Howdy readers! Sorry for the delay!
Abrupt moving is a trifle hectic but what can you do about that? For
the time being there will be fewer posts but that is mostly due to
work, looking for a new apartment and dealing with Californians.
That being said, let's get on with today's topic. As Season 2
wrapped up, Queen and his growing band of merry men (insert pervy or
Robin Hood joke here) had defeated the awesome might of Deathstroke
a.k.a. Slade Wilson and his Mirakuru super soldiers from destroying
Starling City...and pretty sure Ollie left town to hit the island and
work on his tan. This is Arrow Season 3.
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| Fighting skills by the League, Hair by Paul Mitchell. |
Ollie ( Stephen Amell of Hung,
Private Practice, Heartland, Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, Injustice:
Gods Among Us, Arrow and The Flash)
is leading his team against crime with Roy Harper as Arsenal (Colton
Haynes of The Gates, Look, Teen Wolf, Arrow, Arrow: Blood Rush and
Triumph)
Diggle (David Ramsey of Con Air, The Good News,
All of Us, Dexter, Outlaw and Blue Bloods)
and tech support/hacker Felicity (Emily Bett
Rickards of Soldiers of the Apocalypse, Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco
Story, Arrow, Arrow: Blood Rush, Normal Doors, Vixen and The Flash)
as they deal with the aftermath of Slade's super soldiers, petty
crime and the impending "Big Bad" of the season. Queen is
attempting to make "The Arrow" a symbol of justice and not
a killer as he was as "The Hood" but it is slow going.
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With
the loss of Queen Consolidated to a perspective buyer a one Dr.
Raymond Palmer (Brandon Routh of Superman
Returns, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Fling, Scott Pilgrim vs. The
World, Chuck, Arrow, The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow)
whose technological savvy, marketing and being a beacon of
enterprising hope breathes new life into Starling City with the hopes
of prosperity and much needed capital. But does Palmer have...other
ideas as well? With his brief encounters with the League of
Assassins, a friend has fallen and a mystery needs unraveling. As
if that was not terrifying enough, Ollie is being weighed and
measured by Ras al Ghul (Matt Nable of Killer
Elite, Riddick, Son of a Gun and Hacksaw Ridge)
but to what end? Does he view Ollie as a threat, potential ally or
hell he may be going the route of Bruce Wayne/Batman in the comics
and looking for an heir to the throne.
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| Thwack! |
What does this hold for the city?? How come no one has up and
outright abandoned this town??? How long can they stand this level
of madness??
This season brings out some new characters of note including the Atom
of the Justice League, Nyssa Al Ghul and some reprising characters as
well. The budget got steroids for the season and my God the stunt
coordinators earned their money from gun fights, mixed martial arts,
grappling attacks and tons of wire work. The story progresses well,
the flashbacks embodies Ollie as a whole but dammit the only well
rounded female character is an assassin. Yeah CW, not every girl
needs to be the following one note concept: Bitchy, judgemental,
clingy, ambivalent or pathetic. Not a good way to portray women CW.
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| Hey kids, it's Clark Kent!!! |
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