Boxed Set, Vol. VI: I am not a number, I am a free thread!
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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Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
Okay, so that *was* a riff on "For the Man Who Has Everything," but that was REALLY well done.
If anyone is wondering where the Queen Family Feels are, I seem to have ended up with ALL OF THEM. (Geez, Amell, stop gutting me with your sad face.)
Jeez, I cried several times.
I'm a little bummed they couldn't get Manu Bennett or Colin Donnell (although the line about Tommy being a doctor in Chicago was AWESOME), but the rest of it was great.
I still think the alien invasion dealie is fairly cheesy (although I loved Curtis being totally excited to hack alien tech), but this crossover is a hell of a lot of fun.
It took me a second for Ray's (or rather Brandon Routh's) line about Kara resembling his cousin to sink in, but when it did I laughed and laughed.
I'd figured they'd have to acknowledge Routh having played Superman at some point in the cross over, but it still caught me completely by surprise.
Felicity's comment about seeing Kara was like looking in a mirror was pretty funny, too.
Arrow was terrific last night. The finale on Legends wasn't as good, but it was fun, and I loved the end with Oliver and Barry sitting in the bar knocking back beers.
It took me a second for Ray's (or rather Brandon Routh's) line about Kara resembling his cousin to sink in, but when it did I laughed and laughed.
That probably got the biggest laugh from me.
The finale on Legends wasn't as good, but it was fun
I did love Felicity and Cisco saving the day, though I'm going to tell myself they didn't shoot people to death in 1951 and alter the timeline.
Although at this point, the combined 3-show universe (well, I guess just the Flash and Legends of Tomorrow) has fucked up the timeline so badly it should be like that Treehouse of Horror where Homer time-travelled and fucked everything up beyond recognition.
I haven't watched the Legends episode yet, but I did watch Arrow finally. I think my expectations were too high, but I thought it was okay. Too much Laurel, who I still don't care about, and I don't believe Ollie when he says he loved her. I would have liked to see Walter though.
The cousin line made me cringe, but then I didn't like it when they gave Routh some cutesy Superman reference on that abysmal sitcom he did with Michael Urie either.
Was anyone else wondering why the team didn't have Supergirl intercept the gene bomb and fling it into space? Though from an audience perspective it was still neat to see Firestorm deal with it.
Although at this point, the combined 3-show universe (well, I guess just the Flash and Legends of Tomorrow) has fucked up the timeline so badly it should be like that Treehouse of Horror where Homer time-travelled and fucked everything up beyond recognition.
Cisco walks into Jitters...
Cisco: I'll have a large coffee and a glazed donut.
Barrista: What's a donut?
Cisco: Damn it, Barry!
Y'all call for tech support?
I did love Felicity and Cisco saving the day, though I'm going to tell myself they didn't shoot people to death in 1951 and alter the timeline.
That's the thing, isn't it? For people trying to preserve time lines, the Legends do seem to kill a lot of bad guys back in history. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Any change (step on a bug or a seedling) could have a similar effect, especially the farther back you go.
The question is, does everything play out the same way except events directly affected by the actions of anachronistic time travelers and the cascade of changes that causes, or does an anachronism mean that every process involving random chance rerolls the dice from that point forward (as the gender switch of Diggle's child implies)? The latter setup could result in massive changes building up very quickly after any time travel incident even if it doesn't directly change the past much.
I am still not caught up with everything to watch the crossovers, but some stuff is bugging me:
- Caitlin's the first person whose personality has completely changed with the powers, right? It seemed really sudden, jarring.
and then flipped RIGHT BACK. hated it.
