Legends of Tomorrow on Swarnawahini this August.

Okay guysJ. So I am back with the latest drama to be shown on Swarnawahini. Legends of Tomorrow is a CW TV series and it features most of the supporting heroes and villains shown in Flash and Arrow. I know most of us watched The Flash and Arrow when it first premiered in Sri Lanka on Hiru TV. However due to some problems the dramas were discontinued and we were left with some rubbish Sri Lankan dramas (yes those dramas aren’t worth your time). Now finally we have the opportunity to meet all the heroes and villains from Flash and Arrow in one TV series. I think all comic book fans would enjoy this TV series very much, so shall we get to the review?

The drama is set in different timelines. We start off in the year 2166 where we start to follow Rip Hunter who is a time traveller. An evil dictator by the name of Vandal Savage is creating havoc during this time and he kills Rip Hunter’s wife and child. In revenge for this murderous deed, Rip Hunter decides to travel through time to destroy Vandal Savage but this move is opposed by the Time Masters. The so called Time Masters is an organization from the future that controls the time line.

Rip Hunter thus travels against the wishes of the Time Masters through time to 2016, where he starts to assemble a team of outcasts so as to destroy Vandal Savage. These outcasts consist of characters that were present in both Arrow and Flash. So let us look at who these characters are (seriously this feels like meeting old friendsJ ):

Heroes/ The Team:

Rip Hunter: Is a charming guy and is a time traveller. He is the leader of his team and is quite a responsible guy who is trying to destroy Vandal Savage and to save his family.

Firestorm: Firestorm was present in both Arrow and Flash but first appeared in Flash. Firestorm consists of two bodies that were fused together during the explosion in Flash. Firstly the characters were Professor Martin Stein and Ronnie but after Ronnie’s death Martin Stein fused together with Jefferson Jackson.

Ray Palmer/Atom: was of course the boss and ex boyfriend of Felicity in Arrow. He is the owner of Palmer Industries and a part time mad scientistJ. He has a highly powered power suit which gives him supernatural powers. Among other things he is ultra cute and funnyJ.

Sara Lance/ White Canary: She is Oliver Queen’s former lover and the only sister of Laurel Lance who was Black Canary. As you guys remember (from Arrow) Sara was brought back to life but had some emotional issues which were solved by John Constantine.

Kendra Saunders (Hawkgirl) & Khufu (Harkguy): These two characters were first introduced in Flash. Kendra is a woman who has many lives. She is incarnated (born again) in every life with her lover/husband/soul mate Khufu. Both Kendra and Khufu featured in the last episode of Flash.

Captain Cold: Is a villain who first appeared in Flash but in Legends of Tomorrow he is a hero. Actually when you think about it Captain Cold did turn a new leaf after having a long chat with Barry/Flash. He is better known to us Sri Lankans as one of the 2 brothers from Prison BreakJ.

Vixen: She appeared in Arrow as the girl who can use animal abilities because of a magical necklace around her neck. However in this case this Vixen is actually the grandmother of the Vixen shown in Arrow.

Heat Wave: He is not so good with Snart anymore. The Time Masters get hold of him to destroy the team made up by Rip Hunter. However in the he does become a part of Rip’s team.

Villians:

Malcolm

Reverse Flash

Vandal Savage

Both Reverse Flash, Vandal Savage and Malcolm Merlyn feature as villains in this drama.

So it is with this group of heroes and villains that the “team “ made by Rip Hunter fights against Vandal Savage, Reverse Flash, Malcolm Merlyn and many other villains. I believe that the whole purpose of Legends of Tomorrow is to give all the sub characters such as Ray Palmer and Snart/Captain Cold a chance to be real heroes. It is after all a very nicely balanced team and every comic readers dream team to an extent. However I do hope that DC comics would not destroy the comics like they did in Arrow. I hated it when Felicity fell in love with Oliver when she is supposed to be working with Flash as per the comics and then you see Laurel get killed when she is the wife of Oliver as per the comics. Please DC follow the comics...we comic book fans hate it when you divert from the comics.

Okay so all the Sri Lankan fans can watch this TV series every weekend starting from the 13^th of August at 7.00pm on Swarnawahini. I do not know whether the series is dubbed in Sinhalese or not but I don’t think they would. The whole series has only one season up to date with 16 episodes of 45 minutes each. The 2^nd Season will premier this October 16^th on CW. I think if all goes well the 2^nd Season will also be shown in Sri Lanka.