Young William has rarely been a character and more a physical manifestation of the fabled familial domesticity that like Ollie longs. His acting is stiff, although with what the character’s been through that is a choice that is playing better. Overall I have not been a fan of Jake Moore aka Young William. I think I might feel just a bit bad for (Young) William … With James Bamfords use of handheld cameras, watching shaky footage of fight scenes makes a lot of sense.ģ. With how other threads in this episode play out, it’s understandable why they chose to jump between lenses, but it would’ve been cool if Arrow did the full “Pillows and Blankets.”Ĭutting between documentary footage and traditional footage for the action sequences was a bit jarring, only going with one would’ve been a better call. It would’ve been a nice way to change how the normal plot developments are metered out. However, I wish the episode was able to be a full documentary and lean into the tensions Team Arrow felt as they were being followed. Glen Winter directed this episode, and overall did a fine job. Which to a degree makes sense, Ollie’s murderous intent has always been a sin that is played more intimate and personal than acknowledged in the show after season 1. *The episode notably doesn’t contend with the whole Ollie has dropped more bodies than Jason Voorhees aspect of the series. That is a tad cheesey, but it’s the kind of sincere emotional note that worked well for the series in the past. What “Emerald Archer” succeeds best at is a renewal of the series quest to simply do better and improve. Arrow can never fully condemn itself, otherwise there wouldn’t be a show, but things don’t have to be so black and white either. In the present, the use of the pseudo-documentary approach captures the correct amount of tension and conflict by those involved, voiced most effectively by Papa Lance at the top of the episode. In the future, Blackstar calls “Emerald Archer” pro-vigilante garbage*. All of them try and contend with the vigilantism used by Team Arrow. They even bring up some footage and quotes from Diggle that haven’t aged the best. From the departed Quentin Lance, to the disappeared Sin, and even a time traveler. Through the use of “historical” interviews by the director, named in a nod to CW head Mark Pedowitz, Arrow gets to recognize various characters we haven’t seen a good while. However, the documentary approach, and reflection it brings, was to the shows benefit as it continues to wrestle with the role vigilantism plays in the series. The only show in the DCWverse I’d expect to pull off a documentary style episode would be Legends since their core conceit is anything is possible. The pseudo-documentary lens creates an immediate level of reflexivity that at first appeared beyond Arrow capabilities. The previous anniversary episode, during the “Invasion” event, was very comic book-esque in how it brought everyone back, a pseudo-documentary is an entirely different kind of reflection. When it was announced that Arrow 150th episode would take the form of a pseudo-documentary narrated by Kelsey Grammar, I was intrigued. Emerald Archer: The Hood and the Rise of Vigilantism My name isn’t Oliver or Emiko Queen, it’s Mike, and here are my thoughts on Arrow‘s “Emerald Archer,” as the series celebrated 150 episodes This week, Team Arrow finds themselves trailed by a documentary team and someone in very, very, expensive hockey pads.ġ.
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