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How can 20 dollar budget CW do a better Flash costume then the JL? Spoilers
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The Technomancer
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I still don't understand what all the wires are
Phoenix RISING
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Looks like Netflix Daredevil with a lightning bolt and eyes cut out.
TarpitCarnivore
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Am I wrong for liking the JL one more?
PhoncipleBone
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Nope. Like it more to.
Coreda
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Bondage fetish signaling
I mean, ya, but we're all wrong about things don't overthink it.
TarpitCarnivore
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The CW one looks like something from Adam West era Batman.
pseudocaesar
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Yeah I prefer the film costume more, CW Flash looks exactly like a costume for a show made on a $20 budget.
No it doesn't.
Cause i am bored with bronsonlee
Lord Frieza
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The CW Flash isn't, like, the greatest thing, but Lord, I really don't know what they were thinking when they designed the DCEU Flash. It's such a mess
What is this?
What is this?
exmachina64
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He probably does.
The technology developed by Wayne Tech consists of strategically placed filaments that function like cables on a suspension bridge to offer support precisely where it's needed.
These hyper strong kinetic Flywire filaments are applied to a minimalistic suit upper, reducing weight to create Wayne Tech's lightest material ever.
Paper-thin fabric that is highly malleable covers the user amplifying energy while reducing friction fatigue, with Wayne Tech Flywire filaments attaching to the suit to nerve endings maximizing transference and reducing latency.
Developed by Lucius Fox.
Explained here.
Probably.
Lord Frieza
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The color scheme really kills me on DCEU Flash, too. Like, you have the gold already to break up the red, you don't need that much black. It looks like two suits jammed together. Goddamn man.
VeryGooster
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Someone put the JL Flash costume in their pocket next to some coins and their keys
Reptars Revenge
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Movie Flash not only looks better, he caught Captain Boomerang in 10 seconds. TV flash would have lost to him twice, asked Harrison Wells and Cisco if he needs to run fast, broke up with Iris 3 times, asked arrow for advice, killed 5 earth 2lings for no reason, and ruined the timeline, before finally catching him.
I don't think either are particularly great, but I also have difficulty imagining what a good Flash costume would look like in live action.
As Superhero costumes evolved, less emphasis has been placed on superheroes' heroic build showing through the costume. Superhero suits used to be suits, but now Batman and Superman wear a kind of armor like costume. While they still show off their builds, I don't feel there is as great an emphasis on them wearing spandex anymore.
The thing is that with flash, you don't have much elsewhere to go. CW tried to replicate the spandex by just having him wear leather, but that is as much budgetary reasons as anything. DCEU on the other hand went the Batman route and turned the spandex into armor. He kind of looks like a power ranger now.
Thing is, even though I'm not a big fan of the spandex look in general, a speedster is probably the character for whom it fits best. As a runner, he should have the look of someone super light and agile. I just don't see that working as a superhero outfit complete with mask and everything.
As Superhero costumes evolved, less emphasis has been placed on superheroes' heroic build showing through the costume. Superhero suits used to be suits, but now Batman and Superman wear a kind of armor like costume. While they still show off their builds, I don't feel there is as great an emphasis on them wearing spandex anymore.
The thing is that with flash, you don't have much elsewhere to go. CW tried to replicate the spandex by just having him wear leather, but that is as much budgetary reasons as anything. DCEU on the other hand went the Batman route and turned the spandex into armor. He kind of looks like a power ranger now.
Thing is, even though I'm not a big fan of the spandex look in general, a speedster is probably the character for whom it fits best. As a runner, he should have the look of someone super light and agile. I just don't see that working as a superhero outfit complete with mask and everything.
Lol
MisterHero
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DCCU Wally West will come from the future and wear a spandex onesie that lives inside a ring
count on it
count on it
Lord Frieza
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Movie Barry will fuck up the timeline if his movies get off the ground. Bank on it.
autumnleaf
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Something weird about JL Flash's neck.
JonnyDBrit
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I think in the particular case of the Flash, the TV crew were well aware of the particular set of expectations on them. It was their first effort to turn a discount Batman show into a TV universe. Going from an emphatically grounded and gritty adaptation to a character who could not be divorced from the ridiculous sci-fi concepts that are its foundation. They had decided that they weren't going to treat the whole affair as a several seasons long origin story; Barry Allen would be the Flash by the end of the first episode.
He needed a costume to match.
Flash in Justice League is not the focus. He'll be part of the third film in a universe that opened with a Superman movie. They have nothing to prove with this incarnation of Barry Allen, and so they're scarcely trying to.
He needed a costume to match.
Flash in Justice League is not the focus. He'll be part of the third film in a universe that opened with a Superman movie. They have nothing to prove with this incarnation of Barry Allen, and so they're scarcely trying to.
ArtHands
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He got that Power Ranger lightning logo on his chest
George Oscar Bluth II
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Oh jeez, I didn't notice the fingerless gloves until you pointed it out.
There were some JL toys when I was...in middle school?...which had the first Kyle Rayner figure that is see. As a whole they were a bit awkward and edgy, as thintgs in the late 90s were. This flash suit seems like they lifted that toy's suit directly onto film.
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