I liked it! Reminds me so much of smallville ( i guess that might be because of the similar ways it's shot and the sets) But i just liked it. Arrow isn't too bad. It started awful tho. I mean, you have so long to develop the opening line for a show no excuse for cheesy dialogue. Anyways, will continue watching.
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ARROW |OT| Green Arrow TV series on CW
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Yeah, the narration was really lame. They should show, not tell; and even then, a lot of the stuff he narrated about we could have picked up by simply seeing what he was doing and what was going on.
Danny Brick___
John ____
Hanniball Bates (?)
Albert Davies
David Drayson
Isabel _____
That's all I got
Xplatformer
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Thank GOD the guy actually looks like he takes the role seriously. I mean, I actually believe he can do the physical things required of his hero role because he's not just fit. He looks super hero Batman/Daredevilesque fit.
Hopefully we've gotten away from the days where our super heroes didn't have to look like their comic counterparts.
I like the show.
Good cast...decent script...good lead actor (even though I hate his voice).....
Looking forward to the next episode.
Hopefully we've gotten away from the days where our super heroes didn't have to look like their comic counterparts.
I like the show.
Good cast...decent script...good lead actor (even though I hate his voice).....
Looking forward to the next episode.
RangersFan
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whats the verdict on the pilot? the amount of tv I already watch is at a maximum, but the trailer intrigued me, especially since i'm a comic fan. i passed on smallville as cw seemed too much like a teenage female station, but I started smallville recently and am up to season 2, and while it is definitely on par with other teenage cw female dramas, it is actually pretty good. i'm hoping arrow is much darker, much more comicy than cw female drama.
Xplatformer
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It is. A good amount of people die, or get shot with an arrow.
It's kinda like the latest Batman flicks. Not like Smallville...
Angelus Errare
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Well he's killed someone in the first episode so it's better than 2/3 of the stuff CW plays. I'm bothered that Queen's house is Lex's house from Smallville.
Thunder Monkey
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I hadn't even noticed that.
I liked the pilot.
But I needed something superheroey.
I've identified almost all of them.
Danny Brick___
> Danny "Brick" Brickwell - Star City crime lord with Stone Skin
> John Deleon - Criminal financier from comic books.
> "Everyman", shapeshifter, switched places with GA once [and married Black Cannary during that time LOL].
David Drayson
> "Slingshot", very dangerous enemy
> Isabel Rochev, "The Queen", big ties to Olivers father and Queen Industries.
Episode 5 spoiler image http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2012/10/Deathstroke-610x406.jpg 
krypt0nian
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Episode 5 spoiler image http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2012/10/Deathstroke-610x406.jpg
OMGOMGOMG
King Allant
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I guess I watch the pilot when I get home
Episode 5 spoiler image http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2012/10/Deathstroke-610x406.jpg
Holy shit. This show just embraces the fanservice.
Hours Left
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I'm very glad it got good ratings and that it's building some nice buzz.
SlowRevolution
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Wasn't bad at all aside from the voiceover monologuing, the lead was better than I thought he'd be. Looked really cheap even by early-season Smallville standards, that's the last CW show I watched. I'm not sure what it was (aside from the actual low budget), some combo of the lighting/camerawork just seemed a little off.
Discotheque
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Nikita looks a lot more expensive than all of the other CW shows I don't know why. Anyways this was entertaining. A lot better than The Cape.
It was like Batman Begins if it went through a CW filter or some shit.
It was like Batman Begins if it went through a CW filter or some shit.
Because their cameraman seem to know how to properly frame scenes and action sequences so that each episode looks like a feature film. It's really noticeable when you just watched Nikita and then switch over to another CW show and you wonder why the framing in the other shows look cheap and lazy.
Just watched this first ep, pretty good. Pieces are in place for a good show with the love triangle between his friend and his love interest, and his mother being against him too. I like that he's pretty brutal with the hired goons, good on him.
Green Arrow needs to wear a better disguise because anyone can clearly see it's him damn it!
Yeah the monologue like he thinks he's Dexter was quite funny.
Green Arrow needs to wear a better disguise because anyone can clearly see it's him damn it!
Yeah the monologue like he thinks he's Dexter was quite funny.
Wiktor
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On the plus side, the fighting looked better than it ever did in Nikita or actually mosts shows on TV.
Plus I loved the little over the shoulder parkour camera they had in one scene
SpiderJerusalem
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I liked it enough, I'll keep watching.
thetrin
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I went to high school with Steve Amell. Played varsity football with him for a couple years. He always struck me as the kind of guy who would eventually become an actor.
I'll have to check this out, though it might be too weird to watch Oliver Queen being played by a guy I used to play football with.
I'll have to check this out, though it might be too weird to watch Oliver Queen being played by a guy I used to play football with.
arts&crafts
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Willa Holland is so sexy. I will watch for her.
Thunder Monkey
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Haha, I can imagine it would be weird.
soul creator
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Nice to see my man Curtis (Black Jack!) in this, haha
Quick and brutal, no fancy wuxia moves. First episode had only one major fight between Stephen Amell and Darren Shahlavi.
Better than I thought it'd be (particularly the choreography), but the violence was bloodless as one would expect from CW pre-Nikita but otherwise pretty brutal (in a PG-13 way). A bit disappointing. I'll look it up again once the season ends and if things improve (or perhaps even just hold up) I'll give it a shot.
I don't think it's gotten a full pickup but most CW shows of this nature are 22 episodes a season, occasionally 23.
so true
Meus Renaissance
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This was a lot better than I expected. I was very impressed by the Jason Bourne-like camera work as he was leaping down the buildings
To go further on this, it WILL get a full season if its 2nd episodes ratings are even close to the 1st. It was one of CW's highest rated shows in years. On top of that it led Supernatural to it's highest ratings in 2 years and Supernatural is a show they want to keep going for at least another 2 years so its win-win for them right now.
Unspeakable Evil
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New York Comic Con 2012 Reel
Edit: Looks cool!
Edit: Looks cool!
Very comicbooky, I like.
awilliams213
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I liked the pilot Oliver took The Punisher rule when it came to fighting crime. It was a very dark origin. I stuck with Smallville till the end it will be interesting to see if and how they plan on adding meta humans to this universe.
krypt0nian
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Wow, I wonder who the white haired girl is. Black Canary or a reimagined Huntress.
OH WOW. If there's one thing CW excels at it's definitely cutting promo trailers as can be seen with this one. Putting it in the OP right now.
China White, as mentioned in the OP.
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