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I thought the Elsewords character interactions with fun, with some astonishing plot stupidity required to make things happen. There's a button you can push at Arkham Asylum that lets all of the baddies out? One button?
I also find Ruby Rose...not very good, so. I hate to not support a lesbian superhero, though.
There were some great bits in Elseworlds:
The Smallville theme playing over the scene of the farm in Kansas (and the very same location as in Smallville).
The black Superman suit.
Actually, everything about Clark and Lois was great, and I want to see that show. Plus the nod to "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex."
John Wesley Shipp as the 1990 version (Earth-90) of the Flash.
The lead in to Infinite Crisis, and the possible contraction of the multi-verse.
On the other hand:
I didn't like any of the Batwoman stuff. I don't know the current iteration of the character in the comics at all, so I can't tell how close Ruby Rose's version is, but if you're going to give me me a dour hero and a vicious Gotham, just give me Bruce. We already went down this road with Oliver and Starling City.
The Monitor seems awfully stupid for an almighty being. His plan was worse than one of Barry's plans, and then he doubled down on Deegan after he failed the first time.
Showing all of the names in Arkham, and then giving us interchangeable ciphers when they break out (apart from Psycho Pirate).
Also how did Cisco get hit full on by a truck and survive with nary an apparent scratch?
I was thinking of watching Elseworlds, but then I saw Spider-Verse, a multiverse story with really, really tight, impeccable plotting, and I realized that Elseworlds would only leave me disappointed.
Ha! I'd better watch Elseworlds before I see Spider-Verse.
Yup, better make that my plan.
Okay, the first Elseworlds episode is delightful. And I squeed at the Smallville theme and then had to explain it to Tim. And now I just want to watch Smallville.
And the second Elseworlds episode was a lot of fun, too. Gotham looks gorgeous (I'm a sucker for all that art deco architecture), and Stephen Amell and Grant Gustin are having way too much fun in each others' roles.
I don't understand why Barry and Oliver would hallucinate each other's fears, though, when they still have their own memories. Since Malcolm and Thawne showed up right before a commercial break, I was honestly expecting to come back from the break and see Barry and Oliver tell their respective hallucinations, "You've got the wrong guy," and walk away.
Me, too, Tep! I really loved the banter in the three eps, I have to say. Barry's delight when he shoots Oliver in the back with the remote control arrows was hilarious.
Barry's delight when
That was EXCELLENT.
I just finished the last epsiode, and Tyler Hoechlin had way too much fun playing Deegan/evil Superman.
I want to know what deal Oliver made with the Monitor. I guess they're going to save that for Crisis on Infinite Earths.
15 Fantasy Adaptations We're Excited to See on TV Soon
A lot of these are on Amazon. It seems like their strategy is "adapt everything until we get our own Game of Thrones".
Also, Frank Miller is working on a show with a teenage girl protagonist? Err...