I have an Arrow ritual. Every Thursday morning when I get to school, I sit down and watch the latest episode on the CW website. (I go to this amazing school where they leave you alone with a computer all day, for the most part anyway, in case you're wondering.) You see, the CW website has less ads than if I were to watch it on TV, plus it has this wonderful thing called a pause button, so I can wander off if I need to and not miss anything. I hate missing things, especially when it comes to my favorite TV shows, which Arrow has become. Yes, I'm officially a dedicated fan now.
However, for the past few weeks my ritual has been interrupted because I rescheduled the horse lesson to Thursday morning. So I had to wait a whole weekend to watch Arrow again. (The horror! D8) So now instead of Arrow Thursday, it's Arrow Monday.
Anyway, let's get down to business.
The Count. I don't know about you, but I was really afraid of this:
Because, well, who wouldn't be afraid of that costume? There are few comic book costumes that translate well directly from the page to live action, and trying to translate that costume to live action would have been a really, really bad idea. Plus, this is a guy who runs around using his dizzy powers (as Austin would say: "DIZZY!" *waves hands* "I WIN!") to get revenge for one thing or another. So many things could go so wrong if the character was interpreted too...literally. Very little about the Count as he is in the comics is very interesting. (That said, if anyone knows any good Count Vertigo stories, let me know. I really just need to read some Suicide Squad already.) I mean, he had a condition called Vertigo (which is, actually, a real disease) and he happens to be a count. Combine that with a mysterious electronic device implanted into his brain to correct his disorder (but wait, it have him superpowers too! Wow!) and you've got another cheesy themed supervillain. I've never been impressed with Green Arrow's rouge's gallery, but Count Vertigo? Seriously? Although, a villain with the ability to make his arch enemies dizzy would work well to stop a hero wielding a bow. I'm complaining again, aren't I? Before I go off on a huge rant about ridiculous themed supervillains, let's get back to the point. Last week's episode of Arrow, "Vertigo" took the Count down to a more realistic, less green level. Instead of an actual count, Vertigo is a drug dealer who got his nickname because when he was experimenting with his product, Vertigo, he would administer it to his victims with a double syringe, making it look like they had been bitten by a vampire. So, people called him the Count, as in Count Dracula. I thought that was pretty great. It keeps the name of the character so that crazy nerds like me will recognize who the character is, but still manages to give the character a dark, sinister edge. What are drug dealers, if not a form of vampire? Once you stick "Vertigo" on the end of "Count" the edge is lost completely. In any case, this was a good episode. I very much liked the reinterpretation of the Count, even if we didn't get to see very much of him. Oliver was too busy getting dumped off a cliff and meeting in secret with the Russians. I'm sure we're going to see more of the Count for sure. Because, he'll probably come back, in typical superhero fashion, completely crazy. (But if that much Vertigo drives you crazy, then what about that other guy he killed earlier in the episode? Suspension of disbelief, quick!)/endrantP.S. I'm writing this in the library, and this kid sits down at the desk next to mine. He's like: "Good job for being smart." I look at him for a minute, bewildered, and then say: "I'm writing about a guy named Count Vertigo, so it depends on your definition of smart."
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