So I just revcently as of an hour ago as I'm writing this started watching Arrow which I am very late to the game with being as it isn't well into its second season now. And to be honest I just wish that I had got round to watching it sooner as it's turned out to be one of my faviroute shows. So it got me thinking back to an earlier post that made the other day on agents of shield and if it's just an experiment for them for the bigger picture. This show just made me realise that it may just be that Sheild just isn't as good as Arrow in general and it has nothing to do with it being an experiment for things to come in the future. While Sheild may get over 10 millions viewers a week worldwide does that really make a show success because while it makes it a success in the eyes of ABC and Marvel it's the fans that have the biggest impact. What I mean is that 10 million viewers doesn't really count for anything if only a million or 2 millions of those viewers watch the show because they like it or that they like it. Because I have religiously watched Sheild everyweek even with it's messed up time schedule but not because I enjoy it but because in some way I hope that it's going to tie into the phase 2 films. Which up to now it's not really done I mean does anyone that watched the show remember the Thor the dark world episode the nearest tie in being a bad rehashed set that was used for 5 minutes and then that was it for reference to the film. It makes me less and less confident for that show which I mentioned in an earlier blog post which if you want to read up my full opinions and predictions then I highly recommend you go and read it.
So let's get to the point of this post which is are we looking at DC having found their foothold not on th big screen but on the small screen where they are able to make what they want when they want. What I love about shows like Arrow is that they take a character revitalise and modernise him but keep that slick and cool edge about him he's like legolas mixed with Bruce Wayne. The show feels like the adult version of agents of sheild it feels like what sheild was meant to be not a show for a younger audience. Which at the end of the day I'm 20 and I feel like I'm watching a teen drama at times when I'm watching Sheild while Arrow feels dark gritty and cool much more based and aimed at a older audience. Now I know that thier are going to be a lot of people out their that will hate and bitch and moan that I am slagging off sheild because their are a lot of people that love shield and hate Arrow and hate vice versa. But to be honest sheild and arrow they are no diffrent apart from 2 crucial things cast and writing which falls down for shield and saves Arrow because without a strong cast and writing for Arrow it wouldn't have lasted a season. It feels like they have taken Nolans batman and given him a bow and arrow it's fun and cool and has loads of potential.
Which then brings me on to Gotham now if your not excited for this show or at least interested them your either ignorant to a show wih true potential as a brilliant cop drama or just living under a rock. With the producers promising a show that it will be more of a cop drama and not try and be a cheesy super hero show it shows for true potential. That and the official character posters that have been released recently it shows for an amazing show that I have already put at the top of my most anticipated shows starting this year. Mostly for the fact that we have a brilliant cast behind it all looking like they have moulded and settled right into their roles and they are in it for the long run.
Then we have the flash pilot that is due to be shown later on in the year with the hope that we will be seeing the full series not long after that. Again if you haven't see the character photo of the actors name has left my mind but look it up with him in the suit it looks fantastic and modern which can't be bad. It looks promising and I've heard that he first appears in the latest season of Arrow so that should be evidence enough of what is to come from this guy when the pilot comes out. I just hope that they don't have it being a cheesy flash runs around the world before punching a guy everywhere bullshit make it good and interesting and don't go overboard with it.
So that brings me to my point of this post I know there is actually a point to what I'm talking about and this isn't just me rambling on with no end in sight. My point for this is maybe were lookig at a market that DC might just be able to dominate over Marvel because they certainly aren't going to be doing that on the big screen anytime soon. Maybe this could be a time for DC to show that they are capable of doing more then just one off story lines like Marvel and have long ongoing stories with depth and emotion and actually fun to watch. Which to be honest Marvel haven't managed to do that on the tv side so far even in their cartoon efforts lately they haven't really managed to do great at that. Which this isn't anything against Disney but since they bought them a lot of things that don't have Josh Wedon behind it certainly seem to just go down the toilet on the marvel side. But saying that what happens to Sheild I again direct you back to a previous post where I talk about how maybe that shows less meant to be taken seriously and more just to shut up fans that were upset about Coulsons death. But are we looking at DC being the dominate ones on the small screen because seeing as Flash and Arrow will act in the same universe what doesn't stop them from doing that with other franchises. What about Wonder Woman seeing as they have failed to bring her to the big screen so far and I'm not so confident of her being in man of steel 2 (I refuse to call it batman vs superman) maybe bring her to the small screen. Bring back that classic theme music or well maybe not but make it fun and funny DC could be looking at a brilliant brand new market. Then if they are good enough branch out to TV movies for them because at the end of the day Batman has been the only successful big screen franchise for DC in the 21st century. But only time will tell for how all of this turns out who knows maybe this all could just be a big campaign to get DC everywhere ready for a justic league movie. Which come on it's been a long time in the making and it's been rumoured that man of steel 2 might just be what they are hinting at with that but who knows time will tell. But talking of justic league what about Aqua man give him his own tv show based in Miami runs down Miami beach into the sea in his suit comes out with a trident. I'm joking when I say that but isn't it about time that more of these heroes get their time to shine and why not on the small screen where they have more time to develop the characters and make them grow. Then when the time is right for the justic league film bring them to the big screen where people will know who they are what thier about and will have grown to love the characters. But maybe that's just be dreaming at this point in time.
But you know what only time will tell all I will say is that I am excited for the future and what DC have up their sleeves for the small screen because I can say its a lot more promising and a lot closer then thier big screen films.
But I would love to hear what you think because I know that thier will be a lot of people out their that don't agree with what I said but I want people to know this isn't about whether your a DC man or woman or Marvel it's about good writing and good tv.
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