The Flash The Flash General Discussion and Speculation Thread

[Spider-Aziz]

I'm hoping for Young Justice, provided they don't drag it down too much with relationship drama, I find it bad enough in Arrow, and no doubt it will be in The Flash with Iris.

But yeah, Young Justice/Titans with Dick, Wally, Donna, Garth and Roy. Then introduce, Starfire, Beast Boy and Raven.

Oh man, Young Justice show without too much romance drama will probably be hard to pull

I'm excited! I feel like a Japanese schoolgirl.

Why?

 

[Nathan]

I won't mind some drama, as long as they don't turn any of the women into another Lana Lang, like they did on Arrow.

 

[Llama_Shepherd]

I would love a live action Teen Titans, that would be awesome. AND SLADE COULD APPEAR ON IT HOLY CRAP.

This is exactly what I'd be hoping for! The Judas Contract could be so well adapted. Brother Blood could be there too.

Oh man, Young Justice show without too much romance drama will probably be hard to pull

I'd hope that with an ensemble lead there wouldn't be much room for it, and only really between the members of the Titans (provided they don't make any triangles).

 

[webhead9707]

I won't mind some drama, as long as they don't turn any of the women into another Lana Lang, like they did on Arrow.

At least they got Arrow's name half right. Look! Up in the sky! Wait no he's not in the sky he's running across the ground..It's the Red-Blue-Blur!

It should be noted that I've only watched the first season of Smallville and the rest is just stuff I've heard. I liked the first season, even though it had the old freak of the week trope.

 

[gohei_]

The trailer was amazing. THis is gonna be one awesome fall with all these great-looking shows coming our way.

 

[webhead9707]

This is exactly what I'd be hoping for! The Judas Contract could be so well adapted. Brother Blood could be there too.



I'd hope that with an ensemble lead there wouldn't be much room for it, and only really between the members of the Titans (provided they don't make any triangles).

It would be amazing!t: Beast Boy would be hard to pull off though.

 

[Sawyer]

The only thing I didn't like about that trailer is that Flash's two STAR labs sidekicks look genuinely awful. They were awful in Arrow, and they look awful here.

Way to be overdramatic.

 

[Nathan]

The Vibe dude seems to be worse than Fitz and Simmons, during the early AOS days.

 

[Boy Scout]

The only thing I didn't like about that trailer is that Flash's two STAR labs sidekicks look genuinely awful. They were awful in Arrow, and they look awful here.

I thought Killer Frost was fine. It's Vibe I'm worried about. He's obviously supposed to be the Felicity of the group, but he lacks her charm. He could very easily become the most annoying character on the show.

 

[declan]

This looks great. I bow.

Re: The Flashpoint Paradox I never thought about it being possible on the small screen, but it could work as one hellova season finale. In fact they can use that as a reason Barry refuses to engage in time-travel if that's the way they want to go.

BARELY A SPOILER:

What's hilarious about the concept is they could use the alternate-reality version of Batman in the promos, lol. Then they could have that killer scene with Bruce in the Batcave without us ever seeing him - just a voice - and a single tear falling on the ****er.

That would more than establish Barry Allen in the hierarchy of the DC mythos for the casual fan far more than anything else they could do.

 

[Lencho01]

I liked the trailer overall. It reminded me of Smallville.

Still don't like the suit. Still don't like the Geoff Johns origins stuff.

 

[luis4u]

Possible trouble on the horizon for The CW.


Tribune CEO Peter Liguori is the network’s biggest affiliate owner, so CW owners CBS and Warner Bros have to take him seriously. And something will have to give based on the tough comments he made today at at the MoffettNathanson Media & Communications Summit — the same day CW execs told advertisers, in their upfront presentation, that the network just attracted its largest audience in three years.

Liguori says he’s “not pleased with where the CW is” adding that it “should not program to [young] people who don’t watch television.” CBS’ Les Moonves and Warner Bros’ Kevin Tsujihara know that CW “can’t move forward without us.”

What specifically does the Tribune chief want? Liguori says it may be time for him to “get a seat at the table” for programming. “Maybe I can put some of my content on there.” He also raised the possibility of playing a larger role in its management. “All of those things have to be in play.” Part of the problem, as Liguori sees it, is that CW is a sideshow for its owners. “If CW becomes a competitor, isn’t [Moonves] possibly threatened [at CBS]? Yes. We have to break that log jam.”

 

[Paradox1]

over 300,000 views on Youtube for the extended trailer in 6hrs. That seems pretty good to me.

 

[shauner111]

Saw the 5 minute extended trailer. Jesus, show us the entire season why don't you..

This show looks bad to me. The visuals look pretty solid. But the actor playing Barry Allen (and a couple of others) have some pretty bad acting going on. Typical for CW, i guess. Horrible line delivery.

He sounds like a bad version of Dane DeHaan. But anyways, the visuals look decent. The only other thing i can think of when i saw it was "This just feels like Raimis Spider-Man origin but done for tv with the Flash".

Ill pass on this. Not too impressed. Ill wait for the film version of Barry Allen.

 

[Kevin Smith]

Although I never liked that Johns felt the need to add murder to Barry's backstory, as one of the things I always liked about Barry was that he was a pretty regular guy, the fact that Barry's father is being played by JWS only adds to his innocence, which I think is awesome.

 

[Rorschach2012]

Live action Teen Titans would be a dream come true. Nothing would make me happier... except perhaps BvS and Justice League...

Idk what lineup they'd use. But Dick and Roy would obviously be on the team.

 

[Hunter Rider]

The extended trailer is excellent, I think they've done a really good job with the effects and how they are portraying the way Barry sees things since the change, something I've not really thought about before.

The other big plus is Gustin, he looks to have hit the ground running as Barry (no pun intended ) and has all the lighthearted likability the character should have.

 

[Rorschach2012]

Saw the 5 minute extended trailer. Jesus, show us the entire season why don't you..

This show looks bad to me. The visuals look pretty solid. But the actor playing Barry Allen (and a couple of others) have some pretty bad acting going on. Typical for CW, i guess. Horrible line delivery.

He sounds like a bad version of Dane DeHaan. But anyways, the visuals look decent. The only other thing i can think of when i saw it was "This just feels like Raimis Spider-Man origin but done for tv with the Flash".

Ill pass on this. Not too impressed. Ill wait for the film version of Barry Allen.

Interesting. This is the first time I've seen someone complain about Gustin's acting. Personally, i think he's great from what I've seen.

I think the biggest hurdle was making the effects look good, and imo they've nailed that.

You should give the show a chance though. Have you watched season 2 of Arrow?

 

[luis4u]

Possible trouble on the horizon for The CW.


Tribune CEO Peter Liguori is the network’s biggest affiliate owner, so CW owners CBS and Warner Bros have to take him seriously. And something will have to give based on the tough comments he made today at at the MoffettNathanson Media & Communications Summit — the same day CW execs told advertisers, in their upfront presentation, that the network just attracted its largest audience in three years.

Liguori says he’s “not pleased with where the CW is” adding that it “should not program to [young] people who don’t watch television.” CBS’ Les Moonves and Warner Bros’ Kevin Tsujihara know that CW “can’t move forward without us.”

What specifically does the Tribune chief want? Liguori says it may be time for him to “get a seat at the table” for programming. “Maybe I can put some of my content on there.” He also raised the possibility of playing a larger role in its management. “All of those things have to be in play.” Part of the problem, as Liguori sees it, is that CW is a sideshow for its owners. “If CW becomes a competitor, isn’t [Moonves] possibly threatened [at CBS]? Yes. We have to break that log jam.”

CW contract is up with Tribune in 2016 and would have to be reupped with their affiliates.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Saw the 5 minute extended trailer. Jesus, show us the entire season why don't you..

This show looks bad to me. The visuals look pretty solid. But the actor playing Barry Allen (and a couple of others) have some pretty bad acting going on. Typical for CW, i guess. Horrible line delivery.

He sounds like a bad version of Dane DeHaan. But anyways, the visuals look decent. The only other thing i can think of when i saw it was "This just feels like Raimis Spider-Man origin but done for tv with the Flash".

Ill pass on this. Not too impressed. Ill wait for the film version of Barry Allen.

Does anything look good to you these days?

Cheer up, Shauner.

 

[webhead9707]

Possible trouble on the horizon for The CW.


Tribune CEO Peter Liguori is the network’s biggest affiliate owner, so CW owners CBS and Warner Bros have to take him seriously. And something will have to give based on the tough comments he made today at at the MoffettNathanson Media & Communications Summit — the same day CW execs told advertisers, in their upfront presentation, that the network just attracted its largest audience in three years.

Liguori says he’s “not pleased with where the CW is” adding that it “should not program to [young] people who don’t watch television.” CBS’ Les Moonves and Warner Bros’ Kevin Tsujihara know that CW “can’t move forward without us.”

What specifically does the Tribune chief want? Liguori says it may be time for him to “get a seat at the table” for programming. “Maybe I can put some of my content on there.” He also raised the possibility of playing a larger role in its management. “All of those things have to be in play.” Part of the problem, as Liguori sees it, is that CW is a sideshow for its owners. “If CW becomes a competitor, isn’t [Moonves] possibly threatened [at CBS]? Yes. We have to break that log jam.”

We should have known things were going too well..

 

[luis4u]

We should have known things were going too well..

Of course this **** would come up when The CW has its best looking line-up in years. CW is trying to angle for more gender-balanced demographic, and since Arrow attracted a big proportion of male viewers..

 

[vantheman77]

http://otlnews.wordpress.com/2014/05/15/the-flash-first-full-length-trailer/

They would definitely save those for movies, plus I don't think a TV budget could handle the scope of some of those stories. Sure the effects in the trailer were awesome but they would have to include so much more than speed to really hit the essence of the stories you mentioned.

Well if not for the Flash, then it would do the Justice League movie.

 

[Shikamaru]

Saw the 5 minute extended trailer. Jesus, show us the entire season why don't you..

That's impossible. They filmed only a few episodes so far. Most likely that was all from the first episode. Most TV shows do that.

 

[Karelia]

I figured all of the trailer was from the Pilot. I do wish they wouldn't have shown so much to an extent, but if they didn't... Then I'd probably be saying the exact opposite. That said, their's still plenty left unseen and I, for one, cannot wait to see the pilot episode.

Some people have said The Flash trailer is giving off a Raimi Spider-Man feel to it, which I agree. I think that's a good thing, though. Raimi's Spider-Man films were pretty lighthearted for the most part, which is what I like about The Flash. He's a bit more cheerful than every other DC hero... And I think that's why I like Gustin as Barry, he gives off that cheerful mood that Barry has in the comics very well.