Entertainment
weekly announced that season 3 of CW’s The Flash will adapt the critically
Looks like the
Berlanti curse strikes right on time.
Damn. Just Damn.
I knew The Flash
was in trouble starting around the middle of season 2. The Zoom storyline
really meandered for a couple of episodes, and that lackluster finale pretty
much set up this HOT MESS. On seeing his Daddy die emo Barry ran back in time
to save both his parents from death.
Turning what was
once a fun sci-fi superhero show into a time paradox. Every time the writers ran
into a jam this season like the AWFUL Arrow crossover, they just have Barry run
back in time to go find a Deus ex Machina to set things right.
The big problem
with CW’s The Flash these days is that it just runs around in circles. Just
when you think this series is going to build some momentum towards a strong
finish, it goes right back to Barry getting emo over mommy and Daddy and going
back in time to make things right.
With this
adaptation of Reverse Flash in the first season Zoom in the second and now
Flashpoint I have to wonder if this show is going to be The Flash or just the
Goeff Johns show?
Seriously, I’m
really getting tired of seeing John’s fingerprints on The Flash. Goeff Johns
isn’t the only person to write Flash stories. And he wasn’t the greatest Flash
writer of all time. Berlanti and Warner Brothers need to get him off a
pedestal. There are a lot of great writers who contributed to The Flash’s 50
plus year history and I’d like to see their stories adapted to television. Guys
like Mark Waid and Bill Messner-Loebs have told some great Flash stories. Their
contributions to the character deserve some screentime too. Maybe if we saw
their stories adapted onscreen it’d put some balance and perspective on the
character.
And I’d like to see
some more of THE ROGUES. Remember those guys? Captain Cold, Heat Wave, Golden
Glider, Rainbow Raider, Trickster, Gorilla Grodd, and Weather Wizard? The first
season featured Barry running through his rogues gallery in between the quest
to take down the big bad Reverse Flash. Then Zoom popped up and the Rogues
stopped showing up on this show and we got a bunch of Earth 2 jobbers who got
lamer and lamer with every episode.
Seriously, I’m
still waiting for Mirror Master and Top to pop up on this show. It’s a shame
that the Rogues have taken a backseat to all this time travel drivel. And with
FlashPoint taking center stage they’re being pushed to the third row in a show
where they should be center stage. I want to see Barry kicking bad guy ass,
mentoring Wally, and moving on with his life. Not being a Emo SIMP brooding
over his parents deaths and running around in time travel circles. The Real
Barry Allen would be making efforts to honor his family by preventing more
deaths. But this Emo chump spends most of his time being emo over mommy and
daddy or Begging behind Iris Wests’ skirt.
I’d hate to see
what happens to this Barry when he finds out about the final fate of Iris West.
With him being an emotional wimp he’d probably put on a black costume and call
himself the Dark Racer or some shit like that. Seriously, the writers need to
give Barry some BALLS and a resolve. He’s not acting like a hero. He’s acting
like a BITCH.
And it’s getting
tiresome. The Flash used to be a fun show with a great balance of action,
science fiction and adventure with a little comedy thrown in. But all this time
travel crap, and alternate universe nonsense is bogging down what was once a
promising show. All the cool stuff that makes The Flash a fun comic is not
getting put onscreen in the TV show. That’s what made Arrow unwatchable for two
going on three seasons and now that negative energy is starting to race its way
into The Flash. FlashPoint gave us the hot mess that was the New 52 in the
comics and it looks like it’s gonna bog down DC’s TV shows too.
I wonder if it's so much Berlanti or DC Comics trying to push Flashpoint down everyones throats. Can't agree with you more about Geoff Johns, a big reason why I shied away from the Flash is because they used the Geoff Johns origin. Mesner-Loebs is my favorite Flash writer. Would also have loved to see Max Mercury on the show, or Johnny Quick. A better storyline to adapt is the Trial of the Flash, which was probably the highlight of the silver/broze age Barry Allen era of the Flash. And you're right about the Mirror Master, come on that guy should be at the top of your list for villains.
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