The Flash
Created by Geoff Johns, Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg
After being struck by lightning, CSI investigator Barry Allen awakens from a nine-month coma to discover he has been granted the gift of super speed. Teaming up with S.T.A.R. Labs, Barry takes on the persona of The Flash, the Fastest Man Alive, to protect his city. From TMDB
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The first episode of The Flash was watched by 4.8 million viewers and had a 1.9 18–49 demographic rating, making it The CW's most watched and highest rated series premiere since The Vampire Diaries in 2009. Factoring Live + 7 day ratings, the pilot was watched by a total of 6.8 million viewers, becoming The CW's most-watched telecast and the highest-rated premiere among men 18–34 (2.5 rating). It broke the previous record for the most-watched telecast held by the cycle 8 finale of America's Next Top Model in 2007 (6.69 million). Additionally, across all platforms, including initiated streams on digital platforms and total unduplicated viewers on-air over two airings the week of October 7,…
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60 of 190 · most liked firstI’m sure this has been said a million times already but the CW’s “The Flash” series ran for nine seasons and 184 episodes
neutral · AI labelView post →"The Legend of Luoxiaohei" will begin airing in Japan in October. This is the Flash/indie web series that has been around in China since 2011 and inspired "The Legend of Hei" movies. Japanese dubbed trailer >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRSM...
neutral · AI labelView post →The news is out! Can’t share any more details just yet, but I’m super excited to be working on The Flash and I can’t wait to show all of you what @ryannorth.ca and I have in store for The Fastest Man Alive! Stay tuned!
neutral · AI labelView post →Hmm that's strange. The Flash TV show had a 9 season run. You don't get that many seasons because no one cares about your titular character
positive · AI labelView post →DC Studios is working on a new HBO series from the creators of American Vandal titled DC Crime, a fictional "true crime" series where Jimmy Olsen covers The Flash villain Gorilla Grodd.
neutral · AI labelView post →big props to Superman: The Animated Series just going "you know who The Flash is, we don't need to do an origin episode" also, much love to the DCAU starting with Wally West
neutral · AI labelView post →Even if it wasn’t supporting a literal Nazi, I wouldn’t hire someone who was stupid enough to buy that POS Reminds me of a scene from The Flash TV show “What kind of a tool steals a yellow Humvee?” “What kind of tool buys a yellow Humvee?”
neutral · AI labelView post →Yup, nobody cares about The Flash. That's why his show ran for a full decade on The CW. What a 🤡
positive · AI labelView post →#JanuArty day 15 Animal. "The Flash" is a road at the Romany horse fair Appleby in the UK. This is where they run the horses up and down to show their form. This is acrylic on board, framed 32cms x 37cms. Available on my website roamingpalette.co.uk
neutral · AI labelView post →As a fictional example, but its existence speaks to my point: there was a bit on the Flash show where he got antivillain frenemy Captain Cold to help him evacuate a supervillain prison ahead of a disaster, or something like that. At the end, Cold betrays him and frees the prisoneers.
neutral · AI labelView post →Yes, I understand this branding is so it’s clear the two shows are in the same universe, but it’s like if the second Berlantiverse show was ARROW: THE FLASH
neutral · AI labelView post →"No one cares about The Flash" People seemed to tune in for close to a decade to a TV show that sometimes had some quality issues. Maybe The Flash movie just didn't really appeal to Flash fans.
positive · AI labelView post →That's why the 2014 tv show version has more than 28,000 fics on AO3. Because women hate The Flash so much.
positive · AI labelView post →Just so that you're aware, that show The Flash is not about a braless woman opening her cardigan sweater.
neutral · AI labelView post →Finally watched Masters of the Universe. It was fine. Hard to imagine a better live action adaptation of a cartoon series based on the most cynical of napkin marketed toys in the 80s and the Flash Gordon vibes kept it enjoyable enough. But I also spent the entire time wondering who it was for.
neutral · AI labelView post →@moonshiftmonsters.bsky.social that time The Flash 90s show added a quick Werewolf in their show. xD www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsK_... (For context, this scientist was using a serum to evolve people and such. Here this is like a mutated/evolved German Shepard)
neutral · AI labelView post →The Batman property likely would have faded out of the mainstream entirely alongside most of DC’s original crop of heroes without this show. He’d still be around, but regarded with the same B-list familiarity as The Flash or Aquaman. DC would be the Superman Company.
neutral · AI labelView post →There's a reason the Flash is a legacy name. There's been like six of the fuckers. People LOVE the Flash. There was a whole TV show about it and everything! TWO, in fact!
neutral · AI labelView post →Here’s my pick for #TopShelfFriday love this comic and the early run of this series when it first came out and it was my first exposure to the Flash, even though he was a bit of an ass at the time.
neutral · AI labelView post →is remembering Brian Augustyn on his birthday. Brian was the Flash editor during the CBS series run. He was also DC's liaison with the Flash TV show. Brian also wrote the first and one of my favorite Elseworlds, "Gotham By Gaslight"
neutral · AI labelView post →The thing I find so endearing about CW’s The Flash is that it’s ostensibly a show about a giant nerd who gets superpowers and does what nerds would do with those superpowers. But also, it’s a really earnest superhero show about the possibility of human goodness.
positive · AI labelView post →#PortfolioDay My name is Dave Wielgosz, I am a comic writer, open for work. I've written a mini-series starring Man-Bat and 17 short stories for DC Comics starring Superman, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Aqualad, and The Flash. Reach out if you'd like to hire me and see my work!
neutral · AI labelView post →thinking about that one bit in the CW the Flash show where a time travelling poorly animated CGI gorilla tries to kill obama during his college days and references trump's campaign slogan to his face. easily one of the least legible scenes in all of cinema
negative · AI labelView post →Next up in the DC swimsuit series is The Flash! Stay tuned, dropping VERY soon ⚡💦 #WIP
neutral · AI labelView post →it's not widely accepted that the television show "The Flash (1990)" with it's shirley walker score based on a danny elfman theme and inspiration from the tim burton batman movies could easily be made canon with batman the animated series and the greater DCAU without many contradictions at all
neutral · AI labelView post →Sketch doodle 📝🏃🐺⚡ Mr.werewolf trying a The Flash costume. It show a lot on the front "part"
neutral · AI labelView post →It's very rare that a movie ruins my night, but I went to see The Flash last night for the show and I think it broke me.
negative · AI labelView post →"A lot of people aren't interested in Flash as a character." The Flash, while starring different versions of the character, has been a consistent title for decades. Like every comic series it's had its ups and downs, but there is a reason why Flash has been a staple of the DC Universe since 1939.
neutral · AI labelView post →In this episode of the Flash Traffic Podcast, we discuss Blinken on negotiating from a position of strength, Russia’s future in Syria, record Russian casualties, and, of course, landmines! creators.spotify.com/pod/show/ant...
neutral · AI labelView post →The 1990 The Flash TV series was a HUGE to me as a kid. I’ve had my eye on this hard to find @johnwesleyshipp.bsky.social #TheFlash action figure for a few years now and finally scored a good deal on it. So happy to add the best Flash to my collection.
positive · AI labelView post →Also insanely hilarious to say “no one cares about The Flash” as a show was currently in its NINTH season when this film hit.
positive · AI labelView post →Like how Deadpool/Wolverine killed everyone from all the Fox movies or The Flash killed everyone from all the DC movies or how that animated Crisis movie killed everyone from every animated DC series or how Doctor Strange: MoM killed everyone from those WandaVision rumors.
neutral · AI labelView post →Me, disassociating while watching this show: If The Flash has to eat a lot, does that mean he also shits a lot?
neutral · AI labelView post →I like how apparently in the Flash tv show Barry skipped having kids and went straight to his grandkids.
neutral · AI labelView post →New JSA IN THE 90s PODCAST available now! Spotlight episode on JAY GARRICK THE FLASH discussing THE RETURN OF BARRY ALLEN (FLASH #74-79), JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA #78-79, FLASH #134, AQUAMAN #44, and more! fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/jsapres...
neutral · AI labelView post →New JSA IN THE 90s PODCAST now available! @martgray.bsky.social & Shag present a spotlight episode on JAY GARRICK THE FLASH! We discuss Jay (and Joan's) significant appearances across the 1990s, with special focus on FLASH #134 (1998)! fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/jsapres...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Trickster @markhamillofficial.bsky.social TV Show: Justice League Unlimited Episode: Flash and Substance Year: 2006 It wasn't just by accident that Mark Hamill voiced Trickster; he originally played him in the 1990 live-action The Flash TV series. #JusticeLeague #TheFlash
neutral · AI labelView post →Lucas’ first idea was to make an adaptation of the Flash Gordon TV series he loved as a kid. He couldn’t get the rights but still took from Flash Gordon in the Star Wars prologues… 3/37
neutral · AI labelView post →lol yeah how long did The Flash series go on on for? 😂
neutral · AI labelView post →The "Twin Streaks" episode of the Flash TV series produced by Danny Bilson & Paul De Meo, and starring actor @johnwesleyshipp.bsky.social as Barry Allen first aired on this day in 1991. "Twin Streaks" was written by Stephen Hattman. www.facebook.com/steve.chung....
neutral · AI labelView post →The Superman: The Animated Series episode "Speed Demons" debuted on this day (Sept. 13) in 1997. This terrific team-up adventure follows Superman and The Flash as they partner to defeat The Weather Wizard, who threatens to unleash a hurricane in Metropolis! #SupermanTAS #Superman
neutral · AI labelView post →The "Captain Cold" episode of The Flash TV series produced by Danny Bilson & Paul De Meo, and starring @johnwesleyshipp.bsky.social as Barry Allen first aired on this day in 1991. “Captain Cold" was written by Paul De Meo & Gail Morgan Hickman. www.facebook.com/steve.chung....
neutral · AI labelView post →Did The Flash fail because women don't care about the character? The millions of women who watched the series on The CW might disagree with director Andy Muschietti on this one.
neutral · AI labelView post →For some reason CW’s The Flash keeps showing up on my timeline on various socials of the media. Was the show good? Never watched it.
neutral · AI labelView post →The "Beat The Clock" episode of The Flash TV series produced by Danny Bilson & Paul De Meo and starring @johnwesleyshipp.bsky.social as Barry Allen first aired on this date on the CBS television network in 1991. "Beat The Clock" was written by Jim Trombetta. www.facebook.com/steve.chung....
neutral · AI labelView post →Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez - model sheet for the Flash TV costume
neutral · AI labelView post →Andy Muschietti says The Flash failed because people weren't interested in Barry Allen as a character. The TV show ran for 9 seasons and 184 episodes. #TheFlash #WarnerBros #TheFlashMovie #DC
neutral · AI labelView post →Carmine Infantino & Murphy Anderson show the fun to be had with superhero secret identities & costume changes, from 1960’s The Flash #114.
neutral · AI labelView post →Makes it even funnier when you remember that The Flash in this series was played by Michael Rosenbaum. Who, at the same time, was also playing Lex Luthor on Smallville
neutral · AI labelView post →The "Out of Control" episode of The Flash TV series produced by Danny Bilson & Paul De Meo and starring @johnwesleyshipp.bsky.social as Barry Allen first aired on this day in 1990. "Out of Control' was written by Gail Morgan Hickman. www.facebook.com/steve.chung....
neutral · AI labelView post →Incredibly honored my little piece "Sweet Fruit for Tired Wings" managed to trickle its way into the Flash Flood's Debut Flash Series. Thank you editors 🍓 @natflashfictionday.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Your favorite TV & movies stars from the DCU: Lex Luthor from #Superman movies, Barry Allen The Flash and S.T.A.R. Labs from #TheFlash CW TV show, Dr. Mid-Nite from the #Stargirl TV show, plus more! New WHO'S WHO REVIEW PODCAST available now! fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/whos-wh...
neutral · AI labelView post →After my aunt gave birth to her third, she started watching the flash tv show to kill time. Her two oldest sons (5&3 at that time) watched with her and The Flash quickly became their favorite...but its barry so I'm attempting to correct that with this sketch of wally for their birthday/room WIP
neutral · AI labelView post →The "Done With Mirrors" episode of the Flash TV series produced by Danny Bilson & Paul De Meo, and starring actor @johnwesleyshipp.bsky.social as Barry Allen first aired on this day in 1991. "Done With Mirrors" was written by Howard Chaykin and John Francis Moore. www.facebook.com/steve.chung....
neutral · AI labelView post →The Flash TV show has people who watch it from a control room to tell you, constantly, the flash is running very fast. Every few episodes he runs faster than anyone ever. Every problem in the show can be resolved by flash running. "His speed absorbed a nuclear blast." We were told once.
negative · AI labelView post →Apr 25th 2024 - The Flash goes missing today! 📺📆 The Flash (2014 TV Series). The newspaper is shown in the pilot episode
neutral · AI labelView post →The Flash John Frankenheimer movie 52 Pick Up yours truly 💋 I’ll be at The Hollywood Show Expo Jan 10-11 2024 come see me
neutral · AI labelView post →The Superman: The Animated Series episode "Speed Demons" debuted on this day (Sept. 13) in 1997. Superman and The Flash partner in this terrific little team-up to put a stop to The Weather Wizard, who threatens to unleash a deadly hurricane in Metropolis! #SupermanTAS #Superman
neutral · AI labelView post →Shows how much you know about King Shark, as he isn't a Flash villain he started as a 90s Superboy villain, and then later on he got more history with Aquaman, yes he has crossed paths with the Flash but thats down to the CW show putting them together
neutral · AI labelView post →The "Twin Streaks" episode of the Flash TV series produced by Danny Bilson & Paul De Meo, and starring actor @johnwesleyshipp.bsky.social as Barry Allen first aired on this day in 1991. "Twin Streaks" was written by Stephen Hattman. www.facebook.com/steve.chung....
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