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I remember legit guilty-enjoying Flash season 1 as my intro to CW soaps, I bounced off Arrow at first viewing, but Flash season 2 was a rapid and hysterical journey into “oh god Barry, wtf you moron”
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# ? Jun 29, 2020 21:59 |
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 12:15 |
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The first season of Flash is crazy good because they front loaded 30 years of comic continuity into the plot without explaining poo poo at first and it was a fuckin roller coaster. Those watch threads were so much fun back then. poo poo, remember when Thawne goatse'd America?
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# ? Jun 29, 2020 22:02 |
Remember in the pilot where Barry had magic csi powers
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# ? Jun 29, 2020 22:27 |
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CainsDescendant posted:Remember in the pilot where Barry had magic csi powers He had them on Arrow too. But when he got lightning'd the speed force blocked them because it was jealous.
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# ? Jun 29, 2020 22:31 |
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Honestly I wish they made more of how the Flash’s object lesson is that you can never, ever, ever mess with the timeline because it’ll destroy the universe, meanwhile on Legends. . . Like, just have Sisko or Caitlin or whoever have to tag along and see how things go for an episode or two, watch them learn that no, it’s not time travel that’s the problem, it’s Barry.
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# ? Jun 29, 2020 22:36 |
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"You left a documentary crew in Imperialist Russia?!" "Well, we... went and got them... eventually... I think?"
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# ? Jun 30, 2020 00:08 |
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If they'd figured out how to do big bads flash could have been the best show by miles but it's only the best show by meters
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# ? Jun 30, 2020 06:14 |
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pile of brown posted:If they'd figured out how to do big bads flash could have been the best show by miles but it's only the best show by meters Imo, I don't think The Flash has enough tentpole villains in his Rogues gallery to hold up an entire season. At least not individually. As a team, they might but it requires some serious writing ability to pull it all the way through a 20+ episode season. Grodd is someone who could though just give him mind controlled proxies and have him operating in the background/shadows during most of the season. Instead, three speedster finale villains in a row.
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# ? Jun 30, 2020 10:00 |
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The Flash has one of the greatest collection of villains ever.
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# ? Jun 30, 2020 10:47 |
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Xelkelvos posted:Imo, I don't think The Flash has enough tentpole villains in his Rogues gallery to hold up an entire season. At least not individually. As a team, they might but it requires some serious writing ability to pull it all the way through a 20+ episode season. Grodd is someone who could though just give him mind controlled proxies and have him operating in the background/shadows during most of the season. I get Legends benefited from it but moving Captain Cold and Heatwave to LoT threw a wrench in the plans it would seem. I think the only truly wretched season of the Flash was Season 2 because it was Season 1 but done in the worst possible way which is so bizarre because Season 1 was near perfection.
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# ? Jun 30, 2020 14:33 |
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pile of brown posted:If they'd figured out how to do big bads flash could have been the best show by miles but it's only the best show by meters They're getting better by splitting up the villains throughout a season. I know Arrow did the same thing the Diaz season and it flopped but it's working on Flash. I do wonder, why are the episode orders for CW hero shows so absolutely insane? Like 24 or so 45 minute episodes? That's like 10-12 movies a year.
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# ? Jul 1, 2020 06:33 |
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Blaise330 posted:They're getting better by splitting up the villains throughout a season. I know Arrow did the same thing the Diaz season and it flopped but it's working on Flash. I do wonder, why are the episode orders for CW hero shows so absolutely insane? Like 24 or so 45 minute episodes? That's like 10-12 movies a year. That’s the norm for a US network tv show.
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# ? Jul 1, 2020 07:07 |
Agreed, Flash s01 was near perfection as far as comic book TV goes. It had a fun cast with chemistry, did some cross overs with Arrow where the big difference in attitudes of the main characters and tone of the shows was handled masterfully (the training scene with Ollie shooting arrows in jolly Barry’s back with hidden turrets to teach him a lesson is an example of this), it introduced a lot of great golden age villains, and the main villain was revealed in a satisfying way and didn’t take up a big part of the plot until the end of the season.
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# ? Jul 1, 2020 07:32 |
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The Lord Bude posted:That’s the norm for a US network tv show. It worked better in the old days of episodic TV where an action or crime show had an independent story every week and the occasional two-parter or recurring plot thread. It just fails in the modern serial TV era, at least if you try to make a single arc through the whole season. Doesn't matter if you stretch it out or add filler, a single superhero story told over 20+ (broadcast) hours tends to lose steam. The pod approach like Agents of SHIELD or the last Flash season did worked okay, since it's functionally two or three short seasons per year.
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# ? Jul 1, 2020 09:56 |
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Killer robot posted:It just fails in the modern serial TV era, at least if you try to make a single arc through the whole season. Doesn't matter if you stretch it out or add filler, a single superhero story told over 20+ (broadcast) hours tends to lose steam.
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# ? Jul 1, 2020 11:54 |
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Killer robot posted:It worked better in the old days of episodic TV where an action or crime show had an independent story every week and the occasional two-parter or recurring plot thread. It just fails in the modern serial TV era, at least if you try to make a single arc through the whole season. Doesn't matter if you stretch it out or add filler, a single superhero story told over 20+ (broadcast) hours tends to lose steam. The breakup of Flash's last season seemed to be necessitated by Crisis though. And next season will be similarly broken up but that's been necessitated by COVID. I don't know if the plan is to totally switch to that format. I do feel like Legends benefits from having shorter seasons than the other Arrowverse shows, so switching to that format or dropping things down to like 16 episodes would probably benefit Flash.
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# ? Jul 2, 2020 16:18 |
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Gordon Shumway posted:The breakup of Flash's last season seemed to be necessitated by Crisis though. And next season will be similarly broken up but that's been necessitated by COVID. I don't know if the plan is to totally switch to that format. COVID On Infinite Earths will be one hell of an event
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# ? Jul 2, 2020 16:31 |
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Thaddius the Large posted:COVID On Infinite Earths will be one hell of an event Gonna be awkward for the Flash crew to have to rely on Zoom for communication
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# ? Jul 2, 2020 17:33 |
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Thaddius the Large posted:COVID On Infinite Earths will be one hell of an event https://twitter.com/BrandonJRouth/status/1279565405611155456 The subtle making GBS threads on Dean Cain is an added bonus.
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# ? Jul 5, 2020 03:04 |
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I said it in another thread, I’ll say it here, he’s tied with Reeves for me, just way too wholesome a dude to not be a great Superman
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# ? Jul 5, 2020 07:29 |
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Im rewatching True Blood and so far Mehcad Brooks (Jimmy Olsen on Supergirl) showed up as a possessed runaway working for an ancient greek mythical creature, and Courtney Ford (Nora Dark) just showed up as a pro-vampire bureaucrat who has sex with a vampire who turns out to be her great x5 grandfather. I wonder if any more cwdc alums pop up on this show.
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# ? Jul 6, 2020 17:36 |
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Thaddius the Large posted:I said it in another thread, I’ll say it here, he’s tied with Reeves for me, just way too wholesome a dude to not be a great Superman Err don't look into Reeves History. Cavill is waaayyyyy more wholesome than Reeves.
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# ? Jul 7, 2020 01:54 |
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Darko posted:Err don't look into Reeves History. Cavill is waaayyyyy more wholesome than Reeves. I really like Cavill as Superman, too bad DC can't make a good Superman movie.
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# ? Jul 7, 2020 02:11 |
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Darko posted:Err don't look into Reeves History. Cavill is waaayyyyy more wholesome than Reeves. George or Christopher?
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# ? Jul 8, 2020 19:12 |
jumba posted:George or Christopher? Has to be George, I thought it was odd too and when I looked I couldn't really find anything too crazy on Christopher.
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# ? Jul 11, 2020 19:05 |
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Did anybody post this yet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsuGJjBvr5c
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# ? Jul 21, 2020 20:11 |
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Apparently headlining legends pays enough for a fairly nice house and kitchen
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# ? Jul 21, 2020 21:23 |
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She did mention having roommates
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# ? Jul 21, 2020 21:37 |
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site posted:Apparently headlining legends pays enough for a fairly nice house and kitchen The gig pays well if you don't mind 15 hour workdays for however long the production season runs.
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# ? Jul 21, 2020 22:33 |
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That was a rollercoaster.
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# ? Jul 21, 2020 23:31 |
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site posted:Apparently headlining legends pays enough for a fairly nice house and kitchen Caity has been in show business a long time. Iirc she was a backing dancer for pretty famous people in her late teens/twenties before transferring into acting. She is a very young looking 33
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# ? Jul 22, 2020 20:53 |
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She's been Sarah Lance for like 7 years now.
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# ? Jul 22, 2020 20:56 |
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Plus look up how much houses in the wealthy parts of LA go for, they're less than some single family homes in SF.
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# ? Jul 22, 2020 21:24 |
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Sloth Life posted:Iirc she was a backing dancer for pretty famous people in her late teens/twenties before transferring into acting. Though it wasn't all good times for Captain Lance.
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# ? Jul 22, 2020 22:16 |
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That looks fun. Certainly no worse than Liberty X or that ilk
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# ? Jul 23, 2020 07:19 |
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twistedmentat posted:Plus look up how much houses in the wealthy parts of LA go for, they're less than some single family homes in SF. Yeah, LA is a terrible real estate market in many ways, but I'm told it's less bad than the shitshow that is SF (and to a lesser degree Vancouver, apparently.) Home prices are still insurmountably high for anyone below Upper Middle Class, but I'd be shocked if a working actress who's headlined a network show for ~5 years (even if it is the CW) can't afford something kind of decent anywhere in LA proper. It sucks here, but it's not all $20M estates in Malibu.
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# ? Jul 25, 2020 02:06 |
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Xealot posted:Yeah, LA is a terrible real estate market in many ways, but I'm told it's less bad than the shitshow that is SF (and to a lesser degree Vancouver, apparently.) Home prices are still insurmountably high for anyone below Upper Middle Class, but I'd be shocked if a working actress who's headlined a network show for ~5 years (even if it is the CW) can't afford something kind of decent anywhere in LA proper. It sucks here, but it's not all $20M estates in Malibu. Yea, there was a blog ages ago that compared Vancouver listings with LA listings and you'd get some wonderful mansion that belonged to Drew Berrymore that goes for about 3.2 million with a pool, tennis court and gardens, and for the same price you get a 2 story 3 bedroom, finished basement with 2.5 bath in Vancouver. I think upkeep on the LA home is probably more due to landscaping though.
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# ? Jul 25, 2020 08:03 |
Don't forget all the conventions these guys go to. Being a star on a well regarded CW show sets you up for a long time. Look at the dude who played Chuck on Supernatural, he's not been in a lot of stuff but he's making pretty decent money going to these cons and he wasn't even the lead.
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# ? Jul 25, 2020 19:33 |
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seaborgium posted:Don't forget all the conventions these guys go to. Being a star on a well regarded CW show sets you up for a long time. Look at the dude who played Chuck on Supernatural, he's not been in a lot of stuff but he's making pretty decent money going to these cons and he wasn't even the lead. Especially since Amell got them all organized. I read an article a while back that based on a single day at a con, it's speculated that Norman Reedus was taking home more money at cons that he was actually acting.
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# ? Jul 25, 2020 19:38 |
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 12:15 |
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Chuck was God so it makes sense he gets some gigs.
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# ? Jul 26, 2020 06:27 |