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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I am finding both The Flash and Arrow super tedious this season, which gives me a sadface given how much I loved them just a couple of years back. I'm a few eps behind on both and tried to watch the last week's ep of The Flash last night, then became totally paralyzed with not caring very much. (Every ep, I find myself going, "Barry, you are the WORST" and not in a good way.) Still sort of interested in the musical crossover with Supergirl so should prolly catch up, but.... eh. It's encouraging that LoT is much better this season though -- once the season ends and makes it to Netflix, I'll probably give it a go.
The one genre show I dug this season was Timeless, which finished its abbreviated run a few weeks back. It's basically a SyFy channel show masquerading as a network TV -- the plots are preposterous, but the characters are super lovable. The central trio has great chemistry together and every episode made me happy with "YAY TEAM" feelings. And one of the more impressive things it did well was touching on various under-taught moments in black history through Rufus, who is African-American and is the main tech person in the trio (and is my favooooourite). Worth checking out if you want a light SFnal adventure yarn with a fun group dynamic.
It was a great episode, and I'm so glad they decided that Sara is the better captain.
Yeah, Timeless is fun.
I'm...not really sure much of anything has happened recently on The Flash.
Barry made lots of stupid decision. HR is funny. There you're all caught up.
Oh, now I've got to get The Librarians on DVD. I wouldn't be surprised if there were missing scenes in the aired version. Some things were kinda jarring, and I seem to remember John Rogers mentioning it on Twitter. But I could be wrong. Still, having Librarians on DVD would not be a bad thing.
Streaming is great, but having the thing is better. If you have room.
I wouldn't be surprised if there were missing scenes in the aired version
The commentaries point out several places where the broadcast version didn't show scenes. Not big stuff, but definitely informative for plot and character development. Sadly, the S2 DVDs don't have commentaries, and the extra features are TNT promotional stuff, bah. One funny thing in the commentaries is that the directors had to tell Christian Kane to be less good at fighting in the early episodes.
Barry was a moron? Must be Tuesday.
"Cassandra, please don't fangirl over the archvillain!"
The stuff with Victor Garber and Rory in Mission Control, oh my god.
Yeah, it was fun.
That said, how much research does it take to know that there were no seats in the lunar module*. Yeesh! Just watch Apollo 13.
* that really ought to be in asscaps, because I shouted it at the TV.
I'm still not in love with this season of Arrow, but last night's episode definitely improved the season a lot for me. Now that Team Arrow knows that Adrian Chase is Prometheus, Josh Segarra gets to cut loose, and I really like how he chews the scenery almost as much as Malcolm Merlyn but is as menacing as Slade Wilson. With a wide streak of Christian Bale in "American Psycho."
Also, I had to laugh that Prometheus takes his day job more seriously than ALL of Team Arrow takes theirs.
Finally, this whole season has been worth it for Anatoly's "bat" comment and asking Ollie "What's that thing you're doing with your voice?"
