When I herd about a superhero live action show coming, I was interested and gave the first few episodes of Arrow a watch. At first I was liking it, as it seem to be thrilling and kinda cool that they actually put a ACTION hand to hand sequence in a TV show for a change, however. As I learn more who this person is base on and see what they are doing, I started to question its method and style and started to dislike it more and more.
For starters Arrow the show seem to try the hole "dark, gritty and realism" where everyone is all broody and take things way too harshly on others and themselves. I guess they did that to make green arrow more dramatic, meaningful or adult..but after seeing the "dark and gritty" in nearly every modern films and TV show these days, it just feels depressingly dull, almost like they don't seem to care that they are making a superhero show and more making a standard TV drama show. granted I'm aware this is a drama, where theirs twist and turns around but could they lest make it fun and exciting? I understand having complex back stories and character struggles to try making arrow more compelling but, after seeing it in so many show it just feels its padding itself to the story and making things in a very dreary and cold hearted way.
I also notice that they seem to keep going back and forth with Oliver's past as it seem long winded and over complicated then it need to be. when I read about green arrow origin, he was a playboy rich man who shipwreck to a stranded island, where he met a small village that suffering from a warlord, Olivier help the village to stop the warlord by using archery what he learn from the village, got back home, stop some bank robbers with his skills and then became green arrow, now would you prefer seeing that in 3 episodes in the first season or see a his origin in a more dark and complex mess like you get from the TV show Lost or the film Man Of Steel? After saying Arrow, it almost like if they are just trying to be like Batman without Being Batman.
Right then the Arrow Investigates Ted Grant's "Guilty" Past episode. I seen a few episodes of arrow but this one put me off the hole show. all the characters seem quite cold hearted or not that friendly to each other, Oliver just seems to feel like a self righteous hypocrite about not trusting vigilantes while he IS one, seeing Ted grant looking really young for a retired Boxer as well looking depress when ever I see him on screen, the painful acting delivery as they just seem to look joyless of the roles they been given and just how mediocre this seem to be for me. I tried to understand myself why I don't like this episode by watching The Dark Knight film after seeing this, to compare why I love The dark Knight more then this show and I think its down to the acting and the characters. In the film The dark Knight the actors seem to have great importance and passion to their roles as well the characters, so comparing them to the cast of Arrow, Arrow just seem to be really dull or just badly written.
In simple terms, I generality found this episode quite deary, joyless and silly how real and gritty its trying to be. The show itself doesn't appeal to me but I understand how popular it is to most people, so don't get angry for my poor writing, as if you enjoy the show then enjoy it well. My view to this TV show is that is not a superhero show but just a another gritty detective show that's trying to be like batman.
Sorry for my bad writing skills but I am grateful for you reading this and do feel free share what you think of my thoughts.
