Australian actress Jessica De Gouw will soon debut as The Huntress on The CW’s Arrow series.
If you strip away the science fiction, horror, fantasy, paranormal, experimentation, creativity and heart of Smallville, what you have left is Arrow. This show takes itself far too seriously for me. I’m TRYING to like it. I really am. I feel compelled to watch it because it’s a comic book show and I want it to be entertaining; but like all of DC’s live-action properties these days, Arrow feels ashamed of its comic book roots.
Grim, gritty, grounded and as a result not terribly interesting in my opinion. But what the Hell do I know; Arrow (by CW standards) seems to be doing just fine in the ratings.
“Realism” is all the rage. Yawn.
If I tried really hard to imagine the most bland and boring incarnation of The Huntress that I could possibly come up with, it would still accidentally have more character than this…
Jessica De Gouw as some chick dressed in black.
Seriously? Why bother calling her The Huntress?
I hope that Arrow is some day unafraid of exploring the wonder and creativity that the DC Universe has to offer. For now they are clearly content to play it safe… and dull.
I want a big green boxing glove arrow… stat!
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This character debuted on Arrow last night. We got her back story and a tease of her in costume for next weeks episode.
I missed it. Did it look like this? (Click Here)
Or is this cosplay costume ten times better than the multimillion dollar TV show costume?
I think Arrow has lost me. It’s not good enough to be Christopher Nolan, and it’s not fun enough to be Smallville. I’ve missed the last few episodes and I’m just not feeling the urge to catch up.
To answer your first question, NO. The only sex appeal in the show comes from Oliver’s teenage sister.
Nolan’s Batman was no fun for me and I have not seen the latest Batman movie.
Arrow is a fun way to watch a pretty neat “DARK” story without any real investment. The show is now in slog time, they have to knock out some average episodes before building up to the season climax.
I think in this day and age, six or eight really good episodes are much more preferable than a full 22 episode season.
I am just now watching Smallville in reruns. I just missed catching the first season and they are now running the third. Lex is the best character, followed by Chloe then Clark. The plot holes in this show are big enough to drive a truck through. It is fun to watch and I am enjoying it. As with Arrow, the mediocre episodes bog the show down.
Nolan’s Batman is not fun… but it is high-quality filmmaking.
Smallville was not without flaws. I liked it because it was experimental, even though not all of the experiments paid off. The tone would change from horror to comedy to romance to science fiction. There would be a black and white noir episode followed by a riff on Zack Snyder’s 300 movie. I respected the creativity, if not always the execution.
With Arrow I get the sense that if you’ve seen one then you’ve seen them all. I’ll probably check it out again when it hits Netflix some day.
I don’t like the Huntress cosplay costume because it’s sexy. I like it because it looks like The Huntress.
In the episode last night they never did call her “Huntress” and to be be fair Oliver has never been called “Green Arrow” or even “Arrow.”
So to be fair, it’s not really a comic book show at all. I think that’s ultimately why it’s not holding my interest. It just seems like it’s ashamed of its roots. The QUALITY of the show is just fine, but the DIRECTION is wrong for me personally.
Did you see the new Man of Steel poster with Superman in handcuffs? Again, I’m sure that the quality of this Superman movie will be just fine, but the direction leaves me cold. I really WANT to like this new Superman movie, I’m just not seeing anything yet that indicates that I will.
When I look at Man of Steel and Arrow (and Amazing Spider-man) I see the influence of Nolan’s Batman movie where I do not think it belongs. I LOVE Nolan’s Batman movies, but I’d rather not see them weakly or inappropriately immitated.
I am enjoying Arrow as an action/ drama series.
That new Superman poster completely turned me off that movie.
Nolan’s Batman is too dark for me and I don’t think that the previous movie, The Dark Knight was all that good. Heath Ledger was outstanding however Christian Bale was as dry as toast. Too long and too many subplots, what did faking Gordon’s death due to help catch the Joker?
I read one critic complain that The Avengers was “too much like a Comic Book” Huh?
Huntress moves on:
http://www.themarysue.com/huntress-dracula-move/