The Flash

It suffers from exactly the same problems as Arrow's earlier episodes (before it became a well-deserved TV comic book leader), but here they're less detrimental. Because where, at first (and in a way to this day), Arrow’s super serious, fateful and dark style clashed with the typical “teenage telenovela bravado" approach of the CW Television Network, The Flash takes a much lighter, classic superhero stylization (it is, in a way, only a slavish variation on the first Raimi Spiderman), which can better withstand the traditional CW ills. Gustin is also quite likable despite the handicap of having facial expressions identical to those of Tereza Kostková. So if Arrow feels like a (mostly successful) effort by CW for a serious approach without superpowers, which DC chooses for its film projects, The Flash has profiled itself in the style in which Marvel pushes its film projects. And (so far) it's not detrimental at all, and in the better moments/episodes it even works in exactly the way it wants to; that is, as a consciously naïve, relaxed comic book of the most classic superhero style in television garb. It just needs more variety in the way the individual episodes are created and, above all, more excellent episodes in the style of the eighth "Flash vs. Arrow". (09.10.2014)

Ich warte einfach darauf, dass Gotham und Pennyworth entkommen, dann werden wir sehen. Aber allein die Tatsache, dass ursprünglich die Serie Amazon geplant war und Arrow dieses Spin-Off bekommen hat, ist schon schade genug... Bislang läuft The Flash seit sieben Jahren und hat sogar Erinnerungen an den Vorgänger aus den 90er Jahren wachgerufen, was eine gute Idee ist. Und Crossover sind schon an und für sich interessant, das ist kein Problem. Ansonsten habe ich keine Nerven dafür. (15.07.2014)