It’s finally here! After all of the hype, The Flash is finally here. I just watched it and…. It was Outstanding!!!!! One episode in and it’s already surpassed Arrow. For those who don’t know and haven’t watched ( and if that’s you… seriously, shame on you! why the hell are you on a g33k site if you’re not watching the g33k shows.) This is the story of Barry Allen (Grant Gustin ), a CSI-in-training forensics police officer and all around nice guy/ uber-nerd. Due to a wildly pseudo-scientific lab accident he gains fantastic abilities that he uses to fight crime.
That’s not everything though, they took this 4 color concept and quickly humanized it. Barry is the affable everyman that the audience needs to identify with, having day to day troubles like being perpetually late fr work and pining for the girl of his dreams Iris West (Candice Patton ) but it appears he is doomed to remain in the friend-zone, since they grew up as best friends. Barry’s accident and subsequent super-powers are skillfully explained with sound comic book techy logic that sounds just plausible enough to keep the audience engaged and it’s alluded that the accident has resulted in the creation of the other Metahumans we will meet as the “freak of the week” villains (The format made famous by Smallville ) that our Scarlet Speedster will go up against throughout the rest of the season. Speaking of villains, it really says something for the creative team that they rolled out Weather Wizard as the first villain and actually made him creepy-cool! Imagine what they’re going to do with some of the more awesome rogues!!!
This series looks to be a fanboy’s dream come true. There were a TON of easter eggs sprinkled throughout the episode ranging from the glaringly obvious ( Star Labs, The Arrow’s appearance ) to the deftly subtle ( Grodd, Ferris Air ) . I literally chuckled and “oohed” throughout the show, much to my wife’s displeasure.
All in all, I give it a 5 out of 5. It was THAT good. I’m in for the entire ride already. Bring on the Rogues!!!!