Arrow star wants to take his show back to its comic book roots

Arrow is in a perfect spot for a tonal shift. The show has been on a very particular arc since the first season. While it hasn’t always been a great show, it’s stuck to that idea and finished it this spring with a bang. A hard shift in that arc would’ve felt like a huge disconnect from everything that had come before it. But with the end of season 5, we find Ollie and the Green Arrow both in very different places. Oliver has been forced to question why he does what he does, and whether or not he’s doing it for the right reasons. He’s been pushed to the brink. The season finale left us in a spot where we don’t know whether or not some long-time characters are alive.

One possible, even likely outcome is that Oliver will find himself taking care of a young son who knows both of his identities. Amell even commented earlier this year that Oliver is “more equipped” to be a father than he thinks he is, and said that the theme of this new season will be “family.”

Wherever season 6 starts off, it’s going to be different.

I hope the writers working on Arrow are listening to Amell, because he could very well become the Arrowverse’s bright spot again after The Flash has dug itself into such a deep hole. Arrow season 6 premieres in its new time slot  on Thursday, October 12, at 9 p.m. EST.

Article source: https://www.technobuffalo.com/2017/07/05/arrow-cw-star-wants-to-take-his-show-back-green-arrow-comic-book-roots/