Some late thoughts (because I only just watched part 3 - because Netflix Canada takes 24hrs to post
Flash episodes…
)
...
- I liked part 3. Though there were some action-y bits, it seemed more story and character driven. It’s almost as if the narrative - in a good way - decided to slow things down, take a pause and take stock. I liked part 2 as well. As it currently stands, I think part 1 was the weakest. (We’ll see what happens after 4 and 5; the rankings can change.)
- Technically, this was a
Flash episode. And it actually felt
Flash-centric. In contrast, the first two installments weren’t conspicuously focused on Supergirl or Batwoman. I’m not saying this difference is good - or bad. Just an observation.
- Re: the “demise” of KC Supes. My first reading of this scene was that Lex had magically swapped places with KCS. A) Lex did have the magical Book of Destiny at one point (and seems to have stolen a page from it); B) the sfx of this “transposition” didn’t quite look the same as the cloudy anti-matter “disintegration” we’ve seen so far. So I
assumed that KCS was now where Lex used to be: in the holding cell onboard the Waverider...?
Now, I could be wrong. And others seem to think that this is the last we’ve seen of Routh’s Superman. IMO, that would be rather disappointing. Even if he doesn’t make it to the final Big Battle, he probably deserves a better, more heroic sendoff.
On the same subject… I get that there’s a kind of “meta-textual” continuity - a “three degrees of separation” (as it were
): Routh plays KC Supes; Routh also played Supes in
Superman Returns; and
Superman Returns was a “vague sequel” to
STM and
SII starring Christopher Reeve. But I think it’s a big leap to interpret what happens to KC Supes in
Crisis as being particularly relevant to
STM or
SII. And it’s an even bigger leap to interpret this as being disrespectful to Chris Reeve.
That’s just too “meta” for me.
