Hey youtubers it's Charlie. Yesterday I asked you all to submit your Arrow and Flash questions
so I picked 10 of them to answer in this video with one bonus question. There were a ton
of Hong Kong Amanda Waller questions. Since Stephen Amell has started talking about Season
3 we've gotten some good teasers for what's going to be happening.
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for late tonight and I'm seeing Maleficent, so that review will go up tomorrow.
Now let's talk about the unholy union of Oliver and Amanda Waller and Flash whatnot.
Question 1 - Jedi Knight asks Do you think we will ever get to see Slade's son in present
day?﻿
You're talking about Jericho, I think eventually yes. Jericho appearing is completely dependent
on Slade's role on the show. If they use him as part of a larger story then I think it
would be a good opportunity to bring him on. Even if they decide to not feature Slade they
could always bring on a new character using a false name and just develop him as a new
Roy type person.
Cut to the end of the season and it's revealed he's really Slade's son and has no idea what
his father did in season 2 or that Oliver was responsible for putting him in ARGUS jail.
They mentioned him a couple times between Season 1 and Season 2, so they have to show
him eventually. Or at least tell us what happened to him after Slade was marooned on the island.
I'd really like to know if he ever tried to contact him after he escaped. He was pretty
juiced up though. So I wouldn't be surprised if he did not.
Question 2 - Jaimer asks Where will Slade's powers and enhanced brain function go? and
will they use the metahuman plot on The Flash show to give Laurel real Black Canary powers?
When the mirakuru in his blood was neutralized all of the benefits went away too. The mirakuru
was mostly a regenerative drug that also gave people super strength. It didn't make Slade
super smart like he is in the comics. They changed all that. He's still really clever,
but the only mental side effects of the drug were negative ones, making him hallucinate
Shado.
And no I don't think Laurel is going to become a metahuman. Even if she did, they would do
it on Arrow, not the Flash. The crossover material that they do for Arrow and Flash
will be more driven by trying to defeat a villain.
It's unclear how Oliver is going to get involved in the Reactor Explosion Dark Energy plot
that they teased in the Flash Trailer. I would guess that if you were not in the blast radius,
you're not getting super powers from that. So all the new metahumans will just be people
in Central City when that happened.
Question 3 - cocotiks (no avatar) asks Since Oliver is in Hong Kong will we get new characters
in the flashbacks?
Totally, I'm expecting too see new and familiar faces. As for who some of those characters
might be, I think it will mostly be international superheroes and villains. Otherwise why make
it all happen in Hong Kong, it's such a port of call on that side of the world. Naturally
a lot of the criminal elements of the DC Universe would pass through there at some point.
Amanda Waller as teased in season 1 was mostly there to destabilize the Chinese government.
Presumably, the Hong Kong flashbacks will spell out why and what else she was up to.
Question 4 - Malicious asks Do you think Komodo or Onomatopoeia is going to be a major or
minor villain in Arrow season 3?﻿
I think Komodo is more likely, but they gave a lot of his character traits and history
to Slade in Season 2. Like in the comics, Komodo creates a plan to make Oliver lose
all his money and Oliver shoots one of his eyes out with an Arrow. So they've already
combined the character with Deathstroke.
But it's totally possible that they could use the character and just change the backstory
to focus more on his history with Shado.
If you're not familiar with Komodo, his real name is Simon Lacroix and he grew up working
for Queen Industries, learned archery from Oliver's father Robert Queen and turned evil.
Question 5 - Jhon Harper asks do you think that John Diggle will become a green lantern?
If not do you think that green lantern will be in arrow or flash?﻿
I don't think they'd do something as big as that without a multi season arc. And just
because Hal Jordan is the most iconic Green Lantern, I think the Flash TV Show would get
first crack at teasing the character, just because Jordan is also a Central City character.
They've teased Ferris Airlines before, so I think we'll see more Green Lantern teasers.
If they do anything Diggle related with Green Lantern, it will just be having him make some
jokes about Green costumes, rings or have him rhyme something like the Green Lantern
motto.
In terms of actually seeing a Green Lantern character on either show, I think definitely
eventually. The Green Lantern movie flopped, so Warner Bros probably won't have a problem
demoting the character to TV status. But it took 2 years to get to Barry Allen, so don't
expect another spinoff character like that till Arrow Season 4 or The Flash Season 2.
Question 6 - Jack Gutman (no avatar) asks Hey Charlie how 'bout a shoutout, my Birthday
is on Saturday?
Everybody be sure to give Jack a Birthday high five!
Question 7 - Daedelus (no avatar) asks what other non natural abilities or powers will
appear on Arrow?﻿
It looks like they've been able to do a pretty good job with weather and energy based special
effects, just looking at the Flash Trailer. But because Oliver isn't a superhuman. They're
probably going to steer away from comic book characters with crazy powers. It makes more
sense to put Oliver next to other characters of similar ability.
There's always exceptions. The only one right now is named Barry Allen. And he'll only be
next to Oliver on screen a couple of times this year.
The Flash is a whole different story. Because he's got crazy powers via Speedforce those
limitations you have with Oliver are out the window. Just because I'm a sucker for the
classics, I'd say the first other super powers we'll see will be Rogue based powers. Like
Captain Cold freezing stuff.
Question 8 - Adrian (no avatar) asks do you think we'll see the league of assassins in
the hong kong flashbacks?
That would be so awesome. I definitely think we'll see references to them. But I don't
think they'll be the primary antagonist, like Ed Fyers was on the island. Oliver did say
that he heard 'things' about Ra's Al Ghul, so he had to hear them from somewhere. It's
stands to reason that place could have been Hong Kong.
Question 9 - Niloy (no avatar) asks is there going to be any reference flashpoint storyline
on the flash tv series?
So they're starting the show off using a modified version of the Flash Rebirth story and the
new 52 Origin story. Geoff Johns is on the writing staff and he wrote Flash for a long
time, so expect lots of references to golden age, silver age and recent Flash stuff. Flashpoint
included.
But since Flashpoint was such a universe altering event, I think they'll just make references
to it. The Particle Accelerator Explosion is kind of the macguffin for season 1, the
dark energy it releases creating all the new metahumans is going to be where they mine
most of the story from week to week.
Question 10 - Alex Garcia asks, do you think we'll see Felicity Flashbacks from before
she met Oliver
Originally when Stephen Amell talked about learning more about Felicity in Season 2 he
made it sound like we were supposed to get way more info and it just got edited out at
the last minute. I don't expect a lot of Flashbacks like we get with Hong Kong and the Island,
but I do think Felicity will start talking about her past before she met everyone. Or
talk about it more.
Usually it takes something traumatic for that to happen. So I think something will happen
with her family that will make her want to talk to Oliver about it. And that's when we
learn more. I don't think she's going to get any solo episodes where she goes off on her
own without Team Arrow for an entire hour.
Bonus Question - LordLaxton (no avatar) asks, do you think they'll introduce a new supervillain
in season 3 like they in season 2 when they did Barry Allen?
So you're asking about them bringing a major character into the Arrowverse, like someone
big enough to get a spinoff. I think they'll definitely bring someone in who can stand
by themselves. They'd have to, just to top Deathstroke. I think whoever it ends up being
will be a lateral move, like they're not going to get a supervillain with real super powers.
It will be someone like Deathstroke or Merlyn who Oliver actually has a chance of defeating,
with a little help from Felicity of course.
I'm sure Stephen Amell will be talking more about the new villain at Comic Con this summer.
So that's probably when we'll get more teasers.
So thanks so much for submitting questions everyone! These are always a ton of fun to
do. I'll be posting my next Arrow and Flash videos next Wednesday, so be sure to subscribe
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Tonight I'm seeing Maleficent, so I'll probably post my review Friday. Don't worry, there
will be spoiler warnings. I've also got a special Star Wars Episode 7 Spinoff movie
video I'm working on. That will be my next video.
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Thanks for watching, see you guys tonight. High Fives!