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- 20 de Oct, 2019
It probably helps that I skipped the first two seasons and joined later. I did that with Agents of Shield as well. Other than the odd missed reference and emotional beat that didn't work for me, it's surprisingly inconsequential.
I know this is the Marvel thread not the DC thread but I think I can keep this on-topic. You're right that it isn't afraid to get goofy. There's an episode where they save the Earth by winning some X-Factor style gameshow. They tie it to an emotional character moment and play is straight. It's not just being unafraid to be goofy, it's that it's because they're not ashamed of what they're making. Same with Ms. Marvel (told you I'd keep it on topic). I know I perhaps over-praise that show but it's one of the most sincere contributions of the Marvel franchise. Very natural feeling and doesn't keep deflating real emotion out of embarrassment. I think that's the unifying factor in my favourite Superhero shows - Stargirl, Legends / Arrow, Ms. Marvel, Young Justice. They're all all-in on what they are. I mean I guess you could say Arrow is notably less comic-booky than it's source material. Like they turned Solomon Grundy into some drug-powered soldier guy for example (whereas Stargirl really went all in on his comic book version). But Arrow still gets a pass because even if they introduced the more comic book elements bit by bit, they still took themselves seriously. They still acted like adults. That's what I dislike in the MCU. They're like kids (mostly). Isn't it perverse when Ms. Marvel in her own show acts like less of a kid than Thor? She may fangirl and squee but she treats threats as if they're consequential.
And if Arrow quips it still feels real. I love an exchange where Felicity is trying to get Oliver to train someone:
"The last person I trained I put an arrow in his leg."
"Yes, but Barry healed fine."
"I meant Roy. But yes, also Barry."
It's funny because his delivery is so straight and only Oliver could put an arrow in a friend's leg twice.
That's how you quip: Without losing emotion, with it coming out of nowhere and most of all with it being in character.
I'm not even sure the line above is a quip exactly. Oliver actually means it. That show struck gold with Steven Amell.
Well I don't think that'll hold up anymore even if some of this has survived into Doomsday. I doubt Brie Larson will want to come back after the brutal reaction her last movie received. But a paycheck is a paycheck. Who knows. I feel sorry for some of these cast members. Like Letitia Wright (raked over coals for refusing the Covid Vaccine) and decent actress, Chris Hemsworth (well aware that his character is increasingly written as a joke) and a couple of others. They deserve better. Though they get paid well for it I guess.
