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    Character » Barry Allen appears in 5080 issues.

    Having discovered his mother murdered and his father blamed for the act, forensic scientist Barry Allen sought to clear his father's name and find the real killer. After being doused in chemicals and struck by lightning, Barry was granted the gift of super-speed. Now he protects his hometown of Central City as The Flash, the fastest man alive and founding member of the Justice League.

    'The Flash' Extended Trailer

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    Edited By gmanfromheck

    On last night's season finale of Arrow, a first look was shown for next season's The Flash. Now The CW has released a super-long five plus minute look at the show.

    What did you think? The show is set to begin this Fall and is scheduled for Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m.

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    #1 Icarusflies  Moderator

    Did they say CLYDE Mardon??? Cool.

    Other than that though, this looks VERY MUCH like a CW show and I'm not interested.

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    Yes so much awesome!!!! but you could tell what was cgi

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    #4  Edited By Fallschirmjager

    INSTANT AND IMMEDIATE HARD AS F*CK BUY

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    Oh my god that looks amazing. I can not wait for this to come on.

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    I think watching this made me realize how dark and gloomy Starling City is, because this setting is a lot brighter. I'm glad for that. I thought Gustin was charismatic in his Arrow appearances so I'll give this a shot, but I wish they wouldn't start off with Weather Wizard or one of the Rogues --- this show will probably go through the same teething pains Arrow did while trying to establish itself, and during that period any villain who shows up gets the short end of the stick.

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    #7  Edited By buttersdaman000

    Looks awesome, I can't wait!! It looks a little more 'CW' than Arrow, but with the lighter tone, it's to be expected. Still, i'm sure this show will do well.

    But, did Arrow just swing off like Spider-Man/Batman at the end there? lol I didn't expect that haha. And seeing Flash in action makes me sad that Smallville didn't have the benefit of todays technology. That 5 minute clip had better special effects than a season finale of Smallville...

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    Super cool! Can't wait!

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    #9  Edited By the_stegman  Moderator

    now THIS is more like it!! CAN NOT WAIT!

    Not gonna lie, DC's tv stuff (Constantine, Flash, Arrow and Gotham) has me more excited than anything Marvel is doing in film right now.

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    Has potential. I'm hoping they learned something from Arrow and won't take so long to get good

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    I don't know why, but I really want t to see this (And I haven't even seen Arrow)

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    Wow, this looks excellent.

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    #13  Edited By Captain13

    The acting and effects look phenomenal. The teaser for the special effects after the Arrow season finale totally undersold how cool it is when he superspeeds.

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    WOW!! This was amazing!!!

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    Looks kind of cheesy to me. I'll try it out, and hopefully it exceeds my expectations.

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    @saren said:

    I think watching this made me realize how dark and gloomy Starling City is, because this setting is a lot brighter. I'm glad for that. I thought Gustin was charismatic in his Arrow appearances so I'll give this a shot, but I wish they wouldn't start off with Weather Wizard or one of the Rogues --- this show will probably go through the same teething pains Arrow did while trying to establish itself, and during that period any villain who shows up gets the short end of the stick.

    Isn't it the same guys that made Arrow though? So you would think they would have learned from it.

    Anyway this looks great, I can't wait.

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    I just had a heart-attack. THAT WAS SO ASWOME!

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    Same as most of the guys here, this is awesome and I will definitely watch it.

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    Idk about you guys, but this looks surprising fantastic. The effects were way above my expectations, too.

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    I couldn't stop smiling throughout the whole 5 minutes

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    #21  Edited By longbowhunter

    I love this costume. Its a brilliant blend of Artie the Strongest Man in the World and Mark Mothersbaugh.

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    So we've basically seen the pilot in 5 minutes.

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    I'm feeling it.

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    I can not wait to see this show!!! I hope it will be a big hit from the start and earn many seasons.

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    This looks good for TV. I already know the guy in the wheel chair is the big bad.

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    Flash being my favorite DC character, I think it's needless to say that I am absolutely STOKED.
    This looks absolutely FANTASTIC!

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    Amazeballs.

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    #28  Edited By the_stegman  Moderator

    @duncan said:

    So we've basically seen the pilot in 5 minutes.

    Well, he IS the Flash, we sped right through it!

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    @farkam said:

    This looks good for TV. I already know the guy in the wheel chair is the big bad.

    That's racist

    :P

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    Nice I guess.

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    #31 the_stegman  Moderator

    @farkam said:

    This looks good for TV. I already know the guy in the wheel chair is the big bad.

    He's definitely Zoom.

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    They got me!

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    #33  Edited By Fallschirmjager

    @the_stegman said:

    @farkam said:

    This looks good for TV. I already know the guy in the wheel chair is the big bad.

    He's definitely Zoom.

    That's Wally's Zoom. Barry's is Eobard Thawne.

    And the Tom Cavanagh's character is based Darwin Elias I believe.

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    is it just me or does the music at the end remind anyone else of spider-man?

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    #35  Edited By EdBlank

    The costume still looks like a 1985 Flash movie to me, but the trailer was very good. I was impressed. And an actual supervillian. Sweet.

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    This looks really good.

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    I'll admit that I'm impressed so far.

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    Amazing! What a week...first the Batsuit reveal now this. My head is gonna explode!

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    #39  Edited By Flying_J87

    Sigh, Barry Allen, the blandest Flash that ever was. So "aw-shucks, golly-gee" that he makes silver age Superman seem deep and conflicted by comparison, no matter which era's Barry you pick. Brought back only because Morrison, Didio, and Johns can't stand to not have the incarnations of heroes they grew up with still around (also because they figured it would help sales). Seems to be the case here, only they're bringing in the Geoff Johns-special (retcon of parent dying a previously unheard of tragic death during the hero's childhood) to add pathos. Meh, this looks better than the Constantine preview (in that it's more focused and less dependent on bad CGI) but I'll keep my expectations low. Some bad cheesy moments still here. Kid Barry's "I wasn't fast enough," his mom's subsequent response, and Green Arrow giving him a pep talk being chief among them.

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    #40 the_stegman  Moderator

    @the_stegman said:

    @farkam said:

    This looks good for TV. I already know the guy in the wheel chair is the big bad.

    He's definitely Zoom.

    That's Wally's Zoom. Barry's is Eobard Thawne.

    And the Tom Cavanagh's character is based Darwin Elias I believe.

    Was Thawne in a wheelchair too? That's what made me think it was Wally's Zoom.

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    Wow. This looks really cool! I'll definitely check this out! :)

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    @Flying_J87 hey look a hater!

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    I really like it. The costume looks waaay better in motion, and I'm glad that they're making a point of giving it a different tone from Arrow. Plus, live action Rogues! I'm with @inferiorego, the rogues are easily the best part of the Flash for me.

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    I want a live action version of Captain Boomerang!!!!

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    I'm looking forward to this. :)

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    #47 the_stegman  Moderator

    @fallschirmjager: That's what made me think it was Zolomon, the best friend of the Flash, stuck in a wheelchair, later became a villain cause Flash refused to help him, and they could be taking liberties with Wally's rogues being Barry's rogues, after all, Arrow takes some liberties of its own, lol.

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    @fallschirmjager: That's what made me think it was Zolomon, the best friend of the Flash, stuck in a wheelchair, later became a villain cause Flash refused to help him, and they could be taking liberties with Wally's rogues being Barry's rogues, after all, Arrow takes some liberties of its own, lol.

    Could be an amalgamation.

    He very much resembles the character in who helps Barry figure out how his powers work in the New 52. And they are basing a lot of this show on that.

    Read it if you haven't. Buccelleto/Manapul's run is terrific.

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    #49 the_stegman  Moderator

    @the_stegman said:

    @fallschirmjager: That's what made me think it was Zolomon, the best friend of the Flash, stuck in a wheelchair, later became a villain cause Flash refused to help him, and they could be taking liberties with Wally's rogues being Barry's rogues, after all, Arrow takes some liberties of its own, lol.

    Could be an amalgamation.

    He very much resembles the character in who helps Barry figure out how his powers work in the New 52. And they are basing a lot of this show on that.

    Read it if you haven't. Buccelleto/Manapul's run is terrific.

    Oh, believe me, I'm reading it, and it is awesome. But yeah, you're right, he does remind me of Elias, it could very well be a mixture of the two, or just Elias took a bad tumble down some stairs one fateful day.

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    #50  Edited By Russcovito

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