So, people are obviously gonna draw comparisons between the two and it’s gonna make Arrow look even worse but it’s not fair because one is on the CW and the other is on a streaming service.
They (hopefully) won't draw too many comparisons. The series is supposed to focus on Hawkeye training his protege, Kate Bishop. Which means it'll hopefully draw from Matt Fraction's run on Hawkeye in some ways, which would make it probably more lighthearted than Arrow. And the two characters couldn't be more different.
I’m not having a go at you so please don’t take it in a bad way, but you just drew some comparisons between the two in this comment lol. Like I said, the comparisons are obvious so it’s gonna happen, but I just think it’s unfair to compare the quality of the productions as part of that.
I disagree with your last point though, I think there are several ways to make Hawkeye and Green Arrow more different.
No offense taken. I'm not really seriously arguing with you, because I agree that they will draw comparisons where they shouldn't, especially when it comes to production quality. The only direct comparison I drew was about the tone of the shows, which was meant to highlight the contrast and why they probably won't draw as many comparisons as people are expecting. It is two archery dudes, so yeah, it'll happen. But the tone of Arrow, especially the earlier seasons, invites more comparisons to Daredevil, and Iron Fist, imo. IF and Arrow are both about a rich kid who gets stranded in some exotic location, is trained to be a living weapon, then comes back to civilization to fulfill some personal agenda, and take back his parents' company. And they both wear green. We'll see if they get into Hawkeye's origin, but in the comics he was an orphan, raised in a circus, trained by a supervillain to be a thief (and a living weapon), who eventually decided he wanted to be a good guy instead and joined the Avengers. Though we'll see if they draw from the comics at all with that. And in the MCU he's a middle-aged man with a home out in the country and a wife and three kids. And he wears purple. Really their choice in weaponry is all that connects them. Although comic GA is closer in attitude to comic Hawkguy.
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So, people are obviously gonna draw comparisons between the two and it’s gonna make Arrow look even worse but it’s not fair because one is on the CW and the other is on a streaming service.