CCI: "Arrow" Cast & Crew Aim for Ambitious Target

[CBR News]

The cast and crew of the CW's "Arrow" came to Comic-Con International to discuss the upcoming Green Arrow TV adaptation's, a hero without superpowers, and expanding the universe beyond TV.


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[Batman and Charles]

Sounds interesting. I like that it's grounded in reality, it's cool to get something like that. I still hope there'll be other DC characters in there, in a world without super powers, we can still have The Question, Wesley Dodds Sandman, Batman... It'd be cool to see this show's version of those characters.

[MichaelPaytonMZ]

Based on the preview comic and the trailer, it's already better than the Green Arrow comics of the past few years.

[DannyWetts]

..but I don't really want the 'world outside my window' -- that's why I watch TV. Also, we've been dealing with gritty realism for years in comics, and I think, overall, it's been painful.

I'll give it a chance, but I was kind of hoping these guys would take it a more colorful direction...as somebody mentioned above, it would be cool to see traditional characters showing up (with names intact, but only real world abilities). I could dig that.

I guess I was just hoping that with the success of Avengers, we would see a lot more of our favorite spandex and armor-clad heroes and villains flying around the screen in abundance...

[aNamored]

I remain cautiously optimistic about this series. I really liked what I've seen, liked the 10 page comic too. I love that Green Arrow Year One and Mike Grell and (perhaps his run) are referenced but I think Green Arrow does work better as a more real-grit character, especially since his rogues gallery has a few real worldish villains. He's a hunter and I appreciate that the team are NOT using the majority of the GA comics produced in the last decade, but trying to do their own thing.

Works for me.

[CrazyOldHermit]

This show is looking more and more badass.