Board Thread:Arrow discussions/@comment-9346948-20151210012330/@comment-4901718-20151212082718

The only thing i believe make the Flashbacks good is that tells the origin of The Arrow, is cool, really cool to see how Oliver became this guy he is now.

But i believe they are going too far with the deus ex machina of having the McGuffins from Oliver Past be the Present Day McGuffin the main villain, plan to use for his big evil plan.

In Season 1 Flashbacks it was cool to see Oliver from present versus Oliver from past and how in some sense he had become an animal, but now he have to be again a regular guy for his own good.

In Season 2 Flashbacks we got like the continuation of the past events, this help a lot not only to make us see the background of Deathshot and understand his motivations, but also because it give the story this cohesive touch. But we get our first McGuffin, Mirakuru in the Flashbacks.

In Season 3, it was even better when we get to see the worst face of Oliver, the one that kills and torture the worst kind of persons to get the information he needs to save innocent lives. Also it was cool to finally see Oliver out of the Island. But the big problem was how this Flashbacks, help to make the people understand the motivation of some characters and to present a McGuffin who wasnt use until the last episode of the season.

In Season 4, now we get a really cool choice to show how the lighthearted Oliver of the present who has become Green Arrow, once a time was a really dark human being, an animal. But now he has a family and in some sense he has become a regular guy, in some sense. But again the main problem, is that they are using a lot again the Flashbacks to present a McGuffin that is pretty clear Damien Darhk will use to destroy the city or by Oliver to kill Darhk and stop him.

Whatever the case is, i am tired of this kind of stuff. The Flashbacks are fun and really good for what they are, but creating the past of Oliver in a way where we cant get stand alone adventures is really stupid. But i understand why they did this, because unlike in Comics or books, in Movies and TV Series a rule of gold is to show only the things you need to show, dont lose any time in stupid crap, that doesnt brin any light to the main storyline.

So yes i understand why they do it like that. But they could do like The Flash, who has use the Flashbacks like a way to present the past of the characters and even better to present the emotional state and feelings of Barry Allen.

I would love to see how in the past Oliver has some kind of mission and he fails it, he almost end up death, but now in the present he overcomes his fears and complete the mission that would be awesome i believe...