Spoilers The Flash (2023) -Review and Discussion Thread

[Christopher]

Something about the suit really bothers me on an uncanny valley level. It's too shiny and doesn't bend or move right.

If you mean the Flash suit, I think the cowl looks very weird, something to do with how the shape of it interacts with Miller's jawline and neck shape. It makes it look like a bad CGI render of a costume rather than a physical costume.

I quite liked the Justice League Flash costume, the way it looked like a homemade outfit designed to protect against high velocities.

 

[Tosk]

Something about the suit really bothers me on an uncanny valley level. It's too shiny and doesn't bend or move right.

It comes across (to me) like when Ryan Reynolds was Green Lantern. He looks like a cartoon body with a human face.

 

[The Realist]

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https://twitter.com/FlashFilmNews/status/1682418442815655937

 

[Set Harth]

In Man of Steel, Zod's forces are summoned by Clark activating the Kryptonian ship.

So what brings them in the Barry-created timeline?

 

[Tosk]

Blind stupid simple doo-dah clueless luck?

 

[wayoung]

In Man of Steel, Zod's forces are summoned by Clark activating the Kryptonian ship.

So what brings them in the Barry-created timeline?

Didn't Zod say they caught Clark's ship and went to Earth because it was programmed to, looking for Kara?

 

[Guy Gardener]

Didn't Zod say they caught Clark's ship and went to Earth because it was programmed to, looking for Kara?

They caught Clark's ship, killed Clark and went to Earth.

Although was baby Clark killed thirty years ago, or did he get caught in the space warp/what ever that traditionally make's Kara late to the party?

It's most likely that Baby Clark had just been juiced.

However?

Shouldn't Kara be in her late 40s?

 

[marillion]

Wouldn't it have been simpler to keep baby Clark alive and raise him as an ally?

 

[Noname Given]

Wouldn't it have been simpler to keep baby Clark alive and raise him as an ally?

That would have required and necessitated an unwanted cameo.

 

[Rich Watson]

How are the NFTs selling?

 

[Christopher]

That would have required and necessitated an unwanted cameo.

They couldn't have just added one more CGI homunculus to the pile?

 

[Set Harth]

That would have required and necessitated an unwanted cameo.

Unwanted by the likes of Gunn and Zaslav, at any rate.

 

[wayoung]

Meh, it's a multiverse, Batman is a different actor, no reason Clark couldn't be either.

Still, whole idea of dumb. I sincerely doubt raising a baby is "simpler" than killing it, assuming it wasn't the DNA extraction that killed it in the first place. And one more Kryptonian wasn't going to help. To them, there's nothing special about Clark. Only to us, who know he's superman. Plus, then there's the whole trip of a hero's kid raised by an enemy, finding out the truth of who he is, turning on his adoptive evil parents...

 

[The Realist]

assuming it wasn't the DNA extraction that killed it in the first place.

It was. As I recall, Zod said something to the effect of, "The infant did not survive the procedure." He sounded like he said it with some regret, too, which gave Zod a touch of depth I appreciated.

Also, after killing Supergirl, didn't he say, "Rest, Kara Zor-El"? I wasn't 100 percent sure I heard that right in the theater, but if so, that again gave the character a bit more nuance. It seemed he didn't relish killing Kryptonians.

 

[the G-man]

Meh, it's a multiverse, Batman is a different actor, no reason Clark couldn't be either.

That's one thing I'm not sure I like about these comic book multiverse storylines, the different actors playing the same person. I know why they do it, I can appreciate it being fun in small doses, but as a guy who was first introduced to alternate realties by TOS (yeah, shocking, I know, given what board we're on), I'm kind of an "old school, the only difference should be one of them has a goatee" guy.

 

[M'rk son of Mogh]

That's one thing I'm not sure I like about these comic book multiverse storylines, the different actors playing the same person. I know why they do it, I can appreciate it being fun in small doses, but as a guy who was first introduced to alternate realties by TOS (yeah, shocking, I know, given what board we're on), I'm kind of an "old school, the only difference should be one of them has a goatee" guy.

The Flash kinda played it both ways in the same movie, didn't it? Which is weird now that you bring that up...

 

[kirk55555]

Watched the film yesterday. It was fine. Not great, not terrible. If Ezra wasn't an ass in real life I'd probably have liked the film a bit more, but as it is I enjoyed it well enough. I also found the cameos to be ok, certainly not offensive or anything (outside of the George Reeves one, while small it definitely has the most baggage and honestly I'd have just put Kirk Alyn there if they needed a really old Superman, even if it was a more obscure reference), I liked seeing a version of Christopher Reeve's Superman and Slater's Supergirl together. That said, maybe if the movie division didn't hate the TV stuff they'd have had more less controversial cameos, there is no reason that Grant Gustin couldn't have been in here, same with Arrowverse Superman/Supergirl in at least a background stock footage type thing. Also, that Jay Garrick we see in George Reeve's world 1000% looks like Teddy Sears' fake Jay, did anyone ever figure out if they just used a CG model of Sears from the TV show (presumably made for super speed scenes when he was still fake Jay), or if it was somehow an actual coincidence? Either way its weird.

Anyway, overall The Flash movie is better then average for DCEU stuff, and I'd watch it again, but I'm glad we won't be getting a follow up of it and I'm ready for DC to move on (after Aquaman 2 I guess, unless it does good enough to stick around).

 

[JoeZhang]

Also, that Jay Garrick we see in George Reeve's world 1000% looks like Teddy Sears' fake Jay, did anyone ever figure out if they just used a CG model of Sears from the TV show (presumably made for super speed scenes when he was still fake Jay), or if it was somehow an actual coincidence? Either way its weird.

it was one of the film editors - scroll down towards the bottom:

https://blog.frame.io/2023/06/22/the-rough-cut-editing-the-flash/

 

[Mudd]

Fuck, I saved the money and just watched the end on YouTube. Goddamn did that suck.

 

[Guy Gardener]

The Flash kinda played it both ways in the same movie, didn't it? Which is weird now that you bring that up...

Barry thought Zoom was The Flash. Idiot.

Wouldn't it have been simpler to keep baby Clark alive and raise him as an ally?

The Codex was in his blood.

They had to take all the blood out of Clark's body, just in case it was hiding.

Is Zod short for Zoolander?