The Flash - Season 1

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

By the way, looking at those panel shots from the comics, I just realized... Rick Cosnett (Eddie) looks more like Barry Allen than Grant Gustin does.

I've always thought so too. I wonder if he originally tried out for the part. Sometimes even an unsuccessful audition for one role can be successful for another.

Wouldn't be surprised, while he may look right for the part I can't imagine him being in the role, his voice and personality don't match. Though I am biased now after having seen an entire season of Grant shaping my expectation of how Barry should be in this show.

 

[Christopher]

What I find interesting is how much Gustin resembles John Wesley Shipp. I mean, he has much softer, less jock-like features, but they have much the same hair color and texture and a similar head shape, so that they can plausibly play father and son. I wonder how much influence that had on the producers in casting him, given what fans they are of the '90 series.

Interesting how Barry Allen is blond in the comics but has only been played in live action by brown-haired actors -- and a black-haired actor, Ezra Miller in the upcoming DC cinematic universe. Kinda like Jimmy Olsen, who's a redhead in the comics (after initially being described as blond on radio), but has always been played by brown-haired actors, the one exception being his first live-action portrayer Tommy Bond -- who was a redhead but who only played him in black-and-white.

I guess it's because red and blond hair are much less common in real life than in comics -- but women are generally more likely to get their hair dyed than men are (I suppose).

 

[shapeshifter]

Can anyone explain why Wells left his futuristic battery in the wheelchair when he left?

Well, he did leave in a hurry. ba-dum-tishh

 

[JoeZhang]

Speaking of the movie...

“We’re trying to break a story. It’s interesting, because there’s a really popular TV show out there, and we’re trying to carve out space for the movie that’s apart from that. I think we’re doing alright. … I believe [our Flash] is going to be Barry Allen. … It’s going to be it’s own [thing, apart from the TV show] — we’re more trying to stick with the cinematic universe… it really is its own thing, and kind of a stand-alone movie. We’re just trying to think of the best story. I think you guys will like it, it’s kind of a different take on superhero stuff.”

http://herorundown.co.uk/ezra-millers-the-flash-movie-will-likely-be-barry-allen-confirms-phil-lord/

 

[Dick Whitman]

What I find interesting is how much Gustin resembles John Wesley Shipp. I mean, he has much softer, less jock-like features, but they have much the same hair color and texture and a similar head shape, so that they can plausibly play father and son. I wonder how much influence that had on the producers in casting him, given what fans they are of the '90 series.

There are lot of similarities in their personal backgrounds as well. John has mentioned that both him and Grant are from Norfolk, Virginia. Grant was born on January 14th, while John on January 22nd. Grant was born in 1990 around when John's version of The Flash was first started filming!

 

[Samurai8472]

Multiple universes (e.g., Earth-1 and Earth-2) confirmed.


https://www.yahoo.com/tv/s/mega-buzz-flash-introduce-multiple-universes-235537448.html


This could allow even the movie universe to be connected somehow.

I'm cautious but optimistic.

 

[Dick Whitman]

I would love to see RIchard Belzer appear as reporter Joe Klein. His character from the 1990 series. It would be easy to bring him in with no changes at all. He has stopped doing Law & Order-SVU so is more available.

The Flash was the first thing I ever saw him in. Than as Inspector Henderson on Lois & Clark. I suspect he stopped appearing on that show do to being a regular on Homicide for which he needed to move to Baltimore.

He is very proud of the number of series his character Detective John Munch has appeared in. I could see the appeal of playing Joe Klein again. In fact they could make him more than just a local Central City reporter. Make him a national newsman appearing on all these Arrow/Flash universe shows.

 

[Christopher]

^Cool idea.

 

[DEWLine]

Belzer these days...I'd like to see him try for Izzy O'Toole from Dennis O'Neil's version of the Question.

 

[DEWLine]

And...boom.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Whoah....... Did Eddie see the movie Looper.....

 

[DEWLine]

He didn't just try to write his own story...did he?

 

[Icemizer]

Well that was, um wrong. As well as the shows science worked and was explained the ending fell apart completely. Without Wells/Thawne there is no accelerator, no accident, no Barrys Mom dying. The entire show would not exist.
Now I did enjoy future Flash signalling current Flash not to save their mom. I can see why Dr. Stein gets the nod for the new show. The glimpses of futures to come. Wells seeming to know who owns the helmet that flew out of the wormhole and his mention of Rip Hunter. All were good.
The end though with Barry running towards the blackhole umm not so good.

 

[The Old Mixer]

I assume that for some technobabbly paradoxish reason, this doesn't erase previous events involving Zoom from the timeline, changing everything that's ever happened on the show.

What I want to know is why Garrick's helmet was Zoom's "cue to leave"...there's a story there that they're teasing us with.

Missed the first 15-ish minutes...I should be able to catch it tomorrow online, but did I miss anything of particular interest?

 

[DWF]

Yeah, I figured that Eddie would sacifice himself and end Wells' life. Wells' death does create it's own paradox, but then it's a typical one for TV shows and movies. The wormhole over the city was awesome though. And I do think it was a pretty emotional ep. for Barry but of coruse he wasn't going to save his mother's life.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Post finale interview with Andrew Kreisberg. http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/19/flash-season-1-finale-eddie-death-rick-cosnett-spoilers

he saysTom Cavanagh is continuing as a regular without explaining it???!!!

 

[USS Triumphant]

IWhat I want to know is why Garrick's helmet was Zoom's "cue to leave"...there's a story there that they're teasing us with.

You're assuming it's Garrick's. But it could be Wally West's from Kingdom Come.

 

[OdoWanKenobi]

Post finale interview with Andrew Kreisberg. http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/19/flash-season-1-finale-eddie-death-rick-cosnett-spoilers

he saysTom Cavanagh is continuing as a regular without explaining it???!!!

I would assume that if Eobard never existed, the real Harrison Wells is still alive. If that's the case so should Nora Allen be, though. Man I hate time travel.

 

[DarthPipes]

Good lord, Barry is a selfish and self-absorbed narcissist and his friends are Kool-Aid drinking enablers. He learns that if he fails, the entire planet might be destroyed but he still decides to go back in time because he misses mommy.

Getting past that, I was still disappointed with the finale despite a number of good scenes. Wells/Cisco, Barry and his dad and the awesomeness that is Victor Garber.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Hence the talk of multiple time lines. I think somehow the real Wells is alive. But Nora is dead because we saw Henry in prison at the end.