The Arrow Trailer

So, if you haven't seen this by now, there's a pair of trailers out for the new CW series airing in the fall, The Arrow, about DC's emerald archer, the Green Arrow. One's more of a small teaser for the sake of getting people hyped:


And then the other is  a more traditional trailer designed to give people a good sense of what the series is about:

And then there's the actual series summary:

After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the Pacific. When he returns home to Starling City, his devoted mother Moira, much-beloved sister Thea, and best friend Tommy welcome him home, but they sense Oliver has been changed by his ordeal on the island. While Oliver hides the truth about the man he's become, he desperately wants to make amends for the actions he took as the boy he was. Most particularly, he seeks reconciliation with his former girlfriend, Laurel Lance. As Oliver reconnects with those closest to him, he secretly creates the persona of Arrow – a vigilante – to right the wrongs of his family, fight the ills of society, and restore Starling City to its former glory. By day, Oliver plays the role of a wealthy, carefree and careless philanderer he used to be – flanked by his devoted chauffeur/bodyguard, John Diggle – while carefully concealing the secret identity he turns to under cover of darkness. However, Laurel's father, Detective Quentin Lance, is determined to arrest the vigilante operating in his city. Meanwhile, Oliver's own mother, Moira, knows much more about the deadly shipwreck than she has let on – and is more ruthless than he could ever imagine.

 Personally, it doesn't sound (or look) bad to me.  It definitely sounds superior to Smallville, which seemed like it wanted to be Superboy but could never work up the nerve, even in the later seasons.  It's definitely accurate to the comics, and even includes a shout-out to the "Green Arrow: Year One" story that I still believe would make an amazing movie. 

I'm trying to with hold judgment until I've seen an episode, but so far it's probably the only series I'll be watching in the fall, especially since Community essentially got canceled when they fired the showrunner.