Biff! Superhero TV and movies

This episode does not strike quite true with our team this week. Discussion questions include “Can you really be surprised your dad is a murderer when he killed someone in front of you in the first episode?”, “Is your big bad perhaps a trifle overpowered when he seems to know as much or more than your audience?” and “Can we just have more Anatoly please?” Also, the possibility of t-shirts is broac...

This week, we’re all trapped in a bunker. With our feelings. We go off-formula for a week that helps remediate some of our biggest complaints about this season and last. Hot topics include: finding the secret escalator entrance in to the Arrowcave, why you pipe hot and cold running methane into your lair, and why it’s important to talk things out like adults. Even on a comic book show. To subscrib...

After a few weeks off, team Speedy Arrowcast is back in action. This week, schisms rock the team as Felicity and Oliver face off. We discuss impractical infiltration garb, the time-space rift that has seemingly transported two of our favorite characters to a different show, and why certain people should probably not cast stones when it comes to the ends justifying the means. To subscribe to all ou...

We’re breaking up the band…so we can get the band back together! Team Speedy Arrowcast is on hand to discuss the varying natures of brotherhood, what exactly it takes to get a room around here, and important parallels between our favorite show and another classic of American television. To subscribe to all our Arrow-related content, check out this feed: http://feeds.theincomparable.com/arrow Host...

To Russia, comrades! This week’s flashback-heavy episode follows past Oliver carrying out his vendetta against Kovar, while in the present he is tormented by Prometheus. We discuss the troubling portrayal of torture, the weird casual nature of Sarin gas, and why it’s probably not a good idea to trust a strange woman who promises to help you with your inner monster. To subscribe to all our Arrow-re...

Prometheus is officially unmasked this week, and things ratchet up a notch. So, naturally, team Speedy Arrowcast isn’t done with outlandish theories. We don our silk kimono to discuss why you don’t bring the villain’s wife to a knife fight, why teaming up with mysterious hackers usually has a downside, and the inevitable attack on Star City by a horde of monkeys. And tune in for some STUNNING NEWS...

It’s Crackpot Theory week at the Speedy Arrowcast, and at least one of our panelists is buying them in bulk. We discuss supervillain reveals (and the head fakes that keep them fresh), loose plot threads galore, and a truly surprising prediction for the end of the season. To subscribe to all our Arrow-related content, check out this feed: http://feeds.theincomparable.com/arrow Host Dan Moren with G...

This week, a trio of female villains menaces Star City. We discuss important topics like villain nomenclature, taking out the trash with extreme prejudice, and whether or not Oliver Queen’s administration deserves to be impeached (spoiler: It probably does). Most importantly, though, we want your suggestions on codenames for our team. Tweet ‘em to us with #BiffArmy. To subscribe to all our Arrow-r...

A very special episode of Arrow calls for a very special guest: with Moltz on guard duty at Lian Yu, we pull in the Flash Flashcast’s Philip Mozolak to discuss the weighty issues of gun control and gun rights, Oliver Queen as the hero that the Green Arrow can’t be, and a look into what makes vigilante Rene Ramirez tick. We also engage in a rare bit of followup and bestow the title of show’s Offici...

And it’s back to Russia for the first time in a few years, as Team Arrow tracks down General Walker and his stolen nuclear device. We discuss questionable moral decisions—like dating the reporter covering your administration—the hilarity of sending Green Arrow to rough up a few thugs, and the long-awaited return of our favorite proto-Question, Quentin Lance. To subscribe to all our Arrow-related c...

How do you solve a problem like finding a new Black Canary? Well, if you’re Team Arrow, a convenient metahuman drops right in your lap. This week, the Speedy Arrowcast gets its own second chance, as we talk about important topics like naming your villains after popular wireless speakers, Big Belly Burger’s franchising model, and the joy of a brand new, well-lit set. To subscribe to all our Arrow-r...

Team Speedy Arrowcast is shaking off the mothballs this week, returning to combat Prometheus at full strength. Important discussions include the death of poor Detective Whatshisname, our appreciation for the acquired taste that is Rene Ramirez, and evil doppelgängers and other comic-book problems. To subscribe to all our Arrow-related content, check out this feed: http://feeds.theincomparable.com...

The new team continues to gel this week, and we discuss SCPD’s training regimen, the state of news networks and journalism in Star City, and an appearance by one of our favorites from seasons gone by. (Spoiler: It’s not Biff.) To subscribe to all our Arrow-related content, check out this feed: http://feeds.theincomparable.com/arrow Host Dan Moren with Guy English and John Moltz.

The Green Arrow recruits a new team, and team Speedy Arrowcast is on hand to discuss questionable training methods (and their provenance), Oliver’s superpower of changing clothes quickly, and just how long it takes one to recover from an arrow to the leg. To subscribe to all our Arrow-related content, check out this feed: http://feeds.theincomparable.com/arrow Host Dan Moren with John Moltz and Gu...

Unlike our friends in Star City, this team stays together. Team Speedy Arrowcast is back for another season! We have plenty of important topics for discussion in this opener, including things you maybe shouldn’t do as mayor, the return of a murderous Oliver, “deathbed” promises, and curious choices about statues. To subscribe to all our Arrow-related content, check out this feed: http://feeds.thei...

Another season in the bag. Just like our panelists. As we wrap up the Oliver vs. Damien Darhk grudge match, we discuss untimely Ghost attacks, anticlimactic punch ups, and just how much we are going to miss the sparkling joy that is Neal McDonough. But we’re optimistic about season 5…even if we do still have a year of flashbacks. To subscribe to all our Arrow-related content, check out this feed:...

Family drama rules the roost this week, with a Smoak-Kuttler reunion and Oliver trying to rescue Thea. We discuss the limitation of suburban subdevelopment sets, why supervillains should really just kill people when they have the chance, and why you should never sit too close to the computer when you’re hacking. To subscribe to all our Arrow-related content, check out this feed: http://feeds.thein...

This week, we grit our teeth and let the hand-wavey technology do its thing, discuss whether you really need to run for mayor to get access to City Hall, and discuss exactly whether our favorite (possibly?) departed political operative, turned bearded, brainwashed, clipboard-wielding flunky merits an action figure. To subscribe to all our Arrow-related content, check out this feed: http://feeds.th...

Everybody gets the weekend off (including us)! We discuss Thea’s unwise relationship with Totally Not Evil Alex, Dig and Lyla’s choice of mobile homes, and Oliver’s latest Defense against the Dark Arts teacher. We also try to avoid going down the rabbit hole of discussing incarnations of DC Comics hero The Question. To subscribe to all our Arrow-related content, check out this feed: http://feeds.t...

Don’t blame yourself this week—that’s left to our characters. Laurel Lance may not live on, but there’s still a Black Canary out and about. We discuss how an ace high school student can tinker with Cisco’s tech, the chances of resurrection in a comic-book universe, and our burning desire to know why Alex Davis became a political operative. To subscribe to all our Arrow-related content, check out t...

Better late than never. (Or perhaps, given this episode, better late than…”the late.”) We discuss poor idol labeling, the impossibility of searching prison book carts, and the questionable obtuseness of certain hospital staff. And, of course, we bid adieu to a character and finally answer the season-long question: Who’s in the Box?! To subscribe to all our Arrow-related content, check out this fee...

Bee-ware the bee puns on this week’s episode! It’s a week of adult discussions, pop culture references, and you know what, just all out fun. We talk questionable lair security, how to explain your decommissioned lair to your board of directors, and exactly what kind of medicine they gave Curtis Holt. To subscribe to all our Arrow-related content, check out this feed: http://feeds.theincomparable.c...

After a slightly longer than expected hiatus, Team Speedy Arrowcast is back! Issues this week include the driving of artificial wedges between characters, the return of a meh antagonist, and the fly-by-night justice system of Star City. Round it all out with an update on Who’s In the Box? and Who Does Ollie Need to Kill? To subscribe to all our Arrow-related content, check out this feed: http://fe...

Throw another superhero on the barbecue! Mari McCabe, aka Vixen, makes her live-action debut, and we discuss how our favorite team should know that secrets are bad, our befuddlement over the peculiar geography of the DC Universe’s United States, and our latest thoughts on that time-honored classic: Who’s In the Box?! Also, a fan favorite makes a startling return! To subscribe to all our Arrow-rela...

It’s a sad day for the Speedy Arrowcast team, as they mourn the dear, departed—well, we’ll get there. Thea and Lance reinforce bad Ollie behavior, we speculate about the nature of “precision demolition,” and Team Arrow sure picks the wrong week to forget to pack the bomb spray. To subscribe to all our Arrow-related content, check out this feed: http://feeds.theincomparable.com/arrow Host Dan Moren...