Meanwhile, over at DC...we have Man of Steel...
As far as TV goes, DC were killing it with their first TV series since Smallville - Arrow!
What is Arrow? Arrow is a TV show that follows the adventures of billionaire cocky pretty-boy, Oliver Queen who had been trapped on a mysterious Island for 5 years and had come home with only one goal - to save his city. The show was produced by The CW Network and like Marvels movies, they had no original intention of creating this giant, connected world. Popularity for Arrow grew immensely - supported with a strong cast and a gritty, realistic world that brought new life into Oliver Queens story while at the same time, staying faithful to the comic source material.
Oh, the edge!
The first Season proved to be both interesting and entertaining as Oliver Queen had a book given to him from his Father with names of wealthy big-wigs that were poisoning Starling City with their wealth and greed. One by one, the Arrow would hunt and kill each person and cross their name out in a metaphoric game of "Cat and Mouse" while muttering the well known catchphrase (at this point) "You have failed this city" just before offing said-rich stiff. Here and there, the first Season would throw in well known Comic Book characters for either one-off episodes or frequent appearances such as Huntress, Firefly, Deadshot and more.
The show was eventually given a second Season which had tonnes more easter eggs and homages, more Comic Book characters and the introduction of another hero - Flash!
The CW were now opening a gateway to another Superhero with The Flash getting his own TV show. By the time Flash hit screens in 2014, Arrow was beginning its 3rd Season. Between the two, Flash has been the more entertaining show, embracing its comic-book roots, offering a lighter tone in comparison to Arrow as well as more super-powered villains dubbed "Meta Humans".
You could say Season 1 was over in a "Flash"...
So, yeah. Flash Season 1 was fantastic - focusing on Barry getting used to his new life as a speedster along with trying to find out who killed his mother with the results being bigger than anyone could have predicted. The Flash has partially stolen the limelight from Arrow as Season 3 has been a bit of a mess with Ra's Al Ghul as the main villain with a whole heap of side-plots and confrontations that just distract from the main story. Also, personally speaking, I feel Ra's Al Ghul was the most boring antagonist so far in the show.
You have failed this show Ra's!
With both Season 1 of Flash and Season 3 of Arrow wrapped up, The CW Network have released a trailer of their new show, again connected to both shows - DC's Legends of Tomorrow! This new show will feature the likes of The Atom (introduced in Arrow Season 3), The White Canary (killed in Arrow Season 3), Captain Cold, Heatwave and Firestorm (All introduced in The Flash Season 1) and Hawkgirl who had a small "blink and you'll miss it" scene in The Flash, coming from fucking nowhere. Will it be another success for The CW? Will it be the continuing downfall that started with Arrow Season 3? Only one way to find out...
Least the picture is cool
Now on to the actual *point* of this blog post..
This mini-rant/blog post represents my own opinion and no one else's. With Warner Brothers trying to play catch-up to Marvel and establish their own Cinematic Universe, there was debate on whether the TV shows and Movies would share the same universe, especially with the likes of a Justice League movie being down the line, Would we see Stephen Amells Oliver Queen in DC's Cinematic Universe? No...
It was later to be confirmed that the DC movies and DC TV shows are part of a multiverse. But at the time, it came across to me personally as a cheap excuse to get people excited about nothing. A multiverse is nothing new for DC as the Crisis on Infinite Earths storyline introduces a universe of alternative Earths based on choices. So, CW's TV universe doesn't reflect WB's Movie universe but it doesn't rule out a cross over in the future...
Oh but it does...
With the release of Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy" selling really well for a movie about a rag and tag team of characters, both Sony and Warner Brothers attempted to jump the same bandwagon with Sony trying and failing to release a Sinister Six movie and WB releasing a Suicide Squad movie which is currently being filmed.
But what does that have to do with anything? With a Suicide Squad already being a key element in the Arrow universe, WB have made is so the CW can no longer use certain characters such as Deadshot, Bronze Tiger, Captain Boomerang, probably Katana and Harley Quinn who had a cameo role in an Arrow episode.
What they're essentially doing is eliminating creative freedom in a more well-established DC Universe that is miles ahead of DC's Cinematic Universe. It was bad enough they weren't allowing the use of Superman and Batman, yet still allowing Superman to be in CBS' Supergirl TV show, despite being visually obscured.
So what was the point in saying it was a multiverse when it simply wasn't? Just DC simply being DC and not having a fucking clue what to do with itself.
I also feel DC shouldn't even bother with a Flash movie when Grant Gustin has already made the role his own and any live action attempt will only be compared to his.
Me personally, when it comes to comics, I'm more of a DC guy all the way, but if Marvels Daredevil TV show has anything that DC could learn from, its a shining example of how to bring a Superhero TV show into a Cinematic universe flawlessly through dialogue and easter eggs (posters, newspapers, etc.).
What was the point in this blog post? I don't know. It's 22:18pm and I'm tired. G'Night everybody!
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