Let's just replace Arrow with Birds Of Prey.

[rogueslayer452]

++ Berlin Station, starring Richard Armitage and Michelle Forbes, is a new spy series that will be premiering this fall on Epix. I have been following the updates on this, knowing that Richard had been in Berlin for months filming this show, and I'm pretty stoked that both he and Michelle worked together.

++ Recently at the television upfronts it was announced that the CW was going to be doing a massive crossover with all of its DC superhero shows: Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow and newest network transfer Supergirl. Even though anything can happen when comic book multiverses are involved, it does make me wonder how this would even work and how successful these crossovers will be. I mean, there have been a few crossovers with Arrow with its spin-off series, The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow, because they exist in the same universe. Supergirl, however, doesn't exist in the same universe and the only reason we had a crossover with The Flash is the first season was because Barry accidentally flashed himself there and was trying to find a way back home. And that worked splendidly because, well, Kara and Barry together were adorable. Their personalities just meshed really nicely and I would love them to interact once again just due to that cuteness factor alone. I would also love Kara to meet the Legends of Tomorrow crew too. I just don't really see Supergirl meshing well with Arrow, to be honest. It's not necessarily on the same wavelength, tone-wise. So I don't know how that'll work, if that crossover even happens in that particular way. It's still in the early stages of planning these crossovers, and I'll admit it does sound slightly enticing to see how the final product will be. I'm just hoping that it works out for the best.

And again, even if this move makes sense I'm still rather nervous and apprehensive about the changes Supergirl will be making, and I'm hoping it doesn't suffer too greatly from it. Regardless though, I am here for this. ♥

Comments

[mfirefly10.livejournal.com]

Yeah I...don't know that I'm thrilled about the 4-way crossover. It depends on if it's just a few characters or if they actually try to involve the teams from all 4 shows. Because if, say, the Legends crew screws up the timeline and unleashes some evil super villain into the world, I could see them picking up Barry and Oliver and Kara for help. (The Waverider can apparently travel to other Earths as well as other times so they could get to Kara's Earth that way instead of relying on Barry's speed again.) I could see something like that working but I don't see them pulling off 4 full show crossovers. If that makes sense?


Yeah, Arrow doesn't really fit with the tone of the other shows. Though The Flash did get pretty dark this year so it didn't seem as far off in tone from Arrow as it was in season 1. And Legends has a lot of humor but it also dealt with some dark stuff. Still...Arrow is like oppressively dark all the time.

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

I could see something like that working but I don't see them pulling off 4 full show crossovers. If that makes sense?

That makes perfect sense, and definitely would work much better for a crossover. Having a few characters from each show collaborating together to defeat some kind of villain or something like that would be so much more epic and amazing. Sort of like having the strongest characters who will mesh perfectly together create their own mini superhero team or something for a special crossover event. That would probably be much better than the standard crossover format.

Still...Arrow is like oppressively dark all the time.

Yeah, shows like Supergirl, The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow apparently are very good with balancing out the lighthearted moments with the darker aspects, to the point where you can actually see them crossing over because their tones are similar enough to work. Arrow, on the other hand, has always had this darker tone. It would be like crossing over Jessica Jones or Daredevil with Agents of Shield. It would be nice to see these characters interact, but the tones to really match up unless you have really good writers to make it work.

I know we're jumping ahead of the game here and speculating, and who knows? Perhaps they can make it work with the right people behind these crossovers.