Arrow - my thoughts
Jan. 5th, 2013 11:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jedi_of_urthSo I’ve been (pretty slowly mostly) watching Arrow and I guess I have at least a few thoughts.
I wasn’t expecting much so I definitely wasn’t disappointing. And it better than I kind of assumed it would be, which isn’t to say it’s all that great either.
It has been steadily improving in quality, which is why I kept watching I still don’t actually like it enough that it’s going to withstand a big drop in quality and keep me watching.
Just to compare it with my main fandom of a show on the CW, I don’t actually know which is better; I do connect with TVD a lot more though; however Arrow is a whole lot less offensive in its treatment of its characters.
Really this show is more comparable to Revenge in set up, but I *love* Revenge and I don’t love this yet (the first nine eps of Revenge...a little hit and miss themselves though so maybe it’s all growing pains).
On that subject: Ollie/Emily/lists OT3 (actually, seeing a VanCamp is a Berlanti veteran I find myself hoping he pulls her into this show at some point so I can pretend it’s Emily).
Aside from that fantasy, I can’t say I really have any ships so far. I’m borderline anti-Ollie/Laurel but mostly because I see them as the show’s probably main couple that’s going to end up hurting everyone around them as things between them are drug out because TV can’t have functional couples (the sort that by the time the writers do cave and put them together can no longer be called functional because of how much they’ve hurt each other/others in the near-endless will-they-won’t-they phase of things.
(Hmm, that got a little off topic because so far they’re really not that bad; I’ve just got love polygon PTSD.)
The show doesn’t seem to have quite settled on if Ollie is a hero or an anti-hero yet, and that’s kind of troublesome. Because I can see a point where they want us to see him a heroic where I’m going to have to side-eye it and point out that he really isn’t terribly.
You know I’m not too distracted thinking “Heehee, it’s Captain Jack.” I am however often caught dwelling on the fact that it’s John Barrowman, his...Barrowman-y-ness just seeps through into the roll I guess.
Now I’d say someone should direct me to some Arrow/Revenge crossover fic, but I’m not really interested in reading it (although it’s completely doable, this mess in Staring City could totally be tied into the Initiative somehow); and I still want Castle/Revenge crossovers that I’ve wanted since Caste 5x04.
I wasn’t expecting much so I definitely wasn’t disappointing. And it better than I kind of assumed it would be, which isn’t to say it’s all that great either.
It has been steadily improving in quality, which is why I kept watching I still don’t actually like it enough that it’s going to withstand a big drop in quality and keep me watching.
Just to compare it with my main fandom of a show on the CW, I don’t actually know which is better; I do connect with TVD a lot more though; however Arrow is a whole lot less offensive in its treatment of its characters.
Really this show is more comparable to Revenge in set up, but I *love* Revenge and I don’t love this yet (the first nine eps of Revenge...a little hit and miss themselves though so maybe it’s all growing pains).
On that subject: Ollie/Emily/lists OT3 (actually, seeing a VanCamp is a Berlanti veteran I find myself hoping he pulls her into this show at some point so I can pretend it’s Emily).
Aside from that fantasy, I can’t say I really have any ships so far. I’m borderline anti-Ollie/Laurel but mostly because I see them as the show’s probably main couple that’s going to end up hurting everyone around them as things between them are drug out because TV can’t have functional couples (the sort that by the time the writers do cave and put them together can no longer be called functional because of how much they’ve hurt each other/others in the near-endless will-they-won’t-they phase of things.
(Hmm, that got a little off topic because so far they’re really not that bad; I’ve just got love polygon PTSD.)
The show doesn’t seem to have quite settled on if Ollie is a hero or an anti-hero yet, and that’s kind of troublesome. Because I can see a point where they want us to see him a heroic where I’m going to have to side-eye it and point out that he really isn’t terribly.
You know I’m not too distracted thinking “Heehee, it’s Captain Jack.” I am however often caught dwelling on the fact that it’s John Barrowman, his...Barrowman-y-ness just seeps through into the roll I guess.
Now I’d say someone should direct me to some Arrow/Revenge crossover fic, but I’m not really interested in reading it (although it’s completely doable, this mess in Staring City could totally be tied into the Initiative somehow); and I still want Castle/Revenge crossovers that I’ve wanted since Caste 5x04.
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Date: 2013-01-11 02:17 am (UTC)One thing I really love (and this is just my viewing of it) is that Oliver Queen is not a hero. I can see him one day achieving that status, but for now he isn't a hero and I like that.
LOL John Barrowman. Just, LOL.
The show itself is nothing spectacular, but there are enough elements I find enjoyable and interesting that keep me watching and mildly investing. (Also Seth Gabel is upcoming. I'd watch for that alone.)
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Date: 2013-01-15 05:16 pm (UTC)I thought the show was doing a pretty good job of Ollie not being a hero until the mobster arc where he acts all high and mighty about not killing etc. when he really ha n business trying to make tha6 kind of point. Otherwise I really liked that arc, but that part of his attitude really bugged me and made me worry that the writers aren't quite clear on what they're doing with the character. It's pretty Nolan-Batman-y but they could at least be consistent with it.
I think I'll keep watching for now. But I'm not going to rush to see it each week.
(Do you watch Revenge? If you don't you should, I think you'd really like it. Plus it's only in the second season so yu don't have a ton of catching up to do.)