Stephen Amell as a man, his down to earth approach, engagement with his fans, much like others, drew me in. Week after week, waiting for the next episode to be released, watching the character evolve and also Stephen Amell evolve as a celebrity. That last episode of season 2 was nothing short of brilliant.Īrrow, over the years, has been such a big part of my life, an emotional investment that added another dimension to my hobby and love of pop culture. I remember we stopped what we were doing during the day (while at work) to watch the finale of season 2 and the epic battle sequence that really pushed the envelope for a super hero TV show. A genius move from the CW to strongly focus the second season on a basic yet effective concept of the “good guy vs bad guy”. It was a way to capture a big part of the DC market and it worked with early ratings rising week after week for the first two seasons.įor me, and probably the wider audience as well, the show peaked at the end of season 2 with the Arrow taking on Deathstroke. It was such a smart idea at the time to take DC’s premium product in Batman and implement shades of that into the show. I remember the early criticism of the CW “stealing” or “taking” concepts, characters, and ideas from the Batman Universe and using it as a driving force for the show. I was so heavily focused on everything Batman, yet all of a sudden I needed to make room for the Green Arrow, or as we called him back then, “The Hood”. I was drawn in so fast, and became invested to the point where I started to modify my own training program to challenge what I witnessed Stephen Amell do in season one.Īt the point of season one concluding, I officially had two favourite DC Heroes and my passion for pop culture had shifted. Two heroes, two men, no super powers, no special abilities, they both had their wits, their training, their focus and dedication. Having come off the Christopher Nolan era of Batman films, the dark realistic gritty tone of a man doing everything in his power to execute what he believes is the right thing to do was evident. I knew that for the first time in my life there was a TV show that I was going to invest in. On the plane back to Australia I managed to get my hands on the first 16 episodes of Arrow season 1 and got through them all before landing back home. A sucker for a good training sequence (nothing beats the Rocky 4 training sequence), and being into fitness myself, I immediately had a connection to both the character and the actor. Looking him up on the internet and seeing trailers for the pilot, I was immediately hooked. I found myself back in the USA again, but this time I was on a business trip and the Arrow advertising was definitely main stream, a fit-looking guy named Stephen Amell in a dark green hood consumed me. Getting back to the hotel, I looked up who the Green Arrow was and immediately drew parallels with the Batman. The billboard, which had shades of the Dark Knight, sparked my curiosity, so I took a photo of it and kept going on my run. I will confess, and you will probably laugh at me, but at that point I had no idea who the Green Arrow was. I looked up at this dark gritty image of “Arrow” starring Stephen Amell. It was massive, so big it stopped me in my tracks. I was running through time square at around 7am and remember seeing this huge CW/DC Comics billboard. We were staying on Broadway in downtown Manhattan, and I was getting up early each morning to go for a run. It’s a long trip, with over thirteen hours on a flight just to get to L.A. It was October 2012 and I was in the middle of a five week holiday with my family in which we travelled across Canada and the USA, coming from Melbourne Australia. I’ve written plenty on the Dark Knight, it’s now time to pay homage to another character that has had a great impact on my life. A life long DC fan, a life long, super invested Batman fan.
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