Arrow (S5E13) -- "Spectre of the Gun" -- 2/15/17
02-19-17, 12:28 PM
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Re: Arrow (S5E13) -- "Spectre of the Gun" -- 2/15/17
On the Superhero Insider show on EW Radio, they rave every week how this is the best season of Arrow ever.
02-19-17, 12:50 PM
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Re: Arrow (S5E13) -- "Spectre of the Gun" -- 2/15/17
I thought of this forum because I know a portion of posters do not like the flashbacks at all and were glad to see that Oliver's flashbacks had pretty much caught up to the series beginning. But now we have flashbacks for other characters too - so it seems that will continue to be a device in this show.
02-19-17, 12:58 PM
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Re: Arrow (S5E13) -- "Spectre of the Gun" -- 2/15/17
Yeah no way this season is nearly as bad as 4. No way it is even terrible either.
02-19-17, 01:49 PM
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02-19-17, 01:55 PM
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Re: Arrow (S5E13) -- "Spectre of the Gun" -- 2/15/17
I thought of this forum because I know a portion of posters do not like the flashbacks at all and were glad to see that Oliver's flashbacks had pretty much caught up to the series beginning. But now we have flashbacks for other characters too - so it seems that will continue to be a device in this show.
02-19-17, 03:11 PM
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Re: Arrow (S5E13) -- "Spectre of the Gun" -- 2/15/17
I think season 3 was Arrow's nadir. This season hasn't been that bad, it's just not as fresh as Arrow once was a few seasons ago when you had characters like Roy, Sara and Deathstroke running around.
What if Prometheus is revealed to be Roy? I wish they'd bring Roy back in some sort of conflict with Oliver. This show could have taken a much different direction if they had paired Roy and Thea up as some sort of criminal duo working against Oliver.
What if Prometheus is revealed to be Roy? I wish they'd bring Roy back in some sort of conflict with Oliver. This show could have taken a much different direction if they had paired Roy and Thea up as some sort of criminal duo working against Oliver.
02-19-17, 06:06 PM
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What if Prometheus is revealed to be Roy? I wish they'd bring Roy back in some sort of conflict with Oliver. This show could have taken a much different direction if they had paired Roy and Thea up as some sort of criminal duo working against Oliver.
02-19-17, 06:26 PM
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I'm more interested in the actor that plays Roy showing back up on the finale of Teen Wolf than I am of him returning to Arrow, but I don't think he'll re-appear. Nor will the guy who now plays Superman on Supergirl. There hasn't been any word on that yet, but eh the second half of the final season doesn't even have a set premiere date, though I'm guessing it'll be towards the end of June.
02-20-17, 03:16 PM
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Re: Arrow (S5E13) -- "Spectre of the Gun" -- 2/15/17
If anything, the fact that Green Arrow manages to obliterate people with a Bow, not a gun, actually shows how the problem isn't guns to begin with. It's the people behind the tool, not the tool itself that is the problem. But I certainly don't want to preach about this sort of thing on a forum thread about a DC Vigilante TV series, nor do I want it shoved in my face when I'm just wanting to watch Superheroes/Vigilante's take out villains.
02-20-17, 04:01 PM
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Re: Arrow (S5E13) -- "Spectre of the Gun" -- 2/15/17
I was really hoping to see The Spectre. 
02-20-17, 04:13 PM
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Particularly when you consider the concept of "Vigilante-ism" romanticized by the show, -putting on a mask and becoming judge, jury, and sometimes executioner, -is far more "dangerous" in the real world than the legal ownership of guns by the average citizen.
02-20-17, 05:14 PM
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Re: Arrow (S5E13) -- "Spectre of the Gun" -- 2/15/17
So what was the magic gun control policy they put into place at the end of the episode? The one that didn't step on anyone's toes but was enough to calm everyone down?
02-20-17, 07:06 PM
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07-10-17, 08:06 PM
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Re: Arrow (S5E13) -- "Spectre of the Gun" -- 2/15/17
what city hall doesn't have a metal detector at the entrance?
The hypocrisy of trying to shove gun control down your viewers' throats on a show glorifying a serial killer who has killed tens if not hundreds of people using both a bow and guns is ridiculous.
The hypocrisy of trying to shove gun control down your viewers' throats on a show glorifying a serial killer who has killed tens if not hundreds of people using both a bow and guns is ridiculous.
07-11-17, 01:47 PM
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Re: Arrow (S5E13) -- "Spectre of the Gun" -- 2/15/17
Arrow at least confined most of their moralizing on the issue to one episode. It didn't leak into the entire season like Supergirl.
