CW has adapted DC’s Green Arrow into a TV show.
I’m gonna come right out and say that I think there’s only one DC Comics character who deserves to be in any form of live action media, and that is the goddamn Batman.
But, I sat down and watched episode one of Arrow with an open mind.
It’s just…
It’s not…
It doesn’t…
IT’S BAD.
I’m not even going to go into the storyline, because it’s standard. Rich douche kid has traumatic experience and becomes dark superhero who moonlights as the same rich douche kid he always was.
The CW has tried to paint Green Arrow with the gritty tones of Christopher Nolan’s Batman adaptations and inject it with the teen drama that they so love.
Bad idea, guys!
You can’t “out-Nolan” Christopher Nolan, and doing so with the budget of a television show just makes you look stupid.
All the drama is manufactured, and there is not a single character with true depth.
Stephen Arnell plays Oliver Queen, a.k.a. Green Arrow, and his job is to be a pretty boy. I’m sorry, but anyone who has gone through as much physical trauma as his character supposedly has would not be as “fine” as he is in the show. They seriously just glued some fake scars onto his body and called it “traumatic.”
He does possess the physicality required for the part, and the stunts are the only impressive part of the program thus far.
I’m not saying the show is beyond saving, but at the moment it’s simply the last few Batman movies with all the depth and captivating performances pulled out.
The city is supposed to be a crime-ridden dump, but to me it just looked like a normal city with some fiery oil drums and listless hobos. Big deal.
Oliver’s best friend is a total douche and, since I didn’t care about him enough to learn his name, we’ll just call him “Braxton Doucheworthy, Esq.”
In fact, everyone is kind of a jerk to him, after he’s just come back from a half decade of seein’ some shit. Like, Vietnam-quality. But everyone’s all, “Hey, lighten up! Have a drink! Stop being such an emotionally tortured, psychologically fractured mess! The Dukes of Hazzard is on!”
The villain for the first episode is a very strong one, whose most menacing trait is his devastating baldness.
No, he sucks. He doesn’t even do anything.
The acting is bad.
This show sucks.
Love, Jake
Nerdy But Flirty 
The Arrow is a piece of horsesh!t show, the CW would have done better to keep Moonlight not this piece of sh!t. Lauren is the only one I like and Oliver sleeping with her sister is an annoying thing so I’m officially done watching. Also too similar to Batman. I’m true to Batman not this mockery piece of garbage.
Though I agree you’re just one of those people pretending to be a Batman fan. You probably only watched Keaton Kilmer, Clooney and Bale movies which ALL sucked. I hate people like you who just say random shit and don’t know anything about what they’re saying. Plus Season 1 gets really good after the first 10 episodes but after that it’s fucking awesome. Season 2 started out good but it sucked because of plot holes an unbalanced mix of cheesiness and serious tone, bullshit dialogue, bad acting and a disappointing ending. The show if overrated but it doesn’t suck. I give it a 7.5
Arrow is good. The acting does suck though. The beginning and middle of season 1 is boring but the ending is awesome (they reversed that in the second season)
I agree the first season was shit,the only reason people watch season two is because of Deathstroke and Deadshot.If it wasn’t for them it would be just another teen drama with stunts and superheroes.(If you can really call them super)
“So CW finally gets a DC property right” – There is absolutely nothing here that is faithful to the Green Arrow character except for the fact “the hood” is named Oliver Queen and crashed on an island as a origin.
So CW finally gets a DC property right and the fangirls/boys are not pleased? Should I be surprised? Also, stop it. You’re not a Batman fan. Stop pretending to be.
Though, I realize the articel was posted after the first episode and you’re probably eating crow now that the show has developed into a very surprising little program. It’s amusing to me that the idiots here in your comment section have only recently posted and still seem to think the best adapatation of a DC property on television ever is bad.
Die GameFrau, Sarah The Rebel, sduerigen, Katt, and AXLCALRISSIAN. You have failed this city.
I agree. Show sucks. I lasted longer – I watched 6 episodes. I nearly fell asleep before I decided to stop with that shit.
LOL perfect review, stole the words right out of my mouth. Show blows
So… watch it on Mute? Noted!
lol yessss. If you have a thing for men with scars though, I’d recommend Garrus as an alternative 😉