Legends of Tomorrow - Finale Review

No other DC Shows this week, so I guess we've got a Legends of Tomorrow solo review for the finale. In this episode we see the team come back together and decide in order to restore the timeline, they have to break every rule in the book, by travelling back into their own timeline, teaming up with themselves and taking on the Legion of Doom. In my last review I said that the prior episode felt like it could have been the finale all on its own, but without seeing both parts I couldn't be sure. Now that I have seen both parts...I still think I was right, but I also see the pros of giving it an extra episode. The biggest pro for the second part is that it means the finale ends on a grander scale, two sets of Legends, dozens of Reverse-Flashes, multiple deaths and even setting it in WW1 just for the extra level of grandness. However the argument for the one parter is that being on a smaller scale also made it more intimate. The heroes had already lost and had to work their way to victory from nothing, plus having only one death made the impact more effective. The drama and tension would have been higher, so having that last minute victory would have felt all the sweeter.

Then again, expanding on it means we also get a lot more character development, we see Mick & Leonard's story arcs come to a close, Rip finally bids his farewell to the team, Nate & Amaya stop cockteasing, Sara finally moves on from Laurel's death, we get a lot of closure. Plus the action scenes are made all the better considering there's two of everyone. In the end, everyone got the endings I feel they deserved, especially the final scene between Mick and Leonard, betrayed by the only person he thought he could trust completely, someone who had manipulated him into hurting those that actually do better him as a person. The old Mick would have torn Leonard to pieces for this, but this Mick, more saddened that his oldest friend is not who he remembers him as, ends it with a simple sentence "You know what your punishment is Leonard? You end up being a better man." And you know something? That was actually really touching, especially for Mick.

Despite my debating whether this finale would have worked better as a one parter or a two parter, the main thing is that it works. It was a well done finale to an overall huge step-up from season one. Though I overall gave season one a positive review, I honestly have very little interesting in returning to it. Season two however, I'd be more than happy to go back and rewatch this. The entire season was filled with fun, wacky adventures of a misfit group of time travelling superheroes with dinosaurs, George Lucas and racist zombies. But at its core the characters all started to connect more and feel like a family.

The finale I give a 7/10.

The season overall I give an 8/10.

-Danny

My Favourite Films - The Muppets (2011)

Been a while since doing one of these huh? After a month of doing nothing but talking superhero shows (Still have plenty more to say on that btw). So, let’s get back into talking about other stuff I like, let’s talk about yet another one of my all time favourite films.

The Muppets was directed by James Bobin and stars Jason Segel and Amy Adams as Gary and Mary, a couple who go on a trip to Los Angeles with Gary’s brother Walter, both being massive fans of The Muppets growing up, hoping to see where they are now. But, much like in the real world, The Muppets popularity has faded over the years, and now they’ve all gone their separate ways, with plans to demolish their old studio. So, it’s up to Gary and Walter to bring The Muppets back together for a reunion show, in hopes to bring The Muppets back to the limelight.

There’s nothing I love more than a good meta-story, ones where once you contextualize it, you suddenly appreciate it all the more, and this film is a perfect example of that. It’s not exactly a subtle film in it’s message, but that’s because it’s also not a secret The Muppets are not as popular as they used to be, and they don’t pull punches in this film, they show just how bad it has gotten for The Muppets as a brand, and how their numbers are so low they’re not even considered profitable anymore. So the show they’re putting on the prove they’re still worth the attention is really just subtext in the greater Muppet brand and this film is that brand’s attempt to show to the world why anyone loved The Muppets to begin with, and why they’re still loving today. Because people did used to love The Muppets, heck, they were on top of the world, celebrity cameos, half a dozen movies, a TV show, everyone knows The Muppets and has been exposed to them at some point in their life. However, that doesn’t make this one of them nostalgia bombs that Hollywood loves to make, where they just reference things you used to love instead of giving you something new. They do make callbacks to their more popular material at points, but it doesn’t overshadow anything, the focus is still on giving people new material to show why they’re worth still loving, not something to remember loving.

This can all be summed up in my favourite line in the film, and one of my favourites in any film, during the song ‘Pictures in my Head’ “Could we do it all again? Make them laugh like we did then?”. That’s actually quite a heartbreaking line because of how many times that does happen, how many aging comedians lose their touch as the years go by, or how things entertained us as children we find aren’t as funny when we grow up. It’s never a good feeling, and like I said, this film is honest about where they stand with the world, and how hard it’s going to be to prove their worth a second look. How do I know the film succeeds there and it’s not just nostalgia? Because honestly, I don’t have that much of a connection to The Muppets. I was certainly aware of them, and I’m sure I was exposed to them a tad when I was a little kid, but before seeing this film, I could name maybe three of the Muppets? But throughout the film they made me understand where they were coming from, and in their attempts to rebuild a connection with their audience, they built their first connection with me. I grew attached to these characters, I wanted to see them succeed in both the film and in life, which since the release of the film has had…mixed results.

This is why I think it’s important that they saved the big ‘Rainbow Connection’ until the end of the film. The biggest song from The Muppets franchise and the one that everyone (Even I) knew and heard. They could have easily used this upfront, but instead they waited until they had earned it, when you had already fallen in love with these characters again, and then finally they gave you that wave of nostalgia, showing The Muppets at their best. This was the moment they had most definitely won everyone over. This wasn’t just an entertaining throwback to a piece of your childhood, this was an emotional connection built with you, and then followed instantly by the best piece of fan service ever. The Muppets, lose, their attempts to save the studio are foiled and they’ve hit rock bottom, but they’re together and willing to build themselves back up, even if no one will give them a chance. They open the doors and see hundreds of adoring fans outside, cheering for them, because yeah, everyone loves The Muppets, I don’t think it’s physically possible to hate The Muppets. This film reminded you why you loved The Muppets, and the end there represents every single person in the audience who had reconnected with this franchise.

To top off all off with the sprinkles of this movie would be two elements, the comedy and the music. The comedy is very clever and whitty like The Muppets should be, with a lot of 4th wall breaking, silly puns and visual gags. While the music is charming, catchy, equally funny, and was actually the first ever Muppet film to win best original song at the academy awards.

There’s something charming about this old school style of storytelling, and shows the power of storytelling, how even though The Muppets are not meant to look real, we’re always fully aware that they’re just foam and strings with people out of frame controlling them, we somehow still get sucked in, we get fooled and we just see the characters. You never think there’s someone moving Kermit the Frog, you see Kermit the Frog. I remember in an interview they did for this film with Kermit and Piggy-because yes, that’s how big these characters are, they actually had them doing interviews-and the host joked about how he kept looking in their eyes expecting a response.

This is what The Muppets can do, they can take simple materials, put it together with a great cast, great crew making a truthful, funny and charming movie and take both classic fans and new fans and make a superb movie that truly makes you fall in love with this franchise, whether it be for the first time or the millionth time, and that is why it deserves to be seen as one of my favourite movies.

-Danny

DC TV Weekly #19

Supergirl 'Distant Sun' Review
So was this the writers plan all along? Make Mon-El kind of a jerk for the entire season and then redeem him in the end by...not being a jerk? As if that makes up for everything else? Oh yeah, let's not forget to mention that dating him has put a super huge bounty on Kara's head. This man must be like 12 Hugh Hefners in bed or else he really isn't worth the effort Kara. Dicks you around for 6 months and now his parents want you murdered, you can do better. Honestly if I gave a damn about the romances in this story this might actually ruin the season for me. But you know what does ruin at least this episode for me? Dumbass people. Mainly Mon-El's mother, she loves her son with all her heart, will do anything to get him back, and the best idea she can think of is attempt to murder his girlfriend, and when that fails murder his father instead...lady...you're dumber than a sack of hammers. In what world does someone come up with a plan like this? And don't say she was desperate or depressed or any bullshit like that, this was attempt number one. Have you tried talking to him? Coming to a compromise? Maybe he comes back to Daxam on weekends? No wonder Mon-El is a shitty character, his mother's plan makes less sense than the movie Primer. So um...yeah, a whole episode about dumbasses being dumbasses. 4/10.

The Flash 'Abra Kadabra' Review
Wally West, Kid Flash, hero of Central City, missing for half the episode, shows up with no explanation. Nit-Pick? Perhaps, but it bothered me. What doesn't bother me is the Master from Doctor Who being the villain of this weeks episode--I mean Abra Kadabra...totally no similarities between these time travel super intelligent evil goatee sporting super villains. Not that I'm complaining, I love the Master, and I love how Abra Kadabra was as cheesy as the name would suggest. Even throwing in some good drama, not just having a villain of the week. Kadabra knows Savitar's real identity, but won't tell The Flash unless he sets him free, creating good conflict and even having Barry ask if they can get away with being selfish just this once, considering how many villains they've put away (Wouldn't actually be the first time you've done it, but the scales are still in your favour). Then to top it all off, Caitlin gets slightly impaled and only seems to react by...wincing, and in the end turns back into Killer Frost because Killer Frost has healing powers (Since When!?). Honestly, a part of this episode felt very slow, maybe it was the lack of urgency in the moment with Caitlin's story, or the wasted time with Cisco and Gypsy's love life, but this episode just felt...unsatisfactory, it's hard to pinpoint what. I could still be in recovery over how great the musical was, but this was a very "okay" kind of episode. 6/10.

Legends of Tomorrow 'Doomworld' Review
Part of me feels like this could have been a one parter. I was expecting it to end with Thawne throwing the spear into the Plot Convenience-inator that Rip was just gonna show up with some time travel contraption, save the day, life goes back to normal. It woulda worked, especially seeing as that was the absolute lowest our heroes could have felt, the bad guy one, their friend was murdered, would have been a perfect climax for a last minute rescue. Don't get me wrong, the build up throughout the episode was great to sit through, I just question where they can go when it feels they blew their big scene too early, but only time will tell. The set up ironically felt too rushed, Mick seemingly switching sides because this life was boring, not because he realised his mistake, or cared for the crew, but this life wasn't satisfactory. Also Snart seems to be too evil. Yeah he's a bad guy, but he's always had a code of ethics, and he always seemed like one who was more in it for the chase than the prize, I can't imagine him even bothering with robbing banks if there's no one who's going to stop him. Seeing all of the Legends in terrible positions and slowly coming back together to take on the Legion of Doom (Btw, Legion of Doom HQ, awesome!). But I feel like if this really needed to be a 2 parter they could have expanded on the initial set up and then save the big climax for the next episode. I won't use that criticism too much against the episode as I don't know where it's going to go from here, but I'll give this episode a solid 7/10.

Arrow 'Disbanded' Review
To be fair, there was no way they were going to top last weeks episode, it was the best one Arrow has had in years. Which is not to say this was a bad episode by any means, but the drama and emotions were running so high, this week feels kind of stale in comparison. Half of the episode was spent with Oliver and Diggle arguing over whether the team was over, meanwhile Felicity was the only one actually making progress on the main story, and in the end she does. Which to be fair, that final shot of Adrian drenched in blood with an ironically cheerful song in the background was badass. Also Thea is missing again, cause, y'know, her brother going missing, tortured and then found isn't something that she might wanna be involved with at all. Furthermore I...hm, nope, that's it. Like I said, half the episode was people repeating the same arguments, so I can't really comment more than once. Guess that's not a good sign. I'm feeling like a 6, but...eh, what the hell, that last scene was good enough to get it to a 7/10.

-Danny

DC TV Weekly #18

Supergirl 'Starcrossed' Review
Yet again Supergirl kinda gets the short end of the crossover, only actually being the set up for the crossover within the final few minutes. A crossover I very much wanna talk about, so Imma make this short. Mon-El's true origins are revealed, his parents are obvious Trump metaphors, Kara breaks it off with him and everyone on the internet points out how everything he does is very similar to emotionally manipulative relationships. Bit of advice: Don't drop the "I love you" bomb as a last ditch attempt to save a relationship. Or break into a girl's apartment. Or disrespect her privacy. Or lie to her about who you are. Or complain that you miss the days where you could be misogynistic--Wow Mon-El is a really unlikable character. Trying to draw parallels to Winn's relationship by saying "They didn't lie to hurt us" yeahhhhhh-no. Winn's girlfriend lied to save her brother. Mon-El lied because he didn't want people to know how shitty he's been in the past. So, in summary: Mon-El is shitty. 5/10. To the musical!

The Flash 'Duet' Review
Way back when I reviewed the first season of Flash on my YouTube channel I said that I wanted a musical episode. Now it's finally here. The music meister shows up, forces Barry and Kara into a dream where they're the main characters in a 50's musical, with all of their friends (At least the ones who can sing) are characters, with over the top accents, costumes and gay gangsters...I've said it before and I'll say it again, I love the fact that shows this silly exist. The music itself was enjoyable, even if there wasn't that many, and only two originals, but golly were they as over the top and full of passion and effort as any good musical should be. The highlight being 'Superfriend' because it was adorable, had clever lyrics and is just Barry and Kara complimenting each other because these two are adorable bunnies. Meanwhile in the real world we have Cisco, Kid Flash and Martian Manhunter doing all the superhero-ing, so looks like we get to have our cake and eat it too. The Music Meister as a villain was incredibly entertaining, mostly because he's not a villain, he's basically just a fan with supernatural abilities who decided to manipulate the world so two couples would get together and realise the importance of love and all that gooey shit (Hey, it's a musical, gotta have the gooey shit). Though I wish the songs did tie into the story a little more, and they had more original pieces, I friggin' loved this episode, I loved the songs, I loved seeing the two shows crossover, I loved the setting, it's just brilliant. 10/10.

Legends of Tomorrow 'Fellowship of the Spear' Review
It seems the writers realised what their two best episodes were this season, the George Lucas episode because it was filled with nerdy references and was filled with genuine charm. Then there was the Camelot episode for its massive scale and heartfelt story. Well, it seems they've decided to combine those two into one with the Legends travelling back to WW1 where they need the help of J.R.R Tolkein. So of course, it's stuffed with references to The Lord of the Rings, but it also represents Tolkein as a brave and respectable person. The entire episode certainly has an optimistic and pacifistic vibe to it considering the setting. But in reality that is actually quite fitting. The Legends are able to temporarily halt the war so the injured could be rescued, appealing the every soldier's decency, which is very similar to an actual event that happened in the war when the halted it for Christmas day. Then there is everything with Mick...which I don't know how to feel about that. On one hand, I can totally see his point of view, the team never really trusted him except for Amaya, and he has always followed Snart and seen him as his best friend, of course he would trust him. But at the same time he has changed during his time with the Legends. There is genuine conflict in this story, it's not just black & white like most of the stories are in these shows. I mean obviously siding with Snart is wrong in this scenario, but from Mick's point of view, I can see the conflict. All around, this was a large scale story with a very human core, fun references and legitimate drama for one of the lead characters. 9/10.

Arrow 'Kapiushon' Review
An episode where the flashbacks not only dominate the story...but are also really good? What world are we living in!? It is rare that the flashbacks feel as important as they do to the story as they did in this episode, but also the placements of them inparticular is what impresses me. Usually they feel like they put them in whenever they need a break from the main story, but they seamlessly tied in here, with the editing getting even more rapid as the tension grows, truly some of the best and most purposeful editing the show has had. Stepehn Amell is also wonderful in this episode, some of the best acting we've seen from him, he's desperate, he's broken, he's scared, he's angry, he's homicidal, things we never get to see from Oliver (Well, maybe the anger every so often). There's also a minimalism to the episode, focusing almost solely on Oliver with no stupid B-Plot and the other characters are kept to only to when they're needed. And hey, we get to see Artemis again, finally. Returning to the idea of Oliver killing is redundant, but they tackled it from a new angle and gave it more gravitas than they usually do. Amazing performances, editing, pacing, structure. Superb episode, 9/10.

This is why I love DC TV, on one show we have a dimension hoping musical lover, and on another we have brutal and gritty torture...diverse?


-Danny

DC TV Weekly #17

The Flash 'Into the Speed Force' Review
Impossible! An episode about how Barry fucked up that isn't insulting to the main character!? I guess that makes sense seeing as these are events that have nothing to do with Flashpoint, and it's more of how Barry is passively responsible. Barry travels into the speed force to save Wally, and the corporeal form of the Speed Force returns as Eddie, Ronnie & Leonard, three different people that have died, not directly because of Barry, but he certainly had his part to play. That is always an interesting aspect to explore, Barry as The Flash inspired others to be brave and heroic, and as a result died doing the right thing. To which the Speed Force punishes Barry by showing him everything that was taken away from those people that he inspired, as they died heroes. But then of course they have to screw it up with the ending of it all, Jay shows up, saves both Barry and Wally, but he has to stay in their place. How powerful would it have been if Barry was the one who stayed behind? It would tie in thematically as the whole point was showing all the sacrifices people have made because of Barry, and now he would have to make that sacrifice as well. Especially as he played the mentor to Wally and has been saying how he'll overtake Barry someday and be the one to save Iris. They even address that it wouldn't be a permanent prison, but your main character, who the entire season people have been pointing out how he's screwed up, finally having to pay the price and willingly spend god knows how long reliving the worst moments of his life, that would have been so emotionally gripping. Even more so how we see Jesse able to injure Savitar, meaning technically she has done more to fight him off than Barry ever did, we could have had a great fight between Jesse & Wally vs Savitar as they save Iris, and then bring Barry back for the always awesome last minute rescue. The fight against the Gorilla army shows how strong they can be as a trio, use that to your advantage. Wow. Now I came into this review thinking about how positive this is going to be, now I'm just sad about everything they could have done with this ep. Eh, 7/10.

Legends of Tomorrow 'Moonshot' Review
I get the feeling the writers of Legends of Tomorrow have a checklist of all the wacky and wonderful places they want to visit and have fun with. Dinosaurs? Check. Camelot? Check. George Lucas? Check. Now we go to Apollo 13, everyone's favourite Nasa mission(?) In what conceptually is not that interesting considering we've seen these guys fight space pirates before, this feels rather small in comparison. Don't get me wrong, anything that talks about how badass Nasa is qualifies as awesome in my books, I just feel the show has moved on to a bigger scale than this. Which is not to say there wasn't interesting things to happen throughout. Rip questioning his place in the team now that everyone has gotten use to working perfectly fine without him, Eobard is forced to play good guy to avoid dying. And probably most interesting of all was Nate's inner conflict between saving his grandfather and protecting the future, Amaya taking the side of needs of the many, but Nate lets the ball drop about her family's future suffering, a dick move, but he's emotional and desperate, plus it's the easiest way to get her to see things from her side. Anything else? Oh yeah, that weird scene of Martin singing as a distraction. I can't decide if this is hilariously awkward or just regular awkward...screw it, let's say it's funny, give this a 7/10 and move on.

Arrow 'Checkmate' Review
Do you ever have those moments where you don't realise how bad someone is until you see them do something good? That would be my reaction to seeing Adrian Chase go full on cheesy bad guy tonight, which then made me realise "Wow...he kinda sucked when he was just a lawyer". But oh golly, he is just living it up as the bad guy, he's one step away from turning into Mr Burns going "Excellent". It's also a nice change of pace where both hero and villain are on the same page yet still have to be secretive about it, it makes the conversations between them more interesting. Though there are a few things to question, one: Susan (If that is her name, I don't know or care) as a hostage and how Oliver & Company (Puns!) treat it like if she dies that'll be the last straw in Oliver's back...does he really care about her that much? Yeah, obviously they're going to try hard to keep her safe, but is she really that important? Another thing being Talia shows up at the end to help Prometheus. Hmm, strange, I could have sworn Prometheus had another female archer on his side to help him...Where the fuck is Artemis!? Is the actress off sick or something? You bring in this fan favourite character, fuck her up, then drop her? Goddammit guys. Still, we're at the point in the season where the drama is getting intense, and for once it looks like it's not gonna end with a giant city wide fight, thank the lord. 7/10.

Another consistent week, good job DC.

-Danny

DC TV Weekly #16

Supergirl 'Exodus' Review
D-Does this mean no more stupid scenes at CatCo? Huzzah! (Awkward transition) The episode itself here was a strong one. Out of all the DC shows Supergirl seems to be the most thematically relevant and making a conscious effort to transform their story into a metaphor for immigration, responsibility of the media and fascist presidents, you know, in case it was being too subtle for ya. But hey, I've always said subtlety means shit when it comes to the quality of the content and...well, it's not bad commentary. They're not adding anything new to the conversation, but at the same time Supergirl seems like the perfect place to talk about the discussion of immigration and media, so it's not an unwelcome or jarring discussion, and I respect them for making their plots mean something more complex. That being said, when it comes to the literal plot, it has several holes in it. One: Kara can't seem to get the word out about aliens being abducted. You're friggin' Supergirl, the poster-child for alien immigrants. Make a YouTube video explaining what's happening, people will believe you. Two: J'onn testing Alex to see where her loyalties lie, and everyone treats him like he's betrayed them when this is exactly the type of thing he should do, in fact it was really smart of him, it's also a fairly low form of betrayal, don't exaggerate things Alex. Three: Maggie going along with Alex. Yes, she's her girlfriend, yes, Alex's heart is in the right place, but her plan is illogical, she is emotionally compromised, and they are severely outnumbered. With all that being said, I still thing this was a really good episode. The themes were well handled, the make-up is great (Don't think I've touched upon that yet, the make-up in this show is awesome), the final moment between Supergirl and Alex was touching, as well as badass, and we have as little Mon-El and James as possible. 8/10.

The Flash 'The Wrath of Savitar' Review
Oh hey, we're back to Barry fucking up. Or rather-more of the consequences of his prior fuck ups. I would certainly hope this is the last of his fuck ups because of Flashpoint, because I don't think the consequences could get higher, nor could the emotions. The Flash cast, while superb, do love to milk the crying scenes, this episode however, everyone seemed much more sombre and nuanced in their emotions, even with minimal expression you could feel the pain the characters are feeling inside. It's good to know that Grant Gustin is still able to find new ways to emote sadness, because it's one of the strongest aspects of his acting. But, still can't top Jesse L Martin, he has sadness down as well, but that face of bliss when he found out about that engagement (Oh yeah, that happened last week...forgot to mention it), brilliantly done. Great episode overall for the performances from everyone, best we've seen from Keiynan Lonsdale as Wally, the fear and paranoia he experienced while being haunted, very well done. Speaking of Wally, he got sucked into the speed force in this episode...yeah he does that. I'm pretty sure Wally must have some kind of regular's card with the speed force considering how many times he's been trapped in it, whether it be TV, comics, cartoons, we should have an intervention about this Wally. Though I did have my issues with the episode while watching, writing this review several hours later, really only one still matters to me, that being Caitlin keeping a part of the philosopher's stone. This whole season her big character motivation seems to be "Keep secrets because I'm scared" first the Killer Frost powers, now this. Caitlin's supposed to be smart, yet this is quite possibly the most idiotic thing. That thing is what is able to draw the god of speed to your universe and eventually kill Iris, you didn't think that might be important to bring up at some point! But, that's it, overall this episode was a chance for the actors to show off how talented they are, plus with some major plot progression and emotions running high. 8/10.

Legends of Tomorrow 'Land of the Lost' Review
Huzzah! Three good episodes in a row! Good going DC. Also good going Legends for putting forth some major plot progression, Rip is no longer a bad guy, Nate knows his time with Amaya is limited (Good, that plotline sucked anyway, kill it early), Martin starts acknowledging Jax's skills (Which, I didn't even realise was a problem to begin with) and Sara is now permanent captain instead of acting captain. You can tell we're kicking things into high gear now, with only a few episodes left, meaning no filler. Oh, we also get to see Gideon in person, that's interesting, though the idea of Rip and Gideon fancying each other is...awkward. How exactly that would work is not something I wanna think about (I imagine it would involve a usb port of some kind). And hey, I think this is the first time anyone has said that Sara is bisexual. Obviously it's not a trait that was up for interpretation, but still, it's nice to hear someone say it out loud, instead of them using metaphors like they're dancing around the word. Granted this episode did suffer from some filler with the poorly rendered CGI dinosaur, but they made up for it with Ray being on top game for his comedic side. So...an entertaining episode with good plot progression, another 8/10 I'd say.

-Danny

DC TV Weekly #15

Supergirl 'Homecoming' Review
Talk about having your cake and eating it too. An episode that for 2/3 of the runtime criticised Mon-El for his behaviour, not respecting Kara's wishes, breaking an agreement and accusing her adoptive father of being their enemy...and then in the end suddenly having him be right. You can't really do that guys. You can't spend the majority of your episode saying a characters behaviour is wrong only to then say "Oh but turns out it was a good thing he was an arsehole because it saved the day", that's bad encouragement for him to not actually learn. In fact that's an important point to make, how little Mon-El seems to be learning. He started off as a sexist egomaniac, Kara apparently changed him, yet in this episode he talks about how he preferred it when he could view women as objects. He supposedly wants to be a hero and has spent several months training, yet he still shirks off his responsibilities and works in a fucking bar for some reason. Between Mon-El and James, I'm not sure what the writers are thinking. They so badly want to get Kara together with every man on the planet, yet insist on writing them like absolute twats. Oh, to make matters worse it's another Cadmus episode, because they haven't been idiots in the past(!). But despite all the negativity there is still elements to praise. It's great to see Dean Cain return and the emotional dilemma's presented, whether they be him betraying Alex or even his wife Eliza questioning their marriage, were well done. Speaking of Alex, she's pretty much being the big star of the season. It's strange looking back at the first half of season one where I hated her, yet here we are now where she has the most interesting story, is given some of the best scenes acting wise and basically at this point I'm more invested in her relationship with Maggie and her family than I am with the fucking alien killers. But sadly that's not enough to redeem this let down of an episode. 4/10.

The Flash 'Attack on Central City' Review
I feel like I'm not prepared to review this episode because I don't remember anything that happened. Now that's not saying it was a bad episode, I think just because last weeks was so awesome and my excitement for this one was probably a little too high that in reality an okay episode is now disappointing. Even taking that hype aside though, there are still a number of issues, mostly for the lack of focus. Let's take a look at what everyone is doing in this ep, Cisco is upset that he can't get a girlfriend, Jesse wants to tell her dad she's staying on Earth-1, and Barry debated whether or not he should kill Grodd (Even though he's killed several times in the past!). All of this nonsense when they could be focusing on the fucking Gorilla army coming to destroy them! Last week's episode knew where the focus should be, on Gorilla City and everything that happens there, with a little bit for the people on Earth-1 worried about the others. Cisco's romance problems aren't connected to anything, Jesse's problems could have waited a week, and Barry's moral dilemma is moronic because he has killed people before, Atom Smasher, Sand Demon, Zoom. Even Reverse-Flash-though he didn't kill him-he was more than willing too. I've said it before and I'll say it again, stop having moral dilemmas over killing CW. You're not good at it. Honestly with all of this filler by the time Grodd and his army had shown up, I had completely lost interest, the momentum had died down and I didn't care. 5/10.

Arrow 'Fighting Fire With Fire' Review
Hm, so in order to avoid the twist of Adrian Chase being Vigilante (As he is in the comics) they made him Prometheus instead...I can't tell if that's really clever or not. Not only did that major reveal happen, but we also got a fair amount of story progression, some in small ways like Curtis' balls (hehehe), but also with Oliver declaring the Green Arrow an enemy of Star City, I'm actually curious to see where that's gonna go. Also, the most unrealistic thing in this show? Politicians caring about doing the right thing. Also just as a small thing, seeing Prometheus and Vigilante fighting was cool, something about villains fighting each other is just always fun to see. Wait a minute, I just thought of something. If Adrian isn't Vigilante, who is? Could it be Talia, because she was my guess for Prometheus. Wow, I don't think I've been this engaged in Arrow in a long time. Granted I'm not on the edge of my seat because I'm sure I'll be disappointed, but still, any engagement is better than none, because this is the show that I care the least about each week, but maybe not now, or at least, not for a while. 7/10.

-Danny