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    PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Is he really his best friend or is just a person that Oliver reminds is a terrible person every minute of every day.

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    MagicPrimeMagicPrime FiresideWizard Registered User regular
    Preacher wrote: »
    Is he really his best friend or is just a person that Oliver reminds is a terrible person every minute of every day.

    I'll be honest here. Since DCnU I've fallen hard off the wagon of reading my comics. And this is from a 10+ year track record of getting all the GL titles.

    Are you saying they've thrown out Hal and Ollie being best friends?

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    PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    I don't think so, but Ollie does tend to point out GL is a real asshole a lot.

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    DiannaoChongDiannaoChong Registered User regular
    Summer Glau is televisions greatest villian. Not as an actress playing a character, just to broadcast television series. (Honestly I think shes done a good enough job so far on this series)
    I dont think theres a chance they would make her Talia, but I swear to fucking god if she is talia it will be so dumb.

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    ThomamelasThomamelas Only one man can kill this many Russians. Bring his guitar to me! Registered User regular
    Preacher wrote: »
    Is he really his best friend or is just a person that Oliver reminds is a terrible person every minute of every day.

    It's both really. It's a friendship based on shared assholism and womanizing. And Hal is kind of a terrible person.

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    ThomamelasThomamelas Only one man can kill this many Russians. Bring his guitar to me! Registered User regular
    Summer Glau is televisions greatest villian. Not as an actress playing a character, just to broadcast television series. (Honestly I think shes done a good enough job so far on this series)
    I dont think theres a chance they would make her Talia, but I swear to fucking god if she is talia it will be so dumb.

    Eh, The Sarah Conner Chronicles used her fairly well. They didn't ask her to express emotion, just stand there and be eye candy.

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    SiernanSiernan Registered User regular
    edited November 2013
    New episode
    On the one hand, yay! More John Barrowman!

    On the other hand, silly subplot involving Thea.

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    LostNinjaLostNinja Registered User regular
    With all the comparisons this show already gets to the dark knight trilogy the last thing it needs is freaking two face walking around. I get that they don't want to have him always be in the iconic mask that would cover his entire face, but they have to do something about Slade. Other than that though the island stuff is getting really good. Hooray for more Malcolm Merlyn, this show needs a proper villain, but I could do without the stupid overused plot of Thea being his daughter (even if she does seem to be a slightly less terrible actress this season. And lastly on the topic of bad sub plots, CW stop being so CW-y, and drop the Felicity/Oliver pairing.
    Over all I thought that this latest episode was pretty great, especially with how exciting the island stuff is getting.

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    Harry DresdenHarry Dresden Registered User regular
    LostNinja wrote: »
    With all the comparisons this show already gets to the dark knight trilogy the last thing it needs is freaking two face walking around. I get that they don't want to have him always be in the iconic mask that would cover his entire face, but they have to do something about Slade. Other than that though the island stuff is getting really good. Hooray for more Malcolm Merlyn, this show needs a proper villain, but I could do without the stupid overused plot of Thea being his daughter (even if she does seem to be a slightly less terrible actress this season. And lastly on the topic of bad sub plots, CW stop being so CW-y, and drop the Felicity/Oliver pairing.
    Over all I thought that this latest episode was pretty great, especially with how exciting the island stuff is getting.

    This season is basically
    Batman: The TV Series. Which I have wanted for a long time but they don't need to use Green Arrow for the template.

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    surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    felicity-chan~~

    uguu

    also

    diggle would bea gud male stripper

    also ollie

    this show is very strippertacular

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    electricitylikesmeelectricitylikesme Registered User regular
    Oh damn.

    But also come on Felicity, you've seen this movie, you should've known what would happen.
    Hooray for Malcolm Merlyn being back!

    Personally I thought the problem with the court verdict seemed to be that Laurel's argument was pretty weak and should've been demolished by the mother's own lawyer though - convincing Malcolm not to kill your husband rather then just imprison him for 6 months is pretty different to you know, publicly announcing his grand plan and thus giving him no reason not to just kill everyone including you.

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    PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Good ep, apparently security at queen consolidated is Diggle and a ficus plant, the most ferocious of the office plant variety mind you.

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    PonyPony Registered User regular
    If the fact that
    Ollie greased Vertigo right outside the Queen Consolidated building where Vertigo clearly fell out of the window of Ollie's office

    has no repercussions going forward and never gets commented on again, I will be really disappointed in the writers

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    PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Spoiler for the last ep.
    Well Arrow already has a history with the count, on top of that with Queen Consolidated releasing the vaccine it can look like the Count was trying to stop a company from stopping his plague and the arrow caught up to him.

    Also we got a shot of Barry Allen in the preview! He looks like a generic chris evans, perfect for the flash!

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    see317see317 Registered User regular
    Oh damn.

    But also come on Felicity, you've seen this movie, you should've known what would happen.
    Hooray for Malcolm Merlyn being back!

    Personally I thought the problem with the court verdict seemed to be that Laurel's argument was pretty weak and should've been demolished by the mother's own lawyer though - convincing Malcolm not to kill your husband rather then just imprison him for 6 months is pretty different to you know, publicly announcing his grand plan and thus giving him no reason not to just kill everyone including you.
    Look, she had an affair with the guy nearly 20 years ago, that obviously means she's guilty of everything, ever.
    But yeah, any half way decent lawyer should have been able to beat that down pretty quickly.

    Of course, her having a competent lawyer could have destroyed Merlyn's whole "Yup, I just saved your ass" thing.

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    PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Judging Moria's decision making in the past, clearly she didn't choose a competent anything for anything. In fact I'll be surprised if Oliver is her own son at this point, he's probably the result of his dad banging shado or something in some weird future time rift where oliver didn't exist and his father made it to the island.

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    PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnNH7jCkrg4

    Arrow Trailer for the two part midseason finale, and a brief bit of Barry Allen.

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    DiannaoChongDiannaoChong Registered User regular
    Pony wrote: »
    If the fact that
    Ollie greased Vertigo right outside the Queen Consolidated building where Vertigo clearly fell out of the window of Ollie's office

    has no repercussions going forward and never gets commented on again, I will be really disappointed in the writers

    You would think that it would implicate queen consolidated
    with the vertigo plot. they get money from infecting, doublecross V to sell a vaccine and look like heroes.

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    Harry DresdenHarry Dresden Registered User regular
    Pony wrote: »
    If the fact that
    Ollie greased Vertigo right outside the Queen Consolidated building where Vertigo clearly fell out of the window of Ollie's office

    has no repercussions going forward and never gets commented on again, I will be really disappointed in the writers

    The writers on this show will milk that for all its worth.

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    Mike DangerMike Danger "Diane..." a place both wonderful and strangeRegistered User regular
    yussss
    I am all for Thea getting a Dark Apprentice plot with Merlyn

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    PonyPony Registered User regular
    Oh God I just realized
    Thea totally had a mad crush on her half-brother in season 1, and probably did for years

    That's some Luke and Leia shit right there.

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    Kipling217Kipling217 Registered User regular
    edited November 2013
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    I am all for Thea getting a Dark Apprentice plot with Merlyn

    I sorta doubt that's going to happen.
    I mean Merlyn killed her dad(not biological but still), almost killed her half-brother(Oliver), kidnapped her step dad(Walter), killed her other half-brother(That she didn't know about,but would learn) and terrorized her mother for years. That's in addition to killing 503 people with his crazy scheme, almost killing her boyfriend and Thea herself in the process.

    If Thea overlooks that in favor of becoming his Apprentice, they would have to do a complete U-turn on her character.

    Laurel on the other hand is a candidate for that, because she is all over the place character wise.

    It might even make her relevant.

    By the way
    Laurel loosing the case, even one as incompetently put together as this one, should have repercussions for her career. Its a big ass case, easily the size of OK City Bombing or 9/11 in importance. Even in Starling there would have to be somebody that gets stuck holding the bag. Who better then the new ADA, who meet with Moira and revealed the "great secret" to her before presenting it in trial.

    Have her lose her job as a result, hit the booze even harder, start hating Starling City and have Merlyn make an offer.

    It could be yet another twist in the "Laurel is going down the drain" saga.

    Edit: fixed to please Praecher

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    PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Lose, its spelled lose.

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    GreeperGreeper Registered User regular
    edited November 2013
    This is the part where everybody (including the writers)
    Tries to forget that Thea had a huge crush on Tommy.

    Also, it's spelled losing, not loosing.

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    Harry DresdenHarry Dresden Registered User regular
    edited November 2013
    Greeper wrote: »
    This is the part where everybody (including the writers)
    Tries to forget that Thea had a huge crush on Tommy.

    Also, it's spelled losing, not loosing.
    Tommy had a crush on her too.

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    PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Now we just need Mrs. Lance to have been plowed by Olivers father to create laurel but not Sarah, thus removing laurel from Ollie's bang list (not a true lance).

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    PonyPony Registered User regular
    Greeper wrote: »
    This is the part where everybody (including the writers)
    Tries to forget that Thea had a huge crush on Tommy.

    Also, it's spelled losing, not loosing.
    Tommy had a crush on her too.
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    AManFromEarthAManFromEarth Let's get to twerk! The King in the SwampRegistered User regular
    I gotta be honest, I'm a little disappointed that
    Amanda Waller wasn't overweight and middle aged.

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    PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    It's the CW man, no one is over weight.

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    Harry DresdenHarry Dresden Registered User regular
    Preacher wrote: »
    It's the CW man, no one is over weight.

    Waller was overweight on Smallville.

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    PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Preacher wrote: »
    It's the CW man, no one is over weight.

    Waller was overweight on Smallville.

    WB Show. Completely different.

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    PonyPony Registered User regular
    I wish the Arrow Crew would make better use of Roy.

    like in the most recent episode
    When Felicity was like "I'm going to go check out these shifty flu vaccine trucks by myself because Digg is sick" I was like JUST CALL ROY, THAT IS HIS JOB TO SCOUT SHIT. But then maybe they don't know about Ollie's arrangement with Roy? I dunno, seems like a weird thing for Ollie to keep to himself. Like what's the sense of having an "eyes and ears in the Glades" if you don't use the guy to scout shit?

    disclaimer: mostly I just want more Roy in the show.

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    AManFromEarthAManFromEarth Let's get to twerk! The King in the SwampRegistered User regular
    Pony wrote: »
    I wish the Arrow Crew would make better use of Roy.

    like in the most recent episode
    When Felicity was like "I'm going to go check out these shifty flu vaccine trucks by myself because Digg is sick" I was like JUST CALL ROY, THAT IS HIS JOB TO SCOUT SHIT. But then maybe they don't know about Ollie's arrangement with Roy? I dunno, seems like a weird thing for Ollie to keep to himself. Like what's the sense of having an "eyes and ears in the Glades" if you don't use the guy to scout shit?

    disclaimer: mostly I just want more Roy in the show.

    Speedy!

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    LostNinjaLostNinja Registered User regular
    edited November 2013
    Pony wrote: »
    I wish the Arrow Crew would make better use of Roy.

    like in the most recent episode
    When Felicity was like "I'm going to go check out these shifty flu vaccine trucks by myself because Digg is sick" I was like JUST CALL ROY, THAT IS HIS JOB TO SCOUT SHIT. But then maybe they don't know about Ollie's arrangement with Roy? I dunno, seems like a weird thing for Ollie to keep to himself. Like what's the sense of having an "eyes and ears in the Glades" if you don't use the guy to scout shit?

    disclaimer: mostly I just want more Roy in the show.

    Speedy!

    I think it's more likely that they just go straight to calling him red arrow if he ever gets a nickname since they already said that Thea's childhood nickname was speedy. This way they also open up the potential for her to fill the Mia Dearden role.

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    Harry DresdenHarry Dresden Registered User regular
    Is Thea really meant to be in high school? I always thought she was in her early 20's.

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    GreeperGreeper Registered User regular
    Is Thea really meant to be in high school? I always thought she was in her early 20's.

    She's... running her own business, so safe to say she's 18 now.

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    PonyPony Registered User regular
    Thea is 18 now and out of high school. In the first season she was not quite 18 and still in high school. Also, not only is her nickname Speedy, her middle name is Dearden.

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    MyiagrosMyiagros Registered User regular
    Anyone else think that it looked like Laurel's chin grew an extra inch this episode?

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    jefe414jefe414 "My Other Drill Hole is a Teleporter" Mechagodzilla is Best GodzillaRegistered User regular
    Myiagros wrote: »
    Anyone else think that it looked like Laurel's chin grew an extra inch this episode?

    I had to turn to a friend of mine and say "why the long face?". Yes, her chin did appear longer than usual.

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    TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    Greeper wrote: »
    This is the part where everybody (including the writers)
    Tries to forget that Thea had a huge crush on Tommy.

    Also, it's spelled losing, not loosing.
    Tommy had a crush on her too.
    No he didn't. He has never noticed how hot she is and never, ever will.

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