Arrow: They explained why they couldn't spin off Justin Harley into his own show. This Green Arrow is very much an urban vigilante, and the fight scenes play like that. The action sequences are good, and there were a LOT of them in just one episode. There manages to be a lot of influence from the comics, which I wasn't expecting, and the over-arching plot is a good season one story. As for the Ollie/Dinah relationship, I think there's weight to it, they're both adults, and it's obvious Ollie's past his billionaire playboy phase. His time on that island has really changed him. What are the press releases saying about it?
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Why did they say they couldn't spin off Justin Hartley? The press releases make the show sound like a teenage angst drama that the WB was known for and I think one Smallville was enough. They also said that people with superpowers don't exist in this continuity and that concerns me.
Two main reasons. The first being they really want to show how much the island changed Ollie and how it's going to be an adjustment for him to get back to civilization and to maintain his secret identity while operating as Green Arrow. More of a Year One approach, which they obviously couldn't do with the development Oliver Queen went through on Smallville.
The second being, he was already romantically linked to Chloe, and this show's going to do a lot with Ollie and Dinah's relationship. Yeah, there will be relationship stuff, but these characters are all adults, so it shouldn't be like early Smallville.
As for super powers, maybe they want that at first, but I can see it easily changing. There are 3 people in the pilot who are based on hero/villain characters in the comics, and they confirmed the existence of 2 more.
I wish they had been able to spin-off Justin Hartley's character but Chloe would have made it impossible. I really hope they change the superpowers thing.
I'm sure given enough time, the superpowers thing will change. Look at how much Smallville ended up including. Bottom line is, I didn't expect too much from Arrow but now I see a lot of potential in it. I look forward to hearing your reaction.
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The second being, he was already romantically linked to Chloe, and this show's going to do a lot with Ollie and Dinah's relationship. Yeah, there will be relationship stuff, but these characters are all adults, so it shouldn't be like early Smallville.
As for super powers, maybe they want that at first, but I can see it easily changing. There are 3 people in the pilot who are based on hero/villain characters in the comics, and they confirmed the existence of 2 more.
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