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Star….err Starling City

Wednesday night has always been a tad busy for me.  I’m primarily bringing and picking up the kids at certain functions on that evening, so I’ve never really invested much interest in television on that night.  I knew that Arrow was on the CW on that evening and I also knew that a lot of people I know really enjoyed watching it, but I never got around to watching the show for myself.

Well, you can thank The Flash for getting me interested in Arrow this season thanks to the crossover episodes on both shows.  I was interested enough that I decided to plunk down some hard earned cash for the first two seasons on Blu-ray (which, ironically enough, was about three bucks cheaper than purchasing it on DVD).  I’ve only watched the first three episodes, but I can tell right away that this series has me hooked.  I especially enjoyed the episode that featured Deadshot.

Stephen Amell is both deadly serious and very funny as Arrow/Oliver Queen.  I’m still getting into the series, but he’s the primary cast member that I has me intrigued.  Green Arrow has never been a favorite character of mine, but I might actually pick up a trade volume or two just to see how big the differences are between the TV show and the comic.  I know right off the bat that Ollie’s home city, Star City, was changed to Starling City for the show, and from what I’ve heard through the grapevine, the show relies heavily upon some of Batman‘s villains that AREN’T Joker, Penguin, Two-Face, Riddler, Catwoman, etc.  In other words, mentioning a character like Bronze Tiger won’t throw up a red flag if a non-comic reading person watches.  However, if the Joker popped up all of a sudden, some people might think that the show is stealing from the Dark Knight Detective even though most of Batman’s villains have had run-ins with most of the DC’s bigger name heroes.

As I’ve already stated, I’m only three episodes into the first season, so there’s plenty of things for me to catch up with on the show.  In a way I’m glad that I’m late to the game on Arrow, since I get to have a few binge-fests with the show.  I can’t wait to see what happens next!

In other geeky good news, I’m reading more Aquaman and I’ve also picked up Batman:  The Court of Owls, Volume I.  I haven’t read Owls yet, but I plan to this weekend.  I’ve pretty much been converted to a DC, but Marvel will always be there for me when the DC steam starts to fizzle out.

I am also attending CoastCon in Biloxi, MS, later this month.  I’m really excited to go since I’ve missed out on this great con for the last couple of years.  In my opinion it is one of the biggest “little” conventions in the Gulf South and it’s also the oldest fan-run convention in the southern states.  I plan to give a full report once it’s over and I’m also trying to determine what sort of shenanigans the Discount Dark Knight can get into while he’s in the fair state of Mississippi.

I’m also going to be digesting the latest episodes of The Walking Dead and plan on writing about them very soon.  I’ve been watching ever since the season kicked back in, but I haven’t really sat down and thought about what has gone down so far.  A brief hint at Dale (one of my favorites from the earlier seasons) in a recent episode had me thinking back over the many people that have died since the show started.  I might do a list or two about those characters that have passed that I miss the most.

Well, that’s it for now, kiddies.  Thanks for reading and let me know in the comments if you like, love, hate, or really don’t care for Arrow or anything else that I’ve mentioned in this post.  Have an excellent rest of the day wherever you are!