The Green Arrow vs. Superman

This week, or maybe this month, I have found myself consumed in superheroes.  I've been reading and viewing many photos from /film regarding Thor 2, Captain America 2, The Avengers 2, and The Amazing Spiderman 2.  Since there is some time between now and their theatre release, I have sunk into high school nostalgia and it's name is Smallville.  I am in season three, one season prior to where I stopped watching it before, out of ten.  As I mentioned before, I wanted to learn more about the Green Arrow.  So what did I do?  I started watching cw's Arrow while watching Smallville.  I am in love with both.

Clark Kent is a man forged by the search for an identity with a "do-gooder" complex.

Oliver Queen is a good man forged by hard times.  A former party boy turned seeker of justice.

They are sort of alike, but their skill set is totally different.  And I love that.  I think I am a little biased about Superman because of Smallville , but its a great origins show.  Arrow seeks to do something similar, but in a much different fashion.  Arrow is darker, for one, and both are at much different points in their life when the show starts. 

I think being a librarian has jaded me in the sense that I believe all issues(all episodes) should be made available via the CWs website.  Articles from magazines are readily made available in these databases, why not shows?  Articles/databases owned by libraries, or previously owned, are then paid for and can be accessed whenever, wherever.  Places like Netflix and Amazon Instant Watch help, but typically by sending a disc.  My attitude with Netflix is not as great at the moment as it once was because they continue to send me discs out of order...I disgress.  To watch these shows, I have had to find...methods.  One of which involves Swedish subtitles.  And I don't speak Swedish.  But if I did, Arrow would sure teach me a lot.

I have not seen enough of Arrow to explain what it is that I feel makes the show successful, but I can say that the pilot and episode two have kept me watching.  More on that another day.

As for Smallville, the teen-love dynamics, high school, enemies, small town life versus the city, and great villains in the form of Luthers.  It's a good show and I like it as much now as I did in high school.  I m very intrigued to see where they take the show, having seen a few images prior.

Stay tuned heroes and villains of the night!