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In a February 2016 tumblr post, MG had said that Liza Warner would be returning next season. But it's possible that things have changed since then - and maybe that's why they created the new Detective Malone character. Tyler Ritter is the son of the late John Ritter (Three's Company) and the brother of Jason Ritter (Joan of Arcadia, Gravity Falls). Tyler's resume includes The McCarthys and Young & Hungry, as well as guest appearances on AoS (playing Thomas Ward) and NCIS (playing Luca Sciuto). He's 31 years old and 6'1"...

No. I'm just a casual research 'nerd' and longtime 'bookworm' with a perfectionist tendency. But thank you. Early last year I started collecting articles, quotes, links, etc., on Arrow topics, especially relating to Felicity, Olicity and/or OTA, because I got tired of trying to find the same sources again and again, in order to have them on hand to support arguments & defenses that would keep recurring in online discussions. That collection expanded to include other Arrow topics like awards & wins, acting recognition, refuting fan service, comics as soaps, and behind-the-scenes info. (This Word document is now over 500 pages in length.) I also started collecting favorite quotes from every Arrow episode (using a combination of the foreverdreaming transcripts and Olicity Queen's youtube video clips). I've been doing this slowly over the past few years. I started with episode 1x03 and am currently up to episode 4x10. I hope to be caught up by the time S5 starts. And yes, I'm also a compulsive list-maker. Hence, my spoiler compilations, comic-con list and social media list. I have no idea what I'm going to do with these documents when Arrow finally ends. ;)

Here's the person that was posting screen times per Arrow character, but she seems to have stopped at 4x21... https://twitter.com/HattieJo18 Here's someone else who posted total screen times per Arrow character (cumulative for all seasons)... http://www.imdb.com/list/ls072879924/

08/11/15 - Mark Pedowitz (CW President): “We discovered we’re best suited as a brand to make a very high concept or genre based show that has serialized elements. That’s the best way for us to succeed in our storytelling. If the shows check off the boxes, we have a good chance to succeed. Our audience will not come to us if we’re procedural.” 04/01/15 - Den of Geek: "So, what’s the answer? Does comic book TV need 'freak of the week' villains? Well, that question mark there signifies that the ‘solution’ we’re about to offer is merely our opinion, and is by no means intended as the be-all-and-end-all. If you’ve got your own ideas, we’d genuinely love to hear them in the comments. ... We’d argue that comic book television adaptations need a lot of villains, but there’s no need for them to be thought of or planned out as ‘freak of the week’. In our opinion, there generally needs to be a central villain (Reverse-Flash, The League Of Assassins, John Garrett, and HYDRA) or there’s no core strand to hold the show together. ... Once you’ve got this framework of central villainy set up, there’s no reason shows cannot have multiple supporting villains. Malcolm Merlyn has still been a villain of sorts in this season’s Arrow, but the centralisation of R’as and the League provides him with a link to the main action and a reason to be there. The use of Deathstroke this season - far away from the main action, not posing much threat, leaving little impact - seemed a little superfluous in comparison." Arrow was always intended to be a serialized show, with its five-year flashback plan contrasting with Oliver's present-day character evolution... 10/9/12 - Comic Book Resources: "Guggenheim explained that there was never a discussion of 'Arrow' being made as a movie rather than a TV show, if only because he and Berlanti felt that the story would work best serialized. The creative team said they were excited about the opportunity to explore Oliver's backstory through the flashback dynamic of the show. ... 'Arrow' is ultimately 'two series in one,' with each episode telling parallel stories between Oliver's time shipwrecked on the island and his time as a superhero vigilante in the present day. Episode 2 opens with Oliver setting foot on the island for the first time, underscoring the series' intent for the flashbacks to continue through the entire series. ... 'Ideally, however long this series runs, the last flashback in the last episode of the series will be Oliver seeing the boat that rescued him in the pilot,' Kreisberg said. ... But it is a TV show, and because of that, each season will feel like a different arc. In fact, Kreisberg explained that every few episodes will feel like their own 'chapter,' with episodes 1 through 5 being the first, 6 through 9 the second and so on. Of course, throughout the chapters, seeds will be planted that won't pay off until the end of season 1, season 2 or even season 5, which is something Guggenheim and Kreisberg are really excited about."

Next stop - Shanghai, then back to shooting Arrow (lol - "no, Felicity's not here"); also, SA can use chopsticks!... Stephen Amell's live video from the Ancestral Temple in Beijing Published on Jun 27, 2016, by Green Sun Stephen Amell TMNT Beijing China June 27, 2016 Published on Jun 27, 2016, by MyDCHeroes

In the past, they've just had characters' tech skills adapt to plot needs. IIRC, Oliver used a trick arrow very early in S1 (the arrow he shot into that businesman's office), which was presumably one he built himself. As others have stated, Felicity has built hardware elements on a number of occasions. Last season, Curtis was hacking into Brie's "bees" to control them. So I'm glad that next season, they'll make an effort to distinguish Curtis's role from Felicity's role on the team. I hope it's made very clear that they have different skill sets.

HD video of EBR's appearance on Comedy Bang! Bang!... Emily Bett Rickards in Comedy Bang! Bang! (24/06/16) Published on Jun 27, 2016, by FYeahEBR

ITA (Zack Stentz is a Hollywood screenwriter)...

Felicity getting shot is up for Best TV Shocker, and Felicity breaking up with Oliver is up for Moment that Made You Want to Throw Out Your TV - voting for all polls closes on Monday, July 4 at 5 p.m. PT... TV Scoop Awards 2016: Vote for the Best Shocker & the Moment That Made You Want to Throw Out Your TV by TV SCOOP TEAM | Mon, Jun 27, 2016 3:00 PM http://www.eonline.com/news/775432/tv-scoop-awards-2016-vote-for-the-best-shocker-the-moment-that-made-you-want-to-throw-out-your-tv

LoT spoiler from Ask Ausiello... http://tvline.com/2016/06/27/once-upon-a-time-season-6-spoilers-hyde-regina-ask-ausiello/

Oliver & Felicity are the only Arrow characters appearing in that CW summer sizzle promo, although you can see Diggle passing by in the background in that shot where Barry comments on Oliver's sleeveless suit ("Don't you get cold?").

Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on Once, Grey's, Walking Dead, Supernatural, Legends, Suits, TVD, Blindspot and More By Michael Ausiello / June 27 2016, 9:26 AM PDT http://tvline.com/2016/06/27/once-upon-a-time-season-6-spoilers-hyde-regina-ask-ausiello/

Some pics & vid clip of Matt Ryan and Michael Rowe (plus VB and SVS) from Arc Con in Brussels this weekend (Matt looks younger with dark hair and clean-shaven! Michael has a mustache!)...

SA was promoting TMNT2 in Beijing this weekend...

Doesn't the diversity problem really stem from the source material (the comics)? So unless Berlanti dared to defy the comics by casting more POCs as lead superheroes...

O&F are up for Best TV Kiss (currently in 3d place) - voting for all TV Scoop polls closes on July 4 at 5 p.m. PT... TV Scoop Awards 2016: Vote for the Best TV Kiss and Best Fight Now by TV SCOOP TEAM | Sun, Jun 26, 2016 3:00 PM http://www.eonline.com/news/775414/tv-scoop-awards-2016-vote-for-the-best-tv-kiss-and-best-fight-now

This video is short but cute (described as "FLSH-B8 and ARO-D2 on the Death S.T.A.R. Labs")... May The Speed Force Be With You Published on Jun 23, 2016, by Dave Jones

I think it would be 'creepy' if we posted every single tweet, facebook and instagram post released by KC. But when an actor on the show that's the subject of this forum does something questionable (like cancelling a comic con appearance for filming reasons and then showing up in Maui that same weekend), then that's valid discussion (imo). Also, I don't see anything wrong in being curious as to whether or not an Arrow actor has a new movie project.

I just want to point out that Constantine and Vibe (Cisco) are included in that ScreenRant list of "The 15 Most Powerful Heroes Of The Arrowverse" - and I don't see them as action characters. If Curtis had become Mr. Terrific this past season, he probably would've been on that list as well. As for that new CW poster... I've only seen Wentworth Miller play white characters on TV shows and in movies - as evidenced by his characters always having white siblings (Peyton List played his sister on The Flash, Dominic Purcell played his brother on Prison Break, Tyron Leitso played his brother on Dinotopia, and Ali Larter played his sister on Resident Evil: Afterlife). So to count him as one of the POCs is stretching it.

Matt Ryan is currently filming a new ITV eight-part TV series called The Halcyon... ITV drama series being filmed at Chatham Historic Dockyard By mrjamierose | Posted: June 19, 2016 http://www.maidstoneandmedwaynews.co.uk/itv-drama-series-being-filmed-at-chatham-historic-dockyard/story-29419409-detail/story.html

I have to say - new suit notwithstanding - this GA funko pop is cute... https://www.amazon.com/Funko-POP-TV-Action-Figure/dp/B01G45Y5XM/ref=pd_rhf_se_s_cp_3?ie=UTF8&dpID=41ht8SRtzBL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_SL500_SR95%2C135_&psc=1&refRID=FE9WFZTWDE4NH2JX27NS

Vote for Oliver & Felicity in this poll (if you ship them)... Poll : Best TV Couples of American TV Series 2016 by admin May 31, 2016 http://voteformost.com/best-tv-couple-of-american-tv-series-2016-poll/?photo=8961 They're currently in 9th place (out of 118 tv couples): http://voteformost.com/best-tv-couple-of-american-tv-series-2016-poll/

From SA's Facebook on June 25 (who is Zaco?)... Stephen Amell The Zaco Takeover! | ARROW

Olicity made it to Round 2 of H&H's Swoonies 2016 - voting in this round ends June 29, 2016 12 p.m. EST... Swoonies 2016: TV Edition—Round 2 JUN 25 2016 12:00PM http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2016/06/swoonies-2016-tv-edition-round-2

I don't want to beat a dead horse, but again with the "heroes" being limited to comics-named superheroes? Felicity's computer hacking ability is pretty powerful and stopped a nuke from destroying Star City. Granted, she has no superpowers and no costume, but I'd certainly put her ahead of Arsenal and Speedy.