In the first season of CW’s The Flash, Barry Allen learned that he can travel through time. At the end of season 2, he broke time. How he’ll fix time is up to the writers behind the show, but with the premiere a week away, I have a request for them: While you’re fixing the timeline, please don’t repeat it. Spoilers below. I enjoyed the heck out of the first couple seasons. Grant...
At the end of season 4 of Arrow, we laid out the problems plaguing the eldest of CW’s super shows. Over-reliance on flashbacks, ever-present darkness, and increasingly unbelievable stakes were making the show harder and harder to stay connected to. The fans know it, and it seems like maybe the writers know it, too. Tons of news came out of the TV Critics Association event this week,...
The CW is slowly turning into the DC network, and with that comes a lot of interconnected pieces, and it sounds like it will really show this year. At this week's Television Critic's Association symposium, Greg Berlanti and his crew laid out the plans for their four shows, and the network provided a brief update on the fifth show from DC, iZombie. It sounds as though it will be an...
As Kara Zor-El and Supergirl struggled to find a spot amongst CBS' lineup last season, the show was frequently haunted by the specter of the very hero that helped Supergirl herself come to exist. We saw Kara texting with Clark. We saw some blurry silhouettes. The cinematic and television universes of DC are not so clean as they are with Marvel, and more than with any other show, that...
I love CW’s Arrow. I absolutely adore it, the way one loves a pet with serious behavioral issues. The fourth and most recent season of the show concluded last week, and it left me wondering, where do we go from here? The season wasn’t without some great moments – the guest appearance by Matt Ryan as Constantine, crossing over from his canceled eponymous NBC show, was awesome. Neal...
While the first couple seasons of the CW's Arrow proved that a comic book television show could be viable, it wasn't until The Flash came along that I realized how far along we really were. Almost immediately, The Flash went "full comic book," bringing in characters like Captain Cold and the Reverse Flash and putting great actors in their shoes. By the end of the first season, time...
According to a new rumor, The CW may soon join the growing list of networks with stand alone streaming services. Bloomberg Business is reporting that sources close to The CW network has started speaking about the possibility of a new streaming service. The network is co-owned by Time Warner and CBS, the latter of which has eschewed working with services such as Hulu in lieu of making...