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The CW-Verse Part 1

By T.a.B. Oh, Jesus, where to start on all this? Honestly, I’m unsure if I have what it takes to be a writer for anything, much less a blog post for the boys at NerdCorp, but I’ll give it a shot.

So where to began? If you say Arrow -Jeopardy buzzer sound- Wrong, CW’s love of all things DC started with Smallville, which in my opinion was… eh, OK at best. It was the first live action comic TV series that lasted more than a handful of seasons (the 90’s Flash TV series and Birds of Prey, I’m looking at you); and before anyone says “Oh, Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman lasted 4 seasons,” like I said, a “handful” of Seasons. Up until two years ago, it was The CW’s longest running series (now surpassed by CW’s Supernatural, which at the time of this writing has been renewed for a record 13th season).

Touching back to Smallville, it chronicles (The CW’s) take on the last son of Krypton’s journey from his teen years until the time he puts on the iconic suit and shield. In between Season 1 and the end of season 10, we have all the staples of Superman: Pete Rose, Lana Lang, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Ma and Pa Kent, Lex Luthor, Martian Manhunter, Supergirl, Booster Gold, Aquaman, Impulse, Dr Fate, and CW’s first take on the Emerald Archer, Green Arrow. And, of course, where there are Heroes, the Villains shall rise, and rise they do with Livewire, General Zod, and Mother F***ing DOOMSDAY. Yeah, you heard it right, The CW did Doomsday LONG before Zack Snyder gave us a Zod/Luthor hybrid, and honestly for as cheesy as the CW’s take on the Monster who killed the Man of Steel was, he looked almost spot-on to the comics, jagged bone spikes and an untapped limitless pool of strength, and all. Hey, you have to be badass to kill Superman, right?

But for all the somewhat-good Smallville did for Superman, there was sooooooo, sooooo much very wrong with it. As the seasons went on, the drama was just another layer of frosting, and with each passing season, those layers got thicker and thicker. Nonsensical plots and story lines aside, I rate it a 7/10, worth a watch just to say you have watched it, if only for Erica Durance as Lois Lane and Laura Vandervoort as Supergirl.

“Flash” forward a year. Oct 10th, 2012, The CW drops a Bombshell on the viewing public in the dorm of Arrow. I will say this, I’m a HUGE, totally huge mark for the TV show…. but even I can see in the first few seasons that Arrow was CW’s shot at bringing a live action Batman to the small screen. Anyone who can’t see that right off the “bat” needs their eyes checked. But to be perfectly honest with you, I was OK with them rehashing classic Batman tales and putting a different twist on them, That’s what made “DC’s Elseworld and Marvel’s What If tales so enjoyable; take someone we love from a story we love and redo it a different way.

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geekinggrounds-blog · 7 years

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The CW-Verse Part 1

By T.a.B. Oh, Jesus, where to start on all this? Honestly, I'm unsure if I have what it takes to be a writer for anything, much less a blog post for the boys at NerdCorp, but I'll give it a shot.

So where to began? If you say Arrow -Jeopardy buzzer sound- Wrong, CW's love of all things DC started with Smallville, which in my opinion was... eh, OK at best. It was the first live action comic TV series that lasted more than a handful of seasons (the 90's Flash TV series and Birds of Prey, I'm looking at you); and before anyone says "Oh, Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman lasted 4 seasons," like I said, a "handful" of Seasons. Up until two years ago, it was The CW's longest running series (now surpassed by CW's Supernatural, which at the time of this writing has been renewed for a record 13th season).

Touching back to Smallville, it chronicles (The CW's) take on the last son of Krypton's journey from his teen years until the time he puts on the iconic suit and shield. In between Season 1 and the end of season 10, we have all the staples of Superman: Pete Rose, Lana Lang, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Ma and Pa Kent, Lex Luthor, Martian Manhunter, Supergirl, Booster Gold, Aquaman, Impulse, Dr Fate, and CW's first take on the Emerald Archer, Green Arrow. And, of course, where there are Heroes, the Villains shall rise, and rise they do with Livewire, General Zod, and Mother F***ing DOOMSDAY. Yeah, you heard it right, The CW did Doomsday LONG before Zack Snyder gave us a Zod/Luthor hybrid, and honestly for as cheesy as the CW's take on the Monster who killed the Man of Steel was, he looked almost spot-on to the comics, jagged bone spikes and an untapped limitless pool of strength, and all. Hey, you have to be badass to kill Superman, right?

"Flash" forward a year. Oct 10th, 2012, The CW drops a Bombshell on the viewing public in the dorm of Arrow. I will say this, I'm a HUGE, totally huge mark for the TV show.... but even I can see in the first few seasons that Arrow was CW's shot at bringing a live action Batman to the small screen. Anyone who can't see that right off the "bat" needs their eyes checked. But to be perfectly honest with you, I was OK with them rehashing classic Batman tales and putting a different twist on them, That's what made "DC's Elseworld and Marvel's What If tales so enjoyable; take someone we love from a story we love and redo it a different way.

#smallville #supernatural #arrow #theflash #nerdcorps #dc

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