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coffeeandink

The Flash S01E01: City of Heroes

Oct 09, 2014 08:50

Barry Allen: how adorable? SO ADORABLE. I'm sorry, this is actually my primary reaction to the episode. SO ADORABLE.

( I have more to say: the non-spoilery part )

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vonniek October 10 2014, 01:52:55 UTC

So much agreement on the mistake they're making with Iris! I guess the "potential girlfriend being kept in the dark" trope is just that venerable and irresistible? Le sigh.

Moreover, unlike Laurel in Arrow, Iris would be the ONLY main character not in on Barry's secrets. There will be so many facepalmy moments to come, I can just see. I did like the actress quite a bit -- I thought she had lovely natural warmth, despite some of the cringey stuff they saddled her with. Ugh, they should fix it soon.

GRANT GUSTIN, HOW SO ADORABLE. And my guess is that Wells is actually a good guy, because "mwhahaha I'm a super-villain!" seems too obvious a take on that last scene (... I may be giving this show too much credit re. subtlety here.)

coffeeandink October 12 2014, 22:36:08 UTC

I hope you're right about Wells and also about Iris being brought in on the secret fairly soon!

marfisa October 15 2014, 13:03:26 UTC

Off the top of my head, I can't think of any major superheroes who wore full-face masks before Spider-Man. (I don't think Iron Man made his first appearance until a year or so later.) t suspect Golden and Silver Age creators thought completely hiding a character's face made him look unrelatable and even villainous--i.e., as if he had something incriminating to hide. Spidey and Iron Man's full-face masks were probably prompted by Marvel's self-consciously "more realistic" approach ( ... )