So they'll give this concept one more try, Paving over the people who died, And you all have a shot At predicting the plot. To the point where you have to ask "why?" But this time, instead of just gore And thrills that we've all seen before, The audience demands More to fill up the stands, So they make a huge new dinosaur. This obvious meta-commentary Is also supposed to be scary. But with the same plot for us As III's Spinosaurus, The whole thing just feels a bit airy. Howard's Claire is put-upon Efficient, calm, and withdrawn, Until she gets saddled By her sister, brain-addled, With her own set of ill-behaved spawn. The movie takes a sexist turn, As Claire's childlessness is spurned. The brats are most skilled At almost getting killed, And yet she has something to learn. The younger kid, despite my rage, Recalls my own dinosaur stage. And in spite of his blunder, His huge sense of wonder Neatly mirrors my own at that age. But then, I continue to whinge About the Chris Pratt cliche binge. He's perfect and right, An uber-macho knight, And the "alpha" line made me cringe. The plot tries to start, on a whiz, A romance that lacks any fizz. It just undermines To have so many lines About how far below him she is. But it's all an ill-conceived blend. One scene has a person contend That "nature vs. tech" Is a whole bunch of dreck, Which the film's forgotten by the end. And then we're given Claire's P.A. Who we don't see for most of the day, And whose return is soured When she is devoured In an oddly unpleasant way. So many plot points that it's hittin' With resolutions it's omittin'. Which makes sense, once you glean Each CG set-piece scene Was started before it was written. It has many flaws to redress, But it's not smart enough to transgress. The problem is not Any evil it's got, But that the whole thing is a mess.
A vax from Merlyn saves the day, And Flash briefly comes out to play, And while he's sympathetic, He offers a pathetic Handwave as to why he can't stay. Then, somewhat to my dismay, Katana steps out of the fray. But Ollie, still sane, Sabotages the plane The trap's sprung, but Ra's still gets away. Ra's wants to make the virus spread, But Thea's back, now decked in red. And newly-supported, The team sees the plan thwarted, And Oliver kills Ra's stone dead. Freed from being Ra's' tool, Nyssa goes back to ninja school, Only to find That there's no peace of mind, For Merlyn's the new Ra's Al Ghul. Now Ollie, guided by a dream, Chooses to pursue a new stream. And thus it transpires That Ollie retires, And leaves the city to his team. I've said this show could be a gem, If it would focus on the femmes. Now we're happ'ly aligned To leave Ollie behind And retool the show around them.
Thawne, interrogated, is calm, But drops an offer like a bomb: If he won't be harried, Then he'll permit Barry To go back and rescue his Mom. The choice here is hard to assess, And Barry takes a brief recess To ask for advice Whether to pay the price, And, at great length, decides to say yes. He's shot back in time like a spring, And when the time comes for a swing, He comforts and cries With his mom while she dies, But chooses not to change anything. Returned before Wells could get gone, Barry fights his escape with fists drawn. And to turn the tide, Eddie commits suicide To erase his descendant, Thawne. A resultant black hole starts its clanging, And without a moment's haranguing, Barry runs 'round, Trying to shut it down, And 'til next season, we're left hanging. The series has really progressed, And during the time of its rest, It will be missed. But aside from one twist, This wasn't the show at its best.
Diplomacy's hit a few snags, The sort that require body bags. So war's broken out, The battle's a rout, And Jiaying's busy planting false flags. Now, Raina serenely objects, But Jiaying needs all her subjects. So rather than gloat, She just cuts Raina's throat, But Skye catches her and defects. Now Cal seems to be in a clamp, But a drug cocktail gives him an amp. And while those prosthetics Might fail in aesthetics, MacLachlan's delightfully camp. The Inhumans will not be barred, And catch the carrier off-guard. They capture the ship, But some give them the slip, And Mack gets to pull a Die Hard. Hunter and May found the spot Where Bobbi was tricked and then caught. The two win the day, Although in the melee, Both Bobbi and faux-May get shot. Jiaying has Terrigen, and gets to it, Flying out to more broadly spew it. Skye's ready to spring, But then Cal kills Jiaying To spare Skye from having to do it. That's done, but there's still more to set, And there must still be some kind of threat. So Terrigens fly Into the food supply To set up more Inhumans yet. So Cal, for his dopey part, Is set loose with blank mind but big heart. But Coulson and Skye Must return to play spy. There's a Secret Avengers to start. With FitzSimmons together anew, A few people's ships have come true. But before that's adjourned, While Fitz's back is turned, Simmon's swallowed by alien goo. For a while, the show had declined, And I'd written it off in my mind, But free of that fetter, This finish is better Than the rest of the season combined.
So our heroes find Wells' track, But he runs when they come to attack. Wells remains un-caught, But it wasn't for naught, 'Cause they manage to get Eddie back. But Wells'plans aren't saved for later, And he might turn the lab to a crater, And "meta"s under key Will be doomed if he Re-starts the accelerator. Although Barry never forgave them, He still won't let Wells autoclave them. And though it's not smart, He even hires Snart In one last-ditch effort to save them. So he gets them all out, perforce, But it turns into a Trojan Horse. They all get in a scrape, The rogues make their escape, And it all goes to crap, 'cause of course. And there's time for one more mad dash, With a massive blowout, team-up clash As Firestorm and Arrow Both jump on the barrow To beat up Wells, the Reverse-Flash.
Ollie's, by now, purged of all pity, And his affect seems all dark and gritty. And now he's come through, He is thusly meant to Marry Nyssa, then kill Starling city. But he has a new plan unfurlin', That, with luck, will set us whirlin' Although it's unclear Where it all goes from here, He's secretly plotting with Merlyn. To Starling town Merlyn then treks To recruit those who Ollie respects. They launch an assault On old Ra's Al Ghul's vault, And Tatsu puts a sword through her ex. Ollie's meant to confuse and inspire us, Though the flashbacks continue to tire us. So Akio's dead, Ollie's soon to be wed, And his friends are locked up with the virus. It*s not meant to be understood Whether Ollie's with the brotherhood. Nobody knows. That keeps us on our toes, And this ep was uncommonly good.
Although tie-ins were once a fixture, This episode sidesteps that stricture, And only devotes Its first couple notes To a plot point from their latest picture. Bobbi thinks she's with May, unshaken, But quickly learns that she's mistaken. The May that we see Is Agent 33, And Ward secretly has Bobbi taken. Now Raina, precog, sounds the chimes, And warns of impending SHIELD crimes, But as much as it grieves her, Still no one believes her. She's cried wolf too many times. Gonzalez wants peace, no one blames him, But an impulse to catalogue claims him, And the threat of a cage Provokes massive outrage, Skye's mom kills Gonzalez and frames him. It does seem an odd way to go, And a break with the character flow. Skye's mom was a pillar, But now she's a killer. Why? I guess the plot said so.
Iris finds she's the newcomer To knowing 'bout Flash. That's a bummer, So she doesn't tarry In tracking down Barry. She confronts him for keeping it from her. A new rogue, who's dour and unsmiling, Runs about in milit'ry styling. Flash takes him to task, But when they unmask, It turns out to be General Eiling. But the Eiling facade is for show, And the real puppeteer dwells below. The team goes in madly, But that goes quite badly, Wells has Eddie, and Grodd now has Joe. Barry finds that it's quite a strain To fight one with a psychic brain. Though it's not well played, With Iris' aid, He defeats Grodd by way of a train. It's easy enough to be snide, And the CGI's fun to deride, But really, whether Grodd Made you jeer or applaud, I just love the fact they even tried.
1. See You Again by Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth Wiz never was good at grooving, And though he showed signs of improving, I wasn't prepared To realize there'd Be a Wiz song that's actually moving. 2. Uptown Funk! by Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars What more really need be said? Is this ground that I need to retread? Uptown Funk is great, And I appreciate That even now, it stays ahead. 3. Trap Queen by Fetty Wap When on the charts this first appeared, It had too many flaws to be cheered, But I have to embrace That the charts still have space For something just this goddamn weird. 4. Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey) by The Weeknd So all of that sweet movie money Makes something less melting than runny. And I'd lay it low, If that darn video Weren't so unwittingly funny. 5. Sugar by Maroon 5 It's still the same song it was then From the world's douchiest men. But now Derulo's got The same song, come to naught. So why do we need this again? 6. Love Me Like You Do by Ellie Goulding Once, Goulding was worthy of praise, And her EDM would amaze. But I can't recommend This latest, dull blend. Remember "Lights?" Those were good days... 7. Shut Up And Dance by WALK THE MOON This looked annoying, at a glance, With MPDGs and romance, But in spite of my doubt, Somehow it works out, And really makes me want to dance. 8. Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran Last year, Ed Sheeran would wow, And stood, tall and proud, at the prow. And yet he wants to prove He can still lose the groove. You can stop being so boring now. 9. G.D.F.R. by Flo Rida feat. Sage the Gemini & Lookas Flo Rida's work's never been strong, So I won't linger on this too long. Not one to believe in, Turns out it's not even That good as a Flo Rida song. 10. Want to Want Me by Jason Derulo I thought Derulo took a dive, But with this song, he's still alive. I'll put this concisely: The song sounds precisely Like "Sugar" by Maroon 5
Ra's Al Ghul has a hidden scheme, And wants Oliver on his team. And through some blackmail, He acquires his grail, So Ollie's training as Al Sah-Him We get some more flashbacks for filler, But Ra's' hand's still on the tiller. And Nyssa's betrayal Was beyond the pale, So Oliver's sent back to kill her. John's wife, newly un-estranged Is kidnapped and pulled out of range. He starts an attack To try getting her back, And there's a violent hostage exchange. As for Nyssa, Ra's still declares her A traitor, and so he ensnares her. He says execution's The only solution But at the last minute, he spares her. At the end, we hear the same old ditty Of population control without pity. So his ninja clan Will soon enact his plan To unleash a virus on the city.
With Mike and Lincoln off the field, And Coulson with no choice but to yield, Seems they're all forsaken, Or otherwise taken, They by Hydra, Coulson by SHIELD. Hydra wants their prisoners' condition To bring their own plans to fruition. With minimal winces, Phil Coulson convinces SHIELD to go on a rescue mission. Though at times they just scrape by, They get back their people and fly, Especially now That their team is endowed With a freshly returned agent Skye. Raina's visions brought about Skye's new, SHIELD-convergent route. But post this collision, She has one more vision: That Age of Ultron's coming out. Of late, the show has a good spine, But feels it must pad out the time. To that end, we have scenes About what it all means That it could have covered in one line.
Our heroes found Wells' little shrine, And a plan they soon start to design. And through science intel, They find out that Wells Killed Cisco in another timeline. From these memories Cisco repressed, They plan for Barry's dad's egress. They set traps and wait, Using Cisco as bait, And try to get Wells to confess. Things go south, and Joe shoots Wells dead, But turns out they've all been misled. The newly-dead laddie's The shapeshifting baddy, And Wells is still one step ahead. And now that he's set them unsteady, Wells begins to get himself ready. He's already displaced To his underground base, And made a prisoner of Eddie. The show is swiftly making tracks, And gives us no time to relax. After weeks of cases, We're off to the races, Looking forward to the climax.
Last time, Ra's stabbed Thea, then fled, And given just how much she bled, It beggars belief That to our slight relief, She ends up in a coma, not dead. But this was hardly a botched hit, And Ra's just refuses to quit. And says, to their chagrin, That if Ollie gives in, He'll let them use the Lazarus Pit. With no choice, Ollie takes this route, And lets the succession come about. Though while they hold court, The league has to thwart Abortive tries to break him out. Ollie's friends try to give chase, But he thinks their efforts are misplaced. He says 'bye to each friend, And so by the end He's ready to be the new Ra's. Whatever the villainous cackles, Or whatever drama it tackles, The plan of attack Will always be held back, For the flashbacks are still self-made shackles.
