It was only a matter of time before DC’s beloved Batman-meets-Robin-Hood franchise made its way to the long list of contemporary film remakes; comic book movies and television are all the rage, after all, and with a presidential campaign and the effects of a recession on our heels, we can all use some good old-fashioned tales of stealing from the rich and giving to the poor.
The CW’s Arrow premiered on Wednesday, October 10th at 8/7c. to much surprisingly-not-awful-style fanfare (Esther Inglis-Arkell at iO9 even said that the pilot, “all mostly worked,” and if that’s not a compliment for a CW series, I don’t know what is). Though much of this praise can certainly be chalked up to Oliver Queen’s badassery and thoroughly scarred-pecs, let’s not forget that part of our joy stems from the original Green Arrow’s themes of vigilante justice and ambiguous morality. Watching Ollie (Stephen Amell) thwart the status quo just feels… right.
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