User blog:Xandermcc/Crisis on Earth-X review part two: Attack of the married Doppelgangers!

This episode is the second part of my review of the last crossover. Rather fitting considering we are getting new info everyday on that new one called Elseworlds. Though when looking at Crisis on Earth-X now, Crisis is a lot less complicated than this new thing. I mean Oliver as Barry? Barry as Oliver? Kinda crazy. Anyway, back on the topic of reviewing this legendary event.

This part of it starts with the Earth-X Prometheus being revealed to be Tommy Merlyn. Now this reveal is so well done in how the characters react to it. Oliver reacts in complete shock, sadness, and a little bit of happiness in seeing his friend returned from the dead. However as a Nazi from a parralel Earth. Barry shows he is empathizing with his friend, but still shocked he didn't know about Oliver's long dead best friend. While the rest of the characters who didn't know that much about this whole thing are just in shock. Though i'd like to think Kara was feeling empathetic to this. +1

Now the Legends then act stupid by thinking time travel is behind this despite just seeing a long dead Arrow character as a Nazi with a completely different personality. Team Flash and Supergirl correctly show them up by saying it was the multiverse. Seriously, why did the Legends have to be dumb here? I know they have been the punchline of their own series, but they didn't have to beat everyone in the head with it. -1

Tommy-X then dies by syonide. Weird that he took it out of his mouth in order to injest the syonide capsule even though you just need to bite into it inside your mouth to activate it, but whatevs cause this scene is extremely well done. Colin Donell and Stephen Amell nail this scene well as Tommy and Oliver. The death of this Tommy also motivates Oliver into the fight against the Nazis since so far, it basically has just been a Barry thing that is on a bigger scale than Barry can handle. +2

We then cut to... whatever warehouse from Arrow the Earth-X villains decided to rent i guess. So here is where we learn that Oliver-X and Kara-X are both in love. Now some are disgusted by this reveal. For me, it is actually very well done. Stephen Amell and Melissa Benoist certainly managed to do it well cause they are good actors. Even on set, they are good friends so it does end up working on screen. +1

Man, Oliver and Felicity really need marriage counseling. (-2) However Oliver's hand movements are hilarious in this. In my head canon, i think he uses them to practice on his bow string. +1

Martin and Jacks have a pretty good father/son dynamic going on. Would be a shame if Nazis were to get in the way of that. +2

4/10

Alex is awkwardly hanging with Sara and then Kara. Thinking her one night stand is a mistake and that she should go back to Maggie. Now the first thing about the one night stand is understandable. Not everyone wants to do that and be too forward in a relationship or to have a one-off. However the second thing on immediately getting back with her ex because of it really makes no sense. Why is she thinking this? She understands her reasons for doing it and she was the one who broke up with Maggie. -1

The fight of our CW Trinity of Supergirl, Green Arrow, and the Flash vs. The Earth-X doppelgangers and Reverse Flash is done very well the first time around. Lots of action, humor, and conflict between the two teams. Most awesome bit being Oliver's newest weapon in his quiver. A Kryptonite Arrow. (+2) However one thing that is a little bit off was the special effects in this. It's what happens when the crossovers are on Arrow. -1

Love that Alex is joining the Team Arrow and Team Flash science team dynamic. Being the cosmic side of their little group of science. As they need that to track a Kryptonian. (+1) Meanwhile, Barry is still dealing with his never ending conflict with Eobard Thawne. Which started when Eobard Thawne pulled a B&E at his house when he was a little kid. +1

Barry, Kara, Sara, Oliver, Alex, and the combination of Jacks and Martin as Firestorm go out to battle the Nazis. Leading to a powerful battle of our fighters and metas/aliens. Where Arrow's great coreography comes into play. Supergirl has had good fight scenes, however Arrow certainly has more of a strength to it. However due to a trap set in place by the Nazis at S.T.A.R labs, and the unexpected appearance of an Earth-X robot Metallo, the Nazis capture our heroes. +2

8/10

Now at their capture, the Earth-X Kara and Oliver are revealed to have a sympathetic goal. To get a new heart for the now broken Kara-X from our Kara. This is well done and all, (+1) but i don't know how they expected to know where Kara was going to be. Did they track Barry's wedding invites to Earth Thirty Eight? -1

Episode ends with our heroes on Earth-X in a concentration camp. Very good set design there for this new Earth. +1

Episode score is a 9/10, but my best friend on another Earth is a Nazi who is somehow dating Supergirl's counterpart on that world and has brought me some bonus scores to fill out.

A nitpick i have with this thing is why has Metallo suddenly been able to knock people out with a Kryptonite laser? It is a laser! -1

The battle between the Nazi Oliver and Team Arrow was well done. Lighting probably being my favourite part of it. +1

I liked how this episode didn't use the weird masks as much that were used to hide the faces of our Nazi doppelgangers cause it was a rather cheap way to save money. +1

Final score is a 10/10. See next the Flash part of this event. Which surprisingly doesn't involve too many Flash characters besides Thawne, and a special "cold" surprise.