The Flash | Season 8 Episode 1 - "Armageddon, Part 1"

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Hello everybody!

The Flash is back and... It brings the same old problems... 

I gotta be honest - I wasn't that excited about this season but because this first episodes are a 'crossover', anything could happen but... This crossover thing is just to mislead you. It just is your normal The Flash season with one or two special guests in each episode. It doesn't follow at all the structure of previous crossovers. First, this is an episode each week; second, this first episode only had Ray as 'the crossover', so there's no intertwine of multiple characters (not that I am aware of); and third, this is just part of the overall The Flash plot so... Yeah, it really feels like this was just marketing to make people watch this new season and, because of that, I felt even more cheated on.

The episode begins with some exposition about where the characters are now - Barry's powers have improved greatly, Iris now runs a bigger media - now called Central City Citizen Media - with a full on team and even a podcast. Kramer is also now the captain which, I don't know... I most have forgotten something that happened last season because Where is Joe?! Yeah, last season was a mess so it's pretty possible that I don't remember most of it.

As I mentioned before, the only 'crossover' bit of this episode was Ray Palmer appearing in Central City for CCTC, and that really was the only good thing about this episode. Ray was my favorite character on Legends and I was crushed when they basically fired him (not really, but they didn't renew his character because they didn't want to pay more for him when having new characters is cheaper) so having him back was a joy! However, the way they handled his character, like the part where he became the Atom was really odd and, as I said, it looks like that was it - he was in this episode and he won't be in the future crossover episodes so... Yeah, misleading marketing.

But, the main story of this crossover is Despero - a psychic alien that attacks the tech convention and attempts to kill Barry because he says that the Flash will destroy the world in the future. And, of course, in order to change Despero's mind about Barry destroying the world, what does Barry do?! Gives his real identity to Despero. Of course he did... 

This whole thing is getting so old. Barry keeps doing the same thing over and over again, the villains are so boring and not scary at all and, at this point, there's not likable characters in the show anymore - the only two characters I like are Caitlin/Frost and Barry. All the OGs left the show and yeah... This is harsh but I really hope they end the show with this season. It pains me to say this - I've been watching the show since it aired and I've been reviewing it since Season 3 but this has gone too far being such a mediocre/bad show and not even Grant wants to be in it anymore so... Let's just end and, hopefully, end with a slightly good season so I hope this switches some things and turns into a decent season but we'll see. As of now, it's the same old thing and I'm tired of it.

Anyway... Let me know what you thought of this Season Premiere and what are your thoughts on the crossover and I'll see you soon with more rants!

Love,

Daniela.

Legends of Tomorrow | Season 5 Episode 1 - "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five"

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Hello!

So, here we are. Crisis finale! Well, I'm not going to waste any time and I'm just going to say it - I'm disappointed.

That's right folks, this crossover was not what I was expecting. Was it good? Yes. Was it as epic as they were promising? Not really. 

The thing about Crisis on Infinite Earths was the stakes. The battle in the comics is huge, with Barry and Kara dying. Obviously we knew those two weren't going to die. Instead, Oliver would take their places, which happened... But that was it. I feel like I can speak for everyone when I say that we were expecting a ton of characters to die (a lot from Legends, in my opinion) but, in the end, Oliver was the only one to die, which was such an awful and disrespectful death. I don't know, I just know that this was not what they promised.

And now you say - What about all the 'cameos' and Easter Eggs? Well, those were great, don't get me wrong, but they were just that - a few cameos that made the crossover special, but they didn't add to the 'epicness' that I was expecting, mainly from this last episode. I saw someone say on twitter this and I totally agree - They focused way too much on the cameos and on the crossover being a 'fan service' that they forgot about the story and to play homage to our characters. And what makes everything worse is that there wasn't enough characters in this final battle, let alone Legends characters, which was what I was expecting, after all, this was a Legends episode.

However, the beginning was nice. The beginning of the episode gave us the feel of a Legends episode, with the fun, the jokes and, obviously, with Bebo. Yes, Bebo was back for this crossover and he was the last good thing in this. As soon as they 'killed' Bebo, it just went downhill. Yes, Black Lightning appeared again but it was so short. And again, where were Cisco, Iris, Ralph, Nora, Constantine... There were so many characters left out of this episode and I just wanted to see an epic final battle with a ton of superheroes and with a few more deaths.

In the end, I feel like this crossover was made just to get all our heroes in one Earth (now Earth-Prime) but then they messed that up too, when they showed that there's other Earths after all. From what I know, Crisis happens and then there's just one Earth left and... That didn't happen. Again, as I saw on Twitter, they just forgot about Doom Patrol, and Titans, and Swamp Thing and they couldn't mess that up (which they did anyway) so they had to 'keep' the other Earths.

Anyway, in the end, this crossover was just an huge disappointment for me. I saw people saying that this was the best one and, personally, I think this was the worst one. Even the last one was a lot more fun with Oliver and Barry switching. That was so much fun! And I kind of miss when they had smaller crossovers, like the first one with Oliver and Barry - my favorite duo.

Well, I'm going to end my rant here. Let me know what you thought of this crossover. Are you with the majority that loved it or are you with me? Tell me everything and I'll see you soon with new rants!

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 6 Episode 9 - "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three"

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Hello people!

Part Three of the crossover is here and I have quite a few opinions so, let's get into it.

After really thinking about everything that has happened in the last three episodes, I've came to the conclusion that, so far, this crossover isn't as good as I wanted it to be. By the way, this review will not only have thoughts on this particular episode, but the Crisis overall, from what we've seen so far. That's right, I'm a bit disappointed with what we have seen until now. I was supper stoked about getting all my favorite heroes interaction with each other that I forgot that might be a problem. And what I felt was that they had to include so many heroes and so many Easter eggs that the magic of a crossover, and the overall plot, was lost. Truth be told, I don't even think that had put that much effort into the story as they have in the small details. Don't get me wrong, I'm loving all the little things (you know how excited I was with that two seconds Titans cameo) but I wanted more and, so for, I'm not getting it. There were a few great moments in this episode tho, so let's get into those.

Black Lightning was finally incorporated into the Arrowverse and that was definitely a good thing. So glad they did that. I'm not even the biggest fan of Black Lightning as a show, I mean, I watch it, and I like it, but I still prefer Arrow, The Flash and Legends, but seeing him among all my favorite heroes sure made me appreciate Black Lightning a lot more and I love his interaction with Barry. Who would have thought that they have so much in common? I really like that heartfelt conversation that they had and sure one of the highlights not only of the episode, but the whole crossover.

They also introduced a whole new character in this - Ryan Choi - who is played by Osric aka Kevin in Supernatural. Of course I liked this even though I'm still confused on why he's here and why is he a Paragon (that whole thing with Paragons is a whole other story, and I'll get into that in a minute).

But, for sure, the best part of this episode, with no doubt, was Lucifer! Yes, Tom Ellis made a cameo as Lucifer and I loved it! And I don't even watch Lucifer (yet, I've been planning to). I just loved his interaction with Constantine and, truth be told, it was just so surprising! A bit like the Titans cameo!

And speaking of Lucifer, Constantine, Diggle and Mia went to Lucifer for help to find Oliver's soul and getting a way into Purgatory which is, none other than Lian Yu. Of course, it had to be! And, although I loved this, mainly because they did get Oliver back, I have so many issues with this plot. I mean, the Purgatory and everything makes sense but then, as soon as they find Oliver, he doesn't recognize Diggle nor Mia and it only takes Diggle saying 'It's me Oliver, Diggle!' and, just like that, he remembers?! I mean, I get it, they had to get to the point but c'mon! It was such a sloppy writing! But it doesn't end there. As soon as they find Oliver's soul, Spectre appears and says that Oliver has to be the new Spectre and... Oliver just says Okay?! Once again, I get it, they have to get to the point, but it was way too quickly and I didn't like that. I liked that Oliver is back though and, for that, I can't be too mad.

What made me kind of made was something else. Or a few something elses.

First, they just find the remaining three Paragons in the beginning of  the episode - Barry, Paragon of Love, J'onn, Paragon of Honor, and Ryan Choi, Paragon of Humanity. The way they found that kind of annoyed me but what annoyed me the most was who were the Paragons. I mean, I should have seen that Barry was one of them, but they could come up with something different. Plus, they could make Black Lightning one of them and it would make a lot more sense to why they brought him instead of what they came up with, but I guess that's just me.

Something else that I was expecting but still, I didn't like, was the way around Barry vanishing that they found. The article said The Flash varnishes, but they didn't say which Flash. Yes, that's what they came up with and, instead of Barry vanishing, it was Flash from Earth-90, played by John-Wesley Shipp that vanished. It was a cute moment though, with some actual footage from the 90s The Flash show, but I guess that was it. And since I didn't watch that show, I didn't feel what most people felt.

Then, there were this whole West-Allen moments that you know how I feel about them. I just don't ship them and I don't even think the actor ship them because the chemistry between them, specially in this episode, was zero. 

And yeah, in the end, the Anti-Monitor while working through Lyla, kills the Monitor and destroys the last Earth, Earth-1, and everyone in them. Luckily, Pariah sends the seven Paragons to the Vanishing Point, where there is no time and space, and it's in that moment that they learn that Lex Luther used the Book of Destiny to replace Earth-96 Superman with himself. And that's it.

My bet is that this is going to be a Infinity War/Endgame scenario, where this was the lead up and now the last two episodes are going to be the final battle where actually all the heroes are going to be present. I also think that it's in those two episodes that some major deaths are going to take place because, so far, the only people dead are not important characters and there has to be some repercussion. 

Overall, it isn't the best crossover but it isn't finished yet so I'm hopeful (as always). Heck, at least, Oliver is not dead, and that does for me. Oh, and I forgot to mention, there were not enough Barry and Oliver interactions this crossover and they are one of the main reasons why I love crossovers so I guess that's why I'm not loving this one.

Anyway, let me know your overall thoughts of the Crisis so far. Are you happy? Are you disappointed? Tell me everything and the Crisis is only back in January but I'll talk to you tomorrow with a new The Challenge rant!

Love,

Daniela.

Supergirl | Season 5 Episode 9 - "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One"

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Hello guys.

The Crisis is here and, to be honest, I don't know how to deal with it.

This was only the first episode and this crisis is already a nightmare. For numerous reasons, really, but let's start with the good stuff.

You might be confused with that banner, since this is the Supergirl episode and the banner says Gotham. Well, the crossover starts with an introduction to what is happening with this crisis while showing a bunch of Earths getting wiped out. That was basically the only really good moment this episode - the beginning. I got so pumped when they showed a glimpse of Titans! In case you don't know, I also watch pretty much all of the DC shows on the DC Universe streaming, Titans being one of them, and I heard rumors that Titans were going to be in the crossover. Well, this isn't really what I wanted but, to be honest, it was enough to get me excited and to leave me happy. If this is the only Titans thing we get in the crossover, I'm fine with it but, of course, I would love to see more of them in it. But my excitement ended there.

This being the Supergirl episode, of course they focused a lot more on the Supergirl characters and all the plot (basically) happened in Earth-38, where Supergirl is from. I mean, I was expecting that, but the thing is, I stopped watching Supergirl like 2 seasons ago (in the Crisis on Earth-X episode. I did watch Elseworlds, but that was it) and so, I wasn't ware of what had been happening with her and, truth be told, nor I cared. I stopped watching the show because I didn't like it anymore (plus, Melissa just annoys me so, there's that) and I would rather have Black Lightning be part of the crossover, with it's proper episode (I know he's going to be in the crossover) than Supergirl but okay, I knew that going into it. But what made it worse was that Mia was also part of the crossover. I didn't know they were going to include the kids from the future (in Arrow) in the crossover and so having Kara and Mia in the same episode?! That was annoying af! And I should prepare myself because I'm sure there's going to be more of that. But yeah, back to the plot.

The Anti-matter is getting to every planet and so Brainy, a character that I didn't know at all, warned Kara and the others of it being directed to Argo (the place where Superman, Lois and their baby are, apparently) and she warns them to leave the planet. Unfortunately, they can only save their baby in a really cute nod to the way Clark was sent to Earth.

Meanwhile on Earth-1, Harbinger (aka Lyla) recruits Barry, Batwoman, Oliver, Mia, Sara Lance and Ray, to fight this crisis, and sends them to Earth-38 as well as rescues Superman and Lois from Argo and also sends them to help Kara save the people from her Earth.

There's so much that goes on into this but basically the Anti-Monitor is the one that is sending all this anti-matter to destroy the universe and, before working on a plan to defeat him, our heroes try to save as many people as they can from Earth-38, working alongside with the DEO and Lena (who, apparently, is not in good terms with Kara nor Alex. Don't ask me why).

After learning that Jonathan (Superman's baby) ended up in Earth-16, Lois, Sara and Brainy leave to get him while the other stay behind to fight the dark forces of the Anti-Monitor.

During all of this, there's a few moments that are kind of important, such as Oliver passing the mantle of Green Arrow to Mia (which I didn't like) and Oliver talking with Barry and learning that Barry is supposed to die as well, leading Oliver to go and argue with the Monitor about the deal that they made in the last crossover. The Monitor basically says that it's a different situation now and that's it.

Then follows the 'usual' fight scenes of our heroes against some shadow demons that, to be honest, looked like dementors from Harry Potter which, if Cisco was there, he would totally point that out and, deeming the battle as lost, the Monitor breaches our heroes off-world. But not before the unthinkable happens! Oliver is the last one to be 'breached' and he 'fights' the Monitor saying that there's still people to save, fighting until his last breath, literally.

The Monitor does breach Oliver to Earth-1 but just in time for him to say his goodbyes. And just like that, Oliver dies. In the first our of the crossover. I still can't believe it. I'm pretty much in denial like, it just can't be possible! I knew that Oliver was going to die eventually, even if I still believed he wouldn't but like that?! It was so anti-climatic and just not the death he deserved! In the first hour of the crossover? Alone? Not even Diggle was there? In the Supergirl episode? I mean, c'mon! I know everyone was expecting him to die in the last hour but at least kill him in the Arrow episode! What the f*ck is this? I don't know what to think. I'm sad, I'm in denial, I'm angry... I just won't believe he's really dead until the crossover is over. There's still 4 more episodes to go and anything can happen. Barry can go back in time, Gideon in the Wave-rider might still be able to help him, I don't know! Something has to happen! This won't be the end of Oliver, Stephen Amell is still credited in the next episodes of the crossover (at least) but it won't be the same if it's just flashbacks or Oliver from another Earth. It has to be our Oliver. 

Anyway, the episode then ends with Nash Wells, now a "pariah"saying that he released the Anti-Monitor and that everything is doomed.

Well, needless to say that I can't wait to watch Part 2 because I just need to know more about Oliver and I just want him back already! Also, next episode is the Batwoman episode and that show I'm watching so it's going to be a lot better! However, I won't be able to live tweet because I watch the show with my sister and she can't watch it live with me so, I'm going to have to wait and watch it later. Hopefully I won't see many spoilers.

Please, let me know what you thought of this first part and tell me you have some theories on how Oliver might come back because I seriously need those! And I'll see you tomorrow with a new rant!

Love,

Daniela.

Legends of Tomorrow | Season 3 Episode 8 - "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 4"

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Hello everyone and here it is the fourth and final part of the biggest (and best) DCTV crossover!

Oh my god, this episode! This might have not been better that the previous part but it was for sure just as good.

I have to say that this episode was such a rollercoaster, full of emotions and, just like with the other parts, I have a lot to say so let's just get onto it.

Like it was expected, this is the episode where all the other Legends come in action. Ray appears and saves not only Kara but also Iris and Felicity while Nate releases everyone from the pipeline.

Meanwhile, on Earth-X, what I predicted was kind of what happened. Stein wasn't really dead and he is, indeed, able to activate the portal before succumbing to his injuries. That's when Jax approaches him and they 'merge' but, instead of like 'curing' Stein, it only made him live for a little longer. 

They are able to go through the portal and get back to Earth-1. That's when a little bit of each team faces the Metallo while Felicity and Kara are caught by Dark Arrow while trying to get to the Waverider. Dark Arrow is about to kill Felicity but that's when Oliver appears with Dark Supergirl and also threats to kill her, that's when the Reverse Flash appears and 'rescues' both Dark Arrow and Dark Supergirl, taking them to their own Waverider (which I can't remember the name).

Leaving STAR Labs, all the members from each team gather on the Waverider, where they try to cure Stein, but with no luck, only his connectionto Jax keeping him alive, but barely, slowly killing them both. 

After that, the saddest scene in this crossover (and probably the saddes on Legends) happens. In order to save Jax, Stein takes the serum that Cisco developed, cutting Jax and Stein's connection. And without the connection, Stein ends up dying.

Although we already knew that Victor Garber was going to leave the show, it was still sad, very sad, and when Jax delivered the news to Lily and Clarissa it was even more sad. But that, brough even more purpose to their 'fight' and that's what motivated them for what happened next.

They find out that Dark Supergirl not only is dying but, when she does, she will 'explode' and create some type of Supernova so, not only they have to stop the Nazis, but also make sure Dark Supergirl doesn't die in the planet. And that's when the big fight happen.

This was probably the biggest fight we ever had on the four shows and it was amazing! Most of it was done with Special Effects so props to the SFX Team because it was great! I can actually imagine all the work you had (I myself did some 3D projects and I know how much work it's put into that) so it was absolutelly amazing!

In this fight we basically see each character fight their doppelganger so Oliver against Dark Arrow, Supergirl against Dark Supergirl and Barry against Reverse Flash. Barry is the only one not killing his enemy but I can understand that. Not only it isn't part of Barry's character but it would probably also mess the timeline so, it was better this way.

Apart from that, they got to distroy the Waverider from Earth-X and Supergirl took Dark Supergirl to space and the latter died there. Oh and yeah, Oliver did kill his doppelganger.

In the end, Ray got back to Earth-X, while Snart chose to stay (I'm curious about that, though), they attend Martin's funeral, the legends get back to their work and Kara and Alex get back to their Earth.

And, the very end, my favourite part!

Remember me complaining about Diggle? Well, we did get Diggle in the end (I would be mad if we didn't) just marry Iris and Barry right in that moment and, as Diggle is about to say they were married... Felicity says she wants to marry Oliver as well! Heck, she even asks Oliver to marry her, which was so cute! And yes, they marry right there, along with Barry and Iris and, although I wanted like a big wedding, both of the couples kind of already have a wedding party and such so, it was beautiful nonetheless and it was just so sweet that both Barry and Oliver got married in the same day! I just loved it! And, once again, I would be mad if by the end of the crossover Felicity and Oliver didn't, at least, get engaged so, I was even happier when they got married!

It was an happy ending for such an amazing crossover!

So, my last thoughts on the whole crossover:

Loved the fact that we had Winn and Diggle (the ones that I was more afraid we wouldn't get) still, we didn't have Winn like I wanted to have him. We didn't have Mon-El, which I really wanted as well, I'm dying to have Chris Wood and Grant Gustin interact more. I wanted a little bit more of Black Canary in this, we barely saw Team Arrow, though. But I loved everything with Barry and Oliver together and, most of all, Olicity was strong in this crossover so, thank you writers for that! 

Overall, I don't think they will ever be able to top off this year's crossover but I'll be waiting. As long as I have Barry and Oliver together, it's fine by me. I just love them together! Now, I just can't wait to see everyones reactions to Olicity being married as well and WestAllen (but mostly Olicity).

I'm sad it ended but next week we will have more, not togehter though, of each show so, I'm excited for that! It's the mid-season finales so, don't miss them!

Let me know all your thoughts on the episode, I would love to know everything and I'll see you Friday with a new Supernatural rant (actually, I'm going to live tweet tomorrow so @danixinhahhh if you want to live tweet with me).

Love,

Daniela.

Legends of Tomorrow | Season 2 Episode 7 - "Invasion!"

Spoiler Alert!

And here it is, the final rant of the DC Week Crossover!

I gotta say, this was so much fun! I loved the fact that we saw all of the characters (or almost all of them) interact and having like a 3 hour long episode was so good! Besides, I also really liked doing this, post every single day, it was pretty cool!

I probably wouldn't do it on a daily basis because I just a lot of uni work and I wouldn't be able to, but do this once in a while, it's pretty fun!

Anyway, let's get into the actual episode, the last part of the 4 episodes crossover.

So, since this is, afterall, a Legends episode, obviously we had to have a time travel. This time it was Nate, Mick, Amaya, Felicity and Cisco who went back in time, to Oregon, 1951, to the first Dominator invasion.

They get to capture one of the Dominators but then they end up being all captured by Federal agents.

While in costudy, they learn the reason why the Dominators where on Earth - because they were concerned about metahumans and that they where a threat to the humans.

One of my favourite scenes in this episode happens after this moment, when Felicity and Cisco, being the only ones not captured by the Federal agents, save the rest of the Team, Mick, Nate and Amaya, to what Mick says 'Saved by the Geeks', which I found pretty funny.

Meanwhile in Central City, 2016, the rest of the Team, Supergirl, Ray, Oliver, Firestorm, Diggle, Barry and Sara learn that the Dominators know about Barry's changes in the timeline and that they will give them peace if Barry surrenders to them.

Obviously, Barry is willing to do that, because he's Barry and, obviously, the Team doesn't let him. That's when Oliver gives one of his really inspirational speeches (which I always love, I might say) and Barry changes his mind and decides to join the Team and fight the Dominators. That's also in that moment that Barry and Cisco get their friendship back! That was also one of the higlights of the episode for me. I hated seeing Barry and Cisco like that, mostly the way Cisco was treating Barry, so I was very happy when Cisco said that Barry was his friend and that he wouldn't let him surrender. That was a beautiful scene.

And then, that's when the usual big fight scene happens, again, something that I always love too. Also, obviously, our team wins and the Dominators retreat.

In the very end of the episode we see like a party with everyone celebrating and being friends which I also really liked and that's in that moment when my third favourite scene happens. It was a pretty subtil line that probably not everyone will understand, and that's when Ray, Felicity and Kara are talking and then Kara leaves and Felicity says that it looks like she's looking into a mirror to what Ray says 'She looks a lot like my cousin.'. Get it? Because Brandon Routh once was Superman and Kara/Supergirl is Superman's cousin. I just found that pretty funny. The writes alwasy on point with this lines!

And yeah, in the very end Cisco gives a Kara a device to travel between universes, so she can always go there if she need help or anything (and I guess that's how they are going to do the Music episode, which I'm really excited about), and we see Oliver and Barry hanging out, which I, once again, always love.

Overall, this was an amazing crossover! Seriously, epic! I don't think anyone will ever top this crossover! And, although there was some episodes that I liked more than others, I get why they did what they did with each episode. Arrow one wasn't my favourite, like I said before, but I get it. It's the tone of the series and, besides, it was the 100th Episode, so I get it. (Also, I think that episode gives a clue to who Prometheus might be, but I'll share my theory on other rant).

Anyway, that's it guys. Let me know in the comments what did you think about the crossover and, also, tell me which episode was your favourite, mine was The Flash one.

Until tomorrow with a new TVD rant!

Love,

Daniela.