This review will talk about the characters and some of the best stories of The Flash series thus far. There will be spoilers littered throughout, so just a heads up.
CHARACTERS
The main character of the show is Barry Allen, who after getting struck by lightning, gains super speed, begins to fight for justice, all the while trying to solve the mystery behind his mother's killer. Of course, just like Batman has Robin and Alfred, and Arrow has Felicity and Diggle, He won't be doing this alone. He is working along a group of brilliant scientists at STAR Labs, made up of tech expert Cisco Ramon(who comic readers will know as Vibe), Bioengineering genius Dr. Caitlin Snow(Killer Frost, don't worry she's cool), and their boss Dr. Harrison Wells, who has made it his goal to make The Flash the hero Central City needs. He is also being helped by Detective Joe West, his surrogate father after Henry Allen(Played by 90's Flash star John Wesley Shipp) is put away.


Despite my gropes on some of the villains, the cast and guest stars do a FANTASTIC job capturing their comic book counterparts and make them realistic enough to believe they could exist.
STORIES
The overarching story of the show is that when the Particle Accelerator exploded at STAR labs, it created the world's first metahumans, along with the Flash. When the Flash wakes up from his accident induced coma, he agrees to allow STAR labs to study him, and help catch the rogue metahumans that endanger the city. Alongside that, Barry and Joe begin looking back into the case that made Barry began chase the impossible- his mother's murder.


I also love how closely knit the show and Arrow have already started out the gate. First episode we get a pep talk from Arrow for Barry to become the hero, Felicity in episode 4, but then just little nods to their brother show. It all comes to a head in the 8th episode of the show, appropriately called The Flash vs. Arrow. This is one of my favorite episodes of the series thus far, mainly due to the comparison we get between the shows. Both episodes to the special event show how dark the city and characters of Starling city is, with the lighter toned characters and lighter city of The Flash. We see freaking Oliver shoot arrows into Barry's back, just for training, I mean how dark can you get! The fight between them was also pretty cool as well, proving that sometimes skill can just be as good as power. I also love the ending of not just the fight but of the event at the end of Arrow. There is no winner, that we see, just a draw. When it comes to Batman vs. Superman, people would fight on and on until one of the two won, but here its perfect. We love both these characters and, despite Barry getting whammied by Bivolo, we don't want to see either be defeated because neither of them is the villain. If the writer to Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice wants a good middle ground as to not piss off fans, I say look to this episode right here.
This show does an amazing job with stories that can be fun but also tense. I love how the shows are now intertwined, but not enough for us to get sick of them quickly.
FINAL VERDICT
So far the show is doing a fantastic job standing on it's own. At first, I thought the show might borrow heavily from their brother show, but not only does it borrow very little, it has become a show that can shake hands with as equals in quality. I love the characters and the actors who play them, making them feel real, but still keeping their comic book personas. Though some of the villains became a little bland, they interested me, and looked freaking BAD ASS with their powers and weapons. The story really brings a nice lighter side than Arrow, but still can be tense when it needs to. If you haven't started watching the show yet, I highly recommend you do, especially if you like the Arrow-verse and Superpowers.
What did you think of this review? What do you think of the show? Leave a comment below and I hope you come back for more!
I would also like to thank the guys here at Weird Science for giving me an opportunity to write this review.
Flash is currently my favourite comic book show imo...can't wait for grodd and trickster(mark hamill)..are u gng to do an arrow review too?
ReplyDeleteYes I am, as well as the other DC comic shows
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