They wanted to do a crossover storyline like in the comics and the Invasion story was one of them. It's a shame that Supergirl's mid-season finale happened at the time of the crossover and that Lynda Carter didn't end up playing the new President of Earth-1's USA.

 

I liked that Arrow's 100th happened to be during the crossover it was a great homage to the show that created it all 

On Sunday, December 04, 2016 at 6:46 PM, P.J. said:

I liked the 100th episode, but I wish it hadn't been a part of the crossover. While I love the feeling of the "Arrowverse", a huge crossover like this is just too jumbled to really enjoy. And aliens? There aren't enough supervillian metahumans to deal with, they gotta go and import some?

 

OTOH, on some level, I did enjoy Ollie's basically kissing off Laurel to return to the real world. If I can't have Olicity, at least that's some comfort.

Katie Cassidy is coming back as an alive Laurel Lance

I came back for the crossover (Arrow just became too boring) and I enjoyed seeing all the characters together.  It was also great to see Oliver's mother back.  Grant Gustin has filled out a little, becoming more of a man.  All in all it was a good story.

Yeah, well, I'm glad I didn't know that before watching the mid-season finale. Figures. And again---the only person who remains "dead dead" is Tommy. WTFever.  Cassidy is a weak actress, and whatever they want to do won't make her a better one.

 

Am I the only one who recognizes the voice of Prometheus, Michael Dorn? Or am I just imagining things?

 

I had bet that Tyler Ritter's character was Prometheus. Given that Felicity always seems to fall for superheroes, I thought this time she'd fallen for a supervillian, out to use her. So his death was a surprise. The rest---I don't really care as much about. It's way too soon for me to care about Evelyn's betraying Ollie, Curtis' husband leaving him, or Ragman and Wild Dog sitting there like lumps trying to assimilate it all.

 

I like the idea of someone from Ollie's past coming looking for revenge, but it seems like a cheat for it to be some previously unknown name from the list's son. Of course, knowing this show, that's probably mostly a ruse, and it's really the reporter, list guy's daughter. And I'm kind of over another round of Ollie blaming himself for everything.

 

As for the alien thing---yeah I knew about the tie to the comics. I just don't care. Aliens don't "fit" Arrow as much as they do Flash or Supergirl. And Arrow is the show I'm most tied to. I had some issue getting to see the episodes, and Arrow is the only one of the four I had any desire to watch.

Well the guy playing Tommy is a regular on Chicago Med

18 hours ago, quartermainefan said:

I came back for the crossover (Arrow just became too boring) and I enjoyed seeing all the characters together.  It was also great to see Oliver's mother back.  Grant Gustin has filled out a little, becoming more of a man.  All in all it was a good story.

Yeah he sure has

Katie Cassidy signed a contract in the spring so that they can use her in all the Berlanti superhero shows - Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow and Legends, so I knew she was coming back.

16 hours ago, te. said:

Katie Cassidy signed a contract in the spring so that they can use her in all the Berlanti superhero shows - Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow and Legends, so I knew she was coming back.

I hope Supergirl is included, would be cool to see her on there playing either Earth-1 or Earth-2 or Earth-38 Laurel

Yeah, I think I heard something about KC signing a Berlantiverse contract---but I had assumed that meant she'd make occasional appearances across the shows. I hate the thought of being stuck with her again on Arrow. There are so many other recurring characters I'd rather have back, Nyssa, Tatsu, and Amanda Waller immediately come to mind. And isn't Nyssa's sister supposed to be popping up soon?

Edited December 10, 20168 yr by P.J.

3 hours ago, P.J. said:

Yeah, I think I heard something about KC signing a Berlantiverse contract---but I had assumed that meant she'd make occasional appearances across the shows. I hate the thought of being stuck with her again on Arrow. There are so many other recurring characters I'd rather have back, Nyssa, Tatsu, and Amanda Waller immediately come to mind. And isn't Nyssa's sister supposed to be popping up soon?

episode 10

Black Canary is too iconic of a character to kill off

4 hours ago, P.J. said:

Yeah, I think I heard something about KC signing a Berlantiverse contract---but I had assumed that meant she'd make occasional appearances across the shows. I hate the thought of being stuck with her again on Arrow. There are so many other recurring characters I'd rather have back, Nyssa, Tatsu, and Amanda Waller immediately come to mind. And isn't Nyssa's sister supposed to be popping up soon?

 

I'm not sure she'll only stay on "Arrow" tbh. This might be their way of re-introducing her, but she's already appeared several times on The Flash and I could easily see them transplant her to Legends of Tomorrow.

 

Wentworth Miller also signed a contract to appear through the Berlantiverse shows, though I guess he's busy filming the Prison Break reboot atm

 

Edited December 11, 20168 yr by te.

I'm fine with Black Canary. I just don't need her to be Laurel Lance as portrayed by Katie Cassidy. Maybe I'd feel differently if Caity Lotz hadn't outshone her since season two. I never bought into the "turning her into a hero" crap since Sarah's death. I know a lot of comic fans feel differently.

On 12/11/2016 at 6:53 PM, P.J. said:

I'm fine with Black Canary. I just don't need her to be Laurel Lance as portrayed by Katie Cassidy. Maybe I'd feel differently if Caity Lotz hadn't outshone her since season two. I never bought into the "turning her into a hero" crap since Sarah's death. I know a lot of comic fans feel differently.

Sometimes I wonder how the Sara character would've turned out like if Jacqueline MacInnes Wood stayed

I doubt JMW would have been convincing at all. Especially the way she's fucked over her face. I caught a glimpse of her  recently, and barely recognized her.

 I see in the promo this Laurel is some altEarth version. Hopefully, that means I can see her get killed off again. Wonder if this means she's Prometheous? Or if there isn't some Billy-switcheroo in the works too.

2 hours ago, P.J. said:

 I see in the promo this Laurel is some altEarth version. Hopefully, that means I can see her get killed off again. Wonder if this means she's Prometheous? Or if there isn't some Billy-switcheroo in the works too.

That is Earth-2 Laurel Lance AKA Black Siren, she appeared last season on The Flash

http://arrow.wikia.com/wiki/Laurel_Lance_(Earth_Two)

So Barry never bothered to fill TeamArrow in? Even after meeting Aliens? *eyeroll* TeamFlash doesn't keep a good eye on their pipeline jail, I guess.