his own pilot. Because in the episode you are shown an actor playing a new character with a lot of charisima, he is shown as being someone interesting enough that he can hold his own show. But crucially they give him his own DEAL. "I go around investigating/ looking into weird crimes that everyone else writes off. All in the hopes that I can put some meaning on my life and get my dad out of prison." Bang, that's a hook right there. Well done Arrow people.
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The Question IRL posted:But crucially they give him his own DEAL. The potential Flash show is looking better and better the more I read about it. The New York Times did an article on Greg Berlanti where he talks about Arrow and his plans for the Flash. The New York Times posted:In the way that “The Bourne Identity” was a reference point for “Arrow,” Mr. Berlanti said that “Flash” has elements of Tom Wolfe’s “The Right Stuff.” So it sounds like the Flash's powers will be almost as dangerous to him as they are to his enemies, at least in the beginning. I like the sound of that. One, it means we are definitely not getting near-omnipotent!Flash any time soon. And two, it's not really something I've seen before. Movies and shows like this rarely explore the potential downsides of superpowers. It's all fun and games until you accidentally start a housefire with laser-vision. 
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Xealot posted:I get that Assassins is more canonical, but it's such a Darth Badguy name for a team of villains. Shadows struck a better chord with me in Batman, even if it comes from nowhere. Of course, Arrow embraces its origins super earnestly, and I can't fault it for doing so. Assassins it is. The League of Assassins is literally a league of assassins. The League of Shadows was an organization that killed evil cities. They can't recycle the plot from Batman Begins, and there's only one other possible story you can do with the League of Shadows, and no matter how crazy the super power stuff gets in Arrow, I don't think it'll ever get far enough to have the League of Shadows fight Danny the Street.
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Spergatory posted:The potential Flash show is looking better and better the more I read about it. The New York Times did an article on Greg Berlanti where he talks about Arrow and his plans for the Flash. I absolutely love the frame of mind they approach their character work from. Berlanti for president. His approach is the perfect rebuke to the crap DC normally puts out.
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Spergatory posted:And two, it's not really something I've seen before. Movies and shows like this rarely explore the potential downsides of superpowers. It's all fun and games until you accidentally start a housefire with laser-vision. Watch Alphas. It lasted two seasons on Syfy and is the best show I've ever seen about superpowers. It explores the downside to them very well. In fact the downside to them is one of the main parts of the show. It's a shame it didn't last longer.
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Deadpool posted:Watch Alphas. It lasted two seasons on Syfy and is the best show I've ever seen about superpowers. It explores the downside to them very well. In fact the downside to them is one of the main parts of the show. It's a shame it didn't last longer. I'm still bitter about that ending. 
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The Question IRL posted:(but to Hell with him if he thinks he can be with her instead of Ollie! Rargh, grr, irrational hatred of shipping that I don't support.) This reads more ambiguously than you probably intended. 
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jscolon2.0 posted:This reads more ambiguously than you probably intended. Bollie 4-EVA.
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Just got to the Huntress episodes, and I have to say; those were pretty bad, but not for the reasons I was expecting. I've seen comments on the actresses wooden delivery and her lack of chemistry with Oliver but I really didn't see either of those things. No, for me, the dealbreaker with the Huntress episodes was the action scenes. Every time Helena had to do something fighty it was just actively terrible. She has the physicality of a tree sloth on chemotherapy. Everything from her throws to her acrobatics to her punches was just nightmarishly bad, especially when Stephen Abs-mell was there to compare her to. Her existence has just made me all the more appreciative of Caity Lotz as Black Canary. Now there's a girl who can deliver an action scene. 
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And to go unashamedly male gaze for a moment: Huntress' actress wears her costume like a stripper or a runway model, while Caity Lotz looks likes an MMA fighter wrapped in a body glove. Both of them are real nice to look at, but only one of them convinces me that the character being portrayed can plausibly bring the hammer down on gangsters and professional assassins. Lotz is just the total package.
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I don't remember, but did they have the high heels for Huntress when she was in costume and fighting? All I really remembered about the Huntress was that her actress was really attractive.
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Drifter posted:I don't remember, but did they have the high heels for Huntress when she was in costume and fighting? I thought she was kinda weird looking tbh.
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Dec 8, 2013 18:33
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"Arrow Season 2: All these outrageously attractive women look weird" Seriously? Of all the criticisms you could levy at these actresses (who I personally think are doing alright) is that they look weird?
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TheChad posted:I thought she was kinda weird looking tbh. I am so offended at you right now.    You're probably one of those people who thinks Liv Tyler isn't absolutely beautiful, either. I am sickened. Literally dying right now.
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hi liter posted:"Arrow Season 2: All these outrageously attractive women look weird" Well, actually, yeah. Except for Felicity.
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I only said I thought Huntress looked a bit weird, what does Liv Tyler have to do with anything lol.
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Liv Tyler has barely aged a day since Empire Records drat Elves.
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My crush on Liv Tyler is mitigated by knowing that if I ever dated her I would end up having to listen to so much Aerosmith.
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Gilok posted:My crush on Liv Tyler is mitigated by knowing that if I ever dated her I would end up having to listen to so much Aerosmith. You're crazy.
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Habibi posted:You're crazy. Or possibly cryin'.
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caity lotz looks like owen wilson Moira is the hottest woman on this show. what up.
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TheManWithNoName posted:Moira is the hottest woman on this show. what up. 
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Well that was an odd tangent. To get things back to some kind of decent conversation, if there are any X-Files fans among the show watchers they'll be glad to know that Nicholas Lea has been cast in a recurring role on the show. Krycek is coming to Arrow.
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Deadpool posted:Nicholas Lea has been cast in a recurring role on the show. Krycek is coming to Arrow. I hope he plays a guy who initially teams up with Ollie and then he turns out to be KGBeast.
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TheManWithNoName posted:
Barrowman!
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-Blackadder- posted:I hope he plays a guy who initially teams up with Ollie and then he turns out to be KGBeast. Wasn't the guy in the cell on the freighter with Ollie KGBeast?
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They would have to make it so he is unkillable.
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Aphrodite posted:Wasn't the guy in the cell on the freighter with Ollie KGBeast? Ha, didn't even notice that. Maybe Krycek could be NKVDemon. e: vvv, that would be pretty cool, too. -Blackadder- fucked around with this message at 23:45 on Dec 8, 2013 |
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Googling Nicholas Lea's name turned up an article where someone offers random speculation that Lea will be playing David Caine under an assumed name. Now there is literally nothing to back this up and the article is quite obviously a shameless attempt to drum up pure hits based on speculation, but since it features a character I like, I'll allow it. That being said, Lea's character is almost certainly going to be a secret assassin or other badass. He's way too handsome an actor to just be on Arrow without getting involved in a fight scene.
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Jesus Christ, Arrow just keeps upping the ante. If we get a mute martial arts expert in season 3 there's going to be no topping this series.
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