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Gravedigger · 06-19-2023, 09:06 AM

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I've always loved the Flash's story, it's the closest thing DC has to Spiderman, and they're very similar in alot of ways. But Barry Allen's story is great, that no matter how fast he can run, he can't escape his origin. He tries to change it, but it backfires horribly and he has to learn that he can't save everyone. It's such a great way to send that message that this movie was enjoyable in so many ways.

The only disappointing part of it, is that it leads to nowhere in James Gunns' universe now, especially with these box office numbers. If the movie made $150 million just in domestic this weekend, then maybe you could see Ezra come back if he kept clean and stopped being Ezra, but they kinda wasted Flashpoint in this movie. They did it well enough, bringing in Keaton, substituting Supergirl in for Superman, but the rest of the cast is just not there. There's no Aquaman in the main movie, no Wonder Woman besides for a laugh cameo, they didn't end it like the original story ended it, didn't introduce Thomas Wayne, didn't introduce the Reverse Flash which was probably a better move so they could showcase him with the next round of DCU superheroes, but still takes away the conflict and the antagonist from the movie and replaces it with a rehash of Zod's arrival on Earth.

At no point do I believe the iteration they present in the end of this movie will come back in another movie. I hope they bring back Sasha Calle as Supergirl though, she was really well done, so if you're going to take one of the characters and flesh out her origins in another dimension then I would hope it's her, but Ezra, Gal Gadot, Batfleck, or the other cameos, they're stuck in that timeline and won't get any more movies dedicated to them. Just cameo's in Gunn's universe, or Crisis on Infinite Earths, if they do that storyline. The Flashpoint storyline was just kinda wasted as an X-Men 3 the Last Stand way with the Phoenix Saga. Just hope when they redo it it's not a another movie that doesn't do it justice and it ends up being X-Men 3 the Last Stand followed by Dark Phoenix, and we're still waiting on a good version of the storyline. This movie was alot better than X-Men 3, but I couldn't escape that feeling after having watched it.

06-19-2023, 09:06 AM	#67
Gravedigger Plays to win the game! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lees Summit Casino cash: $6473101	Spoiler! I've always loved the Flash's story, it's the closest thing DC has to Spiderman, and they're very similar in alot of ways. But Barry Allen's story is great, that no matter how fast he can run, he can't escape his origin. He tries to change it, but it backfires horribly and he has to learn that he can't save everyone. It's such a great way to send that message that this movie was enjoyable in so many ways. The only disappointing part of it, is that it leads to nowhere in James Gunns' universe now, especially with these box office numbers. If the movie made $150 million just in domestic this weekend, then maybe you could see Ezra come back if he kept clean and stopped being Ezra, but they kinda wasted Flashpoint in this movie. They did it well enough, bringing in Keaton, substituting Supergirl in for Superman, but the rest of the cast is just not there. There's no Aquaman in the main movie, no Wonder Woman besides for a laugh cameo, they didn't end it like the original story ended it, didn't introduce Thomas Wayne, didn't introduce the Reverse Flash which was probably a better move so they could showcase him with the next round of DCU superheroes, but still takes away the conflict and the antagonist from the movie and replaces it with a rehash of Zod's arrival on Earth. At no point do I believe the iteration they present in the end of this movie will come back in another movie. I hope they bring back Sasha Calle as Supergirl though, she was really well done, so if you're going to take one of the characters and flesh out her origins in another dimension then I would hope it's her, but Ezra, Gal Gadot, Batfleck, or the other cameos, they're stuck in that timeline and won't get any more movies dedicated to them. Just cameo's in Gunn's universe, or Crisis on Infinite Earths, if they do that storyline. The Flashpoint storyline was just kinda wasted as an X-Men 3 the Last Stand way with the Phoenix Saga. Just hope when they redo it it's not a another movie that doesn't do it justice and it ends up being X-Men 3 the Last Stand followed by Dark Phoenix, and we're still waiting on a good version of the storyline. This movie was alot better than X-Men 3, but I couldn't escape that feeling after having watched it.
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