aBagorn posted:

That or they just need to keep 'appearances'

Dead Snoopy posted:

pfft...Best Buy. Their spin off [Canadian Future Shop] doesn't even CARRY the 2nd season of Arrow on Blu-Ray. I gotta order it online. Plus they've always got 10 persons per department standing around doing sweet F.A.! Oliver should just raise $1000, buy one and he could work in the appliances section and slip out the back whenever he wants to do anything.

Future Shop is probably the actual cover story for most of the real life members of The Justice League [reporters, amazons and playboys not included].

VagueRant posted:

Yeah, the character was fun (a much more positive energy compared to Summer Glau as an ice queen), but my problem was that the dramatic beats there were pretty much a rehash of the previous storyline of a hotshot charming executive playing nice and then sweeping Ollie's metaphorical legs out from under him.

Deadpool posted:

I kind of doubt they're going to wrap that mystery up in one episode, but this is Arrow. I'm pretty sure the villain next week is just a red herring.

BrianWilly posted:

I don't want to get too deeply into this because I'm sure I've already exceeded the upper limit of talking about this specific topic on this forum, but that's really only one part of fridging; it's really a mix of death, disempowerment, and gratuity. The original Women in Refrigerators website that Gail Simone started, for instance, didn't just list off girlfriend that got killed to make their boyfriends sad; it was a list of all female characters in comics that got somehow shuffled off the stage by way of death or disempowerment, as an examination of why there were so few active, powerful female superheroes that writers could write about, thereby examining the difference between how female characters were treated in those instances versus male characters in comparable situations.

We can see the trend playing out throughout Arrow itself. Of all the important main characters killed off through the series, we got Tommy and possibly Yao Fei on one end, and Shado, Moira, and now Sara on the other. Tommy and Yao Fei was were fridged, that's true, but Tommy in particular got fridged like a champ, performing self-sacrificing feats of heroism to save the woman he loves; the guy who was physically unimpressive, who never showed any particularly heroic attributes, goes out in a spectacular feat of masculinity, showing that even the weakest men are prone to great strength. Moira, Shado, and Sara got no grand virtuous finales; they got victimized and tied up and tossed off a building. Three of the deadliest women on the show, two of them stalwart heroes, are helpless to stop the bad guys from killing them, showing that even the strongest women (and Yao Fei, I suppose) are ultimately powerless when all is said and done.

It's a trend that pops up over and over again through media.

Bad Moon posted:

Making characters exist to die to give others growth is a poo poo thing

Kruller posted:

I hope that Laurel gets the proper Canary Cry instead of using tech like Sara did. With The Flash setting up metahumans, it could happen, and it'd be neat to have SOMEONE who isn't just "really good at punching/using a bow/gadgets" involved, so long as she isn't shrieking her head off every episode. Make it take a lot out of her or something.

ghostwritingduck posted:

We already have a super serum that brings you back from the dead and gives you super human strength. The Flash now exists in continuity as well, which brings the meta humans with him. A Lazarus Pit doesn't seem any weirder.

Drifter posted:

Sarah Lance/Black Canary

zoux posted:

I feel like yall are missing the salient aspect of that photo.

AAA DOLFAN posted:

Jesus. CSI is mocking this show for it's advanced technology. She found his cell phone in literally loving 30 seconds

Slamhound posted:

I know last week didn't leave much room for ambiguity, but I'm genuinely surprised they actually killed off Sara. Wasn't Caity Lotz a favorite?

thrakkorzog posted:

If he was so frail that the actual death of a daughter he had already assumed had died would kill him, then he should be in hospice care, not running a police force.

Warmachine posted:

I agree with your assessment on Laurel though. I like that they're giving her stuff to work with now, and I think it can come out really well in the end, but this is a situation where Arrow's trademark breakneck pace isn't working for me. She's been a stagnant character for so long that her suddenly turning into a revenge-crazed vigilante who is twisting the arms of would-be assassination targets to extract information and is ready to charge off quite literally half-cocked after a guy has my suspension of disbelief shaken.

Rocksicles posted:

Not sure why DC have decided to not let Arrow have Ted Kord or the others they said no too, when the movie and tv universes are separate. Not making a lick of sense now they have cast a new Flash

Krad posted:

I wouldn't want Ted to appear in either show. You all know what his fate is in every universe he's in.

bunnyofdoom posted:

The thing is everyone wants him back, as long as Jaime keeps the scarab.

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

muscles like this? posted:

While in the comics Brick has superpowers (unbreakable skin) it looks like for the show he's just going to be called that because he's tough.

Basebf555 posted:

I don't think it matters, she found a place to train, that's the important part.

Captain Mog posted:

I may have said this before but I actually find Thea to be one of the better characters in the show. She stands her ground always and makes zero apologies for who she is or what she believes in. I'm interested to see where they're taking this whole plot line with her. Anyone have any idea who they could be making her into? I've never read any Arrow comics or otherwise experienced Ollie outside of Smallville.

Deadpool posted:

Well she calls herself Mia in this episode. I'd recommend Googling DC and Mia if you want to know more. Although clearly there will be major differences.

twistedmentat posted:

Good thing Merlyn had all those easy to destroy things around his Katana collection.