The Flash The Flash General Discussion and Speculation Thread

[eikerir]

That extended trailer looked MUCH better than the promo teaser from yesterday.

 

[Broseph44]

Yeah I'm sure that his costume will change. This is like just a first appearance prototype kinda thing maybe.

 

[Destructus86]

Holy.....this show looks freaking AMAZING!!!

 

[gugumugats]

if everything is moving in slow motion then he should be able to dodge the debris from that cyclone better right? and get out of the car before it crashes?
I like the overall tone and the characterization but they need to think about this stuff a little better.

It seems like slow motion turns on and off inconsistently.

 

[Pickleweasel]

Lol how were they able to do that? Is this like the biggest budgeted show from the CW ever?

Those effects are amazing

 

[KillerMcQueen]

if everything is moving in slow motion then he should be able to dodge the debris from that cyclone better right? and get out of the car before it crashes?
I like the overall tone and the characterization but they need to think about this stuff a little better.

It's his first appearance, cut him some slack.

 

[bored]

I got more of a Raimi Spider-Man or even TASM2 vibe from the trailer.

I think they went for that, and it's a smart decision. Raimi's Spider-Man movies (the first two, at least), were big and epic, but still bright and optimistic. This has the potential to be that, and if the show is half as exciting as the trailer, it's going to be great.

 

[Kevin Smith]

I got more of a Raimi Spider-Man or even TASM2 vibe from the trailer.

Ha the moment where he goes into the alley and looked at the hand, I thought "Spider-Man!". Lol.

Also, when that lady dropped the tray....I was like holy ****...that's right out of the first issue! I'm glad they worked that in. That was when Barry realized he had superspeed for the first time in the comics IIRC, when he went into the restaurant.

 

[Bran The Man]

Yep

Monday-Gotham
Tuesday-Flash
Wednesday-Arrow
Friday Constantine

Can't wait for fall

Hell throw in Agents of Shield after Flash.

I wonder if putting "The Flash" on Tuesday nights was an intentional move by DC to have programs lined up for most nights out of the week. The reason I single "The Flash" out is because given that it is also on the CW, like "Arrow", they could have easily been back to back. I don't know much about how television works so would picking timeslots be up to DC or the networks?

 

[flash13]

This looks fantastic!!! Everything I hoped it would be!

 

[lanesrader]

Yeah I'm sure that his costume will change. This is like just a first appearance prototype kinda thing maybe.

yeah i think it'll eventually change. Cisco looks to be the one that makes the costume for him. He might change it at some point and make it himself.

 

[cleverusername8]

This is mind blowingly cool. It's better than I had hoped! I seriously can't contain my excitement right now. I need to go lie down.

 

[Sterling Archer]

I loved the "Lightning gave me abs?" line.

 

[Glassjaw]

if everything is moving in slow motion then he should be able to dodge the debris from that cyclone better right? and get out of the car before it crashes?
I like the overall tone and the characterization but they need to think about this stuff a little better.

Maybe, but a) that looks really soon after discovering his powers, sans costume, so he's going to be a bit rusty around the edges, and b) you don't want him to have time to do everything because of his power, otherwise there's no tension and things would get boring fast.

 

[Brian Braddock]

That was unbeleivably brilliant. So looking forward to this.

 

[Silver Surfer]

People need to stop bashing CW, clearly they make some awesome shows. And this WILL be awesome.

 

[roach]

if everything is moving in slow motion then he should be able to dodge the debris from that cyclone better right? and get out of the car before it crashes?
I like the overall tone and the characterization but they need to think about this stuff a little better.

it's an extended trailer...it's edited not with story in mind but to get you excited for the show

 

[Kevin Smith]

It someone has terrible taste, is you:



Most fans would put Arrow and Smallville over those shows... and Adam West's Batman, really? You have zero credibility, and then you dare to bash MOS? Sorry, but you are incoherent... but at least, we agree on the Flash preview being great, hopefully the show will deliver.

Lol shut the **** up dude. The Adam West tv show really is great in its own way, you have to look at it as goofy entertainment which is exactly what it is, it's at least consistent, not the definitive version of Batman by far nor what I consider to be the best version of Batman, but as far as tv shows go, it's pretty damn entertaining and I see it as summing up all the more ridiculous elements of comics of that era. Have you ever tried reading a Batman book out loud from back then?

And at the time of my post, I maintain that the old Flash tv show and the Incredible Hulk tv show were in fact the best superhero tv shows ever made, which says a lot for tv superheroes. Hell they're still in the top 5. Arrow didn't even get decent up til what, a season or so ago, so bite me. Yeah, I "dare to" "bash" the terrible movie that is MOS - especially when we have all these other great superhero movies to compare it to. The greatest superhero tv show is still miles behind the greatest superhero movie, so those tv shows I mentioned still stay in the top 5, like I said.


The new Flash tv show looks good but for TV. Probably wouldn't fly cinematically. The shot of young Barry getting beat up by like 5 kids was kind of laughable, as is the cheesy melodrama "chosen for a reason" exchange from Arrow to Barry on the roof, and the whole orphaned superhero thing I've never been a fan of for The Flash, but I'm overlooking all that stuff because I'm excited that we're getting a Flash tv show, which out weighs anything else for me, the rest looks pretty damn promising. Because above all, in spite of everything else, this thing looks like something MOS was not: FUN. I have to take a xanax everytime I pop MOS in.

 

[rks943]

Extended Trailer

Can't wait!

 

[Hurm...]

I don't know, but it looks laughably bad...

 

[HighFivingMF]

I don't know, but it looks laughably bad...

 

[Kevin Smith]

if everything is moving in slow motion then he should be able to dodge the debris from that cyclone better right? and get out of the car before it crashes?
I like the overall tone and the characterization but they need to think about this stuff a little better.

I don't know, but it looks laughably bad...

It looks pretty good for a tv show. Especially one from the CW. Not movie quality by far....but compared to a lot of other superhero tv shows we've had, this looks pretty good. Not perfect for sure, but I am excited for it. And the special effects looked pretty good, IMO.

 

[Kevin Smith]

No matter what you think of the trailer....gotta say, it was better than the Quicksilvers.

 

[Sterling Archer]

It's also important to remember that all of this comes from the pilot episode and a lot of shows tend to get a lot better after the pilot.

 

[Kevin Smith]

It's also important to remember that all of this comes from the pilot episode and a lot of shows tend to get a lot better after the pilot.

^^ Exactly.

They'll probably read our feedback and adjust accordingly somewhat...hopefully...like they did with Arrow. Although this is already beginning much better than Arrow, IMO.