Source: cinematographe.it

2. Deathstroke

So in the pilot for Arrow, there was one big thing that got my hyped.

In the establishing shot of the island where Oliver was stranded, we catch a glimpse of the Deathstroke helmet skewered by an arrow like Slade was Steve Martin. And when we finally saw Deathstroke in action… it wasn’t actually Deathstroke but the entirety of the character’s visual appearance was incredibly well done.

So much so that when I saw the nine seconds of Deathstroke after the credits of Justice League, I was like “um, that’s not what he looks like. He looks like the Arrow version”. Deathstroke remains many people’s favorite longterm Arrow villain and I think at least some percentage of that is down to his tactical assault look and brutal costume design.

He looks like a one man war and you want to stay the hell away.