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re: The Flash Season One Thread
Posted on 10/21/14 at 9:27 pm to Darkknight
Posted on 10/21/14 at 9:27 pm to Darkknight
Jumping into this thread without reading, but does anyone else think this show isn't that good?
I could list a lot of things I think are bad, but the main thing is that this character is not Barry Allen. This is (white)Wally West. Secondly, the lead is not masculine enough to play Barry and the guy playing Thawne would make a much better Allen.
Allen is very mid-western like Kent, very methodical in his approach and is probably smarter than any character at STAR LABS.Just my two cents
I could list a lot of things I think are bad, but the main thing is that this character is not Barry Allen. This is (white)Wally West. Secondly, the lead is not masculine enough to play Barry and the guy playing Thawne would make a much better Allen.
Allen is very mid-western like Kent, very methodical in his approach and is probably smarter than any character at STAR LABS.Just my two cents
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Posted on 10/21/14 at 9:34 pm to RonBurgundy
The nerd gauntlet has been thrown down. 
Posted on 10/21/14 at 10:15 pm to RonBurgundy
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but does anyone else think this show isn't that good?
No you may be the only one.
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but the main thing is that this character is not Barry Allen. This is (white)Wally West. Secondly, the lead is not masculine enough to play Barry and the guy playing Thawne would make a much better Allen.
But with with that said, I do agree that this is a very different take on Barry Allen (from a personality standpoint at least). I'm not even sure if his personality is even close to Wally.
But I like the new take. It gives the character a fresh and new feeling that I personally find interesting. Plus the show definitely has a huge DC comics feel to it.
This post was edited on 10/21/14 at 10:17 pm
Posted on 10/22/14 at 6:25 am to RonBurgundy
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the main thing is that this character is not Barry Allen. This is (white)Wally West. Secondly, the lead is not masculine enough to play Barry and the guy playing Thawne would make a much better Allen.
I agree that Gustin doesn't have the Barry look down(or Wally for that matter) but I don't agree on the Wally West take. Other than the need to take in copious amounts of calories and a bit of a sense of humor, they're pretty different. Wally's identity was publically known, he had no job, much less the CSI gig, and the sense of humor that I was speaking of was cranked up to Spiderman levels. I loved Wally West and this guy is no Wally West.
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Allen is very mid-western like Kent, very methodical in his approach and is probably smarter than any character at STAR LABS.Just my two cents
I'm not terribly well versed in Barry Allen but you seem to be describing the 1956-1985 Barry Allen. Since DC has resurrected him, they've gone more of the path that you see on the show. CSI nerdy type, demanding boss, always late for everything, etc..
I'd like to see them spend a little more time on Barry's CSI work, like that scene in episode 1 when he analyzed the tire tracks but I don't find that the Barry we're seeing is that far off. From the current version that is.
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