The Tragic Downfall of The Flash

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  • Run, Barry! Run!
    SONG: "Scarlet Speedster" by Wayfloe
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    Timestamps
    0:00 Intro
    1:36 Breakdown & Downfall
    8:23 The Flash is not about The Flash anymore
    22:02 The Barry Problem
    31:46 The Iris Problem
    41:42 The Villain Problem
    50:41 The CW Problem
    1:04:31 Conclusion
    ______________________________________________________________
    The Flash
    Barry Allen
    Eobard Thawne
    Iris West
    WestAllen
    Cisco Ramon
    Killer Frost
    Reverse Flash
    Grant Gustin
    Carlos Valdes
    Candice Patton
    Godspeed
    The CW
    Arrowverse
    Stephen Amell
    Arrow
    Oliver Queen
    Felicity Smoak
    Olicity
    Emily Bett Rickards
    Supergirl
    Melissa Benoist
    Netflix
    Kara Danvers
    Crisis On Infinite Earths
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  • @nattyism
    @nattyism 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45559

    I never want to hear the words ‘Run Barry run’ again

    • @jheddyy
      @jheddyy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1766

      Run Barry, Run😭

    • @GarmrsBarking
      @GarmrsBarking 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1141

      Then have a... Run forrest run...

    • @12morganna
      @12morganna 2 ปีที่แล้ว +470

      Well, I agree, but you got to admit that saying '' dance Barry dance'' (or any other word that run) wouldn't have worked for him 🤣

    • @robinmitchells
      @robinmitchells 2 ปีที่แล้ว +775

      And it’s always so serious, why can’t they say it enthusiastically or as a joke at least a couple times? Just to break up the monotomy.

    • @Freeman-bu2vp
      @Freeman-bu2vp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +350

      “Die Flash die!”

  • @GippyHappy
    @GippyHappy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6664

    Barry: I can’t do it
    Everyone: have you tried running very fast?
    Barry: **runs very fast**
    Barry: I did it

    • @Glisten456
      @Glisten456 2 ปีที่แล้ว +333

      Barry's arc: Goes from a character who runs fast to a character who runs faster

    • @Powerduo88
      @Powerduo88 2 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      Or how he messes up and gives up until he is talked back into it with a very.long.talk. It's like some writer wants us to know why they won a writing certificate in 10th grade.

    • @toaster_boi
      @toaster_boi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      *Wanna see me do it again?*

    • @WlatPziupp
      @WlatPziupp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      ​@@Glisten456 Then someone else runs even faster, then some Flash ally runs fast but not quite as fast, then the whole team has powers and terrible costumes, then someone runs faster and Barry runs faster again!
      After watching a few CW shows, usually stopping when I realize I haven't watched it in a while and don't really care, I've learned my lesson to just bail on purpose at the third "oh come on now this is dumb". They always fuck it up with hokey drama, completely changing everything that made it fun in the beginning, and rapid repetitive power creep.
      Arrow started out with a guy who went pretty nuts after spending ages alone on an island, becoming a violent and murderous vigilante.
      Step by step they introduced new shit he did on the island until he actually spent a couple of days alone on the island, completely rewriting the whole premise, and defeating his foes with the power of friendship. Of course he, the brooding loner, gets a huge team of buddy buddy also superpowered vigilantes going on wacky adventures together. Of course there's also endless poorly written drama between them.
      AND THEY STOPPED DOING THE SALMON LADDER WORKOUT SCENES! Those were so fucking tasty

    • @justafatuiharbinger
      @justafatuiharbinger ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Glisten456 super easy, barely an inconvenience

  • @YossNutt
    @YossNutt ปีที่แล้ว +758

    "My name is Barry Allen, I'm the 42nd fastest man in my building."

    • @mjthecat7346
      @mjthecat7346 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      BUT TRUE THO

    • @florians9949
      @florians9949 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Barry Allen, the fastest man alive at forgetting things.

  • @Dad......
    @Dad...... ปีที่แล้ว +464

    Having only seen the first "run Barry, RUN" moment, I quite liked that scene. Nice to see they beat it to death.

    • @americankid7782
      @americankid7782 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

      The first time they did it, it was kinda cool.
      They then proceeded to beat that horse until it turned into glue.

  • @Cas-Se78.97
    @Cas-Se78.97 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +406

    I would point out that Team Flash in season one is even smaller than it appears, since Wells isn't actually a true member in that season - being the villain and all. Yes he fills the role, but halfway through the season we learn the truth and that flips his entire dynamic on its head. Plus, that actually makes Team Flash a useful plot element, with the betrayal, rather than the drag it became later.

    • @violetlavi2207
      @violetlavi2207 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

      also for a little while, Team Flash is two people: Barry and Cisco. Caitlin is reluctant at first until Barry and Cisco wear her down (we only really see this in one episode, but presumably it's been a little while in-universe. Maybe a week or two)

  • @whatsoever646
    @whatsoever646 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6006

    "Iris has no powers"
    Excuse me?! She obviously has the power of love and friendship!!

  • @poseidon7855
    @poseidon7855 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17074

    Barrry fights a villian. He fails. He sulks. He gets a pep talk. He beats the villian. This is the main go to for every single episode. I gave up on the series in season 5.

    • @Brody-uo9ux
      @Brody-uo9ux 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1413

      Barry every season: I need to get faster

    • @Xehanort10
      @Xehanort10 2 ปีที่แล้ว +813

      They've now added "Instead of fighting criminals Barry just says "Don't do it" and runs off without knocking out or jailing them naively thinking they'll instantly reform."

    • @Brody-uo9ux
      @Brody-uo9ux 2 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      After season 4 it just gets meh

    • @Brody-uo9ux
      @Brody-uo9ux 2 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      At least with arrow they changed up the formula

    • @jeffreyriley8742
      @jeffreyriley8742 2 ปีที่แล้ว +139

      I gave up in Season 4 when they beautifully established the Thinker then they killed off the actor playing him the next episode!!!

  • @correa223
    @correa223 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +102

    If only the CW took a page from the Justice League cartoons. In that show, Flash is every bit as powerful as you would expect, but in that Flash is shown as being a guy who cares for the villians and the people of the city. The villans get a leg up on him by putting him in situations where he has to choose between stopping them, or saving innocent lives. Just adding this one character trait/flaw would make the CW Flash so much more interesting.

  • @enzorocha2977
    @enzorocha2977 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +373

    The "bargain visual effects aren't the problem, poor writing is" argument is so spot-on, it sums up every bad season perfectly. It costs nothing to write proper build-ups, tension, stakes, character motivation, and every established storycrafting technique that grabs and keeps an audience engaged episode to episode. Consistency also costs nothing but costs everything if one screws it up. This show needed a visionary showrunner with the mettle of, say, Vince Gilligan or Eric Kripke, paired with a network that believes in them. Never liked Berlanti, but that's just me.

    • @kelvisaisawesome
      @kelvisaisawesome 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Well it does…
      It costs good writers and we know WC has none of that

    • @kelvisaisawesome
      @kelvisaisawesome 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Omg, did I accidentally mistake the letters of the CW to write 🚾 🚽??!

    • @kelvisaisawesome
      @kelvisaisawesome 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Oh no…

    • @xzczcwc
      @xzczcwc 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      "a visionary showrunner with the mettle of, say, Vince Gilligan or Eric Kripke" is very funny. "A visionary director with the mettle of, say, Martin Scorsese or JJ Abrams".

    • @cement_eater
      @cement_eater 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@xzczcwc I agree with the point you're making but you didn't have to do
      kripke THAT dirty lmao

  • @jordan_styla7655
    @jordan_styla7655 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2242

    Worst lines in flash history because of the CW.
    3. "You are my lightning rod"
    2. "Run Barry Run"
    1. "We are The Flash"

    • @tmoneyfrog
      @tmoneyfrog 2 ปีที่แล้ว +375

      Run Barry Run the first gave me goosebumps. After that it was just lame.

    • @patrickhall6831
      @patrickhall6831 2 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      The run Barry run was chilling the first time you heard it. The lighting rod one I think is cute

    • @benjo2946
      @benjo2946 2 ปีที่แล้ว +147

      "You are my lighting rod" wasn't bad but it also wasn't good. Its definitely cringe but I'll allow it. BUT Iris saying "We are The Flash"....Just no, I liked Patty better. Patty would have never said that cringe shit.

    • @destruction1ksa737
      @destruction1ksa737 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Those 3 Lines Just Made Me Feel So Disgusted I Cant Even Describe The Feeling

    • @manavhaveliya8867
      @manavhaveliya8867 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      "We are the Flash" is the one of the most cringe thing came out of this show

  • @michaelfraser1073
    @michaelfraser1073 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8995

    I find it fascinating how every CW superhero show has a good first season, a better second season, and then completely falls apart.

    • @National7575
      @National7575 2 ปีที่แล้ว +628

      That’s why I’m worried for superman and Lois; however in arrows case it fell apart in season 4
      Another special case is batwoman due to how bad it is

    • @michaelfraser1073
      @michaelfraser1073 2 ปีที่แล้ว +444

      I don't know if I'd say Arrow season 4 was where it fell apart. More like season 4 was the crash caused by season 3 blowing the rails apart.

    • @TF2Fan101
      @TF2Fan101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +269

      Supergirl might be the exception, since Season 2 was where the problems started to pop up and become more apparent.

    • @michaelfraser1073
      @michaelfraser1073 2 ปีที่แล้ว +235

      @@TF2Fan101 I’d concur there. I’d also say another exception is Black Lightning since that was consistently good throughout.

    • @National7575
      @National7575 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@TF2Fan101 I did like season 2 as it had a faithful superman

  • @Zeitgeist2000
    @Zeitgeist2000 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +257

    honestly for iris, she could have worked as a main character if they leaned more into her journalist/investigator job, imagine if she was the one that found cicada, she was the one who figured out who savitar was, who reverse flash was? but in a way that made her seem like a skilled investigator, which considering she was raised by a cop, her being good at that isnt hard to believe, and in turn, we wouldnt have needed that ridiculous french sherloque. Iris could be the person to show that you dont need superpowers to be a hero, which is what the earlier seasons of the cw arrowverse were a bit better in portraying.

    • @violetlavi2207
      @violetlavi2207 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      YES ABSOLUTELY THIS, I wish they'd kickstarted her journalist arc sooner, especially given how much s1 emphasizes her growing to love journalism/investigative work. They had it in s1, then they just...forgot about it except briefly in s4 and s5, and then in s6 they really drove forward with it. But they could've had it as a plotline THROUGHOUT the show, instead of trying to shove her into a box she doesn't fit

    • @7Write4This9Heart7
      @7Write4This9Heart7 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      OOH! I actually really like that!

    • @rhuonaChanel
      @rhuonaChanel 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Basically a sort of Lois Lane, reminds me of Smallville's Lois Lane

    • @user-lb9xw4xf2q
      @user-lb9xw4xf2q 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@rhuonaChanel Or any Lois Lane, really. lol

  • @1987palerider
    @1987palerider ปีที่แล้ว +132

    The power inconsistencies are also a thing in the comics. At one point it's stated that the reason the main Rogues (Captain Cold, Heatwave, Mirror Master, etc) are still around is because both they and Flash treat their battles almost like a game, and Flash is holding way back

  • @LauryneAmanda
    @LauryneAmanda 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6174

    Like Syndrome said, “Once everyone’s super, no one will be.”

    • @memrioxox
      @memrioxox 2 ปีที่แล้ว +212

      The Incredibles?

    • @shivanshna7618
      @shivanshna7618 2 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      @@memrioxox yes

    • @JashXD
      @JashXD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      no why would no one be super that makes no sense

    • @jojobizarrelivingstone594
      @jojobizarrelivingstone594 2 ปีที่แล้ว +215

      @@JashXD 🤦‍♂️

    • @abbaszaidi2615
      @abbaszaidi2615 2 ปีที่แล้ว +303

      ​@@JashXD What exactly made Flash extraordinary? It was because he was unique and not many others were gifted. Then everybody gets powers and he became just ordinary. Sure he's fast but his powers don't make him special anymore. Super means amazing. The reason superpowers are super is because not everybody gets them.
      To give another example, why is coal worth so little compared to diamonds? It's not only because of how dull it is. Coal is useful for starting fires but it isn't rare. Google says there's over 1.06 trillion tonnes of proven coal reserves worldwide. You can't sell it as something amazing when it's so common
      Hope I explained it well. LMK if your still confused and which part you don't get

  • @ayumie5935
    @ayumie5935 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5674

    the cw knocked the casting for the entire arrowverse superheroes out of the park (grant gustin, melissa benoist, etc) but they did them so criminally wrong with everything else

    • @justropesu3546
      @justropesu3546 2 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      EXACTLY

    • @National7575
      @National7575 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      To me it’s the opposite, with the casting of the movies and writing of earlier episodes the films or shows would be perfect

    • @Hillareas
      @Hillareas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      They didn’t cast melissa

    • @National7575
      @National7575 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@Hillareas true but still

    • @tomlawal7991
      @tomlawal7991 2 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      Melissa is a good “Superman” copy not Supergirl, she’s meant to be gritty and disturbed not Clark Kent from Wish

  • @ATG913
    @ATG913 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

    Seeing Jessica Parker Kennedy (Nora) acting like a child on The Flash was really weird after seeing her in Black Sails.

    • @Xehanort10
      @Xehanort10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Especially since she's older than Grant Gustin and Candice Patton.

  • @ZeroNeedsCoffee
    @ZeroNeedsCoffee ปีที่แล้ว +1212

    why dosent the flash just run at every villian at like 1000 mph and just blow a hole through their chest with a 1000 mph single punch??? like is there a reason given in the show for why he dosent just even just grab the bad guys at the speed of sound and put them in a maximum security prison cell within literally a single second?

    • @anna-flora999
      @anna-flora999 ปีที่แล้ว +189

      He's not a murderer is the answer to the first one, and for the second one generally speaking a generic reason why the bad guy is totally a challenge

    • @0626polyboy
      @0626polyboy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

      Hes not a murderer, wth lol

    • @Abedeuss
      @Abedeuss 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +92

      Same reason Spider-Man just doesn't use all of his strength to smash every villain's head into a pulp... or why Batman just doesn't shoot the Joker, except that one comic.

    • @Velocityspeaksfacts
      @Velocityspeaksfacts 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      The same thing happens in comics and no one cares he lost to captain cold and others that shouldn’t be able to lay a finger on him

    • @onlyyalix6272
      @onlyyalix6272 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Literally no one wants to watch that

  • @sokolzahiti6443
    @sokolzahiti6443 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2369

    The moment flash got ruined was when iris said, "No Barry, we are The Flash" ...

    • @doomstadt2371
      @doomstadt2371 2 ปีที่แล้ว +482

      You coulda stopped that sentence at "Iris".

    • @snow897
      @snow897 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@doomstadt2371 LMFAO

    • @noobninja84
      @noobninja84 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@doomstadt2371 lol

    • @AllenReviews
      @AllenReviews 2 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      Exactly. Iris became unbearable after season 3

    • @nerd-tron6456
      @nerd-tron6456 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Everyone says this but Barry literally says” we were all struck by that lighting” to the team in season 1

  • @toast_in_a_bucket7803
    @toast_in_a_bucket7803 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +161

    25:49 Whilst you are right in saying he is a badass, I think that what makes Barry such a good character in general is the fact that he cares
    In the animated series, he knew every person he saved by name, lived in an apartment with barely any furniture, he prioritised saving and helping people - even villains - over his own interests and any semblance of glory (Such as the Flash museum)
    And personally I don't think they did that iteration justice in the Arrowverse
    But I feel like they tried
    And ended up making him reliant on a lot of other characters which defeats the point of this dude with superspeed who turns out to be *just a random millennial with superspeed and a good heart saving a whole city all by himself*

    • @violetlavi2207
      @violetlavi2207 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      They really did try to show his compassion towards the people he saves (the episode with Frankie, where he reassures and hugs her will always make me emotional), but the problem is we don't see enough of it. The show is so eager to get on with its plotlines, and even when we get filler, it's not stuff that we SHOULD be getting in a superhero show: Barry being a hero, interacting with the city, with the civilians (we did get some of that in s1 with the villains of the week and Barry showing them compassion here and there, but never with non-meta civilians or at least non-villains). Maybe a few sidequests here and there, where he does something that isn't plot-related but furthers his own arc as a hero, because he learns about how every little thing matters - not just stopping the bad guys, but helping out the little guy too
      (also if it's put in the right season, it COULD be plot-related: there's an episode in s4 where the city rallies together to help find DeVoe, but wouldn't that hit a lot stronger if we've seen the goodwill Barry built up with the civilians, rather than being TOLD about it?)

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Well said

    • @Yami-mugoni613
      @Yami-mugoni613 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wasn’t that Wally in the animated series

  • @sebastian4792
    @sebastian4792 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    Barry revealing that he is the flash to his mom is easily the best scene in the whole show.

    • @Giyuus_right_arm_
      @Giyuus_right_arm_ 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I cried in that scene 😭

    • @blackrobin8472
      @blackrobin8472 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      And the scene where thawne kills cisco

  • @vortektor
    @vortektor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2286

    Barry every single time: "I can't do it, I'm not fast enough"
    Supporting character every single time: "Run Barry... run"

    • @Standard-Gamer
      @Standard-Gamer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      Tom Cavanaugh is the only one who's allowed to say that honestly. He executed that line so perfectly, and hearing Iris say the line just wasn't it.

    • @BossKing1243
      @BossKing1243 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Standard-Gamer fr

    • @LordElfa
      @LordElfa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      It's the only reason they keep bring back Tom Cavanagh, so he can say it.

    • @sinicalypse
      @sinicalypse 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Forrest would be proud with all that run run-ing.

    • @Roadman1000
      @Roadman1000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      At this point Barry might as well be Forrest fucking Gump

  • @Trophy-Hunter30
    @Trophy-Hunter30 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2586

    Fun fact: there is a episode of this show in the brazillian-portuguese dub version that someone didn't edited the audio properly and, in the episode, we can hear the voice actor say "this dialogue is shit". The actor recorded the line, than trash talked the line right after and the guy who should cut the insult from the record, simply didn't cutted out.

    • @Josh-oj9mm
      @Josh-oj9mm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      what episode? i wanna see it

    • @DeadpoolXI1
      @DeadpoolXI1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I need to see this!

    • @DeadpoolXI1
      @DeadpoolXI1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +228

      Just found it, not even the brazilian The Flash likes his lines XD

    • @CanibalJr
      @CanibalJr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@Josh-oj9mm th-cam.com/video/3hPeau5Z3dw/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=nemseivideos

    • @kingwillex5708
      @kingwillex5708 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Say no more

  • @LordPhantomWolfe
    @LordPhantomWolfe 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +55

    It's crazy that Arrow and The Flash were both better shows when the titular characters were basically working alone. The best parts of Arrow were usually the flashbacks, Oliver working on his own, or him talking about the island. The polygraph episode is still my favorite. The reveal of him lying about the island because the people there tortured him was such a good reveal.
    Barry working with a small team that is teaching him how to be a hero is good. And despite it being literally shown to us early on the reveal of Harrison Wells being Reverse Flash had some genuinely good writing. The team never questioned how Wells somehow knew so much about the speed force or how he knew how it felt to phase through a wall. Him talking about it was such a good nugget pointing to the reveal I wish that they kept us in the dark as much as the other characters were. So we could piece it together along with Barry.

    •  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I agree with everything you said about arrow that polygraph scene was so good. I’m pretty sure the detective seemed a little bit sad even though he hated Oliver. What it could have been.

  • @Gatekeeper201
    @Gatekeeper201 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    Season 1 was a quirky, yet oddly charming start to the series. Sure it had it’s flaws, but it’s episodic format and overarching story managed to pull me in. This was at a time I knew nothing about the Flash as a character and this show introduced me to Barry Allen for the first time. I was hooked on the first season and was eagerly anticipating the s2 premiere after the finale. However, you could detect the tonal shift by episode 2 of the second season and it never really recovered after that. I kept waiting and waiting through seasons 2 and 3 for it to return to the fun and quirky show that pulled me in, but it never did. I gave up watching regularly after season 3 and binged watched season 4 when it came out on Netflix. But after season 4 teased a return to it’s previous format but ultimately failed to deliver, I finally tuned out. It’s kinda sad thinking back on it.

  • @froglet827
    @froglet827 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4170

    No matter how cringey the show eventually got, watching the first season when it first came out is the most fun I've ever experienced watching tv

    • @eliazergonzalez671
      @eliazergonzalez671 2 ปีที่แล้ว +392

      That first crossover with Arrow was an EVENT for me back in high school

    • @gamer0696
      @gamer0696 2 ปีที่แล้ว +196

      The first season is actually so great though

    • @KenTheMan407
      @KenTheMan407 2 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      The first season was amazing

    • @PLAGUE-KARM
      @PLAGUE-KARM 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Watching the first season for the first time is something I’ll never forget

    • @knightmare9160
      @knightmare9160 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I remember re scheduling my study courses so i can watch the newest episode of season 1 lol

  • @adebolaadedoyin6984
    @adebolaadedoyin6984 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4704

    For me it's the repetitive, someone gets upset and leaves the room, and then the group looks at each other intensely and decides who is going to have the heart to heart. One person goes to talk to the upset person and then the issue is "resolved." Happens at least twice an episode.

    • @go-xn8ow
      @go-xn8ow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +201

      Classic CW

    • @iamchrispaezjr
      @iamchrispaezjr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +358

      THEY DID IT THREE TIMES IN ONE EPISODE

    • @aga705
      @aga705 2 ปีที่แล้ว +238

      And the upset person never seems to make it past the hallway before its resolved. Relationships are easy in CW land.

    • @marielaberge8236
      @marielaberge8236 2 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      What I hated was the fact that messing with time and creating new timelines or universes was such a cop out. Whenever the show wrote itself into a corner, it basically rebooted itself

    • @ajlaf8992
      @ajlaf8992 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Fr and they ALWAYS say " i got it"

  • @theredeyeddemon3693
    @theredeyeddemon3693 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    As someone who was really into the show I agree when you say that season 3 was when things began to fall apart. I can’t really explain it but after they revealed who Savitar was it just felt dragged after that point and I just lost track of what was going on aside from the “fixed event” that was to happen.

  • @ahoyladies8520
    @ahoyladies8520 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    As repetitive as “Run Barry, run” is, Tom Cavanagh absolutely kills it every time he delivers the line

  • @des2knee962
    @des2knee962 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5939

    I loved Barry as a forensic expert. I was expecting him to juggle his job and superhero duties. But like immediately he is a full time superhero.

    • @lawsoflycurgus
      @lawsoflycurgus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      @Zek Kiel Their day to day's allowed the world feel okay as soon as they started throwing full time crime stopping duties the show started having dumb scenarios for them to be in.

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      @@lawsoflycurgus The Show had always bad writing,
      evidend by Madvocate making an hour-long Criticism-Video about it.

    • @Nazo422
      @Nazo422 2 ปีที่แล้ว +174

      No Fr tho they literally forgot all about his day job we only saw forensic shit in like season 1 and that’s it

    • @IHMyself
      @IHMyself 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      YES, I was also really hoping for more forensic expert stuff.

    • @PsyrenXY
      @PsyrenXY 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Lucifer did the "meta surrounded by regular humans with a steadily growing cast" way better than Flash did, AND it had a satisfying ending. Thank god it was never on the CW

  • @marsmurderer9868
    @marsmurderer9868 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1734

    "Why did you kill my mother?"
    "Because I hate you."
    The Flash has 0 chance of ever becoming that good again

  • @bryce4443
    @bryce4443 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Its so frustrating because "run barry run" is a phrase that follows him throughout his life but OH MY GOD your only supposed to use it in critical moments not EVERY SINGLE TIME SOMEONE TALKS TOO HIM

  • @mikaross4671
    @mikaross4671 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    Grant Gustin is the Flash for me as well. Season 1 is a fantastic season. As a big Flash fan of both Barry and Bart, it was so awesome to see Barry brought to life.

  • @Shadow.Everglow
    @Shadow.Everglow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1328

    "My name is Barry Allen, and I'm the Fastest man alive..."
    *Gets hit by everyone's attacks* lol

    • @mwazumbi2003
      @mwazumbi2003 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      😂😂 yeah true

    • @brunak4356
      @brunak4356 2 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      I dont get how he can run so fast he travels through time and still there are scenes where he isnt fast enough?? what is happening???

    • @mwazumbi2003
      @mwazumbi2003 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@brunak4356 that's what happens when comic book characters are brought into the cw they became trash 🗑️

    • @pieminx400
      @pieminx400 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@brunak4356 they have to constantly nerf him, that’s the issues with speedsters, they are extremely op and you either gotta make all there villains speedsters or weaken them to make it fair

    • @_Cynderella
      @_Cynderella 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      We joke about this every season. "I am the fastest man alive" yet every season theres a speedster faster than him... lol more like "My name is Barry Allen and I am one of the top 5 fastest men alive"

  • @MichaelJaeYT
    @MichaelJaeYT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2162

    "You can beat the villain Barry, because the power of love or whatever"

    • @greenmachines8227
      @greenmachines8227 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Straight facts

    • @Strogman25
      @Strogman25 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Now run, Barry RUN!

    • @Xehanort10
      @Xehanort10 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      "Use the Care Bear Stare Barry."

    • @Xehanort10
      @Xehanort10 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@renderimage7700 No that was just a stupid title he was given during Crisis. There's a world of difference between trying to talk sense into criminals who actually have guilt for their actions, fighting the irredeemable ones and what Barry's been doing in seasons 6 and 7 that is thinking that naively saying "Don't do this" will magically reform all criminals.

    • @Xehanort10
      @Xehanort10 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@renderimage7700 Hell they called Kate Kane from Batwoman the "Paragon of Courage" when in Season 1 of that show she broke into Bruce's house, stole his Batman suit and gadgets, got angry at being mistaken for Batman despite being dressed like him, actually accused him of taking credit for her work when it was the other way around, said the Batsuit would only be perfect when it fits a woman, constantly let criminals she caught get away and instead of taking the ones she knocked out to either Blackgate or Arkham she just left them. She also kept letting her crazy sister Alice kill more people. So courageous "sarcasm."

  • @Dinchev666
    @Dinchev666 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    One point about Reverse Flash... Bringing him back, is probably the only true to the comic thing the writers did... Eobard is literally immortal in a way... He cannot be erased from the timeline, because he is crucial to the space continuum... If he is killed or destroyed or whatever, the universe will find a way to bring him back... He exists in all timelines and parallel universes simultaniously... He is literally unkillable or at least a version of him...

  • @topherbrink2975
    @topherbrink2975 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    My partner and I were fans of the show the first few seasons. (Except for Iris. I hated that character from the moment she appeared but that's another tangent lol) The thing that finally made us just give up was the inconsistent airing schedule. The show would air like 2 episodes then be "on break" for 2 weeks. Get another episode or two, then 2 more weeks without one. It was so hard to keep track of when the new episodes were actually on and we realized we didn't even really care to keep up. I honestly had no idea it had even made it to 7 seasons.

  • @dafrokage993
    @dafrokage993 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1781

    I always hated how barrry is a way better character when he’s not in his own show

    • @jesuslovesyou7130
      @jesuslovesyou7130 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I understand

    • @ridgefrost
      @ridgefrost 2 ปีที่แล้ว +186

      "you're not the flash barry, wE aRe"...fuck you talking bout lady

    • @tokkirae6157
      @tokkirae6157 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@kr0nius351 it’s because he usually runs the same formula as a character.

    • @thegreatpapyrus2306
      @thegreatpapyrus2306 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@tokkirae6157 Hehe, you said “run.”

    • @romallohenry
      @romallohenry 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kr0nius351 because he's the comic relief to Oliver's straight and brooding loner

  • @Marcell2aG
    @Marcell2aG 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4954

    Grant Gustin is a fantastic Flash, but I've always noticed how they never let him fully utilize Barry's sense of humor in the show. He sometimes felt more like Barry when he guest starred on Arrow or Supergirl.

    • @chanique261
      @chanique261 2 ปีที่แล้ว +388

      I completely agree!! Barry is so funny in a way that no one else is. Not only his humor but his intelligence seems to be more remembered on the other shows (earlier) I mean I get it because the other characters fill roles but damn can he get a little slice of something 😓

    • @mr.cheese7339
      @mr.cheese7339 2 ปีที่แล้ว +186

      I love Grant Gustin as The Flash bro… it’s a shame how the show he’s in isn’t as incredible as he is lmao

    • @Aisha_Luv
      @Aisha_Luv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      In just the bloopers he's so charismatic and funnu wtf

    • @sosleepy512
      @sosleepy512 2 ปีที่แล้ว +151

      @@chanique261 because they force all the intelligence stuff to wells cisco and caitlyn when in reality barry can do everything they do in less than a second. that's why the whole team thing sucks because they put all this focus on the useless side characters that add nothing to the story when someone like barry can easily work solo and do everything faster by himself

    • @oldmanmark0958
      @oldmanmark0958 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Barry is not the funny one that was wally west when he became flash after Barry died

  • @covereye5731
    @covereye5731 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Season 4 was my favorite because of the Thinker, his ability to think 40 years ahead makes him on of the best foils to the overpowered Flash you never know if anything that goes wrong for him is just part of an insanely long term plan. I loved the relationship he had with his wife in the show, especially the part where she discovered she had been mind wiped over and over stuck with me. Of course, the way they took him down was an asspull, there's no way this writing team could have managed otherwise.

  • @hypersonic4562
    @hypersonic4562 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I really loved season 2, possibly more than season 1, i really enjoyed zoom and his character arc in the show because he was basically the dark version of barry, his mom died but unlike barry he had no one to go to which is why he's evil, he sort of lashed out against the world and lost the feeling to care about people until he meets Caitlin which makes him think that maybe he doesn't have to be alone but after she rejects becoming evil with him, all he cares about is being as powerful as he can be so he can destroy the world that took everything from him

  • @that_deadeyegamer7920
    @that_deadeyegamer7920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1170

    Barry in the comics: *runs to library to learn construction then rebuilds a crumbling building, all within literal fractions of a second*
    CW Barry: *Runs Fast*

    • @erikakerboom2101
      @erikakerboom2101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@jac0bb episode*

    • @Mangeen
      @Mangeen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      CW Barry: Gets punched by someone without super speed. Repeats 1000x.

    • @pringrings22
      @pringrings22 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@erikakerboom2101 🤣🤣🤣

    • @ReptillianStrike
      @ReptillianStrike 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      wait he fucking did that? Damn. That is really fucking cool. I want to see that shit. I don't want to see him berated for being human and get shot by a dude with a potato gun.

    • @FondueTheGoober
      @FondueTheGoober 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@Mangeen also
      Gets distracted by somthing that takes like 2 seconds and the bad guy leaves

  • @aacmbirdzilla2343
    @aacmbirdzilla2343 2 ปีที่แล้ว +945

    "You either die a Daredevil, or live long enough to see yourself turn into the flash"

  • @tsnap4
    @tsnap4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    My take on Iris is that they really shouldn't have had her be both Barry's adopted sister and love interest. Ignoring the Alabama vibes, if you can call them that, she doesn't have a clear relationship to Barry, and him basically falling in love with the person that he's been raised with is it really good indicator of how much they didn't know what to do with her.
    Have Iris be a person who Barry is introduced to through some other way, such as being a reporter chasing down the same case that he's working, and have him build up relationship with her that is predicated first on their mutual respect for each other's capabilities, and then you'll have an interesting arc and love interest. However, when you have him just be in love with her because pseudosibling weird reasons, you have a character where you don't have a lot of room for them to grow

  • @Cas-Se78.97
    @Cas-Se78.97 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    If I recall correctly, in the Injustice comics Flash is assertive enough to TURN HIS BACK ON SUPERMAN. I know that isn't the main timeline, and it takes several pretty horrible events, but it's such a ways from this Flash that needs everyone to hold his hand.

  • @Sibunamember101
    @Sibunamember101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +814

    Cisco, Caitlin and Barry were such a good trio in the beginning.

    • @roy.shrestha
      @roy.shrestha 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      The best

    • @angels8920
      @angels8920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I hate Caitlin she a third wheel

    • @zex9904
      @zex9904 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@angels8920 third wheel between Barry and Cisco , that doesn't make sense dude

    • @angels8920
      @angels8920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@zex9904 no I'm talking in friendship and Purpose on the show

    • @marlonclark1896
      @marlonclark1896 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      yep

  • @Sjono
    @Sjono 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3898

    Barry: “I’m the Flash.”
    Iris: “See that’s what you don’t get. You are not the Flash. We are.”
    Pretty much sums up every direction this CW show is going in

    • @fangbone5761
      @fangbone5761 2 ปีที่แล้ว +450

      🤣🤣 ...sorry iris did I miss when u got struck by lightning?

    • @wistercrimson3904
      @wistercrimson3904 2 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      And thats what makes this show garbage.. sad.

    • @Kerosiin
      @Kerosiin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      Power of friendship, my little pony style?

    • @pneumonoultramicroscopicsi9241
      @pneumonoultramicroscopicsi9241 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      lmao does change hurt you?>

    • @Pain-rf6kg
      @Pain-rf6kg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      Hate that line so much man. Hated even more now since Barry and Iris re-creates the speed force a supernatural force with the POWER OF THEIR LOVE!! WHAT???

  • @akiwevideodump2636
    @akiwevideodump2636 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    If I recall correctly, the Caitlin/Killer Frost was explained that kinda makes sense coz we are presented with new information that just wasn't there in the first place.
    The main canon for them is that there had been Frost all along stagnant on Caitlin's head. So at the time where Caitlin was vulnerable or unsure this act up. It just so happens that it's also the time where Barry admits to doing the flashpoint.
    In my head it makes sense for Killer Frost, the repressed, stagnant tool in Caitlin's head would act up and use this to try and get what she wants which what happens when "she turns evil". Remember at this time Cailtin doesn't forget what she does as KF so my theory is Frost is heavily suggesting in her head to do this and that. I mean when there's voices in your head you'd think you're losing your mind and not that there's another entity inside you.
    When KF overrides their body, Caitlin probably steps aside and let the 'autopilot' do it's thing without again realizing that this autopilot is not an extension of her but a whole another person.
    By S4 where she finally realize that there's two whole person and physically manifests itself, Frost is not being subtle about it, Caitlin just don't get absently get autopiloted but get kicked out of the driver's seat hence why she doesn't remember it this time when it's Frost that's on the seat.
    When they finally knew about the truth about their existence and true origin, they try to get along moving on the same body, hence why at times the other is aware of what's happening even if they're not on the driver's seat. I imagine the stagnant would occasionally watch what the other is doing as opposed to the previous dynamic where they try to best each other to drive alone.
    The origin about their dad also gives way to the answer why dark matter wasn't detected in Caitlin that time on S2. It's coz her powers did not come from the particle accelerator dark matter.
    Like Cait's dad basically made a clone or potential clone to help with her illness, imagine like that storyline in my sister's keeper.
    Then there's the wonky science explanation how they cloned and separated Caitlin and Frost. So that's how we arrived here.
    I'm not saying it's oerfect but I think Caitlin/Frost thing kinda makes sense and not as bizarre as you made it seem.
    All I'm saying is the origin and the dynamics between Caitlin/Frost is the lesser issue to talk about than how the writers give Caitlin so much trauma where she then have an angsty response from and then the next episode it's okay and brushed aside and then they'd bring it back again. I mean, I understand that trauma kinda works that way but like they throw Caitlin a man to be infatuated with for the first few seasons then they break up then she gets emotional again bout her dead husband but she also would seem sincere when daying another man.
    Just like what they did with Iris and Eddie with "screw the future" which Eddie sacrificed his life for onky for Iris to move on with the man who he essentially saved by offing himself. It just that it made me root for westhawne and then we get the westallen bs where we are supposed to believe that they loved each other all along when Iris rejected and string along her technically not brother to be with Eddie and "screw the future". Smh

  • @seanmaddex4104
    @seanmaddex4104 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The biggest problem with the flash is it lost the light joking/camp tone that made it fun. Legends of Tomorrow has really taken on that mantle

    • @davidflores0227
      @davidflores0227 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Legends deserved a better series finale, not a cliffhanger that will never be resolved.

    • @seanmaddex4104
      @seanmaddex4104 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@davidflores0227 it did but it was the most enjoyable of the remaining shows in later seasons. arrow was very hit or miss and the flash never matched earlier seasons

  • @samg.yupsal87
    @samg.yupsal87 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1637

    I swear every episode has "Barry let's talk" "Barry a moment" "Barry a word"
    it's just 💀

  • @kanishkdeshpande6
    @kanishkdeshpande6 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2058

    I get so frustrated whenever the show uses "Run Barry, Run" as a way to get him motivated. It worked so well in the first season. The phrase has lost all the charm and "power" it had because the show just uses it so damn much!

    • @kemuelr2460
      @kemuelr2460 2 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      So true… it went from being a powerful motivator to a silly meme

    • @kuddlecat
      @kuddlecat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      And when they use it on other characters... yikes 😬

    • @kanishkdeshpande6
      @kanishkdeshpande6 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@kuddlecat Exactly, it doesn't fit them either.

    • @fatbitch7168
      @fatbitch7168 2 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      it's too Eobard related and that's what made it special: he was his very first mentor but turned out to be his worst enemy too

    • @justinpereira4179
      @justinpereira4179 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kemuelr2460 then don’t fucking watch it

  • @volbla
    @volbla 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    18:35 _"But then season 4 completely ignores that."_
    This is a big recurring issue. A season ends in some way. Then the very startof the next season just says "nah". This happens a lot in movie series that haven't been fully planned out as well. Instead of developing the stuff they've already set up, they just throw it away and make up something new. It's as if they don't know how to write longer spanning stories.

  • @veteranredbeard6222
    @veteranredbeard6222 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    The problem with this flash is this... In order to have enough going on to fill a whole tv show, they couldnt just focus on one character. So they had to make a team. The only way a team will work is if the flash needs them. The only way for him to need them is for him to never evolve and shed the team, so he stuck in a constant "need help" state. The flash is constantly dealing with other dc characters in the comics, but they dont have the rights. So the show itself is what makes him a bad flash.

    • @artyb27
      @artyb27 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      But what defines "a whole TV show"? Plenty of shows focus on one character and maintain traditional support roles. The key is to not order 22 episodes for a story that only needs 6. That's the *real* issue with most American cable TV shows - the episodes are made to order so that the network can pump out as many ads as possible, instead of the creative team dictating how many episodes are actually needed to tell the story they want to tell.

  • @Eprosis
    @Eprosis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3614

    I have a feeling Grant Gustin is extremely grateful for those episodes where he doesn't need to do anything. He (and most of the main cast) have probably settled into the Ackles/Padalecki 'paycheck' phase of their job, they know the show isn't good but it's paying for the mortgage.

    • @tomlawal7991
      @tomlawal7991 2 ปีที่แล้ว +475

      Not Ackles/Padalecki being an adjective

    • @andergarcia4953
      @andergarcia4953 2 ปีที่แล้ว +335

      Friendly space ninja needs to make a video on supernatural also.

    • @Dave102693
      @Dave102693 2 ปีที่แล้ว +243

      Finally a SPN who admits the show has been trash for a significant amount of its runtime!!!

    • @jhnnfr98
      @jhnnfr98 2 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      @@Dave102693 after season 5 spn was a hellhole

    • @Dave102693
      @Dave102693 2 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      @@jhnnfr98 facts. I stop watching altogether after season 9. The first 5 seasons were height of the series.

  • @alexp6712
    @alexp6712 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2059

    The inconsistency I found most hilarious is one episode where he is able to run to China and back in a few seconds, but in the next, he is unable to run across a large vestibule and back in time to prevent a villain from running out the door.

    • @tanvirali7817
      @tanvirali7817 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Is that the Goldberg episode?

    • @alexp6712
      @alexp6712 2 ปีที่แล้ว +152

      @@tanvirali7817 I don’t remember it that detailed. *spoiler alert* it was when he was in prison, and while the camera was off him, he ran his cell mate to China and returned before the camera rotated around again.
      Then one or two episodes later, someone distracts him by dropping civilians from the upper floor, and he doesn’t have time to run across the lobby and save them before the villain escapes. I think he actually runs slower than a regular human sprinter in that scene, just with the lightning effects added.

    • @tanvirali7817
      @tanvirali7817 2 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      @@alexp6712 Yeah it was the fucking Goldberg lol. Flash really had the weirdest inconsistencies like The final battle with Savitar who's like The fastest Guy ever but Jay , Barry And Wally caught up to him like he was a regular speedster. Also the plot of Wally being faster than Barry never went anywhere. It's so damn frustrating and that's why I dropped it after S4.

    • @relo999
      @relo999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@alexp6712 You'll love the new episodes. You know that whole time traveling thing Barry loves to do and loads of speedsters semi-regularly do? Apparently Barry goes "evil" finds out it was reverse Flash manipulating the timeline to make him the flash and Barry the reverse flash (without explaining how) but to undo that Barry needs to time travels which suddenly causes the earth to break into pieces. (Why now? Who knows.)

    • @danielbrian8387
      @danielbrian8387 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tanvirali7817 They never said he was faster, just that he adapted to his speed faster than Barry did. And apparently almost everyone that gains speed does… Having said that, would we really want to watch a show where every new speedster is much much slower than Flash?

  • @LegendaryDorkKnight
    @LegendaryDorkKnight 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

    I so badly hated Iris in this show that it was the first time I had to struggle to separate the actor from the character. Normally, I just...can do that. But Patton's face being so inextricably linked to the character I most hated in that show for so long made it difficult. Just like Gustin is the Flash in a positive way, Patton is Iris in a negative way. And that shit with Nora and Thawne did not make it easier.

    • @kiki123097
      @kiki123097 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      this is how i felt about Danielle Panabakers characters

    • @fusioncat6860
      @fusioncat6860 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kiki123097what was wrong with Caitlin and Frost?

    • @z_6077
      @z_6077 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Candice patton is an awful actress. I’m sorry, but she is just so bad. Her acting was cringe, her character is extremely useless and I really wish she was killed at the end of season 3. Only character most people gave a damn about until the very end was Barry, even Thawne became stupidly overused and I feel as though Tom’s acting downgraded throughout the seasons. 4/10 show, season 1-3 were the only good seasons

  • @Gerilyn2003
    @Gerilyn2003 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I will disagree on one point. The number of episodes is fine. You do NOT need a season-long arc in EVERY show. You can just have a show where things happen, then they move on. Having a 2-3 episode (or 3-4 episode) stories within a season would be fine. (Then have several single episode stories).

    • @johnjoseph6874
      @johnjoseph6874 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Shows like that can easily fall flat with alot of people. Treating episodes from a show like movies completely throw out the benefit shows have over movies, which is they have more time to expand on characters and tell a larger story that some movies can’t. If a show changes all the time with a new 2 - 3 episode arc, it can feel like the plot is lacking with no end or point in sight.

  • @generalv.1891
    @generalv.1891 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1518

    Berry: „I can’t run“
    Supporting character: „would you run for a Scooby snack?“
    Berry: „say no more“

  • @callmecloby8365
    @callmecloby8365 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2794

    I think the phrase “Run Barry, run.” worked well ONLY with the Reverse Flash. It was first a sort of encouraging phrase from him to Barry before he revealed he was the Reverse Flash, but then it became almost a way of mocking him and I loved that in Season 1. Buuuut now anyone says it sooooo…. Yeah

    • @whythishappend3019
      @whythishappend3019 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      I love season 1, it's actually interesting compared to the rest, but i think the issue also came from there as the formula they use in every single episode coming after that is just the same but getting worse each time, the fights in season 1 actually carried weight as they tested barry's and his team's strenght (as well as speed) and sometimes, they would force the main villain to do smth (like how Eobart was almost forced to use his speed to run away from the electric lad). Now it all feels like an anime filler episode

    • @ClaudetteVioletta
      @ClaudetteVioletta ปีที่แล้ว +79

      The fucking dog next door: Run Barry run

    • @sofie2351
      @sofie2351 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ClaudetteVioletta 😂😂😂

    • @SkyRied1
      @SkyRied1 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      POV: They're actually mocking him.

    • @sogekingsimp2469
      @sogekingsimp2469 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I actually think it works well with Barry's dad too and arguably Joe. Barry's dad telling him to run works well cause he was just a kid, and Eobard coming back and saying it to him as his mentor adds a connection to the 2 for Barry. Eobard is his mentor and idol and is repeating the same line thst Barry's father said to him when he was just a kid. As you said, its like reverse flash is mocking Barry. I wouldn't be surprised if he heard Barry's dad say that the night Nora died and holds that over Barry as encouragement and a reason to stay angry at him and get faster.
      And I think Joe saying it works because Joe is that new father figure in his life. It only works like twice though. I think it's fitting for him to say it after zoom kills Henry to give us that sense of a passing of the torch moment almost.

  • @sabbliz
    @sabbliz 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video as always!

  • @kotzenderkeks61
    @kotzenderkeks61 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    32:40 my mind just screamed skip as soon as that iris and Barry talking scene came up its just instinct by now

  • @moonchild977
    @moonchild977 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1337

    what’s painful is that Grant is *so* good. he just has that look and emotion and snark that is all Barry Allen. I can’t imagine someone else doing what he does, and now he’s wasted in this show, and it’ll take ages until someone tries their hand on this kind of Flash story again, and it won’t be him. I like Flash in JL (the Zack Snider version) just fine, but there’s something about Grant that is perfect for this

    • @zemox2534
      @zemox2534 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Grant would have made a better Wally West than Barry Allen.

    • @FakeFriendsForever
      @FakeFriendsForever 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Grant is trash

    • @zemox2534
      @zemox2534 2 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      @@FakeFriendsForever Hey Grant is not that bad. The problem is the script. The writing sucks

    • @davidwouldntyouliketoknow2166
      @davidwouldntyouliketoknow2166 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      100% at least up until I stopped watching mid season 3 for the reasons mentioned in this video.

    • @notfromhere8889
      @notfromhere8889 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I remember people just saw a photo of him grinning in the suit and lost it. He made the show a hit before it aired with a grin!

  • @disgruntledfox
    @disgruntledfox ปีที่แล้ว +990

    Barry: Fights villian
    Barry: *looses*
    Barry: " I'm not fast enough" *goes to the hallway*
    Some random team flash member: " I'll go talk to him"
    Barry: * Sits on the floor and ponders life choices*
    Some random team flash member: " The power of love will help you, you are unique. Now run Barry, RUN!!"
    Barry * Goes Mach 23455468900986424"
    *Theme song plays in the background"
    Barry: *Beats the villian*
    Team Flash: "Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyy, you did it barry."
    Barry: No, WE did it
    ( i just summarized an entire episode)

  • @naya7259
    @naya7259 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I just love all of your videos so much, thank you pour ton travail :)

  • @ricky_the_b
    @ricky_the_b หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Videos like this are so gratifying because it's such a relief to quit a show in frustration and then see years later that I was right to abandon hope and cut my losses 🙌🏽

  • @shaman9
    @shaman9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +554

    Narrator: "How many times can you have an episode go exactly the same way?"
    Supernatural writers: "300 episodes"

    • @meganscull4685
      @meganscull4685 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      oh come on, there were a couple of times where Sam saved DEAN at the last minute :P

    • @skydreamer4225
      @skydreamer4225 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Exactly, everyone keep dying and come back at later seasons. It really get old and repetitive. Atleast the show is done, even the ending felt so rush that it make no sense.

    • @GermanLeftist
      @GermanLeftist 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Law & Order writers: A couple 1,000 times. Why?

    • @Aurora-bg8pz
      @Aurora-bg8pz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      As a supernatural fan I agree, the later seasons were awful. It got really, really bad after season 13. It was already going downhill before that, but they somehow made it worse. Even the ending was rushed. But I'm glad the actors threw in the towel, I think they knew the story wasn't going anywhere. Despite all of this, supernatural is still my favorite show.

    • @tassothomas5186
      @tassothomas5186 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@Aurora-bg8pz True. If it ended after Season 5, that would have been perfectly fine. It closed everything perfectly. Everything after that was mostly fan service. Once they introduced God aka "Chuck," that's when everything went downhill.

  • @ferdavila4560
    @ferdavila4560 ปีที่แล้ว +1886

    I agree. the thing that killed the show for me was when suddenly EVERY SINGLE ONE of the side characters had powers

    • @Kendi.K
      @Kendi.K ปีที่แล้ว +84

      Riight. In season 7 suddenly Barry’s whole family just ends up with superpowers out of knowhere. And when they go to fight the villain, they don’t even use super speed. They use lighting stars and lighting swords and shit 💀. I was like wtf even is this show. There seems to be no real plot, plot twists, no more humor, it’s so bland

    • @WhitneyDahlin
      @WhitneyDahlin ปีที่แล้ว +34

      That is the problem with the CW. All they make is soap operas. At it's heart ALL of their shows are trashy soap operas for a niche audience. Like trashy soap operas for teens or trashy soap operas for nerds or trashy soap operas for other nerds or a remake / spinoff of an existing trashy soap opera. I should know I love trashy middle eastern soap operas. But I go in knowing after season 1 things are going to get convoluted and unbelievably crazy. Everyone's going to have an evil twin, people will start faking their deaths and by the time the show wraps up everyone will have f***** everyone at least once in the most dramatic way possible. But by it's very nature trashy soap operas are not well written they have a very specific formula they use as a blueprint for every single episode and every single season. They use up all their good ideas in season 1 and they're hoping you care enough about the characters by the end of season 1 you'll sit through the next 15 seasons. But most people don't enjoy trashy soap operas and I don't blame them, I have never finished a full soap opera because it gets too wild and also somehow boring by season 4 and I actually enjoy them. But people who go into these shows thinking that it's going to be an actual good show or who don't know that CW exclusively makes soap operas are going to be really disappointed and really let down and I feel bad for them!

    • @wavy9434
      @wavy9434 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Kendi.K sounds goofy af. Some shit a 10 year old would write.

    • @nickkoyle3599
      @nickkoyle3599 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Nah Supernatural was definitely a soap opera especially in the final seasons. One of CWs biggest problems was they had no clue when they had good storylines or villains.

    • @freakEtAi21
      @freakEtAi21 ปีที่แล้ว

      AGREED!!!

  • @davidaston5773
    @davidaston5773 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    @FriendlySpace This IS a video I have NEVER forgotten. Simply because you hit it on the nail PERFECTLY and echo so many truths about modern TV and movie writing, I've felt about for a long time. And sadly, about the Flash and Arrow.
    Since this video was uploaded your spot on wisdom has been proven right in so many movies and TV shows since. CW was once a fantastic place for comic book fans and created a superb TV universe. Their "Crisis" event was a true treat for fans because they bought back a lot of universes and actors from the past. CW actually beat MCU to the multi verse by many years as well as proving these characters CAN work in the same screen together.
    But, as shown in this video, somewhere along the way CW started to become lazy and it's CLEAR even the actors on The Flash and Arrow started to look either bored or aware they were being served with substandard material. You can even tell it on their faces or body language.
    SURELY it's not rocket science to realise that adding new characters constantly will choke and damage main characters? When it was literally up to 9 characters made up of main and supporting characters the show had balance. It flowed and paced well.
    The audience ARE NOT STUPID. And their patience isn't limitless. Hollywood clearly looks down on us. Tragic because, as the Flash and Arrow showed, when you have the audience on your side, it creates a result where we're winners.
    Worst of all? CW betrayed the great actors who worked so hard to start the CW universe from the start.
    David

  • @davidizsak7200
    @davidizsak7200 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    -Mr. Wells, what's your favourite drink?
    -Rum, Barry, Rum!

  • @fabienglasse
    @fabienglasse 2 ปีที่แล้ว +824

    Season trailer: Barry outrunning a galaxy-level threat.
    Season content: Iris's dad pregnancy scare while meeting the in-laws with his too-young girlfriend.

    • @R34G4N
      @R34G4N 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      STOPPPPP this is so true and makes me wanna cry

    • @GarmrsBarking
      @GarmrsBarking 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      So you are saying that iris's dad can get pregnant...

    • @samcarmen
      @samcarmen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@GarmrsBarking why was this how i read that comment lmfao

    • @skydreamer4225
      @skydreamer4225 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      I want to watch my favourite superhero the Flash, not Iris Family Drama crap. Better change the show name into Iris the Journalist

    • @kaledoublescope
      @kaledoublescope 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      HUH?

  • @kunglaoshat1250
    @kunglaoshat1250 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3512

    I actually think that Iris could have worked really well if they leaned into the reporter thing more from the beginning. I only saw seasons 1 and 2 of Daredevil, but Karen Page always felt like what Iris should have been. A regular person who didn’t need powers or incredible combat training or genius intellect to go up against bad guys. Someone with street smarts, empathy and determination to uncover the truth and expose corruption. That would have given her a unique niche on Team Flash instead of forcing her into becoming the team leader (for some reason) or a speedster.

    • @CrossOutBryce
      @CrossOutBryce 2 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      They should've leaned into it at the very least by S3, but they didn't until....S6?

    • @slospop1125
      @slospop1125 2 ปีที่แล้ว +242

      I 100% agree, Karen was Matt's love interest, but she was still her own person outside of this relationship. She was a 3 dimensional character with her own goals, she made mistakes and actually had to suffer the consequences of those mistakes. She never needed any powers to contribute, and never tries to take the spotlight away from everyone else. Nothing ever feels forced and we actually care about her.
      Also I highly recommend watching Daredevil Season 3

    • @kicker3186
      @kicker3186 2 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      Like Lois in Superman and Lois. She’s awesome

    • @skydreamer4225
      @skydreamer4225 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@kicker3186 true. Unlike Lois, Iris felt so force

    • @memrioxox
      @memrioxox 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@kicker3186 omg thank u! Lois in SandL is amazing

  • @silas777777
    @silas777777 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I loved Tom Cavanaugh in season 2, snarky Wells was everything.

  • @driftwood9705
    @driftwood9705 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I agree with you 100%, I couldn’t put my finger on it but to me I couldn’t find out why, but it became a chore sometimes watching the episodes and I gave up a lot earlier I would say after season 2 and then came back and forth, catching episodes here and there, and just reading up on the flash. For me, I think the big thing was also Wally West wasn’t cast properly. I’m used to the strawberry blonde, geeky prankster, and I could just never really get across the way CW went with casting. Wally West, or just wasn’t true to the comic.

  • @iamspidey5411
    @iamspidey5411 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1352

    “…If this show introduces one more character that refers to Barry and Iris as, “Mom,” and, “Dad,” I am going to shoot a cannonball right into the $@&$ sun!” This is the most hilarious thing I’ve ever heard!

    • @cas4040
      @cas4040 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Thank you! I suffer through all of this shows bullshit, but THIS is what’s the final straw for me. Grown ass people seamlessly just calling them mom and dad without missing a beat. It’s so irritating I want to chuck my tv out the window.

    • @popularcc4539
      @popularcc4539 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      It absolutely killed me when Deon kept calling Barry dad. There was a whole 90s episode establishing he's older than Barry, he's probably got his own parents, why the hell would that guy call Barry dad?!

    • @budgetbrick5124
      @budgetbrick5124 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Honestly isn't there a multiverse so shouldn't there be other versions of Barry children that isn't iris just saying a miss opportunity right there

    • @silentastral
      @silentastral 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Oh wait till you meet the twins.
      You’re gonna have a blast

    • @OneGaurdian
      @OneGaurdian 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@silentastral Nora and Bart aren't twins. Don and Dawn being replaced with them really pissed me off.

  • @yashsolanki589
    @yashsolanki589 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3060

    I haven’t watched any of the shows covered: Riverdale, Sabrina and Flash but watching Space Ninja break down why these shows didn’t work is weirdly entertaining

    • @alexweh
      @alexweh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Same.

    • @skyvideos8246
      @skyvideos8246 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      I watched some of their seasons but I stopped. Thank god

    • @almondmelk
      @almondmelk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      Same-I’d rather watch commentary of the shows rather than watching the shows themselves

    • @soft_cactus
      @soft_cactus 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      same

    • @mrtalos
      @mrtalos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I watch a channel that reviews board games. I hadn't played a board game for decades. I didn't buy one for years watching them either, until they really did an amazing one and had to just get it.
      Been watching them for close to 8 years and bought 1 game. But I watch every new video they put out practically immediately.
      TLDR, I get ya.

  • @bensxbd
    @bensxbd 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    I think batwoman is the only show that can get away with the “team” aspect, because the Bat family is such an integral part of the bat universe

    • @Yami-mugoni613
      @Yami-mugoni613 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think that generally non super hero’s can work with a team set up

  • @pointblank0303
    @pointblank0303 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I still remember watching the season one finale and being in tears when Barry had to let his mom die, I stopped watching midway through season 4 and I’m kinda happy I did. Watching these characters become cardboard cutouts and cliches was too much.

  • @ghostguru9156
    @ghostguru9156 2 ปีที่แล้ว +418

    I also wanna know how they wrote “Run, Barry, Run.” 30,000 times and nobody said “Dude, shut up.”

    • @yukiharu9726
      @yukiharu9726 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      OMG THIS 😂 It was chilling the first few times especially during the death of Barry’s mom but they kept doing it even Oliver says it and it just sounds ridiculous now

    • @edisr8571
      @edisr8571 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      it reminds me of glee covering don't stop believin' on every "special" occasion 🥴

    • @Xehanort10
      @Xehanort10 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      If Barry looked a bit pale they'd go "Sun Barry sun." Or if someone was aiming a weapon at him "Gun Barry gun." Or if he ran past a church "Nun Barry nun."

    • @sarahlaurent62
      @sarahlaurent62 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Also the advice sucks: he's a speedster! Of course he's gonna run! What other options does he have?

  • @akoji
    @akoji 2 ปีที่แล้ว +865

    So basically:
    Season 1: Great
    Season 2: Okay
    Season 3: Debatable
    Season 4 onward: *s t o p*

    • @brewnovanity
      @brewnovanity 2 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      season 2 was great as well

    • @denkoumasato
      @denkoumasato 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Season 5: "Stop stop! It's already dead!"

    • @BrandonHeat243
      @BrandonHeat243 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I stopped watching the show early on in season 4 and seeing those clips of that Godspeed guy was just shocking to me. Back when I dropped the show I thought it was getting pretty lame but there was nothing in it anywhere near *that*. How could anyone involved with making the show see that and think that's a good villain? I really don't get it. The lightsaber fight was pretty hilarious though. I'll give them that. Though I don't think that's what they were going for...

    • @akoji
      @akoji 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@BrandonHeat243 yeah same, im rewatching season 1 and it genuinely still holds up, its so crazy to me how they messed this up so bad later on which really sucks

    • @DajuSar
      @DajuSar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Reality:
      Season 1: Bad
      Season 2: Bad
      Season 3: Worst
      Season 4 Onward: How the fuck have they made (current season number) seasons of this crap?

  • @Techie404
    @Techie404 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Along with Barry's powers being inconsistent, they also consistently do things that end up taking Barry's powers away, which gets frustrating as hell after the second or third time it happens

  • @haanis5458
    @haanis5458 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I think i've heard the fraise "I'll go talk to her/him" more times in this show than i will ever do in my life. The good ol' corridor pep talk

  • @zoel4891
    @zoel4891 2 ปีที่แล้ว +708

    I feel like the CW's motto is: "You Either Die A Hero, Or You Live Long Enough To See Yourself Become The Villain" because they refuse to cancel shows even when everyone that once love them, thinks they are awful

    • @Cityweaver
      @Cityweaver 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      It still baffles me that Smallville went on for ten seasons. We had to watch Lex "fall in love with" Lana Lang to keep up drama in Clark's life.

    • @islasullivan3463
      @islasullivan3463 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      And then there are their other shows like Crazy Ex-Girlfriend which had great writing throughout but every season had to worry about getting canceled.

    • @Entertainer12314
      @Entertainer12314 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Honestly this show has been suffering from bullshit contrivances and manufactured conflicts since the beginning of season one. Barry stopping to chat with the bad guy instead of knocking them right the fuck out or relocating them, that’s been an problem since season one.

    • @afrobuddy4801
      @afrobuddy4801 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      There is no reason that a show should take more than 6 seasons to tell its story.
      Unless you are a show based on lots of books like GOT, which actually had the opposite problem and needed a lot more seasons

    • @giovannigiovanni.7220
      @giovannigiovanni.7220 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Cityweaver If you hate season 7 of The Flash: th-cam.com/video/gLWocyWOOCE/w-d-xo.html

  • @summerrose8110
    @summerrose8110 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1808

    I feel bad for Candace Patton, it's not her fault the writers fucked her character up and now everyone hates her character. Candace deserves better. I pray she leaves this show, and gets better roles.

    • @Velocity_YT
      @Velocity_YT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +135

      Exactly. People have been sending her death threats all because of her role in the show.

    • @JSKatsky
      @JSKatsky 2 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      The character herself didn't have much of a backstory or depth to begin with even in the comics. She's just The Flash's Lois Lane

    • @matthewlean9367
      @matthewlean9367 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@Velocity_YT wow that's insane

    • @Mr_Demeanor
      @Mr_Demeanor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I actually went to see her in the Houston Fan Expo and she's exactly like her character. I wasn't impressed XD

    • @Velocity_YT
      @Velocity_YT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      @@Mr_Demeanor I have a feeling that your lying

  • @piecebypiece2028
    @piecebypiece2028 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Honestly glad the actress for patty spivot left to play a character on the boys. She was great in that role

  • @terencepace1730
    @terencepace1730 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The scene were Iris gets angry at Barry cause he sent Nora back to the Future without telling her just pissed me the fuck off at Iris. She getting angry at him for telling his daughter from the future to literally fuck off for working with the PERSON WHO MURDERED HIS MOTHER was the last straw and I already had enough of Iris as a character

  • @Matt.Radiant
    @Matt.Radiant 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14851

    I didn’t mind sticking with Flash thru 6 seasons but when they defeated Eva in the finale by CONVINCING HER TO STOP I was done 😂😂😂😂

    • @sweetbabyrodney
      @sweetbabyrodney 2 ปีที่แล้ว +423

      Shit! That was me. Then I STRAIGHT UP gave up.

    • @AJ-nh9qm
      @AJ-nh9qm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +904

      They hit her wit the Talk no Jutsu 😂

    • @bradastra6111
      @bradastra6111 2 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      mate before you done... lets talk about this..

    • @sriiii1668
      @sriiii1668 2 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      So you guys watched season 3……🥴

    • @mang4260
      @mang4260 2 ปีที่แล้ว +469

      Barry: stop this!
      Eva: no!
      Barry: dont' do bad things!
      Eva: but i want to!
      Barry: pretty please?
      Eva: ok.
      ...
      The Flash s6 in a nutshell.

  • @Taterzz
    @Taterzz ปีที่แล้ว +1630

    the biggest issue with the series is that they didn't bother being consistent with the Flash's actual power. 90% of the villains on the show wouldn't be able to hold a candle to him.

    • @zoetje9817
      @zoetje9817 ปีที่แล้ว +209

      For real, sometimes he’s faster than _lightning_ and others seems to be frozen in time. Other times it seems to be as fast as a bicycle.

    • @hughjaenus2235
      @hughjaenus2235 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      Yeah he literally gets beaten by thugs and people with martial arts training. Even Batman couldn't defeat flash unless he predicted him.

    • @twilightdream
      @twilightdream ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Exactly, he should be super powerful but somehow keeps struggling with minor villains even now in season 9

    • @kitkat2702
      @kitkat2702 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      YES! There's a whole channel that talks about this in the first three seasons of the flash, "The flash is terribly inconsistent" if you want to check it out. (Just fyi, he does swear a lot though).

    • @nikidelvalle
      @nikidelvalle ปีที่แล้ว +63

      I love how there's this one episode where Barry moves so fast they contain an entire episode in the space of a few seconds, and in another episode he gets tripped by marbles and then can't find the normal ass person who fled on foot literally seconds earlier.

  • @Nostalgicmoxxi
    @Nostalgicmoxxi 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Rip Barry's costume it went to really cool to goofy af

  • @alpal4245
    @alpal4245 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    "Time travel is really hard to write about!"
    Where that this hoodie was a time hoodie

  • @jamesmc7463
    @jamesmc7463 2 ปีที่แล้ว +633

    I love how in elseworlds Oliver queen says “I don’t think you can go over 9 hours without getting a sappy motivational speech” so this means the writers know what’s going on but just don’t care

    • @thomasraines1396
      @thomasraines1396 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Self awareness means nothing if they’re just going to follow through with it any way.

    • @Maudios
      @Maudios 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@thomasraines1396 i disagree. It makes it a whole lot worse

    • @thomasraines1396
      @thomasraines1396 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Maudios oh no that’s what I’m going with, they know what they’re doing and they refuse to change.

    • @primroseprom
      @primroseprom 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@thomasraines1396 exactly. At best, that kind of self awareness is just pointless and adds nothing.
      At worst it actively harms the show because, as originally pointed out, it just shows that the writers see what’s going on, they just don’t give a shit.

    • @thomasraines1396
      @thomasraines1396 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@primroseprom it’s terrible.

  • @ruth4799
    @ruth4799 2 ปีที่แล้ว +718

    "Barry as a character is just running in circles"
    gets me every time.

    • @giovannigiovanni.7220
      @giovannigiovanni.7220 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If you hate season 7 of The Flash: th-cam.com/video/gLWocyWOOCE/w-d-xo.html

  • @ethanrabideau7402
    @ethanrabideau7402 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    “Because I hate you, not you now, you years from now” is one of my favorite lines. It shows while he hates Barry overall to his core that “our” present Barry is such a good person that it even rubs off on Thawne

  • @fo2389
    @fo2389 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I remember when I was younger when me and my family would huddle around the TV to watch The Flash. After season four my family stopped watching the show. The show ended in season four for me. Whenever I think of the Flash I will always think of Grant Gustin

  • @mr.bazinga4170
    @mr.bazinga4170 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1051

    "I'm Barry Allen, and I'm the fastest man alive."
    The plot of the episode for the 17th time: **Barry isn't fast enough.**

    • @justanotheronlineobserver3387
      @justanotheronlineobserver3387 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Barry be like “ okey I am in the top 15 faster people in the universe and I kill my competition. You happy now? “

    • @francescoparisi126
      @francescoparisi126 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Everyone could say the same thing about any fucking other plot in the DC or Marvel universe or better Multiverse ,speaking about both shows and movies,if everyone would think like you in every damn series or film the story would've be resume by uhhhh shit there is a bad guy he must be stopped and that's it, but that's not it at all ahahahah,it's too easy to say some bullshit like that

    • @egoygoy7542
      @egoygoy7542 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      there is a season he is thr fastest man alive vs the smartest man alive. HAA.

    • @thegreatmajora5089
      @thegreatmajora5089 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@francescoparisi126 You- You know some conflicts can be written in a way thats more interesting that "oh no fast boy can't go fast" right ?

    • @francescoparisi126
      @francescoparisi126 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thegreatmajora5089 you know that is not what they did, right?

  • @ItsNik97
    @ItsNik97 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1405

    I like how many times you pointed out that it's not the actors that are doing a bad job, it's the writing. Which is 100% true, Grant Gustin is THE Flash, and the fact that we can all see that despite the shit writing just proves how amazingly well he fits the character. Just imagine what he could do with some actual good writing.
    I dropped off after season 5, and it's just heartbreaking to see how far the show has fallen. Really hope they manage to pull something coherant together by the finale.

    • @tweeks9896
      @tweeks9896 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      You can tell the actor playing iris doesn’t really put her all in her scenes like she use to in the past seasons. I stayed past S6 but seventh was almost unwatchable for me

    • @ItsNik97
      @ItsNik97 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      @@tweeks9896 from the few clips I've seen of the later seasons, it feels like all the OGs that haven't left yet are just sleepwalking through their scenes. Especially Joe and Iris yeah. They all deserve so much better.

    • @tweeks9896
      @tweeks9896 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ItsNik97 definitely

    • @jadenbryant9283
      @jadenbryant9283 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@ItsNik97 yeah Joe actor looks like he's depressed half the time

    • @K1NGRaj
      @K1NGRaj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Honestly? I think they’re getting bored of it? Clearly imo Tom and grant are the only ones giving there all despite the writing.

  • @yung_cxt1678
    @yung_cxt1678 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    when i hear lupin , money heist and the good place have lower budget im flabbergasted, even stranger things s1 like whatttt

  • @ryenwthomas
    @ryenwthomas 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow, I'm glad I binged the show after it's run and before seeing videos like this because I had a great experience from beginning to end. I can imagine things feeling off if I had to wait episode and season to season, though.
    Love the characters!

  • @Chuuzus
    @Chuuzus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +391

    The Flash is really now Power Rangers with a big budget

    • @National7575
      @National7575 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Even power rangers has better writing

    • @justanotheronlineobserver3387
      @justanotheronlineobserver3387 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Ironicly power rangers have lasted like 13 season doing the exact same thing and I can steel watch them.

    • @chinuaalibatya7345
      @chinuaalibatya7345 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@justanotheronlineobserver3387. The show evolves and has varying tones, character arcs, and storylines even if some plot beats feel similar

    • @dreww304
      @dreww304 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      At least Power Rangers has likeable characters and great writing even if it is cringey at times (the good kind if cringey though)

    • @growlgrowl1690
      @growlgrowl1690 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh they wish

  • @steveh.8769
    @steveh.8769 2 ปีที่แล้ว +767

    The Flash show describes my life perfectly: peaked in the first stage and has now devolved into a series of cringey and boring events ever since

    • @tripledigit4835
      @tripledigit4835 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Does that mean when it gets cancelled, you’ll uh ….. commit die?

    • @realhumanbean7915
      @realhumanbean7915 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The peak wasn’t even that good in the first place

    • @MrKpopSucks
      @MrKpopSucks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      this is the opposite of Agents of SHIELD

    • @clarab325
      @clarab325 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@realhumanbean7915 very true

    • @Thefighteris007
      @Thefighteris007 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@realhumanbean7915 Dang man that’s his life!

  • @MollyHuffle
    @MollyHuffle 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Caitlyn should have become a full on villain and could have made an entire season revolving around Killer Frost and trying to save Caitlyn and bring her back. Now that would have been cool and interesting. Seeing Barry wrestle against a foe who is actually a friend. Instead, I feel like they tried to do too many things with her character in smaller arcs.

  • @JoseRuiz-yh2eh
    @JoseRuiz-yh2eh 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    30:03 Do you think that the second “run” is necessary for Barry to start running? Like, if someone say “run, Barry!!” He would just stand still waiting for that second “run” 😂