Jim Dandy Oct 25, 2017
Legends Of Tomorrow delivers a rare disappointing episode in Zari. Spoilers ahead in our review...
This review contains spoilers.
See related Preacher season 2 episode 13 review: The End Of The Road Preacher season 2: Dominic Cooper interview 50 upcoming comic book TV shows, and when to expect them
3.3 Zari
Here's the problem with Legends Of Tomorrow: when your premise is this packed with ridiculousness, your margin for error is pretty slim. The show has been incredibly strong for the better part of two seasons, but it's still fundamentally a show about a group of goofball time travellers played as an action comedy, and that road is full of pitfalls. Time travel is fundamentally terrible. Comedy is really hard. And stuffing dialogue into both of those themes, even separately, has the potential to be wooden, stilted, too infodumpy or just lazy.
Legends has certainly had some of these problems from time to time,...
Legends Of Tomorrow delivers a rare disappointing episode in Zari. Spoilers ahead in our review...
This review contains spoilers.
See related Preacher season 2 episode 13 review: The End Of The Road Preacher season 2: Dominic Cooper interview 50 upcoming comic book TV shows, and when to expect them
3.3 Zari
Here's the problem with Legends Of Tomorrow: when your premise is this packed with ridiculousness, your margin for error is pretty slim. The show has been incredibly strong for the better part of two seasons, but it's still fundamentally a show about a group of goofball time travellers played as an action comedy, and that road is full of pitfalls. Time travel is fundamentally terrible. Comedy is really hard. And stuffing dialogue into both of those themes, even separately, has the potential to be wooden, stilted, too infodumpy or just lazy.
Legends has certainly had some of these problems from time to time,...
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