<DCTV Related, NOT DCEU related> So, after a few months of gradually watching all these shows, I finally made it through the collective of Flash (Season 2), Arrow (Season 4), Legends of Tomorrow (Season 1), and Supergirl (Season 1) on Netflix. Again, I refuse to watch any shows on a week to week basis anymore. Like I usually do, I followed them all in chronological order in order to make the most sense of all the crossovers using the following timeline:
http://www.alltimelines.com/dc-comics-multiverse-chronology/dc-comics-live-action-television/
With that said, for anyone interested, here are my thoughts. With season 4, Arrow only continued its downward trend as it went way too heavy on the mystical/magic side of things and continued to get away from the gritty grounded, almost Christopher Nolan Batman world that made the show so great in its first couple seasons. It didn't help either that the show just lacked direction in general, had a terrible main villain in Damien Darhk, has quite a few terrible actors in main roles, was hard to get through at times, too much of the same stick, experienced a little too much cheese, and went too far down the Olicity road. Anyway, I've heard Season 5 is pretty good and getting back on track to what made Arrow great in the first place, which is good to hear. Regardless, I'll always have a nostalgic love for Arrow for how good it was in its first couple season and for being the catalyst that kicked off this whole DCTV world in the first place. Therefore, I'll always be pulling for it regardless of how bad things get.
As for the Flash Season 2, while it wasn't near as good as the first season and goes a little too timeline changing crazy, it still was a solid show and always contains probably the most heart of all the DCTV shows. A lot of that credit goes to Grant Gustin and how great of an actor he is. The show in general just has a lot better cast of actors than say Arrow or the Flash have. Supergirl would probably be a closer battle. Also, while Zoom wasn't as good Word is that Flash Season 3 continues to somewhat go downhill, so that is a bit sad to hear.
Moving on to Supergirl Season 1, I have to admit I was fairly impressed. Melissa Benoist is great and has a charisma similar to that of Grant Gustin, which helps the series a ton. The show also matches really well with the Superman/Supergirl overall aura of hope and optimism really well that everyone wants from those characters. Of all the shows, I'd say that this show maybe goes a little heavy-handed on social agendas at times which can be a bit distracting, but I can get past that stuff. On the acting side of things, again, this series is helped along by a great supporting cast of characters and actors. Winn, James, Alex, and J'onn J'onnz are all really good and likable. Lastly, like the Flash, this show has a lot of heart, which you gotta always love. Word is that Season 2 only gets better as it moved from CBS to the CW, which is good to hear.
Lastly, there is Legends of Tomorrow Season 1, which like Arrow, was a pretty big disappointment for me. If I thought Arrow Season 4 was getting a little too out there cheesy, LOT was definitely the worst of all of them. The acting was also all over the place. Sometimes it was decent and sometimes it was terrible. The worst actor of them all by far is the kid playing Jefferson Jackson. The show even made me start to not like a character like The Atom who I previously really liked in Arrow due to bad acting/bad character development. It didn't help that also like Arrow, it had a relatively bad villain in Vandal Savage, even though the actor was actually pretty decent in the role. The show also experience a ton of inconsistencies to the point where none of the reasoning for ANYTHING made sense, and everything was just plot devices to somewhat move a confusing narrative forward. Ultimately, like Arrow, this show was really tough to get through at times. However, I've heard Season 2 gets better, so I'm really hoping that is the case.
Anyway, sorry for the length, but that is a lot of shows to get through. Also, I've updated my Comic Book TV show rankings to include all of these in case anyone is interested. Next up for me will be starting either Legion or Iron Fist. Regardless of which one I start with, they will be back-to-back and I'll update those when I get them. Lastly, my goal is eventually to get to Gotham, but no promises and it still may be a little while.
- The Flash (Season 1)
- Daredevil (Season 2)
- Daredevil (Season 1)
- Arrow (Season 2)
- Arrow (Season 1)
- The Flash (Season 2)
- Supergirl (Season 1)
- Jessica Jones (Season 1)
- Luke Cage (Season 1)
- Agents of Shield (Season 2)
- Agent Carter (Season 1)
- Agents of Shield (Season 1)
- Agents of Shield (Season 3)
- Agent Carter (Season 2)
- Preacher (Season 1)
- Arrow (Season 3)
- Constantine (Season 1)
- Arrow (Season 4)
- Legends of Tomorrow (Season 1)
Please give me your thoughts if you have any on anything I've said above.