How does the quality of CW series prove that Flash has a 'ceiling'? I told you that there's enough material for Flash there to make a TV series, I didn't say anything about the execution of CW series, GL has enough good stories but with poor execution you will get something like the 2011 movie. Again a character will become a poster child when he outsells other characters. Flash is a property in the eyes of WB/DC, not a character, they'll copy and paste his face everywhere if he sells more than other characters. I already said before that there's only third place reserved for any DC character after Batman and Superman, there position won't be challenged for a long time. And yes Flash is my second favorite superhero but that's because he's the second most awesome superhero ever ;) Just out of curiosity what are these 'ceilings' you're talking about?
Wait a second, you don't think that Flash will overtake Batman or Superman, I don't think that Flash will overtake Batman or Superman, what exactly are we debating about lol? My initial answer was based on the OP's question on matching/overtaking Batman or Superman. I can see why you think I was initially challenging you because my first post did bring up the same three names as yours but that was actually coincidental as I didn't get those from you.
So I'm going to skip the rest of what you're saying except for the last sentence because we have been on two separate wavelengths regarding what we think the other is talking about.
When I say 'ceiling' I mean from the standpoint of the positioning a character in the context of DC Comics. The reasons why Flash has a slightly lower ceiling than Green Lantern are as follows. One, unlike GL, Batman and Superman, he doesn't actually stand for an human idea, in the case of DC, that is actually very important because DC heroes moreso than Marvel are portrayed as larger-than-life icons whose stories and character arcs revolve around a particular theme. Green Lantern has a very clear theme that plays into the dynamics of the character, therefore giving GL a chance to match the status of Batman and Superman. Also, Flash's universe is not particularly vast, it's interesting and there are fascinating relationships within it but you can do more with Green Lantern's universe than Flash because there's just more to it. Flash operates in a city that isn't really different from other settings in the superhero medium that we've seen. That's not to say one can't make good Flash stories, TV shows or a movie, but I don't think that at the height of that characters potential popularity, it will be at the level of Batman and Superman. The only characters that I think can do that are Green Lantern, Wonder Woman if WB/DC really commit to her and Shazam, the latter is a potential gold-mine.
Just so everyone knows, no, Hal Jordan is not my 2nd favorite character, he's not even in my top 20.
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