>>43361363I didn't like season 1 much. Way too dark and broody for The Flash. There are ZERO clever quips and almost NO bravado and confidence, just Toby Maguire Spiderman level of angsty I'M NOT STRONG ENOUGH BOO HOO, LIFE IS HARD.
Plus they made Barry a fucking moron from planet retardia. What's that? I can run at the speed of sound? Captain Cold has a gun that sprays cold liquid and Heatwave has a gun that shoots fire? Cross the streams lol! Cause you know, getting hit by them a dozen times is way more effective than anything else I could do!
Yeah I know they have to depower the flash or come up with some contrived situations to make things a threat to him. They could have done more with Snart setting traps and such like he did in the train to keep him busy. And the constant 'gotta get dat tech to beat them!' and so many of the situations are so contrived it's just painful.
And really? The trickster's apprentice just slaps a bomb on his wrist and he LITERALLY WATCHES HIM DO IT. At least in the cartoon when that happened it was a trap that Flash got himself caught in because he wasn't being careful.
Speaking of Captain Cold, they made him the most annoyingly 'trying too hard to be slick' character I've ever seen. The way he talks just grates on my ears and it's all so 'hey check me out I'm evil, lol killed that guy and don't even care, look at how evil I am'.
And speaking of evil villains, EVERY SINGLE GOD DAMNED PERSON THEY COME ACROSS BAR LIKE ONE IS A COMPLETELY IRREDEEMABLE FUCKING PSYCHOPATH. There is not a single relatable trait in ANY of them. It became this boring 90's ultra-edgy villain of the week shit.
And then they continually throw in reference after reference as if to say 'We know comics lol! Don't mind the sub-par writing and terrible romance of an increasingly unlikable female 'lead'. Remember when we teased Grodd in the first episode and he showed up later? REMEMBER THAT?'
It could have been SO much better. Season 1 is mediocre at best.
