The Flash has arrived! Tonight’s episode – Captain Cold.
Final proof that special effects normally seen in theaters and on DVD can be
created for television on a weekly basis. It also introduced Captain Cold, the
first of Barry Allen’s rogue’s gallery. Didn’t
you just love his raspy voice, chiseled good looks, brains and brass balls:
this deadly Cold spree could make any girl hot blooded. Despite the overly
white world of Central city depicted in DC comics, this Central city has a well-rounded
eclective cast of main characters that are far from ethnic stereotypes. Tonight’s
episode proved that even simplest story lines can be cool and exciting. In
short, the episode was a well-balanced diet of character relationships, special
effects and incredible not for TV villains. On the commercial side, it was
further proof that DC may be working out the kinks for a Justice League or
Flash movie franchise. This possibility can be surmised through carefully
placed branding – example the Kahndaq Diamond an object mentioned in Justice
Society of America, Justice League and Batman. In fact, it could be said that
DC has returned to television in force!
DC was first not second when it came to having live action
comic characters on television starting with Bam! Boom! Batman in Technicolor during
the sixties. With shows like Constantine, Arrow, Gotham and “The Flash” DC has
created quite a television line-up of its most popular characters – what’s next
Batman? At this point, mouthwatering, I’m waiting for a super hero team up
between Arrow and Flash especially with the hint that there might be a sudden
Heat Wave episode building up. Uniquely enough Flash has been successfully running
neck in neck with Arrow; thus giving CW an incredibly strong line-up for couch
potatoes liking to engage in a few hours of escapism in order to soothe their Ebola
ravaged nerves. My only complaint at this point with the series is why couldn’t
DC get both Arrow and Flash on the same network, same night. The same could be said about Constantine and
Gotham, but maybe that’s because DC wanted to see how each show would do on
their own before being brave enough to make such a bold move. At this point, I’m
waiting for the DC to start running its own Network staring the Flash.
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