What’s Wrong With ‘The Flash’ (Spoiler Alert)
‘The Flash’ a great show? Not until it stops using women as plot points rather than characters. (NOTE: This post includes spoilers for the season finale.)
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Tag: Arrow
‘Legends of Tomorrow’ Trailer Gives us Time-Traveling Crazy Fun
Okay, this trailer confirms a lot of the rumors that have been swirling around the spin-off from Arrow and The Flash, including Lotz’s character, and the big bad. And the time-travel looks to bring some real crazy to the possible storylines. We are getting SO deep in comic book territory here. I’m excited!
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Same Geek Channel, ‘Arrow,’ Season 3, Episode 22: This Is Your Sword
To take over the League of Assassins, Oliver kills Team Arrow. Nah, he didn’t. Relax, Felicity.
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Same Geek Channel: ‘Arrow’ Episode 321 “Al Sah-him”
Wait, mass murder is just a gang initiation stunt? Lame, League of Assassins. Lame.
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Girl Does Not Fail Her Prom with ‘Arrow’-Inspired Dress
Danielle Taylor, a high school student in Georgia, thought her school’s choice of prom theme was “awful,” so she decided that a little heroic action was called for.
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Same Geek Channel Review: ‘Arrow’ Episode 320 “The Fallen”
‘Arrow!’ New episode! Stuff happens! Much of which we have predicted would happen!
At least the fight scenes are cool.
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Same Geek Channel Review: ‘Arrow’ Episode 319 “Broken Arrow”
What a great episode, you guys! Seriously, we liked it. Yes, we’re going to dissect it as always, but from a place of love. Which we are totally capable of.
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New CW ‘Arrow/Flash’ Promo Has a GeekDad Connection
This very cool “Superhero Fight Club” promo for ‘Arrow’ and ‘The Flash’ was just released by the CW this morning. Let me tell you about the GeekDad connection….
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Same Geek Channel Review ‘Arrow’ Episode 318 “Public Enemy”
This week on ‘Arrow,’ a manhunt for our protagonist, as Ra’s Al Ghul continues to manipulate events. Plus, Ray has some medical drama and Nyssa walks around being awesome.
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Same Geek Channel Review: ‘Arrow’ Episode 317 “Suicidal Tendencies”
It’s a Very ‘Arrow’ Wedding episode, with the kind of honeymoon that only this show can bring you. Also, Iron Ray!
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Same Geek Channel Review: ‘Arrow’ Episode 316 ‘The Offer’
Yes, we know, we’re late. Sorry. Mordechai was too busy taking screenshot after screenshot of this week’s episode. Why? Because there was quite a bit of awesome here.
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Same Geek Channel Review ‘Arrow’ Episode 315 “Nanda Parbat”
We see a tribute to a classic DC story–and kinda hate it. However, we love the female characters this week.
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Same Geek Channel Review ‘Arrow’ Episode 314 “The Return”
After a week off from ‘Arrow’, the SGC crew takes a look at the latest episode, set on everyone’s least favorite island.
No, not Rhode Island.
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Same Geek Channel Review: ‘Arrow’ Episode 312 “Uprising”
It was the best of episodes, it was the worst of episodes.
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‘Same Geek Channel’ Arrow episode 311 ‘Midnight City’
Ollie is still missing, a criminal is running amuck in Starling City, Laurel’s lies to her dad get worse, and Felicity/Ray gets shipped hard. All these spoilers and more snark in the latest installment of ‘Same Geek Channel.’
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Same Geek Channel Arrow Episode 3:10 Left Behind
Arrow is back from the mid-season break. Team Arrow tries to carry on without Oliver but can they? Better yet – should they?
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He Said/She Said: Gendered Genre in Arrow and The Flash
Intro: It’s supposed to be the golden era of geek television with The Flash and Arrow leading the mass audience to superheroes. But we have our issues with these shows. They’re decent but they could be so much better. WARNING: Spoilers up to the mid-winter finales of The Flash and Arrow. Corrina: Once upon a […]
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He Said/She Said: Gendered Genre in Arrow and The Flash
It’s supposed to be the golden era of geek television with The Flash and Arrow leading the mass audience to superheroes. But we have our issues with these shows. They’re decent but they could be so much better.
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The Cliffs of Insanity: 5 Superhero Plots That Need to Staked Through the Heart
Welcome to this week’s adventures climbing the cliffs of insanity. It should be a great time to be a geek watching television. Arrow and The Flash crossed over. Gotham ended its initial one with a great episode. We have the Doctor Who Christmas special upcoming. The Walking Dead continues to be a juggernaut. And Preacher might be coming to AMC as a prestige series.
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The Flash vs. Arrow: “Who Would Win?”
The Flash and Arrow team up to take on a threat that menaces both Central City and Starling City in an exciting two-night crossover.
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The Flash vs. Arrow: “Who Would Win?”
The Flash and Arrow team up to take on a threat that menaces both Central City and Starling City in an exciting two-night crossover.
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The Cliffs of Insanity: The Wonder Woman Movie
Do I trust Warner Bros. to make a good Wonder Woman movie? Uh, Magic 8-Ball reports things are cloudy.
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The Cliffs of Insanity: Remember Kasandra Perkins? The NFL Hopes Not
Kasandra Perkins was murdered by the father of her child, a Kansas City Chiefs football player. Yet nothing changed in the way the NFL handled domestic violence until there was video.
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Monsters, Robots and Masked Vigilantes: A Home Video Roundup
As far as I’m concerned, the new fall season can’t get here fast enough. Every summer I manage to find a couple of series to get me through the doldrums, but I still tend to split most of my TV time between Netflix and Blu-ray/DVD releases of older fare.
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Your Favorite TV Shows: Canceled or Renewed?
Which of your favorite shows are coming back for another season and which have gotten the ax? We’ve got the roundup.
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Arrow – the Best Superhero Show on TV – Shows Off Some Stunts
While Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is definitely starting to step up, Arrow is still the show to beat when it comes to supers on the tube.
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Arrow’s Stephen Amell is Disarmingly Charming
If Oliver Queen had half the charisma as the actor who portrays him, I’d never miss an episode of The CW’s Arrow.
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The Cliffs of Insanity: NickMom Geeks Out
This week’s adventures climbing the cliffs of insanity include my guest-appearance on NickMom’s Take Me To Your Mother Show, and a few musings on Hollywood and geekdom, especially on that apparently elusive unicorn, the geek girl who goes to the movies.
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The Cliffs of Insanity: Superheroes On Television Still Need Work
There’s a double standard involving men being raped and last week’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. played right into it. Thoughts on this as well as the other superhero shows on TV.
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Watch This: Arrow Keeps Hitting the Mark
Arrow on The CW network continues to be the best superhero show on television, and shows it off with a new mid-season trailer.
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