Legends of Tomorrow: Characters Easily Trump Plot

My Take Thus Far:

A team of versatile superheroes (and pseudo-villains?) that make for interesting character dynamics. Relationships are (realistically) rough around the edges, making the show at times irritating and at times satisfying in equal measure. However, episode plots often seem rushed and don’t do much for the intrigue of the storyline.

The characters, though? They’re very much worth watching this series for. 🙂

[Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdoi9uyEFPM]

I must admit, when I first saw the trailer for Legends of Tomorrow, I was excited and eager to get into the show: The Arrow and Flash shows have done an incredible job of keeping me interested, especially in their latest seasons. So I was definitely looking forward to getting a closer look at these other characters whom I already know (from aforementioned shows) but don’t quite know enough about yet.

The pilot episode started off great – Rip Hunter’s dramatic speech of being “Legends” to our unwitting characters aside. And the later twist of finding out it was all a lie and that Hunter had a much more personal reason for wanting to stop Savage was great.

However, the episode plots were a bit meh. Because, the episodes that came next (so far) more or less followed the same vein: Trying to stop Vandal Savage, not succeeding, making the future worse by way of actions taken to stop the future from becoming as bad as it already was (read that last bit again slowly), then spending the rest of the episode trying to fix those actions, and then succeeding at the second task and starting again from square one.

Of course, this isn’t to say that the storyline has no redeeming points; it does. But they’re kind of minor and underwhelming so far.

So yeah, it can get a bit annoying.

The relationships between the characters can also get a bit trying sometimes. ‘Cause they’re a lot like a jigsaw pieces someone is trying very hard to fit together (hint: his initials are RH). However, taking a minute to think of it logically, that’s probably the best bit about this show: These are a bunch of people with very different personalities and motivations in life, who have been suddenly thrown together to work with each other. And, in real life too, that’s a tricky mess to navigate. (After all, it’s not like they can all go back to their own homes at the end of the day to gain some distance from the situation.)

So, considering it from that point of view, it makes perfect sense that they’re going to take some time to figure each other out. In fact, how much some of them sync together already (in their own ways) is intriguing to see. Because it’s so minor, so easy, that it seems absolutely right.

But then again, it’s probably because the dynamics shift from smooth to rough so jerkily throughout each episode that it seems irritating.

Overall, I do like the series. However, I am also looking for more from it. And hopefully, it’ll deliver as the series progresses further.

On an aside note, though, the ending of episode 5 was the most attention-grabbing yet! 😀