In season one, they're both stories of the toll vigilantism takes on the protagonist and the people around him. And the unpredictable chaos their actions can cause in the pursuit of their cause. Arrow probably pursues this theme a bit more purely in the sense that Arrow doesn't really even stop the bad guy's plan in…
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I'm disappointed that it's only 2 syllables.
I bought that issue too. Haven't read it though, I only got it because it has a variant cover that's based on a DMX album cover:
It's not a perfect metaphor, but it doesn't have to be. The themes represented by Martin and Malcolm are universal, whether it's Martin vs. Malcolm, Gandhi vs. Hindu Mahasabha, Mandela vs. the more radical parts of the ANC etc.
Not only Deadshot, but there was an Arrow comic miniseries that is canon for the TV universe, and they killed of Bronze Tiger in that.
I was hoping there'd be some reference to the creator of the show's iconic job as host of Nickolodeon's Guts
:Raises hand:
"My advice: only watch what is not reviewed by AV Club."
I was all in on The Strain for the first time in a long time (maybe ever) during this episode up until that stupid bomb went off. The bomb idea already seemed kind of stupid, but I can forgive that if the plan works, or if some legitimate unforeseen circumstance keeps it from working. But the bomb goes off as planned……
Depends on whether or not you consider transgressiveness to be substance in and of itself. The idea that you have to have something conscious to say about a section of life that people aren't even paying attention to anyways is asking a lot. You can't take the music out of its cultural context of conservative…
"Only borough that was built on an island!"
Well, you can't "fire" a guy if all he did was sell you an article, because he doesn't really work for you. QED
"There has to be a reason why the most powerful national government in the world with the greatest military is letting its major city come undone."
I know this is a late comment, but I just watched the episode. Weirdly enough, there is a large mexican cult following for Morrisey/The Smiths. Flaca is not very far off from that stereotype.
Set was an adult during the Holocaust, he's probably closer to his early 90's.
Goddammit I'm back in (stopped watching after the penultimate episode, got tired of the half-baked plans). The show does give into some of it's weaknesses (Eph's family, an allegedly chaotic NYC that's still weirdly functional) but this episode discards a lot of the things I hated about the first season. Eph finally…
Well, Fargo was better. The only thing I'll say is that people seem to be ignoring that Fargo botched its ending too.
The opposite could be true. The first 4 episodes of season one had True Detective looking like it could be up there with one of the best seasons of TV in a long time… then sort of flattened out. Not to badmouth the show, it was still a great watch, but it definitely lost steam.
It's a thin line. There's showrunners that you can tell sort of despise the way their audiences watch their shows (David Chase, David Simon) but at least seem to understand what makes their work good. Then you get guys that despise their audience but also don't understand the audience and completely miss what made…