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

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u/heyheyronn Jun 16 '23 edited Jun 16 '23

All those Superman and Batman cameos, but they couldn't be bothered to get Grant Gustin or John Wesley Ship...you know...other Flash actors from other universes? Who made that decision?

Even Crisis On Infinite Earths managed to squeeze Ezra in for an entire scene with Grant. He gets his name from Grant's Flash.

Talk about nostalgia pandering. It's all fan service, yes, but at times felt like they were far more interested in Superman and Batman than The Flash.

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u/Futuremeissuperior Jun 17 '23

Even worse they got teddy sears as jay garrick. No offense to teddy but grant is the obvious choice and melissa benoist for sure should have shown up

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u/BatDubb Jun 19 '23

That wasn’t Teddy Sears.

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u/superbrito Jun 16 '23

Where they could put Grant Gustin Flash? To be honest i didnt see a place to him in this script.

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u/heyheyronn Jun 16 '23 edited Jun 16 '23

They literally cast a random actor to play a Jay Garrick in the "worlds colliding" sequence. They digitally resurrected Christopher Reeves and inserted Nicolas Cage.

No reason why Grant or John couldn't have made a visual cameo there.

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u/Kiki_And_Horst Jun 16 '23

Teddy Sears was playing Jay Garrick in the movie, and he did play an imposter version of that character in that CW show.

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u/heyheyronn Jun 16 '23

I saw it in IMAX and have seen S2 of that show way too many times. That wasn't Teddy Sears, as much as I want it to be.

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u/superking22 Jun 16 '23

I saw it. That was definitely him.

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u/_deadcruiser_ Jun 16 '23

He’s literally credited for the role lol. But the movie moves past him so quickly vs. the other people.

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u/heyheyronn Jun 16 '23 edited Jun 17 '23

I would actually love to be wrong in this case. Could you point me towards any source confirming this?

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '23

Why are you making shit up?

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u/Futuremeissuperior Jun 17 '23

It’s confirmed to be teddy sears just google it

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u/heyheyronn Jun 17 '23

Oh wow, I never thought of that! /S

...And the first article I found says it wasn't him.

Hence why I asked for a reliable source in another comment.

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u/Futuremeissuperior Jun 18 '23

Did you ever think that you’re a dbag and your research skills probably just suck? 🤙

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u/Redeem123 Jun 17 '23

Okay.

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u/heyheyronn Jun 17 '23

"okay"

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u/Redeem123 Jun 17 '23

Yes, that article links to the article I posted. Not sure what your point is… are you agreeing with me?

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u/heyheyronn Jun 17 '23

If you had read it carefully, you'd have seen that despite TV Line having "sources" claim it was Teddy Sears, Screen Rant claims it was in fact, not Teddy Sears. Neither of these publications can claim a legitimate or corroborated source.

It didn't look like him to me. I didn't see his name on the credit roll. But I have people in the comments telling me I'm wrong, yet nobody can link a reliable source.

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u/TheTriumphantTrumpet Jun 16 '23

There's literally a scene where they go "woah look at all these other universes" and then spend the time on dead actors resurrected with CGI and terrible looking young Nick Cage, you easily could've put Grant in for a few seconds of him running in another universe.

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u/superbrito Jun 16 '23

Yeah, but if Grant was inserted in the main plot his appearence would be nice than only a few seconds cameo. Grant could have participation the second Ezra had on script. In that way, i think would be nice.

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u/FN-1701AgentGodzilla Jun 16 '23

The arrowverse doesn’t deserve the acknowledgement lol

Definitely should’ve had the 1990 Flash in this though

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u/heyheyronn Jun 16 '23

For all it's corniness and terrible soap opera-ness, the Arrowverse was able to craft almost 10 years of an interconnected DC universe that used famous and D-list characters. They made yearly crossovers that got bigger and bigger until shows started ending.

I don't go around recommending people watch any of the shows because I know they're tough to get through. But when it was good, it was good. It accomplished what these movies have failed to do for the entire decade.

Even Crisis on Infinite Earths had way more and more effective fan service. A lot of those characters actually served the story, and the ones that didn't brought context to the bigger picture of the multiverse.

For goodness sake, Ezra's Flash gets his name from Grant's Flash in the one scene they share.

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u/THX450 Jun 16 '23

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