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Fan Cast: Katheryn Winnick as Black Canary (Dinah Drake)
“Wait a second… Arrow already has Caity Lotz as the
Canary, and the lovely Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance…”
That’s absolutely correct! And the Informers have been very
vocal about being pro-Arrow. However, this fan casting is more about the
upcoming Justice League movie under Zack Snyder. While it would be
awesome to see Stephen Amell and other mains from Arrow be tied into Justice
League, sometimes the cake is a lie.
Katheryn Winnick’s biggest role to date has been for History
Channel’s Vikings, which wrapped up its sophomore season in May. Winnick
plays the Viking legendary shieldmaiden, Lagertha, who pummels her way through
Norse and Saxon warriors alike. Possessing unparalleled ferocity from fight
scene-to-fight scene, Winnick also brings out a nurturing side when fostering
her on-screen son, Bjorn, which distinctly reminds me of Young Justice’s
version of a Black Canary who carefully mentors the young and inexperienced
Team. Aside from Vikings, Winnick has found no shortage of smaller
cinema roles and TV guest appearances kicking ass and looking fantastic.
A big contributor to her ass-kickery is the fact that Winnick is a third-degree
black belt in Tae Kwon Do, a second-degree black belt in Karate, and a licensed
bodyguard. Katheryn actually began her career as a martial arts instructor for
actors and had three studios open in New York and Toronto by the time she was
21. For more Katheryn Winnick, follow her as Norse skullcrushing badass
mother-of-maidens, Lagertha, in Vikings.
Happy Wednesday! Let's crush on some lovely ladies.
Woman and Character Crush: Katie Cassidy and Laurel Lance
To the incredible Katie Cassidy,
Courtesy of 10 Things I Hate About You.
But on a more serious note, I do love Katie Cassidy. She has had some character arc troubles during her time on Arrow, but I am quite happy about where her Laurel Lance is headed. I always had confidence in Katie because of her excellent turn as the demon Ruby on Supernatural. Now it's time for her to use those old school Ruby fighting moves on the streets of Starling. And O, hey Felicity Smoak watch your ass. Laurel is moving back in on Ollie. #TeamLaurel. #NewCanary. That's right Katie Cassidy is the true Black Canary and will display it next season. Laurel will become everyone's favorite Arrow character. Love ya, Katie! You deserve to be the first ever dual character/actress crush.
"You're really cute when you're mopey."
Check out Katie kick some demon ass.
Now check out the funniest moment of Season 2 of Arrow with everyone's favorite gossip queen Slade Wilson.
-Christian
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So as we all know, Arrow's Season 2 just ended last week. So to build anticipation for Season 3 some of the cast was recently interviewed by TVLine.com. Here's some of the things they discussed.
1. So obviously the speculations begin with who will take over the big bad spot while Slade is locked away in jail. In my opinion I hope it's Komodo. I recently started reading Jeff Lemire's Green Arrow and Komodo is one bad motherfucker. I would love to see him come to Starling City and all sorts of madness.
2. Thea obviously went off with her new daddy but does that mean she's coming back as a bad ass? John Barrowman who plays Macolm Merlyn thinks so. It's a pretty safe bet Thea is going to become much more bad ass then we have seen.
3. Lastly and probably the lost exciting news, Miss Katie Cassidy has hinted that she will be taking over the black leather and Canary status. YES YES YES! This will be amazing what more could you possibly ask for?
All in all I'd say season 3 is slowly becoming more amazing by the minute. Make sure to check back here for more Arrow updates as they come in.
1. I want my main man Brick as a villain at some point this season, continue the meta-human trend.
2. Thea becoming learning to fight will be interesting. A possible Season 3 finale showdown of Malcolm and his disciple Thea against Ollie and his sidekick Roy. Feels would be all over the place.
3. Laurel becoming the real Canary pleases me. I became less enamored with Caity Lotz as season 2 went on so hopefully Laurel's Canary will have a better lasting impact. This also brings in a possibility of Ted Grant, Catman, coming into Starling to train Laurel. DC comics heaven. I also have begun to enjoy Cassidy's acting more and more. Adding her to the Arrow cave will do wonders for her character's arc. Less pills and booze and more salmon ladder bars.
On Wednesday night CW's Arrow concluded it's 2nd season. Wow, the Emerald Archer's show really blew us all away this season. So time for an end of the season review. Top Episodes will contain no spoilers, but Thoughts and Final Review will.
5 Best Episodes:
Broken Dolls
Seeing Red
The Promise
Three Ghosts
Heir To The Demon
3 Weak Episodes:
Birds Of Prey
Deathstroke
Blast Radius
Spoilers Ahead!
What We Liked About This Season:
Ollie refusing to kill
Black Canary
Formation of the Suicide Squad
Rise and Fall of Deathstroke
Unique introduction to meta-humans
Inclusion of the League of Assassins
BARRY ALLEN!
Roy added to Team Arrow
Every word spoken by Felicity Smoak
Ollie's Mask
Return of Malcolm Merlyn
The Worst Mayoral Race ever
Officer Lance becoming the Gordon to Ollie's Arrow
Loss of the Queen Fortune
Thea Queen's farther arc
Flashbacks involving Slade's descent into madness
Expanding the DC TV universe such as inclusions of Cyrus Gold and Brother Blood
The Final Showdown Between Ollie and Slade
Keeping Slade alive
What We Didn't Like About This Season:
The overall acting from the Lance Sisters
Laurel's alcoholism
Weak one episode villains like Shrapnel
Not Enough Diggle
Ollie and Sarah's Will They-Won't They
Ollie and Felicity's Will They-Won't They
Second half of the season's Amazo flashbacks were mostly weak
The Sizzle of Sarah's Black Canary real fizzled by season's end
The return of Jessica De Gouw's Huntress
Roy's trip to a homeless shelter and subsequent capture
Best Fights:
Arrow vs. Nyssa in the episode 'Heir to the Demon'
Arrow vs. Deathstroke (Present)/Ollie vs. Slade (Flashback) in the episode 'Unthinkable'
Best Lines of the Season:
Felicity: "I may be a bitch, but I'm a bitch with wifi."
Ollie: "I detest swimming."
Slade: "Remember I made you a promise, kid."
What To Add for Season 3:
Bring Ras Al Ghul to Starling
Expand the Suicide Squad
Crossover with Flash
NIGHTWING!!
Continue to slowly incorporate meta-humans
Overall Review: Season 2 of Arrow brought Ollie further down the path of becoming a true hero. He gave up on killing his enemies and was forced to face an enemy that he mistakenly created from his past. Slade was the foe worthy of a full season arc. He brought meta-humans into the show naturally and created almost more trouble than Ollie could handle. Slade broke Ollie down to his core and showed us what Oliver Queen is really made of.
The inclusion of Barry Allen and other DC nuggets added even more excitement to Ollie's journey. Such additions like The League of Assassins and Suicide Squad expanded the DC TV universe and make for exciting future villain possibilities. As for Amanda Waller, she can make an interesting antagonist for the flashbacks and present timeline of the show.
Diggle and Felicity continue to be the best side characters. Felicity is funny and consistently provides Ollie with pump up speeches. As for Dig, I wish we got more of him. Sometimes he was pushed aside for other characters to shine, but when he finally did get the spotlight we got great eps like Suicide Squad. In addition, I love how Paul Blackthrone's Officer Lance has become the Commissioner Gordon of the Arrowverse.
Laurel and Sarah Lance were the weakest actors on the show. Now that being said, it does not mean that they didn't have their bright spots. Particularly Katie Cassidy's Laurel learned of Ollie's secret and became a more overall useful character for the future of the show. Caity Lotz's Black Canary on the other side of the spectrum could serious ass.
So for all it's exciting action, excellent villains, and interesting characters stories, the Informers give Season 2 of Arrow a9 out of 10.
