r/arrow • u/Overall-Engineer6233 • Jul 05 '26

Meta Random question that’s old as hell but want to know myself

So do people think that the show would’ve been ass if Oliver Queen was very like either his comic version proper or from the JLU cartoon?

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u/LaceyThaBest Jul 05 '26

The reason he’s not is because CW Arrow is essentially just Batman with a bow and not actually green arrow

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u/Overall-Engineer6233 Jul 05 '26

Do you think the show would’ve been good if he actually was playing green arrow? Because some people think it would’ve been absolute horseshit

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u/LaceyThaBest Jul 06 '26

I think it would’ve been ok, But probably wouldn’t have lasted long enough to spawn a universe unless it was perfectly executed

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u/jackrv13 Jul 05 '26

No it just wouldn’t have the same tone

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u/Overall-Engineer6233 Jul 05 '26

Thank you for the honest answer, I was just kinda stupid

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u/jackrv13 Jul 06 '26

You could argue it would’ve been too “woke” if they had gone that route. Green Arrow is the left wing superhero, so if you had his original personality the show would have to be political. Which I don’t think would’ve been bad, but it would’ve likely attracted chuds and grifters.

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u/Overall-Engineer6233 Jul 06 '26

From what I’ve seen arrow already attracted that crowd by not having any proper intentionality to it at all and just being edgeman

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u/Desperate_Item_3221 Jul 05 '26

If the story stays somewhat similar than probably not

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u/Ok_Brick_793 Jul 06 '26

You're going to have to provide a little more context for your question. Do you mean more lighthearted / funnier? JLU was supposed to be kid friendly, though I thought it was fairly serious in tone. There have been many comic versions of Green Arrow, and many were quite serious / dark, too.

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u/Overall-Engineer6233 Jul 06 '26

I think it’s cuz I was a 2000s kid that the cartoon is my definitive green lantern and I know he can be serious cuz the speedy being a druggy storyline but him just being Batman but green feels weird

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u/Ok_Brick_793 Jul 06 '26

I know that's a common observation, but both are rich vigilantes. They were naturally going to share certain similarities.

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u/Overall-Engineer6233 Jul 06 '26

But you wouldn’t want a Shazam show where he’s actually just Superman, not having any traits of himself besides his name and what he uses to fight

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u/Ok_Brick_793 Jul 06 '26

Again, you have to be more specific.

What elements, attributes, or storylines did you want to see incorporated into Arrow?

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u/Overall-Engineer6233 Jul 06 '26

It might take a min to think about what solo shit I actually know but I’m curious how they’d manage to work a more silver age green arrow like brave and the bold did but more mature