Nov 14 2012 11:30am The Contemporary Appeal of CW’s New Arrow
It was only a matter of time before DC’s beloved Batman-meets-
Robin-Hood franchise made its way to the long list of
contemporary film remakes; comic book movies and television are
all the rage, after all, and with a presidential campaign and
the effects of a recession on our heels, we can all use some
good old-fashioned tales of stealing from the rich and giving to
the poor.  The CW’s Arrow premiered on Wednesday, October 10th
at 8/7c. to much surprisingly-not-awful-style fanfare (Esther
Inglis-Arkell at iO9 even said that the pilot, “all mostly
worked,” and if that’s not a compliment for a CW series, I don’t
know what is). Though much of this praise can certainly be
chalked up to Oliver Queen’s badassery and thoroughly scarred-
pecs, let’s not forget that part of our joy stems from the
original Green Arrow’s themes of vigilante justice and ambiguous
morality. Watching Ollie (Stephen Amell) thwart the status quo
just feels… right.   The opening ree