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They showed flashes ( ) of it last night but I hope all of Cisco's cheeriness is a cover for some deeper trauma.He just comes off as too happy-go-lucky. I know they have a whole season to flesh him out but he's been really heavily into the science-:technobabble: role and it'd be interesting if it was all an act to hide some emotional wound. Kinda like the opposite of Caitlin who has been a walking-wound but may slowly be coming out of her shell.
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I just want him to cut his goddamn hippie hair.  
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Oct 22, 2014 21:13
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Thwomp posted:They showed flashes ( So basically Marco from Animorphs?
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Thwomp posted:They showed flashes ( I suspect that's there. At the very least, he's definitely been shown to be a more sentimental sort - he developed the Flash suit, presumably on his own time, in the hope that, if it worked and helped keep firefighters safe, it'd improve the reputation of STAR Labs and take the heat off Wells, who was likely the public face of the fiasco. He jumps straight onboard with Barry's desires to help people whereas both Wells and Snow have their reservations. And it seems to be he feels guilt over having been down there, with Ronnie, and by some definition, effectively being responsible for the man's death. He not only closed the door on a friend, but also took another friend's would-be husband from her. Even if Ronnie died a heroic death, that's plenty to feel guilty over - and who knows what the show might add later on.
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Xelkelvos posted:For what it's worth, Firestorm's powers are pretty close to Dr. Manhattan's except he can't create or directly affect organic molecules. Dr. M does a lot of time/space stuff like teleporting and omnipresence that Firestorm can't.
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I think one thing they hopefully do soon that would improve the show a lot: Metahumans need to not be a secret. Sooner than later people need to understand that metahumans exist, and the Flash needs to publicly be a hero rather than just a "red blur".
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Thwomp posted:That said, he's also done a lot of positive work which I enjoyed and BSS can often be totally incapable of separating past good work from currently questionable work (see also Brian Bendis). The Jeff Loeb Effect 
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Geoff Johns has written a lot of mediocre poo poo over the last 10 years or so but the one thing he does very well is write Flash. His original Flash run is still probably one of the best runs on the character ever. If not outright the best. I wouldn't trust him to control too much, but I think Flash is just fine for him.
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Deadpool posted:Geoff Johns has written a lot of mediocre poo poo over the last 10 years or so but the one thing he does very well is write Flash. His original Flash run is still probably one of the best runs on the character ever. If not outright the best. I wouldn't trust him to control too much, but I think Flash is just fine for him. Second best. Waid is still the best. However, he is doing really well with this show.
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Kind of want this (or at least just the blurry face bit) for an avatar.
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muscles like this? posted:Kind of want this (or at least just the blurry face bit) for an avatar. Then how the hell will we know who you are? Captain Cold furry hood worriers should be very pleased next week.
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Can anyone link me to that one front page article from years ago explaining why Flash is the most overpowered superhero?
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Detective No. 27 posted:Can anyone link me to that one front page article from years ago explaining why Flash is the most overpowered superhero? A quick google search found a re-post on some random blog: http://mediaoverloadshow.tumblr.com/post/37463973549/the-motherfucking-flash-ancient-re-post
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bobkatt013 posted:Second best. Waid is still the best. However, he is doing really well with this show. I love Waid's but I think I like what Johns did a little more. And it actually pains me to say that because Waid could literally write circles around Johns.
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WarLocke posted:A quick google search found a re-post on some random blog: Welp, we made it to page 29 before someone posted goesfast.txt
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Better than expected. Now never bring that terrible thing up again.
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Deadpool posted:Better than expected. Now never bring that terrible thing up again. I made it an OP rule. An OP rule.
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I didn't really like this monster of the week episode pattern and hope they can somehow stray from that a bit. How do you beat a Chlorine Gas monster? Oh yeah, just tire him out chasing you. Meh. That diveroll at the end of that fight was also dumb, he's the Flash, unless that gasguy could also travel the speed of sound Barry should just be able to take a couple steps, maybe? Go play soccer if you want to flop around on the ground like a loser fish, Barry. I thought the guys just carte blanchely putting some rando mutant forever in a prison container is kinda hosed up. And it's just those three science people - I'm getting Ghostbusters vibes from that, except it's people, not ghosts. I hope that's a plot that goes somewhere because you can't just have those science nerds in the middle of the city keeping a bunch of starving, angry science monster murder mutants locked away indefinitely. I like Dr Wells' being this good badguy. That's cool and I dig it, but for fucks sake they've been teasing for three episodes the exact same loving stuff, Jesus Christ. I get it, he's from the future and is doing bad poo poo in the name of good things. Get over yourself.
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It's going to end up like Unbreakable isn't it?
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Deadpool posted:I love Waid's but I think I like what Johns did a little more. And it actually pains me to say that because Waid could literally write circles around Johns. Return of Barry Allan and he introduced Impulse. Johns highs did not reach this
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:It's going to end up like Unbreakable isn't it? Cisco: "That's it, we're calling him Mr. Glass".
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I like the action and effect but man is the writing bad.
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In the pre-stinger VO where Barry was running around the city, I really wanted him to steal some of the Science Buddies' ice cream. "What happened to the rest of my rum raisin?" 
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I think you mean Run Raisin. 
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PFlats posted:In the pre-stinger VO where Barry was running around the city, I really wanted him to steal some of the Science Buddies' ice cream. HE STOLE THAT GUY'S ICE CREAM!
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"My name is Barry Allen, and I'm the fastest man alive. I will steal your loving ice cream."
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I was about to say that I hoped Ronnie would turn out to be a metahuman, then I looked back and realized I should Google his name. Oh well, now I'm not too excited about all the love triangle drama that will unfold between him, Flash, and Caitlin.
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MildShow posted:So basically Marco from Animorphs? Cisco is Grodd! 
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I won't be happy till I see Barry shovelling candy bars into his mouth in the middle of a fight, Adam Jensen style.
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Martman posted:I was about to say that I hoped Ronnie would turn out to be a metahuman, then I looked back and realized I should Google his name. Oh well, now I'm not too excited about all the love triangle drama that will unfold between him, Flash, and Caitlin. Although they could obviously go there with it, I haven't seen Barry and Caitlin's thing as romantic, in my viewing. If anything, Cisco's in love with her. Besides, Barry already has Iris and Felicity to deal with. If he calls dibs on Caitlin, he'd be both the fastest and the greediest man alive. I feel like Caitlin's fiance turning into some sort of pseudo-corporeal atomic man who may or may not be a hivemind is more than enough to gently caress with that relationship, though. I guess Caitlin could get some sort of quantum threeway out of the deal. If he doesn't heat her body to 450°C by accident. Are they really not doing Killer Frost in some way? There are just so many puns.
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bobkatt013 posted:Return of Barry Allan and he introduced Impulse. Johns highs did not reach this Blitz was better than Return of Barry, I liked Waid's run but he was overall pretty bad at writing villains (name one good villain from that run other than Thawne because Savitar was underdeveloped and cobra was lame as hell) and he was way too indulgent with sappy "you're my beacon Linda" nonsense where the power of love bails out wally way too many times, also I absolutely loathed chain lightning and dark flash. By comparison Johns created a crapload of great rogues and Zolomon was loving perfect. Waid introduced a fantastic supporting cast but Johns actually used those characters in great stories with great villains.
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I think Waid also, when he returned, made the comic all about Wally's kids no one cared about.
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Whom do you guys think is gonna be Zoom, Wells or Eddie?
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Barry's dad. He guilty.
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greatn posted:Barry's dad. He guilty. Best Show.
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I was worried that Barry's dad would see him and think that HE was the murderous blur that killed the mom. They would have to have a whole arc where he would start rambling about how everyone love the "Streak", but he know's how evil he REALLY is.
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I could do without Barry's narration summing up the Lesson of the Week at the end of each episode, but I love the little shots of him do-gooding around the city while it's happening. I especially love his quick-and-easy solutions to a lot of these problem. Woman getting mugged a knifepoint? ZIP. Woman has knife. Stab away, sweetheart. 
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Xealot posted:Although they could obviously go there with it, I haven't seen Barry and Caitlin's thing as romantic, in my viewing. If anything, Cisco's in love with her. Besides, Barry already has Iris and Felicity to deal with. If he calls dibs on Caitlin, he'd be both the fastest and the greediest man alive. It's possible they might have a second wave of meta humans for some reason or another, even if only temporary. Alternatively, parallel universes
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My wife's mom died earlier this year, and our kid started walking a couple of months ago, so Barry's dad's story about him learning to walk and the ensuing monologue made her cry.
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bobkatt013 posted:Return of Barry Allan and he introduced Impulse. Johns highs did not reach this Return of Barry Allen is legit the best Flash story.
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