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That seriously looks so loving good.
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# ? May 15, 2014 17:33 |
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Ward claims that he's weak because he cares but everything we've seen of the "real" Grant Ward makes him look like a sociopath.
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# ? May 15, 2014 17:38 |
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Some of the effects seem a bit cheesy/straight up bad, but if it's as good as it looks, I might actually become a fan of the character (My knowledge of Flash comes from Justice League and Impulse, basically). I do love the potential mythos of the show: time travel has been all but confirmed with Reverse-Flash/Professor Zoom, and alternate realities and dimensions are bound to follow, and that will open up all kinds of comic book insanity. Just start with "Eddie Thawne" skulking around all secret time traveler - like, and escalate that into century-long feuds, battles across space-time, and superhero legacies.
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# ? May 15, 2014 18:24 |
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I know they likely do not have the budget to make every episode deliver but I am still excited for The Flash. That trailer, with a bigger budget, would have gotten me excited for a Flash movie, and I was someone who thought that could never happen.
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# ? May 15, 2014 18:26 |
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:
Not to mention that the guy in the wheelchair will likely be Hunter Solomon/Zoom. The way he was yelling at Barry to run faster reminded me of Zoom' s goading to make Wally a better hero.
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# ? May 15, 2014 18:31 |
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What I think Flash really has going for it is the rogues. Green Arrow doesn't really have that many established rogues so they have had to borrow from other properties (or just straight out Justice League stuff) but Flash already has an in built rogues gallery. It looks like the first main one is going to be Weather Master, and with the portal/whatever opening up we are going to probably see a lot more people with powers coming up. One interesting thing I'm going to look out for is how they are going to differentiate the city from Arrow to Flash, seeing as both are filmed in Vancouver. That might be amusing. Also, I wish CW would just order a bloody Suicide Squad tv show already.
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# ? May 15, 2014 18:36 |
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Moai Ou posted:Not to mention that the guy in the wheelchair will likely be Hunter Solomon/Zoom. The way he was yelling at Barry to run faster reminded me of Zoom' s goading to make Wally a better hero. Eddie Thawn has already been cast, so I don't think that's quite the direction.
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# ? May 15, 2014 18:38 |
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Madkal posted:Also, I wish CW would just order a bloody Suicide Squad tv show already. I think that if the Flash does well, that's their next move, with Manu headlining. They better not try to steal Diggle though.
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# ? May 15, 2014 18:39 |
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I'm hoping that guy turns out to be Niles Caulder
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# ? May 15, 2014 18:40 |
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Dark_Tzitzimine posted:I'm hoping that guy turns out to be Niles Caulder The character's name is Harison Wells.
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# ? May 15, 2014 18:40 |
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Madkal posted:One interesting thing I'm going to look out for is how they are going to differentiate the city from Arrow to Flash, seeing as both are filmed in Vancouver. That might be amusing. Superheroing scenes in daylight would probably make 90% of the difference. And not having the city be a crime-infested hellhole. e: Central City is Vancouver by day; Starling City is Vancouver by night. e2: Also, there's an obvious and necessary emphasis on large, open spaces: Arrow is 80% indoors, whether in offices, houses, or dark warehouses. Rooftops are the obvious exception (the trailer even signifies this by having Barry and Ollie meet on a rooftop). You'll never see something like the Ferris airfield on Arrow for a major scene. BravestOfTheLamps fucked around with this message at 19:27 on May 15, 2014 |
# ? May 15, 2014 18:52 |
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:Superheroing scenes in daylight would probably make 90% of the difference. And not having the city be a crime-infested hellhole. I'd like it if it ended up, tonally at least, like STAS compared to BTAS. They had the same production house and similar animation styles, but Superman was bright and comic book-y and Batman was dark and realistic.
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# ? May 15, 2014 18:55 |
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zoux posted:I'd like it if it ended up, tonally at least, like STAS compared to BTAS. They had the same production house and similar animation styles, but Superman was bright and comic book-y and Batman was dark and realistic. Batman was not realistic, it took place 30 years before Archer.
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# ? May 15, 2014 19:25 |
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I haven't seen mor then a couple of episodes of Arrow, but Flash looks amazing, and I might tune in regularly to it.
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# ? May 15, 2014 19:41 |
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That looks... incredibly good. Ollie as the hero mentor works amazingly well, too. I'm not even a big DC fan and seeing a real, interconnected DC universe with real Flash and real Green Arrow being brought to life in live action like that brought a tear to my eye. zoux posted:I'd like it if it ended up, tonally at least, like STAS compared to BTAS. They had the same production house and similar animation styles, but Superman was bright and comic book-y and Batman was dark and realistic. That comparison occurred to me, too. The idea of seeing the DCAU spiritually reborn in live action form, and not sucking, is kinda incredible. XboxPants fucked around with this message at 19:51 on May 15, 2014 |
# ? May 15, 2014 19:42 |
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An interesting thing about that extended trailer is in the scene where he's first wearing the suit it looks like he's also wearing some kind of rebreather over his mouth.
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# ? May 15, 2014 20:03 |
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muscles like this? posted:An interesting thing about that extended trailer is in the scene where he's first wearing the suit it looks like he's also wearing some kind of rebreather over his mouth. Yeah you can see it when Vibe initially shows him the suit as well.
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# ? May 15, 2014 20:05 |
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Well, Ollie's cameo makes sense. Barry's a part of his development, seeing that his attempt to honour Tommy's memory isn't a failure, that he is capable of being, to quote Also, looks like they're going with the mach 1 limit for him, at least to start, assuming that spedometer on the airfield was in MPH. Plus, the production team have to love that the property comes with it's own intro narration mostly written AND fitting their established format.
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# ? May 15, 2014 20:06 |
I wonder if they're going to go down the whole "Speed Force" route?
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# ? May 15, 2014 20:37 |
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jng2058 posted:I wonder if they're going to go down the whole "Speed Force" route? If they do the time travel thing they might do speed force too.
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# ? May 15, 2014 20:39 |
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They may name it that, but Tom Cavanaugh has a bit of exposition there which seems to amount to "Um, we done hosed up and opened portals to other dimensions, and now people have superpowers", which seems to be their justification for why Arrow just has people with what amounts to a bit above Captain America powers, and Flash has guys that can summon tornados and poo poo.
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# ? May 15, 2014 20:39 |
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muscles like this? posted:An interesting thing about that extended trailer is in the scene where he's first wearing the suit it looks like he's also wearing some kind of rebreather over his mouth. I'll have to watch it at again at home (bigger screen) but it also looked like the original tv show costume was behind him in a case. Or something that sort of looked like it, anyway.
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# ? May 15, 2014 21:35 |
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Kingtheninja posted:I'll have to watch it at again at home (bigger screen) but it also looked like the original tv show costume was behind him in a case. Or something that sort of looked like it, anyway. Speaking of the original show, looks like JWS is playing Papa Allen.
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# ? May 15, 2014 21:40 |
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zoux posted:Speaking of the original show, looks like JWS is playing Papa Allen. "In my day, we just had the Trickster!"
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# ? May 15, 2014 21:42 |
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Gaz-L posted:They may name it that, but Tom Cavanaugh has a bit of exposition there which seems to amount to "Um, we done hosed up and opened portals to other dimensions, and now people have superpowers", which seems to be their justification for why Arrow just has people with what amounts to a bit above Captain America powers, and Flash has guys that can summon tornados and poo poo. This also should tie in nicely with why Flash can't just do Arrow's job for him, which was a worry for some people. Arrow would have a hell of a time dealing with Tornado guys every week, and so they each have their own cities with stuff in their own 'weight class' to deal with and we can still get the occasional crossover.
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# ? May 15, 2014 21:43 |
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Yeah I mean that Flash trailer was close to the best thing I've seen in my life but I'm about 500% certain that Geoff Johns wrote that whole clunky "guardian angel saving people in a flash" line.
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# ? May 15, 2014 22:02 |
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So are they actually going to try and set up Flashpoint for Season 1 of Flash? It looks very much like that could happen (minus the whole alternate reality thing)
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# ? May 15, 2014 22:22 |
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hi liter posted:So are they actually going to try and set up Flashpoint for Season 1 of Flash? It looks very much like that could happen (minus the whole alternate reality thing) Not if they're planning out things as far as they did with Arrow. Took 'em two seasons just to finish a storyline with Deathstroke, and they still got another 3 seasons of Oliver's "how I became a badass" backstory to cover.
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# ? May 15, 2014 22:28 |
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XboxPants posted:Not if they're planning out things as far as they did with Arrow. Took 'em two seasons just to finish a storyline with Deathstroke, and they still got another 3 seasons of Oliver's "how I became a badass" backstory to cover. That was quite good planning on Arrow's behalf. Also I am taking bids on when Ras becomes the series main villain. I am going with season 4.
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# ? May 15, 2014 22:31 |
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Madkal posted:That was quite good planning on Arrow's behalf. Also I am taking bids on when Ras becomes the series main villain. I am going with season 4. I think Deathstroke will be back for s4. Barrowman is a series regular next season so I assume he's the big bad for s3, but I think they are going to be squirrelly about using straight up big time Batman characters on Arrow. What if Gotham wanted to use Ras, you think DC would be ok with two different Ras's on two different networks?
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# ? May 15, 2014 22:36 |
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zoux posted:I think Deathstroke will be back for s4. Barrowman is a series regular next season so I assume he's the big bad for s3, but I think they are going to be squirrelly about using straight up big time Batman characters on Arrow. What if Gotham wanted to use Ras, you think DC would be ok with two different Ras's on two different networks? It's a good question... but either way I have a feeling that ancient mystical ninja assassins don't really fit the gritty crime procedural feel they seem to be going for with Gotham.
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# ? May 15, 2014 22:38 |
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zoux posted:I think Deathstroke will be back for s4. Barrowman is a series regular next season so I assume he's the big bad for s3, but I think they are going to be squirrelly about using straight up big time Batman characters on Arrow. What if Gotham wanted to use Ras, you think DC would be ok with two different Ras's on two different networks? The League of Assassins played a small role this season, and Ras was name dropped a few times this season, specifically when Moira mentioned to Barrowman that Ras might be interested in hearing about his resurrection. I think Barrowman is going to be the big bad next season, with Thea as his protege pitting brother against sister.
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# ? May 15, 2014 22:39 |
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Madkal posted:The League of Assassins played a small role this season, and Ras was name dropped a few times this season, specifically when Moira mentioned to Barrowman that Ras might be interested in hearing about his resurrection. I think Barrowman is going to be the big bad next season, with Thea as his protege pitting brother against sister. I half wondered if Merlyn was going to train his daughter and then at the end she switches sides and legitimately became Speedy.
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# ? May 15, 2014 23:13 |
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ToastyPotato posted:I half wondered if Merlyn was going to train his daughter and then at the end she switches sides and legitimately became Speedy. Oh, they're obviously going to do the thing where she's got an arrow nocked and ready to go at the Arrow's head, and Ollie takes the mask and hood off and throws down his bow, all "I won't fight you, Speedy!"
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# ? May 15, 2014 23:28 |
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From the TVIV thread. If that's too much for anyone's browser I'll put half of em on the next page, when there is one. zoux fucked around with this message at 00:04 on May 16, 2014 |
# ? May 16, 2014 00:02 |
boom boom boom posted:Sarah Connor Chronicles You just said the magic words!
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# ? May 16, 2014 01:14 |
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Speaking of CW, they also just released the first official promo images for iZombie: Also, have some ad copy.
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# ? May 16, 2014 03:10 |
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I got more enjoyment out of that 5 minute Flash teaser than I did during 150 minutes of Man of Steel. I'm in.
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# ? May 16, 2014 03:16 |
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moleman posted:I got more enjoyment out of that 5 minute Flash teaser than I did during 150 minutes of Man of Steel. I'm in. It was seriously incredible. I guess it could all fall apart when we see the whole episode but even if it's middling, just seeing the Flash run around is gonna go a long way for me. I wonder what the budget is on something like that? Is it way bigger than the standard episode 'cause it's a pilot, or is that just the level that TV magic has reached these days? Great times.
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# ? May 16, 2014 03:23 |
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XboxPants posted:It was seriously incredible. I guess it could all fall apart when we see the whole episode but even if it's middling, just seeing the Flash run around is gonna go a long way for me. My biggest fear is that they blew their load on the pilot and that a lot of the season is going to be very mundane stuff barely different from the most middling episodes of Arrow. Maybe the finale would be big too I guess. But yeah, that extended preview was put together like a decent movie trailer.
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# ? May 16, 2014 03:57 |