A topic for the discussion of Doctor Who, Arrow, and The Flash. Beware possible invasions of iZombie, Sleepy Hollow, or pretty much any other "genre" (read: sci fi, superhero, or fantasy) show that captures our fancy. Expect adult content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Marvel superheroes are discussed over at the MCU thread.
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Man, I didn't watch-and-post Arrow last night! I watched it, but I was all a-twitter (not Twitter) because my wedding dress got delivered. So:
I am loving Ollie and Slade on the island (I'm still not convinced that the island ISN'T the island from LOST). I'm expecting the copious amounts of Slade in the flashbacks to lead to him turning up in the finale as a bad guy (that's total speculation; I'm not spoiled for much of anything).
The past few episodes have been making me want to draw gold sparkly hearts around Ollie and Tommy.
Roy Harper in the red hoodie! Makes me laugh and laugh. (Also, that kid is HOTTTT.)
Slade Wilson is supposed to be series regular next season.
Slade Wilson is supposed to be series regular next season.
I wonder if its more flashbacks? After all, Ollie was on the island for a long time.
Hey, Cigarette Smoking Man on Continuum! Interesting.
Department of I Love It When Shows Get Details Right: (or at least show they think through stuff)
Lost Girl
this week had Bo draining some life force from her friends in order to save Dyson. I was pleased when the two humans just keeled right over, the Fae staggered but kept standing.
Also, the Dyson actor once again got to break out of his usual dour character, which they really have to figure out how to do more often.
Isn't the fae vs. human ability to feed Bo a pretty core concept? It has gotten at least two episodes of focus--her initial feeding off Dyson, and the weirdness at the start of the relationship with Lauren. If they got that wrong, they'd need to be sent back to the writers room with no supper, as well as the actors who didn't catch the right reaction for their characters.
I was actually super annoyed by the last episode of Lost Girl. Too much focus on the wonderfulness of Bo. I never have liked ultimate tests where the way to pass is getting in touch with your true self. This goes double when the "true self" is that of Bo.
Plus Kenzie actually seemed to accept her status as pet. I'm attributing it to trauma from being captured, starved and tortured over a long period of time.
Those are major objections. I also have a minor quibble: Nobody noticed that when Bo saved Dyson her alternate personality was expressing an intention to conquer the world? I never thought much of Dyson's intelligence, and ever since Trick failed to spot faux-Kenzie as faux I've decided he is dumber than dirt. But I would think Kenzie and Lauren would have noticed. I wonder what it will take to stop this being one of my shows?
Oh, Fae vitality versus human is a core concept. It's just that the concept played out without any fanfare, the writing didn't hang a picture on it.
Maybe I'm so used to low standards in SF/F TV that when the action is unobtrusively true to previously set conditions, I'm pleased.
Dyson not picking up on Bo going All Dark Galadriel gets a pass, having been Mostly Dead at the time, but not so Trick, but it may have gotten overlooked because of the Dyson coming back.
Wow, the last two episodes of The Walking Dead were pretty terrible.
I thought they were very cinematic.
