Board Thread:DC Universe Discussion/@comment-34954086-20121013054202/@comment-4621444-20121109230500

Granted, I am nowhere near the U.S. of A. (sadly), so I don't know much about CW, but it seems to me, they aren't a wealthy company. Somehow, I doubt they can pull this of successfully. They made a popular Smallville, but Ollie is not in the same league with Clark - no pun intended - popularity or familiaritywise. Sure, they can do a lot with little, they did so with Smallville, but the truth is, people are kind of spoiled with imagery nowdays. They could make it up with good storytelling, but so far it struck me as a tipical illness of such series: they have a good idea, they make a good pilot, people are hooking up,and they have zero idea what to do next. It happened so many times, I won't even cite examples, I think everybody has an example. You know. Conspiracy. There is no chance, you won't get some half-assed secret caball, complete with dramatic or enigmatic music, in every single one of these. It's all out there. Seems to me, the producers, or writers, or who the hell are those people responsible for this, can't really tell the difference between a good action packed superhero story and the friggin' X-files. To me, this is the sure sign of the lack of conception. You reveal the existence of a Black Hand. A safety net. People, a certain kind of them anyway, allways fall for this, and more often than not, if the series live long enough, we are subjected to a dissapointing (lone exception: Young Justice), revelation. Why, oh why can't we have like six episodes of a hero kicking asses, taking names, and generally being awesome, before something deeper comes up? Also. Someone mentioned Nolanisation. Pretty good expression. I get it, they can't pull a CG orgy out of their rear parts with this budget, but even a crappy exploding arrow in the face of some nigh-invulnerable bodybuilder is better, than extras fallig to the ground in spectacular ways, when the guy in the hoody shoots sticks at them. The new batman movies would have sucked like the old ones, without the effects. Also. They already made itsure, that some characters won't work, altough they are integral part of the Arrow-canon. Merlyn, Canary. How will be the best friend become the archnemesis? Will they reveal, that he was a baddy all along, and also an expert archer, because he was bored between two heinous deed, and learning spanish was too hard? Will Dinah - sorry, Laurel (wtf?) - accidentally swallow kryptonite, or will she be bitten by a radioactive opera singer? Or will they stay what and who they are now? Then what is the point adding them at the first place? I never read a green arrow book before new 52, but I bet there are some non-powered characters, friendly with G.A.. Also, the colossal stupidity of poisoned bullets of the worlds best sniper, who can't land a good chestshot by the way... Oh, someone in a green hood beat up some cronies, while our prime suspect, a wealthy guy, with literal millions at his disposal, sitting here, he just can't be the guy. There is no way, that a rich, well-connected man can have a ...say... accomplice... This is Gotham PD level of stupidity here. So much potential, yet already going south pretty fast.