Look... I like the Arrow mid season finale. I do. I really do.

But it is really distracting having a Ra's al Ghul in charge of a League of Assassins where all of the assassins have Arabic names and Ra's himself is not Arabic.

When Liam Neeson was Ra's al Ghul, he was in charge of a League of nameless soldiers. With Matt Nable, he has to say the names of all of his assassins. And he cannot pronounce them correctly. Not at all.

Also, A.T.O.M./OMAC. It is cool. I want to see it.

Even without the race aspect he just feels... completely non-threatening.
Guy seems to be a talented actor, but he feels so off in that role.

And then he started speaking Arabic, and... no. Just... No.

I thought "Ra's al Ghul" was Arabic.

It is.

And no one pronounces it correctly.

No one.

Even most fans who complain about it don't pronounce it correctly.

I'm not 100% sold on the guy, but he does have the feel of Ra's. I wish they would just make his hair and beard resemble the comics though because right now it just seems like it is just a guy cosplaying as Ra's rather than just Ra's. However, Denny O'Neil has given his approval on this version of Ra's, so that is good enough for me.

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I dunno, I think his whole "incredibly calm and non threatening, but will kill you almost instantly" works for this interpretation of Ra's. Sure the race thing is a bit of a misstep, but the actor is doing a good job of things so far.

He definitely has an imposing presence. I just can't take him seriously when he's speaking Arabic.

Bought Forever Evil today and I really enjoyed reading it. Its the first current DC book I read in a looooooong time but I enjoyed the ride.

The Story has its fair share of problems but I didnt mind them so much to be honest. It was just a fun ride and made me really interested in getting some other more current DC books that I missed.

Forever Evil itself was pretty decent. The only part about it I didn't care for was how badly it hijacked the Justice League books during its run. Justice League of America, in particular, ended right after this event and half of its entire run was just Stargirl and Martian Manhunter stuck in psychic prison.