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Any bets on the teleporter's boyfriend? It was mentioned at one point that his cells were absorbing the teleporting ability of the girlfriend's cells, but then that never came back up again during the episode. Since he was the guy to escape and end at large, I'm wagering he comes back as a power copying bad guy of some form later.
Sounds like the Parasite -- who got his abilities from being exposed to radiation IIRC, so he'd be a decent choice as an accelerator freak. The character names don't match up, though. And he didn't look particularly purple.
I think they were just connected because she grabbed him and teleported him out, so the residue there would have them both. In fact it was stated that they only found her DNA in all the other places and that the mix was at the place where she teleported them.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
Ahtman wrote: The latest episode was alright and a nice enough set up for Firestorm, I suppose, but what really makes it is the ending with the double reveal.
I think I rather like how they're doing his speach, as the telepathy rather than animating the gorilla talking. He's looking pretty good the little bits we've seen of him.
I never understand why US shows randomly go on hiatus for 1-3 weeks. I mean sure, around a major holiday, or miss a week because of some huge sporting event you know will eat your whole audience share, but most of the time they just vanish for no apparent reason, and for international viewers often without any warning.
"Your society's broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No, lets blame the people with no power and no money and those immigrants who don't even have the vote. Yea, it must be their fething fault." - Iain M Banks
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"The language of modern British politics is meant to sound benign. But words do not mean what they seem to mean. 'Reform' actually means 'cut' or 'end'. 'Flexibility' really means 'exploit'. 'Prudence' really means 'don't invest'. And 'efficient'? That means whatever you want it to mean, usually 'cut'. All really mean 'keep wages low for the masses, taxes low for the rich, profits high for the corporations, and accept the decline in public services and amenities this will cause'." - Robin McAlpine from Common Weal
Yodhrin wrote: I never understand why US shows randomly go on hiatus for 1-3 weeks. I mean sure, around a major holiday, or miss a week because of some huge sporting event you know will eat your whole audience share, but most of the time they just vanish for no apparent reason, and for international viewers often without any warning.
Baffles me as well. I mean, it was a massive problem for Agents of SHIELD (well, that and the show wasn't very good), and it was considered such a momentum killer that Marvel went and made a whole other show to fill the 7 week gap to avoid as many other gaps in AoS' second season as possible.
I mean, when Flash returns, is it going to be "1 month later", and be all caught up with Arrow?
Flash didn't start the year with a full season order. CW picked that up a few weeks in, IIRC. So that's probably involved here. I believe they have a full season order for next year already, so you might not see this particular break in season 2.
Networks also want their best stuff airing during sweeps months, since that's when ad rates are set. So they will game their schedule to ensure this or that episode airs in February, May, etc. Although I don't think that's the issue in this case.
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gorgon wrote: Flash didn't start the year with a full season order. CW picked that up a few weeks in, IIRC. So that's probably involved here. I believe they have a full season order for next year already, so you might not see this particular break in season 2.
Networks also want their best stuff airing during sweeps months, since that's when ad rates are set. So they will game their schedule to ensure this or that episode airs in February, May, etc. Although I don't think that's the issue in this case.
Ugh, so it's advertising asshattery. The sooner TV networks drag themselves into the 21st century and replace all the Nielsen bollocks with a system capable of accounting for streaming/on-demand consumption so scheduled viewing can just be a straightforward "this is another way to view content" option, the better.
"Your society's broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No, lets blame the people with no power and no money and those immigrants who don't even have the vote. Yea, it must be their fething fault." - Iain M Banks
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"The language of modern British politics is meant to sound benign. But words do not mean what they seem to mean. 'Reform' actually means 'cut' or 'end'. 'Flexibility' really means 'exploit'. 'Prudence' really means 'don't invest'. And 'efficient'? That means whatever you want it to mean, usually 'cut'. All really mean 'keep wages low for the masses, taxes low for the rich, profits high for the corporations, and accept the decline in public services and amenities this will cause'." - Robin McAlpine from Common Weal
Recently saw it in Germany...just the first two episodes...but...GODDAMN are they bad. Terrible boyish actor, the plot is hazy at best and character's pretty darn bland.
The Flash is cheesy as all hell, but no more than the Arrow and Smallville (seriously, how many times did Lana and Lois get knocked out so Clarks identity was kept safe?!), but just as fun to watch. I like it.
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I don't think Smallville is comparable to Arrow or Flash. Arrow and Flash are slightly cheesy but better presented (part of that is being based on adults) and the world is better fleshed out. CW learned a lot from what it did right and wrong with Smallville
Overall I prefer the Flash (I like a happy hero) but the two shows really are some of the better TV currently on. IF they dropped the love triangles (which they seem to be on a kick of right now) it would move pretty steadily into the upper tier period. Especially taking the two together.
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Last night's episode was a bit of a roller coaster. For a while, I was thinking that it was a helluva way to come back from a hiatus. But then there was the "never mind" at the end.
But we still learned a lot. Namely, that
Spoiler:
Harrison Wells IS Eobard Thawne. So I was sure wrong on that one, although I still say they're borrowing some from the Hunter Zolomon Reverse-Flash too.
Anyway, the force field scene was pretty well explained, including why Wells didn't take out Eddie (paradoxes would probably ensue).
We really seem to be racing (get it?) to the season finale now. The characters seem to be all in place, and their motivations at least partially clear. Still, Wells' exact motivation for wanting Barry dead is unclear, and the importance of the red skies/crisis event shown in the future newspaper in the pilot is more unclear than ever.
My head asplode as I don't know what to make of all the wackiness. Barry has less than 24 hours to figure out what is happening and make whatever changes he can.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
Yeah, I thought I had things at least 60% figured out, but I was wrong on most counts.
Your line about the Flash causing the New 52 got me thinking. I'm probably far off (AGAIN), but I guess I'll spoiler this in case someone doesn't want to read my speculation.
Spoiler:
It's been mentioned that Wells lost his wife...has it been established that he lost her since his arrival in our time, or could it have been in the future?
Perhaps that's Wells' angle. He wanted to kill Barry in order to prevent the crisis event -- which was precipitated or affected by Barry -- that killed his wife. He failed -- stopped by Barry -- and got stuck in the past. Now he needs Barry to collect tachyons or speed force or something to allow him to return to his time. Once he has a full tank, he'll kill present Barry and then return.
An interesting angle to this is that it suggests that Barry can time travel using his speed, while Eobard can't using his. Perhaps he doesn't have the same power level as Barry. Or perhaps his powers work differently. Wells' line from the earlier episode about the Reverse-Flash was something like "powers almost exactly like those of the Flash." (italics added for emphasis) We've seen him apparently lose his speed briefly...maybe he just charges up on speed force rather than being tapped into it directly like Barry?
I hate how occasionally OP he is, like they can't be consistent with how powerful he is. Grabbing WW with no fight and just dropping him in the prison. Grabbing Cold off his bike to whisk him away for a private one and one without him being able to react at all. I mean, why doesn't that just happen to most every villan every time?
AduroT wrote: I hate how occasionally OP he is, like they can't be consistent with how powerful he is. Grabbing WW with no fight and just dropping him in the prison. Grabbing Cold off his bike to whisk him away for a private one and one without him being able to react at all. I mean, why doesn't that just happen to most every villan every time?
They will always struggle with that...
Keep in mind that The Flash is arguably The.Most.Powerful.SuperHero.In.Comic.History.
Arguably.
So the writers have to work overtime humanizing Barry as he learns more about his ability.
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