I was disappointed with how handled bringing Oliver back to life. "The cold helped"? What about the huge fall to the rocks that should have shattered his body? Unless they are going to reveal some dramatic cure later, they just kind of hand waved the whole thing away.

Thought they did real well with everything else. Laurel getting her ass kicked and quitting. Felicity quitting. Bad dude taking over the glades. Keeping Oliver in the story while focusing on everyone else. This week should be good.

Total agree.

Unfamiliar with Ra's al Ghul and the Lazarus Put?

except they didn't use a lazarus pit at all, she made some tea and he woke up ROFL

Yeah, but the Lazarus Pit is equally ridiculous, and I bet they reveal some connection to it.

I was expecting something along these lines and got tea and "it was cold".

I can't remember where I read it, but they've already said the Lazarus Pit had nothing to do with it (in interviews).

That's stupid. Why introduce coming back to life around Ra's without using the Lazarus Pit?

I just finished season 2 great show.

I know they wanted to keep the show somewhat grounded in reality but that kind of went out the window with the introduction of the Flash. Oliver was stabbed through the chest so that he was coughing up blood and then fell 100+ feet onto rocks. Just bandaging his wounds isn't going to fix that.

Supergirl is supposed to be in the same universe too. Reality go bye bye.

I was hoping the Mirakuru dose that Oliver got would have boosted his strength and speed some while somehow not making him crazy. Having a little extra super power would have made some of the battles more realistic (in a comic book sense). It seems like everyone he faces now just catches his arrows and he's getting his ass beat as often as Laurel now.

He took a sword through his right lung and they show him with his stomach bandaged up. :facepalm:

wut no way that's completely separate

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Fans of Arrow may not have tuned in just to see Brandon Routh suit up as Ray Palmer a.k.a. ‘The Atom’, but the show has been slowly building to the Justice League member’s reveal nonetheless. The show’s brilliant billionaire may still be constructing his suit of armor, but today DC Comics has released the very first official image of the finished suit, in all its glory.

So far fans have only been given glimpses of a holographic blueprint of the Advanced Technology Operating Mechanism (A.T.O.M.) and a detached gauntlet, but DC and The CW apparently felt the finished product was too impressive to wait any longer. Brandon Routh will first don the armor in the show’s universe in Episode 15 of the season, “Nanda Parbat”, but take an early peek at the Arrow/Flash universe’s next certified costumed hero below:

The finished suit, as expected, is a far cry from the blue and red spandex of the classic comic hero. But given the removal of the hero’s shrinking powers from the show’s fiction (for now, at least), that’s not too surprising. Executive producer Marc Guggenheim recently claimed that the biggest challenge for the Arrow showrunners was crating a metal suit of armor that didn’t seem to be copying… another prominent superhero with similar powers.

Thankfully, it seems the result has succeeded in that aim, resembling more of an exoskeleton than an all-out suit of armor. Sticking with with blue and red color scheme of the comics, and maintaining the ‘atom’ insignia on the forehead and the signature red triangle on the chest, the finished rig straddles the line between source material and practicality quite well (not to mention packing more of a punch than the early plans).

Constructed from a super-strong ‘dwarf star alloy’ it seems that Ray Palmer has constructed a system to amplify his strength (in tandem with the show’s ‘Salmon Ladder’ technology) as opposed to encase his body. How it will be put to use protecting the streets of Starling City – and not just obliterating its criminals – will become clear in the coming weeks.

The network has already claimed that Routh would be a “natural” choice for another DC Comics spinoff series, and while those comments may have seemed like wishful thinking at the time, the effort and polish put into Palmer’s A.T.O.M. Exosuit implies otherwise. It has yet to make its debut, but this superhero costume might just be the best-received in The CW’s shared universe.

Looks awesome.

meh, looks like a police riot/armor suit

I'm more interested in how his power is going to incorporate into the storyline, can't quite have him shrink to quartz size and lobotomize someone's brain while Arrow is ninja kicking someone in the face. And on the flipside you can't have Atom just be another fighter either..

Looks like he is geared up for a game of Rollerball.

Thought that was a bit of a let down. Expected something more explosive, got the CW version of the warriors. Like Ollie training with Merlyn, didn't like Merlyn not killing Brick. But that's setting up something later I assume. Who dies because of that moment of weakness? Thought there was a bit much of Ollie in the woods, didn't like the Merlyn flashbacks. Ollie's return seemed kind of abrupt and weak. But at the same time it was good that he's still hurt and didn't just fly in like nothing had happened and save the day. Liked the scene where Lance finally realizes it's not Sarah and Felicity telling Ollie she doesn't want to be someone he loves. So good end, but felt weak on the whole.

Maybe I expected too much.

basically the entire show in a nutshell ROFL

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That was the absolute worst episode in recent memory. Jesus that was bad all the way through.

IT was pretty much just a throw away filler episode. Probably the first time they have put out an ep that doesn't advance the plot at all.

I'm like opposite guy this week. I really dug this episode and hated last night's flash.

Same, I felt like even on what I thought was gonna be a "down episode" that it was still a great episode! This show never disappoints me!

This was cut off on my recording, looks like a lot happens next week:

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That ATOM suit looks even goofier than I expected from the publicity stills.

Great episode.

WTF?

Thought that was pretty great. And I think our Lazarus Pit confirmation.

was waiting for Ras to call Ollie "detective" :facepalm:

Sometimes you just want to punch Ollie in the face.

What kind of ****ed-up logic makes trying rescue Malcolm Merlin a good idea?

Because at some point in the future Thea might regret it. What the what? :spock:

thea is really annoying and worthless... slade should have killed her last season

Also, Kevin Smith said that he can't bring himself to watch Arrow or support it because one of the producers of the show totally shit on him when a fan asked him if it was possible to have him write an episode since he helped bring the character back on the map in the early 2000s ROFL

Ugh...

Arrow returns to the CW on March 18th

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Arrow star Stephen Amell has posted an image of himself sporting some curious new accessories, possibly teasing fans about upcoming episodes of the CW series.

In the image, Amell is wearing a wrist band and knee bands with glowing blue lights at their center, and a black glove. It’s possible that the bands are some sort of technology upgrade from the ArrowVerse’s latest costumed adventurer, the Atom. Since the Ray Palmer made his debut last week as an official superhero, it’s not a stretch to think that he might cross paths with Oliver soon, and pass a gift to Starling City’s hero.

Or, the tech might hail from Central City. As last year’s Flash/Arrow crossover established, STAR Labs’ resident scientists Cisco Ramon and Caitlin Snow are eager to help The Arrow with as many upgrades as possible.

Then again, maybe the equipment has no link to the DC Universe, and is simply some sort of motion-capture technology. Perhaps Oliver will go through some physical alternations that can only be realized in the post-production phase? Let’s hope they’re not lopping that hand off.

LMAO

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From what my friends said from the con in town. The guy that plays oliver is super nice. He made sure to make kc, because he has never been.

I was there. I can confirm he is super nice. Gotta say, he's one of my favorite actors right now. He explained it in his discussion panel at the con. He had a commitment he couldn't get out of on Saturday(paleyfest), but he caught the red eye to Chicago to KC arriving very early Sunday morning, attending the con for all his fans, then hopping on a plane back to Vancouver Sunday night to begin working again early Monday morning. The guy definitely made a hell of an effort for his fans. He even stayed until everyone in line got an autograph or picture when he didn't have to. He was scheduled to leave at 4:30pm but stayed til almost 6.

Oh man that ending gave me goosebumps.

Yeah this show great.

so they turned Atom into Iron Man... wat

They kinda have to. His comic book ability doesn't fit very well with the universe of Arrow. It's a bit too realistic to have a guy that shrinks down to the size of an Atom.

awesome episode, really liked Roy finally stepping up to the plate and being a leader/doing what's right at the end

looks like Ollie gets to use Ray's atom suit next week from the preview..

Looks like Ray will truly be the Atom soon too with that nano tech.

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Kind of spoilerish, so watch at your own risk, but holy **** that looks bad ass.

Cant wait for these 5 episodes left.

Off topic but i heard.

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/st...es-1201459533/

Stephen Amell*has been tapped to play*Casey Jones*in “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2

Man this is going to be an epic run to the season finale.

Was really lame how they pulled the such cheap TV writing there. I was also disappointed that they didn't imply that he would

More importantly,

Well that ep was all over the place.

cant nail it everytime. sometimes people just have to be written out for a while. We seen that shit on Persons of Interest chick got pregnant and asked to be written out, they basically did the same thing showed that she might be dead, but she's not, she's going to be a mom! lol

ridiculously awful episode ROFL they end on everyone crying in sort-of slow motion at the end because... uhh Ollie didn't acknowledge them? :facepalm: OMG HE'S SO CHANGED /everyone cries by themselves

Yeah, I didn't care much for this ep at all. Sorry but there is no way someone can be changed that quickly. Granted it may all be an act but thats a tall order.

Diggle should be the next Wildcat.. they make such a huge deal about wearing masks and stuff and he runs around in normal clothes fully exposed :facepalm:

how pathetic is that this Katana outfit looks better than the Suicide Squad movie's...

they made such a huge deal about Oliver refraining from killing people after season 1 and then in this episode we see Diggle mow people down down with an assault rifle and pistol, Katana slaying people, Merliyn dropping bodies... even Atom kills the pilot in the jet and no one even flinches about it :facepalm:

Its the league of assasins, what the **** did you think was going to happen? People were going to die! Some thing, yes i agree there can be bitching a little to lovey dovey, but i get why they have it, women love ****ing Oliver/Felicity and That Arsenal dude, but sometimes you just bitch to bitch.

I find it funny as hell that Laurel can beat any one of those guys in the League. Hell, even Diggle shouldn't be able to beat them in hand to hand combat.

ROFL guilty

Really surprised by the end. Never expected a happy ending from this show. They could've ended the series there. Will be interesting to see where it goes.

Also interested in seeing the Rip Hunter and Hawkgirl intros on Flash next week, setting up Legends of Tomorrow.

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At The CW’s annual upfronts presentation in New York Thursday, the network that birthed the DC TV Universe first held a red carpet reception for press to meet and greet the stars of their biggest shows, including Arrow, The Flash, upcoming spin-off Legends of Tomorrow… and those other non-comic book shows they have on the air too, we’re told.

David Ramsey’s John Diggle had a big season 3 of Arrow, with some major heroics, new team-ups, a marriage, a family, kidnappings, betrayals, and an overwhelming sense that something more was on the way for the character. Ramsey stopped for an extended chat with ComicBook.com about what his character has been through, and answered two very important questions about just who John Diggle is, and whether we can expect him bathed in green light – or at least in a mask – any time soon.

So David, Diggle was put through the ringer with great triumphs and great tragedies this season. He’s really gone back and forth quite a bit. What’s it like getting to play that entire range of emotions and events for you?

David Ramsey: He has. It’s exciting as an actor, right? Anytime you get some stuff to do that’s really meaty, you always like that. It’s an action show, too, so anytime you get to kick butt that’s always fun! (laughs) This show doesn’t lack for stories. So they’ll go to a character, go away from a character, go back to a character – the last part of the season has been kind of Diggle’s time, and it’s exciting every time the arrow points back to me, so to speak.

Excellent pun. (laughs) The Suicide Squad stuff is obviously very exciting, but it’s also been interesting to see how much emotion and character development comes out of that stuff for you when you interact with them. What’s it like for you when you have those kind of side stories?

DR: It’s great. What’s funny about that is it’s almost – the Suicide Squad stories or Task Force X if you will, ARGUS stories with Diggle, they’re almost another show. They take on this tone where it could always be a spin-off, you know what I mean? It has its own little energy.

So it’s always exciting anytime you get to do something, where the B story becomes the strong story, almost another A story. That’s exciting, and most of the time like you said, you get to find out something new about Diggle. Now unfortunately Deadshot is gone, and he was a major player in Diggle’s life. But we’ll see what happens next for next season.

Diggle’s reaction to the Flash…

DR: I know, it was bananas.

It was so funny!

DR: Anytime I get to make Diggle be more like David, and just be funny. It was so funny, on the set, Andrew Kreisberg was there with me, and he was like, “Just go big when you see The Flash move at superspeed.” I did it one time, and he said, “No, even bigger, just go bananas.” I was like, “really? Okay!” and did what you saw. It was great to just take the reins off of Diggle.

So that’s how David would react if he saw someone move at superspeed?

DR: Yeah, oh yeah, no doubt. How I would react though, I would do exactly that, then piss myself. (laughs) Did I say that? Yeah, seeing someone run that fast?

We have been teased over and over and it seems like everyone else on the show now has a secret identity…

DR: Right, right.

Is it something that you even want for Diggle, and is it something that Diggle wants for himself?

DR: That’s a great, great question.

Everyone wants to talk about John Stewart. Is it “John Stewart Diggle” or “John Diggle Stewart” or whatever, and will he be Green Lantern? There’s gonna be – obviously, [EP] Marc Guggenheim has said publicly that it’s not the way to go right now. But people are still talking about it.

You know, I think – and Greg Berlanti has said this publicly too, I think that they’ve gone to great lengths to build up the mythos and persona of John Diggle. He’s become a character in the comic books! Hopefully, he stays alive in the comic books and he’s around for 20 years, and someone else will play him on TV or in a movie! That’s a great honor. I think they’ve taken great strides to making John Diggle part of the lexicon, and that’s an important thing. I don’t think you want to abandon that.

I think that’s part of the appeal. He’s just a regular guy from the Glades, from the hood, who joined the military, became special forces, and now he’s a super hero! I think there’s something very normal about him that’s part of the appeal.

I think if you put a mask on him as part of the Green Lantern Corps, and that’s wonderful by the way – John Stewart is a wonderful character – but you lose some of that. You lose part of the “everyguy” character.

What about a mask for someone like Vigilante, or…

DR: Yeah, people have mentioned that, people have mentioned The Guardian, a few others.

Yeah, right!

DR: I do think you need some kind of concealment. I agree with that. And to that end, they are working on something. You will see something for Diggle next year, season 4. You will.

All right, that’s huge! Wrapping up, what was the most surprising thing for you from season 3?

DR: From this season? That’s a good question. The most surprising thing for me was how they managed to make Ra’s work. I didn’t know what they were going to do with Ra’s al Ghul. The actor who played him, Matt Nable, did such a great job with it, and the League of Assassins I thought was so formidable. I was surprised and I’m happy about how they handled Ra’s and the League because that was important.

He won't be Jon Stewart, I'm pretty sure DC already has plans for that character in the movie universe and they don't like to double dip those properties.

Guardian would be doable since he's obscure. IMO the easiest is to just let him be Wildcat since Ted Grant is long retired on this show and never wore the proper Wildcat outfit. They already have rights to that IP anyway. The one thing about taking up the mask is that he'll also have to give up guns I guess which has been his thing since Season 1..

It was a welcome surprise. Way too much tight-assery/constipation on this show and to finally end on a happy note was a sigh of relief. I hope they come back next season with something like "6 months later.. Canary & friends have done well without Ollie but now face something too big for them, then Ollie comes back rejuvinated and (hopefully) with a new outfit and finally refers to himself as Green Arrow and doesn't take himself too seriously anymore.."

The Flash was A LOT cooler in this episode than he has ever been even in his own series... where the hell did that come from?? We need more of that Flash than the one we've been getting.

"YOU GUYS HAVE A HOT TUB??? Nice." ROFL

I was wrong. I gave the show a shot after hearing good things from my brother. It's quite enjoyable. I wouldn't say it's "great" like Breaking Bad, but it's a good show.

yeah, never been a fan of laurel to begin with. Her and Iris from Flash piss me off. lol Diggle is trained military and other shit, him i could see, but not Laurel. Wish Caity Lotz would have stayed and not this chick.

Neal McDonough has signed on to play Damien Darhk. Should be pretty awesome.

Link.

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Diggle's costume and Thea look ridiculous. Thea in particular looks really bad.. not sure why they kicked Roy off the show for her, she's not exactly a physical/action type of actress...

New costume is pretty dope though he could do without the shoulder pads. I always liked the sleeveless jerkin + left armored arm look

They unkilled Caity Lotz character? im ok with that! lol

She's part of the ensemble on Legends of Tomorrow.

Arrow Season 4 Premiere today.

Hell of a start to the season.

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