So, this will be the
first timely addition to my little soapbox. There will be some other
posts that have been sitting on my hard drive for a while posted
later.
Today’s subject is
the season finale of Arrow and Agents of SHIELD. Now I have followed
both series and while I will try to keep this as spoiler free as I
can something might slip by if you have not followed the series.
Let me start with
Arrow. Over this season we have seen the war between Wilson Slade and
Oliver and this season finale brings it all together. Everyone in
team Arrow have to go right up to the very edge in order to keep
Slade and his army of very angry Bane wanna-be´s from reducing the
city to dust. The episode was decently paced and had some interesting
turns such as Canary’s arc coming to conclusion in a very nice way.
What I don´t like is that the “flashbacks” seem to be a bleeding
staple of the run of this show as we will most likely be saddled with
them for the next season and I have a creeping feeling that it will
cause some interesting continuity problems. But all in all I feel
that Arrow end this season on a strong note and I look forward to the
next season. Together with the upcoming the Flash and the cinematic
adventures coming with Batman/Superman and the rumoured JLA movie I am
really looking forward to what will come.
Now on the other
side of the fence we have M:AoS, as series that have been battling a
uphill battle due to starting at a grass-roots level and having a very
weak middle act. But once the last act kicked in the series really
picked up and I think their season finale was the strongest episode
yet and from an emotional standpoint it kicks Arrows arse from here
to next Sunday. It had some really brilliant comedic moments and some
very funny fourth wall flirting. It did feel very much like a show
that was unsure on if it would be picked up for a second season, we
know now that it will be everything is wrapped up very neatly and not
very many loose threads are hanging about. That is not to say there
is not enough to make me want to see the next season but compared to
Arrow that left us with enough threads to make a dreamcatcher it felt
a bit weak.
So now with Arrow
going strong, M:AoS displaying that it can fill the shoes set out for
it and a smörgåsbord of new superhero shows coming like the Flash
from the DC stable and with Marvel doing that equivalent of the
pasta-test and tossing everything at a wall to see what sticks with
shows like ABC´s Agent Carter and the in-house produced Heroes for
hire show/shows.. Itis a good time to be a superhero nerd. Now if
they could give Beware the Batman another season and bring back Teen
Titans i´d be a happy camper.
Next time I will be
chewing on Batfleck... Om nom nom.. I bet he taste like fanboy angst.
This is Tomas
saying. Keep safe and never grow dull.
