Back in Season 2, Arrow was showing off some impressive potential. While the show got off to a rocky start after its premiere, it really started figuring things towards the end of the first season, and used that momentum to fuel a powerful follow-up in the next year – advancing all the main characters, introducing some cool new ones, and giving them a fantastic enemy to face off against in Manu Bennett’s Deathstroke. The show looked to establish itself as the best superhero show on television.
Then the third season of Arrow started, and it’s been trouble ever since. Between repeated character arcs, ill-advised romantic pairings, useless flashbacks, and an unwillingness to even remotely alter the basic plot of the show (Green Arrow works to protect Star City against [enter threat here]), the series has sadly gone stale, and is in need of a few changes to stay fresh. On this week’s episode of Hero Blend, we discuss a few ideas of how that can happen.
Joining me in this trip into the DC Television Universe is my good friend Silas Lesnick from ComingSoon.net/SuperHeroHype/Most Craved, who brings a few cool concepts to the table to which the folks at Arrow should really be paying attention. Enjoy the show!
