Post by stargazer1682 on Apr 7, 2019 15:24:42 GMT
Yeah, I've been trying to figure out how Crisis might play into the final season of Arrow if Oliver dies, since presumably the wouldn't be all the way up to episode 10 by the crossover, unless they start super early next season. They could of course dedicate a couple of episodes to the fallout from Oliver dying and how things wrap up. What would be better is if they tease the deal Oliver made, knowing people would think it means he's going to die, but then go some other way with it.
I have mixed feelings about them killing Oliver off. On the one hand, it would fit with him comic history where he died saving, I want to say Metropolis, on a plane that was going to explode or something, but he managed to fly it out over the water where it would do the least damage. Plus, if they were to kill him off in a way that played into his comic book arc, then there's the prospect that he is eventually brought back the same way; even though they never bothered building his friendship with Hal Jordan the way I wished they had, which would have given way to his resurrection after Hal became the Spectre.
On the other hand, the idea of Oliver being killed off to cap the end of the series feels reminiscent of the ending of Xena, which to this day still annoys me; because it suggests that there's no possible happy ending for these characters, no redemption of their past until they're dead.
What might be good is something like the end of The Dark Knight Strikes Again, where an older Batman had come out of retirement and ultimately faked his death; and then goes on to train a new generation of vigilantes in secret. This probably would have only worked though without the Felicity/Mia flashforward stories, since Oliver didn't appear to be around when Mia was growing up; and if the flashforwards had instead focused on where Oliver ended up 20 years from now and him coming out of retirement, etc., etc.
I have mixed feelings about them killing Oliver off. On the one hand, it would fit with him comic history where he died saving, I want to say Metropolis, on a plane that was going to explode or something, but he managed to fly it out over the water where it would do the least damage. Plus, if they were to kill him off in a way that played into his comic book arc, then there's the prospect that he is eventually brought back the same way; even though they never bothered building his friendship with Hal Jordan the way I wished they had, which would have given way to his resurrection after Hal became the Spectre.
On the other hand, the idea of Oliver being killed off to cap the end of the series feels reminiscent of the ending of Xena, which to this day still annoys me; because it suggests that there's no possible happy ending for these characters, no redemption of their past until they're dead.
What might be good is something like the end of The Dark Knight Strikes Again, where an older Batman had come out of retirement and ultimately faked his death; and then goes on to train a new generation of vigilantes in secret. This probably would have only worked though without the Felicity/Mia flashforward stories, since Oliver didn't appear to be around when Mia was growing up; and if the flashforwards had instead focused on where Oliver ended up 20 years from now and him coming out of retirement, etc., etc.