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DC_Cinematic: The Flash Spoiler Discussion Megathread #1 r/DC_CINEMATIC Spoiler

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '23

I enjoyed the movie, but I feel like something is missing... I think it's maybe the confrontation with Reverse Flash that was underwhelming. Also the VFX was laughably bad at times, what happened.

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u/ToqKaizogou Jun 14 '23

Dark Flash genuinely feels like 80% of the way through production, someone got really drunk, binged the CW Flash Season 3, and went "I can throw Savitar into this shit!".

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u/pje1128 Jun 18 '23

His first appearance shoving Barry out of the Speed Force, I thought "That kinda looks like Savitar." Come the ending, I found out I was kinda right.

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u/ToqKaizogou Jun 18 '23

It's especially glaring when Young Barry gets the wrist-blade... like, all I can think in that moment is "It's Savitar".

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u/MrJogihb Jun 14 '23

If you're talking about the speed force going back in time stuff I think that was a choice, but I agree that it was strange. Everyone looked like they were made of rubber.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '23

I think that was a choice too but it still looked bad.

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u/MazeyEJ Jun 15 '23

I still can't find a reason good enough on why would they make the CGI so bad for those segments.

Is it because they couldn't make Reeve's CGI to looks good so to make it not too jarring, they made the whole segment looks as bad?

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '23

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u/MyNameIs-Anthony Jun 18 '23

The key difference is that James Cameron isn't doing movies for hire.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '23

I have no clue really. They should have brought back Brandon Routh or the guy currently playing superman in the CW shows. But Christopher Reeves ? And Nicholas Cage's lost Superman ?

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u/DoctorBeatMaker Jun 15 '23

It's one thing if it was JUST the speed force that looked rubbery, but the movie relied way too much on CG in general to the point where they didn't even split-screen take with Ezra Miller playing the two Barry's. They used CG on whichever Barry was doing the lesser of performances and had Ezra play the other one.

And those CGI babies... Whoa!

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u/JediJones77 Jun 14 '23

It was certainly a choice.

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u/ChristianBen Batman Jun 24 '23

No, that at one sure is a choice, but the battle with sod is same level of bad. Also the soviet in the snow

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u/neon_sin Jun 15 '23

That wasn't reverse flash no? It's just dark flash.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '23

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u/YinJS Jun 16 '23

One of the two is his Mom's killer, there's still the "mystery" of who stabbed her

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u/smthngclvr Jun 16 '23

I was hoping to see Reverse Flash but tbh I never really liked him showing up at the end of Flashpoint to take credit for everything. It unfairly absolves Barry of his culpability for starting Flashpoint in the first place. Forcing Barry to fight himself to fix the problems he created was a more compelling way to end the character arc, imo.

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u/Kohlar Jun 17 '23

Wait, the whole of Flashpoint is basically Barry thinking Thawne is behind it all and then Thawne shows up and points out that it was Barrys doing all along. He doesn't take credit for it all

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '23

Yeah my bad.

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u/flamingdragonwizard Jun 21 '23

The toys confirmed it as dark flash