ARROW: Marc Guggenheim And Wendy Mericle Step Down As Showrunners; Beth Schwartz Will Take Over

@Ronan3Accuser - But I do say

@HeavyMetal4Life - He was working with Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg for seasons 1 & 2. He became the sole show runner for season 3 and a 1/4 track record isn't really anything to write home about, regardless of how much I enjoyed season 5.

@ManDeth - and I think, my good sir, that you may be mentally challenged.

@aliharris - Each Jessica Jones season 2 episode was directed by a different female director, and they were all very disappointing to stay polite, except for the flashback one. And on the other hand, you have men directing some female actors masterfully, from Homeland to Orphan Black.

That being said, I would kill to see Sofia Coppola or Kathryn Bigelow direct a Batwoman Elegy or the Justice League Dark movie, with Z as the team leader and not Constantine. I think in some instances, female directors directing a female-centric movie will give more nuances, and avoid tropes and stereotypes.

I don't want Zatanna to be just Constantine's love interest, for example. She's a super hot showgirl, and yet she's very classy and funny, and the line between sexy and vulgar is a fine one, and I believe a female director would walk it better.

@aliharris - Wrong. Arrow is not The Flash.

@ManDeth - considering the only person I know that still watches Arrow is female and she’s obsessed with it I’m calling complete bullshit on that. The idea that someone’s gender automatically has them think or behave in such a way that makes relating to the opposite sex unrelatable is the most unintentionally close minded and regressive notion in the past decade. Anyone who knows how to tell a story can do so if they have an idea of how to do so in a meaningful way. Patty Jenkins could make a Green Arrow story, just like The Russo’s could make a compelling Black Widow of Captain Marvel story. Your genitals aren’t a part of the equation the only reason they are is people have tried to make round about arguments to encourage more women and minorities to tell these stories which is great in concept but ridiculous bc it limits what people are perceived to be able to do creatively

@Ha1frican - As I said, if Arrow becomes a cushy show about Olicity, it is a woman's show. But if it goes back to it's roots, a woman is no more right to produce that than a guy is right to do a movie about being a woman.

Patty Jenkins? Because she directed the overrated Wonder Woman?

"Your genitals aren’t a part of the equation" Your most ludicrous statement yet. Men and women are not the same psychologically. A show like Arrow seasons 1-3 is tailor made for guys. Only other guys can produce that kind of show. Just like only a female could really do a series that caters SUCCESSFULLY to other females.

In recent years Guggenheim and Mericle have tried to broaden Arrow's ratings by making it more of a woman's show. The result has been a ratings crash. Most women do not care about watching DC superheroes. Most guys do not want to watch the Olicity BS. So the experiment failed.

I have no doubt, Schwartz will guide Arrow even more into the Olicity soap opera and drive more male fans away, while bringing in no more female fans.

In other words, she will continue the trend of trying to turn a guy's show into a women & men show because she does not want to cater to men, nor could she produce such a series if she tried. Women and men have very different tastes that lead to different choices when creating entertainment. Can you even admit that from self-righteous mountain?

You can sit around trying to be big PC-hero all you want. A year from now I will have been proven right, you wrong.

End of story!

@Prork - Look, it is too late in my honest opinion. I always believed they should've incorporated the new 52 storyline by Jeff Lemire "The Outsiders War" in season 3. I think that would've been a good to start in making Arrow more comic accurate.

@BlackIceJoe - I mean the Bertinelli name has been brought up back in season 4 and 5. I'm hoping for Jessica to return as well but just don't get your hopes up too much.