Time to put this to bed.
I’ll say they stuck the landing, what the hell. It would have been very difficult to maintain the quality they built to in part 3 but they did a decent job.
Arrow: Part four was the establishing of Ollie as the Spectre, the origin story of the Monitor and Anti-Monitor, and the regrouping of the heroic avatars. Flash had to zoom around the speed force collecting his friends blah blah blah but the highlight was the Grant Gustin TV Flash meeting the DCCU Ezra Miller Flash, adding a whole new dimension to the proceedings *and* lending Miller’s Flash some extra validation. Finally, the big battle at the dawn of time to take down the A-M, where many a flimsy shadow demon lost their wispy lives and Ollie/Spectre sacrificed his life to beat down the A-M and create the spark of the new universe while the avatars did….something…to help birth a new universe. They weren’t big on details. But evidently, the Multiverse was back! Somehow. Fade to white. 6/10
Legends Part Five: The multiverse was back but different. Flash, Supergirl, Black Lightning and the Legends are all on the same earth now. Everyone (including guest cameo Crisis writer Marv Wolfman) remembers it always being one earth with Flash and Supergirl together on it. Only the avatars remember what really happened except for Superman, who wasn’t an avatar but also wasn’t aware of how many kids he had now. Yeah, don’t know they screwed that up. There may have been some last minute shoehorning in of Superman since he’s got a new show coming out. They’re getting used to the new status quo, with ‘Jonn going around mentally clueing in the other heroes, battling giant stuffed animals because the Legends is a comedy show, etc. They discover that although the multiverse is back, the Anti-Monitor is not dead, so here come the wispy shadow demons and the A-M is growing to giant size and more powerful. Ray, Wells and Ryan Choi create a shrinking bomb that will continue to shrink the A-M into the Atomverse forever. We then get some marvelous fan service.
The Crisis being finally over, Ollie/Spectre narrates how the multiverse sprung forth again and shows glimpses of various earths:
Green Lantern and OA (coming soon to HBO/DC streaming)
Titans (DC streaming service)
Doom Patrol (DC streaming service)
Stargirl and the Justice Society of America (DC streaming and CW)
But best of all, the former Kingdom Come Superman played by Brandon Routh, now in his familiar shot, flying above the earth, in the regular costume and colors, complete with the John Williams theme. This is the show/movie that I *want*.
Finally, the heroes gather together for the remembrance/dedication to Ollie and to represent their various shows. Once done, Barry announces that the space can be a new HQ whenever they need to get together in the future for any world threatening event. He even unveils the round meeting table and custom ID chairs. I would be absolutely stunned if this isn’t a prelude to the Justice League of America. As we leave the scene, we see that Gleek the monkey from Superfriends has escaped his cage and the exterior reveal is that the new HQ is in fact, the Hall of Justice from the Superfriends and the familiar theme plays us out. It actually was pretty rousing and exciting. All in all, 7/10, well done.
I know of at least one friend whose 10 year old son was so excited after watching it, he couldn’t get to sleep and was buzzing about it the next morning on the way to school. That’s a win.
Yes, yes, I was also humming the Superfriends theme for a full 30 minutes after the show too……it’s catchy!
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