While watching Smallville the other night and feeling like a married person who finally came to the conclusion that their trampy spouse will never stop disappointing me...I began to wonder, "Why not Green Arrow!?"
Okay, I know it's not an original idea, but this is what I think so far. First off, Justin Hartley is a lot better than Tom Welling. Tom did a great job in the begining, but he seems to have outlived his talent. Maybe it's just the writing, but the whole "whoa is me, I have to save the world blah blah blah" makes me wanna snack on some prozac. I know this season was supposed to be dark, but honestly, Clark wimpered more than Cloey has done in like, the past four season combined. The show has outgrown itself, and their stubborn refusal to let it turn into "Superman: The Series" is only hurting it. I KNOW I KNOW...it would interfeare with the (non-existant) movie property, but screw it. There hasn't been hide or hare of a Super-Movie in three years! A sequel should already be out this summer by Super Hero Movie standards!! And the whole cast will do okay on other ventures, but that cow needs to be sent out to pasture. But I digress. The point is that Smallville is on a downhill trajectory that I don't see it being able to escape from. MAYBE if they stop plans for next season and instead do a mini-series. But I'm not feeling it anymore.
But this has a lot to do with Green Arrow actually. You see, all those little super-moves that are sparingly sprinkled throughout each episode cost money. And WB don't wanna spend the cabbage on the kid's show. Green Arrow on the other hand, is more frugal-friendly. With Ollie's martial arts, and no-special-effects-needed-crossbow...the budget would be MUCH smaller. You could even do weekly teamups, though that would cost more money. But think about it, more action, changing scenery, and the fact that Green Arrow is much cooler than Pre-Supes Clark. Green Arrow is edgier Hartley seems to enjoy the role.
I know my idea is not original by any means, but I CAN'T understand why it hasn't been done. It's getting ridiculous on Smallville. I mean you just had f$#cking Doomsday fight Clark Kent!! And Clarky Poo beat him without landing a single blow!!
And another reason I think this would work is because of uber-popular show that set the bar for tv-series martial arts: Alias. I could see Green Arrow workin in the context. I can't take all this dissappointment from Metropolis...I mean...Smallville anymore. Let's finally give Green Arrow his own spotlight!!
*image from fanpop.com
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TheDurkinKnight
5/19/2009
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