Tune in with Turner

Arrow has a main theme of being a hero in the light, which Jennifer Knutson talks wonderfully about in her  TV Fanatic posts and her tumblr posts.  If you  haven't checked those out, you  should. I think there is a sub-theme running through Arrow as well, and that is learning to trust.  This theme seems to run through all the seasons, and it isn't just about Oliver/Arrow learning to trust, other characters struggle with trust too.  To be a hero that one can trust, means first you are a hero that knows how to trust.  Oliver learned last season the consequences of not trusting the person you love, your partner in life.  He failed to trust Felicity with William, by keeping the secret to himself. Keeping secrets is way of keeping trust with yourself, and not allowing others in.  This was a big secret, it wasn't like keeping a Christmas present a  secret, this was a life altering secret.The kind that the person you want to spend the  r...

 Arrow 5 x 03 "A Matter of Trust" aired last evening, and it proved an  interesting episode. The theme of the episode is trust.  Oliver still (or as my  Irish grandmother would  say, "Again,  yet, and still)  has issues of trust.  Oliver's trust issues go back before the Island, and the  island experiences didn't help either.  But the matter  of trust wasn't all on  Oliver's  side, either, his  new recruits, Wild Dog, Evelyn, Rory, and Curtis  all have to  learn to trust him.  Wild  Dog and Evelyn find it more difficult to trust  Oliver than  the others.  The young recruits feel trained  and ready to fight to save the city, and become frustrated that Oliver seems too slow to put them  out there. Is Oliver ready to let them go?  I think  Oliver still struggles over the lost team.  It took  him a long time to trust Diggle, Felicity, and Thea.  Now th...

If you are interested in music, television, music, books, and movies, this blog may be for you.  Here you will find my reviews on the things I listen to, read, and watch. I l hope you will find my  take on things  interesting, insightful, and perhaps slightly different. I welcome your reactions even if they differ greatly from mine. Dialogue  is always welcome, all I ask is keep it respectful. Arrow Preview : I came late to Arrow, starring Stephen Amell,  I first started watching it when it began it's third season.  I watched the Flash, because my kids had watched the original Flash when they were young, so we were curious to see how they would make the new version (more on that in another post), during a commercial break they advertised Arrow and decided to watch it.  I know nothing of the comic book version of the Green Arrow and never read a comic book, so I had no preconceived notions of how it should it be or of any of the characters....