The Official Flash Thread

[MadVillainy]

Flash is pretty funny.

Not saying it should be an action comedy but it should be pretty funny. Iron Man level funny

 

[Frankenmation]

Well, yeah, I suppose I could go with that. I think some people just take it a bit too far.

 

[Octoberist]

zoinks

 

[GREEN =w= DAY]

Chris Evans for The Flash!!!

don't care if he's doing Captain America. look at Reynolds, he's doing Green Lantern and most likely Deadpool

looking at the most recent pics of Evans, he's definately got the Wally West look going on. can definately pull off the acting as well

 

[DannyDreg]

Chris Evans would've made a good Flash, but I personally have had ENOUGH of Hollywood's double-dipping superhero casting choices. There's got to be other actors out there that would be a good fit. How about Scott Porter for Wally?

 

[Project862006]

Greg Berlanti Interview on Flash Treatment

On the tone of the movies, as well as how they'll bring the mythology from the comics into the movie universe, Berlanti says:

'Flash' as we're getting into it is interesting, too. Though Barry Allen was a little lighter in the comic, I think because of the nature that he was a CSI and moved in this world of crime before this stuff happened. I think it's tonally somewhere in between 'GL' and 'Dark Knight.' It's actually a little bit darker than when we were working on ('GL), because you're dealing with somebody who is already a crimefighter in a world of those kinds of criminals and that kind of murder and homicide. I find you talk a lot about different films when you're working on a film, and we spend a lot more time talking about 'Se7en' or 'The Silence of the Lambs' as we construct that part of Barry's world, then I thought when we got into it. It helps balance a guy in a red suit who runs really fast."

On which aspects of the Flash comics might make it into the first movie, particularly about the Rogues' Gallery and the time travel aspect of the comics:

"A third thing I'd throw at you is alternate dimensions, so it's true that we want to find the things that make it… With 'GL,' we used to say there's a space opera component and then there's the down on earth. In 'The Flash,' there's the sci-fi component and there's the crime component and it's fitting those two things together, and the sci-fi thing, we obviously want to nail that and honor that and do that in a way that feels visceral and real and cool and probably more in the tone of 'The Matrix" films or things like that. I always think of 'The Flash' stories where he met Jay Garrick and knows there was Earth Prime and things like that. There's an avenue for these films to broaden the DC Film Universe in that way, so that's the hope."

 

[That person]

Interesting. It seems like it could be a case of "darker and edgier" gone horribly wrong, but it could have some potential. I'll keep my fingers crossed on this one.

 

[The Guard]

I think the front page is a little misleading. Berlanti said they're thinking more about Silence of The Lambs and Se7en for the crime elements as they write, not that the script will be that dark overall. And thats pretty much what Barry Allen's Flash should be, I think, given what he is before he becomes a superhero. A hopeful and driven man who has a serious job and deals with serious threats. I think that's a near perfect approach.

 

[Paradoxium]

It's like the 90s Image all over again with the dark edgy characters, or lame attempts to retcon pre-existing character as such. See "Death of Superman", "Clone Saga" and "Knightfall". All in the name of trying to keep them "relevant" and hip, all the while missing the whole point of character demographics. Batman works as a darker character because it lends more in that direction. Even then, it is overdone at times.

If you want to make a Silence of the Lambs / Se7en, do it as a separate intellectual property.

 

[The Guard]

I don't really see having Barry doing forensic work, in its current context, as all that much of an attempt to make it dark and edgy. It just kind of is what it is. I kind of like the approach, because what's the point of putting a superhero like the Flash in a world with no serious threats?

This is what I mean by the front page is misleading.

No one said Flash would be a darker character. They came right out and said "we're using crime elements to balance out the fact that he's a guy in red running really fast", which suggests that The Flash will be The Flash.

The whole "The tone will be a mix of The Matrix and SE7EN and SILENCE OF THE LAMBS" is not at all what Berlanti said. He talked about thinking about those movies more than he expected while writing, not mirroring them exactly. I would imagine because those two films are memorable, fantastic examples of cinematic forensic and detective work, and also because, let's face, it, a Flash villain who doesn't kill a lot of people and do it in a unique manner would suck compared to some other villains we've seen of late. Warner Brothers isn't going to make THE FLASH into SE7EN or SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, and the character dealing with some more unique killers (especially in terms of his supervillains) wouldn't be a bad thing. The only thing I'm really worried about is having Barry Allen be shown as a more realistic/better detective than what they showed in THE DARK KNIGHT, where Batman was a DeTECHtive.

 

[Paradoxium]

They are many ways and examples to evoke a point when describing the "crime element". Was it necessary to use two of most well known gorey R crime films of the 90s for this? This interview sounds so typical of writers trying to grit up a childhood superhero they were fans of, instead of writing it for what it is. You know the whole deconstructionist schtick post-Watchmen. So you are gonna have to excuse my skepticism since this is a very worn and beaten path.

Besides if they are making it realistic, real forensic work is like watching paint dry. I'm sure the kids and teens will love that ****.

The only thing missing in this interview is the Flash having a million pouches he won't use, and a movie poster drawn by a Jim Lee wannabe. Maybe they can get Rob Liefeld to do costume designs. I'd pay a pretty dime just to see that **** for kicks t:

 

[Paste Pot Pete]

He did say the tone would be between GL and TDK. Now, it's hard to judge just from stills, but it doesn't seem like GL is entirely a light stroll in the park (it's going to come with natural levity thanks to Reynolds, but visually at least, it looks pretty dark).

And frankly, I know it's their biggest money maker and possibly the best comic book movie ever, but I don't really want Flash even in the same tonal ballpark as TDK.

I'd like to see something closer to Iron Man, though they'd probably never namedrop the competition anyway.

 

[HighFivingMF]

I'd like to see something closer to Iron Man, though they'd probably never namedrop the competition anyway.

They referenced Iron Man tons of times in reference to Green Lantern's tone.

 

[Paste Pot Pete]

They referenced Iron Man tons of times in reference to Green Lantern's tone.

Really? Hmm. Really looking forward to seeing a trailer; I'm still having trouble wrapping my head around the fact that it even exists.

 

[The Guard]

Was it neccessary to name those particular films? I don't know that it matters.

The names of those two movies likely come up because those are two of the most memorable and interesting movies about the subject of forensic detection, not because they are really gory or the only two movies out there that deal with said element. Neither movie is particularly "realistic", but they manage to feel fairly realistic and interesting nontheless. Do you really think WB would allow a gory Flash movie? I'm not even sure why that's an issue. I would imagine the Flash's villains would be, oh, say, The Rogues, Professor Zoom, etc. I highly doubt those movies are the only inspiratons the writers will use.

I'm not sure about the whole "trying to grit up a childhood superhero" thing is about, either. More like trying to bring an interesting angle to a film. Barry Allen is a police/forensic scientist, isn't he? That's what he has always been. It's not like they're taking something that was never there and twisting it all that much, they're just placing it in a current context (which the comics have already done, haven't they?). It's 2010. Forensics can be used to catch criminals other than murderers, obviously, but as you said....forensic stuff can already be much like watching the paint dry to many, so it would have to have some kind of intriguing hook to be part of the story, wouldn't it? Hence murders, strange murders, etc. Makes complete sense to me. I seriously, seriously doubt we'll see a really dark Flash movie when all is said and done.

 

[MadVillainy]

Yeah as The Guard said I dont think were getting a dark Flash movie. And the front page is very VERY misleading


However, I'm not really liking the comments by Greg B

 

[TheWatcher]

I want Patrick Wilson as Barry and Aaron Johnson(sequel) as Wally. With a tone like Iron Man.

 

[lixdexia]

i don't want a dark flash film, there should certainly be dramatic elements to it but the flash is a bright and happy character. hopefully they get the tone right.

 

[DCUmoviepage]

Flash introduces the MULTIVERSE IN FACT on screen?

http://i****inmypants.com/images/****inmypants03.jpg

 

[DCUmoviepage]

I want Patrick Wilson as Barry

Me too! I aways think if you mix he look on The A team with the performance on Watchmen, he will be great as barry.Ans he looks a lot as Van Sciver's Flash

 

[TheWatcher]

Me too! I aways think if you mix he look on The A team with the performance on Watchmen, he will be great as barry.Ans he looks a lot as Van Sciver's Flash

Wow,I didn't even see that until now! Kudos!
What do you think of my Wally choice?

 

[Kevin Smith]

awesome!! I like where Berlanti is going that's just how they need Flash to be, what makes him unique: time, speed and its related forms, a big time travel, dimension hopping epic!!! Flash is to time as GL is to space I love it.

 

[Young Superman]

Me too! I aways think if you mix he look on The A team with the performance on Watchmen, he will be great as barry.Ans he looks a lot as Van Sciver's Flash

I could see him as Barry.

 

[Octoberist]

awesome!! I like where Berlanti is going that's just how they need Flash to be, what makes him unique: time, speed and its related forms, a big time travel, dimension hopping epic!!! Flash is to time as GL is to space I love it.

I think that can work.

For those who worry about the tone, it's so early in the game and Im sure it will be balanced out, especially when Geoff is involved.

 

[Kurosawa]

They are many ways and examples to evoke a point when describing the "crime element". Was it necessary to use two of most well known gorey R crime films of the 90s for this? This interview sounds so typical of writers trying to grit up a childhood superhero they were fans of, instead of writing it for what it is. You know the whole deconstructionist schtick post-Watchmen. So you are gonna have to excuse my skepticism since this is a very worn and beaten path.

Besides if they are making it realistic, real forensic work is like watching paint dry. I'm sure the kids and teens will love that ****.

The only thing missing in this interview is the Flash having a million pouches he won't use, and a movie poster drawn by a Jim Lee wannabe. Maybe they can get Rob Liefeld to do costume designs. I'd pay a pretty dime just to see that **** for kicks t:

It sounds like crap to me except that they did mention alternate Earths. Now if Barry goes into a theater, spins on the stage and ends up in the Keystone City of Earth-Two then I might pass out. But as for the Se7en/Silence thing, please god, no. Cap'n Cold (or whatever rogue they use-Flash has the best villains in comics IMO) is not a serial killer. Flash should be light hearted and fun, and there should be good (for a superhero movie) science in it. Barry Allen was a police SCIENTIST, not freaking David Caruso with superspeed which is what Johns seems to think.

I love how people think he's such a Silver Age expert when it's painfully obvious to real Silver Age fans that he is anything but.

Still, maybe it'll work out especially if the procedural cop show craze is over by the time they actually get this in production.