Hamadovich86
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I thought the show had a few solid episodes with one great one (episode 4 with Felicity) i'm excited about next week's Flash/Arrow crossover episodes.
Fit as feck.
Why would he be any more intimidating looking than he is in the show?
He's Barry Allen, a scientist who relies on his speed. He's not Superman, he's not Batman. He's The Flash. So I find those comments weird
He's still built athletically in the comics and most other mediums. So while the logic of your comment is valid, it's still an unusual depiction of the character. He never looks this scrawny.
In some of the comics yes, but in the ones where he first became the flash he isn't that athletic looking. Thats something they added over the years and it would make sense if Barry Allen added that bit of muscle over time too
Fair point, but even in that picture the 50's flash has better pecs and biceps than the CW version.
Its probably also because these DC shows seem to want to try and be "more realistic" and so having a nerdy scientist who is also a body builder who gets hit by lightning might be stretching it a bit.
As opposed to a kid who runs almost at the speed of light? I suspect they can push the unbelievable out a tad more...And have him looking nearer to the comic book character.
@kouroux
One of the Reverse Flashes was 'Eobard Thawne', pretty strange coincidence that Eddie's surname's Thawne as well, isn't it? This will get only more confusing now: one of the Reverse Flashes would probably be Dr Wells, another one would be Eddie - makes perfect sense, his chick will probably fall in love with Barry at some point or he'll be mad as feck that she's obsessed with Flash and he'll probably want to kill him and this could be the time when Dr Wells kicks in and gives him the powered suit so he can become the contemporary Reverse Flash, but in this case, who's the third Reverse Flash? One that didn't kill Eddie and one that isn't Dr Wells?
Either way, they've set it up perfectly well imo, instead of bringing answers, more questions were born during that mid-season finale.
I think
Wells is a speedster from the future who went back in time to help train Flash as the one from his time-line isn't strong enough to overcome the crisis they're facing. The other speedster is a descendant of Eddie and he's the Reverse Flash. Both of them have an agreement, they cannot allow Barry to die as that will mean that both of them won't have their powers and how powerful they are, will be dependant on how powerful Barry will be. RF wants to make Barry's life as miserable as possible and Wells thinks that having RF around will motivate Barry to go even faster, hence a more powerful Flash for the impending crisis that they'll face in the future, hence them agreeing to work together.
Sort of make sense in my head.
Yes, it's a phase. I'm sure it will be over in a few years.
Constantine looks good and I enjoy Arrow and SHIELD. Not sure about Gotham as Batman is incredibly boring and has been done to death.
Also looking forward to the next batch of Marvel films. Guardians of the Galaxy is a favourite as I've always loved the cosmic stuff such as Silver Surfer, Warlock, etc. I've been a Hawkwind fan since I was a kid so what do you expect?
Not sure about the DC films coming out though. I feel they'll make a mess of them all.
Have you seen Gotham since? I love that show, better than Arrow and I enjoy that as well. Haven't seen Flash and SHIELD yet. Too many good shows on tv to stay afloat with them all
Eddie dislikes The Flash but other than that he's a lawful and good guy. He's even enforcing the law as a cop. So for now there's no reason to think he's a villain.
Arrow had the same thing with Tommy, expected to take over from his father. They didn't do that
Wells has a newspaper from the future so he's clearly been there or is working with someone who came back, but its most likely just himself given how private and secret he is. He designed what happened with the generator, he's got plans for Grodd and is doing experiments on him. We've seen all this on the show. Plus everything Zoom has done has been to motivate Barry to get better. At this point he could have just killed Barry, but he left him hanging each time because he wants to motivate him to get stronger, faster, better. Why would someone who dislikes the Flash do that? Its someone who wants to use him instead.
Isn' this the usual plot? Lawful and positive guy, broken by something that happened in his life, becomes the villain (especially when this is a personal history involved)? I'm not a big comics fan, but I think that in DC world there is Harvey Dent, for example. They are constantly trying to make their heroes and villains more realistic, less white and black.Eddie dislikes The Flash but other than that he's a lawful and good guy. He's even enforcing the law as a cop. So for now there's no reason to think he's a villain.
Isn' this the usual plot? Lawful and positive guy, broken by something that happened in his life, becomes the villain (especially when this is a personal history involved)? I'm not a big comics fan, but I think that in DC world there is Harvey Dent, for example. They are constantly trying to make their heroes and villains more realistic, less white and black.