I have a lot of mixed feelings towards this finale. Granted, compared to Game of Thrones last night, this episode felt godly. Nevertheless, it was a mess.
First off, the Emiko plot was resolved way too easily. Like seriously, we spent the last half of the season on it and that's it? That's how she goes out? What happened to Virgil and the random woman that showed up? They just seemed to disappear mid-battle.
Next up, the cops just being on the side of the heroes again was also random. Shouldn't we had actually gotten a scene SHOWING this aspect? Same goes for Bronze Tiger's parole. Was there no time in the generic rehashed plot a few week's back to show him getting released from prison?
The fight choreography and camera work remained stellar, especially in the computer server room with the way the camera was just gliding across the battlefield. That was pretty damn awesome.
On the other hand, the editing between the present day stuff and the future crap was very immersion breaking. Like oh my god, just as things were getting good in the present, it would then jump right into the future for like 30 seconds, go back to the present for another 30, then back to the future, ad nauseum. Of course, the future crap was just that, crap. I really wished Mia had died on top of that buildilng, but thank the gods this stuff is done and over with.
I had a feeling Monitor was going to show up in the end there, but if you were to stop the episode right as Oliver is sitting in the chair with Mia in his arms, it would make for the perfect series finale moment. I wonder if this means the next season will be all about the adventures of Oliver traveling through the Multi-verse. I hope so as that would be interesting and be something different for a show entering its 8th season.
I expect Felicity will show up in the series finale, but this is a good send off for her and everyone else until Crisis.
Overall, it was a really subpar season with some really great highs and a lot of massive low points. It's worst aspects related to the future stuff and that half of this season was just utterly boring. Diaz was a terrible villain and Emiko was no better. In fact, the show horribly underutilized Adrian Paul's talents. he should have had a much BIGGER role than he did. The best episode of the season for me was the prison break one followed by the one with the documentary-esque style. The worst, eh, there was a lot and I don't remember them all anymore. I'm just glad the season is done and over with and the show is going to have a definite ending whether it goes the way the Monitor says it is going to go or ends up changing.
I have a lot of mixed feelings towards this finale. Granted, compared to Game of Thrones last night, this episode felt godly. Nevertheless, it was a mess.
First off, the Emiko plot was resolved way too easily. Like seriously, we spent the last half of the season on it and that's it? That's how she goes out? What happened to Virgil and the random woman that showed up? They just seemed to disappear mid-battle.
Next up, the cops just being on the side of the heroes again was also random. Shouldn't we had actually gotten a scene SHOWING this aspect? Same goes for Bronze Tiger's parole. Was there no time in the generic rehashed plot a few week's back to show him getting released from prison?
The fight choreography and camera work remained stellar, especially in the computer server room with the way the camera was just gliding across the battlefield. That was pretty damn awesome.
On the other hand, the editing between the present day stuff and the future crap was very immersion breaking. Like oh my god, just as things were getting good in the present, it would then jump right into the future for like 30 seconds, go back to the present for another 30, then back to the future, ad nauseum. Of course, the future crap was just that, crap. I really wished Mia had died on top of that buildilng, but thank the gods this stuff is done and over with.
I had a feeling Monitor was going to show up in the end there, but if you were to stop the episode right as Oliver is sitting in the chair with Mia in his arms, it would make for the perfect series finale moment. I wonder if this means the next season will be all about the adventures of Oliver traveling through the Multi-verse. I hope so as that would be interesting and be something different for a show entering its 8th season.
I expect Felicity will show up in the series finale, but this is a good send off for her and everyone else until Crisis.
Overall, it was a really subpar season with some really great highs and a lot of massive low points. It's worst aspects related to the future stuff and that half of this season was just utterly boring. Diaz was a terrible villain and Emiko was no better. In fact, the show horribly underutilized Adrian Paul's talents. he should have had a much BIGGER role than he did. The best episode of the season for me was the prison break one followed by the one with the documentary-esque style. The worst, eh, there was a lot and I don't remember them all anymore. I'm just glad the season is done and over with and the show is going to have a definite ending whether it goes the way the Monitor says it is going to go or ends up changing.