The Official Flash Thread

[Webhead2006]

i would be so down with jensen ackles as barry or hal i think he could fit both wonderfully. Love his work on supernatural.

 

[AnorexicBatman]

The multiple earth lanterns are easy to adapt into the movies
Hal is the ONE, Guy is the RIVAL, John is the BACKUP (Sinestro without the evil part. If you have read the first draft you will get it) and Kyle is the REPLACEMENT
Also, Alan Scott appears as a former lantern in the movie

What about the flashes?
I had an idea that in the movies there would be 2 victim's to famous origin accident.
Wally West as the forensics scientist and Bart Allen as some kid
Wally becomes the FLASH and Bart could appear as IMPULSE in an after credits scene
Jay Garrick could be a TV show character called THE FLASH who has been an inspiration for Wally ever since he was a child

That leaves good ol Barry

 

[GoblinWhirlwind]

On the last episode of Psych, Shawn said something about this girl walking so fast "she'll go through time".

He must have been predicting his own future as the Flash.

 

[Webhead2006]

replace barry for your wally thought. Its so much easier to stick with barry being the first flash for a film. Have him dating iris and she talks about her nephew wally who we could see in the film and maybe he could be at the scene of the accident and then leave it open that he also gained speed powers but they are slow to show up to leave it open for him to be a flash later. Much better then reworking origins to wally/bart/etc... This comic films are so much better when they stay more faithful to the source material.

 

[Kevin Smith]

replace barry for your wally thought. Its so much easier to stick with barry being the first flash for a film. Have him dating iris and she talks about her nephew wally who we could see in the film and maybe he could be at the scene of the accident and then leave it open that he also gained speed powers but they are slow to show up to leave it open for him to be a flash later. Much better then reworking origins to wally/bart/etc... This comic films are so much better when they stay more faithful to the source material.

Amen ta that.

 

[Lane & Kent]

replace barry for your wally thought. Its so much easier to stick with barry being the first flash for a film. Have him dating iris and she talks about her nephew wally who we could see in the film and maybe he could be at the scene of the accident and then leave it open that he also gained speed powers but they are slow to show up to leave it open for him to be a flash later. Much better then reworking origins to wally/bart/etc... This comic films are so much better when they stay more faithful to the source material.

Agreed, Webhead2006

 

[Lane & Kent]

I wish Neil Patrick Harris was a little younger he would have made a perfect live action Barry Allen.

 

[cerealkiller182]

replace barry for your wally thought. Its so much easier to stick with barry being the first flash for a film. Have him dating iris and she talks about her nephew wally who we could see in the film and maybe he could be at the scene of the accident and then leave it open that he also gained speed powers but they are slow to show up to leave it open for him to be a flash later. Much better then reworking origins to wally/bart/etc... This comic films are so much better when they stay more faithful to the source material.

It'll be easier but that doesnt mean its best. I think you could totally start with Wally becoming the new Flash including the history of Barry. I think it would be far more interesting and bring a different dynamic not yet seen in comic book movies. I think not bringing in that freshness will make it run of the mill, not necessarily bad, but just be Iron Man with super speed essentially.

 

[Jordacar]

It'll be easier but that doesnt mean its best. I think you could totally start with Wally becoming the new Flash including the history of Barry. I think it would be far more interesting and bring a different dynamic not yet seen in comic book movies. I think not bringing in that freshness will make it run of the mill, not necessarily bad, but just be Iron Man with super speed essentially.

That's the main reason I would prefer to see Wally, because everything about Barry discovering his powers etc., we've already seen; not just on the TV show but in other superhero movies as well.

 

[Octoberist]

The Flash has a new writer, and it's Dan Mazeau!

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IESB: How does Dan Mazau’s new draft of The Flash compare to previous drafts developed in the past?

Chuck Roven: You know, the problem... It’s not only a problem, I can’t really give you any information about The Flash. I can’t even confirm that Dan is on it. What I’m saying is, probably for about the last six months or so, the decision was made to really kind of, unless there was a DC character project that was ready to be green lit, to just not talk about it. So there’s nothing really that I can talk about at the moment.

Click on the link for more:

http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6189&Itemid=99

 

[Webhead2006]

interesting i wonder what the guy is bringing to the table now. Hopefully things can get moving again for flash.

 

[Lane & Kent]

I hope so too.

 

[hippie_hunter]

It kinda sounds like Barry will be the Flash in this movie from the way Roven sounds.

 

[Octoberist]

i think DC and WB are working together so that both the movies and comics can be coordinated in a similar fashion.

 

[hippie_hunter]

i think DC and WB are working together so that both the movies and comics can be coordinated in a similar fashion.

If that's the case wouldn't it be better if they wait for the inevitable Flash: Secret Origin?

 

[Octoberist]

Maybe..I'm not too sure. From what I've gathered from past Goyer interviews, it seems like they don't want to go ahead with a movie with Wally as the main Flash when Barry is back in the comics.

I still remembered MTV BLOG pulled an article (batman-on-film had the link) where Grant Morrison was supposedly involved with THE FLASH.

 

[Octoberist]

I also have a feeling that kicked off the current Flash director...

 

[TheComicbookKid]

I kind of wish they had kept their mouths shut. People (on the DC side) get all hyped up only to not hear anything for months and start canabalizing each other.

 

[Octoberist]

i swear; just like Green Lantern. Nothing's happening thus far..

 

[cerealkiller182]

So Roven basically confirmed what Goyer said a month or so ago. I think it sounds like a plan right now, I cant help like the 2 companies are either in too much of a hurry (Marvel) or flying by the seat of their pants and not getting the production team to click (DC)

 

[Lobo]

I hope everything goes well and we get to see The Flash, and GL on screen soon

I definitely think they'll go with Barry.

 

[solidsnake86]

I think you have to look at how things have worked out so far. Originally flash seemed further along than green lantern years ago with goyer and Wally was going to be the main character. With all the trouble of bringing barry back to comic books it feels like it was a corporate decision. I mean lets face it, right now the CSI angle and origin stories are popular and sure money I would be seriously surprised if they ended up going with wally west. But I don't think we'll have to worry to much with the pace of things at this point.

 

[Kevin Smith]

The Flash has a new writer, and it's Dan Mazeau!

----------------------------------

IESB: How does Dan Mazau’s new draft of The Flash compare to previous drafts developed in the past?

Chuck Roven: You know, the problem... It’s not only a problem, I can’t really give you any information about The Flash. I can’t even confirm that Dan is on it. What I’m saying is, probably for about the last six months or so, the decision was made to really kind of, unless there was a DC character project that was ready to be green lit, to just not talk about it. So there’s nothing really that I can talk about at the moment.

Click on the link for more:

http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6189&Itemid=99

Awesome!

I can't believe that Roven can't at least name Barry Allen or Wally West! Geez! Gives me a bad feeling about this lol.

But it does sound like they're coming up with some sort of plan here: A GL film and a Flash film, hopefully within a year of each other. And cuz GL is about Hal Jordan, The Flash will definitely be about Barry Allen, both will be origins. You can bet your ass on it. Ezpecially with Rebirth coming down the pike (and Morrisson's involvment), if a Flash movie suddenly starts to take off, I won't be surprised if Rebirth doesn't have something to do with it.

 

[Kevin Smith]

That's the main reason I would prefer to see Wally, because everything about Barry discovering his powers etc., we've already seen; not just on the TV show but in other superhero movies as well.

While that is interesting and might work, I strongly believe that it will work best with Barry already established with at least one film. Introducing the audience to one Flash will be hard enough let alone two or three of them, in the first film. I think new audiences will be confused with The Flash's identity with so many of them being crammed into one movie. Plus you have Wally's hokey origin to deal with. I know Waid tried to make sense of it back in the day, but it still comes off as a lame rip-off of Barry's (no offense to Wally) and would never work on screen. Besides, it would be unwise to capitalize on Barry's CSI job when "CSI" and related jobs are such a hot topic - there isn't any other superhero who has that job. Just saying.

 

[cerealkiller182]

While that is interesting and ht work, I strongly believe that it will work best with Barry already established with at least one film. Introducing the audience to one Flash will be hard enough let alone two or three of them, in the first film. I think new audiences will be confused with The Flash's identity with so many of them being crammed into one movie. Plus you have Wally's hokey origin to deal with. I know Waid tried to make sense of it back in the day, but it still comes off as a lame rip-off of Barry's (no offense to Wally) and would never work on screen. Besides, it would be unwise to capitalize on Barry's CSI job when "CSI" and related jobs are such a hot topic - there isn't any other superhero who has that job. Just saying.

1) You give the audience so little credit, considering Barry is much like Uncle Ben with superpowers if Wally was to be used and that living up to a predecessor/father figure is something most people can identify with. Technically you arnt even introducing Barry, other than he was a superhero who died.

2) Wallys origin excuse has always been ******** because it is such an easy fix. You put Wally at the original "zap" and Barry would have a sidekick from the very beginning.

3) CSI jobs are not hot right now. Maybe a few years ago, but now the actual show is like Law and Order, its on but no ones married to the show anymore, and forensics in general has become a bit of a joke in some shows when cops and criminals make reference to how they have "fancy do-dads" that can find the littlest DNA. For isntance the line in Crash when the guy wouldnt buy the van and he says something along those lines. And every cop spoof has to say "send it to the lab." It was hot like 6-7 years ago.