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Arrow S6 |OT| You know Diggle, I'm all out of island stories - Thursdays 9/8c

ZeroX03

Banned
FYI: No more regular flashbacks (there will still be some) and new time slot.

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🏹 🏹 🏹 COMIC CON TRAILER | SEASON 6 TRAILER 🏹 🏹 🏹

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Main Cast
Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow
Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance/African American Siren
David Ramsey as John Diggle/No Longer A Brother
Willa Holland as Thea Queen/Speedy Force
Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak/Mercy
Echo Kellum as Curtis Holt/Mr. Adequate
Rick Gonzalez as Rene Ramirez/Wild God
Juliana Harkavy as Dinah Drake/LA Noire Canary
Paul Blackthorne as Quentin Lance/Deputy Mayor McChesthair​

Guest Stars
Manu Bennett as Slade Wilson/Deathstroke
Colton Haynes as Roy Harper/Arsenal/Kid Arrow
Michael Emerson as ??? (probably big bad Cayden James)
Kathleen Gati as Raisa/Vigilante
David Nykl as Anatoly Knyazev/KGBruv
Kacey Rohl as Alena/Hannibalicious
Kirk Acevedo as Ricardo Diaz/Richard Dragon
Liam Hall as Joseph Wilson/Jericho
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Related OTs: FLASH S4 | LEGENDS S3 | SUPERGIRL S3
Season Five (aka the GOAT) available on US Netflix now. Go watch ASAP if you haven't already. Use
spoiler tags
where appropriate.

Don't forget to catch this year's crossover event!
 

ZeroX03

Banned
Didn't all of his friends get blown up? No more Team Arrow I presume

Errr... while technically they've only "confirmed" that Black Siren, Dinah and Slade survive, they've also confirmed that all of the team are still main cast members so you can sort of guess from there.

They mentioned that some consequences of the isalnd might not be just death.
 

KonradLaw

Member
Hyped. Couldn't believe the recovery the show managed last season. Hope it continues. And Emerson as a big bad? Hell yes.
And if they ever do Batman cameo (or even just Bruce Wayne) then just cast Jim Caviezel :)
 

Shaanyboi

Banned
Too bad they ran out of island for him.

Nice OT, can't wait.

Been reading some of the new52 Green Arrow stuff, lord it is horrible. Maybe I should move onto Rebirth instead.
Are you reading the Jeff Lemire run? Because that's the only N52 Green Arrow you should be bothering with
 

KonradLaw

Member
Too bad they ran out of island for him.

Nice OT, can't wait.

Been reading some of the new52 Green Arrow stuff, lord it is horrible. Maybe I should move onto Rebirth instead.

Rebirth is absolutely glorious for Green Arrow. Easily one of the best Rebirth series. From New52 just read Lemire run. It ended way to early, but while it ran it was very fun (Rebirth easily surpassed it though).
It;s actually funny that Green Arrow managed a simultaneous ressurgence in both TV and comics at the same time. Now all we need is a video game.
 

Sober

Member
Are you reading the Jeff Lemire run? Because that's the only N52 Green Arrow you should be bothering with
Yeah I know about it but out of sheer curiosity I wanted to try the rest. I had never read many comics before that, and when I started recently I only read highly recommended stuff. It's really bad otherwise.

I've read vol4 of N52 and I have 5+6 ready to read. Just wanted to do 1-3 as well for the lulz and see just how bad it could really be. it is not good.
 
I know that Slade was under the effects of Mirakuru, but he brutally murdered Oliver and Thea's mom in front of them. It just looks super weird seeing them shake hands now. I'm all for redemption arcs and all that but really...
 

Funky Papa

FUNK-Y-PPA-4
Oh well. I guess I'm in.

I know that Slade was under the effects of Mirakuru, but he brutally murdered Oliver and Thea's mom in front of them. It just looks super weird seeing them shake hands now. I'm all for redemption arcs and all that but really...
Arrow is only second to The Flash when it comes to nosensical character development.
 

ZeroX03

Banned
I know that Slade was under the effects of Mirakuru, but he brutally murdered Oliver and Thea's mom in front of them. It just looks super weird seeing them shake hands now. I'm all for redemption arcs and all that but really...

Even Slade mentioned it was strange. The two have a weird relationship (Oliver won't kill the guy and feels responsible for him), ten years of history and they've been separated for a year and a half at this point. The show has been pretty consistent at showing that Slade is still the 'rival' that's had the most impact on Oliver. He was Oliver's opponent in the 100th when each other character got someone who represented their past. Ray got a mirakuru soldier because one killed Anna. Poor Ray wasn't well represented in that episode.

They skip a little bit of time and talk to get Slade back into the game. It's fair. They didn't really explain why post-mirakuru Slade in S3 was still nuts whereas he's fine by the end of S5 but who really cares.
 

Funky Papa

FUNK-Y-PPA-4
HOLD IT

My precious little lamb Kacey Rohl is in this and nobody told me?

I feel like I should have followed the news at the previous OT.
 

ZeroX03

Banned
I did!

Man, I just googled some photos and I didn't even know she was playing that characterer. It somehow missed the news and never struck me she was playing her. Weird.

Oh yeah, I totally didn't recognize her until I saw the name in the credits on like her 4th episode. She blends in.
 

Magwik

Banned
Finch is totally the leader of Helix
Edit: holy shit I didn't recognize Kacry Rohl in this until you brought it up
 

Shaanyboi

Banned
Yeah I know about it but out of sheer curiosity I wanted to try the rest. I had never read many comics before that, and when I started recently I only read highly recommended stuff. It's really bad otherwise.

I've read vol4 of N52 and I have 5+6 ready to read. Just wanted to do 1-3 as well for the lulz and see just how bad it could really be. it is not good.
Why would you willingly do that to yourself? Hurry, get back to reading Outsiders War and be freed of this nonsense.

But I suppose there's something to be said for reading bad comics to realize how easily this shit can turn out to be crap, to gain some appreciation for those that make it work.
 

KonradLaw

Member
I did!

Man, I just googled some photos and I didn't even know she was playing that characterer. I somehow missed the news and never struck me she was playing her. Weird.

She has very moldable look. Between Hannibal, Arrow and Magicians it feels like it's three different persons
 

KonradLaw

Member
I know that Slade was under the effects of Mirakuru, but he brutally murdered Oliver and Thea's mom in front of them. It just looks super weird seeing them shake hands now. I'm all for redemption arcs and all that but really...

It's like blaming somebody who was possesed. Plus Oliver is feeling guilty. If he cured Slade on the island instead of picking revenge his mother would still be alive. He has vested personal interest to see Slade redeemed, especially considering how tight they were before.
 

Sober

Member
Why would you willingly do that to yourself? Hurry, get back to reading Outsiders War and be freed of this nonsense.

But I suppose there's something to be said for reading bad comics to realize how easily this shit can turn out to be crap, to gain some appreciation for those that make it work.
There are glimpses of bright moment in the earlier N52 run but they literally exist for like 3 panels at a time and then it's back to Oliver being a spoiled brat because reasons. Like wow work is hard time to run off with hot triplets who keep kidnapping me or go to China to wreck shit or pick a fight with metahumans in Europe cause I got nothing better to do.

I'm sure Lemire's GA run isn't as left wing/socialist as I hear Rebirth is but at least even reading Kill Machine I get the idea everything happening to Oliver is personal/affects him on some fundamental character level and isn't just a rich brat who can shoot arrows good and gets pat on the back for being the good guy at the end of the day.
 

Funky Papa

FUNK-Y-PPA-4
She has very moldable look. Between Hannibal, Arrow and Magicians it feels like it's three different persons

She was also in iZombie being a marvelous (and murderous) b. I'm pretty sure she's the only
criminal
in that show that manages to
get away.
 

Pachimari

Member
Bring it. Guess I wasn't as fuzzed about last season as everyone else, but I did grow to like the villain for sure.
 
It's like blaming somebody who was possesed. Plus Oliver is feeling guilty. If he cured Slade on the island instead of picking revenge his mother would still be alive. He has vested personal interest to see Slade redeemed, especially considering how tight they were before.

I guess it sort of makes sense. It's just that Slade killing mama Queen was probably the most powerful moment of the entire series and them being all buddy buddy after that kind of dilutes that moment. Also, I'd rather prefer an evil/semi-evil Deathstroke than a good guy one. Ah well, let's see how they proceed from here. More Manu is always a good thing.
 
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I feel like some of you are following me around to threads. Wait, fuck! Maybe I'm the stalker and following you'll 😰😱
 

Keym

Member
On the one hand, I find the Helix/evil hackers storyline incredibly boring.

On the other hand, Michael Emerson. Damn.
 

jrcbandit

Member
Disappointed that they didn't kill off Felicity, I hate that character with a passion, but I need to finish watching season 5. My hate is from season 3/4 nonsense lol.
 
Only a week to go as we start to find out! Season five deserved a come back of he year award I hope it doesn't turn out to be a fluke.
 

Gig

One man's junk is another man's treasure
I really want to know who Vigilante is, hopefully we don't have too long.
 
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