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So we didn't do the Arrow<\/i> thing when the series first started on the CW. I watched the first few eps, and decided it would be more violent than either of my housemates would care for.<\/p>\n

And then The Flash<\/i> started up, with cross-overs, and it got to be sort of, "Hey, we should check that out … especially since we're getting Netflix to watch Daredevil."<\/i><\/p>\n

We started off watching both, but, honestly, Daredevil<\/i> makes Arrow<\/i> look pretty cheesy. But, once DD was over, we were back on GA.<\/p>\n

And we've been "binge watching" it since. (Though my daughter notifies me, with a raised eyebrow, that watching 7-8 episodes a week doesn't really qualify as "binge watching." But we're old, and need to sleep now and again.)<\/p>\n

Tonight we finished Season 2. And now I need to figure out how we're going to catch up through Season 3 before Season 4 starts in October …<\/p>\n

Overall eval:<\/p>\n

1. Popcorn!<\/p>\n

2. I watched a lot of All My Children<\/i> growing up — it was my mom and my grandmother's soap of choice, and, for a couple of years, the default setting for the TV lounge at my dorm at college (the other couple of years: Twilight Zone.)<\/i> So I know of what I speak of when I say Arrow<\/i> is a soap opera, with occasional action scenes, parkour, and archery. The quickly-shifting drama, the unexpected revelations, the constant lying ("for your sake"), the manic-depressive guilt trips that everyone goes through — yeah, it's a soap.<\/p>\n

3. But, with arrows, and DC Universe trappings. I can live with that.<\/p>\n

4. I've enjoyed the cross-overs from various SF genre actors and actresses — John Barrowman, Alex Kingston, Sean Maher, Summer Glau, plus others. Oh, well, especially Paul Blackthorne.<\/p>\n

5. It's definitely an alternate, and mostly less-exciting DC Universe. But there have been elements of it I've thought were handled very well. Manu Bennett did a very nice job as Slade Wilson.<\/p>\n

6. Hell of a body count, even after Ollie stopped killing people.<\/p>\n

6. Within the bounds of soap opera sensibilities, and trying to keep some vague resemblance to the DCU characters, the story lines have had some good stuff — enough to keep us watching.<\/p>\n

7. To date, that's almost 34 hours net of my life that I won't get back. But, y'know, I've probably spent 34 worse or less worthwhile hours.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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