DC's Legends of Tomorrow (S1E01) -- Series Premiere -- "Pilot Part 1" -- 1/21/16
01-21-16, 09:18 AM
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DC's Legends of Tomorrow (S1E01) -- Series Premiere -- "Pilot Part 1" -- 1/21/16
THURSDAY, JANUARY 21
SERIES PREMIERE
DC'S Legends of Tomorrow
"Pilot, Part 1" - (8:00-9:02:50 p.m. ET) (Content Rating TBD) (HDTV)
SERIES PREMIERE - In the year 2166, the immortal villain Vandal Savage (Casper Crump) is on the verge of his final victory - total chaos and the utter destruction of humanity. As the world crumbles, the Time Master Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill) takes matters into his own hands; he travels 150 years into the past to assemble a carefully selected team of heroes and rogues to stop him. Hunter has chosen what seems like an ill-matched group: billionaire inventor Ray Palmer (Brandon Routh), who has created an exo-suit with the power to shrink him to miniscule size, as the Atom; Sara Lance (Caity Lotz), the White Canary, a trained assassin; Professor Martin Stein (Victor Garber) and Jefferson "Jax" Jackson (Franz Drameh), who together form the meta-human Firestorm; Leonard Snart (Wentworth Miller), known as Captain Cold, and his partner Mick Rory (Dominic Purcell), AKA Heat Wave, a pair of career criminals; and Kendra Saunders (Ciara Renée) and Carter Hall (Falk Hentschel) AKA Hawkgirl and Hawkman. Together this unlikely group will attempt to stop one of the most formidable villains of all time, while they must learn how to not only be a team, but heroes as well. Glen Winter directed the episode written by Marc Guggenheim & Phil Klemmer and Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg (#101). Original airdate 1/21/2016.
SERIES PREMIERE
DC'S Legends of Tomorrow
"Pilot, Part 1" - (8:00-9:02:50 p.m. ET) (Content Rating TBD) (HDTV)
SERIES PREMIERE - In the year 2166, the immortal villain Vandal Savage (Casper Crump) is on the verge of his final victory - total chaos and the utter destruction of humanity. As the world crumbles, the Time Master Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill) takes matters into his own hands; he travels 150 years into the past to assemble a carefully selected team of heroes and rogues to stop him. Hunter has chosen what seems like an ill-matched group: billionaire inventor Ray Palmer (Brandon Routh), who has created an exo-suit with the power to shrink him to miniscule size, as the Atom; Sara Lance (Caity Lotz), the White Canary, a trained assassin; Professor Martin Stein (Victor Garber) and Jefferson "Jax" Jackson (Franz Drameh), who together form the meta-human Firestorm; Leonard Snart (Wentworth Miller), known as Captain Cold, and his partner Mick Rory (Dominic Purcell), AKA Heat Wave, a pair of career criminals; and Kendra Saunders (Ciara Renée) and Carter Hall (Falk Hentschel) AKA Hawkgirl and Hawkman. Together this unlikely group will attempt to stop one of the most formidable villains of all time, while they must learn how to not only be a team, but heroes as well. Glen Winter directed the episode written by Marc Guggenheim & Phil Klemmer and Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg (#101). Original airdate 1/21/2016.
16 episode 1st season
Be warned, the Pilot runs 63 minutes, so you may have potential DVR conflicts.
Preview with the creative team of the show
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01-21-16, 06:58 PM
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Re: DC's Legends of Tomorrow (S1E01) -- Series Premiere -- "Pilot Part 1" -- 1/21/16
Airing right now for all of you in the East.
01-21-16, 08:37 PM
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Re: DC's Legends of Tomorrow (S1E01) -- Series Premiere -- "Pilot Part 1" -- 1/21/16
It was a first episode so it had the ups and downs of a first episode. Still, Routh's earnest Ray Palmer might have been the best thing about Arrow last year; Garber is always worth watching, and I think Captain Cold and Heat Wave might work better as wise-cracking anti-heroes.
I guess Lotz is campaigning to try to bring Nyssa over to this show.
I guess Lotz is campaigning to try to bring Nyssa over to this show.
01-21-16, 09:30 PM
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Re: DC's Legends of Tomorrow (S1E01) -- Series Premiere -- "Pilot Part 1" -- 1/21/16
It was great seeing Lotz back without the baggage they saddled Sara with returning from the dead on Arrow.
This pilot was decent but didn't blow me away. Some of the dialogue and set-up in those early scenes felt greatly rushed. It's obviously great seeing this many characters together, I like most of them on some level. I did like the neat little reveal about Hawkman and Hawkgirl's son.
It will be interesting to see how the chemistry develops between these disparate characters. I think this could be a better venue for the Atom than on Arrow, where he was always the goofy comic support.
I don't mind the guy playing Rip Hunter but that was very hammy, poor acting when he was grieving over his dead wife and son.
This pilot was decent but didn't blow me away. Some of the dialogue and set-up in those early scenes felt greatly rushed. It's obviously great seeing this many characters together, I like most of them on some level. I did like the neat little reveal about Hawkman and Hawkgirl's son.
It will be interesting to see how the chemistry develops between these disparate characters. I think this could be a better venue for the Atom than on Arrow, where he was always the goofy comic support.
I don't mind the guy playing Rip Hunter but that was very hammy, poor acting when he was grieving over his dead wife and son.
01-21-16, 09:50 PM
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Re: DC's Legends of Tomorrow (S1E01) -- Series Premiere -- "Pilot Part 1" -- 1/21/16
Love how Snart and Rory are going along just to steal shit. 
They seriously should have their own show.
They seriously should have their own show.
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01-21-16, 10:04 PM
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01-22-16, 12:16 AM
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Re: DC's Legends of Tomorrow (S1E01) -- Series Premiere -- "Pilot Part 1" -- 1/21/16
I liked it. It was over the top, fun and didn't take itself too seriously. Seeing the recent comments from the creative team, that sounds exactly what they were hoping for.
Liked how Rip Hunter's line that they would become legends was BS. He recruited them for a personal vendetta against Savage.
Some cool special effects. Hopefully they don't blow their budget on period music. I wonder how much those cuts from the Captain and Tenille and Earth Wind and Fire cost them?
Liked how Rip Hunter's line that they would become legends was BS. He recruited them for a personal vendetta against Savage.
Some cool special effects. Hopefully they don't blow their budget on period music. I wonder how much those cuts from the Captain and Tenille and Earth Wind and Fire cost them?
01-22-16, 01:09 AM
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Re: DC's Legends of Tomorrow (S1E01) -- Series Premiere -- "Pilot Part 1" -- 1/21/16
errr I don't know.. That felt a whole lot like a b-grade SyFy movie by The Asylum. I know it's just tv but I think The CW might of bit off too much this time. That's a really big cast to spread a story line across and a bunch of $$$$ for FX.
but I do like idea of time jumping and the story lines that could come along with it... I'll give a few more eps at least.
random hater issue: I can't stand the bridge set design of that cheesy looking ship. The outside CGI model is not that bad but inside is just horrible. I get they wanted everyone on screen at the same time but they don't have anything for them to do. Yet that bridge set looks like they are strapped into some Disney ride and waiting for 40+ more people to join them or something. It's just way, way too big scale wise.
but I do like idea of time jumping and the story lines that could come along with it... I'll give a few more eps at least.
random hater issue: I can't stand the bridge set design of that cheesy looking ship. The outside CGI model is not that bad but inside is just horrible. I get they wanted everyone on screen at the same time but they don't have anything for them to do. Yet that bridge set looks like they are strapped into some Disney ride and waiting for 40+ more people to join them or something. It's just way, way too big scale wise.
01-22-16, 07:30 AM
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Re: DC's Legends of Tomorrow (S1E01) -- Series Premiere -- "Pilot Part 1" -- 1/21/16
I forget the name of the AI used by Wells last season on Flash. Was it also Gideon?
01-22-16, 07:53 AM
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01-22-16, 08:27 AM
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Re: DC's Legends of Tomorrow (S1E01) -- Series Premiere -- "Pilot Part 1" -- 1/21/16
I found Ciara Renee more convincing as a Thanagarian warrior than a barista.
01-22-16, 09:02 AM
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Re: DC's Legends of Tomorrow (S1E01) -- Series Premiere -- "Pilot Part 1" -- 1/21/16
I wouldn't go so far as to say that was bad....but it definitely wasn't good enough to warrant a season pass yet. I'll watch part 2 of the pilot for sure though.
01-22-16, 09:05 AM
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Re: DC's Legends of Tomorrow (S1E01) -- Series Premiere -- "Pilot Part 1" -- 1/21/16
I tried to watch this, but I don't watch the other shows this is based on, and it seemed to reference all this backstory I was not aware of. I had no idea who these characters were so they didn't really do a good job for new viewers. I did like the British guy and the time thing but that was about all I understood.
And wow, didn't Wentworth Miller used to be a good actor on Prison Break? Because he was cheesy here.
And wow, didn't Wentworth Miller used to be a good actor on Prison Break? Because he was cheesy here.
01-22-16, 10:06 AM
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Miller's making an acting "choice" here, to play it more broadly (as is Purcell, if you're going to be fair). This may be what was asked of him, or perhaps this is what he offered when he first played the role and producers went with it.
01-22-16, 10:25 AM
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Re: DC's Legends of Tomorrow (S1E01) -- Series Premiere -- "Pilot Part 1" -- 1/21/16
Plus, he's stuck having to wear that coat all the time b/c that's what Captain Cold wears.
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01-22-16, 03:13 PM
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He also ran a barbershop next to the Paradise and worked as a clergy in a small town where a boy was found dead. Those were the things that I knew him from.
01-22-16, 04:06 PM
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Re: DC's Legends of Tomorrow (S1E01) -- Series Premiere -- "Pilot Part 1" -- 1/21/16
I found the best part of the show to be the bar scene. Ironically that had the least special effects. I hope we see more of that type of stuff in the show.
I still hope we'll see Komandi make an appearance.