{"id":18599,"date":"2014-09-25T21:55:28","date_gmt":"2014-09-26T01:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=18599"},"modified":"2016-01-17T22:02:18","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T03:02:18","slug":"the-flash-season-one-episode-one-city-of-heroes-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/25\/the-flash-season-one-episode-one-city-of-heroes-review\/","title":{"rendered":"“The Flash” Season One, Episode One: City of Heroes Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s great to see DC and Warner bros. finally giving The Flash his due after so many years in limbo. \u201cThe Flash\u201d has always been a wonderful character from the DC universe that was way too science fiction based to ever become a respectable series or movie, so for years fans had nothing. Surely John Wesley Shippe\u2019s \u201cThe Flash\u201d was a solid adaptation, but beyond that, it was merely table scraps. \u201cThe Flash\u201d fully realizes what an amazing character the titular speedster is and completely sets up nothing but storylines and sub-plots in the pilot, while also telling a great origin tale of how a scientist became the fastest man alive.<\/p>\n

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Grant Gustin thankfully comes back to reprise his role as Barry Allen, taking off moments after his final appearance on \u201cArrow.\u201d Gustin is a spectacular casting choice for Allen, playing the character as charming and geeky without ever going over in to obnoxious and or irritating. Gustin has the average underdog charm suitable for Barry Allen, and Gustin slips back in to the character without a single misstep. As mentioned there\u2019s a ton of foreshadowing present, but much of it is handled with grace and skill, establishing a lot of the principal characters, while also giving them all some form of motive for being interested in Barry and The Flash. Barry is still just an average guy longing for a family, even after donning the scarlet threads, and his dynamic with characters Joe West, and his daughter Iris makes up some of the best dramatic material.<\/p>\n

Jessie L. Martin gives a strong turn as Joe, the officer who took Barry as a surrogate son when Barry\u2019s mother was murdered under mysterious circumstances. Despite Barry and his dad\u2019s insistence that she was murdered by an unknown assailant barely seen through balls of lightning, Barry\u2019s father was taken away as her killer. A lot of the episode deals with mysteries about Barry\u2019s past, and where his circle of friends and companions are going in the future. Particularly, there\u2019s the question of who murdered his mother, and if the murder was at all intentional. There\u2019s also the really intriguing final scene that leaves the door open for so many ideas about time travel, space time continuum, and paradoxes. As well there\u2019s promise to discover The Flash\u2019s more unique abilities through his speed, which the writers have promised to tackle in future episodes.<\/p>\n

The casting is one of the many elements that bring major appeal to \u201cThe Flash.\u201d Danielle Panabaker promises to bring some interesting melodrama, while Tom Cavanaugh plays eccentric scientist bordering on mad with great zeal. Whether or not he will be a force of evil for Barry remains to be seen, but his aggression to study Barry\u2019s powers is troubling. Candice Patton is also great as Barry\u2019s love interest Iris, who is easy on the eyes, and a very interesting female foil. \u201cCity of Heroes\u201d is a great head start for the series, launching a series that promises to give the Flash his long overdue spotlight, while injecting its own flavor of fantasy and light hearted adventure. As witnessed by a surprise cameo, it\u2019s definitely a spin off, but when you see who plays a recurring role as Barry\u2019s father, it\u2019s clear that \u201cThe Flash\u201d has potential to take off as a hit series. So far, \u201cThe Flash\u201d is fun, exciting, and compelling, and I look forward to where the writers will take this universe soon.<\/p>\n

Premiering on the CW 11 October 7th. Check Local Listings.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s great to see DC and Warner bros. finally giving The Flash his due after so many years in limbo. \u201cThe Flash\u201d has always been a wonderful character from the DC universe that was way too science fiction based to ever become a respectable series or movie, so for years fans had nothing. Surely John […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[58,64,71,268,568,906,1061],"class_list":["post-18599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tv-tomb","tag-action","tag-adaptation","tag-adventure","tag-dc-comics","tag-justice-league","tag-science-fiction","tag-the-flash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18599"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18601,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18599\/revisions\/18601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}