I remember watching the original show as a kid, and I liked it, but admittedly, I probably didn't understand much of it outside the entertainment value. I'm curious to re-watch it now to see if I can pick up on any additional deeper meanings the show had I may have missed.
I've watched a few episodes of the new one - and although it's not like the original, I find it has its own intriguing storyline. So far I've found I'm much more drawn into the Arrow story than I am with the Beauty and the Beast one. But I plan to give this show a full season's attention to see how things shake out. It's on my strong "maybe" list and has good elements, so I'll give the show the benefit of the doubt. Sometimes shows like these don't find their grounding until later in the season, but I like the production quality and the writing isn't too bad - I think the writers are still trying to figure out exactly where they want to take this story. Once they decide on a direction, I think it has the potential to get much better.
I love Arrow! Had me from day one! Love the father/son issue, totally worked on me! I wanted to also comment on a forum for that but no one has a Arrow so I seen this one and jumped on it cuz the 4 things I have to watch weekly is Sons of Anarchy, The Vampire Diaries, Beauty and the Beast and Arrow. Makes my whole week! Of course its gonna drive me nuts til all are back for their winter break, lol! Anyone love super hero comics/shows go check it out; hopefully they will have reruns, Weds at 7pm on CW network ;-)