Top 10 Episodes of Arrow Season 3

So you know how I love my lists. In this post, I will be ranking my top 10 favorite Arrow episodes of season 3! Despite it being my least favorite season of Arrow thus far, there were several enjoyable episodes during the season.

1. The Climb

2. Sara

3. The Brave and the Bold

4. Suicidal Tendencies 

5. Broken Arrow

6. The Fallen

7. The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak

8. The Magician

9. Draw Back Your Bow

10. My Name is Oliver Queen

xoxo Allie

Superhero/Comic Book Shows Ranked

Morning internet! So I read this article on TV.com that ranked the best superhero/comic book shows on TV right now and it got me thinking about the shows I love. Thus, here we are. I will be ranking each season of each superhero/comic book show that I watch!!! If you disagree, leave your thoughts in the comments!

1. Arrow season 2
2. Flash season 1
3. Agents of SHIELD season 2
4. Agents of SHIELD season 1
5. Arrow Season 1
6. Agent Carter
7. iZombie season 1
8. Arrow Season 3
9. Gotham season 1

Constantine is not on my list because I never watched it. Daredevil is not on my list because I've only seen episode one of the show so far. Supergirl is not on my list because it hasn't aired yet.

xoxo Allie

Supergirl First Trailer Thoughts

So as you can see by the title of this post, I'm going to be talking about the new Supergirl trailer that just dropped yesterday! You can check it out along with the synopsis for the show.

SUPERGIRL is an action-adventure drama based on the DC Comics character Kara Zor-El (Melissa Benoist), Superman’s (Kal-El) cousin who, after 12 years of keeping her powers a secret on Earth, decides to finally embrace her superhuman abilities and be the hero she was always meant to be. Twelve-year-old Kara escaped the doomed planet Krypton with her parents’ help at the same time as the infant Kal-El. Protected and raised on Earth by her foster family, the Danvers, Kara grew up in the shadow of her foster sister, Alex (Chyler Leigh), and learned to conceal the phenomenal powers she shares with her famous cousin in order to keep her identity a secret. Years later at 24, Kara lives in National City assisting media mogul and fierce taskmaster Cat Grant (Golden Globe Award winner Calista Flockhart), who just hired the Daily Planet’s former photographer, James Olsen (Mehcad Brooks), as her new art director. However, Kara’s days of keeping her talents a secret are over when Hank Henshaw (David Harewood), head of a super-secret agency where her sister also works, enlists her to help them protect the citizens of National City from sinister threats. Though Kara will need to find a way to manage her newfound empowerment with her very human relationships, her heart soars as she takes to the skies as Supergirl to fight crime. Greg Berlanti (“The Flash,” “Arrow”), Ali Adler, Sarah Schecter and Andrew Kreisberg are executive producers for Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. The pilot was directed by Glen Winter (“Arrow”).

So now for my thoughts. Overall I think the trailer looked great! I loved the shots we got and the lightheartedness of the show. Supergirl has never been an angsty Batman type character so I'm glad we didn't go that way. Melissa looks fantastic as Supergirl and although I had my doubts about her when she was first cast, she looks perfect in this trailer!! The short action scenes we caught a glance of were pretty badass and I'm looking forward to Kara kicking ass. The costume also looks much better on screen than in the pictures because it's not as dark as I first thought it was. 

I know there's been a lot of complaints that the trailer makes the show look like a romantic comedy but I disagree. Despite the cheesy song at the end, the trailer makes Kara look like any other superhero. It gives off a lot of the Flash-type vibes and I think a lot of this first trailer is meant to show how empowering she is as a female. Each show usually drops a bunch of trailers with different vibes to them and this one is a little cheerier but the next one might be different. It's kind of rough to judge a show by the trailer and there's still plenty to be happy about.

I am a little worried however about the whole procedural aspect of the show because I've never been a fan. For example, iZombie would be so much better if they took out the cases and I think I'll feel the same way about Supergirl. I might give it a slight pass though if the procedural stuff is similar to the Flash where there's a "big bad of the week" sort of thing but then again, the Flash pilot started out differently than what it is now so maybe they'll drop the procedural part later on. Most shows usually do because a serialized storyline is always better.

Overall I'm definitely going to be checking out this show and I'm very pumped for it. If you have doubts, at least check out the first three episodes and remember, this is coming from the same guys who write Arrow and Flash so have some faith. It's okay to have a few bad episodes.

xoxo Allie

Marvel Movies Ranked

So when I was writing my review of Age of Ultron yesterday, it made me think about all the other marvel movies that have come out and then about which ones I've liked the most. And that's how this post came about. Now I'm only ranking Marvel Studios movies and this list is just based on my preferences. If you don't agree, let me know what you think!

1 - Avengers
2 - Captain America: The Winter Soldier
3 - Avengers: Age of Ultron
4 - Captain America: The First Avenger
5 - Thor: The Dark World
6 - Iron Man
7 - Guardians of the Galaxy
8 - Iron Man 2
9 - Iron Man 3
10 - Thor
11 - The Incredible Hulk

xoxo Allie

Avengers: Age of Ultron Review

Well the event of the year: Avengers Age of Ultron has finally arrived and it did not disappoint!! If you haven't watched this movie yet, come back when you have because I will be spoiling things. If you don't know what this is, have you been living under a rock?! Go educate yourself.

Despite a few hiccups, I thought this movie was amazing!! I loved every moment of it from the beginning to the end. I'll talk about the positives first before going into the few mistakes I think the movie made.

First off, I loved Ultron. James Spader voiced Ultron perfectly! It was the perfect mix of creepy but also hilarious. I liked how Ultron had a lot of Tony Stark's personality traits from his jokes and sassiness to the way he intimidated others. When he first appeared on the screen, I got chills. His line about having no strings on him causes goosebumps and I loved how he continued with that theme throughout the movie. I also liked how he yearned for a human body despite also hating humanity. I also enjoyed the idea that he believed that the only way to save the world was though destroying everything and starting over again. I also didn't mind that he wasn't as cool as in the comics because if they had followed the idea that Ultron killed all the Avengers and then the Avengers went back in time to stop Ultron from being created, the movie would have resembled X-Men: Days of Future Past.

I loved the comedy that was intertwined amidst the action sequences. I loved that the "language" joke was threaded throughout and the one-liners were hilarious. I also highly appreciated Chris Evans and the shirts they made him wear. The action sequences and the fighting were epic and the fact that Hayley Atwell was in this movie made me smile. I love that the writers aren't just dropping the fact that Steve loved Peggy and that he hasn't moved on already. They finally got their dance *sobs loudly* In fact, I liked all the cameos throughout this movie from Falcon to Rhodey to Fury to Maria Hill. Vision was pretty cool too although his entrance was awkwardly out of nowhere. Avengers Academy was fun as well.

Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch may have been my favorite parts of this movie. I was a little worried going into this movie because I loved the X-Men version of Quicksilver a lot but honestly, this version of Quicksilver was so different that I never once even thought about it. Both Olsen and Taylor-Johnson were amazing actors and I loved the Eastern European accents they chose to use although Olsen did drop the accent a few times throughout the movie. Their powers were amazing and Scarlet Witch was badass. I actually gasped when Quicksilver was shot and I didn't see it coming cause I was expecting Hawkeye to die the entire time. It really is a shame because Taylor-Johnson is an amazing actor. The way Scarlet Witch screamed when he died was heart wrenching.

Now for the negatives.

First off, the movie was oddly disjointed for a Whedon film. Thor kind of popped in and out a lot and I kept catching myself wondering where he went. There was a joke made by Steve about whether Thor was taking a nap and I was sitting there "but like actually." Hawkeye's family came out of nowhere and didn't add anything to the plot. I kept thinking that maybe they would die or Hawkeye would but they were all fine. This movie was basically "Iron Man 4" with the amount of screen time Tony got compared to everyone else. Bruce was also oddly not his own person and kind of went along with whatever Tony said despite Tony not being very convincing. Their conversation basically went:

       Tony: Do the thing!
       Bruce: No I don't think it's right.
       Tony: Oh come on!
       Bruce: Well when you put it like that.... Okay!

I also didn't enjoy the Bruce and Natasha romance. When I first heard about it, I was on board but the way they were portrayed was oddly unsettling. I liked their first two scenes with the lullaby and the bar flirting scene but then it got too much. It felt like Natasha was only allowed to have scenes with Bruce and the relationship seemed rushed and out of nowhere. You know it's bad when the girl in the audience is groaning at a romance. I hated the scene where Natasha was in jail and she literally just sat there waiting for Bruce to save her. The jail cell was only locked and you can't tell me that THE Black Widow couldn't pick a lock. The ending was strange too when Natasha just stood around staring at a wall because she was so sad that Bruce left her. I'm really hoping that her character is fixed a little in the next few movies. Make no mistake, my compliant isn't that I think Natasha can't have a romance but the way it was gone about.

But despite these small problems, I really did enjoy this movie and I'd give it 4 out of 5 stars. It was a great showing for the Avengers. I can't wait until the next one and I think the Russo brothers were amazing at writing Cap 2 so I'm not afraid they're going to ruin the Avengers by taking over from Whedon. Definitely check out this movie if you haven't seen it!

xoxo Allie