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Since the ultimate crossover event is
fast approaching, I think it would be very fitting for me to finally talk about
what I think of the upcoming CW spin-off series, “The Legends of Tomorrow”.
If you are loyal viewers to The Flash
and Arrow—or simply The CW Network, for that matter—you may have noticed that
the shows this week didn’t show any new episodes. And no, it’s not because
they’re going on an early break. Rather, it has something to do with the major crossover
event, where the two shows will merge together. That’s right! Instead of two
separate plotlines, we get one solid story where our beloved heroes shall work
together to face their common enemies. But wait, there’s more! Team Arrow and
Team Flash will not be the only heroes working together, but this is where the
Legends of Tomorrow shall finally have their debut before January. We are two
months away from the highly anticipated spin-off series of DC, so let us
back-track to how it all started.
The announcements early this year of
the said spin-off series have created a fair amount of buzz across social
media, giving us brand new theories on how the current seasons of The Flash and
Arrow will turn out to be. First off, we received news that Caity Lotz was
officially going to return to CW for another DC TV series, and this left the
immediate impression that we will definitely be seeing Sara revived from the
Lazarus Pit. Then this initial news grew when we learn that even Atom (Brandon
Routh), Firestorm (Victor Garber and Franz Drameh), Heatwave (Dominic Ducell),
and Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller) are included in the casting. Finally, CW
dropped a major bomb when rumors of a casting for Hawkgirl was spread around.
Not too soon, CW officially announced that the spin-off series they will be
working on will be called, “The Legends of Tomorrow”, and it was quickly
followed by a teaser. And recently, a brand new trailer is out, also announcing
on the big Flash and Arrow crossover event.
The Legends of Tomorrow has a very
simple plot. Barry and Oliver have decided to contact all the badass people
they know so they can work together alongside Rip Hunter, a time traveler, to
defeat Vandal Savage. Yes, I mentioned that Rip Hunter is a time traveler. As
you can see from the trailer, the characters are going across time and space
just to save the world. To make things more interesting, this show will be
somewhat independent from Arrow and the Flash. Although they will have
appearances, they will not comprise much of the entire series. So I guess it is
safe to say that they are a secondary class version of the Justice League. To
be honest, I was really excited when I learned of this news, even if the whole
concept of heroes, anti-heroes, and villains working together is not a very
fresh idea. I guess it was because of Sara, who happens to be my favorite
character in the Arrow fandom. Also, I am quite attracted to the idea of
characters from different fandoms (Flash and Arrow, in this case) joining
forces. The series will also be very short, meaning there will be no fillers in
between, which sounds very promising to me. The trailers and teasers for this were all epic. Everything seems grave and serious, but at the same time amusing because Rip Hunter has an interesting personality and I can say the same for most of people involved in this. I mean come on, just look at the combination of this group. How can you expect things to go smoothly?
I am looking forward to a lot of
things in this series. First, I want to know what kind of struggles each of the
characters will have whilst fulfilling their mission. Recently, it has been
made clear that Hawkman will be a part of the show and the trailer showed him
having an intense love-hate relationship with Kendra, who happens to be
Hawkgirl in The Flash. Also, Dr. Stein seemed also very wary in the trailer
because his wedding ring suddenly disappeared into thin air! Since they are
dealing with time travel, it is expected that whatever they did in the previous
timelines affected the present. We also get to see Ray Palmer getting a lot of
breakthrough moments in the trailer, one where he gets punched and has an
encounter with a woman. For me, it is possible that Ray will encounter his
deceased lover, Anna, while they time travel. As for Captain Cold and Heatwave,
I am curious as to how they’re going to fit into the mix because they don’t
just do something unless they get something beneficial in return. In other
words, I am curious to know what their motivations are in this series. Aside
from the fact that they are questionable people to trust, I want to know what
challenges they are gonna get, especially Heatwave. He is clearly a deranged
person obsessed with fire, and I hope this spin-off series will unfold his
character even more. Finally, we have Sara Lance as the White Canary. In the
trailer and teasers, we already see her in her brand new outfit, so it is
presumed that she takes the White Canary mantle during Arrow. But just like all
other people who have been revived with the Lazarus pit, Sara has a bloodlust
problem and this was evident in the previous episodes of Arrow. Obviously, Sara
will have to carry this during the Legends series. But I have to say, the way
she fought was so awesome (I probably sound very biased right now for only
praising her, so a thousand apologies for that). I want to see how others will
react to her because I think she has the darkest origin story in the group
(unless Hawkgirl proves otherwise). Actually, I would like to see how everyone
will react to each other. I can immediately tell that the teamwork won’t be
that effective in the beginning. I actually think that they’re going to fail on
what they are about to do. Call me pessimistic about it, but I don’t see the
group getting along as much. Plus, there are members in the group who are
pretty much to the whole saving-the-world stuff, so there is a big percent
accumulation on the inexperience sphere. I’m not saying it’s bad for the story,
though. It would be refreshing to see these characters completely fail at
something and to see them try picking up the pieces together.
My only concern for this show,
however, is the storyline. Time travel is an overused concept and it already
plays a big part on The Flash, but that is not the biggest issue here. I am
just afraid that the story it’s going to have will not keep me on the edge of
my seat or worse, won’t get me hooked at all. Dragging plotlines will always be
a sin, but it would be a major drag if the storyline about defeating Vandal
Savage won’t grab my attention. Like sure, Vandal Savage is a big deal in the
DCverse and you’re going to defeat him using Time Travel. But the question and
concern lies on the how. Like, how are you guys going to do that? The plan and
struggles they’re going to face must have this ability to keep the audience
hooked, otherwise they can kiss ratings goodbye. The show has to have an
effective storyline because it deals with characters who appear very secondary
in the two main CW series. Meaning, showing it won’t matter at all if it only
contains a downhill story and characters who only appeared as sidekicks with
only a three episode arc per season in major DC TV shows. Luckily, some of the
Legends are crowd favorites or at least are considered memorable in the main
shows, but I don’t think it’s enough.
Having a bad story will somehow affect their actions and this could turn
them into sucky characters. Trust me, it can happen. So I expect a really good
story with insane plot twists and suspense, otherwise this series might not
fly.
That is it for Fangirl Moment on
Legends of Tomorrow. They are going to kick your asses on the 21st of January on the CW. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that this is going to be
good. Till the next post~
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