Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, today The CW channel canned two of Arrowverse shows. Batwoman, which I'm not ready to discuss in detail at this time. The other one really hit me hard because it became one of my favorite shows on that channel. I'm talking about DC's Legends of Tomorrow, now there's a show.
DC's Legends of Tomorrow took a lot of characters previously introduced in Arrowverse. A man named Rip Hunter made them into an unlikely team to protect time from all threats. Overtime, people left while others joining that kept changing the overall theme of the show. I am not going to hide this, Season 1 in particular was horribly done.
Like Hawkman got killed off early on. Eventually another of his reincarnation shows up late into the season to also die. So I felt they didn't know how to use him. So they chose to remove him in order to focus on other characters. Also a particular episode about this young guy befriending Vandal Savage was entirely pointless thanks to a later episode in the same season.
From Season 2, the show kept getting more interesting, creative and unique in it's own right. It truly became a show worthy to stand up to the likes of Arrow and The Flash respectively. Don't worry I'll reveal who some of my favorite members are in due time. I know people likely going to compare this to similar concept shows such as the famous Doctor Who.
They virtually got put into some ridiculous situations. Somehow they always find a way. There's plenty of wtf moments, it's a fun future list I could do soon. Gideon up til recently was the AI of the Waverider. Now the good one became human whose into an alien. Yes it does get weirder in ways you can't imagine. Like Rory had this particular book to bring this female warrior to life.
She came in to kill off the previous author's octopus creature then made rough love to him yes I'm not kidding. This actually happened late into the same episode. Some villains like Damien Darhk and Reverse Flash appears up at times. They got these strict time guide lines they must follow as well. A handful of times, someone doesn't follow em then time got rewritten.
Most members brought something different to the table. Parts of the original team was more science theme but it later became more supernatural as it went on. They once directly referenced the show Supernatural. They took on crazy threats even for some of the minor ones. Like this unicorn that bite one of Gary's nipples off true story.
I'll try to give you a quick sum of each season down below to help give you an idea. How truly unique this show actually was for it's time. Also considering a lot of these more recently would've more likely happened in animated shows, movies and games respectively. Honestly, this show meant a lot to me, I often ask myself what just happened at times.
Season 1: Stop this immortal man and the Time Masters
Season 2: A group of villains from their past
Season 3: A demon freed from time itself
Season 4: Another demon planned ruling Hell
Season 5: The Sisters of Fate
Season 6: An inventor too ambitious for his own good
Season 7: An alternate Gideon sorta a throw back to Terminator franchise
This is my list of my absolute favorite members on the team, I don't plan to rank everyone.
1. Firestorm (two characters)
Keep in mind, one of them was just replaced prior to appearing on this show. Firestorm was one of the most powerful beings to ever been on the team. Also having this interesting view of two people working together combined was interesting to watch. Sadly one of them had a sad ending to their story. Firestorm was one of the more unique characters on the show by far.
2. Captain Cold
He was a villain he ended up getting redemption in a very unexpected way at the cost of his life. Along with his friend Rory, both of them were essentially the bad guys of the original team. I felt he had a strong presence from start to finish in Season 1. There are other appearances not counting those of another universe counterpart of his.
3. Mike Roury aka Heatwave
I felt this guy had some surprising character developments in most of the show. He was one of the last original members to left. Some of the strangest moments involves him in some way. Also, he ends up being a very pleasant person in his own right. The more we see him later on, the more you want something good to happen for him.
4. Zari Tomaz
Not to be confused with Zari Tarazi whose in her place among a creation of the new universe long story. This Zari was an awesome character. She had some rather interesting weird character traits. Also, she did help the team out a lot. She does help them later on the show after switched places with her counterpart in reality.
5. John Constantine
Of course, we gotta talk about John Constantine. He's responsible for some truly mess up moments. Also, he gave the team access to his home. Which is sorta their headquarters away from the Waverider. Honestly, the crazy episodes with this guy are highly recommended. He just knows how to make things interesting lol.
6. Behrad Tarazi
He is the other Zari's brother who ends up being a huge help to the team. Another strangely interesting character in his own right. He also made some episodes get the much needed spice if you know what I mean lol. Not only that, he is a rememberable character even when he isn't directly helping the team. I would say he's one of those characters you'll talk about a lot.
Honestly, this was one of the most fun DC shows I ever seen in my entire life. It gets cut short of Season 8 where Arrow ended and The Flash currently airing right now on TV. But hey, it out lived a few Arrowverse shows so that's a good sign. This show has plenty of reasons to rewatch the hell out of it.
The worst part is they chose to do this on an unresolved cliffhanger. "Oh yes we love some of those." No we don't, it's a huge slap to the face. This show does deserve at least a better way it could've been seen as an ending. The last thing you don't wanna remember is all of them got set up then arrested like that.
I apologize if I just spoiled the last surprise moment of the show itself. Legends of Tomorrow wasn't afraid to truly experiment with such concepts. They even went for some truly ridiculous moments I'm surprised even happened to this day. Here is a show no one can possibly recreate no matter how hard they tried.
Some similar concepts comes up but gets handled very differently to prevent it getting tired and boring. Actually I would never say those ever were a problem for the show. Sometimes they had to put up a huge fight they aren't even sure they're going to survive. Some truly impressive usage of the special effects without question.
Legends of Tomorrow is a show I highly recommend. Not because it's a time travel super hero team show. But because I highly doubt you could find something similar enough to this. We have moments like Rory giving birth to 48 alien babies whom hatched inside his head. Yes this also happened, which also led to him leaving the team shortly after that.
Some seasons focus more on the supernatural aspect. Which kept getting crazier and more interesting as it went on. Also, we had stuff like fairy tail beings, aliens, robots, demons and more. You actually could make a rather interesting licensed game of this with all this material alone. Of course, I just gotta mention, the big fight of Season 3.
WOW CW what were you guys smoking? No really some of the characters used the talismans to create a form to take on the demon Malice. Keep in mind, almost the entire season everyone including some of the villains got his name wrong too. But oh wait the form our heroes takes so happens to be you guess it, Beebo.
Yes this fuzzy toy became the avatar that destroyed Malice. But I can't help to think this could've been some form of a reference to Ghostbusters with Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. Yeah there's so many moments I could be talking about but it's better I start to conclude this review. Overall, Legends of Tomorrow was a truly fun show to watch and where the hell have you been not watching it?
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