routier1642

It's turned into a meandering, muddled, disappointing mess. I'm very disappointed in show. It started off looking very promising, but has not delivered on that promise. The first season developed slowly, but just fast enough to keep your interest. The second season? Not so much. It is S-L-O-W as a very slow thing, and a good portion of it consists of flashbacks. This gets confusing after a while. Sometimes there are flashbacks within the flashbacks, which adds to the confusion. This is all an artifice to make Deathstroke last an entire season as the season's big bad (a tradition started by Buffy the Vampire Slayer & slavishly imitated ever since), and so all up it's 2 full seasons before you finally, finally get to see Robin do the transformation we were hoping for in the first few episodes of season 1. This is a crying shame, because the show has so much going for it. Great production values, great costumes, great casting, great acting. But they got too arty with it. Shame about the story. I never thought I'd say this, but I don't think I could stand a 3rd season.

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Star Trek with the dialogue of Guardians of the Galaxy! It works. The characters are likable & believable, and despite the humour, the situations are serious and the plots and actions of the characters actually make sense. (unlike that other show) I don't know that's wrong with the "pro critics". Perhaps they can't classify this show. They should relax & just enjoy it.