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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2018 12:32:58 GMT
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Post by stargazer1682 on Feb 23, 2018 14:15:40 GMT
Hmmm... Didn't know the mansion burned down in a tie-in comic.... Didn't recall/know there was a tie-in comic...
I'm a little surprised they didn't mention that on the show, or completely missed it if it did. Makes me wonder how much they would hold to that continuity; since, if they disregarded it, how many people would really notice?
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Post by General Kenobi on Feb 24, 2018 15:27:32 GMT
I forgot there was a tie-in comic and that the mansion was burned down in it. Guess that explains why we no longer see it on the show. But you think something like this would be mentioned on the show, instead of assuming everyone reads the comics.
Though this does make it a lot easier if the show decides to retcon it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2018 11:45:17 GMT
I forgot there was a tie-in comic and that the mansion was burned down in it. Guess that explains why we no longer see it on the show. But you think something like this would be mentioned on the show, instead of assuming everyone reads the comics. Though this does make it a lot easier if the show decides to retcon it.  |
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Post by General Kenobi on Mar 13, 2018 21:25:37 GMT
No proof in the world can convince me Oliver has feelings for Felicity. She's using mind control to keep him around her little finger.
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Post by BexxyJ on Mar 14, 2018 6:04:34 GMT
Does anybody still think of ships at sea when you see titles like this?
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Post by General Kenobi on Mar 14, 2018 19:24:44 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2018 11:58:47 GMT
No proof in the world can convince me Oliver has feelings for Felicity. She's using mind control to keep him around her little finger.  |
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Post by stargazer1682 on Mar 15, 2018 13:20:18 GMT
Yeah, but she ended up with Oliver on Smallville; somehow these shows keep putting Oliver with the blonde, walking manifestation of a Deus ex machina, instead of who he should be with.
That Oliver cheated on Laurel shouldn't have been anything more than a challenge for them to overcome, because Oliver is supposed to be a manwhore, who can't keep it in his pants.
With that said, my issue with Oliver and Laurel was that I just never really cared about them together, and didn't see enough of a spark between them. The only person I've ever liked with Oliver to date was Sara.
St one time my argument against Olicity would have been that Felicity deserved better than Oliver. I'm not sure that argument can still be made, but not because Oliver's become approachable; Felicity is just sort of there, and doesn't seem to serve much purpose than to pass judgement on any given circumstance. Meanwhile, Oliver just seems absent around Felicity. Most of the time he doesn't seem to really look at her when they're taking; he looks past her. And I've yet to see him actually look her like one would expect someone who is looking at a person they love. At best, he looks numb and void of real emotion; which could be a good story. At worst, he looks constipated, but definitely not in love.
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Post by General Kenobi on Mar 15, 2018 14:05:57 GMT
Well Felicity was only supposed to appear in a handful of episodes and was never developed as a character beyond that. The problem is when her role was increased they didn't know what to do with her, giving her an inconsistent characterization. The only consistency has been quirky hacker girl and Oliver's arm candy. When written so shallow it's easy to wear out your welcome real quick.
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Post by dazz on Mar 15, 2018 21:24:37 GMT
They did develop her that's the problem they developed her into a twat, and the cut the balls off every character to try and hide the fact she's a twat...fucking twats.
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Post by General Kenobi on Mar 16, 2018 16:49:48 GMT
Yeah, you're right. They tried to develop her and it failed. Miserably. But it's more window dressing then actual characterization. To cover up the fact she is competely shallow and void of any depth.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2018 11:24:51 GMT
Yeah, but she ended up with Oliver on Smallville; somehow these shows keep putting Oliver with the blonde, walking manifestation of a Deus ex machina, instead of who he should be with. That Oliver cheated on Laurel shouldn't have been anything more than a challenge for them to overcome, because Oliver is supposed to be a manwhore, who can't keep it in his pants. With that said, my issue with Oliver and Laurel was that I just never really cared about them together, and didn't see enough of a spark between them. The only person I've ever liked with Oliver to date was Sara. St one time my argument against Olicity would have been that Felicity deserved better than Oliver. I'm not sure that argument can still be made, but not because Oliver's become approachable; Felicity is just sort of there, and doesn't seem to serve much purpose than to pass judgement on any given circumstance. Meanwhile, Oliver just seems absent around Felicity. Most of the time he doesn't seem to really look at her when they're taking; he looks past her. And I've yet to see him actually look her like one would expect someone who is looking at a person they love. At best, he looks numb and void of real emotion; which could be a good story. At worst, he looks constipated, but definitely not in love. 
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2018 11:30:53 GMT
Well Felicity was only supposed to appear in a handful of episodes and was never developed as a character beyond that. The problem is when her role was increased they didn't know what to do with her, giving her an inconsistent characterization. The only consistency has been quirky hacker girl and Oliver's arm candy. When written so shallow it's easy to wear out your welcome real quick.  |
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Post by General Kenobi on Mar 18, 2018 13:15:22 GMT
Well there was also a CW exec who liked the character and wanted to see more of her. Arrow was supposed to be the CW's attempt to get out of the niche they had written themselves into but when they saw Felicity old tendencies flared up and they quickly turned the show into yet another bland CW melodramatic romance.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2018 12:25:00 GMT
Well there was also a CW exec who liked the character and wanted to see more of her. Arrow was supposed to be the CW's attempt to get out of the niche they had written themselves into but when they saw Felicity old tendencies flared up and they quickly turned the show into yet another bland CW melodramatic romance.  |
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Post by General Kenobi on Mar 20, 2018 16:23:27 GMT
It was all three. Think of it as a triumvirate of suckitude.
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