(09-22-2017, 05:58 PM)bionicbob Wrote: [ -> ]With a new season only weeks away, I was thinking maybe it was time to consolidate the various Arrowverse shows into a single thread?
Hm, not sure I agree there. I myself watch
The Flash shortly after it airs, but save
LoT for the smoother connection on Netflix.
Arrow I gave up on long ago, with the highly praised S5 tempting me not at all, and after
Supergirl didn't grab me in S1, several of you suggested I jump straight to S2, though the seeming consensus there is that after starting out strong, that season seriously fizzled - as in, maybe it never got
terrible, but it certainly didn't become great, either.
I still enjoy
Flash, for its character dynamics if nothing else, but I've become pretty darn sick of Wally and his awful suit mask, and even
without a speedster Big Bad, I don't know how much longer its running-in-circles shtick will keep things afloat. Of the bunch, only
LoT really seems to take risks and blaze new paths, much like
Agents of SHIELD over on ABC. And it sounds as though
all the non-
LoT Arrowverse shows have too many costumed heroes, at the expense of normal, everyday characters. Hell, now that there are three speedsters on Team Flash, the show has to make up regular excuses to keep at least one of them out of the picture, so as to not overwhelm any and every possible threat, and that's getting old.
Bottom line? Yeah, the crossovers are fun, but I wonder if the shared universes don't ultimately do more harm than good. I'm not sure it's a coincidence
Arrow started going downhill when
The Flash hit the scene, with Barry theoretically able to solve all of Ollie's problems in a day or two, and then
The Flash started sputtering when
LoT started up, with that team theoretically able to stop Barry's problems from existing in the first place!
Such are my Arrowverse thoughts. Take 'em, or... well, you know.
