Legends of Tomorrow 2-02
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beccaelizabethThis episode had many good qualities, adventure, excitement, Martin getting his arrogant assumptions knocked back
but
I kind of want to hit something.
Nate's whole story is like
he only wants to be a hero but, oh no, is too disabled
is a hero anyway!
but it doesn't work out, because disability
even though actually it's not because disability, pretty much anyone would find getting bombed a problem
but even the most advanced technology cannot cope with his disability!
... I just googled treatments for hemophilia and I'm pretty sure the writers didn't...
maximum drama, very dying
but lo, a magic single dose treatment!
... ignoring that if a scientist knows how to make a thing he, you know, knows how to make a thing
... I'm sure the handwave is sufficiently advanced technology but ugh.
So now Nate got all better
magic disability cure
as reward for heroism.
... it's like characters can say the right things, like Commander Steel said you don't got to be a soldier to be a hero, but the story does not grok.
So we get a character with a disability, whose whole life is decided by that disability, except now he gets a cure and the interesting bit can start.
Why is this the only story it knows how to tell?
There's no reasonable accommodation, there's no work arounds, there's no assistive technology, there's not even the suits the others wear to minimise risks. There's just this story where disability of course takes you out of the fight.
I want to watch Oracle crunch someone. Oracle still in her chair, kicking arse.
Why is the story always so flat.
Also there's the thread with saying Ray isn't a superhero because he just has a suit. Er, Stargirl just has a stick, Vixen just has an amulet, Hourman... they didn't actually say, but I think he has drugs that make him super for an hour? This distinction makes no sense in this group. And next to no sense anyway, superhero means can fight at this level more than once, there's plenty of ways.
'Who is the rich inventor dude without a suit' is a perfectly respectable story but has been a bit done, recently. And the Atom wasn't even. But it does fit this Ray.
I'm cranky because this next to the disability story ought to be about real heroes don't need powers, but since they then get powers, it kind of ain't.
*big sigh*
Story had a lot of moving parts and kind of mostly juggled them.
Reverse Flash gets more annoying when he's killing JSA but only bribing nazis. I mean it ought to be just as easy to kill nazis and a lot more morally satisfying. But he is a bad guy.
but
I kind of want to hit something.
Nate's whole story is like
he only wants to be a hero but, oh no, is too disabled
is a hero anyway!
but it doesn't work out, because disability
even though actually it's not because disability, pretty much anyone would find getting bombed a problem
but even the most advanced technology cannot cope with his disability!
... I just googled treatments for hemophilia and I'm pretty sure the writers didn't...
maximum drama, very dying
but lo, a magic single dose treatment!
... ignoring that if a scientist knows how to make a thing he, you know, knows how to make a thing
... I'm sure the handwave is sufficiently advanced technology but ugh.
So now Nate got all better
magic disability cure
as reward for heroism.
... it's like characters can say the right things, like Commander Steel said you don't got to be a soldier to be a hero, but the story does not grok.
So we get a character with a disability, whose whole life is decided by that disability, except now he gets a cure and the interesting bit can start.
Why is this the only story it knows how to tell?
There's no reasonable accommodation, there's no work arounds, there's no assistive technology, there's not even the suits the others wear to minimise risks. There's just this story where disability of course takes you out of the fight.
I want to watch Oracle crunch someone. Oracle still in her chair, kicking arse.
Why is the story always so flat.
Also there's the thread with saying Ray isn't a superhero because he just has a suit. Er, Stargirl just has a stick, Vixen just has an amulet, Hourman... they didn't actually say, but I think he has drugs that make him super for an hour? This distinction makes no sense in this group. And next to no sense anyway, superhero means can fight at this level more than once, there's plenty of ways.
'Who is the rich inventor dude without a suit' is a perfectly respectable story but has been a bit done, recently. And the Atom wasn't even. But it does fit this Ray.
I'm cranky because this next to the disability story ought to be about real heroes don't need powers, but since they then get powers, it kind of ain't.
*big sigh*
Story had a lot of moving parts and kind of mostly juggled them.
Reverse Flash gets more annoying when he's killing JSA but only bribing nazis. I mean it ought to be just as easy to kill nazis and a lot more morally satisfying. But he is a bad guy.