This is where the show peaked After this it was all downfall The death of ra’s was the most impactful meaningful epic shit I’ve seen in a while and after that the show just………became lame
I must be one of the few who enjoyed Arrow from start to finish. For me, Malcolm Merlyn, Deathstroke and Ra's al Ghul were like Liam Neeson Ra's. Damien Dhark and Prometheus were like Heath Ledger Joker, and Ricardo Diaz and Emiko Queen were like Tom Hardy Bane.
this was when Arrow died. The rest of the season became the Felicity show. And y the end of the season, you had Laurel, who was described as "jesus Laurel look at you. You look like crap, you can barely stand. Are you sick eh?" defeating League of Assassin members after a few weeks of training with a police nightstick, when at the start of the season Oliver struggled to fight even one off. Yet by the finale, Diggle is just shooting them with ease (even though it was shown a few episodes prior they could dodge bullets). And from there, Oliver played second fiddle to Felicity, Diggle and Thea. And when he finally did get back into the grove, they had Felicity steal the thunder. "Look at me! I can walk again. And im walking out on you! Because im a powerful wahmen that dont need no man!" And it even suffered from the cross overs. I stopped watching Legends after season 3, never watched Supergirl. So when they do a special like Earth X or Elseworlds, i skip it. It'll be self contained stories right? Wrong. They kill of characters, reveal Barry time travelling effected the other shows, have a wedding and more. its the same issue i have now with Marvel films. I dont watch them all, only the ones i like. So i didnt watch Wanda Vision or big cross over films. So Doctor Strange 2 hits, Wanda is now evil. Okay why? Well in Wanda Vision she turned out to be evil. Okay but why. Well you need to watch these films to understand who she is and why she is evil. Fine I'll watch DP & Wolverine. "Loki references, TVA references....." If i need to do research to understand a film, then the film fails on its own two feet.
That was a really well done scene. The fight choreography was good, but more importantly it serves the story. It showed what a bad ass Ra's is. Thankfully they writers did not let Oliver win the fight. Unfortunately this was a high point from where the show never really returned too.
I forgot how incredible this show was. The writing, the fight scenes, the editing. Everything was incredible! And then it slowly died out, like a fart fading with the wind.
