Green Arrow (CW) - Page 3

January 19 2012, 01:20 AM

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David Nutter, who directed the pilot episodes of Smallville, Supernatural, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and more, all of which went to series, is “expected to direct” The CW’s Green Arrow pilot, Arrow...

Should be okay with Nutter. About Black Canary JD...I wouldn't want to see her right away or as a regular to be honest.

23skidoo · January 19 2012, 01:53 AM

Why call it "Arrow"? Way to hide the show from casual viewers who might actually recognize a show called "Green Arrow" from the comic books and who don't frequent sites like this. Is it possible the CW is telegraphic the fact that a "Green Arrow" movie is in the works? Maybe. Or maybe the fact some feel Green Lantern bombed has made "Green" a no-no word? I don't get it.

I don't have high hopes. Not that I expect a show to be about an archer in tights running around the place, but Smallville's take was really disappointing. Oliver Queen, remember, is DC's version of Tony Stark, and if the show doesn't follow through, it's going to be pretty weak. I hope they include Black Canary because that's like doing Superman without Lois.

I'm doing a

though at them remaking Beauty and the Beast as a cop show (I'm sorry - "procedural"). Apparently it's not simply a new take on the fairy tale but an actual remake of the TV series from the 1980s. Can you say Grimm rip-off?

Alex

Sindatur · January 19 2012, 02:05 AM

23skidoo wrote:

I'm doing a

though at them remaking Beauty and the Beast as a cop show (I'm sorry - "procedural"). Apparently it's not simply a new take on the fairy tale but an actual remake of the TV series from the 1980s. Can you say Grimm rip-off?

Alex

I believe there's one of each, a severe re-imagining of the overall product and a remake of the TV Series

Greg Cox · January 19 2012, 04:46 AM

23skidoo wrote:

WOr maybe the fact some feel Green Lantern bombed has made "Green" a no-no word? I don't get it.

Or maybe they just want to avoid confusion with Green Lantern and The Green Hornet . . . which is a real problem where general audiences are concerned. I can testify that my own next-door door neighbor couldn't keep Green Lantern, Green Hornet, and Green Arrow straight.

He actually rented a GREEN LANTERN cartoon thinking it was the Seth Rogan comedy version of THE GREEN HORNET . . . .

Temis the Vorta · January 19 2012, 04:56 AM

Sindatur wrote:

23skidoo wrote:

I'm doing a

though at them remaking Beauty and the Beast as a cop show (I'm sorry - "procedural"). Apparently it's not simply a new take on the fairy tale but an actual remake of the TV series from the 1980s. Can you say Grimm rip-off?

Alex

I believe there's one of each, a severe re-imagining of the overall product and a remake of the TV Series

ABC might be doing a series based on the original fairy tale but there's been no pilot news about it...

Silvercrest · January 19 2012, 05:03 AM

Greg Cox wrote:

23skidoo wrote:

WOr maybe the fact some feel Green Lantern bombed has made "Green" a no-no word? I don't get it.

Or maybe they just want to avoid confusion with Green Lantern and The Green Hornet . . . which is a real problem where general audiences are concerned. I can testify that my own next-door door neighbor couldn't keep Green Lantern, Green Hornet, and Green Arrow straight.

He actually rented a GREEN LANTERN cartoon thinking it was the Seth Rogan comedy version of THE GREEN HORNET . . . .

I bet he mixes up green apples and green beans at the store, too.

Broccoli · January 19 2012, 05:06 AM

23skidoo wrote:

Oliver Queen, remember, is DC's version of Tony Stark,

No. Tony Stark is Marvel's version of Batman. Oliver Queen, who was created 22 years before Iron Man, is DC's knock-off of Batman.

I hope they include Black Canary because that's like doing Superman without Lois.

Like Smallville did for 3.5 years when the show was surprisingly popular with viewers and fans?

Greg Cox wrote:

He actually rented a GREEN LANTERN cartoon thinking it was the Seth Rogan comedy version of THE GREEN HORNET . . . .

He likely did himself an accidental favor.

CorporalCaptain · January 19 2012, 05:11 AM

It's not easy being green.

Broccoli · January 19 2012, 05:12 AM

I went to see The Muppets thinking it was going to be Green Lantern. Boy, was I surprised.

OdoWanKenobi · January 19 2012, 05:18 AM

Broccoli wrote:

Oliver Queen, who was created 22 years before Iron Man, is DC's knock-off of Batman.

Does not compute.

Broccoli · January 19 2012, 05:26 AM

OdoWanKenobi wrote:

Broccoli wrote:

Oliver Queen, who was created 22 years before Iron Man, is DC's knock-off of Batman.

Does not compute.

A failed gag, clearly. However, Green Arrow, for the first 30 years or so, was a poor-man's Batman down to the fact that he even had an Arrow-Cave and an Arrow-Car. It wasn't until the early 1970s that GA was revamped into a social crusader.

Nerys Myk · January 19 2012, 05:32 AM

OdoWanKenobi wrote:

Broccoli wrote:

Oliver Queen, who was created 22 years before Iron Man, is DC's knock-off of Batman.

Does not compute.

Rich guy with a young ward. Arrow Cave. Arrow Car. Do the math.

Most comics companies weren't shy about even ripping themselves off.

OdoWanKenobi · January 19 2012, 05:33 AM

Well then, perhaps that's my failing. The social crusader Green Arrow that went road tripping across America with Hal Jordan is the incarnation of the character that I'm most familiar with.

Silvercrest · January 19 2012, 06:14 AM

Broccoli wrote:

I went to see The Muppets thinking it was going to be Green Lantern. Boy, was I surprised.

You likely did yourself an accidental favor.

Broccoli · January 19 2012, 08:21 AM

Silvercrest wrote:

Broccoli wrote:

I went to see The Muppets thinking it was going to be Green Lantern. Boy, was I surprised.

You likely did yourself an accidental favor.

January 19 2012, 01:53 AM	#32
23skidoo Admiral Location: Fifth Circle of Hell	Re: Green Arrow (CW) Why call it "Arrow"? Way to hide the show from casual viewers who might actually recognize a show called "Green Arrow" from the comic books and who don't frequent sites like this. Is it possible the CW is telegraphic the fact that a "Green Arrow" movie is in the works? Maybe. Or maybe the fact some feel Green Lantern bombed has made "Green" a no-no word? I don't get it. I don't have high hopes. Not that I expect a show to be about an archer in tights running around the place, but Smallville's take was really disappointing. Oliver Queen, remember, is DC's version of Tony Stark, and if the show doesn't follow through, it's going to be pretty weak. I hope they include Black Canary because that's like doing Superman without Lois. I'm doing a though at them remaking Beauty and the Beast as a cop show (I'm sorry - "procedural"). Apparently it's not simply a new take on the fairy tale but an actual remake of the TV series from the 1980s. Can you say Grimm rip-off? Alex __________________ "These are historical documents - preserving them is important. Tarting them up for a night out in the twenty-first century is unnecessary" - Toby Hadoke, "Should mistakes in old episodes of Doctor Who be fixed on DVD" (Doctor Who Magazine #445)

January 19 2012, 05:11 AM	#38
CorporalCaptain Vice Admiral Location: In pre-production	Re: Green Arrow (CW) It's not easy being green. __________________ John

January 19 2012, 05:12 AM	#39
Broccoli Vice Admiral Location: Broccoli	Re: Green Arrow (CW) I went to see The Muppets thinking it was going to be Green Lantern. Boy, was I surprised. __________________ "That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence." -- Christopher Hitchens

January 19 2012, 05:33 AM	#43
OdoWanKenobi Shapeshifting Jedi Location: Gotham City	Re: Green Arrow (CW) Well then, perhaps that's my failing. The social crusader Green Arrow that went road tripping across America with Hal Jordan is the incarnation of the character that I'm most familiar with. __________________ I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite thread on the TrekBBS.

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