Time-traveling rogue, Rip Hunter, has to recruit a rag-tag team of heroes and villains to help prevent an apocalypse that could impact not only Earth, but all of time.Time-traveling rogue, Rip Hunter, has to recruit a rag-tag team of heroes and villains to help prevent an apocalypse that could impact not only Earth, but all of time.Time-traveling rogue, Rip Hunter, has to recruit a rag-tag team of heroes and villains to help prevent an apocalypse that could impact not only Earth, but all of time.
- Gideon
- (voice)
- (as Amy Pemberton)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJust before the time jump to 1975, the sound of the TARDIS can be heard just before the Waverider jumps.
- GoofsRip Hunter tells Gideon to set a course for Star City, January, 2016. To this, Gideon responds, "Ah, the early second millennium A.D...." The year 2016 is a part of the third millennium A.D., since the first millennium was from the years 0-999.
- Quotes
Barry Allen: Sometimes the world needs a team.
Dr. Martin Stein: You call this a team? A girl with wings in a past lives complex. A deceased assassin. A pair of criminals. And a billionaire with more tech than he clearly knows what to do with it.
Ray Palmer: I know exactly what to do with it. Most of the time.
- ConnectionsReferences Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- SoundtracksShining Star
(uncredited)
Written by Maurice White, Larry Dunn and Philip Bailey
Performed by Earth Wind & Fire
It was great when Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight -trilogy proved that superhero films can be dark and realistic (to some extent). But that doesn't mean that every movie and series should do the same. I actually respect Legends Of Tomorrow for capturing the comic book atmosphere so well. The story is admittedly ridiculous most of the time, but in a good way. It feels like watching an old-school superhero comic book - straight from TV. After all, when the point of fiction as a concept has often been to make things possible that couldn't happen in real life, it doesn't make sense for EVERYTHING to be down-to-earth and plausible. Everything that happens in this show is more or less crazy - and that's what makes it so entertaining for me.
This pilot episode had me hooked. Time travel has always been a fascinating storytelling device to me, and this show uses it well. As someone who hasn't watched Arrow or The Flash (except for the first episodes), the character introductions felt slightly rushed and confusing, but I liked them anyway. Arthur Darvill does a decent performance as protagonist Rip Hunter, who seems to be more of an intriguing and colorful character than the rest of the team (at least based on this episode). Atom, as well as both halves of Firestorm, seem like interesting characters as well. The rest of the main cast didn't especially interest me yet, but I'm sure they'll get more fleshed out in future episodes.
The main villain, Vandal Savage, makes a good first impression. He also serves as a good motive to bring the main characters together. I won't spoil anything for those who haven't seen this, but there's a certain twist towards the end of the episode that makes the story much more interesting. I think the future of this show looks bright, and I can't wait to see what happens next.
The directing by Glen Winter is solid, and the writers do a good job in setting up the story. The visual effects may not be state of the art, but they get the job done well enough. The instrumental soundtrack is surprisingly good, as it really captures the feeling of this team of characters on an epic mission. All in all, I really liked this pilot and I think it's getting too much negative criticism for being what it is - an entertaining sci-fi series that's fun and engaging to watch.
- veikkohoffman
- Mar 13, 2016