Impeccable
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Yeah for a long season show you cannot ask for more.
One or two meh or bleh episodes but nothing bad and has the best villain yet. Can't go wrong.
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Arrow S5 |OT| You thought you were out, but Manu Bennett pulls you back in.
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Yeah for a long season show you cannot ask for more.
One or two meh or bleh episodes but nothing bad and has the best villain yet. Can't go wrong.
Dude, go watch this season.
Stallion Dan
Member
Nah, too much retreading and repeating previous seasons, and Chase's planning ahead for outcomes is so ridiculously bullshit he comes across too unrealistic and thus boring.
Better than 3 and 4 though.
Well, it has been a good trip. This has been my last episode of Arrowverse. Some good moments, some cringe moments and some bad.
I'm tired to keep these shows weekly and don't have enough time for the entertainment they give to me.
Not best thing have to finish it with a cliffhanger but I'm okay with it. Maybe I will read next year OT to see what it happens.
I'm tired to keep these shows weekly and don't have enough time for the entertainment they give to me.
Not best thing have to finish it with a cliffhanger but I'm okay with it. Maybe I will read next year OT to see what it happens.
May I just say your new outfit in the avatar is fantastic.
Calm waterfall
Banned
It´s funny how Thea tread on a mine even though there were 4-5 people walked before her.
You keep spouting the same thing over and over, and people keep disagreeing.
You retread and repeat this line every post all year long. I still have no idea what you're talking about
broncobuster
Banned
Chase says he's 10 steps ahead. Everyone believes he's only 10 steps ahead. Only Merlyn figured out it's actually 50.
Septimus Prime
Member
Everyone was trying to out-maneuver him in Chess. Turns out he was playing Connect Four and set himself up three with both sides open.
GetDigitized
Member
The finale made more sense than Flash's and was better, but it had a lot of dumb stuff as well.Like Oliver not knocking Chase out when he first defeats him, he just walks away from him, who does that? Thea conveniently stepping off a land mine. Thea realising she misses Malcolm, cliche. Oliver letting chase have any freedom after he shoots him in the leg, you know he's the trigger to the island blowing up, he can bite his tongue,jump off the boat whatever tf he wants - nah bro lemme hug my child, so cliche. I am glad the not-so betrayal from Slade didn't last for more than a few mins.The finale also suffered from the too much shit in one epsisode that Flash's finale suffered from. This would've been great and a two episode finale rather than some of the filler stuff we got.
I like him as Deathstroke, but he only does evil Slade well. Snide & kinda jokey Slade like in Teen Titants, I haven't seen him pull off. My only other exposure to him has been from random comic runs where he's a side character like flashpoint & Arkham games(Where I don't think he's been represented well either, he's much better in Arrow).
I like him as Deathstroke, but he only does evil Slade well. Snide & kinda jokey Slade like in Teen Titants, I haven't seen him pull off. My only other exposure to him has been from random comic runs where he's a side character like flashpoint & Arkham games(Where I don't think he's been represented well either, he's much better in Arrow).
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Celebrity Ninja Warrior is on now. Amell going to run soon.
broncobuster
Banned
Wow Josh Segarra just showed up and threw a bottle at Amell during the salmon ladder.
Discotheque
Banned
"I'm always 10 steps ahead Oliver. How do you expect to beat me if you can't even beat an obstacle course"
StopMakingSense
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The only thing that bothered me about Chase was the fact he looks exactly like by brother.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
The island being littered with landmines is actually something they established in season 2, I believe.
Yeah Felicity stepped on one and a sweaty shirtless Oliver swooped in like fucking Tarzan to rescue her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2pIYixobak
He's definitely got the buzz back for playing the character.
Like I said, unless there's some DC shenanigans or he signs a movie, I'm almost certain he's back for S6 in some capacity. Shannara won't be filming and he's there with all the other characters at the end.
I was wondering why Slade was acting so strangely near the end, sort of lurking around the background and shots of just him solo, but maybe they were just compositing shots because he wasn't actually there at the same time as the others.
You got one sexy brother
I think it might've been mentioned in S1 even too.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
That's all part of the plan. You and your parents are still 10 steps behind.
BigJonsson
Member
Chase must have been inspired by the joker lol
More of a version of Slade who wasn't bat shit insane
PhoncipleBone
Banned
To the shock of nobody, Amell crushed the Ninja Warrior course. And then he did a bonus salmon ladder afterwards, just to show off.
Mighty Chin
Banned
The actor that played Chase was on a Comedy called Sirens. Lasted a couple of short seasons. It was a solid show. He was good.
rackham
Banned
Yeah..Adrian Chase was a garbage character. I'm surprised everyone is so easily impressed. He had a chance at being great but there was too much dues ex machina involved with him. Anything he wanted just happened. Nothing was ever explained about him or his past, how he accomplished anything
Garbage ass deus ex machina character and had the actor been even a little less compelling, I'm sure most people would have seen it too. As it is, josh segarra carried the character from mediocrity into something watchable-at the most.
Garbage ass deus ex machina character and had the actor been even a little less compelling, I'm sure most people would have seen it too. As it is, josh segarra carried the character from mediocrity into something watchable-at the most.
What do they need to explain about Chase? He's just an extremely well prepared guy who put in five years of planning. He accomplished everything through a single minded focus, it's pretty simple, it's not like the super powered shows, he didn't do anything magical that required some mumbo jumbo, everything he did was realistic just very time consuming. He was never a superior fighter than Oliver either, and they kept pretty consistent with that. I mean did you need them to show you shots of him planting bombs all over the island or something?
I will say it seems like a huge missed opportunity not to have done a flashback episode with him, we could've seen his reaction to his father's death, tracking down Talia and training, etc. Would've been great. But not necessary. They could still do it too!
Oh also I gotta say I've found the Prometheus theme as memorable but borderline goofy this season, but the use of it right before Chase kills himself was very haunting.
Next season.
Honestly they could spend the first half of S6 just cleaning up half the plot lines of S5. Talia/Nyssa, Artemis, Vigilante, Slade... could all get an episode. Hell Chase probably has beyond the grave plans for Oliver because he's so many steps ahead.
Next season.
Honestly they could spend the first half of S6 just cleaning up half the plot lines of S5. Talia/Nyssa, Artemis, Vigilante, Slade... could all get an episode. Hell Chase probably has beyond the grave plans for Oliver because he's so many steps ahead.
rackham
Banned
They could have showed us anything. How did chase tamper with the arrow hideout so easily? How did he find William? How did he gain his martial arts prowess to be on par with all these people? How did he plan so far ahead? How does he do anything? Shit character and the defense for him is worse.
Also please stop with this "everything he did was realistic" nonsense. even if you want to change it to "realistic for a comic show"- just no. It's about as realistic as a nuke blowing up an American city and everyone moving on like nothing.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
How can Arrow be so good and Flash so terrible?
Poodlestrike
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Not to put too fine a point on it, but nothing he did was beyond the realm of possibility. The fact that we don't know exactly how isn't a knock against it. He was extremely smart, and frighteningly dedicated to his cause, two traits combined that can move mountains (or just about).
Dude spent 2 years under Talia's training and abour 3-4 years obsessing about Olliver and literary planning everything. The moment you first see him on screen, he already knows Olliver will fight him on the island.
How did Chase tamper with the Arrow hideout? The same way Merlyn gets in there constantly. It's not secure.
How did he train in martial arts? With Talia, for years no less. Also he's not on par with Oliver. He lost multiple times.
How did he plan so far ahead? By planning for five years obsessively.
How does he do anything? See above.
The only thing I don't have an explanation for is the William thing. He probably had eyes on Samantha from S4 onward, we know he's been watching Team Flash at the very least. I really can't think of anything he didn't do which can't be explained by planning and intel.
gundamkyoukai
Member
It would have been fun to see chase plan some stuff but it was not really need .
The guy made friends with Oliver and made him throw green arrow under the bus .
So you saw what sort of person he was plus he had help and was not doing it alone.
I mean there certain things you pick at like characters being stupid or you don't like certain things going his way .
Still i don't really see them as a big deal .
Flash season 4 to be great ?
Since it had 2 seasons where it was not that good just like arrow.
Side note Flash having better mini arcs would help with some of it problems.
The guy made friends with Oliver and made him throw green arrow under the bus .
So you saw what sort of person he was plus he had help and was not doing it alone.
I mean there certain things you pick at like characters being stupid or you don't like certain things going his way .
Still i don't really see them as a big deal .
Flash season 4 to be great ?
Since it had 2 seasons where it was not that good just like arrow.
Side note Flash having better mini arcs would help with some of it problems.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Two years ago... You could say that we were saying the reverse
Look who decided to show up
I'd be lying if I said I never chuckled at how Chase is always multiple steps ahead of Oliver, even when it borders on being ridiculous/psychic, but I get through it because:
1. He's been obsessed with his plans for Oliver for years.
2. He can't beat him in a fair fight, so yea, he really needs these meticulous af plans to work lol, it's his bread and butter
It would have been neat to see him in the process of coming up with one of said plans I guess, but I didn't really feel like I needed it. It'd probably be boring to see (imagine seeing him plant all those mines), and the people complaining the most likely wouldn't be satisfied anyhow unless they see every single one of his plans being set up or something lol
1. He's been obsessed with his plans for Oliver for years.
2. He can't beat him in a fair fight, so yea, he really needs these meticulous af plans to work lol, it's his bread and butter
It would have been neat to see him in the process of coming up with one of said plans I guess, but I didn't really feel like I needed it. It'd probably be boring to see (imagine seeing him plant all those mines), and the people complaining the most likely wouldn't be satisfied anyhow unless they see every single one of his plans being set up or something lol
gundamkyoukai
Member
Chase most likely had talia mooks help him set up the bombs .
Would have been funny seeing chase giving out orders lol .
Also him becoming friends with oliver for over half the season and having a mole in his group also help sell it .
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Yea this
Adrian is Batman if a hero killed his dad instead of a villain. That explains everything you need to know.
They are walking three side by side so they take a slightly different path.
And we need it. Spartacus Manu would easily pull this off s well. He can do the jokes.
Indeed. They have shown this often.
They are walking three side by side so they take a slightly different path.
And we need it. Spartacus Manu would easily pull this off s well. He can do the jokes.
Indeed. They have shown this often.
Its going to be incredibly hard for anyone else to play Deathstroke as well as Manu does. Everything about his performance is absolutely incredible.
He fucking fake double crossed twice and I fell for it both times! Deathstroke needs to be a main character from now on. To replace Merlyn.
Also Chase was amazing, his ultimatum at the end got me sweating.
Fantastic season, definitely 23/23 for me.
He fucking fake double crossed twice and I fell for it both times! Deathstroke needs to be a main character from now on. To replace Merlyn.
Also Chase was amazing, his ultimatum at the end got me sweating.
Fantastic season, definitely 23/23 for me.
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