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Wheat Loaf posted:It's disappointing that they never really managed to muster the whole competition between vaguely sinister, manipulative Harry and lantern-jawed boy scout Jay Garrick over the position as Barry's mentor for the season, at least not as much as the showrunners seem to think they did. It would have made the reveal of Jay/Hunter's true identity a bigger deal, I think. Yeah I've said before but this seemed like that was the entire plan for the season and would have been a really great arc. My best theory is that they played down Jay's role to try and throw people off the scent that he was actually Zoom, but in doing so they made him a non-character for most of the season. So instead of mentor vs mentor vying for Barry's trust, you had one dude who was very obviously a red herring (dick Wells) and one dude who was supposedly living a quiet life offscreen somewhere.
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Sep 24, 2016 23:20
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mind the walrus posted:If there's a c plot involving Dr alchemy or abracadabra as the big bad I'll take it. Based on press releases: they're doing two big bads, one being Savitar (a speedster) and the other being Alchemy.
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Sep 25, 2016 08:59
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mind the walrus posted:That would be cool, although I'm sure Alchemy would take a very far backseat to Savitar because gently caress not having a speedster be the big bad. Is the douche in black with the winged fans on his head Savitar then? I know who he is from the comics, and that would be a weird place to take his look. I think he's a Flashpoint only villain called Rival. And at least from the previews they seemed to be hinting at Alchemy being a mystery by having it scratched into a mirror.
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Sep 25, 2016 16:31
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Koalas March posted:But yeah, there's a wealth of interesting things they could do with her character. I just wish the writers would see and use her potential. My favorite is still "Iris West, ethical advisor" from the kevin smith episode
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Sep 25, 2016 22:42
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No Butt Stuff posted:People are allowed to voice their disdain, and also make incest jokes. It doesn't have to detract from what you take away from the show. Thanks for the update on what people are allowed to do. KM is likewise allowed to voice her opinion on the dumb incest jokes. You were allowed to make your post replying to her. I am allowed to make this post. Nobody is disallowing anyone from doing anything, your First Amendment rights are safe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_QEwzmsnHg
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Sep 27, 2016 17:54
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tsob posted:If it is, none of it is making it to the screen. That's almost certainly more a fault of writing and direction though, not lack of chemistry. They do appear to have real fun and chemistry in the gifs you post, but nothing in the show really reflects that. There was easily chemistry with Earth 2 Iris. But yeah I agree it has more to do with the contrived storytelling (forced love triangles, mopiness about not being together, etc) and viewers negative reactions to that than actual lack of chemistry. I think Patty also got a lot of credit for breaking Barry out of the creepy side of the love triangle, I really didn't see a ton more chemistry there, she was honestly kind of a forgettable character.
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Sep 27, 2016 23:59
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Whizbang posted:Lots of people browse the forums on mobile, don't be an rear end in a top hat. toggle the thing where pics don't automatically load Koalas March posted:RE: a mod, I guess? I'm on my laptop and don't see a star here or on mobile? I can post a screenshot as proof if need be?? too late you're toast
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Sep 28, 2016 03:52
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sorry I was teasing, I was trying to lighten the mood but failed worse than Barry trying to not screw up time travel
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Sep 28, 2016 03:59
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maybe Whizbang is just a super cut skeleton who hasn't been to the settings tab of his SA mobile app
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Sep 28, 2016 04:09
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I legit appreciate Koalas March a lot for bringing up representation issues since it is important and has increased my appreciation of Iris. I didn't hate Iris before aside from wanting her to do more but after reading some of KM's posts in this and last thread I am now rooting for Iris/Candace.Proposition Joe posted:Barry Allen, go back in time and rewrite this entire thread please! Also I liked this time travel joke but I suggest putting moratorium on calling the thread poo poo repeatedly 4 pages in just because we don't like the direction the conversation is going. There's probably promo stuff and speculation we can talk about, or just sit out until the show starts. One more weeks Flashers (do we have a fan group name yet?)
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Sep 28, 2016 04:34
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Flash Mob?
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Sep 28, 2016 04:36
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Oh nice I'm glad some angry dudes came in here to whine about tumblr and make the thread way better!
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Sep 28, 2016 14:01
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Aphrodite posted:Cool thanks for the update. And thank you for the refreshing one liners as always 
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Sep 28, 2016 14:20
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Optimist with doubt posted:So actual tv show question. I am not too familiar with the flash lore. Other than the cold dude and other speedsters what kind of rogues gallery does flash have? Already appeared on the show: Weather Wizard - dude who controls weather Heatwave - dude with flame thrower pistol (yeah not too impressive) Captain Boomerang - dude who throws gimmick boomerangs (somehow less impressive than the last guy) Trickster - guy who uses toy and gag based things like exploding rubber chickens or balloons filled with toxic gas Pied Piper - dude who uses sound based weapons Gorilla Grodd - talking gorilla with mental powers Haven't appeared yet: Mirror Master - uses a bunch of crazy mirror based powers, including using any reflective surface as a portal to teleport through, creating mirror clones of people, turning them to glass, etc The Top - started out like the Trickster and Captain Boomerang where he just used top based weapons, but eventually gained the ability to spin at ridiculous speeds and also gained some mental powers (a female version has been cast for the show this season) Dr. Alchemy - can transmute matter, but not organic matter Abra Kadabra - from such a distant future that his technology looks like magic Those are the most prominent and powerful, there are others like Rainbow Raider who has appeared in a few episodes and the Turtle Man who was killed last season in a plot point that unfortunately didn't go anywhere.
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Sep 28, 2016 16:04
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Also aside from Gorilla Grodd and Abra Kadabra the other ones typically pal around and team up and actually have the team name The Rogues, and they are pretty awesome. And good news on that front, 3 of the "hasn't appeared yet" have been cast and Captain Cold has been confirmed to return as a season regular (I think he was knocked down to guest star since he was busy with LoT last season) so hopefully we will be getting a lot more Rogues stories.
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Sep 28, 2016 16:08
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LLJKSiLk posted:Calling them speedsters really triggers me. Out of respect for those of us who move at regular speed we should refer to them as above-average runners. There's really no excuse for speedism in this thread. I'm gonna write up a 5 page manifesto on my tumblr telling you why this is problematic. Didn't you explicitly want this line of discussion to stop? That was your only other post in the thread. Why quote some unrelated dude to dredge it back up?
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Sep 28, 2016 17:36
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Yeah, it sounds like Flashpoint lasts an episode or two but then there are lingering effects once things go back to "normal".
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Sep 28, 2016 17:49
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howe_sam posted:Most of the real wonky scheduling last year was in the second half when they were dragging the season out so they could run a full month of episodes in may sweeps, and have first run Flash episodes as a lead in to Contagion. Yeah this. There was the normal fall sweeps and end of year break which people expected. The weird stuff was a full month break after Feb, then two episodes, then 3 more weeks off prior to spring sweeps.
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Sep 29, 2016 03:05
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Koalas March posted:Hey, I don't have PMs, but since you seem interested, I thought you might like to check out this (relevant) thread. I already did and even helped tell off the thread's first troll (in a real passive aggressive way)!
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Sep 29, 2016 13:45
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Well holy crap this looks potentially cool: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/arrow-flash-supergirl-legends-tomorrow-933699 They're talking up the special effects and prosthetics too which is exciting, and with over 3 hours to work with this could end up being extremely cool.
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Sep 29, 2016 20:58
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Holy crap that's Alex Desert aka Julio Mendez from the 90's Flash (same name and everything!)
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Oct 5, 2016 01:16
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Zebulon posted:Apparently without Barry Joe's life went to poo poo. What the hell. If Wally is still in town I wonder if Iris's mother is as well? In which case maybe it was a situation where without Barry to raise Joe went and found her, and trying to take care of her took its toll
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Oct 5, 2016 01:19
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Oct 5, 2016 01:20
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This Reverse Flash rules
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Oct 5, 2016 01:31
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"have I been kidnapped?" "unclear" lol
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Oct 5, 2016 01:37
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lol that dude signed a contract that said his face could appear obviously
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Oct 5, 2016 01:40
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Is Alchemy already working with Mirror Master tho?
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Oct 5, 2016 02:01
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Brother Entropy posted:i'm a little more optimistic now that i know flashpoint was just a one-off and not like, half of the entire season My main problems with season 2 were: - spent like 1/3 of the season setting up LoT which mucked up its own storylines - crappy mystery with season villain - mopey Barry - removing Cold and Heatwave I feel like the first won't be repeated, the second they hopefully learned from, 3 looks like a strong possibility about now. But the following things make the season sound potentially more fun: - more Rogues and especially Cold - a musical episode - a non-speedster villain So I am pretty optimistic. Also last season had a bad season premiere, a bad mid-season finale, and then another bad mid-season premiere all in a row. This season premiere was pretty dope I thought.
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Oct 5, 2016 02:06
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I for sure thought they were going to go the route of "Barry is the one who generates the Speed Force, so without him being Flash there is nothing to give Thawne speed" in the first season. And it was going to turn out that Thawne became Wells to ensure that Barry became the Flash (because maybe the timeline had been altered to such an extent that he otherwise didn't become the Flash). But it turns out that Thawne losing his powers was just some super weird coincidence? And that he just needed Barry to be fast enough to give his failing powers a boost to travel back to his time where he would...get better? Then of course there's all the weird stuff about the Thawne time remnant, which I think is obsolete now because Barry removed the Thawne that murdered his mother from the timeline post-murdering his mother. So wait was Wells ever Thawne in this timeline? Is Eddie still alive? 
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Oct 5, 2016 17:58
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tsob posted:I haven't watched the episode, but did watch a few clips to see if it piqued my interest and Iris doesn't know Barry. Despite the fact that change is that Barry's mom didn't die. And yet according to the Prime timeline Iris and Barry were friends as a kid and basically lived next door till Thawne killed Barry's mom. So shouldn't Iris at least recognise Barry enough to go "oh, that guy I knew as a kid?" This is basically exactly what happened. Iris is like "you look familiar" and Barry says they went to school together and they reminisce about some class they were in.
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Oct 5, 2016 18:29
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Also, from episode synopses up through ep 3: Jesse has super speed and has been crime fighting; Barry becomes her mentor and as of ep 3 is training her.
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Oct 10, 2016 20:19
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Pyroi posted:Dammit Barry tell people what the hell is going on so that they don't think you're rude as gently caress I mean I get not being like "hey I accidentally hosed with all your lives!" wouldn't be the best thing to do, but yeah he does need to tell at least someone to get the basic details of his life under control edit: ohhhhhhhh this sucks 
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Oct 12, 2016 01:07
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hahahahha YES Old Flash gonna be like "knock this poo poo off dude..."
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Oct 12, 2016 01:30
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These two episodes would have worked better as a 2 hour season premiere and it seems like they were written as one (what with the same villain, time travel themes, etc)
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Oct 12, 2016 01:32
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drat, slick move stabbing him with the ear things, Rival
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Oct 12, 2016 01:49
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Fun Cisco is back 
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Oct 12, 2016 01:55
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Ok finally just don't have some goddamn dumb drama muck this up
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Oct 12, 2016 01:59
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gninjagnome posted:Hey, that wasn't No Lunch Supermax?! It was Iron Heights! It looks like someone pointed out the questionable ethics of NLS in this timeline
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Real Jay Garrick has already been more of a mentor to Barry in a 3 minute scene than fake Jay Garrick was the entirety of his storyline
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