THE CW’S ‘ARROW’ LOOKS LIKE THE WORST THING EVER
As you may know, The CW Network is debuting a Green Arrow series on October 10th. So far, all of the trailers and promotional material for the show make it look like it mixes Smallville-style melodrama, the prerequisite male Abercrombie & Fitch models, and a low-rent attempt at aping Christopher Nolan’s cinematography and tone from his “Dark Knight” trilogy. Here’s the first full-length action clip from the show:
Good grief, that looks absolutely awful. It’s a third-rate hack-job version of the scene on the docks where Christian Bale’s Batman first encounters crime boss Carmine Falcone and his goons in Batman Begins. I can’t help but think I would’ve enjoyed it more if the exchange between the generic mafia boss guy and Green Arrow went more like this:
Generic bad guy: “Who are you?”
Green Arrow: “I’m Batm–err…I’m Green Arrow. I mean, just…Arrow.”
Generic Bad Guy: “But, you look like Batman. You’re all in black leather.”
Green Arrow: “It’s not black!!! It’s green…a very dark and gritty green. It’s, ummm…hunter green, as in, I’m a hunter of the night.”
Generic Bad Guy: “I guess that bow and arrow goes along with the whole “hunter” thing.”
Green Arrow: “Precisely. Also, I have this cool hoodie. See? Batman doesn’t wear a hoodie.”
Generic Bad Guy: “Oh. Couldn’t get the mask to stick to your face, huh?”
Green Arrow: “Shut up.”
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