tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6202001986567703389.post1540526519860225565..comments2024-03-21T05:03:19.299-04:00Comments on Dispatches from The Arrowcave: Spotlight:: Green Arrow vol.2 #2Adamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00021957442819037568noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6202001986567703389.post-59394897124860459362008-02-20T20:10:00.000-05:002008-02-20T20:10:00.000-05:00Ironically, just last night I watched an episode o...Ironically, just last night I watched an episode of <I>The Drew Carey Show</I> where Oswald and Lewis wound up in a vat of beer. <BR/><BR/>The dark n' grim Green Arrow is weird to me. I guess I always figured Green Arrow for the wisecracker more than the bonebreaker. Again, it's a characterization informed by Batman and his various tonal shifts over the years, but considering the time period as well as the longevity of this characterization, I'd say Grell found an audience with it. I mean, this predated dark n' grim Aquaman by a good 6 years, so obviously he got on the trend at the correct time.Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352646370918575626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6202001986567703389.post-27976658646462891442008-02-19T21:17:00.000-05:002008-02-19T21:17:00.000-05:00Hmm.....while the mystery is good, complete with a...Hmm.....while the mystery is good, complete with a creative (if unheroic) out-think, I definitely agree with you about Ollie's characterization. Clever writing is worth a lot, but if you sacrifice the soul of the character, it becomes irrelevant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com