I'll be up front with you: barring his cameo in Frank Miller & Klaus Janson's The Dark Knight Returns, Green Arrow has never really been a superhero I've taken seriously. (Was it the missing arm that made him interesting? Maybe.) (Sorry for any spoilers.)
Watching this pilot with all the familiar supporting names - Diana Laurel Prince, Speedy - was marginally interesting for... the rapport between our hero and his family maid, and a not-bad-okay-that-was-pretty-good parkour-included chase half-way through the ep.
All the while though, the flawless skin, the lantern jaws, the ultra-sculpted musculature kept making me think I was watching the 90210 reboot. And I fucking know I haven't watched that shit.
I think it's tone: the premise is kinda dark, but the bodies are like an homage to The Karen Carpenter Story.
... Maybe. Maybe I'll try another.
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