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Green ‘Arrow’ TV Show Looks Badass
I reported recently that the live action Green Arrow TV show has been made a reality by The CW network. Well to prove that they’re not just whistling Dixie, CW has released a teaser clip of Oliver Queen training himself to become the Arrow! Yeah, shortening the name to just ‘Arrow’ sounds stupid. But it is a minor complaint if this series turns out to be as badass as the clip. Watch and enjoy!
So There’s Going to be a Green Arrow TV Show After All
If you can’t make a Batman TV series for various legal reasons, I suppose the next best bet would be Green Arrow. They’re both about a rich, young playboys who operates as a dark vigilante at night. Only this option features a bow and arrow.
Dark and brooding is now the standard for any DC superhero
There has been a lot of news about this show for a few months now, but I don’t like posting rumors and possibilities. That happens all the time. But now we know for a fact that The CW network has picked up the pilot and has ordered a first season of the hour-long drama. No news on the number of episodes or when it will debut…this fall, most likely.
So that’s pretty cool. As successful as superhero movies have been, we haven’t had many superhero TV shows. Smallville made it through 10 seasons, which is probably more than most people expected. It’s clear that people are very much into superheroes. But will we get a good-quality Green Arrow show, like Smallville? Or will it crash and burn like The Cape?
Here’s the premise description of the show:
After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the Pacific. When he returns home to Starling City, his devoted mother Moira, much-beloved sister Thea, and best friend Tommy welcome him home, but they sense Oliver has been changed by his ordeal on the island. While Oliver hides the truth about the man he’s become, he desperately wants to make amends for the actions he took as the boy he was. Most particularly, he seeks reconciliation with his former girlfriend, Laurel Lance. As Oliver reconnects with those closest to him, he secretly creates the persona of Arrow – a vigilante – to right the wrongs of his family, fight the ills of society, and restore Starling City to its former glory. By day, Oliver plays the role of a wealthy, carefree and careless philanderer he used to be – flanked by his devoted chauffeur/bodyguard, John Diggle – while carefully concealing the secret identity he turns to under cover of darkness. However, Laurel’s father, Detective Quentin Lance, is determined to arrest the vigilante operating in his city. Meanwhile, Oliver’s own mother, Moira, knows much more about the deadly shipwreck than she has let on – and is more ruthless than he could ever imagine.
That actually seems to stick relatively close to the story of Oliver Queen becoming Green Arrow, so maybe we have a chance at something solid. Changing the name to just ‘Arrow’ instead of ‘Green Arrow’ is dumb, but I can see why a studio would make such a change. I plan on writing a longer blog post someday about this, but I’m usually OK with cosmetic and aesthetic changes to superheroes if it helps them fit better into mainstream TV or movies. Though I also think studio heads and focus groups are morons who just don’t understand anything.
Obviously staying true to the characters didn’t hurt The Avengers from grossing $207 million dollars in their opening weekend, or $100 million their second weekend.
So I shall remain hopeful. Green Arrow was a popular character on Smallville, and he could easily be translated to the small screen. The bow and arrows will be easy to handle effects-wise, and his costume can easily be translated into something modern and realistic. I think that preview picture looks pretty damn cool. Plus his villains are all street-level guys, like him, who also don’t need any CGI or insane special effects.
The potential is there for a great show. It can be grounded, it can be serious and it can be dramatic. Let’s hope thy can pull it off.
Also between Hawkeye in The Avengers and this new Arrow show, this is definitely the year of the archer.
Rush, The Greatest Character of the New DC
DC Comics told us everything would be new and exciting in their revamped universe, and boy were they right! Green Arrow #2 came out this past week, and it features the debut of the coolest, most exciting villain ever to grace the pages of a comic book. He’s dynamic, he’s in-your-face and he’s surely going to be a star from now on! Watch out, Joker! When they make a Green Arrow movie, surely it’s going to star this guy.
Who am I talking about?
Why, Rush, of course!
Thanks for the introduction
Now that’s what I call a punch! And check out that jacket! I can tell that Rush means business because he leaves it hanging open like that. You can see his hairless chest and everything. And those jeans, that hair; Rush is badass! I don’t even know what Green Arrow thinks he’s going to accomplish. All he’s got are bows and arrows, right Rush?
You tell him, Rush!
He’s got muscles and speed! Now that’s leading super-villain material! Rush spends the whole issue just kicking Green Arrow’s ass! And even more, he’s got a whole team of super-villains under his command! They follow his great leadership skills, and have become one of the most popular Internet destinations! Eat your heart out, Google. Rush and his band of villains miscreants are the real draw. They all debuted at the end of the first issue, in a cliffhanger that left me sizzling.
Let’s see, we’ve got…Green Twins; Blue Hair; Rush, of course; Lumpy down in front; Jackie Chan; Wolfman and Stunner
Character finds of the year, maybe the decade even. Everyone always claims that all the good villains are already created. Joker, Lex Luthor, Darkseid, Venom, Magneto, Sinestro…well Green Arrow #2 blows them all away! Rush is a glorious new entrant into the contest of Greatest Villain Ever. He’s got strength, he’s got speed and he’s got the coolest jacket in comics. And that name – ‘Rush’ – it perfectly sums up everything about the character. He’s fast, he’s got size and just reading about him is a ‘rush’ to the senses. Rush’s dialogue is also fantastic. I know that when I see new super-villains, I want them to be streetwise and hip to the latest lingo.
I bet ‘abuzz’ becomes his catch phrase! Everyone’s going to be ‘abuzz’ about Rush.
And not only is Rush a badass when it comes to fighting Green Arrow, but he’s also Internet-savvy.
This reminds me of that one South Park episode…
That is a man of the times.
You see, in this issue, Green Arrow is trying to put a hurtin’ on Rush’s crew. In Green Arrow #1, which I reviewed here, the Emerald Archer defeated chumps Supercharge and Dynamix. Well Rush wasn’t having that! He promptly broke those suckas outta jail. But it seems Green Arrow won’t learn his lesson. He think she can keep after Rush and his crew. Issue #2 starts out with Green Arrow fighting the Green Twins at the Seattle Space Needle.
Their names are Lime and Light, by the way. Get it?
Anyway, after that crap, Rush decides to call out Green Arrow. An attack on a member of his crew is an attack on Rush himself!
Man, Rush is funny
And like the dumbass he is, Green Arrow falls right into Rush’s trap! What a dim bulb! Green Arrow shows up at the arranged spot and he gets his green ass handed to him! Rush lets a few of his crew get in some punches, to boost morale, but mostly it’s the Rush man kicking Green Arrow to the curb. It’s just one freight-train like haymaker after another! Heck, Rush sums the whole thing up perfectly himself!
Yes you are, Rush, yes you are.
And in the end, it’s revealed that Rush has been broadcasting the whole fight on the Internet! So not only can he kick superhero ass, but he’s doing it for his fans as well! All 1,242,000 of them! And I bet as more and more people read this comic, there’s bound to be even more than that!
Is this guy dynamic or what? We’re witnessing the making of Green Arrow’s new arch-nemesis here! Not that Green Arrow ever had an old arch-nemesis. So this is perfect! He needed a Joker or Luthor-level villain, and Rush is perfect! Green Arrow can’t match his size, speed or jacket! I don’t know how Green Arrow will manage to defeat him. He’ll probably have to call in the Justice League for back up.
Maybe Superman can stand a chance against the awesome might of Rush, the character find of the new DC.
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