ARROW MID-SEASON 2 FINALE

December 12, 2013 The Dork Knight Uncategorized 0

It looks like DC and Warner Bros, with all due respect to Smallville, finally has a winner on their hands in the live action department. And it’s also nice that it’s someone other than Batman. The good news about last night’s mid-season finale of Arrow was that it delivered the goods and laid the ground work for its future. The bad would be that we have to wait a month for its return. 

Spoiler warnings ahead… 

War seems to be coming to Starling City but it isn’t Brother Blood who’s leading the charge. That would be Slade Wilson aka Deathstroke. Anyone who has been watching since season 1 knows that Slade (Manu Bennett) was on the island where Oliver Queen was on after the shipwreck. But up until last night’s “Three Ghosts” episode, he was only shown in flashbacks. Now, with his trademark eye patch, he is very much in the present and living in Starling City.

Manu Bennett as Slade Wilson AKA Deathstroke
How his friendship with Oliver has now turned into one of hate and revenge is still evolving. But the fact that he is here and he is clearly the man behind Brother Blood and his army of “supermen” is the stuff that makes fanboys and fangirls alike scream a resounding… YES! 
Give credit to both DC and Warner for going all out with Arrow. They’ve thrown away the “no tights, no flights” edict that handcuffed Smallville and turned the Green Arrow into a compelling and complex hero that I want to root for and read more about.
A mask to complete the look
As for Barry Allen. Although important in the overall storyline, his appearance was more understated until the last five minutes. For one thing, we can thank him with providing Oliver with a parting gift of a mask. And we witnessed the birth of The Flash when he arrived back at Central City to witness the Particle Acceleration being activated. Unfortunately for Barry but fortunately for us, an electrical storm has arrived. A lot of rain, a lot of chemicals and a failing Particle Acceleration leads us to… THE FLASH!

A storm is coming Barry!
 January 15th can’t come soon enough and neither can the new Flash series.
May the Dork be with you,
JPB

The Dork Knight
About The Dork Knight 520 Articles
James aka “The Dork Knight” is a blogger and writer based out of Upstate New York. For James, it all started with a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… when he dragged his mom to see The Empire Strikes Back 10 weeks in a row. He lives and breathes nerd culture. James is proof that a Star Wars fanatic can be a passionate Trekkie as well. So much so James dressed up as Captain Kirk to the premiere of Star Trek VI in 1991 and still has the uniform. When it comes to Comic Books, Sci-Fi or Fantasy whether in print or digital, in the theatre or on my TV screen, I’m all about it and I love it. So bring your Phaser (set to stun), Lightsaber, Sonic Screwdriver, a Wand, Mjolnir or the Ring to rule them all, because this site is for the dork in all of us.