tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504827047542759744.post614025032484492901..comments2024-02-09T06:08:18.431-05:00Comments on Blam's Blog: When Barry Met OllieBlamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504827047542759744.post-82320086151211105992015-03-24T11:08:22.092-04:002015-03-24T11:08:22.092-04:00Late to the party here, but I've been working ...Late to the party here, but I've been working on getting caught up on both shows (<i>Arrow</i> S2 via Netflix, then my backlogged DVR of season 3, waiting on <i>Flash</i> til I hit the crossover episodes) and I finally made it past the crossover which was, as you say, mostly excellent. <br /><br />You're spot on in terms of how these two shows are effectively the Superman and Batman of DC's small screen universe - I got the same vibe especially from this crossover, particularly in the "I've got powers/I've got tactics and strategy" discussions. <br /><br />Like you, it makes me worried (on top of existing worries) about the DC movie universe, as it seems that DC kinds of treats these shows as after thoughts, when they are in fact pretty much doing what I'd like to see the movies do, but on a grander scale with a larger budget. <br /><br />In other words, the relationship between Barry and Ollie on these shows is almost exactly what I'd like to see in the relationship between Superman and Batman. But DC's willingless to let this relationship play out via (in their eyes) two lower tier characters on a lower tier platform (and their concern over presenting conflicting interpretations of characters across different mediums) makes me worried they have no interest in developing that kind of relationship between the cinematic Batman and Superman. <br /><br /><i>Plus, Arrow is often a little too on the nose in terms of its flashbacks mirroring dilemmas in the present day</i><br /><br />Indeed. If anything, the flashback structure is probably my biggest gripe with the show. As much as it does occasionally parallel the events in the present elegantly, more often than not it's a clumsy thematic connection and little else. <br /><br />I wouldn't want the show to ditch it entirely, because it can be useful (and there is some fun to be had in filling in Oliver's "island" years) but I would like to see them be more willing to occasionally abandon it than they are now. <br /><br /><i>And I simply love seeing these characters hang<br />out in costume, bonding, comparing notes, however exciting the action sequences<br />may be</i><br /><br />Ditto. <br /><br /><i> Batman v. Superman: Rise of Justice is not the title of a movie based on comic books; it's the title of a videogame based<br />on a court case based on comic books.</i><br /><br />Ha! <br /><br />Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.com