![]() ![]() And then he tries to throw the lightning bolt like Barry does and… well, he gets pretty lucky, all things considered. Then he pulls out the “you have failed this city” line, which is so out of place here that I can’t help but chuckle. Writer Me: Barry Allen has screwed up timelines before, though this may be more extreme.Īnd then we get to see Oliver trying his best to be The Flash, only he runs past Ivo Technologies (here we note the reference to Season Two Arrow in which Oliver Queen encountered Professor Ivo). Geek Me: “Barry Allen, what have you done now?” Of course Oliver blames Barry for this! Writers have a different challenge in conveying a character’s emotions and reactions, but when actors take them on, there’s so much they can do, that writers should pay attention to how they act and figure out how to describe that in their narratives. Everything about this works so well.Īnd I will add it’s something that shows the difference between writing somebody’s action and somebody acting them out. He’s showing that humorous side of himself that we don’t get to see often in his portrayal of Oliver Queen. Writer Me: I will say that Stephen Amell is doing a great job with his acting here. Geek Me: The look on his face when Iris kisses him… he’s wondering what in the world just happened! Writer Me: And we have Oliver Queen waking up, only he hears… Iris West-Allen’s voice? Turns out he’s in Barry Allen’s loft and Iris thinks Oliver is really Barry. Geek Me: Red skies! That always means a Crisis is about to happen! The only question is what his agenda happens to be.Īnd then we get to our episode and what do we have first? He’s not necessarily evil but he has his own agenda. Writer Me: Monitor is an interesting character. Turns out, he was testing them for a Crisis! Geek Me: Hey, The Monitor was dealing weapons to enemies of the Teen Titans in the comics. ![]() Not sure why Monitor would choose this man for the job, but Monitor always works in mysterious ways. He hands him a book that he can use to rewrite reality as he sees fit. So The Monitor meets up with him and says Deegan has a vision. And he’s suggesting eugenics as a method for making this happen, which nobody buys into (for good reason, I would add). Writer Me: In due time, yes, but let’s get to the crossover first.Īll right, so now we switch to John Deegan, who is talking about how some people are born with special gifts, but why can’t everyone have them? We see a specific reference to The Flash here, so we know Flash is on Deegan’s mind. Geek Me: What are you waiting for? Get up to speed and go watch it! But it is up on DC Universe and I am a subscriber. Writer Me: Confession time –haven’t watched the 1990’s version of The Flash. Geek Me: They gave John the 1990’s Flash costume! Such a great callback! They aired this teaser at the end of Arrow, Flash and Supergirl the week before, but it’s a scaled down version to remind us about what’s to come. Writer Me: We start off Night One with The Flash - or the 1990’s Flash played by John Wesley Shipp, to be more precise. So how would the writer side of me and the geek side of me look at things? Let us begin. Okay, so debating myself may seem unusual, but since this is a solo website, I though this could be fun. Because I am both a writer/novelist (and thus have some understanding about how to write characters and storylines) and a comic book geek (and thus I can’t help but get giddy over everything), I figured I would let those sides talk about what did and didn’t work in this year’s crossover. Having covered all the crossovers from Arrowverse the past few weeks, and with the latest installment another example of why the DC CW series have succeeded in ways the DC Cinematic Universe has not, I wanted to talk about the Elseworlds crossover, which featured some great character arcs and a lot of nods to DC Comics and comic book fans.Īnd I figured, why not let two sides of myself discuss what made this crossover great. I’ve got a bonus post for you this week about the Elseworlds crossover featuring Green Arrow, The Flash and Supergirl - the Trinity of the Arrowverse. ![]()
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