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Post by mcr on Jan 3, 2019 15:24:13 GMT -5
Has been ordered to series, with Caroline Dries to helm the show. Dries was probably the third best of the TVD writers after Williamson and Narducci, and when it was good, it was because of those three, so I'm cautiously excited. Expect to see at least a few former TVD actors given prominent roles. Actually a little surprised that they didn't recycle a CW fan favorite for the title role (Julie McNiven, Cassidy Freeman, and Elyse Levesque have all stood out as redheads that were probably available, plus Freeman has got the Smallville creds that the Arrowverse loves to bring in).
Arrow has already had a League of Assassins and a handful of Batman's other rogues, and with Gotham wrapping up on Fox, it'll be interesting to find out just exactly who from the Batverse will get major play. It'll also be interesting to see exactly how they work in Bruce Wayne. Seems much harder to have a Batwoman without a Batman than it was for Supergirl (and we got Kal-El anyways), unless she's this universe's version of Bruce.
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Post by takewithfood on Jan 3, 2019 23:15:55 GMT -5
I haven't kept up with the Arrowverse in years, except through Supergirl (which I've finally ditched this season; got too preachy even for me), but this is at least interesting. I always tune in to these things at first, if only to check it out.
With regards to working in Batman, Titans has been chewing through a huge DC cast pretty steadily, and recently included a brief appearance by Batman (well, sort of). I think these DC shows are slowly getting over their fear of trying to balance a massive stable of characters. Wouldn't be surprised if they properly introduce the Bat in the Arrowverse.
Also, I can't believe I'm still watching Titans. I'm barely holding on, but I'm still there.
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Post by Gris on Jan 4, 2019 4:57:00 GMT -5
I'm watching everything DC/CW but Arrow, so I'll give this a chance for sure.
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Post by Gris on Oct 22, 2019 4:50:57 GMT -5
I'm watching everything DC/CW but Arrow, so I'll give this a chance for sure. So I'm a couple of episodes in and it's not bad, but it's nothing special either. It has the disadvantage to being a direct comparison to each viewers favorite Batman movie, whatever that is, and of course money-wise is going to lose. I normally have no problem with cheap stuff in my series, so even if these CW series hurt in the FX department I don't mind it at all, so the general strength of the cast and characters is enough for me. We'll see how it goes.
And since Arrow it's now Oliver Queen's Final Crazy Multiverse Adventure (or something along those lines) I'm back to watching it, out of Crisis Hype, so I'm all in the CW train.
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Post by mcr on Oct 24, 2019 9:58:39 GMT -5
I really dig the Cain and Abel allegory that Batwoman has historically used in recent years so was wondering if I should give this a go. Is that fairly prominent yet? I’m broadly aware of the main dynamics in character relations.
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Post by takewithfood on Oct 24, 2019 10:32:07 GMT -5
The trailer made me cringe pretty hard. I really hate the faux-feminist "a woman can do anything a man can do!" garbage they push front and center. The more attention they draw to it, the more they undermine their own point. (Like yes, we get it, you can't spell "hero" without "her".)
If the show itself keeps that shit to a minimum, though, it might be bearable. I kinda like my CW hero shows light and popcorny, though, like early-season Supergirl. There's just something about the combination of "gritty" and "low budget" that doesn't work for me.
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Post by mcr on Oct 24, 2019 11:30:53 GMT -5
The trailer made me cringe pretty hard. I really hate the faux-feminist "a woman can do anything a man can do!" garbage they push front and center. The more attention they draw to it, the more they undermine their own point. (Like yes, we get it, you can't spell "hero" without "her".) If the show itself keeps that shit to a minimum, though, it might be bearable. I kinda like my CW hero shows light and popcorny, though, like early-season Supergirl. There's just something about the combination of "gritty" and "low budget" that doesn't work for me. When Caroline Dries was running TVD and writing for The Originals, I loved that what were ostensibly supernatural horror shows leaned on the stellar casts to play out the family drama between the titular siblings, in a very "Godfather"-like tone. The plots and storylines were usually pretty shitty, but god their acting was on point. The shows went noticeably downhill after she left, so I'm hoping she can really hit the family aspect of Kate and Liz, which almost makes me want to watch. And like Gris, I'm also mildly hyped for all these alleged cameos from DC media past on Crisis (though I'm not really expecting to see more than just their face on like a poster or something in-universe). I would love to see Ashley Scott and Rachel Skarsten share the screen.
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Post by Gris on Oct 25, 2019 5:32:26 GMT -5
Yeah, the Cain and Abel thing is there, interestingly enough presented as the Father has a main role, but it's more of an underlying thing as the tone it favors it's a soap opera one.
I hear you TWF, and there isn't much of that on the series itself, it's a weird promotion angle indeed. But given that you prefer light-hearted CW and don't mesh with low budget grit... I'd keep myself away from this and wait for Legends of Tomorrow.
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