TV Show of the Week: Crisis on Earth X

This will a spoiler free review.

Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, and Legends of Tomorrow team up once more for one colossal adventure. Last year, because Supergirl was still finding its feet on CW, it had to run its storyline with the starting point of the four-night crossover tact on at the end. This time, after fully establishing itself on the network and becoming fully integrated with the Arrowverse, this crossover can include all four shows. Although, instead of four nights, they’ve changed the schedule around so it’s over two nights, with Arrow following Supergirl on the Monday instead of being on the Thursday.

Crisis on Earth X sees the heroes battling against their evil doppelgangers on the fifty-third earth, Earth X, where the Nazis won world war 2. This crossover doesn’t separate the shows into their own sections, they all start off interweaved, introducing all the characters with the premise of Barry and Irises’ wedding. Then they immediately come together and at the wedding the crossover officially begins.

3 hours of pure entertainment, full of actions sequences, heartfelt moments, funny moments, and a true tear jerker at the end. Whilst the TV extended universe is completely different and separated from the film version of the extended universe, after recently seeing the Justice League film, and whilst they do include different characters, I feel as if it’s an obligation to state that this 3-hour epic is vastly superior than the film. There was a lot of excitement building up to the crossover, there were pictures being released alongside the trailers, but I the hype was not diminished upon watching it; I was not disappointed. I enjoyed every minute.

Almost every actor from all four shows made an appearance, either as a character we’ve seen plenty of times before, or as the Earth X counterpart. Seeing those actors play a different version of themselves, brought a whole new element to the show, a completely different angle compared to every episode before it across all four shows. You can tell they all were having fun whilst making the show. It might be four shows, but it was made as one gigantic episode, split into four parts. They most definitely pushed the bar upwards from last year’s crossover.

If I had the time, I would be watching this multiple times in a row so I can pick up on all the references and Easter eggs scattered all throughout, because even though I picked up on a tonne load, I know there were so many more to find. Having a crossover after fully establishing each of the four shows, does allow for plenty of creativity without having to introduce so much, just focus on the story with strategic interludes throughout for exposition.

I already cannot wait until next year’s crossover event. Next week, I will be covering the four night crossover in much more detail, by listing off my top ten favourite moments.

Thanks for reading

Antony Hudson

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