CW: The Flash
 

Time to give it its own thread...

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Looks damn dorky. I'll watch it.

The Flash is supposed to be a little dorky and happy go lucky kind of guy.

Ill give it a chance after what they have done with Arrow.

I think its just a cheesy character.

Is that John Wesley Shipp in the photo at the 5 second mark?

looks better than I expected, wish they didn't go for poo poo maroon for this costume though ROFL

i was big in the smallville days. just couldn't get into arrow (although i did watch the season finale last night. not bad).
after watching the preview, i could give the flash a chance.

With so many super heroes how is there any room for crime?

Yeah they had Impulse in that one. Bart or whatever.

The DC TV universe begins.

it seems like dark is the thing these days. everyone is afraid to go with the original brighter colors when it comes to Superhero costumes. Probably too much of a cheese factor.

It does look like the series in general is going to be much lighter than arrow, though (daylight shots, color palate, etc). Which I think is good. Makes it its own show. And you can't get much cheesier than the logo.

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bump, anyone catch this? gunna watch it later tonight

Haven't seen it probably will catch it after watching the League.

Going to watch it in a few. I've only heard good things so far.

Started really good, lagged a bit in the middle, picked up again at the end. Occasionally some groan-worthy dialogue but all in all I thought it a promising start.

Dvring it tonight

Watched it with the family tonight. My boys have been big fans of "The Flash" old-school comic books of Barry Allen, so it had a lot to live up to.

My review: (Spoilers)

My boys (11 and 9) and wife all loved it. I agree with keg about some groan-worthy dialogue. I'm not a huge fan of the guy they picked to play Barry Allen. Seems like a pretty boy, sort of over-actor.

Since I've read the comics, for the first time I found myself in comic book nerd hell. I kind of liked that comic book Barry didn't have a tragic past of any kind. But that doesn't fit the formula that everybody uses now where every hero is a dark, sad character who witnessed the death of their parents as a kid, so they had to write that in.

Also in the books Barry is dating Iris right from the start. She's a news reporter. I can kind of understand this change. Romance is a plot that writers will want to develop and be able to lean on, but they go a little too far. Having her basically declare him to not only be in the "friend zone", but actually the "brother zone" right from the start, then getting in a full-on relationship during the first episode with a guy who is clearly going to be a regular. Too far.

I do like that they are putting more science/explanation into his creation in the series than they did in the comics. Basically the comics it's a completely random storm. I also like that he has some allies, whereas in the comics nobody knows his identity until later on in the story.

The "Arrow" cameo was terrible. I've never seen that show, and know nothing about the guy. My family was sitting there going "huh?" at that scene. Not everybody watches the WC. Some of us just showed up for this.

The episode itself was pretty good. Helped set the stage for lots of potential baddies that could be out there. We were especially happy to see that "Grodd" is foreshadowed. He's pretty much the Lex Luther/Joker of the Flash comic books if there is one.

I'll give it a solid "B" grade at this point. The previews for episode 2 showed some promise. One thing I've always wondered is how the "action" scenes would look for The Flash, and in episode 1 they looked really good. We'll definitely be tuning in weekly to watch for the entirety of Season 1.

I loved it. Pacing was great, it was still fun, and tons of easter eggs.

Na few cast member from flash did a few episodes of Arrow. So if u never seen Arrow you wouldn't get him showing up on the flash.

I liked it, but the "friend zone" scene channeled Michael Bay. Literally nobody has a real conversation like that.

it was pretty good, surprisingly well done and exceeded my expectations, I like how the actor can show a little anger when needed without seeming contrived or forced (like how Amell is in Arrow a lot of the times), I think both this show benefited a lot by being a spinoff two seasons after Arrow because you can tell the writers show a lot more confidence and direction then those early episodes of Arrow

solid all the way around so far, though it gets pretty formulaic with the love-interest being the daughter of his cop partner who he likes but can't be with and also has to hide his identity from.. I'm also concerned that they won't be able to challenge him without being a "supervillain of the week" type of show

Can he dance?

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this was really a shit episode, he literally runs away for like 10 minutes from a fart cloud and then punches him in the face at the end when he gets tired and says "We win." ROFL

Yeah I was like wtf that it.

Well what the hell was he supposed to do?

Holy shit that dress.

yeah, they just keep putting her in hot ass dresses. I was like whoa when she walked into that restaurant/bar lol

yet he keeps pining for Iris. Dumbshit.

Story of Felicty's life. All the dudes she wants like someone else. lol

The actress that plays Felicity had pictures leaked as part of The Fappening. Just FYI.

dat ending. hell yeah

Oh? Must! Find! Them!

Like the ending of this episode.

Yep. I like where it is going.

The show finally tipped its hand that The Reverse Flash is future Eddie Thaun. Who's fast enough to travel through time.

I don't know. Things are not always as they seem.

unless that's his kid because Professor Zoom is Eobard Thawne

Not sure why but I didn't like that ep very much.

there was a lot of crying/teary-eyed "Bear" scenes, for a second I thought I was watching Arrow

So the guy in the yellow suit is the wheel chair guy.

I seriously doubt it.

Why??? I figured it was him for a few episodes now.. Especially with the voice, he speed his up at the end.. My other choice was the detective boyfriend..

eh, I have no idea. Just seems too damned easy. My son actually mentioned it was the detective boyfriend as well.

I don't think they're going to answer everything halfway through the season. Red herring/something to keep people speculating through the hiatus.

(I'm also in the Eddie camp)

It can't be the wheelchair guy unless he jumps in time to come back and kick his own ass.

^this. He was in the same room with the cops watching surveillance video when yellow suit guy got trapped.

we knew he had some sort of time travel capability going on since the pilot episode..

Could the suit be remote controllable?

Flash once fully powered can travel in time. I assume reverse already can. That is why he was getting the parts. Allows him to travel faster. So future him has it
Goes back to kill barrys mom to make sure events happen.

barry goes back with him to stop him. Fails.

I really never followed the flash growing up but it pretty cool for a show. I like how its leading up to wonder when they gonna show that gorilla. And how come can stand up when he in that room. And when Flash went mad when he had those red eyes why was that guy driving the van.

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No surprise, but renewed today for fall 2015.

Re-watched the midseason finale, liked it more the second time. Still not sure what the deal with reverse flash is or how it all ties in with the future. Or the past. Really looking forward to seeing how they wrap all this up. Obviously the doc's been trying to speed him up for some reason, theme all season so far, and I wonder if he somehow let the reverse flash out to motivate Barry. I liked the conflict between doc and Joe tonight. Good episode all around.

uhhh they revealed he was reverse-flash several episodes ago..

Yeah I know that but I thought it was only the suit.

Cavanaugh openly admitted he was Reverse Flash during winter press tour a month ago. But tonight was the first time they showed him doing anything...flashy. And the first mention of the speed force. And that finally gave us a reason why he needed tachyons.

I think they're setting up something more interesting than just 'wells is reverse flash' though. Maybe Wells traveled back in time via speed force and his abilities are being interfered with by whoever is current day reverse flash, or just being out of 'his' time? And he's (ruthlessly) training and protecting Barry in order ready him for whatever event was alluded to in the future article referenced in the coda of the pilot episode?

He's a villain, maybe THE villain this season but I just get the feeling there's more to it.

In any case I'm really digging the show.

I think there's definitely more to it. In an early episode when Wells was looking into the future with his device, there was a headline about the Flash still missing. My inference was that the Flash is needed in the future and something has happened to him (dead? missing? powerless?) and Wells is very concerned with righting this and making sure the Flash is happy and healthy and well-trained and ready to fight evil. But his character seems like one of those "the ends justifies the means even if it means killing a shitload of people if it means I save even more shitloads of people". He seems like the kind of guy who could rationalize killing Barry's mother if it means Barry ends up saving millions of lives in the future.

On another note, Candice Patton is the most smoking semi-black chick in Hollywood since Stacey Dash. There was a scene two episodes ago where she was moving out, and as she walked out her father's front door the lighting came through her dress and outlined her legs and I swear I felt it move.

Candice patton not bad looking!

I completely missed that this was on. Is there some way to go back and watch the first season episodes without Netflix (which I don't have)? A website someone can point me to?

I use this site. http://www.couchtuner.me

Cw.com ?

Bit of a nothing episode.

I hate how they were implying that Caitlin/Barry could/will be a thing. They already pulled the exact same thing with Felicity/Ollie (woman assistant falling for him etc)

Gorilla Grod!

Yes I can't wait until the Flash face him.

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awesome episode, finally some traction on the main storyline, firestorm was cool too

Yup good episode.

Stephen Amell is getting his cousin some great face time.

Didn't actually do much for me. All the lovey-dovey crap felt contrived and there were some plot holes, not the least of which being Dr. Stein conveniently not remembering that Dr. Wells drugged him.

Looks like we might finally start to figure out he's the bad guy next episode.

Don't like that they brought Clancy Brown in just as filler.

Firestorm is by far DCs best character. (or was when I was a kid, one of the few DC comics that wasn't complete garbage)

IF they can put some decent writers together a Firestorm spinoff could be really good.

Women are a huge audience, so there has to be some lovey-Dovey stuff in there. Its network tv.

It wasn't the lovey-dovey crap that bothered me. It was how badly they did it.

Best part about last night.