Board Thread:Arrow discussions/@comment-5536445-20190905052206

So... https://www.cbr.com/arrow-season-8-oliver-humor/ This just dropped.

And my opinions suddenly shattered.

I. Cannot. Express. ENOUGH. How excited I am for this.

I discovered Green Arrow when I was very young, and the version I first saw was the Golden Age Green Arrow featured in Batman: The Brave and the Bold. I loved the whimsical and funny nature of the character, and as I finally discovered the older cartoons, I found a much more mature but still funny GA. I loved the moral righteousness of a character whose Robin Hood motif was worn on his chest. And when I heard the CW was adapting it for a TV show, I was just as excited. I thoroughly enjoyed Season 1 despite some glaring parallels to Batman. But I loved the subtlety of this approach and how they were slowly building towards the OG tone of the comics. While they're not directly representing the comics, they're subtly referencing the core theme of the comic's sense of righteousness and moral justice. Season 1 is where this shines through the most, what with the Glades story arc. Seasons 2-3, while I do feel they were a step down from the progression to the true character and were taking too much from Batman, did at least push the story forward into making Oliver happy. But after Season 4...I felt betrayed. I felt that the thing I stuck around for was never going to come. Where everyone feels disappointed in BvS for being too dark and melancholic with the world, and how they were misrepresenting Batman and Superman, I just felt the same way about Arrow misrepresenting one of my favorite DC superheroes of all time.

I had reconnected temporarily with the show in Season 7, but the problems just kept persisting. I couldn't bear to watch anymore.

But now, it looks like that's going to change. And for good as Stephen Amell wraps up his tenure as Green Arrow. To know that even for 14 episodes of the Arrowverse that we'll see Oliver as he always was meant to be...it's going to be great. It's going to make all those out-of-character moments all the more worth it. It is going to redeem the Arrowverse's premier show for me.

Thank you, showrunners for finally following through with a plan. Thank you for giving us the Emerald Archer. If you guys can pull this off, and I know you will, I will watch every single episode of Arrow that has lead to Oliver's new leaf and new ideals HAPPILY. This I promise you in return for this gift. Thank you so much. 