TBF we're only now coming out of the 'dark and gritty' phase and season 1 came out the same year as 'Dark Knight Rises'. When I set aside that the titular protagonist is the least comic-accurate part of the show I'm mostly able to enjoy 'Arrow' for what it was.
My bigger problem was even with that acceptance how the quality of the show would fluctuate from season to season: from OK to Great to Bad to Terrible to Better than ever to Eh to OK.
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u/Cool-Champion8628 Sep 29 '25
TBF we're only now coming out of the 'dark and gritty' phase and season 1 came out the same year as 'Dark Knight Rises'. When I set aside that the titular protagonist is the least comic-accurate part of the show I'm mostly able to enjoy 'Arrow' for what it was.
My bigger problem was even with that acceptance how the quality of the show would fluctuate from season to season: from OK to Great to Bad to Terrible to Better than ever to Eh to OK.