Friday, October 3, 2014

The CW's Flash is the most exciting series to premiere this fall and it starts Tuesday

The Flash is one of my favorite comic book heroes. He, the Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman...I've always been more of a DC fan than I have been of Marvel. That doesn't mean that I don't love Marvel superheroes, because I do. But DC just seemed to be my jumping off point. I started with the Batman and Detective Comics, gradually moved to other titles and then jumped over to Marvel in a crossover where I learned about Spiderman and the others. But yeah, I own thousands of dollars in DC comics. It's hard not to when you have to buy four or five comics from different sets just to finish a storyline.

Next week (on Tuesday as a matter of fact) the CW launches its new series The Flash in the same time slot as Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. I intend to watch both, but I will watch The Flash first and then go to my DVR for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. That's 'cause, well, The Flash is cooler than Agent Coulson and gang. Some days the truth just hurts.

There have been many iterations of the Flash over the years. Barry Allen is the Flash that I most closely associate with. Barry died in Crisis on the infinite Earths and is the second incarnation of the Flash. Wally West is the third Flash. And we can't forget Bart Allen (who appeared in several Smallville episodes). Bart goes by Impulse and draws his powers from the Speed Force, just like Barry did before him.

As far as the CW is concerned, they're going with Barry, and he's being played by super handsome (and incredibly adorable) actor Grant Gustin (yes, this is perfect casting). In the Silver Age comic books, Barry was a police scientist who gained super-speed when bathed by chemicals after a shelf of them was struck by lightning. The CW is going with this version of the Flash's creation fairly close to the source material, changing only that Barry isn't a police scientist but instead, a C.S.I.

Every Flash draws their power from the Speed Force, which allows them to move, think, and react at lightning speed. It bestows superhuman endurance, they can vibrate so fast that they can pass through walls (quantum tunneling), travel through time, and manipulate kinetic energy in themselves and other beings. They have an invisible aura around their bodies that prevents themselves and their clothes from being affected by air friction. Flash is totally faster than Superman and can absorb information really fast (though the effect is usually temporary), and can punch someone with so much force it's called the infinite mass punch (IMP for short).

I think the CW's Flash is the most exciting series to premiere this fall, and I seriously can't wait. I'm actually more excited for it than the return of The Walking Dead.

So what say you? Are you excited?

13 comments:

  1. I hope wherever I am has a CW station on Tuesday. Do police departments really have scientists on staff? The idea that he gets struck by lightning inside a building is pretty silly. That's why they invented lightning rods.

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  2. I'm looking forward to it. Also much more of a DC fan and will support any DC show. And any series that's not a police procedural. (There are a lot of them right now...)

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  3. I probably won't watch it, but Grant Gustin is awfully cute and I adore the fact that both John Wesley Shipp and Amanda Pays from the original series will be in the cast

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  4. Damn I'm going to be at the movies Tuesday but I will watch the late repeat. I have to agree that CW Flash is way more exciting to me than the Shield series as well. This spin off will do well I'm certain.

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  5. I'm only just now watching SHIELD, and I really like it. I get why people didn't, though. It's Dollhouse (which was also under-appreciated), not Buffy.

    And I'll have to wait on the Flash till DVD, but I don't think it will be able to beat the series from the early 90s.

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  6. I will definitely tune in to the first episode and give it a chance to hook me.

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  7. I did love the animated movie The Flashpoint Paradox

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  8. I think I'll have to break down and watch The Flash and SHIELD. But hey, I do watch Grimm and Sleepy Hollow, do they count? (Not as comics but as super.) I've never heard of quantum tunneling and now I'll have to look it up to see if it's real or just a DC theory.

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  9. Yes, I'm looking forward to it.

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  10. I'm very excited for this. I liked how they introduced Barry in "Arrow" and I'm looking forward to where this show can go.

    Biggest bummer for me is that the CW where we live now isn't HD. Oh well... watch in SD now and the HD when the DVDs come out next summer.

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  11. @Michael: Yes he is! Loved him on Glee as the baddie. Love his look on Flash even more. Getting ready to catch up and watch the pilot tonight. Yay!

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