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'Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox' Trailer

Check out the first trailer for DC's next animated film!

DC has a bit of a rocky history when it comes to their live action films (here's hoping Man of Steel changes that), but they absolutely have a thoroughly impressive track record when it comes to their animated films. The features tend to revolve around Batman or Superman, but now Flash is getting his moment in the spotlight. Based on Geoff Johns' big event, Flash creates a disastrous future as he uses time travel to fix his past. Feast your eyes on the first trailer below.

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox is scheduled to come out July 30. What do you think of the trailer, Viners? Also, don't forget to refresh your memory on the story arc by reading our Flashpoint page!

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Excited to check this out!

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@captain13 said:

@blkson: I just means that he looks like he is moving normal speed. I never felt that way watching JLU

I did...especially when he looked like he was struggling to keep up with a speeding van...

He felt fast to me in teen titans because they just did the whole "over here" one min "over there" the next type of animations, where as JLU they had a desire to make him run and make you see him run.

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why don't they do a CGI-anime film already....like the Arkham City and Arkham origins trailer...looks more realistics...

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Am I excited? Hell yea. This looks awesome cant wait for it to come out.

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why don't they do a CGI-anime film already....like the Arkham City and Arkham origins trailer...looks more realistics...

expensive

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AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND THE ANIMATION IS PRETTY NICE FOR AMERICAN ANIME STYLE.

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This looks really good

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Can't wait!!!

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I watched this last night. SO AWESOME. This is a must have for me.

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It does look like a lil bit anime.

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I don't like Flashs' voice, the voice actor sounds better suited for Captain Marvel.

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If they wanted to do an animated movie based on the New 52, I think the Throne of Atlantis crossover would be perfect. You would be able to feature the main players in the Justice League, but the focus of the story would be on Aquaman.

As for this movie, hopefully it's better than the god-awful Superman: Unbound.

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No sir, I don't like it. Looks as bad as Flashpoint read. Another good idea waisted. Just like Age of Ultron is right now.

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This looks great ^.^

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It looks like anime and I might watch it but don't like the design it looks like crap

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Looks okay, surprised my reaction is neutral, thought it was going to be positive. Movie reaction will probably be better though.

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This'll be good. Not only is it a great storyline, but we haven't had a Flash-centered movie till now.

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I dislike the style, but I'm really excited for this ever since Kevin Conroy leaked this movie's existence long long ago! can't wait

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@bluelantern1995 said:

Looks okay, surprised my reaction is neutral, thought it was going to be positive. Movie reaction will probably be better though.

Yeah, I was a little underwhelmed as well, maybe it's because it's Flash's first movie (sort of) so I was expecting a little more. The trailer was abit too chaotic though.

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Whoa, if The Top had actually been in the Flashpoint comic, it might have been good! That alone grabs my interest.

That being said, Thawne still sucks. Where's my Hunter Zolomon Zoom, DC Corp.?! :(

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Just like with Under the red hood, they took inspiration of a mediocre comic, and made a good movie out of it.

You do know that Winick, the writer of that mediocre comic, was also the writer of the movie?

in fact, the movie is pretty much how he planned the comic to be, but Didio demanded that he use the stupid punch of prime to revive Jason instead of the Lazarus Pit as is in the movie

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Oh, and Barry? This time be careful not to erase your nephew, Spoiler, and several others from existence.

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Finally a Flash movie. I've been waiting forever :)

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okay so after this movie is over does the new 52 happen?

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Looks too anime for me. But it does look better than Justice League Doom. I would love to see an animated movie of Young Justice.

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not really feeling the voice work but the art is good and its flash (and batman ugh!) so will give it a shot. not expecting much

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Can they pleas just make a Live action Flash movie, after the man of steel, I think that Flash should be made, since they can crossover rather easily. But this movie looks good.

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Given that the Flashpoint Tie-Ins were WAY better than Flashpoint itself, I'm not particularly excited for this.

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Just read that Tim Daly's son Sam is voicing Superman. If he sounds anything like his dad this is AWESOME for the future of DCAU (as long as they keep using him for Superman instead of casting random male actors).

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Looks fine.

Given that the Flashpoint Tie-Ins were WAY better than Flashpoint itself, I'm not particularly excited for this.

Well, Under the Hood was pretty average at best yet we got the one of the best DC animated movies from it so I guess we should give them the benefit of the doubt. But yeah, I'm not gonna lie, I'd be more excited if this was a Batman: Knight of Vengeance or Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown animated movie.

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looks perfect, i totally love the flashpoint universe. but the one thing that really pisses me off is, that dc won't release the movie in europe again, like with jl doom or new frontier.

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@thetimestreamer said:

why does every other hero besides batman get the crappy anime movie treatment?? it is not fair.

The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 and Part 2 Best animation i've seen

Is that the same one with the animated short of Catwoman strip-dancing?

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I really hope they don't make Flash a weakling like they did in the Justice League Unlimited animated series...

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@xlr87t3: Flash had some amazing feats on JLU

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@xlr87t3: His power level grew as the show went along because he matured as a hero and grew more comperent due to the tutelage of his peers. Or were you not watching?

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He is a difficult character to write.

Dwayne McDuffie on the Flash (circa 2005): “Flash just doesn’t make any kind of logical sense. If he can run that fast without hurting himself, he’s invulnerable…but he’s not. He should be able to throw near-light speed jabs with almost infinite moment of impact (courtesy of DwayneMcDuffie.com).”

Bruce Timm on the Flash #2 (2004): “The Flash…I wish we could kill him off! He's so fast [that], if he was just a little bit smarter, he wouldn't need a Justice League. Anytime anyone fired a gun at him, he could run across town to the police station, pick up a Kevlar vest, come back, and let the bullet bounce off his chest. He's that fast; he could take down Galactus if he wanted to.

“You've got to figure out a way [to make him work]. He's got to be fast, but you've got to be able to see him. You can't make him so fast that he doesn't need the Justice league. He's difficult to write action scenes for [but], otherwise, he's a fun character to play with. All the characters have their own strengths and weaknesses that can be difficult to work into a story (courtesy of The Pulse).”

http://jl.toonzone.net/flash/flash.htm

But the creators did a great job of balancing him out with the team and writing him well.

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I never bothered to read Flashpoint, but this movie looks like one of the high quality DC animated releases, so I will definitely watch it when it comes out.

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Can we get a live action Flash movie now? :) No? :( ok....

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Does this mean that DC will be making new movies based off of the New 52?

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Ugh Flashpoint, I'll give this flick a go on the off chance it's better than the Comic.

I apologise to Flashpoint fans but I didn't like Flashpoint.

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Am I the only person who really wants to see a Night of Owls movie next?