It only gets better. Segarra kills it.Okay, the reveal was underwhelming but the next episode made up for it. Adrian is even more frightening as a villain when he's unmasked. Damn good actor.
It only gets better. Segarra kills it.Okay, the reveal was underwhelming but the next episode made up for it. Adrian is even more frightening as a villain when he's unmasked. Damn good actor.
Not the same Flash, they just wanted to pay homage to the old show at the time.Question, as I've never watched the 90s Flash series. Is the Earth-2 Flash played by the same actor supposed to be the same exact Flash as on that show?
Or were they just having fun with it being the same actor?
Not the same Flash, they just wanted to pay homage to the old show at the time.
It was supposed to be the start of a trend of Arrow tackling a social issue each season and then they said they'd do black lives matter next and people were like "nope"Damn, didn't expect Arrow to tackle gun control head on like this.
Curtis dropping statistics on their asses.
It was supposed to be the start of a trend of Arrow tackling a social issue each season and then they said they'd do black lives matter next and people were like "nope"
I didn't think it was a miss, but I'm not exactly an invested American and mostly just enjoyed the Rene backstory and Vigilante action.Thank god they didn't, that gun control episode is one of the very few misses in S5
Thank god they didn't, that gun control episode is one of the very few misses in S5
I didn't think it was a miss, but I'm not exactly an invested American and mostly just enjoyed the Rene backstory and Vigilante action.
I do think it's interesting and a missed opportunity that all the shows have so many black characters and it's basically never touched upon (except BL obviously)
I think the main complaint was it ended with "and we solved gun violence!" with a vague bill that we got no details aboutFrom what I remember, it was extremely surface level and toothless, on top of coming out of nowhere, and completely fell flat for me as a result. Not that I really expected otherwise, but yea.
I think the main complaint was it ended with "and we solved gun violence!" with a vague bill that we got no details about
I loved the musical episode. I need more of that.
The contrast of the light hearted tap dancing musical episode and Oliver's.. struggle at the same time in Arrow was amazing.
All of Oliver's problems could have easily been fixed if he just had a musical episode. All problems go away when you have a musical.The contrast of the light hearted tap dancing musical episode and Oliver's.. struggle at the same time in Arrow was amazing.
Indeed!All of Oliver's problems could have easily been fixed if he just had a musical episode. All problems go away when you have a musical.
Me too, but please, use less covers next time.
Wally with his finest momentCan't wait till people get to Crisis on Earth X. Easily my favorite moment of the entire series. The end of episode 1 and the church is fucking fantastic.
Kara and Barry on screen together makes my heart smile.
To be honest: I was rather disappointed in the Musical Episode.... Mainly, as I was spoiled from the Buffy episode that was a musical for the entire episode, and Barry and co only did a few songs. So, perhaps my expectation was a little high
But, also do to the stupid drama from Barry & Iris from the previous episode where she called off the engagement/etc and then at the end of this episode they made up..
Buffy was such a high bar for musical episodes, whereas the Music Meister episode was so divorced from the characters we love, had nothing really to do with their journeys, wasn't an expression of catharsis...To be honest: I was rather disappointed in the Musical Episode.... Mainly, as I was spoiled from the Buffy episode that was a musical for the entire episode, and Barry and co only did a few songs. So, perhaps my expectation was a little high
But, also do to the stupid drama from Barry & Iris from the previous episode where she called off the engagement/etc and then at the end of this episode they made up..
I'll forever maintain that the Music Meister should've been Rachel Bloom instead of her just supplying a quick song for the episode.
I can't believe they went there and knocked it out of the park. They deserve so much credit for having that sort of ambition story-wise. That episode more than any other shows just how far Ammell came as an actor. I think this review perfectly puts Kapiushon in perspective--
(via Wikipedia)Alasdair Wilkins of The A.V. Club wrote "At various points tonight, I was convinced I was watching either the best or the worst episode in Arrow history. If absolutely nothing else, that's proof of audacity, as a show doesn't flirt with such dizzying heights or such self-destructive lows by playing it safe. "Kapiushon" ends up somewhere between those two extremes, though I would place it closer to all-time best than all-time worst. Prometheus' efforts to extract the confession from Oliver take Arrow into the darkest territory we have witnessed, yet even Adrian Chase's (or Simon Morrison's, or whatever we're calling him) most brutal schemes can't compete with what Oliver gets up to in Russia"[2] Wilkins also stated "the basic point is that "Kapiushon" represents a logical endpoint for all the stories Arrow has told up to this point: the season-long battle between the Green Arrow and Prometheus, the concurrent exploration of Oliver's time in Russia, the five-year evolution from the Hood to the Green Arrow, and the gradual transformation of Oliver Queen during his missing years."
Buffy was such a high bar for musical episodes, whereas the Music Meister episode was so divorced from the characters we love, had nothing really to do with their journeys, wasn't an expression of catharsis...
It was just the showrunners fanboying out about the stage-musical origins for most of their cast rather than telling a story with it.
I can't believe they went there and knocked it out of the park. They deserve so much credit for having that sort of ambition story-wise. That episode more than any other shows just how far Ammell came as an actor.
The funniest part was that they basically only had Barry and Iris break up so they could get back together in the musical episode.
That was the only part of the episode that I didn't like. There was no reason to have the previous engagement happen at all.
It would have been so much more memorable if the engagement in the musical episode came out of nowhere.
That is what soured me the most on that episode. If they didn't have that crap, I'd still at least be like "Could have been so much more, but was still enjoyable and fun"/etcThe funniest part was that they basically only had Barry and Iris break up so they could get back together in the musical episode.
That legit shook me when I watched it for the first time. Goddamn."BECAUSE I WANTED TO, AND I LIKED IT"
Prolly the best acting he's done on this show
Same, that was so good.That legit shook me when I watched it for the first time. Goddamn.
I can give the CW shows a lot of shit for the acting but Arrow's cast deserves kudos for getting better with time. You haven't seen it yet but this past weeks episode was one actor's strongest performance yet, IMO. I don't think the same can be said for Flash unfortunately.
I can give the CW shows a lot of shit for the acting but Arrow's cast deserves kudos for getting better with time. You haven't seen it yet but this past weeks episode was one actor's strongest performance yet, IMO. I don't think the same can be said for Flash unfortunately.
I can give the CW shows a lot of shit for the acting but Arrow's cast deserves kudos for getting better with time. You haven't seen it yet but this past weeks episode was one actor's strongest performance yet, IMO. I don't think the same can be said for Flash unfortunately.