The Flash [** Spoilers ** ==> US pace]

Richard Dower

They are using Arrow as an introduction to Barry Allen and also later in season 2 a backdoor pilot:


http://tvline.com/2013/07/30/arrow-season-2-introduces-the-flash-barry-allen/

http://m.deadline.com/2013/07/tca-greg-berlanti-talks-cws-the-flash/

http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/07/30/flash-arrow-spin-off/

^ although it breaks the Arrow rules of no powers as Allen will certainly needs some cocktail of chemicals and an lightning strike to power up!

McLoughlin

I guess the planned film is out the window then if this Flash TV show is a sucess.

Richard Dower

McLoughlin wrote: »

I guess the planned film is out the window then if this Flash TV show is a sucess.

Think the reverse of what you say is true.

JP Liz V1

http://tvline.com/2014/01/21/the-flash-pilot-cast-jesse-l-martin-the-cw/


Jesse L. Martin will play Det. West in the Arrow spin-off’s pilot based on the DC Comics hero. Grant Gustin (Glee) stars in the CW project as its titular crimefighter, aka Central City forensics investigator Barry Allen.
West is described as a trustworthy father figure to Gustin’s Barry, who was introduced in Episode 8 of Arrow‘s current season.

jenjenten

Fresh casting news from Deadline....http://www.deadline.com/2014/02/tom-cavanagh-the-flash-cw-dc-comic/

Seems to be a very heavy focus on STAR labs......

JP Liz V1

jenjenten wrote: »

Fresh casting news from Deadline....http://www.deadline.com/2014/02/tom-cavanagh-the-flash-cw-dc-comic/

Seems to be a very heavy focus on STAR labs......

Ed is a great addition

jenjenten

I *knew* they would do it!!

The original Flash from the 1990 series gets cast, John Wesley Ship.....hoping now Amanda Pays shows up!....or if they could cast Mark Hamill as The Trickster again!!!!!!!!

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/flash-john-wesley-shipp-joins-679594

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lw6RP0QsRY

CastorTroy

Pfft, he's just Dawson's dad to me.

jenjenten

OMG!!.....the suit!!.....THE FLASH!


http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/02/28/the-flash-costume/

aine1980

Excited to see this new series

EoinMcLovin

full suit just revealed http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=51391

jenjenten

Big buzz about this pilot....loads of footage leaking and info all over the net, i belive the script is floating about!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d3aTrJ-dts

CastorTroy

He's not very fast.

JP Liz V1

CW has picked up to series


THE FLASH: Based upon characters published by DC Comics. Through a freak accident, scientist Barry Allen is given the power of super speed that transforms him into the Fastest Man Alive. Cast: Grant Gustin (Barry Allen); Jesse L. Martin (Det. West); Tom Cavanaugh (Harrison Wells).


http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/05/08/beauty-beast-the-flash/

Agent Coulson

CastorTroy

Starting big with Weather Wizard.

Wonder if the speedforce effects are expensive every time he runs.

I think a downside of this is the same thing that effects all fast moving characters in tv shows, like Smallville - Showing the character as he's running. Just looks so fake.

CW are loving the my name is (insert DC character here) and.....

Looks good. If you like arrow you'll like this kind of way.

RobbingBandit

When does it air in America?

ScrubsfanChris

sugarman wrote: »

Looks amazing, big fan of arrow

Wonder how they'll tie in the 2 considering they'll be airing around the same time as season 3 of arrow

I think Flash is going to get a few episodes head start over Arrow in September.

Tuesday - Flash
Wednesday - Arrow

Kur4mA

Er, genuinely surprised at how good that trailer looks. I did a :rolleyes: when I heard about this initially, but that actually looks pretty great. I still watch Arrow the odd time but have a lot of catching up to do, but I like how the shows appear to be polar opposites of each other in tone.

thomas anderson.

Season 2 Finale of Arrow aired this week

Though it was top shelf tv myself

Kirby

"Ill run around it in the opposite direction!....."

Well, it worked for superman. :P

aine1980

Looks good & if Arrow is anything to go by it'll be worth a watch

Otacon

Kirby wrote: »

"Ill run around it in the opposite direction!....."

Well, it worked for superman. :P

Superman didn't run, he flew.



On-topic, everything looks good in that trailer, except the suit. Not sure how they could fix it but the chin strap/brace needs to go anyway.

Agent Coulson

Dawson's Dad and The Flash in the '90s series (John Wesley Shipp) will play Barry Allen's Dad in this.

digitalspy

Agent Coulson

Agent Coulson

The pilot has been leaked.

CastorTroy

Agent Coulson wrote: »

The pilot has been leaked.

But taking it's sweet time coming to me.

Agent Coulson

A fun pilot with a nice little teaser at the end.

CastorTroy

Really good start to the series. Will probably watch it again when it airs in September.

Barry still reminds me of Matthew Lillard.

Agent Coulson

It felt a bit rushed and jumpy in places but still fun so I'd say it might be re-edited before it is premiered in September.

squonk

Is there a rough cut of the pilot out?

GottaGetGatt

squonk wrote: »

Is there a rough cut of the pilot out?

Yeah

Otacon

Ironically, the pilot was a tad too fast for my liking.

I liked the characters they introduced but everything up to Barry getting his powers felt rushed. The moments of levity were generally good, as were the moments of drama (like the scene under the bridge).

I hope the pilot is edited into two episodes so his relationship with his parents and his 'weird' side-investigations (before the accident) are developed more.

CastorTroy

But would you really want that? They have a whole series to go into the parents and the investigation. They can't really tell the whole backstory in one episode. Sure look at Arrow with the island.

Otacon

CastorTroy wrote: »

But would you really want that? They have a whole series to go into the parents and the investigation. They can't really tell the whole backstory in one episode. Sure look at Arrow with the island.

IMO it would be better than what we currently have. The entire setup is skipped over in a matter of minutes. While you get a sense of the character, you never really feel invested.

As I mentioned, the scene that got the sense of charcater development versus pace right was the bridge scene, with Iris and her father talking to Barry. Basically, I want more of that.

ScrubsfanChris

Agent Coulson wrote: »

It felt a bit rushed and jumpy in places but still fun so I'd say it might be re-edited before it is premiered in September.

The part in the opening credits of him running through the traffic looks very poor cgi wise.
(Also,

turn the steering wheel and your car flips over

)

Overall I liked it, nice pace

Couldn't help but smile when Oliver showed up

spektorfive

Enjoyed can see myself watching most of the first season.

EoinMcLovin

Robbie Amell has been cast as Ronnie Raymond who is the fiance of Caitlin Snow. Ronnie Raymond is one half of the superhero Firestorm.
http://tvline.com/2014/07/09/the-flash-cast-robbie-amell-firestorm/

CastorTroy

Wonder if he'll mention his cousin Ollie Queen.

Dr Bob

It wasnt bad ,quite a few DC easter eggs:

Here be

(the Grodd cage, Ferris Airstrip, mention of Waynetech).
There was also a sort of shout out to The Big Bang Theory(the rock,paper,scissors,lizard,spock T shirt one of the guys was wearing near the end) probably as they've done their own take on the Flash running towards the camera thing....

JP Liz V1

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

Robbie Amell has been cast as Ronnie Raymond who is the fiance of Caitlin Snow. Ronnie Raymond is one half of the superhero Firestorm.
http://tvline.com/2014/07/09/the-flash-cast-robbie-amell-firestorm/

Felicity's step son

EoinMcLovin

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Felicity's step son

Yeah but that was before New 52 in DC Comics. They are actually bringing Felicity Smoak along with some other characters from Arrow into the Green Arrow comic when executive producer Andrew Kreisberg and series writer/producer Ben Sokolowski take over the comic book.

Also if you saw the Flash pilot

didn't Caitlin say she lost her fiancée in the explosion that gave Barry his powers? Could this be how firestorm is formed

pah

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

Yeah but that was before New 52 in DC Comics. They are actually bringing Felicity Smoak along with some other characters from Arrow into the Green Arrow comic when executive producer Andrew Kreisberg and series writer/producer Ben Sokolowski take over the comic book.

Also if you saw the Flash pilot

didn't Caitlin say she lost her fiancée in the explosion that gave Barry his powers? Could this be how firestorm is formed

hopefully this won't follow a baddie of the week format too much, especially not baddies created through the accident ala meteor rock in smallville.

youngblood

pah wrote: »

hopefully this won't follow a baddie of the week format too much, especially not baddies created through the accident ala meteor rock in smallville.

I've a feeling this will be the plot exactly with some larger story arc .ie his parents

pah

so having seen the pilot and the ending in particular does it seem obvious that

the flash disappears in the future and probably travels back in time and is directly involved in what happened to his mother? probably chasing some baddie

EoinMcLovin

pah wrote: »

so having seen the pilot and the ending in particular does it seem obvious that

the flash disappears in the future and probably travels back in time and is directly involved in what happened to his mother? probably chasing some baddie

in the comics

its Reverse Flash who goes back in time to kill Barry's mother. Some theories I've read on the flash reddit are that Harrison wells is actually Eobard Thawne who is Reverse Flash, who came from the future to kill Barry's mother thus leading to the creation of the flash and professor . Another is that when you see the yellow and red blurs around the mother, it's actually Flash and Reverse Flash

EoinMcLovin

Wentworth Miller has been cast as Captain Cold

mafaa

‘The Flash’ Pilot Images; Episode 4 to Feature Felicity Smoak

EoinMcLovin

mafaa wrote: »

‘The Flash’ Pilot Images; Episode 4 to Feature Felicity Smoak

Yeah supposedly there are going to be characters from arrow and flash appearing in each show. There is also the 2 hour long crossover that is going to happen in the eighth episode of both shows.

mafaa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJU_b5R5Ylc