by Muthasucka » Thu Dec 12, 2013 12:12 pm
That episode was completely nuts! I can't believe how much they packed in, it felt like two hours. Sad to see Shado go, glad to see Slade in the present, though. And I thought they friggin NAILED Barry's origin. It was suspenseful and beautiful even though we knew it was coming. My expectations for the Flash show are now raised well above what they were when the whole thing was announced.
It was fun watching it with my wife, who doesn't know all the history. "Slade's dead?? No!" "Yay, he's alive!" "Wait, he's a bad guy?? No!" "Is Barry gonna die?? No! Oh, is he gonna get powers? Oh, HE'S the Flash?? Cool!" I deliberately don't tell her the background 'cause I want to see how she'll react to the way they're building the world. We were both shocked about Shado, though.
Can't wait for this show to come back in January. And, yeah, now I assume that when Ollie said he had to take out someone like Cyrus before he was referring to Slade. He must shoot him in the eye with an arrow, which is why he thinks he's dead now, and why Slade wants to return the favor. The other good thing is that since the original Deathstroke mask is still on the island with the arrow through it, Slade will hopefully don a new mask, maybe something a little sleeker, like the Arkham Origins design. Can't wait.