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I think we should get started.
This is a little bit of a long movie, Tara.
Yeah, let's do it. Anyways, the Flash
commencing in three, two, and a one.
Nice.
Love it.
Anyways, guys, that was the Flash from
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don't mind dropping a five star rating over there we would really appreciate that i just really
quickly and then we'll jump into the questions just uh just how do you feel terra what'd you think
um i liked it um i thought the script was good i thought that it had good comedic pacing
some of the effects were really off and some of them are like really like dead on and really
great agreed um i didn't mind that some of it looked like oh that
obviously looks like a video game like effects um because they kind of stuck to that sort of um
there's other times when you kind of look at his face and you're like oh that looks not good at all
but it didn't take me out of it um it i thought it had some good emotional moments um and yeah it was
it was just a fun film well said well said first uh as usual or i cannot help myself
I want to apologize to everyone for all the references that I continuously kept pointing out.
It's just I couldn't help myself.
There were just so many.
So I just apologies for that.
But I hope you enjoyed them that do like it when I point those out.
But I actually, again, as I mentioned at the very start of the reaction at the top of the intro, I did see this movie one time.
There was a little bit I did remember a little bit I did not.
I liked this a lot more than the first time I saw it.
And I agree with Tara, a lot of the CGI was a little bit off.
There were sometimes where the visualist definitely worked for me.
Overall, though, I definitely felt the emotional aspect of the film,
acceptance of loss, rather, in grief.
I thought that really hit hard for me, especially with what I'm going through right now.
So I kind of, you know, I felt like I'm feeling it right now as well, so really hit home.
I think my, I'm a very big fan of, I didn't read the comic Flashpoint Paradox,
which I know this film is a big portion.
of is loosely based off of but I did see the animated movie which is
freaking awesome Tara I really recommend you see that if you haven't but I know
many of you have and I think what I love about that movie so much is there's a
lesson for Barry to be learned in there is that you know you can't change time
you know what I mean as much as the temptation is there to to bring back your
mother you can't do that it because look what happened look at the ripple
effects of doing that so I think we're I still enjoyed the film but
I think we're, uh, I'm a little upset about this movie is that, and even though I'm glad he got
his father off, he get, he didn't learn his lesson from the movie. And that's where I'm really
upset. I'm really like, have a mixed bag over this, uh, is that, um, he's still messing with time
there in the end. And that's why George Clooney showed up is because he didn't learn his
lesson. So it's, again, I still enjoyed the movie. I still felt the emotional beats,
the music, Michael Keaton was my favorite part, of course. So there's a lot I really liked about it.
Also, too, the Flashpoint paradox story, I really feel the entire Justice League should be involved in that entire bit.
So just having, you know, Michael Keaton and Supergirl and another Barry Allen in there, I think really is selling the storyline short.
I think it should have been like the second or third flash film, kind of like, and not to make comparison, just making an analogy.
Like the third Captain America film is Captain America Civil War.
Imagine the first Captain America film is Civil War.
It's like, we got to build up to that film.
I would just wish this would have built up to that.
So those are just things I loved and things I'm being a little more critical of.
So anyways, we got some questions here.
So we are going to get into it.
All right, starting off with Malik.
What were your favorite moments from the movie and who was your favorite character?
Hmm.
Honestly, I did really like the choreography when Batman comes down and he beats up all of those people.
Like, that was such a good scene.
they did they did some really great tracking shots during that that fight um but i do love the flash
as a character i mean that his comedic like tone and pacing i've said this before i think is
is great so his delivery on any of those lines i think is like hell to the yeah but i would say
that my my more favorite moment was that batman for sure i mean my favorite character i think i said
like 50 times during the movie.
Michael Keaton's my favorite Batman of all time,
although it kind of goes against my thing with Batman.
I don't personally prefer when Batman kills.
And it's funny that my two favorite Batman are both Michael Keaton and Ben Affleck,
two Batman who kill, but they're my favorite.
I just think it's in the eyes, it's in their body motion,
the way they emote throughout their facial expressions,
and the way they speak.
And I just, I love how they move and just how they look as Batman.
They're Batman.
But Michael Keaton, by far, I also, Tara, and I like the way he was able to mix gravitas with sly humor.
And I think it really balanced out the emotional beats throughout the film, too.
And also, he could kind of relate to Barry, because obviously they both have traumatic past with their parents and all.
So I would say Michael Keaton, in regards to favorite moments, I would echo with Tara just said the action seemed like, holy shit, this guy's not 72 or 70, however old he was at the time of filming.
You would never think that watching.
He looked so like we were back in 1989, 1999, 1992 with Batman.
Batman returns, he would never think.
Probably wasn't him doing this.
No, no, no, no.
I just mean even when he, even without the action scene,
when he looked at, he looked so good in the suit.
Totally.
No action seat.
But my favorite actual moment in the film was when he went to the market to say goodbye to his mom.
Yeah.
I just think that was like the most emotional scene in the film.
And like, if you don't have that last part at the end where he saves his dad,
which again, personally, I still like that.
because I love his dad
and I want him to be with his dad
but again it's about learning a lesson
and having an arc
and that's where I think the filmmakers
messed up a little here
from a writing perspective
but that actual scene
just like had me bawling
because I was so into it
and like accepting grief and loss
is such a hard thing to do in life
but that's what makes us who we are
and I thought the film
really executed in that moment
in that scene and that's why I was
I know I get a lot of shit in the comments
for why does he always cry
it's because I feel something
and that scene made me feel a lot.
So I think that was my favorite scene.
Thank you for the question, Malik.
Appreciate you.
Chase Lee, despite the obvious problems,
the CGI, the Ezra Miller,
this was actually one of the favorite DCU movies
and Ezra did a good job acting across himself.
What is your favorite movie
with the main character playing multiple characters
at the same time?
Ooh, I got one. I got one. I got one.
I think I got one.
Have at it, kid.
I'm going to go.
go with, I'm going to go with a movie that's not talked about enough from
1991 directed by Sheldon Letitish, who is a very good friend of John Claude Van Dam
by the way. Double impact. I freaking love that movie. It's a great story about
revenge. Two twins coming together to get what's rightfully. There's that
bridge in, I forgot where they are in Hong Kong, I believe it is. That movie is
freaking awesome. Two John Cloud Van Damns, let's freaking go. I still
watch that movie once a year. Tara, what do you got? I honestly,
I can't really think
I want to make a joke by being like
you know that one Lizzie Lawon movie
Oh Lizzie McGuire
And they're two Lizzie like there's two
What's her names right in that?
Who's the actress who plays Lizzie McGuire?
I don't know but I'm talking Lindsay Lohen
Which is not Lizzie McGuire
You're right it's not
That was a joke
But I
In my brain I was like
There might be one where Leonardo DiCaprio plays
against himself and he's great obviously the man in the iron mask yeah i love that movie i love that movie
randall wallis i believe directed in 1980 that's a great movie i really love that movie so much there you have
okay that's terrors and the sixth day with arnold tortsnager that's a really good one too i really
appreciate that one as well uh let us know the comments where are some of your favorites
all right from jaden roads thank you jaden for being a royal reject asking a question i want to like
this movie more than i actually do my main problems with this movie are the story is a
mess and the CGI is pretty bad
but did y'all run into issues
like that while watching it? I also
I want to give this movie
like I want to give this movie a big
pro all the Batman stuff was awesome
yeah even the Ben Affleck stuff I thought was
freaking so cool I know he was in it only
about five ten minutes but that that speech
and how he has that mentorship type of role
with Barry which I think shapes him up a lot
into almost
his emotional arc throughout the film but also
the way he has to behave with immature Barry
because that Barry he's been so
pampered. He's had his parents his whole
life. You know what I mean? He has not faced trauma
like the Barry that we know
has. So it's fascinating that he had to
become like the Pen Affleck, Bruce Wayne
type of mentorship role. So
I thought that was great.
But in regards to
did I, did we run into
issues while watching it? For the most
part, like this time, I really liked it a lot
more than the first time.
It's just echoing what
I said earlier. My biggest thing is
Barry did not learn his lesson.
and, you know, with allowing his father to be, you know, get out of jail, which, again, I understand the temptation, but you've just almost destroyed the multiverse, so you've got to not do that.
What about you?
I didn't think this story was like a total mess, but I get where you're coming from, Jaden.
The CGI didn't, like, totally take me out of it.
Once I was there, like, with the babies, like, that's our first kind of, like, bad CGI that you see.
And you're just like, mm, okay.
when he's running back in time
that CGI
it just looks like a video game
and since they stuck to that
that's like what it continually looked like
I didn't mind it. It just felt like
I just called a style that's fine
I do think that
this could have been
probably a bit shorter
and maybe a lot more
fun because I'm not sure
it's like
the story is straightforward
in a lot of ways, right?
It's like you change type, brother,
now we've got to get electrocuted again,
but now we find Batman.
Batman's different.
And then here comes Kara,
because Superman doesn't exist.
Like, we get it.
I'm just, I'm wondering if, like,
the pacing of it would have been picked up a bit
if it was, like,
20 to 30 minutes less time.
Like, did we need all of it?
I'm not sure.
What I do know that we did need was
the emotional moment with mom, you know, in the grocery store, the moment with mom when she's calling
him like, monkey, we needed those moments so that we know what we're fighting for so that when we get
to the end where he's like, no, wait, I can fix it. He becomes his like devil man. That you're like,
oh, I understand why. There's a lot of trauma there, right? And there's like tons of people that
you see in real life where I'm like, yeah, okay, my childhood was like pretty scary.
like in my parents pretty much everybody's day except my aunt like I guess I could have turned out to be a terrible person and been like lugging around a bunch of like trauma and it could have made me treat people differently but I just that's not me as a person that's like I'm not going to let that affect me in a negative way and I'm glad that you know when he does step in front of who I'm calling his brother that that's him saying I'm not going to choose sort of like
this timeline to when he like the bad guy kills himself basically so i enjoyed that yeah fair enough
thank you for the question all right pavel ketchmarek how are you doing terran andrew not
gonna lie you're solely but surely becoming my favorite pairing that's sweet well an argument can
definitely be made that the keaton batman from this movie is not actually the batman we know from the
1989 movie the armory room looking different wayne man are looking very different from the outside
Don't you think it would be a bit of a downer if it was indeed our Keaton Batman considering we find out his world is doomed to be destroyed?
Lots of love.
Yeah, no, I get what, by the way, just appreciate what you said about us being starting to become your favorite reactors.
That's, or pairing rather, that's very sweet.
Appreciate it.
Yeah, yeah, I mean, but also, too, we saw that, you know, Barry, you know, did save it by by undoing it, I guess.
So I guess I felt a cathartic sense knowing that Barry undid it.
He kind of re-did it with saving his dad.
And though it didn't doom this universe,
it just gave us the George Clooney one.
So I was more saddened that as much as I love George Clooney
as one of my favorite actors is amazing.
But I hate Batman and Robin so much.
And I think George Clooney would even back.
I'm surprised they even got George Clooney to agree to come back to this.
Just even though it was a fun little came in,
he's not really coming back.
You know what I mean?
it still. I was more saddened and disappointed about that, to be honest, but I totally get where
you're coming from. You know, the fact that the Keaton Batman, I mean, you saw both of us.
We were both sadden that he died if this was that Keaton or was a multiverse Keaton and alternate
Keaton. Either way, I try not. Time travel gets so messy, as Bruce Wayne says, Michael Keaton's
Bruce Wayne said. So, yeah, I'm not sure which one it was.
Either way, I'm just glad it was undone.
So what about you?
Yeah, I think like getting sort of a little bit lost in the weeds.
I think like when you look at it, just because the things aren't exactly the way they were in the previous movie, it's cool to get the, like, the retro vibe of the car and stuff.
But again, if we're going back in time, stuff has changed anyway.
It's not going to be exactly the same.
So I assume they had that in thought, possibly when they are showing us this and showing us Michael Heaton's back.
man um i do get what you mean like he would be he would be doomed um but he goes back and i i that
was not on my mind a ton like honestly when i was watching it i was i was just enjoying i think
watching keaton play batman again agreed agreed that's where i was at yep thank you for the
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Zach, apologies if I mispronance your last name here, Zach Zabindon, number one, how excited were you for the movie either before or after hearing about the poor reception and how much did it disappoint you after, assuming you disliked it? If you didn't, good, I wish I didn't, L.O.L. Did you hear anything about this movie coming into today, or did you not?
No, I didn't hear anything about this movie. Listen, I'm not going to be like,
Holy crap, I love this movie.
I will tell you, I did feel like that after the first Wonder Woman.
I was like, yes, let's freaking go.
Or different movies that I can, but I'm just going to stick to the DC universe.
But I did like it.
I didn't like dislike it.
I think that I've already, you know, a couple of, said a couple of notes.
And I think it could have been a little bit shorter.
And maybe like that pacing would have really amped up the story and not had people maybe looking at the time or the bad CGI.
I'm not sure.
I think you also,
I think we both can agree on this.
We really like the 2021 Suicide Squad film a lot.
So I saw this movie two or three weeks ahead of time when I had a press screening.
So there was no reception for me to have been heard.
But again, the first time I saw it, I thought it was okay.
I still had, I'm not going to mention it again with the issue I had at the ending,
you guys already know, and some of the CGI that we already talked about too.
but overall I still liked it a lot more than the first time
and the emotional beats still resonated with me
and I actually I really thought younger Barry
was so annoying the first time I saw this movie
but this time I like that I saw when I
now that I knew what to expect from it
seeing that he was at least self-aware of it
and also just having an understanding
you know from perspective on my end that
this is a pampered Barry
and, you know, this is why he's behaving this way.
He's never had to face trauma or deal within his life,
and he can't accept it.
It was like it didn't buy.
It was still a little bit too much at times,
but it didn't bother me as much like it did the first time.
And I did like that older brother type of dynamic between the two of them.
So thank you for the question.
And also we have a follow up from Zach here.
I'm excited to see how and what James does with the Flash in the future.
What do you think he should do with the character?
What story first?
Should it be Barry or Wally?
In regards to what he should do,
I don't mind if they do the Flashpoint paradox.
I think I said earlier,
I just would like two or three films to build up to it.
So that way we have an established Justice League.
So when you get to this point,
like this hits way harder,
kind of like a Captain America Civil War.
We've got like the whole team together here now.
So like it's going to really conflict us the audience
because we love all these characters now.
And you've got this whole thing.
And also, I hope he learns his lesson there, of course.
But in regards to the first story, I think you just want to, like, you're bringing a new character.
I mean, though we've seen the character, it's a new version of the characters.
I want to go with Barry, by the way.
I just want to point that out.
But I think, like, you're building a new universe for this new character.
So just simple story.
It doesn't need to be, like, grand or grandiose.
or anything um yeah just it could be an origin story whatever like him getting the lightning and then he's
got to deal with a villain it doesn't have to be anything like it can be simplistic you know but i want
the story to focus just on berry you know what i mean it doesn't have to be crazy like flashpoint or
anything like that what about you yeah i think when you see the flash in the one of the suicides or
the superman movies i forget but it's it's very simple where he's like working at a doggy daycare he's
in a doggy daycare and then he saves the girl right from the car crash um that's a really fun scene
the way that he's introduced right they add in um they make sure that yeah obviously he's our comedic
relief he's good at the at the tone and pacing of that and then we get to see his powers and
obviously how awkward he is around other people and his social interactions there's a lot to play
with there in regards to a character um i mean he displays a lot of characteristics for someone who would be
like on the spectrum and not just awkward,
but he's also very
like smart and cool and
funny and following
someone around with that
type of a background who also has
superpowers, super
easy. Like you can take that script
a lot of different ways
and still have it be entertaining
with just him in it.
Yeah, good job.
Great. So Kevin B
is, so was there a moment in the flash that
actually worked for you or were you just sitting there
trying to make sense of the mess.
I mean, we've kind of, thank you, Kev, for the question.
We've kind of gone pretty much into that.
I'm going to read his trivia.
He said, the flashes CGI got slammed because the artists were slammed juggling multiple
DC projects and forced to complete many complex shots in just days, not weeks.
Holy crap.
This rush led to unfinished effects, especially in the final battle and the cameo scenes,
making the movie visuals look like they were whipped up at super speed and not in a good way.
Yeah, I mean, I kind of mentioned it while we were reacting.
I said, like, I get it from the perspective of it's the flash and he's running super fast.
But still, there were, we, you said it looked like a video game at times.
And there were other times where it was like the CGI looks very interesting.
So I can imagine they were probably pressed for time.
And I get that.
But there were other visual shots, too, that I think looked really good.
There were a lot of tracking shots while he was running.
And there were other shots with Supergirl while she was flying.
And shots of the Batwing, I thought, really worked too.
So, you know, when we're going to, like, say that things don't work, I also want to point out things that do work as well.
I find it really insane that if I was on VFX for them, I would have been like, I quit because I can't put my name on it because you're not going to get hired off the looks of that, right?
And I'm sure that everybody understands in what you're saying, it's completely insane to ask a VFX artist to complete something in date.
that is not going straight to TV.
That is going to a national release of a film
that's going to be on the big screen.
I think it's ridiculous.
I understand that the upstairs,
when we're talking about DC,
obviously a bunch of idiots,
but we're focusing on the capital and the money
and that we have to like get it out on time
because we can't waste time
and we can't like pay these.
They need to do these other projects.
It's like, bro, this wouldn't have had what by what you guys are saying, but you guys know I'm not, I'm not really on. I post on social media and then I get off. Like, I don't read anything. I don't read the news. I didn't, I don't know anything about this film. But from what you're saying, it was very badly received. And I think that has a lot to do with studio execs. I mean, I would hope that that's not the director saying, obviously, speed through it because we have to release it. My assumption is it is studio execs that are making that decision.
and it's the dumbest thing to me
because it wouldn't have been
such a bad like reception
I think if the story
still would have been a bit of a mess
it doesn't rely just on the effects
but come on you could have made them
like a little bit better
so that people aren't walking out going like
did you see that effect
and what the fuck was that
and this is like a huge movie
it takes you out of the illusion
makes you yeah I know I understand
I totally get it of course
anyways thank you Kev B for the question
and for the trivia, we appreciate it.
All right, from Lindsay Dude.
Thank you for being a royal reject,
and for asking a question, we appreciate it.
If y'all have seen the C.W. Grant Guston version of The Flash,
how did you feel watching the way this movie told the Flashpoint story?
Instead, I feel really protective of this character from the comics and the CW,
and so much about this version was a letdown.
Not just Ezra Miller's portrayal, but the actual storytelling,
curious on y'all's thoughts and overall familiar.
with the character. First of all, Tara, have you seen any of the Grand Custin show or no?
No.
Okay, so this is a question for me then.
I have watched, it's been a while since I watched this show, by the way.
I watched up to episode three or four of season five, and I then gave up because I felt
the show was extremely tedious and repetitive.
I'm sure there's many more great episodes after that point, and I probably missed out on
some really good ones.
But season one, I loved.
Season two was really good.
Season 3 was pretty good.
Season 4, I think it was the thinker.
I think was the villain.
I liked a lot of the stuff, but season 5, I just...
I think it was season 2 that was Flashpoint.
If I remember again, it's been a while.
There were things about it I really liked,
mainly being that you're not going to watch it.
If I spoil some stuff, you Google.
Okay, just want to make sure.
There were some things about it I really liked, again,
that the main thing with Flashpoint for me,
as I've pointed out here at nauseam,
I just want Barry, as much as I understand his pain and his grief and the temptation of what he is doing,
I just want him to have learned an emotional art, have an emotional arc and learn a lesson.
And from the Grant Guston, season two, I believe it was, I felt like he learned that lesson
and he understood the ramifications of, and the consequences of what he was doing.
And I was, and I was appreciative of that.
The only issue I had with that, and I get it, it's TV budget.
I don't think there was a Justice League in that, at least from what I read.
remember it's been a long time so i'm like that i was saddened by that more than disappointed just
more of a sad note um but in comparison i prefer the c w version just because it really hit note on those
on the points i just made so i would say that but again this film really hit a lot of emotional
beats that i resonated and appreciated so that would be my comparison but thank you so much um i just
want to say that because you're asking you're you're saying that it's not just let down from
Ezra Miller's performance. And someone said that also earlier. And I was not, uh, in watching this
movie, I don't know what to compare it to. So like, you're saying, Lindsay, that you watched it,
the CW, the Flash and obviously maybe you were very drawn to that. I haven't seen anybody but
him play it. I think that his comedic tone and pacing is right. There's some of the dramatic stuff,
but I, um, if, if he pops up again in some other movie, I mean, maybe you guys can explain, um,
basically what are you comparing it to or are you just like ezra he i hate him as an actor not that
you hate him but you get what i'm saying um i would love something else to compare it to grand gustin is
phenomenal though as as barry allen i think all right last question j rushen like in this movie we get
different batman and superman question who is your favorite actor for batman and superman uh well i mean
we know for me batman i think we know for you batman christian bail and for me it's michael keaton
for my favorite Superman, I mean, I really like David Cornswet and Henry Cavill.
They're both amazing.
I think I still got to go with Christopher Reeve.
Like, he's the OG.
He just, he is the embodiment of hope.
And he is the shining beacon of that.
And he inspires so much good in others.
I'm not saying that Henry and David don't, but, like, he was, like, I'm so nostalgic
for Christopher Reeve, and he will always be my Superman.
Not that those two are not my Superman, too.
But it's Christopher Reeve, the
the John Williams music, the look,
just the way he's able to do that mild-mannered Clark Kent.
It's Christopher Reeve for me.
What about you?
For Superman?
Yeah, I really like the latest Superman.
The tough part in between the corn guy and the other hot one.
Henry Cavill.
Yeah, between those two hottie, the young ones,
is that they didn't get.
give them an opportunity to really display the, um,
the, um, the nerdy Clark Kent side, which I am still sort of waiting for.
Like I would have liked to see that because then I could have really compared it to
something else.
Um, so we'll see.
I don't know if another bat as Superman movie is going to be out there and they're going
to let you see that the nerdy side of Clark Kent would be great.
They gave a little bit with the corn guy, I think, but it was like two seconds.
I can't love when you say that.
Two seconds.
That's a very fair argument that you make.
I think we all know, and this isn't big screen, but we all know who my other favorite,
Clark Kent is.
Of course, Tom Willing and Smallville.
So I haven't said that enough.
I had to point that out.
I had to point that out.
We got to get out.
It's freezing.
We do have to get out.
It is very cold.
But if you stayed with us this long, seriously, we appreciate it.
I don't know if we have any more DC films.
If we do, you will see them pop up on here.
But again, if you stayed with us this long and this journey, we appreciate just so much.
Thank you for all the love and everything.
everything, and stay safe. Take care.
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