The Flash | Season 3 Episode 17 - "Duet"

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And here it is! The second part of this iconic crossover!

Seriously, I've never seen a crossover like this! Super happy/proud of The Flash for doing this!

Now, analyzing the actual crossover... Basically everything about it was beautiful! It had the feel of a musical without being completely different from the usual The Flash episodes, which I think was great. They could have completely lost the feel of The Flash but the didn't. And I think this is a reason why they didn't do the musical crossover with Arrow, because Arrow doesn't have the feel/mood for a musical crossover. The Flash and Supergirl are a lot more light-hearted and Arrow is a bit more dark, although I would love to see some of the Arrow cast sing. We kind of had a little bit, because Malcolm was in this episode! He loves to sing so he had to be in the crossover.

Anyway, although the episode had a lot of good things, it was a little bit down on some parts for me, like I didn't see Chris Wood sing, which I was really hoping for, also I didn't have enough Chris/Grant screen time, which was also a bummer and obviously, the two ships that I don't ship also got back in this episode. Besides, I just realized that Julian wasn't in the episode... And Tom Felton also sings so, he should've been in this episode. But again, a lot more other characters didn't sing like Caitlin or Wally... Really wanted all the characters to sing though, but what we had was good enough, I think.

In terms of storyline, they were also really cleaver! They didn't just put some random musical bits in an episode, it wouldn't make sense. Instead, they got Barry and Iris in an 'universe' inside their heads that was a musical, so obviously they had to sing and all. When I first realized that, I thought that it was going to be just Barry and Kara singing but, thankfully, the other actors/characters where in this musical also, but in a different character, that's why I've read somewhere that Chris Wood and Candice Patton were going to be a couple in this episode, and I thought that was just weird, but it actually made sense and I was so glad they did what they did.

It was, for sure, really weird to see 'Iris' and 'Mon-El' 'dating' but it was different. But the best part really was seeing Barry and Kara's faces, that was so much fun.

Also, the villain in this episode wasn't really a villain and I loved it! It was also really cool to have Darren Criss in The Flash and have like a little Glee reunion with Darren, Grant and Melissa. Loved it!

But I must say, it was the cheesiest episode I've ever seen! Seriously, there were so many cheesy moments in this episode, mostly the last scene. Sure I loved it, and I'm a sucker for romance, although I don't ship West-Allen, but that last scene, was just beautiful! I will for sure be listening to that song on repeat! Love Grant's voice!

Oh, and before I end this rant, I can't forget to mention Winn and Cisco singing!! I knew that both of them were great singers but damn that was really good! I just wish they had met like 'in real life' because Winn even said in the Supergirl part of the crossover that Cisco and him would be great friends so, I would've love to see that.

And yeah, that's basically it guys. I know I didn't say much storywise but basically they were trapped in a musical and they had to follow the script in order to get out of there. It wasn't a major plot but it was good enough for this episode and I loved it!

I'll be waiting for your thoughts on this crossover and, out of curiosity, tell whish was your favourite duet/song in the episode, mine was, for sure, the last song, that Barry sang to Iris, that was just beautiful!
Anyway, that's it for today guys.
I'll see you, hopefully, tomorrow with a new Arrow rant!
Love,
Daniela.

Supergirl | Season 2 Episode 16 - "Star-Crossed"

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Hello guys and here it is a special rant for you - a Supergirl rant!

It's been exactly 8 episodes since my last Supergirl rant, which was the super crossover between Supergirl, Arrow, The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow and, me being here with a new Supergirl rant means what?! Exactly, a new crossover! And this one I've been so excited for!
You know I'm a sucker for having all my favourite superheroes shows together and, all of them being part of The CW is amazing, which means I can have a crossover every once in a while.
This time it isn't a crossover as big as the last one, but this is huge because it is a music crossover with The Flash! Not only I love musicals but I also have been dying to have Chris Wood and Grant Gustin in the same episode and being a musical episode makes it even better because both of them studied in the same university and both majored in music theater so this crossover is going to be amazing!
And I say it's going to be because this episode of Supergil, just like in the previous crossover, didn't have much interaction with The Flash, only a little hint in the beginning and then the end, which makes the bridge (literally) to The Flash episode (which I'm going to rant next).
Still, since this is part of the crossover, I've decided to rant about it anyway and I kind of chose a good episode because this episode was all about Mon-El.
In this episode we finally find out 'the truth' about Mon-El. They have been teasing us about him for a couple of episodes now but last episode had like a big scene in the end which was obvious that this episode was going to reveal everything. Also, I don't know how no one ever thought this but it was kind of obvious that Mon-El was the prince... Ever since that episode where someone is showing a picture of Mon-El in that other planet I thought that he was the prince and, guess what? I was right.
Obviously Kara didn't like this and the fact that Mon-El lied to her.
This was actually good for me because I don't ship Karamel. I like Mon-El but I don't ship him with Kara so this episode was also great because of that.
Needless to say that by the end of the episode she breaks up with him which, once again, I didn't mind at all. I just don't know how this is going to bring Mon-El to Central City but I know that he is in The Flash episode so... Let's see.
Meanwhile, my favourite part of the episode, I must say, Win.
I love Win and his relationship with Lyra is just too cute. Unfortunately, things happen in this episode.
Both of them break into a Museum which leads to Win bein arrested.
He then finds out that Lyra stole a painting at the museum and that was the real reason why she wanted to go there.
Luckily, who arrested him was Maggie, so Alex pulled some strings and Maggie gave them 24 hours to prove Winn's innocence.
That's when they go after Lyra, capture her and she tells the that she did it because her brother, Bastian, owes a large debt to a smuggler named Mandrax and that the painting is to free Bastian.
Obviously they then come up with a plan to not only free Bastian but also catch Mandrax since he's been on the run.
Needless to say that they do all of that and in the end Winn forgives Lyra for lying to him, which is just so cute!
And then comes the bridge for The Flash's episode.
The DEO captures a new alien, who hypnotizes Kara and escapes to Earth-1 to fight Barry.
This is how he get into our musical episode.
Seriously, I can't wait to watch The Flash episode. In fact, I'm going right away watch it so... I hope you guys liked this 'special' and I'll see you in a few hours with the second part of this crossover.
Love,
Daniela.

Supergirl | Season 2 Episode 8 - "Medusa"

Spoiler Alert!

So, it starts!

That's right guys, our biggest crossover ever started last night with Supergirl's episode and, just like I said I would, I'm doing a rant of every episode in this crossover, starting with Supergirl.

To be honest, I don't really know why I'm doing this rant, because the only part crossover related in this episode was the very last 5 minutes or something... Ok, we had some clues during th episode but basically, just like I have read, this was just the set up for the crossover that is going to happen in the next episodes of The Flash, Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow.

Anyway, I'm doing a full rant of the episode because I need to talk about my baby Chris Wood.

If you don't follow Supergirl you might not understand some things in this rant so, I'm sorry about that.

So, the episode starts with Cyborg Superman unleashing a virus in the alien bar that kills all the aliens that were there, except for Mon-El (Chris Wood's character).

And, since we are already on the topic of Chris Wood, and since I haven't talked yet about this character of his... Let me tell you that, this character is so different from what I'm used to from him. I mean, Mon-El has basically the same sense of humor as Kai did and he doesn't have a beard here so, it kind of reminds me Kai but, at the same time, it's so different. I don't know, I just know that I love seeing him on my TV and that I will watch anything that he is in.

Ok, now back to the story.

Mon-El doesn't die but he is kept in quarantine (throwback to Containment). And basically the rest of the episode is about Kara and the rest of the DEO trying to find a cure so they can save Mon-El, as well as trying to stop Cadmus from unleashing the virus in a 'global' scale.

Meanwhile all this, Alex also comes out to Eliza, about her being gay, as well as Mon-El, in a 'dying state', kisses Kara. (Un)Fortunately, when they find the cure, he lies to Kara saying that he doesn't remember anything and, since, until now, Kara doesn't really have feelings for him, she doesn't tell him anything either.

And, because I always have to give my opinion on the ships... I seriously don't know what to think about them. I'm not a big fan, to be honest, but I can 'tolerate' them together, if they eventually really end up together, which I do think will happen because we also find out in this episode that some aliens are looking for Mon-El, in order to kill him (I think).

Now, the connection to the crossover.

While all this was happening, every now and then a breach opened, but no one came out of it. Just in the very last scene of the episode, we see Barry and Cisco coming out of it while Kara arrives at her house. Barry tells her that they have a problem in their Earth an that they need her help. And, like this, the crossover is set up.

As you can see,  not much in this episode was crossover related, but I decided to do the rant anyway, because I thought it would make more sense.

So, tomorrow a new The Flash rant will be up! Unfortunatelly, I won't be able to watch it live tonight but I'm going to watch the Arrow episode live so, excited for that!

Anyway, let me know in the comments your thoughts about this episode, and tell me if you already watched Supergirl before the crossover or if you just watched this episode because of it.

Until tomorrow!

Love,

Daniela.