What's Up with DC Comics' The Flash?

by Chris Vegvary

Whether you enjoy Marvel or DC entertainment, one thing is for sure: Marvel is blowing up when it comes to big-name movies and hopefully, DC will be soon to follow. For example, DC appears to like throwing random movies out there based on their characters, never seeming like they have a real game plan. Case in point: the movie Green Lantern. It barely even had references to other parts of the DC Universe. Then, when Man of Steel was released, everything changed. Soon after that, we were told that a sequel would be coming out in 2015, which would feature both Batman AND Superman fighting each other before banding together to fight the real villain. When that was announced, they also said there were plans for a movie based on The Flash.

Barry Allen, also known as the superhero The Flash, was introduced in a story arc in the television show Arrow, based on DC’s Green Arrow character. While Barry Allen was to be featured in three episodes, the final one showing his transformation into The Flash (and therefore starting a new television series based on the character), apparently the character was so well-received on Arrow that they scrapped his next two appearances on the show in favor of just giving him his own show as soon as possible.

We’ve been told things like Arrow does not take place in the DC cinematic universe that was set up in Man of Steel. If that’s the case, we won’t be seeing Stephen Amell playing Green Arrow in any movie any time soon. So what does that say about their supposed Flash movie? If they planned on bringing the character to film, but then they changed their mind and wanted to give him a television series, does that mean that they no longer have a film based on him planned because he was also in an episode of Arrow, which isn’t in the DC cinematic universe? It’s all so confusing.

You like DC, you like The Flash, and you like yourself some Justice League. There’s no point denying it, in fact, it might help you to let it all out. Take a look at the posted throughout the article and you just might find yourself a costume you'll want to wear next Halloween, or whatever parties you have coming up.