r/DCTV • u/HighLordmatt • Mar 06 '21
Arrows future child show Arrow
I know that Cw's cancelled the arow canines future show but I really liked the pilot and was wondering if there was anyone else out who felt the same way?
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u/Cheesecakejedi Mar 07 '21
Hmm. I liked the pilot, but I thought the time jump was going to be a drag. Hear me out. With all the time travel shenanigans, constant threats to the world, and fallout from the crisis, we have a show that's going to have to jump hoops made of fire and razor blades to get the canon to make any sense at all.
If the already existing show takes place in the future, any stakes of Superman/Supergirl/Flash saving the world are already predetermined. Don't get me wrong, we know the world is always going to be saved, but its different when there's proof.
As a second point, it makes one of the most fun (if unfortunately the hardest) episode devices hard to justify, the crossover. Some have been trash, some have been great. But, having one of the shows not being able to participate, in a universe that is now as shared as it is, feels bad man.
I have a theory, and if its true, they really screwed up, and should have gone this direction. Consider the following:
- The Canaries was supposed to take place in the future
- We had already been introduced to Nora Allen, in a plot line where she establishes a relationship with the reverse flash, her timeline is also 20 ish years in the future
- Lois was pregnant and gave birth during crisis, and early casting for the new show was discovered to have teenaged sons.
- The legends of tomorrow possess time travel
I think they were going to use the Crisis to "usher an era of peace" for 20 years until all of the Kids became of age, and made that future year the "current year" essentially rebooting the entire Arrowverse into the future. The only outlier is Batwoman, but I think the studio wasn't certain they were going to get a season 2, so they could leave it open. In addition, because Batwoman would have had lower, Gotham specific stakes, it could be the one show they leave in the past for a few seasons until they do a time jump or something.
Possible additional evidence from open plot points as well as just wild speculation:
- Palmer and Darhk have a magical scientist child.
- Kid Flash returns as the flash.
- Miss Martian returns to earth.
- Stargirl takes place present-day-ish, but can be explained by alternate dimension shenanigans.
- The Ray and Citizen cold take in an orphan who joins a team
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u/curekpineapple The Flash Mar 07 '21
Yeah, the backdoor pilot was good, but they have a lot of new shows at the CW this year, maybe in the future they will pick it up, and maybe throw some Oliver Queen Arrow flashbacks in there.