Same here- I've never seen an episode of Arrow, watched this because I liked the 90s version, and have had no trouble with the crossovers or anything.
The Flash - Season 1
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Same here- I've never seen an episode of Arrow, watched this because I liked the 90s version, and have had no trouble with the crossovers or anything.
I thought it was interesting that Wells/Thawne said he went into the past to kill young Barry, not Nora Allen. Looks like they're setting up a scenario for the season finale where Barry will travel back to try and save his mom, but then be forced to save his younger self instead and allow his her to die.
For me, part of the fun of it is having an interconnected superhero universe on TV -- first Arrow, now The Flash, and then the hero-team spinoff that's currently being developed (though not officially ordered yet). Marvel still hasn't really given us that on the small screen yet; we've had Agents of SHIELD and Agent Carter, but they were set in different eras and each show aired while the other wasn't on. And it looks like the Netflix Marvel shows will be released one at a time and have little connection to the larger universe outside them. So getting to visit two different heroes per week in the same universe, and see them frequently interact and reference each other, is a pretty unusual experience. We've had it before with other connected shows on the same network like Buffy and Angel, or on a more occasional basis with things like the Star Trek and CSI franchises, but it's a major part of comic-book storytelling that's never really been embraced in TV adaptations of comic-book heroes until recently, and it's good to see in Flash/Arrow. Given that all the other DC shows on other networks stand apart in their own separate realities, it's nice to see this thriving shared universe evolving on The CW.
Which is exactly what we've already seen happen.
Or, depending on who the mother of Eddie's child is either just making sure that Iris stays with him or break their relationship apart.
He doesn't know how?
Someone should tell him to bang his head on a toilet.
He needs a bolt of lightning to generate the 1.21 jigawatts of power to send him back to the future.
He needs a bolt of lightning to generate the 1.21 jigawatts of power to send him back to the future.
He figured out how to build one already, his pride as a speedster just prevented him from doing it by running 88mph.
He ain't much of a time traveler then.
He needs a bolt of lightning to generate the 1.21 jigawatts of power to send him back to the future.
That makes a load of sense, with or without the DeLorean.
The bolt of lightning was used in the pilot.
I can jog down to the corner store. Doesn't make me much of a car mechanic though.
So what's your point? I can drink a gallon of soy milk but prefer Breve.
Could be that being a time traveler doesn't equal can build a time machine. Time travel for Flashes involves running real fast, not hopping in a police box or Delorean. I assume Wells/Thawne traveled back in time to kill Barry and found he could't get back to the future. Now he needs Barry's speed to power a return trip.
Well, when you put it that way, it makes sense. At this point, we know that Thawne came from the future, but it's not expressly known how he got here - slingshot maneuver, cosmic treadmill, etc. I'm leaning towards the latter. So if Wells had the means to travel to the past, what's preventing him from using it again to get back to his own time? A broken warp engine shouldn't stop Starfleet officers from exploring the galaxy. That's why there are engineers. Isn't Wells a friggin' genius scientist?
Wells built a speed force syphon already to use as steroids.
The plan is not to see who can piggyback who through the time barrier.
The plan is not to see who can piggyback who through the time barrier.
Yep. At this point we don't know how he went back.
Also, it's pretty weak to object on the grounds that he hasn't repaired his time machine/built himself a new one, when it's completely clear that he's working on something.
He went back to kill Barry as a baby.
20somethign year old Barry could destroy his time machine? or more accurately, if Gideon is his time machine, Barry broke her.
Besides, the newspaper talking about dinosaurs at the zoo was translated as being holes in time created by the Crisis.
20somethign year old Barry could destroy his time machine? or more accurately, if Gideon is his time machine, Barry broke her.
Besides, the newspaper talking about dinosaurs at the zoo was translated as being holes in time created by the Crisis.
