'Legends of Tomorrow' Review: The Most Comic Book Show On TV
Comic book shows can go one of two ways in televisions modern era: They can use their source material as mere inspiration in order to create something that fits more in line with the idea of traditional drama such as The Walking Dead or Jessica Jones, or they can go, for lack of a better phrase, all in and create a show thats as close to being a real life comic book as possible. Examples of the latter would be the likes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Gotham and The Flash. While the former of the two paths lead to more great television (depending on your interpretation), the latter is where fans of the medium often get to experience the kinds of shows they want to see actually be made, and its in this realm where theyll find the latest addition to The CWs DC slate, Legends of Tomorrow.
In the year 2166, a mad man named Vandal Savage has done what no tyrant before him was capable of: Hes conquered the planet. In hopes of stopping his reign of terror from ever starting, time traveler Rip Hunter acquires a time machine and heads to 2016 where he recruits Martin Stein, Ray Palmer, Sara Lance, Mick Rory, Leonard Snart, Kendra Saunders, Carter Hall and Jefferson Jackson with the hopes of using them to aid on his mission against Savage. However, bringing them into the fold turns out to be much easier said than done
but the fate of humanity is nothing but dim without them.
There are absolutely ways in which the plotlines of Legends of Tomorrow are infuriating. However, the infuriating nature of the show is also something that inherently comes with most time travel fiction. In a way, one does have to respect the series for taking things as far as it does. Without a doubt, Legends of Tomorrows not only in full acceptance of its comic book origins, but it might just be the most comic book show to ever comic book. In truth, the whole series is one thought bubble away from being a living DC panel, and that isnt necessarily a bad thing given how much The Flash deviated from the tone of Arrow last season.
From frame one, Legends of Tomorrow is a show that relentlessly yells to its audience, this is going to be the dumbest thing youve ever watched, but we mean that as a positive! Legends of Tomorrow is dumb, but its dumb in that post-modern version of the word. Today, dumb is sometimes a good thing as, in reality, its a word that actually means, non-pretentious fun. Thats what this show is more than anything else. Its fun. Its a fun, weird thing thats infuriatingly, simplistically complex in its plotting, which is fine as long as we get moments like the one featured in the trailer of Snart referring to a masked bad guy as Boba Fett.
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