And that's just the news for Arrow. There was also a ton of bombs dropped for its spin-off shows The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, and Vixen. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which I follow for the same reason you would follow a drunken friend who just walked out of the house carrying a salad fork instead of his car keys, also showed off a new trailer.
As you can well imagine, being the intrepid blogger that I am, my heart swelled with the possibilities this news provided me with. What to write about? What not to write about seems like a better question, really. Not going to lie, I'm excited. I'm positively giddy and I'm bouncing off the walls.
That said, I did eventually have to pick something to write about. I'm an independent blogger scrapping a living almost entirely off of borrowed money. I do not own a press pass and thus am not the kind of person who has any business "breaking the story" as it were. I do, however, find myself in a nice comfortable position from which I can analyze the story, and offer up opinions that would otherwise be wasted in the comment sections of other people's articles.
So, right now, I'd like to talk about the latest image of Oliver Queen's new suit. I don't want to risk my humble little digital desk being overturned and burned by the WB legal team, so I'm not going to include the image here. Instead I'll just post a link to it.
Seen it? Awesome. Now let's talk.
To start with, I like the suit. I find it to be an interesting new direction, and it definitely feels more superhero-y, if that's an adjective (and if it isn't it is now), what with the exposed arms and what not. I had a feeling the sleeves were coming off the suit eventually, given that the showrunners have always stated an eventual goal is Green Arrow in all his glory.
That said, I think I like the old suit more. It was kind of cool how it was slowly modified and updated with necessity and opportunity. It almost felt like a character all its own, growing and changing but still being the same original object. This new suit change isn't an update, its an all-out swap. Which, actually now that I think about it, could work from a character standpoint. Huh. Well played, writers. You're transformation symbolism is duly noted.
So yeah, overall I like it. It's more comic book-y (also probably not an adjective but it is now) which is a direction I can get behind. What I do take issue with is one particular area of skin the Green Arrow's costume leaves exposed. Go ahead and take another look, and pay special attention to the bow arm.
Those new gauntlets the Green Arrow suit has leave Oliver's inner forearm completely exposed. As someone who has operated a bow and arrow multiple times in the past, I can tell you first hand that this is not an area you want exposed when a high tension cord is zipping mere centimeters past your arm after you just used upwards of sixty pounds of force to draw it back. One wrong move, and that bowstring is going to drag itself across your forearm, potentially slicing it open if the bow is powerful enough.
Now I understand my capabilities with a bow and arrow border on the absurdly novelist, and Oliver Queen is literally the most skilled archer in modern fiction (thank you Stan Lee's Fan Fights for settling that debate), but even still. You can't tell me that in the heat of battle, bullets whizzing everywhere and maybe having just been punched in the face, that there isn't even a chance that Oliver will mess up on his form a little and get slapped by his bowstring. Well, you could, and there's actually a chance you're right, but there's also a chance you're wrong, so HA!
Anyway, it just seems odd that an archer superhero's costume would leave exposed an area that archery stores sell gear specifically to protect. But whatever. The suit's great. That forearm's gonna bug me. Can't wait for Season 4. Hi Tom!
Arrow returns to the CW October 7.
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