Invasion! VFX Reel

Encore VFX has posted a look at the special effects of last fall's Arrowverse crossover.

Invasion! Review

Ah, yes, the magical "we always had this and forgot to mention it" trope. I'm going to assume the Hall of Justice simply never existed prior to Flashpoint. It's the most likely explanation for why they simply never mentioned an entire building. Either that, or it's way out in the boondocks and inconvenient to get to unless you have super-speed or flight powers. Also, they finally addressed the fact that Barry owns STAR Labs. I'm surprised he didn't bring that up when Julian questioned where he always disappears to. However, I suppose there is the question of what he's doing there that's so urgent. Unless the CCPD knows STAR Labs works with the Flash, I forget.

Did Iris not know Oliver was the Arrow? I know Caitlin, Cisco, & Eobard found out two seasons ago, but I thought she knew as well. Iris didn't know Barry was the Flash at that point, but they've met up since then. Now I have to rewatch last year's crossover. Maybe it's a Flashpoint thing.

They really need to let Wally become Kid Flash. If the guy wants to help people, that's a good thing. Besides, he's got Barry to train him. It sure would be nice for the Flash to have some back up. Barry wouldn't have to leave work so often if Wally was around to help. Right now, I'm afraid of what HR's training will entail.

Can we please stop it with the heroes fighting heroes trope that seems to happen in every single team-up? It's getting old. They've used this trope in the Avengers, Age of Ultron, Civil War, the first Flarrow crossover, Batman v Superman, and several times on Agents of SHIELD. I vote we replace it with the "heroes have an ice cream party" trope, or something happy. If they absolutely have to fight, just make it a training exercise, not actual combat.

I feel like I've seen the Arrow 100th episode before. The characters are trapped in a dream world where everything is perfect until they notice small inconsistencies. Then they have to escape through a magic portal while aspects of the dream try to convince them to stay. For the Girl Who Has Everything is noticeably similar, but I've seen this plot elsewhere. I forget whether it was on a Doctor Who episode, one of my old Saturday morning cartoons, or what.

I'm kinda surprised how much of the Arrow episode the dream world took up. I was expecting the other characters to do more back on Earth, but all they really did was get in a fight and rescue Ollie & company. They could have entirely eliminated that episode and the plot wouldn't have been altered in the slightest. The only thing it accomplishes is character development going forward.

I kept waiting for Lantern Corps to show up and they kept not showing up. The producers basically said that Hal Jordan is the Green Lantern in the Arrowverse, but that we'd never see him. However, this is exactly the type of situation a galactic police force would get involved in. Maybe they can do a Red Lantern storyline on Supergirl.

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm really upset they never used the words Justice League in the dialogue. Someone did say Team Arrow, Team Flash, and Team Legends, but I was expecting discussion of a more formal team name for all of them. Will Zack Snyder simply not let Greg Berlanti use those words?

LoT Gets Biggest Audience Ever

Legends of Tomorrow drew its biggest audience in the history of the show last night. It drew 3.33 million viewers and a demo rating of 1.1 (just shy of the 1.2 record set by the pilot). These numbers are an 80% and 83% increase over the previous episode. This brings the ratings for the crossover to

• Supergirl: 3.5 million/1.1
• The Flash: 4.2 million/1.5
• Arrow: 3.5 million/1.3
• Legends of Tomorrow: 3.33 million/1.1

Each of these ratings is the highest of the season.

Invasion! Deleted Scenes

Andrew Kreisberg and Marc Guggenheim revealed to EW a number of scenes that didn't make it into the final version of the crossover. Hopefully, some of them will be on the Blu-ray sets next summer.

• Sara asking Kara out for drinks and Kara saying she should meet Alex
• Roy Harper and Tommy Merlyn
• Various comic references
• The Dominators actually wore clothes (I saw a picture of this somewhere today, but I can't find it)
• Kara on the Waverider (they wouldn't say what the exact scene was, because they may use it later)
• Thea asks HR what value he brings and he says he's writing a book. She responds "oh, that'll be a big help."

UPDATE: Found it

Invasion! Clip 7

This is probably the final clip from the crossover.

Invasion! Clip 6

I would have combined this with the last post, but I forgot to check the other YouTube channel and 90% of my hits happen within five minutes.

Inside Invasion! Pt 3

The CW has posted an inside look at the finale of Invasion!.

Invasion! Trailer 8

Here's the trailer for the final part of the 2016 DC TV crossover.

Invasion! Clip 5

Comicbook.com has shared a clip from tonight's Arrow episode.

Flash Sees Best Ratings in 2 Years

It seems crossovers are good for business. Last night's episode of The Flash saw the highest ratings since the 2014 mid-season finale, according to TVLine. Invasion! drew 4.09 million viewers and a 1.5 demo rating. Now if only Barry could crossover to the MCU, then we'd get some really good ratings.

Invasion! Clip & Inside

The CW has released a clip and inside look from tonight's Arrow crossover.

Lynda Carter Was Originally in Invasion!

Spoiler warning for tonight's Flash episode.

In an interview with Comicbook.com, Marc Guggenheim said that Lynda Carter was in the first draft of Invasion!. For those who don't watch Supergirl, she plays President Olivia Marsdin on Earth-38 (what they're officially calling Supergirl's universe). The plan was for her to be vice president on Earth-1 and take over after the Dominators killed the president. However, the CW deemed that too confusing and scrubbed it.

Invasion! Trailer 7

Here's the trailer for tomorrow's portion of the crossover.

Invasion! Clip 3

The CW has released another clip from tonight's episode of The Flash.

Invasion! Clip 2

The CW has released a new crossover clip as part of their All Access web show.

Inside Invasion! Pt 1

Here's the inside video for tonight's episode of The Flash.

Invasion! Trailer 6

The CW has released a trailer for tomorrow's episode of The Flash.

Behind the Teams

This is a kind of everybody-in-one interview.

Melissa Benoist Crossover Interview

I assume we're going to be getting interviews with the rest of the cast at a later point.

Invasion! Trailer 5

I really don't know why they're calling this one extended if the previous one was longer.