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This episode some great moments, such as Tom back on Smallville farm. It was just such nostalgia, I grew up with that show, that Clark that world of Superman. It was so great to see it again, it was also nice to see him punch Lex from earth 38. Now I would've loved to see Tom suit up but I'm just happy we saw him at all. It was also great seeing him live a normal life. Kinda makes senses to his character. Now onto Brandon Routh, his appearance of Superman was also great. You could feel Superman when he was in the scenes, I also love how that combined Routh Superman with Kingdom come Superman. We also have to remember this is also Christopher Reeves Superman, so that adds a lot to it. It was also cool to see Kevin Conroe as Bruce Wayne in live action. The only thing is I wished he could've been in it more. Like why make batwoman one of the seven. Like she has a whole live action show to herself, so it would've been nice to see Kevin suit up as Batman and fight in the crossover. Now the other stories didn't intrigue me too much but they were there just to move the story more. So far the best thing about theses crossovers are the nostalgia to other shows and movies.

Tom Welling is the one and only thing, why this episode can have more than one star.

Episode one of the series was great and I wanted to see how episode 2 followed. Episode 2 followed nicely but I'm a little disappointed what they did to Clark Kent in the smallville scene. I was first expecting Clark to be the parygon but even if he did not I was still expecting him to play a big role. Over all I would give this episode a 9.5 but I'll round it of to 10

Yaaas! The awesomeness continues. It's so great to see Kate and Kara interact. I really like the idea with rescue Oliver in the Lazarus pit. Also to see Kevin Conroy and Tom Welling is beyond amazing! I must also mention how fantastic Brandon Routh acting is. This crossover is crazy and it seems it gonna continue like that. As a big DC fan, i'm so grateful to see all this! A certain 10/10 ep this one aswell!

This episode wasn't as good as the first two but it was still entertaining enough in order to work. The cameos were all really fun especially Tom Welling and Kevin Conroy. The effects were pretty good for the most part as well. The stakes are so far high although they probably could be made to feel higher then they are at the moment. The story is not getting to crazy so far but will probably get crazy in the next parts. This is an overall enjoyable 2nd part to a crossover which I hope will be the the best.

Final rating: 9/10

What "Part Two" lacked in epic action it made up for with dramatic heft. Seriously, what an emotional wallop this episode was. A definite improvement over the previous instalment focus-wise.

Let's just get this out of the way first. Frickin' Brandon Routh as Kingdom Come Superman and frickin' Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne. Absolutely fabulous in every way. I thoroughly enjoyed the way they integrated Routh's Superman. From the costume, to his tragic backstory to his Clark Kent. It's perfect. And yes, I did enjoy the Batman twist. It's weird having Conroy's voice in live action, but a menacing exo-skeleton Bruce Wayne works fine in my opinion. Conroy is still the best Dark Knight there ever will be, so I'm happy he got his chance. His untimely demise and darker backstory may raise some eyebrows, but I personally appreciated the narrative choice. It worked in the context of the mains storyline. Also, having Tom Welling back in an extended cameo alongside Erica Durance was excellent. The dialogue between Welling and Cryer's Lex Luther amounted to a rarely compelling moment. The creators made the return of Smallville matter with a minor, yet moving touch to Welling's Clark Kent. It's no more than four minutes, but man is it thoughtful and empowering.

Kate (Ruby Rose) and Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) were without a doubt the focus and they didn't disappoint. As much as I dislike the writing on Batwoman, I enjoy Rose's performance. She's eased into the American accent and nails those crucial emotional moments, especially when paired with Bruce or Kara. She was fantastic here and without a doubt the MVP.

In terms of action, the Superman vs Superman punch-out was nifty. If not as technically impressive as Elseworlds, it managed to channel some Man of Steel levels of destruction. Nothing else really on the fighting front. I get it. Big crossover, TV budget and the second episode needing to slow down to get everyone up to speed. But when you have a stellar action director like Laura Belsey on your hands, you better use her. Arrow made the same mistake in season four and season six. Crisis almost, kinda duplicated that fault here.

There was also the odd choice to bring Ollie back in a Lazarus Pit. You know, I'm fine with that as long as Oliver is back and kicking. Just please don't make this a meaningless subplot. I hope it turns out to be one last reflective, deep exploration of identity and heroism for the Green Arrow. Because that is how it should be, if nothing else.

"Part 2" of Crisis may not advance the plot by much, but it gets mileage out of its cast, strong cameos and sheer dramatic material. It's a contemplative episode that works amazingly well. That being said, it's light on action and some fans may find some storytelling choices either logically flawed or just plain odd. Whatever the case, the crossover is heating back up again with some clever twists and the reveal of the great threat. I'm happy with where this is going...

This is hard to review, because yes I did really enjoy these first 2 episodes of Crisis On Infinite Earths. However this is THE crossover. It's awesome to see Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne, but what was really the point if he's an evil version that they kill off?! While I hated Oliver's death in the last episode, and I hoped they bring him back, why kill him off in the first episode to bring him back? It was just a cheap ploy for shock value in the first episode. They pushing keep Supergirl and Batwoman to be better than Batman and Superman for whatever reason, and it honestly doesn't make sense. I mean Batwoman has been Batwoman for under a year, and Superman has been a hero far longer than Supergirl. They just keep pushing them to be "stronger" and "better." Kara is seemingly going to bring back Earth 38, and if she doesn't it's just going to be more time wasted, and if she does then it makes Oliver's original sacrifice useless, and more wasted time for less stakes. Seriously this is such a mess. There's some pretty awesome moments like seeing Smallville's Superman, and Brandon Routh Superman, but ultimately it's just more wasted time. Like what was the point of the Superman vs Superman fight? Also the writers don't know their canon. Superman Returns ignores Superman 3 and 4, so he didn't fight himself twice that we know of. So far these 2 episodes have felt like they're meandering around giving us some cool moments, but nothing really worthwhile. This is not the Crisis we've been waiting for, this is just another crossover, with the same silliness, multiple plot holes, but fun, that the Arrowverse has been giving us. And it's one of the weakest ones at that. I hope the last 3 episodes make it worth it, but so far this has been a massive disappointment.

Like the "Crisis" crossover in general, this episode was very disappointing

I will not bother analyzing the plot, it's passable, but almost to the point of being too stupid (The idea of the Paragons and Novou's plan in general are the most idiotic)

The acting was good to excellent by the most (R.Rose and some others are unforgivably weak though). Most of the character interactions, while enjoyable, are unremarkable and a lot of the characters have very little to do (mostly the males, since were are talking about the feminist paradise which goes by the name CW)

What I absolutely liked about the episode are Sara (kind of) becoming the leader of the team, which makes total sense after Oliver's demise. The special effects are exceptional for TV. Diggle coming in after his absense in the first part

Now the important stuff

The inclusion of Br.Routh's Superman, who is also Ch.Reeve's Superman (14 years after "Superman Returns", unlike a lot I really like this film) was decent. I mean Routh still fully has it (watching this Clark interacting with Ray was a delight and proves what an amazing actor Routh is), but Clark's presence feels out of place and I didn't like what they did with the character for a number of reasons

I am furious with what they did with Bruce Wayne here. It's not the fact that I would be negative with any sinister version of Bruce, of course not, if it's written well and with actual respect for the character I can take anything. But this version of Bruce is only an evil cartoonish parody of our beloved crusader. I wonder how they expected from anyone to take it seriously. And to see such an insult to Batman's legacy in a Batwoman show is unforgivable, since Batwoman owes her own existence to Batman. Kevin Conroy is of course a legend, and proves that he can embody Bruce as perfectly as he voices him and I am so sad he got such a disrespectful treatment in his first time portraying Bruce on the screen. The scene that follows after the "big" reveal about Bruce, with Kate and Kara in the Batcave, is pathetic

And unfortunately the disrespect doesn't end here. Our heroes think that Tom Welling's Clark (Welling easily steals the show in his 5 minutes of screen time) is another Paragon, but when they find him, they find out that Clark has give up his powers. I AM SORRY, WHAT???!!! I am actually watching Smallville at the time of writing this review and it is established beyond a doubt that Clark is not a quieter, yes he struggled a lot balancing the both sides of his life, but he came out ahead every time, besides, knowing that Clark simply abandons his powers makes the whole show meaningless now. Also the scene between Clark and Cryer's Lex was awfully staged (about Lex, while I always admire Cryer's performance, having Lex wandering intact around worlds killing Supermen is also stupid, just like Novou's entire plan)

Finally, why The Anti-Monitor (a terrible villain btw) looks like Thanos' ugly long lost cousin (I will give them though that having Laila compromised by him was awesome)

Rating: 7.3/10 (I know I rated this highly, while I have spent so much time criticizing it, but if you can stomach all the disrespect and the stupidities, it will be a hugely enjoyable watch...)

Why : i actually glad tom welling's clark kent 'talks' more in his 1 scene (more to come) or kevin colroy's story twist. Ps. I'm seeing people were actually dissappointed by their appearance like what not like?.

Pros :

• OFC Oliver's gonna return

-i like all 4's sides of the story.

-superman vs superman

-aye kingdom come superman gonna stick around.

-barry hating on the monitor

-jonah hex

-constatine

-ruby and melissa has great chemistry

-batman's twisted story

-ANTI-MONITOR

Cons:

-bad edits/cuts from scenes

-kate trying to be 'scary' on lex

-iris's role is random

Conclusion : this is better than last episode which is 8.5/10 but this is some pure enjoyment which is gave it 10/10. For who are pissed at kevin colroy's batman being killed off..why bother? This is one of the few times the writers can pull a stunt like this..(seeing multiple batmans).

Oliver's "getting killed off" is a storyline we didn't see it coming..and i'm high key glad he was brought back in a flesh even if he wasn't himself.

But tomorrow episode will be a banger.. i can feel it

Look, to be honest, I don't even watch this show, the only reason I even sought out the clip of Tom Welling was because a friend of mine, almost nonchalantly, told me "Tom Welling did make another appearance as Clark, but he's not Superman anymore", I was just pissed after that.

I invested ten years, a DECADE, of my life to 'Smallville', waiting for that moment when Clark finally becomes The Man of Steel, they aren't going to take that away and just flippantly going to expect me to swallow the idea that he just gave up his powers, not in a million years!

Come On, we need more..... we are 2 Episodes in and tomorrow is half-Time of The Crisis !

But It Was A Good Episode, Bruce Wayne and Smallville - Clark Kent were amazing !

A Had a Few Man Of Steel-Flashbacks while SUperman was fighting Superman !

Sometimes It Feld a little bit rushed

I loved all of the stuff this episode did with the various supermen. I really liked the conclusion they gave to Smallville's superman and how he gave up his powers to raise a family. Then seeing the Superman returns version of superman in the kingdom come suit was also really cool, and he nailed the role once again. My biggest problems with this episode was the Batman stuff. Seeing Kevin Conroy as an older world weary live action version of Batman was so cool! But the fact that they killed him off and used him as a plot device to basically say that Batwoman is better than Batman and she's the real hero the multiverse needs felt like a giant fu to Batman fans. Did Kate really need to kill Bruce?

I hope they Bring back Kevin to play an older Bruce Wayne in a live-action Batman Beyond show, because he's so good in the role! Just wish the writers respected the character a little more.

An insult to the Batman and Smallville The storyline of the entire show portrays female super heros like Supergirl and Batwoman to be far superior than Superman and Batman. In a major crisis out of all earths they didn't find a Batman , they managed to find an evilone and kill him only to make the Batwoman standout Bringing Arrow back .So they killed a Character only to bring him back after 15 min watch time. That was a cheap trick or may be they are trying to make arrow stronger for the finale.

Is this it ? You wanted to show your characters as the best heroes so you write legendary heroes as crap characters.This was the worst batman portrait i have ever seen.

Do you really needed to kill oliver in the first episode just to revive him in the second episode. This is just a waste of time.

You are just stalling us. This crossover could end in only two episodes but you are making it unnecessaryly long.