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.
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Sleepy Hollow: so, Betsy Ross is awful, right? Or the actress, I mean. She's so jarringly bad and all of her line readings are wooden. Ugh.
Yep, she's awful. I've tried to be open to the idea of her character, at least as long as she stays in the past where she belongs, and I think she COULD'VE worked if better-executed, but no.
I think most of my gripe is that for all that the twistory makes the 18th-century flashbacks purely insane, Tom Mison grounds them by having the same bearing and and mannerisms he'd use if he were in a serious drama set in the era. He makes it possible for me to suspend disbelief just enough to enjoy the ride, but everything about Betsy's voice and body language just screams 21st century. Which I guess is their idea of making her a sexy, sassy badass...but nah. Not working for me at all.
That said, I did enjoy the episode, though I figure all I'll rewatch of it is the opening with the housework through the Daniel vs. Crane dick-measuring contest (there's some hilarious commentary and fanart on that on Tumblr), and then the very end where Crane and Abbie are talking on the porch.
Pandora, I like.
Pandora in glasses is caliente.
t /shallow
but everything about Betsy's voice and body language just screams 21st century.
Yes! Very bad.
OK, the trailer/ad/whatever for The Expanse I just saw was pretty convincing. Do I want to start reading the books before the [what is it a miniseries?] starts?
Of course, I am just now getting to The Martian and my To Be Read piles are ridiculous, but still, it's a possibility.
Pandora in glasses is caliente.
She totally reminds me of Audrey from Twin Peaks.
but everything about Betsy's voice and body language just screams 21st century.
Yeah. I want to like the idea of her, but this dynamic undercuts the flashbacks.
I like that Pandora seems to be a bit chameleon-like.
I think, from the perspective of the showrunners, we're supposed to forget Katrina ever happened.
Not a problem. I was in denial when it was happening, so this works for me.
Finally caught up on Flash and Arrow.
I'm hoping the producers of Arrow aren't dumb enough to kill off another popular character to try force things to be "like the comics" but I'm afraid they are.
If Flashback!Ollie is back on the island, when does he get a chance to learn Russian and join the Bratva? Or is he going to get off and then stuck on it yet again in time to be rescued for pilot episode. Which would be really silly.
As for Flash, them straight up killing Atom Smasher seemed really out of character. And Barry's dad deciding to immediately leave town after getting out of prison felt more like an actor/budget thing than any remotely logical story beat.
If Flashback!Ollie is back on the island, when does he get a chance to learn Russian and join the Bratva? Or is he going to get off and then stuck on it yet again in time to be rescued for pilot episode. Which would be really silly.
I was wondering the same thing. Plus, I'm ready for more Anatoly.
well we have this year and next year for flashbacks, yes?
Flash issues for me are still the killing of Atom Smasher, the lack of reaction from the team to the killing, Henry bolting out of nowhere, and generally Cisco not being in every scene (ok not the last one really).
Arrow issues for me - the dialogue in bed from Felicity about the tattoo removal was so clunky and non-realistic it took me completely out of the scene, Laurel calling the team into action from her phone in a public place with no attempt at secrecy and that having no consequences, the new team (sans Arrow) seemingly killing people in that opening fight thing (Diggle is shooting a gun, yes?). There was something else that I thought was lazy writing.
oh and Laurel not being dead yet continue to bug.
I think there was no way to contain Atom Smasher, so there was no choice but to kill him.
