Spoilers DC's Legends of Tomorrow - Season 2
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So much of that trailer looks a lot worse then anything the first season did, but then one of the main cast gives a funny line or does something cool and I remember why I liked Season 1 despite Vandal Savage and his story line being mediocre at times. Maybe I'll just watch the episodes without the Berlanti Society of America or Jonah hex (whose episode was easily the worst single episode of Season 1 in my opinion). But, then again, I'd also want to skip the episodes with Arrow/Supergirl and Darhk. I guess I'll probably only end up watching 2 or 3 episodes in Season 2, which sucks but with The Flash being the only generally solid superhero show left on TV I want to have more superhero stuff to watch, even if its only a few episodes.
So what earth is the Justice Society from? Is it earth 1?
Isn't that kind of a weird thing to miss on Earth 1, though? I mean, I guess they could go the Smallville route and say their "JSA" was mostly a secret that was somehow kept very well for a long time (especially since this JSA seems to operate in the Old West based on costumes and pics instead of WWII), but I don't know how well that works with the Flash/Arrow universe. I mean, they already established with Wildcat that Arrow was not the first masked vigilante on that Earth, but the JSA, even the terrible Berlanti version, is a pretty big thing to keep secret.
I wasn't even trying to take a shot at the show. The pics, especially of their costumes and base along with a few "in the field" shots, look like the old west era stuff. I suppose they might have been in Jonah hex's time with the "in the field" shots, though.
Really? What screams Old West to you?
Their headquarters has a very old feel. The fight scenes in the woods also looks like its taking place farther in the past then WWII. Also, the pics that got released a few days ago have "Doctor Mid-Nite", Stargirl and Obsidian in an outdoor location that looks a lot older then WWII. Maybe saying "old west" wasn't accurate, but they definitely don't seem to be from a time anywhere close to WWII. Looking at the pics more, I guess the blinds in the Berlanti Society base do make it a lot newer then I thought, but the primitive designs of all the characters make it look a lot older, except Stargirl who can not possibly be from WWII (and not just because the actual characters wasn't from WWII). She looks like she's from the present, but we know she doesn't exist at the same time as Flash and most of the Legends main cast.
Also, another thought based on rewatching the trailer: I can't believe Obsidian has powers. I thought that, based on how terrible his costume was, that they weren't bothering to give him his Shadow powers and were just going to give him some stupid non-powered gimmick. Giving him powers just makes me wonder why they gave him such an atrocious costume. He doesn't look like a guy who controls shadows/teleports/etc, he looks like a guy who'd maybe throw black out bombs like Doctor Mid-Nite. Outside of Steel's costume, Obsidians costume is the cheapest, most poorly designed costume in any of the Berlanti shows.
The JSA HQ is usually portrayed as an old brownstone.The interior is very much "old money" as well. Turn of the century at least with a lot of wood accents, like an old library.
Looks like they're fighting Nazis. The vehicle in the scene has a 30's/40's look.
What's primitive about the designs? Steel's look reminds me of something from the 30s. A bit Buck Rogers. Vixen has a modern design that wouldn't look out of place on Arrow. Obsidian has a lot of the elements found in in his Infinity Inc costume, but a bit clunkier. Star Girl stands out because her look a bit retro. It reminds me of women's athletic wear from the 30's and 40's. So it might be the most period accurate.
So did Oliver know about this secret society of Superheroes when he invented the Hood?
How secret were they?
How secret were they?
Top secret.
So, that means that someone got sodomized by a bull?
That's on a need to know basis.
Well, LoT is a TIME TRAVEL show, so is it not probable they will head back to Jonah Hex...maybe even his first encounter with Rip?
I didn't count the vehicle scenes as being in the same place as the forest scenes.
Steel's "costume" is literally some straps with metal clasps over something that looks like a blue jumpsuit (or at least a blue shirt and pants). Its not even a costume. You could put him in a red t-shirt and blue sweat pants and it would be more of a "costume" then his blue shirt with random straps. It is literally, with no hyperbole, the worst Superhero costume I've seen in any official production. Worse even then the lazy, cheap costumes of the 40s Batman serials, or anything else. Its pathetic, but at least its just lazy. Obsidian's costume looks like it was designed by someone who legitimately hates superheroes and wanted to take out their aggression by wasting the $25 that the CW allotted for Obsidian's costume. So, while Steel manages to be worse because it had absolutely no effort put into it whatsoever, Obsidians is the worst costume that someone actually had to "design".
Also, if Star Girl in this is actually from WWII, it just makes the Berlanti Society of America even more pathetic. I wish Geoff Johns would take some time out from holding Zach Snyder's leash to slap some sense into Berlanti. Johns has become pretty mediocre when it comes to his comic work in recent years, but his JSA runs were amazing and he could probably have stopped this abomination. To be fair, reading the wikipedia pages of the characters and doing a google image search for their designs would have improved the Berlanti Society a lot, but based on how Berlanti has treated JSA members in the past, he/his people really seems to dislike both the JSA and the characters a lot. I wonder if Gardner Fox ran over Berlanti's grandfather's dog or something. It would explain a lot.
According to the comics, Jonah spent time in the future fighing in a war. I think it would be fun for the Legends to take him there for some reason.
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They're obviously going for a semi-military look for Steel, which makes sense given the characters background. More uniform than costume. The straps are meant to invoke the stripes on the comic's version while enforcing the military angle.
More of your tired hyperbole about hating superheroes. Find a new tack. Faux-psychology isn't working
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So your problem is Star Girl being from WWII and not costuming?
I'm pretty sure they looked at the comics when designing the costumes. It's pretty obvious from the comics elements in the costumes. From the star on Steel's chest, the oval designs on Obsidian and the crescent clasps on Dr. Mid-Nite.
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