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Post by omega on Oct 26, 2016 7:33:27 GMT
The last episode of Supergirl was great. The line about the President's other jet was brilliant. It's interesting how introducing a Daxamite, Mon-El, instead of another Kryptonian brings out an innate behaviour that shows a weakness in Kara. Hopefully another Daxamite will make an appearance, Sodam Yat.
The theme of alien immigration wasn't exactly subtle, but more subtle than The Zygon Invasion/The Zygon Inversion.
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Post by Timelord007 on Oct 26, 2016 7:35:41 GMT
Enjoyed Supergirl & the Flash new season openers & I'm looking forward to watching Arrow tonight.
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Post by omega on Oct 28, 2016 6:00:44 GMT
The Flash season 3 episode 1, a previously on. Same for episode 2. Episode 3 has a previously on but also a fiddlesticksing premise exposition waste of time. Surely the viewers can pick up the relevant exposition from the previously on or the dialogue.
EDIT: The swear filter kicked in.
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Post by Timelord007 on Oct 28, 2016 7:35:34 GMT
Arrow season 5, good opener but Felicity how could you Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
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Post by omega on Nov 1, 2016 9:55:31 GMT
I'd really like to see Grayson adapted as a TV show. It's more in the spy than the superhero genre (a number of James Bond/60's spy moments), is very intelligently written and could feasibly be done on TV. It'd also bring Midnighter to screen, one of the more prominent LGBTG characters in DC comics. It'd mean more Dick Grayson, who is awesome whether he's Nightwing or Agent 37. www.dccomics.com/graphic-novels/grayson-vol-1-agents-of-spyral
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Post by Timelord007 on Nov 2, 2016 7:54:43 GMT
Flash season 3 episode 2, better episode this week which sets up some very interesting arcs for the characters.
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Post by icecreamdf on Nov 2, 2016 12:58:54 GMT
The Penguin's arc this season is very...unexpected. I'm loving Mad Hatter though.
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Post by omega on Nov 10, 2016 9:27:31 GMT
If you saw Commander Steel in the Legends of Tomorrow episode Justice Society of America, the character has just popped up in this week's issue of Earth 2: Society.
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Post by elkawho on Nov 24, 2016 2:34:39 GMT
Evan (13) and I are catching up on Supergirl and he says the following. "Mom, you know what I wish they would do on one of these shows? Cast someone who doesn't look like a supermodel." Out of the mouths of babes.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2016 23:55:37 GMT
Medusa (latest Supergirl) episode for some reason isn't up on Australian iTunes, but Invasion! went up this morning. Keep in my mind I'm not a regular watcher of either The Flash or Arrow (I'm not a fan of Barry's characisteration on The Flash).
I haven't the original storyline, but it looks like we're in for a fun alien invasion romp. Kara wanting to know everyone's names and being TEAM! was just too cute for words. Their nicely conveying the epic nature of the story on a TV budget - focusing on our heroes as they deal with the impossible. True, don't look too closely at The Dominators, but it's still incredibly impressive for a TV budget. I do wish mind controlled Kara could have been a little bit more meancing, although I suppose they didn't want to push things too far for Supergirl's family audience.
I'm kind of surprised they went with The Dominators, from what I've seen of the original design, it's very much a racist chariacture, particularly given with everything that is going on at the moment. Couldn't they change both the skin colour and that red dot? Given CW's approach to diversity, I'm hoping it's just something that slipped through accidently.
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Post by omega on Dec 1, 2016 3:24:19 GMT
I'm kind of surprised they went with The Dominators, from what I've seen of the original design, it's very much a racist chariacture, particularly given with everything that is going on at the moment. Couldn't they change both the skin colour and that red dot? Given CW's approach to diversity, I'm hoping it's just something that slipped through accidently.
It looks like the same CGI model as used for the White Martian over on Supergirl, so it could be a way to keep the budget down. What struck me was the absence of two characters from Legends of Tomorrow. On another forum someone suggested that the group sequences were filmed early on in the shows' production schedules, hence why Ray has the Atom suit and both Nate and Amaya are absent in this episode (explained as looking after the ship and it was a pretty busy scene anyway). Over in Legends {Spoiler}Ray lost the suit in episode three, and only last episode discovered any Dwarf Star to build another, which he was intending to do when the crew of the Waverider, their ship, got Felicity's message. Obviously Ray not having his suit would need to be explained to non-Legends viewers but it creates a continuity snarl if you are watching Legends. Of course keeping casual or not viewers up to speed while maintaining the continuity of several shows in one crossover is a challenge comic writers face when writing crossovers, only with much more a much more pedantic and critical audience.
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Dec 1, 2016 10:59:25 GMT
I'm kind of surprised they went with The Dominators, from what I've seen of the original design, it's very much a racist chariacture, particularly given with everything that is going on at the moment. Couldn't they change both the skin colour and that red dot? Given CW's approach to diversity, I'm hoping it's just something that slipped through accidently.
It looks like the same CGI model as used for the White Martian over on Supergirl, so it could be a way to keep the budget down. What struck me was the absence of two characters from Legends of Tomorrow. On another forum someone suggested that the group sequences were filmed early on in the shows' production schedules, hence why Ray has the Atom suit and both Nate and Amaya are absent in this episode (explained as looking after the ship and it was a pretty busy scene anyway). Over in Legends {Spoiler}Ray lost the suit in episode three, and only last episode discovered any Dwarf Star to build another, which he was intending to do when the crew of the Waverider, their ship, got Felicity's message. Obviously Ray not having his suit would need to be explained to non-Legends viewers but it creates a continuity snarl if you are watching Legends. Of course keeping casual or not viewers up to speed while maintaining the continuity of several shows in one crossover is a challenge comic writers face when writing crossovers, only with much more a much more pedantic and critical audience. Particularly during the thrown down with {Spoiler} The mindcontrolled heroes, particularly Firestorm and Supergirl , having Steel and Vixen on your side would have helped balance out the fact neither Barry or Ollie could fly.
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Dec 1, 2016 11:01:28 GMT
I did like how in Arrow both Kara and Barry struggled to explain how they make the world a better place without reference to their powers. I also like how bubbly, almost giggly, Kara is all the time.
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Post by omega on Dec 1, 2016 11:03:57 GMT
It looks like the same CGI model as used for the White Martian over on Supergirl, so it could be a way to keep the budget down. What struck me was the absence of two characters from Legends of Tomorrow. On another forum someone suggested that the group sequences were filmed early on in the shows' production schedules, hence why Ray has the Atom suit and both Nate and Amaya are absent in this episode (explained as looking after the ship and it was a pretty busy scene anyway). Over in Legends {Spoiler}Ray lost the suit in episode three, and only last episode discovered any Dwarf Star to build another, which he was intending to do when the crew of the Waverider, their ship, got Felicity's message. Obviously Ray not having his suit would need to be explained to non-Legends viewers but it creates a continuity snarl if you are watching Legends. Of course keeping casual or not viewers up to speed while maintaining the continuity of several shows in one crossover is a challenge comic writers face when writing crossovers, only with much more a much more pedantic and critical audience. Particularly during the thrown down with {Spoiler}The mindcontrolled heroes, particularly Firestorm and Supergirl , having Steel and Vixen on your side would have helped balance out the fact neither Barry or Ollie could fly. {Spoiler}Steel especially, only vulnerable to dwarf star. We've seen him shrug off anything his teammates can throw at him. Oh, and Gideon is voiced by Amy Pemberton, better known as Sally Morgan to Big Finish listeners.
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Post by Timelord007 on Dec 1, 2016 16:57:50 GMT
B'movie legend Dolph Lungdren in Arrow last night made my day.
I was hoping he'd say "i must break you".
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2016 5:07:37 GMT
Like I've done with BF this year I've saved the Comic Book shows to binge on towards the end of the year. Great to see Dolph as a big bad on Arrow as Timelord says (I'm thinking Dolph is Prometheus - we don't get many big name actors in the flashback scenes). We've got Green Arrow vs He-Man/Punisher/Ivan Drago. Perhaps more excitingly for me, thevoice of Prometheus with the mask on is Michael Dorn - the minute I heard that voice I geeked out BIG time. He's even talking with his Worf pacing and clipped phrasing. Wonderful to hear him on a big prime time show again. I've enjoyed this Season of Arrow so much more than S3 and S4. Getting back to the vigilante roots and away from too much magic and meta material is a good move. Those aspects work much better on Flash and Legends. Not crazy with Lance's drinking story or the acting of Mr Terrific but in general it's leaps and bounds ahead of what we've had since the sublime Slade Wilson season. On Flash - I'm so happy they've given Tom Cavanagh another great version of Wells to play. H.R. is such a fun take on the character. Rather disappointed that Savatar is our third consecutive big-bad who's also a speedster though. Add Jesse and Wally getting speed this season and it's really overkill. I'd love to have a non-speed villain next year. Hopefully Grodd can take over the Earth they've stranded him in and come back for revenge. Would also love to have more Trickster with him used in a much darker arc rather than the odd cameo but Mark Hamill is obviously very, very busy with Star Wars. If this was 4 or 5 years ago when Hamill wasn't back in the biggest franchise on Earth I'm sure he'd be more available. I know he's said he wants to be in a Kevin Smith episode. Tom Feltons not much of an actor really but he's quite believable as a pain in the backside. Legends Of Tomorrow really, really misses Arthur Darvill as Rip. He had a choice to do this full-time or Broadchurch Series 3 and then come back as Rip later...I kinda wish he stayed with this. I really like Nick Zano as Citizen Steel but there's a real imbalance to the team right now. Sarah is supposed to be the Captain but she can't go 5 minutes without being distracted by Damien Dahrk. This show for me is always at its best when it's just crazy fun and they've given us that in a few eps - loved the Chicago gangster one and Martin singing Edelweiss in occupied Paris was hilarious. The Jonah Hex ep was dull and seemed to exist because they had the set and costumes from last year. The big highlight for us comic readers is seeing some JSA action and I actually thought they'd be in a bit more than they were. Obsidian popping back up in 1987 - and being played by Lance "Bishop" Henriksen no less - was a really cool idea. Gotta say I thought the "Four Night Crossover" was a real much ado about nothing though. It was really a two night crossover - Supergirl only crossed over for 30 seconds at the end while Arrow was more of a celebration of their 100th ep than a crossover. It didn't really feature any actors from the other shows. The Flash and Legends eps were cool enough but it never felt like enough of a threat. The cliches of the mind-control and Firestorm having to change a giant bombs elements were lazy recycles of last season for the respective shows. Still wonderful iconography and great to see so many heroes together in full costume. What times we live in.
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Post by Timelord007 on Dec 13, 2016 8:25:55 GMT
Yeah the crossover arc was a little misleading & I'm certainly missing Arthur Darvill as Rip Hunter, last season of the Flash Tony Todd voiced Zoom, this season Saw's Tobin Bell is voicing Doctor Alchemy or whoever it maybe, so I'm assuming Robert Englund or Doug Bradley are lined up to voice over villain next season.
Arrow i think Prometheus is Tommy Merlin, somehow resurrected due to flashpoint & trained by his dad Malcom, while the vigilante the cop working with Oliver it's so bleeding obvious with lines like go to hell "I've already been there".
I just think shows like Daredevil & Jessica Jones have raised the bar & DC always seem to be a step behind playing catch up to Marvel.
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Post by elkawho on Dec 13, 2016 13:51:14 GMT
I just think shows like Daredevil & Jessica Jones have raised the bar & DC always seem to be a step behind playing catch up to Marvel. I haven't looked at it that way. Daredevil and JJ are fantastic, but they are far from family viewing. I think DC is going for a more inclusive audience. I know I appreciate the amount of fun I have watching it with my kids. The CW DC shows are some of the very few things on TV these days that I can really enjoy watching with them. (Not including Arrow, of course. I find that I have pretty much stopped enjoying that show at all.) There is more than enough room for both styles and for me to enjoy all of them.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2016 16:23:19 GMT
Yeah the crossover arc was a little misleading & I'm certainly missing Arthur Darvill as Rip Hunter, last season of the Flash Tony Todd voiced Zoom, this season Saw's Tobin Bell is voicing Doctor Alchemy or whoever it maybe, so I'm assuming Robert Englund or Doug Bradley are lined up to voice over villain next season. I just think shows like Daredevil & Jessica Jones have raised the bar & DC always seem to be a step behind playing catch up to Marvel. Oliver specifically mentioned recognising one of Prometheus' fighting techniques as one he'd only seen during his time in Russia so I doubt it's related to the Merlyns. The current threat always ties in to the flashbacks too so throwing Merlyn in now would just be very bad writing. Daredevil and JJ are doing such a different thing it's hard to compare. The CW is longer form TV for a much wider audience than Netflix who play mostly to the converts and *ahem* true believers. There's a lot more time to fill for Flash or Arrow, you can't tell one big story over 9 months without sidesteps as easily as Netflix can do releasing 13 eps in one day. The Netflix shows are amazing but they're much closer to films in terms of what they can do that any TV show can't. People will remember lots of plot details and callbacks for a show they've binged over a weekend...not so much if they're in May and need to remember the stinger from an episode the previous September like the CW shows. The CW also have the advantage that you really get to know these characters since they're with you year round. I've had as much emotional attachment to parts of Flash than any of the Netflix shows. I just need to hear Wells say "Run, Barry, Run" and it gets me The flip side? If a character isn't working...you're gonna be stuck with them for far too long.....I'm looking at you Felicity.
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Post by Timelord007 on Dec 13, 2016 18:20:20 GMT
I just think shows like Daredevil & Jessica Jones have raised the bar & DC always seem to be a step behind playing catch up to Marvel. I haven't looked at it that way. Daredevil and JJ are fantastic, but they are far from family viewing. I think DC is going for a more inclusive audience. I know I appreciate the amount of fun I have watching it with my kids. The CW DC shows are some of the very few things on TV these days that I can really enjoy watching with them. (Not including Arrow, of course. I find that I have pretty much stopped enjoying that show at all.) There is more than enough room for both styles and for me to enjoy all of them. Fair point made, actually that's pretty much spot on.
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