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Arrow / Flash Q&A
Just like normal, I'm going to start with Flash stuff and then I'll get into Arrow questions.
I know there's a bunch of big questions about time travel, what's going on with the
Groundhog's Day situation
and what's up with like the two really big WTF reveals on Arrow.
So just careful for spoilers if you haven't seen the episode yet. I'll start with
the easy stuff on The Flash - the easy time travel explainers.
So yes, episode 16 is going to be Barry reliving
most the events from episode 15 that includes:
the conclusion of awkward date,
(remember because he bailed from the date like early on!)
finding Weather Wizard faster and as a result of those things he'll probably bump into
Cisco earlier and cause Cisco to do something differently
which will result in Harrison Wells not going back and killing him.
Cisco's alive in a lot the future trailer footage so clearly
something changes to save his life. Remember the only people that found out
about Harrison Wells
in the original time line where Caitlin and Cisco
and Cisco's really the only one that completely figured it out! Caitlin just knows
that something's weird.
That means it's going to be that much longer before people figure out who
Harrison Wells really is.
That he's Eobard Thawne. That's why you see the trailer footage with him talking to
Gideon going,
"Show me the future!" or the footage of him from episode 18 which is way down the line
the atom crossover with him sitting in front of ? suit. And there's been the
recent pictures that Rick Cosnett has taken with Tom Cavanagh.
I'm really interested to see if Eobard Thawne tries to steer
Eddie Thawne in a certain direction to ensure his lineage.
For the most part they are sticking with comic book continuity.
So Iris probably gets married to Barry like she does in the comics.
Eddie Thawne goes on to hate Barry for some reason,
and many many years down the road, Eobard Thawne is born,
becomes the Reverse Flash and starts the war against Barry Allen.
That's where it gets really 'timey whimey' because it's like you know it's a war
in the future that spills into the past,
that feeds the future even more! It's like this giant feedback loop of time travel!
Think back to Arrow season 2. By the time we get the last couple episodes
Slate had already taken over the city. And it was all about Team Arrow
taking him down. I think that means that Barry's going to learn who Harrison Wells is
before episode 21, at least episode 22 at the latest.
So, other questions all kinds of time travel stuff! PersianMonkeyStudios asks,
"How did Harrison Wells get bloody when he was getting punched by a recording?"
So technically it was like him punching himself
and what they were watching was a Speed Mirage like as he called it.
So he really was punching himself it wasn't like a physical hologram
punching him. They're a little fuzzy on exactly how fast he's moving.
I think they'll start to quantify that as Harrison Wells starts to explain
time travel to Barry in in a deeper way.
Next question. Ryan asks, "Do you think that in a future season like season 4 or 5
Barry will die and then Wally will take over as The Flash
and then Bart Owl will be Kid Flash and Arsenal will get cloned.
So you're thinking, you know, like stuff that they've done from the comics and the cartoons before.
No. I think that Grant Gustin will always be the main Flash. They'll have
other Flashes come on. They'll totally do more of the Flash family.
Even like Jesse Quake! That'll be cool too. I think what will happen is
is they may come on briefly but the show always reset
by the finale. I think we'll get the Black Racer and all kinda crazy stuff!
Barry Allen could get trapped in the Speed Force
for a couple episodes at some point but he'll always come back.
Like they'll do their version of Arrow killing Oliver Queen.
He was away for a while. He wasn't in a couple episodes in a big way.
So I think they'll do something like that, but Grant Gustin will always be
there lead actor.
They've kinda that in the comics where you've had like multiple Flash Family
like where you had Jay Garrick and Wally West during the Wally West run.
So they'll do stuff like that where you have more than one Flash on a show,
but Barry Allen will always be the main Flash
Next question though. Dynasty Heroes asks, "So is Eddie Thawne villain then?"
Well not not quite yet. I think he's getting there. I think by the end of the season
that's what the tease is. If they do turn him into a villain and if they do go
straight from the comic books and he's like a Hunter Voloman type character
with the Thawne name, you know as part of the Thawne lineage, then I think
that he would be the big bad in season two. It's kind of like Arrow going from season
one to season two.
Season 1, Malcolm Merlyn - Oliver's biggest villain.
He's like the biggest Green Arrow villain in the comics too. Or one of the biggest villains.
The season 2 villain - Slade started out as Oliver's friend.
So, just like that on The Flash, Eddie Thawne starts out as Barry's friend in season one,
becomes the villain in season two. I think that's like a logical place to go.
But there will be other villains, other really big villains. That includes Rogues,
Justice League villains, anybody else that they feel would be good match
for the other characters in the show.
Beyond the second Reverse Flash, I think it's a little too soon to speculate on
big season two villains.
Gorilla Grodd I think is definitely on the list. He's always gonna come back.
He's way amazing to ride the bench. Next question. WWEFan asks,
"Will Barry ever interact with his future self and will Barry ever find Harrison Wells
is Eddie Thawne? I assume you meant Eobard Thawne.
Second question. I think I already answered yeah.
He'll totally figure that out you know, before the last one or two episodes
as for your other question - yeah. Definitely he will talk to himself.
In that clip from the trailer, he's punching himself. So at some point he's
going to try and stop himself from doing something
and his other self will say, "Fuck you buddy!"
I think episode 16 will explain a lot of that.
Next question. Alan Law asks, "The new Suicide Squad:
Amanda Waller, Deathstroke, Boomerang Weather Wizard and Nyssa."
That would be awesome! I don't see Nyssa - I feel like she's going to
take Ra's al Ghul's place. They'll find a way for Oliver to back out of the deal
and Nyssa to take his place - become the heir again. Really Cupid is like the
replacement person in a Suicide Squad.
I think depending on fan reaction to the Suicide Squad episode next week
they'll mix and match characters. Every time they bring the
Suicide Squad back on the show
it changes just a little bit because they don't use it that often.
But I do think at some point, they'll bring Captain Boomerang
back on as a Suicide Squad member.
If not in season 4 then in season 5. A lot of that depends on the actors' availability.
Next question. Bartu asks, "I hope they do Flashpoint but how will they
put Batman, Cyborg, Aquaman in the TV show?"
Okay so think about it this way. "What is Flashpoint?"
All it really is is the Reverse Flash
trying to turn Barry Allen into a living paradox. You really don't need
any other characters for that. Really the Reverse Flash just allows Barry Allen to
save his mother.
And that completely changes the timeline via Butterfly Effect.
The war between Atlantis and the surface world and all the other stuff that's going on,
those are just side effects. They're not necessary.
The Reverse Flash doesn't care about them.
He just cares about killing Barry Allen. And the only way he can do that
is by turning him into a living paradox. So when I talk about Flashpoint paradox
with reference to the show, that I'm talking about. Just the Reverse Flash
eliminating Barry Allen without eliminating himself from the timeline.
Next question.
Oo2k10 asks, "So it looks like you're asking about 2 Barry Allens
in the past, maybe merging and becoming one Barry Allen. No.
Because there's 2 of them fighting in the trailer, there's very clearly
going to be 2 of them,
one of them will leave and leave the original one there. I know it gets into the
multiverse territory
don't overthink it too much before the show explains it. What I think they'll do
is Harrison Wells will explain to Barry how he can return to the original timeline
without messing stuff up.
Because very clearly Eobard Thawne has a lot of experience in time traveling in
trying to change the past
without completely messing up his own future. Next question.
David asks, "So is Iris was gonna know who The Flash is
or will she not know since Barry went back in time?" Well she'll only know
if Barry repeats all those events in the same way. He could I think what will
happen is as he'll do something different and she won't find out.
Andrew Kreisberg was pretty upfront with them having fun with episode 16 in
Barrie doing things differently,
so I think it'll lead to a different outcome kinda resetting
a lot of the WTF crap stuff.
Cisco won't die. Iris won't find out. Barry will defeat Weather Wizard and save Joe.
That would just allow things to progress status quo for the next couple episodes
as things slowly spin out of control more and more.
Next question. Yeow asks, "Any chance the TV Flash
crossing over with the movie Flash?" That they would be like the smallest
cameos if it happens and I don't think it's gonna happen.
Ezra Miller is playing the movie version to the Flash. It sounds like he's going to
be the Barry Allen Flash too. And Warner Brothers is gonna be like,
"TVs and movies - completely different universes. Deal with it!"
I've heard rumors that the Batman-be-Superman trailer has
footage Ezra Miller in as Barry Allen but
there's no confirmation on that. I have no idea what the
movie version of The Flash is gonna look like
I wouldn't worry about it too much. By the time we actually get to
that Flash / Green Lantern movie,
there will be so many seasons at the TV Flash that I think people will identify
more with the Grant Gustin Flash than they will with the Ezra Miller Flash
So moving into general Arrow questions. Harry asks,
"If Shadow's alive, why did Oliver let Deathstroke kill his mother,
kidnap a sister, and go all crazy in the city?"
I think the simplest answer is that that was not shadow that was either
a sister or a clone. It would be pretty WTF if it was a clone.
And surprise surprise you know why would she appear in the
one place the Oliver happens to be? That's an awful big coincidence.
And why hasn't Oliver mentioned her in the future? Either because
she died in the past in a flashback she'll die eventually,
Or it really her sister and Oliver was trying to protect her by not telling
Slade about her.
just to be clear though, that was the exact same actors that played Shadow in
seasons 1 and 2.
Next question though. Mark asks, "Since magic is in the Arrowverse,
I hope they get a Constantine crossover.
So I picked this one for very specific reason.
i've heard rumors that Constantine has been canceled, which is sad,
but that does free up the character and Matt Ryan to crossover.
If they gotten picked up because NBC is a different network, you just made it
nearly impossible for him to cross over
but if it's cancelled in NBC frees up the character,
then it's a lot easier to happen, because I think Matt Brian would totally be down
to do stuff like that.
That also kinda getting into actor availability too, but that there's some
issues with rights
and different networks, so it's a little more complicated,
it's not simple answer. Next question. Dark Vengeance asks,
"Imagine Ra's resurrected Sara. I know it's impossible but that be big WTF
moment for the season finale."
Well it's not impossible, but I think you know, general assumption
is that Katie Lutz will be playing a different character on the spinoff show.
I don't feel like they would have introduced the Lazurus Pit if they were
going to resurrect somebody.
But that doesn't mean that they couldn't also resurrect multiple people.
I would be very very surprised if they made any official announcements about
who Katie Lutz is playing,
before the Arrow finale this year. They might
even way to Comic-Con to announce it, but they'll be filming the pilot for the
spinoff show soon so they'll have to have some outdoor scenes
so we will get a look if she's gonna be wearing a costume we will see what it is!
It's like somebody will snipe the set! So spoilers are not spoilers...
people will find out before the summer. I think what everyone's hoping is is
she'll come back as Sara,
like it'll be Sara being resurrected. It'll be some twisted
version of her.
And that'll explain why she's not going to be living in Starling city.
Thank you so much to everyone for so many questions, they are always a ton of fun to do.
I know there's still a whole bunch of questions about Second Reverse Flash,
what's happening with Eddie Thawne...
I think most of those questions are going to be answered in the next three episodes.
The only thing I'm really worried about is if they
lose Tom Cavanagh for season 2 The Flash. He is so amazing
that it's like you know, 'Can the show maintain its momentum
if they lose one of their best characters?' That's actually a good question for you
guys: Do you feel like I mean, air of season 2,
they had Slade Wilson amazing character; Manu Bennett amazing actor.
Do you feel like Rick Cosnett could rise to the level of Manu Bennett as a
season 2 villain?
It feels like his character has been riding the bench for most of the season,
so it's really hard to get a read on him as an actor. I think that'll change in
the next couple episodes.
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