TV: The Flash (CW)

[Ralph]

ohh isee thanks for the heads up. i remember smallville shot a pilot epiosde and the person who played jonathan kent was different.

I think you mean Cynthia Ettinger, who was in the unaired pilot as Martha.

 

[TheThrill81*]

I think you mean Cynthia Ettinger, who was in the unaired pilot as Martha.

This is correct. According to the book Smallville: Official Companion season 1, during filming of the pilot episode even Ettinger realized she wasn't right for the role.

 

[MrFunnyWobbl]

Couple more weeks

 

[Eisen]

Things I'm fearing:

- will there be "teenage drama" as in Arrow far too frequently(in the beginning)?
- will they find suitable villains for him to fight?
- previous CW show Smallville always seemed to spend their special FX budget before the season finale, often leading to very anti-climactic final fights. Trailer suggests a very heavy use of effects, will they have to cut corners by adding simple "powerless villains" too much?

i always felt that flash villains were kind of odd except for the reverse flash. if they stick with the comic villains at least i don't have a lot of hope.

 

[MrFunnyWobbl]

Season Premiere tonight!!!

 

[Power Man]

Arrow sucks, so I'm hoping Flash is better

But it haz good visual effectz, so...

 

[TheThrill81*]

Arrow sucks, so I'm hoping Flash is better

But it haz good visual effectz, so...

It doesn't, but ok.

 

[Power Man]

It doesn't, but ok.

It sucks for me

It doesnt for you


To each his own

 

[Power Man]

CW doesn't have any ugly chick

 

[NyQuil]

It's like they gave Dawson from Dawson's Creek super-speed.

 

[Power Man]

It's like they gave Dawson from Dawson's Creek super-speed.

Rofl nice

Omg Oliver cameo

 

[NyQuil]

I'm sorry, but the action sequences of him running with the blurring behind him are hilarious.

 

[Power Man]

Cheesy lines are cheesy

 

[NyQuil]

Wow.

 

[DyerMaker66*]

I enjoyed it.

 

[MrFunnyWobbl]

It was alright

 

[Power Man]

Btw,

The guy who plays Barry's father actually played Barry Allen in the Flash tv series in 1990

 

[Jussi]

Any changes to the leaked pilot?

 

[Walkingthroughforest]

It was legitimately the trailer posted in the OP. That was the entire episode.

 

[Sharpshooter]

Good start to the series. I enjoyed it. Generally these kinds of shows(Smallville, Arrow, Lois&Clark, AoS) get better with time. So, it's a god sign that the show started off well. Plenty of room for growth and 'tighter product', but a solid start.

Will continue to watch.

 

[MrFunnyWobbl]

so he can run fast

but what else

 

[TheThrill81*]

so he can run fast

but what else

Increased strength, healing, and agility. Oh yeah, he can time travel using the Speed Force.

 

[optimus2861]

Bump.

Finally watched the pilot over the weekend. Honestly.. I wasn't that impressed. It was a very plot-driven episode, with minimal if any character work. The Arrow visit felt very forced and had no setup done within the episode whatsoever (I don't watch Arrow so I don't know why Barry should know Oliver or why he felt the need to seek him out). Everything was just pilot-paint-by-numbers.

Hope it gets better.

 

[Sharpshooter]

Bump.

Finally watched the pilot over the weekend. Honestly.. I wasn't that impressed. It was a very plot-driven episode, with minimal if any character work. The Arrow visit felt very forced and had no setup done within the episode whatsoever (I don't watch Arrow so I don't know why Barry should know Oliver or why he felt the need to seek him out). Everything was just pilot-paint-by-numbers.

Hope it gets better.

Plot driven isn't out of the ordinary when trying to fit in an origin story into less than an hour's worth of screen time, including peripheral characters too. It couldn't be avoided imo.

The Arrow visit wasn't forced, because McQueen and Allen, had already met up in the Arrow series. Again you wouldn't have known that since you don't watch that series. It was a neat addition for those that do though. Allen assisted McQueen with something he was going through, and the favour was repaid. It's a neat side-story relationship between the 'heros' imo.

To each their own, but like I said earlier, many of these types of shows get stronger as they go. Arrow, is actually a perfect example of a show that may not have started out strong, but has become a solid show.

 

[Walkingthroughforest]

Great second episode. As a DC aficionado, I'm really enjoying this series so far.