Arrow Bosses: We're Taking the Super Out of Superhero  Stephen
Amell  Look up in the sky! It's an actual bird. And there's an
actual plane! And there's a hooded figure jumping from one
rooftop to another! Seems plausible? That's because in the world
of The CW's Arrow, everything — even Oliver Queen's trick arrows
— is grounded in a reality unlike anything viewers have seen on
a superhero series before.  12 things Arrow can learn from
Smallville, Buffy and more!  Let's just start off by shooing the
metaphorical elephant out of the room: Arrow is not the new
Smallville. Sure, both Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) and Clark
Kent are members of the Justice League, but the similarities
between these shows end there. While Smallville focused on an
alien on a path to becoming the world's savior, Arrow is set on
a less epic scale, following the exploits of a wealthy playboy
who was stranded on a deserted island for five years where he
honed his archery skills to survive, birthing his alter ego,
Arrow. Upon his return to