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Last, but not least, for the Arrowverse shows, we get the laid back weed smoking little brother to the more serious shows. Yeah, I know, it’s not a perfect analogy considering the first 2 seasons, but DC’s Legends of Tomorrow tends to play things off the cuff and just have fun with the concept of superheroes. Past the first couple of seasons it has taken to winking and nodding at the audience, and just playing around with being time travelers. Even though they’ve surpassed every other show in terms of being “Team whatever” in sheer quantity of characters, it has forgone the much of the teen angst that plagues the other Arrowverse shows, and instead just…..well...has fun with it. Recent seasons have been much more fun than the shaky first couple of seasons, and I’ve come to the point where out of all the Arrowverse shows, I ENJOY this one the most (even though it technically isn’t the best of the universe).
Welp, after the mess ups from last season (seriously, Legends of Tomorrow is nothing if the crew doesn’t seriously mess SOMETHING in the timeline up as their fixing their past mistakes in every season), Captain Lance (Caity Lotz) and the crew is recovering from one of their own being wiped from the timelines COMPLETELY. The time bureau has been shut down permanently, and outside of helping Oliver Queen and the other superheroes in fighting off the Monitor in the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover, they’re back to jumping through time, singing dancing and bumbling their way through fixing more temporal issues. This time Astra (goody, she’s still messing things up) has unleashed a bevy of infamous villain souls on the world, and it’s up to the Legends to get them back where they belong.
Despite starting on a high note with the first episode being the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover (one of the best crossovers the Arrowverse has ever seen), the show suffers a bit from all of the world “blending/conjoining” that went on with that little adventure. Some characters are completely gone from history, and others are added or changed just a bit. It’s a bit of a strange vibe with characters not being themselves (so to speak) and hampers the show. The biggest of these problems is Zari (Tala Ashe) as she went from being an A-list character to a D list character in the blind of an eye. Instead of the strong and self reliant Zari that we got to know last year, we have a whiny social media influence that is more of an airhead than anything. They added in a brother/sister dynamic to the show, but that particular story line was a bit boring and bland, and I would have MUCH preferred to have more with Constantine (who absolutely steals the show). Steel and The Atom are reduced mostly to bit comedic characters, while Constantine gobbles up the scenery (and the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover even nets a HILARIOUS cameo by Lucifer Morningstar from Lucifer to verbally jab with John just a tad). The show ends on a rather high note for the legends, buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut also finishes off the last few seconds with another big time “uh-oh” that will overlap into the next season (this time it’s just a single character gone missing).
Rating:
Not Rated by the MPAA
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Extras:

• DC's Legends of Tomorrow Season 5 Post Production Theater (featurette)
• Gag Reel
• Crisis on Infinite Earths Disc
-- Crisis Past and Present: Kevin Conroy Bat Legend
-- Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Architects Return
-- Crisis Past and Present – Superman vs. Superman
-- Characters in Crisis: Pariah
-- Crisis Management
-- Character in Crisis: The Anti-Monitor
Final Score:

I really like DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. They don’t try to be anything but goofy fun, and have laid down the aspirations of being a super serious part of the Arrowverse years ago. Mick Rory sadly hasn’t been able to live up to the one liners from season 1 (losing Captain Cold was a huge blow to his dynamic, as he and Cap Cold fed off each sooooo well), but the addition of Constantine REALLY boosted the show where it counted. Without him it can get a bit TOO campy, and why not add a little mysticism to the show instead of stodgy sci-fi time traveling. Anyways, this season suffers a bit with some character changes, but still manages to be a fun bit of escapism while still being within the over arching Arrowverse. Cheesy, fun, and just plain goofy, season 5 continues being a great watch.
Technical Specifications:
Starring: Brandon Routh, Katy Lotz, Franz Drameh, Nick Zano, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Dominic Purcell,
Created by: Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Phil Klemmer
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 AVC
Audio: English: DTS-HD MA 5.1
Subtitles: English SDH, Italian
Studio: Warner Brothers
Rated: NR
Runtime: 636 Minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: Own on Blu-ray and DVD 09/22/2020
Recommendation: Fun Watch