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Aphrodite posted:We're just assuming it's Braille anyway. It might just be a bumpy room. Maybe Dr. Wells is Dr. Mid-Nite!
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People were asking about some of the changes from the leaked pilot to the official airing. They improved some of the SFX shots but you wouldn't notice unless you were looking real close. Oh yeah, and ratings wise... quote:“The Flash” finished third in the 8 p.m. hour with a 3.4/ 5, which was The CW’s highest-rated premiere in the overnights since “90210” on Sept. 2, 2008 (translation: six years). Comparably, episode one of “The Flash” bested “The Originals” on the year-ago evening (1.3/ 2 on 10/08/13) by 166 percent. It beat the first hour of special “The iHeartradio Music Festival” last Tuesday (0.7/ 1) by a mammoth 386 percent. And “The Flash” outdelivered the debut of parent series “Arrow” (3.0/ 5 on 10/12/12) by 13 percent. And also very promising was the growth of one-tenth of a rating point (or three percent) at 8:30 p.m. (3.3/ 5 to 3.4/ 5). Given the available platform, “The Flash” is off to a fast – and “winning” – start on The CW, which is also expected to resonate via the DVR and in social media. Looks like the leak didn't hurt. zoux fucked around with this message at 16:02 on Oct 8, 2014 |
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Oct 8, 2014 16:00
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Krad posted:Why would ANY newspaper talk about economy on the front page when the world is about to end? They may not exactly know that its because of the world ending, you know. Just that there's Red Skies and boy isn't that strange (and that is actually how it basically played out in some tie in issues to the original).
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Oct 8, 2014 16:03
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zoux posted:People were asking about some of the changes from the leaked pilot to the official airing. They improved some of the SFX shots but you wouldn't notice unless you were looking real close. Awesome news and they're even re-airing it tonight after the Arrow premiere so maybe they pick-up a few more stragglers for next week.
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Oct 8, 2014 16:18
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The actual important rating for last night's episode was a 1.8 (the 3.4 listed above is the full rating which really doesn't matter). It's well above the CW average but it's a pilot so that's always going to start off high.
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Oct 8, 2014 16:24
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Either way, between this on TY and GOTG in the box office, it's encouraging to see that people actually DO enjoy positivity in their superhero media.
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Oct 8, 2014 16:29
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Deadpool posted:The actual important rating for last night's episode was a 1.8 (the 3.4 listed above is the full rating which really doesn't matter). It's well above the CW average but it's a pilot so that's always going to start off high. Well, part of it does. A big part of CW's target demo isn't actually in 18-49.
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Oct 8, 2014 16:29
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Deadpool posted:The actual important rating for last night's episode was a 1.8 (the 3.4 listed above is the full rating which really doesn't matter). It's well above the CW average but it's a pilot so that's always going to start off high. quote:On the CW, the series premiere of The Flash earned a 1.8 adults 18-49 rating, making it the CW's most-watched and highest-rated series debut since The Vampire Diaries premiered in 2009. So biggest premiere in five years.
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Oct 8, 2014 16:36
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zoux posted:Alright you big downer I'm not a downer! That's a great rating for CW. I'm just saying that people really don't pay any attention to the full rating. The demo ratings are what's almost always used so saying a 3.4 when people are used to seeing demo ratings posted may give people the wrong idea.
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Oct 8, 2014 16:39
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Deadpool posted:I'm not a downer! That's a great rating for CW. I'm just saying that people really don't pay any attention to the full rating. The demo ratings are what's almost always used so saying a 3.4 when people are used to seeing demo ratings posted may give people the wrong idea.
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Can I just say that I really loved the theme song to the show? Like, the heroic fanfare that acts as Barry's theme, I think, with the two-note motif repeated? That, and I expected Barry and Ollie meeting to be kind of cheesy, but when the music swelled as they "Cool"-ed each other, incorporating elements of both the Flash and Arrow soundtracks, I got goosebumps a li'l bit. To me it hinted at the possibility of a larger DC universe beginning (after the Batman vs. Superman movie fails to get it off the ground, probably).
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Oct 8, 2014 17:41
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Phylodox posted:Can I just say that I really loved the theme song to the show? Like, the heroic fanfare that acts as Barry's theme, I think, with the two-note motif repeated? That, and I expected Barry and Ollie meeting to be kind of cheesy, but when the music swelled as they "Cool"-ed each other, incorporating elements of both the Flash and Arrow soundtracks, I got goosebumps a li'l bit. To me it hinted at the possibility of a larger DC universe beginning (after the Batman vs. Superman movie fails to get it off the ground, probably). The theme for me seems to follow a kind of... 'realisation, followed by action' kind of narrative. Like, you'll have the two note choir when Barry is either realising that he has super speed, or what he has to do to stop a bad guy, followed by a faster tempo for the action itself. Then going back to the two-notes as the audience is just meant to sit back and watch in awe as the fastest man alive goes to town.
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Oct 8, 2014 18:00
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The second greatest gif to come out of this universe.
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Oct 8, 2014 18:13
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With Jesse Martin playing the detective in this show I'm hoping that Sam Waterston is the DA of Central City...
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Oct 8, 2014 19:07
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Random Stranger posted:With Jesse Martin playing the detective in this show I'm hoping that Sam Waterston is the DA of Central City... I seriously had to remind myself a couple of times this wasn't a Law & Order episode
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Oct 8, 2014 19:24
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Law and Order: Metahuman Crimes Unit.
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Some Numbers posted:The second greatest gif to come out of this universe. I have to ask, what's the first?
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Oct 8, 2014 19:31
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Bruceski posted:I have to ask, what's the first? Dancing Deathstroke in the Arrow OP.
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Oct 8, 2014 19:33
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Just starting ep. Can I officially call it now that his mom and dad are "attacked" by future The Flash who goes back in time somehow... I don't know... just looked... odd.
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Oct 8, 2014 19:34
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Feenix posted:Just starting ep. Can I officially call it now that his mom and dad are "attacked" by future The Flash who goes back in time somehow... I dunno, the costume colours looked... reversed, didn't they?
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Oct 8, 2014 19:36
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Gaz-L posted:I dunno, the costume colours looked... reversed, didn't they? Oh maybe I wasn't looking closely. I definitely saw red and yellow but not enough to say. Do you mean there was just far more yellow than red? [edit] re-looked. About 50/50.
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Feenix posted:Oh maybe I wasn't looking closely. I definitely saw red and yellow but not enough to say. Do you mean there was just far more yellow than red? It might have been hard as they were zooming past.
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Oct 8, 2014 19:38
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I think if you freeze frame and real pixel Hunter Zolomon you can get a good look at him. Death to puns.
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Feenix posted:Just starting ep. Can I officially call it now that his mom and dad are "attacked" by future The Flash who goes back in time somehow... I'll just tell you right now that anyone even vaguely familiar with Flash comics knows exactly what was happening in that scene. Maybe not the motivations, though I can make a guess with pretty high confidence, but the actual event occurring is obvious. I know comics information isn't spoilers, but it seems unfair to television only viewers to spell things out for them this early. Still, they were not attacked by Barry traveling from the future.
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Oct 8, 2014 19:42
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The Lord Bude posted:Does this mean you haven't seen Arrow? because if so this is a serious quality of life flaw that needs to be rectified at the earliest possible opportunity. I have not, but I've heard so many good things about it that I think you're right, it is time I rectified this.
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Season 3 premieres tonight so make sure you set it to record or you're gonna be mad at yourself in a couple of weeks.
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Jerusalem posted:I have not, but I've heard so many good things about it that I think you're right, it is time I rectified this. Season 2 is now on Netflix, so go go go and catch up with us for next week.
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Oct 8, 2014 22:39
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Feenix posted:Just starting ep. Can I officially call it now that his mom and dad are "attacked" by future The Flash who goes back in time somehow... Here's my guess, as it's the only thing that would make sense - Bad guy with superspeed and the Flash both go back in time, the giant super fast mess in the living room was the two fighting. If there was just a bad guy the mom/Barry would just die before they realized what happened. Future flash saves child version of himself. Just one super speed guy wouldn't make any sense in that bizzare situation.
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Flash was adjusted up to a 1.9 in the demo in the final Tuesday ratings. For basic comparison purposes, Arrow's series premiere drew a 1.3 two years ago. Very promising start. http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/20...ed-down/312116/
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I found a lot to be pretty hokey and stilted in the first ep. Buuutttttt, it was a first ep. Show will likely be just fine. "CSI coming through! Pardon me!" *runs through a crowd of 3 people instead of taking the gigantic open space on either side of them.*
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The scene with his dad in the jail is so loving good. The ep could have been total dog poo poo and I'd be 100% invested in the show just for that scene. Luckily the ep was awesome.
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Oct 8, 2014 23:40
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Zaggitz posted:The scene with his dad in the jail is so loving good. The ep could have been total dog poo poo and I'd be 100% invested in the show just for that scene. Luckily the ep was awesome. I only just realised that with the way its set up, its a major parallel to Ollie's parental situation (or how it was prior to the tail end of season 2). Mother instead of father, it leaves the son with questions instead of answers, and the other parent is innocent (so far as we know, but I really doubt they'd pull that twist on Shipp's character) rather than an accessory to wrongdoing.
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I liked this even more than I expected to, and I'm really looking forward to having an actual fun live action superhero show. Grant Gustin is really charming, but the show wouldn't work without a good supporting cast, and Martin and Cavanagh lend it significant gravitas. also Candice Patton is absurdly cute.
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Astro Nut posted:I only just realised that with the way its set up, its a major parallel to Ollie's parental situation (or how it was prior to the tail end of season 2). Mother instead of father, it leaves the son with questions instead of answers, and the other parent is innocent (so far as we know, but I really doubt they'd pull that twist on Shipp's character) rather than an accessory to wrongdoing. There's really no parallel to the parental situation.
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Drifter posted:There's really no parallel to the parental situation. Hey, we don't KNOW Mrs Allen didn't get stabbed through the heart by a one-eyed Australian super-soldier.
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The only real parallel is Ollie was trying to right his dad's wrongs while Barry is trying to redeem his.
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It's interesting to me that Barry and his dad are visiting through glass and over phones, since he's in Iron Heights and the Queen situation was different.
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Some Numbers posted:It's interesting to me that Barry and his dad are visiting through glass and over phones, since he's in Iron Heights and the Queen situation was different. Oliver and Thea Queen, even with their mom in jail, had millions of dollars courtesy of a large corporation and a very popular, high-end nightclub.
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Spoiler protecting some speculation based on knowledge of the comics. If you don't know, it won't kill you to see; just trying to not be a jerk: Given that the promotion for the show is all about becoming a hero and given some of the dialog in the episode, I'm pretty sure that they're going to be blending both Z's together. Z1's origin and Z2's motivations. Which would make sinister scientist guy Z1 and Zolomon a red herring.
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Random Stranger posted:Spoiler protecting some speculation based on knowledge of the comics. If you don't know, it won't kill you to see; just trying to not be a jerk: You mean Thawn?
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