Do you like the idea of two Flash's?

[Mr. Terrific]

Weather Wizard would make a great villain for Flash to face, especially seeing it on screen. But his is the same case as Captain Cold, it could work if it's done right. Also, I was thinking earlier that if they didn't want to use Trickster, The Top or Captain Boomerang would make decent cameos.

Smart man right there. Well, of course you are, you're Batman.



And I agree with what THEFALCON, said in his post.

 

[GL1]

I think having two Flashes will be good because it would set the movie apart abit from other superhero/comic movies.

I would prefer it to focus on Wally West with flashbacks to him being mentored by Barry Allen.

If there's going to be a trilogy I would prefer these villains:

1: A small group of rogues with Captain Cold, Trickster and maybe Capt. Boomerang.
2: Weather Wizard and Mirror Master.
3: Mainly Zoom, but with all of the other Rogues thrown in too.

Yes! This is it here!

It should focus on Wally, but have regular and constant flashbacks to Barry Allen, ideally with John Wesley Shipp involved..

As for the movies, I'd honestly center on an aging Cobalt Blue and throwaway cameo villains like Trickster and Pied Piper... I have the image of Trickster stading outside of a bank and trying to pull something, then boom, slow motion, Wally runs up socks him and he goes flying to the side and hits the ground unconcious. Everyone cheers.

I would use the second movie to focus on Captain Cold, Heat wave, Mirror Master and Weather Wizard, though I'd have Captain Boomerang there as well with an intense 1,000 boomerang fight scene... and also Magenta as a counter-love interest to Linda Park... and introduce Hunter Zolomon... also, all three movies should center on both Flashes, and flashbacks would harken back to Boomerang's glory days and Magenta's first uncontrollable outburst of power and love fest with Wally...

The third one would center on Zoom, with cameos by a new Cobalt Blue, The Top and Captain Boomerang Jr... and involve a serious time travel tale where Zoom goes back and forth, battling with both Wally and Barry in their prime until they eventually get wise, team up and take on Zoom in a crazy time-skipping uber-speed battle.

 

[Warhammer]

Yes, if done right.

We need Wally be the main focus though, because he's been the Flash for the last 15+ years.

 

[Warhammer]

Who would be considered Flash's arch enemy?

Zoom?
Who???

 

[Nightwing 52]

We need Wally be the main focus though, because he's been the Flash for the last 15+ years.

Well, that's why if they do decide to use Barry, it would only be for the first scenes of the film. And like I and others have mentioned, have him retire and passing on the mantle to Wally which the movie would focus afterward.

Who would be considered Flash's arch enemy?

Zoom?
Who???

Zoom would be for both Barry and Wally, yes. Because at the time when both wore the mask, they ended up fighting their own incarnation of him. Eobard Thawne was the one Barry fought, while Hunter Zolomon was the one Wally faced.

 

[The Question]

Here's how the movie should work. Start shortly after Barry's death in the Crisis, with Wally taking up the role as The Flash. Have there be tention between the Rogues, with Captain Cold saying that they should play it cool out of respect for Barry, and The Top saying that with the Flash dead, it's time to party it up. The Top, along with the next gen Rogues start causing trouble all over town, and Wally has to stop them. Introduce Hunter Zolomon as Wally's friend. The next film is the Blitz arc, with foreshadowing to the Rogue War. The third film is the Rogue War.

 

[GL1]

Here's how the movie should work. Start shortly after Barry's death in the Crisis, with Wally taking up the role as The Flash. Have there be tention between the Rogues, with Captain Cold saying that they should play it cool out of respect for Barry, and The Top saying that with the Flash dead, it's time to party it up. The Top, along with the next gen Rogues start causing trouble all over town, and Wally has to stop them. Introduce Hunter Zolomon as Wally's friend. The next film is the Blitz arc, with foreshadowing to the Rogue War. The third film is the Rogue War.

All sounds pretty familiar, and pretty solid... one question... is there "Crisis" in the movie universe(s)... also, are there any older stories that may need adaptation, most of those sound very recent... like... I remember them vividly...

 

[The Question]

Well, they should just reference Barry dying to save the world, and show a flashback cene that looks like the Crisis. As for older stories, I don't know. I think those would work best on screen.

 

[ETHERSPIN]

a trilogy featuring jay as a legend who has only been heard of never photographed, barry as main char for number 1. wally number two, and a story that requires all 4 flashes and their individual abilities for number 3 .. some kind of villain from impulses period in the future thus impulse appears to warn them

 

[Edward Brock]

I'd say it was the Crisis. Have Wally say that there was a crisis. That everything that was was in danger. And that Barry died, saving countless billions of lives.

Nah, they should just show the crisis in some 20 or so movies. Of course, we'd have half of the audience fleeing the theatres after 20 mins, wondering WTF was that all about.

 

[Steelsheen]

two Flashes for the price of one? i'm so there

 

[Isildur´s Heir]

I have little hope for this movie to be all it could be, with Goyer on the helm.

And the idea of having two Flash´s is just dumb.
The only way to get away with it would be to focus on Barry Allen and make a cameo by Jay Garrick.

 

[Nightwing 52]

I have little hope for this movie to be all it could be, with Goyer on the helm.

And the idea of having two Flash´s is just dumb.
The only way to get away with it would be to focus on Barry Allen and make a cameo by Jay Garrick.

I'd prefer that it would be Barry first, then have it focus on Wally for the rest of the film while taking over the mantle after him.

 

[cryptic name]

the crisis would be a crazy way to explain all DC's movie universe relaunches.

 

[Isildur´s Heir]

I'd prefer that it would be Barry first, then have it focus on Wally for the rest of the film while taking over the mantle after him.

The way i see it is, make, at least, a trilogy with Barry Allen being the Flash.
Kill him at the end of the last movie, and continue the franchise with Wally taking over the legacy.

What you have to put in perspective is, what do you want to do!
Is it a movie about the Flash, or about the powers of the Flash.
If you want to make a movie about how cool the powers are and how he can kick the villains ass, well, let´s face it, it can be anyone behind the mask, may it be Wally, Barry, Jay...hell, even the kid next door.
But, if you really want to make a FLASH movie, if you want to make audience understand the character, feel for the character, get to know the legacy and all that jazz, well, i´m sorry to be so foward, but it´s really stupid to make a movie about Wally West, when the first Flash was Barry Allen (yeah, yeah, Jay was the first, but the comics started with Barry, so, Jay can be a retired superhero when it all starts).

 

[bulok]

The title of Flash comes to the fastest man alive. Certainly you can't be THE fastest man alive if you are one of two. So no. There should be only one Flash.

 

[dnno1]

Since the dawn of the silver age there has always been more than one flash. I don't see why there couldn't be two.

 

[The Flash!]

I'd prefer that it would be Barry first, then have it focus on Wally for the rest of the film while taking over the mantle after him.

I agree!

Might I also add this, a potential plot maybe?

In the movie, a youngster named Wally West is touring the crime scene lab of his uncle, Barry Allen, when he’s doused in chemicals - after a lightning bolt strikes them – ultimately enabling him to run faster than any other human being on earth.

 

[Brian Braddock]

Hopefully Shipp would play Barry again. As a fan of the tv show it would be a nice touch.
With Reynolds playing Wally, you'd be able to see the different personalities of a more serious Barry and a wiseass Wally.

It'd also be good to keep the special speed effects they used for Barry in the tv show and give Wally the updated CG ones -kind of how artists draw Barry's and Wally's speed effects differently - maybe to emphasise the difference in powers between the two - should they decide to go that route.

 

[SKSpawn]

I'd like to see it done similar to how they did the Shaft remake/movie a while back, only with Jay as the elder Flash, Barry as the current Flash and Wally as his successor. Or, in a way, similar to the way they did the first Zorro, but with three Flash's.

 

[Darthkush]

I'd like to see it done similar to how they did the Shaft remake/movie a while back, only with Jay as the elder Flash, Barry as the current Flash and Wally as his successor. Or, in a way, similar to the way they did the first Zorro, but with three Flash's.

I think that's probably the best way to go. It does indeed set Flash apart from other superhero movies by betraying the character as part of a legacy rather than just one guy. In the same vein, a Green Lantern film would be best if it focused on the idea of the GL Corps(even though the star of the film would only be ONE of the earthbound lanterns with all the rest of them in much smaller roles).

And if they get John Wesley Shipp to play Barry again I will be one of the happier geeks on this forum for sure.

 

[Nivek]

It's nice to see Shipp getting prop's from all different people here. Nice to see the TV show still has a decent rep amoung Comic Fan's still.

 

[Brian Braddock]

The title of Flash comes to the fastest man alive. Certainly you can't be THE fastest man alive if you are one of two. So no. There should be only one Flash.

Yeah, but that doesnt mean that one wouldnt necessarily be faster than the other. Seem to remember Wally saying (can't remember the comic no.) that he was the fastest Flash there had ever been.

 

[WolfCypher]

So there will be a Flash movie. Yah! Yes, I would like two Flashes, mainly because the 1st Flash is mandatory while I like Wally West the most.

 

[BAH HUMBBUG!]

It would be cool if Barry was Flash and Wally showed up in the film as kid Flash, setting the road for him in another film or two to take over the mantle.