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Nyssa shares the same blood as Ra's? is it possible that Merlyn somehow gets Thea to kill her off to finally cure the bloodlust and thus ridding him of his one real enemy?
Well Greg it's simple. Confused? Well you'll understand in two weeks when you catch up to where I'm at..
Amateur hour is over! The pros are taking over on this one
Green Arrow alone is rip off of Batman, there is no getting around that. They share the same archetype in comics.
Both have contacts high up in the police force.
Both can easily be contacted by the police when needed.
Both have a no killing policy.
Both only seem to do their vigilantism at night.
Both have a love interest dressed in a black tight suit named after an animal (Catwoman/Black Canary)
Both were presumed dead for years, while in the meantime receiving training in all sorts of martial arts and other (weapons) tactics
Where the comics started to change Oliver, the TV series is doing everything in there power to make it even closer.
1) Continually adding Batman Villains to the show
2) Keeping Oliver's personality serious and dark where the variations of Green Arrow have shown him more of a light hearted ,Sarcastic Womanizer before N52
3) The many similarities to the Nolan Batman series including..
Destruction of a city
In Batman Begins an organization named The League Of Shadows, led by Ra's Al Ghul, comes to Gotham City to destroy a hazardous neighborhood called the Narrows by using a machine created by Wayne Industries.
In the first season of Arrow successful business man Malcolm Merlyn, who was once a member of The League Of Assassins (led by Ra's Al Ghul) tries to destroy a hazardous neighborhood named the Glades in Starling City with a machine created by Queen Consolidated.
In both cases they succeed partially as Batman/Arrow stop it in the middle of the process saving a lot of lives but not all.
Copycats
The Dark Knight started out with Batman being the inspiration for regular people in Gotham City to dress themselves up as well and take on crime.
The second season of Arrow started off with the Arrow being the inspiration for regular people in Starling City to dress themselves up as well and take on crime.
Fear drugs
In Batman begins The Scarecrow uses a certain self-developed gas which causes the person spread with it to see their greatest fear as if it was real. In The Dark Knight he's trying to sell it as a street drug. In Arrow there's a character named The Count who has made a drug called Vertigo. After his death another guy who names himself Vertigo modifies the Vertigo formula so that it will make the user see their greatest fear. This results in similar hallucination scenes in both Batman Begins and Arrow.
Mask
Speaking of The Scarecrow: His costume merely exists of a burlap sack-like mask. In the second season of Arrow Sebastian Blood uses nothing more than a skull mask to disguise himself, making him very reminiscent of The Scarecrow. He also uses drugs on people just like Scarecrow albeit with different effects.
City takeover
In The Dark Knight Rises Bane takes over the city aided by The League Of Shadows. In Arrow Slade Wilson tries to take over the city with an army of Mirakuru Soldiers.
4) A whole year of Batman story lines with Shadow of the Bat.
5) The fact that Arrow has his own version of Oracle, they are almost identical with them really driving it home recently with the spinal injury
6) The whole Speedy Resurrection thing has a lot in common with Jason Todd.
7) Huntress being on the show a character tied to the Batman Family, and Birds of Prey.
8) They have a BatCave even Cisco made a joke about it
Not only are the producers un apologetic about stealing from Batman they pretty much scene steal as well
And destroyed.
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where is the Arrowmobile? where is Oliver's Utility Belt? Oliver isnt the world's greatest detective doesnt seem to be the master of super preparedness either. Oliver is really shit about his no kill rule, he makes exceptions for felicity or whenever he thinks he has to. Batman was thought dead? i thought he voluntarily left to train? Olive is no longer wealthy, i think he is technically homeless. Oliver's love interest is a techie chick, he dated Sarah before she become black canary. Oliver has a team, he doesnt work alone or only work with one other person. Diggle was a paid bodyguard, not a prodigy as diggle already has his own skillset. Arsenal comes close, but he didnt last long. Oliver's lair is practically open to the public. lots know about it. there are similarities to batman, but they are by no means clones.
And even with the overwhelming evidence we still have our dear Astrotard doubling down.. haha
O man
You pretty much owned yourself making that statement. Batman doesn't have a team, and Oliver doesn't use utility with his arrows? surely you can't be that dumb, then I remember why the community nick named you Astrotard.
where is the Arrowmobile?
You mean like the Arrow Cycle much like the Bat cycle complete with matching accessories for his weapons
where is Oliver's Utility Belt?
I wonder if you even watch this show... His whole Arrow layout is based off utility. Not to mention all the grappling hooks etc
Oliver isnt the world's greatest detective doesnt seem to be the master of super preparedness either?
All the versions of Batman are not the worlds greatest detectives
Oliver is really shit about his no kill rule, he makes exceptions for felicity or whenever he thinks he has to?
Only person I can think of he killed in a fight to the death was Ras. He definitely isn't sentencing people to death anymore, and is purposely trying to avoid it.
Batman was thought dead? i thought he voluntarily left to train?
Bruce was gone for over a decade before year one. Only person that knew he was alive was Alfred
Olive is no longer wealthy, i think he is technically homeless.
But he was originally wealthy, and who knows whats really going on with that dudes finances. The writers can do whatever they like with that.
In the comics which is what you are referencing he is wealthy.
Oliver's love interest is a techie chick, he dated Sarah before she become black canary.
Were not done with that triangle I bet. Black Canary has always caught Olivers eye much like Catwoman does with Batman no matter who he is dating.
In the comics Black Canary has always been his go to girl. They just made up this oracle clone for the Arrow series.
Oliver has a team, he doesnt work alone or only work with one other person.
Batman is famous for a team he is just the patriarch. Alfred,Gordon, Oracle,Lucius Fox,Batwoman, Batgirl, Huntress, the Robins, Nightwing, Catwoman. That guy rarely works alone
Diggle was a paid bodyguard, not a prodigy as diggle already has his own skillset.
Diggle was never a sidekick he fills the role of the person that advises Oliver if he likes it or not. If anything he is the Alfred of the series even started as his paid employee.
Arsenal comes close, but he didnt last long.
Oliver went from one sidekick to another. Red Arrow, Arsenal, Speedy it's all the same shit.
Oliver's lair is practically open to the public. lots know about it. there are similarities to batman, but they are by no means clones.
So is the Batcave, really who in the DC universe that Batman calls a friend has not been in there at this point.
He's even taken women hes dated down there
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im talking about the TV show as i have never read a Green Arrow comic. oliver's motorcyle is just a motorcycle, it has no special modifications or anything.
He rides a Duccati Diavel as Oliver
And a green themed Ducati Monster Diesel as arrow complete with a bow holder.
He has a specific bike he uses only as arrow that is same theme as his apparel. I.E. the arrow bike
And a green themed Ducati Monster Diesel as arrow complete with a bow holder.
He has a specific bike he uses only as arrow that is same theme as his apparel. I.E. the arrow bike
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You're really reaching with things like:
They both fought villains that tried to take over the city!
They've both fought villains that kinda look alike a little.
They both have romantic relationships with crime fighters who wear black!
Yeah, no shit. So has every superhero ever. You also seem to think the show stole him being stranded on an island from Batman as well as the Black Canary being a love interest. That makes you lose any credibility you think you have from copying and pasting someone else's list. Both of those are straight from the comics.
Green Arrow has always been similar to Batman, but blame DC for that. The show's only actual stealing was the Ra's storyline.
They both fought villains that tried to take over the city!
They've both fought villains that kinda look alike a little.
They both have romantic relationships with crime fighters who wear black!
Yeah, no shit. So has every superhero ever. You also seem to think the show stole him being stranded on an island from Batman as well as the Black Canary being a love interest. That makes you lose any credibility you think you have from copying and pasting someone else's list. Both of those are straight from the comics.
Green Arrow has always been similar to Batman, but blame DC for that. The show's only actual stealing was the Ra's storyline.
Except Green Arrow has his own story-lines. 75 years of them in fact yet the shows producers continually lift from Batman. A fact the shows producers have gone on record saying they are unapologetic about ,and will continue to steal stories from that hero.
Your got more then enough examples, with your only defense being only "No it's not".Don't follow Astrotard down the path of the retarded.
It's not a good look ;}
That first list is a comparison of the comics you dumb ass.
The Ras Storyline is many different smaller stories in one. That Arrow hinged over a years worth of content on....
Can we get an Ip check on Ambiturner, and Astrotard? NM, I didn't realize they authored an autobiography of their lives together.
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I hate getting out shitposted.
Anyways, I'm actually coming around to the idea that they could be talking about Merlyn as the person they need to kill at the gravestone and in the limo. Dahrk seems too obvious and they never actually say his name and only refer to the person as "him".
Of course, I also thought they weren't going to make Wells the reverse flash last year since he seemed so obvious from the beginning so who knows if they even attempt or care about misdirections.
Anyways, I'm actually coming around to the idea that they could be talking about Merlyn as the person they need to kill at the gravestone and in the limo. Dahrk seems too obvious and they never actually say his name and only refer to the person as "him".
Of course, I also thought they weren't going to make Wells the reverse flash last year since he seemed so obvious from the beginning so who knows if they even attempt or care about misdirections.
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I still believe Darhk is the main villain. Just think they may not be talking about him at the funeral.
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i dont do ban bets or avatarbets or whateverbets, thats for faggots. im just giving my worthless opinion that darhk is not the final boss of the season for a few reasons.
merlyn and nyssa are getting ready for a showdown
we have the doohicky darhk is working on which may be a motherbox or a magic swastika or something or other.
we have HIVE which Darhk works for, his wife seems to be more of a zealot than he is and possibly a higher up in HIVE as well.
whatever mystical mystery is on the island these mercs are looking for.
felicity's dad is rumored to be The Calculator who will be showing up soon.
too many variables that could shape up the end of the season, that i wouldnt bet on anything being certain.
merlyn and nyssa are getting ready for a showdown
we have the doohicky darhk is working on which may be a motherbox or a magic swastika or something or other.
we have HIVE which Darhk works for, his wife seems to be more of a zealot than he is and possibly a higher up in HIVE as well.
whatever mystical mystery is on the island these mercs are looking for.
felicity's dad is rumored to be The Calculator who will be showing up soon.
too many variables that could shape up the end of the season, that i wouldnt bet on anything being certain.