Flash

[mariness]

I haven't talked much about The Flash here - partly because I haven't talked much about anything here, but mostly because there's just not that much to talk about: it's a fluffy popcorn show. Fun, but for the most part forgettable. But last night's episode, while one of the weakest so far, did something fairly interesting.

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[dewline]

Looking forward to seeing this installment. This is one more reason.

[mariness]

Warning: other than this, it's not that great of an episode - it's basically pure filler, though I was amused by having a villain who more or less looks like Harry Potter.

[swan_tower]

The show really hasn't pulled itself together yet for me, but yeah, I'm cautiously pleased with that aspect of Dr. Wells. It's nice to know he isn't faking the need for the chair; it just isn't a constant need.

[mariness]

It's a very lightweight show, apart from Wells. I find Arrow, for all its myriad problems, a lot more memorable.

I like both shows a lot more than Gotham though, so there's that.

[swan_tower]

I stopped bothering with Gotham after the first few episodes. Arrow has, as you say, its share of problems, but it's done a lot more to interest me.

I'm also enjoying Constantine. By its nature it keeps tripping over cultural issues (I really could have done without the Roma episode that was something like the second one in the season) . . . but like Arrow, they've made a point of having the secondary characters call the protagonist out on his shit. How effective that is probably depends on the viewer, but for me, Constantine comes across very much as a main character I'm not supposed to agree with all the time.

[mariness]

I may have to give Constantine another shot. I started with the first episode and it just didn't feel like my thing - I occasionally grab an episode of Grimm, but I'm rarely into horror.

Gotham's huge problem is that I know where it is going and three episodes in, it didn't look like getting there was going to be interesting. With Arrow - well, yeah, the show is now turning into the Justice League, but it's doing more interesting things to get there - with fingers crossed for this upcoming Laurel plotline.

[abigail_n]

I hadn't made the connection you did, since it looks like Wells can walk normally (and as far as we tell without pain or discomfort) and only has trouble when he uses his speed. I'd sort of assumed that he still doesn't need the wheelchair - though I was thinking that his paralysis was real to begin with and that he recovered because he has the same healing abilities as Barry. But you could certainly say that for a speedster, being unable to use his speed is a disability, and you may be right that the wheelchair exists because Wells keeps pushing himself that way.

I do like your point about how not all wheelchair users are completely unable to walk. There was a character on Justified who exemplified this - he was shot and had a long recovery (exacerbated by poor healthcare). Shortly after his shooting he was using a wheelchair to get around outside but walking (awkwardly) in the house, and for several seasons afterwards his mobility was impaired and often suffered setbacks (and then he was killed by one of the leads, but this is

[mariness]

Well, that's the thing - I now know a few people with various issues who can walk without pain or discomfort for a few steps, or who have days where it's not a problem and days where it is. There were quite a few of them at a wheelchair event I went to. I was really surprised - I thought it was just me. And one of the other wheelchair users on my street is a double amputee who goes back and forth with his chair - he keeps his prosthetics on regardless, but it's a question of just how far he has to walk. (Or if he wants to take the bus like MUST we keep doing this strap-in crap, Orange County?) But this just doesn't get shown on television - you get spinal patients, or walking awkwardly patients, or the Mitt Romney campaign keeping Ann Romney away from cameras on her bad days