I keep wishing I was watching further into Farscape or Buffy, so this season hasn't kept my interest at all.
But that's kind of true of all the tv hero shows. There's bits here and I here to like, but by and large it's comparing interest levels in old Simpsons to new Simpsons.
__________________ What CDTM believes;
Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
Well, Lyla heads up ARGUS, so she has enough on her plate. And the actress who plays Nyssa is doing a couple of other shows as well (such as The Oath), so more screen time is probably going to be affected by schedule conflicts. Pity though. I much prefer Nyssa over any of the B team members we currently have. She will be in at least one episode though.
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Ricardo Diaz's badassery went up like 110%, though some of his backstory felt kinda forced, but I still liked the episode enough. Felt sorta fresh compared to most of what this season's dished out.
Diaz was a let down. He wasn't even Richard Dragon in name only. Good one off villain, but the kind that should be focused on for 4 episodes max. Just another Danny Brickwell. No Prometheus, Deathstroke, Merlyn, or Ra's. There is no way Oliver and co should have struggled with a run of the mill crime lord the way they did. [SPOILER - highlight to read]: I hope to god he is taken care of by the midseason finale so next season can focus on someone better. I also hope he takes some time to train and become a more of a threat to Oliver the next time they meet.
On the topic of villains, wtf was up with the Quadrant? Absolutely fking pathetic. There was no reason to even include them in the show if Diaz was just going to kill three of them, take over, and just completely lose them in the space of three episodes. It was ridiculous, like an extremely great value version of the Court of Owls.
Evil Laurel was one of the highlights of the season IMO. She had a good redemption arc, and she's consistently well acted. Thankfully she's been promoted to series regular for next season, along with Roy (thank god Roy is back; He's one of the best characters in the showIMO). The only thing I hated was her forced fear of Diaz. What were the writers thinking? Zoom is a thousand times more terrifying than Diaz. Laurel could have killed him a thousand times over if she wanted.
Also, I always love seeing Lyla when she pops up. Her character might actually be one of my top 3 favorites in the Arrowverse. It's a shame she and Argus are so underutilized. Argus especially though. It's like their balls dropped off when Waller died. Waller used Argus for whatever purpose she wanted unlike Lyla who's always too reluctant to make use of it. For the love of god, throw Waller in the Lazarus pit and make Argus a threat again.
RIP Quentin Lance. No matter how bad this show got, his acting was always on point. It's a shame he was wasted on this season and villain.
Yeah, S6 had the weakest villain lineup out of the show. Wouldn't say it was the worst season though. Still liked it better than the previously worst received seasons, but it's not up there with the best of Arrow either. What can I say, all these superhero shows keep tending to have their ups and downs.
And I don't mind Diaz as a villain, but do agree that certain parts in how they dragged him out felt forced. [SPOILER - highlight to read]: The sooner they move on from him the better, but I hope he ends up being more impactful later on and that they make whatever closure for him worth the buildup, for us to still be stuck with him for possibly a whole other season... And then there's those three legendary assassins he hired whom were said to be feared even by the League. That'll lead to something interesting I'm sure.
While I still like Earth 2 Laurel, [SPOILER - highlight to read]: I hated her dumb moments this finale. First when she baited Diaz when he clearly wasn't bluffing and was gonna shoot either her or Quentin. Second when she blew away Diaz when Oliver had him cornered... Ugh. Quentin was indeed a loss. RIP
Can’t wait for Arrow to find some contrived way to get out of prison, cry about losing yet another character that will return in another CW crossover/alternate universe, and fight some other gangster crew who wants to take over Star City, ninja cult, or armored/super Serum soldier
__________________ "Happiness is a lie. Life is horror. The light is always dying all across the universe. The last star will flicker out someday, when it does, all that remains is shadow. And I will be its king!"'-Amahl Farouk
Diaz is just a thug. Nothing interesting about him at all.
__________________ What CDTM believes;
Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
Diaz only got as far as he did because of the resources he got from Cayden James which put the whole city under this thumb when he had cops, politicians, etc under his payroll, and to be fair he showed some promise in his origin/flashback episode, but was a disappointment after that which made me feel silly for starting to hype him up. Had to cheat to beat Oliver in a "fair fight", etc...
Lame finale. Diaz sucked. Ended up just being a crazy thug who happens to be difficult to kill. Only thing in the episode I could bother caring about was [SPOILER - highlight to read]: Quentin, which was a sad loss to the show. The show is coming back for Season 7, IIRC, so nothing else from that finale is permanent.
__________________ Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Diaz was kind of a b***h in the finale, especially the part where he calls Quentin back to tell him he would 'give him another chance.' If I was Quentin I would have laughed down the phone at him and hope some of his guys overheard as well. I like Acevedo too, he played the character quite well but he was pure punk in this finale.
__________________ Then lets head down into that cellar and carve ourselves a witch
__________________ "Happiness is a lie. Life is horror. The light is always dying all across the universe. The last star will flicker out someday, when it does, all that remains is shadow. And I will be its king!"'-Amahl Farouk
Just caught up on this. And honestly I really enjoyed the 2nd half of this last season. Best its been since going off the rails half way through S3 IMO.
Much more enjoyable than The Flash this year which save for a couple of episodes had a very boring season.
__________________ "Happiness is a lie. Life is horror. The light is always dying all across the universe. The last star will flicker out someday, when it does, all that remains is shadow. And I will be its king!"'-Amahl Farouk
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