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		<title>Flash Facts – “Legacy”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2019 20:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.” &#8211; Benjamin Disraeli  Season 5 of The Flash has been a real slog. Last season wasted a lot of time but I was still mostly invested but this one really struggled to engage me outside of a [&#038;hellip]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.” &#8211; Benjamin Disraeli  <span id="more-18251"></span></p>
<p>Season 5 of <em>The Flash</em> has been a real slog. Last season wasted a lot of time but I was still mostly invested but this one really struggled to engage me outside of a few episodes and I can comfortably say there was maybe five truly great episodes out of this twenty-two episode run and that’s pretty shocking. I’ll get to my final thoughts on the season as a whole later, but for now let’s talk about some highlights of this episode.</p>
<p>They actually explain the time travel shenanigans and I’ll admit that I was being pretty stupid not to figure out something so simple. It totally makes sense for Thawne to play the longest game to get himself out of prison, very Machiavellian, as he was in season one!</p>
<p>Hell, his whole escape is just wonderful, we haven’t seen some good villain speedster kills since… season two of <em>Legends</em>? Geez, that was a while ago… Yeah, they walked it back but it was still kinda satisfying to see Thawne turn the tables on his sadist warden.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_prj4x9WPYE1s5xacmo3_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18262" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_prj4x9WPYE1s5xacmo3_540.gif" alt="tumblr_prj4x9WPYE1s5xacmo3_540" /></a>Thawne double-teaming Barry and Nora solo is a great way to establish how much of a threat he is, even to two West-Allen speedsters but then seeing Team Flash kick the absolute shit out of Thawne was a brilliant tables turn moment too. He even had nice things to say to everyone! That’s the Thawne we love to hate!</p>
<p>I’m in two minds on Nora snapping; because on the one hand, her becoming a reluctant Reverse Flash would actually be interesting (even if this show couldn’t pull that off as it is) but her actions finally coming to bite her in the arse is <em>really</em> good.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_prj4x9WPYE1s5xacmo2_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18261" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_prj4x9WPYE1s5xacmo2_540.gif" alt="tumblr_prj4x9WPYE1s5xacmo2_540" /></a>All of this planning Thawne did and he still found a new way to mess with Barry because Nora’s whole mission lead to her being erased from the timeline! And Thawne just twisting the knife to echo the same kind of sentiment he did when he killed Cisco way back when is fantastic. Okay, okay, I’ve talked about Thawne enough, Tom Cavanagh killed it and we’ll, in his own words, see him next Crisis so onto the big huge moment of the show; Nora’s death.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_prj0g2Y4OC1qh0nwmo6_500.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18260" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_prj0g2Y4OC1qh0nwmo6_500.gif" alt="tumblr_prj0g2Y4OC1qh0nwmo6_500" /></a> <a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_prj0g2Y4OC1qh0nwmo2_500.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18258" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_prj0g2Y4OC1qh0nwmo2_500.gif" alt="tumblr_prj0g2Y4OC1qh0nwmo2_500" /></a><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_prj0g2Y4OC1qh0nwmo5_500.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18259" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_prj0g2Y4OC1qh0nwmo5_500.gif" alt="tumblr_prj0g2Y4OC1qh0nwmo5_500" /></a>It hits harder than a truck, honestly. For all the shit I’ve given to the show this season, the moments it does best are the ones that make Grant Gustin cry because for as much of a bell-end, that deserves everything he gets, Barry Allen is; it still hurts to watch him lose Nora. Candace too, to an extent, but it’s Grant that carries emotional moments like this and it’s sweet to see Nora truly learn from her father’s mistakes and pick “heroic sacrifice” over “stupid decision that will no doubt kill someone down the road.”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_prk8883X501wnhhupo1_500.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18263" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_prk8883X501wnhhupo1_500.gif" alt="tumblr_prk8883X501wnhhupo1_500" /></a> <a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_prk8883X501wnhhupo3_500.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18264" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_prk8883X501wnhhupo3_500.gif" alt="tumblr_prk8883X501wnhhupo3_500" /></a>In the same vein of sad departures, after all the off-screen romancing of new girlfriend Kamilla, Cisco comes to the decision to not only reveal his double-life but to also take the meta-cure himself. It’s a very understated swansong to Carlos Valdez but, at the very least, it was a sweet scene between Cisco and the most important person to him there; Caitlin/Frost.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_priwfjzcXF1sieiueo1_r1_500.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18253" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_priwfjzcXF1sieiueo1_r1_500.gif" alt="tumblr_priwfjzcXF1sieiueo1_r1_500" /></a> <a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_priwfjzcXF1sieiueo4_r2_500.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18254" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_priwfjzcXF1sieiueo4_r2_500.gif" alt="tumblr_priwfjzcXF1sieiueo4_r2_500" /></a>It’s sad but he leaves with a smile and a gift for his best girl(s). Cisco, seemingly, made a super-suit for Caitlin/Frost and they both seem to like it so we’ll probably see that next season.</p>
<p>We also get a great scene with Captain Singh, whose actor also appears to be leaving, as he hands over Captaincy to Joe and acknowledges that Barry is The Flash and he knew all along. Man, I’m going to miss Patrick Sabongui, he was always a great addition to any episode.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_prizujTg8K1sbcges_1280.png"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-18257" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_prizujTg8K1sbcges_1280-1024x575.png" alt="tumblr_prizujTg8K1sbcges_1280" width="540" height="303" /></a>In a montage during Nora’s farewell video she left in her diary, we also get a shot of Ralph getting back into the private eye game and picking up a case file with the name Dearborn. Hmmmm… Now that’s clearly foreshadowing for his one true love interest if ever I saw it…</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_priz44yser1qh0nwmo3_500.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18256" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_priz44yser1qh0nwmo3_500.gif" alt="tumblr_priz44yser1qh0nwmo3_500" /></a> <a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_priz44yser1qh0nwmo1_500.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18255" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_priz44yser1qh0nwmo1_500.gif" alt="tumblr_priz44yser1qh0nwmo1_500" /></a>And in the stinger; Gideon announces an incoming time flux and we see the infamous newspaper… change. With the year settling on 2019 and the rest of the date obscured, this is clearly foreshadowing the upcoming <em>Crisis on Infinite Earths</em> crossover and I can’t wait!</p>
<p>This season really took it out of me and while I’ve threatened it before, I’m following through now. Discounting the <em>Crisis on Infinite Earths</em> crossover, this will be the last season of <em>The Flash</em> I will be covering on Flash Facts. I feel the series has run it’s course and the production crew have shown a real unwillingness for major shake-ups and that’s lead to the show on the macro scale being stale and boring to me.</p>
<p>I had fun with certain episodes and there’s been a few great moments this season but it’s not nearly enough to justify my time watching anymore, let alone reviewing. Thanks for everyone who stuck with this column and I hope you’ll join me again later in the year when the skies turn red, when worlds will live and worlds will die…</p>
<p>But until then, just remember:</p>
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		<title>Flash Facts – “Gone Rogue” and “The Girl With The Red Lightning”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2019 19:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Double-down on the double-down!  Well, this was originally going to be two separate reviews but DOOM had some log-in issues so I couldn’t post until today (mucho thanks to Editor-in-chief John for fixing the issue) so I guess it’s another double-bill of reviews but I did write a full review last week so I guess [&#038;hellip]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Double-down on the double-down!  <span id="more-18239"></span></p>
<p>Well, this was originally going to be two separate reviews but DOOM had some log-in issues so I couldn’t post until today (mucho thanks to Editor-in-chief John for fixing the issue) so I guess it’s another double-bill of reviews but I did write a full review last week so I guess I only have to do half the work?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_pqvgirxnsQ1uvcgjlo2_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18244" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_pqvgirxnsQ1uvcgjlo2_540.gif" alt="tumblr_pqvgirxnsQ1uvcgjlo2_540" /></a>Well, if you wanted something half-arsed, look no further than <em>Gone Rogue</em> because OH BOY, the good will that was going to run out eventually. For a split second, I thought something dramatic was going to happen but here we are; a couple days late and little-to-no motivation to continue this show outside of obligation.</p>
<p>Did you know that this episode is the first of this show to feature the word Rogue in the title and not have Wentworth Miller? Because I certainly felt his absence! These jobber Rogues (yeah, I love Troy Jones/Phil Lamarr as Ragdoll but still…) aren’t really a threat and for saying she’s on a dark path, Nora still acts like she’s a lost puppy.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_pr0red8nsI1rbkgduo2_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18245" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_pr0red8nsI1rbkgduo2_540.gif" alt="tumblr_pr0red8nsI1rbkgduo2_540" /></a>The one moment I actually applaud the episode for is when Cisco is laughing in her face at this pathetic excuse of a heel turn and she goes full ThawneWells vibro-hand on him. That is good stuff! She’s using knowledge of a former ally’s trauma to get her way in the most sadistic way possible! It’s great character work and it’s fucking wasted in this episode!</p>
<p>It reminds of that one scene with FutureBarry/Savitar where it seems like he might actually be open to being talked down but then he reveals it was for shits and giggles (and padding to fill out the episodes) and I’m feeling just as pissed because Nora hasn’t turned heel at all. She’s just using these techy Rogues to rob a place with a meta-dampener.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;"><em><strong>Flash Fact:</strong></em></span> McCulloch Technologies, and the Mirror Gun, is a reference to Evan McCulloch, the second Mirror Master. Additionally, the Jenni Ognats identity is a reference to the comic incarnation of XS who is a member of the Legion of Super Heroes.</p>
<p>So yeah, naturally the Rogues betray Nora forcing her dad to step-in and save her in, admittedly, a fun twist using image inducers. The Rogues are beaten and jailed and, naturally, the West-Allen family are reunited and now using Thawne’s plan to stop Cicada II.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_pqt0tqzHkV1qh0nwmo2_500.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18241" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_pqt0tqzHkV1qh0nwmo2_500.gif" alt="tumblr_pqt0tqzHkV1qh0nwmo2_500" /></a> <a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_pqt0tqzHkV1qh0nwmo4_500.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18242" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_pqt0tqzHkV1qh0nwmo4_500.gif" alt="tumblr_pqt0tqzHkV1qh0nwmo4_500" /></a>Speaking of; Cicada II is related to this episode in a way because she steals the meta-cure from frozen base Cisco developed it in. I can’t remember how she knew where it was but they were more focused on making light of Ralph’s original status as Caitlin’s love interest before Danielle Panabaker put the kibosh on that plot.</p>
<p>But yeah, the meta-cure, coupled with the ice mcguffin from last episode, can be used to spread the meta-cure across Central City and we see Cicada II modifying the device to do just that… while her beloved uncle watches on. I honestly didn’t twig this was just her psychosis until this week’s<em> The Girl With The Red Lightning</em>.</p>
<p>The penultimate episode of the season starts to kick into maximum over-medium pace and we get the final confrontation with Cicada (can’t believe I didn’t come up with ‘Shecada’ or that it took this long for the show to) as she tries to activate her ultimate weapon that will kill every meta in the country.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_pr6vcj0l3H1sieiueo7_r1_500.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18247" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_pr6vcj0l3H1sieiueo7_r1_500.gif" alt="tumblr_pr6vcj0l3H1sieiueo7_r1_500" /></a> <a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_pr6vcj0l3H1sieiueo8_r1_500.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18248" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_pr6vcj0l3H1sieiueo8_r1_500.gif" alt="tumblr_pr6vcj0l3H1sieiueo8_r1_500" /></a>It’s a pretty small-stakes end to the season-long big bad but everyone on Team Flash gets to have a go and there’s a couple interesting choreographed spots but the aftermath is the real meat.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_pr6vcj0l3H1sieiueo3_r1_500.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18246" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr_pr6vcj0l3H1sieiueo3_r1_500.gif" alt="tumblr_pr6vcj0l3H1sieiueo3_r1_500" /></a>Also, shout-out to Killer Frost with the best burn of the season!</p>
<p>Throughout the episode, Ralph is wondering aloud about what Thawne’s plan is because if “his plans have plans”, then what the hell does all this mean? And it’s a legit question, shame it’s brought about AFTER we see that Thawne’s timer has run out so it’s obvious that this has all been to spring him. I’m shocked. SHOCKED.</p>
<p>Well, not <em>that</em> shocked. But I’ll probably need this plan explained to me because this time travel plot is ropier than <em>Avengers: Endgame</em>’s explanation! Ha! Topical…</p>
<p>Nora with the Good Lightning is a better episode than <em>Gone Rogue</em> objectively but I was still mostly non-plussed, as all this rushed build-up reeks of last season’s fucking about until the penultimate episode formula. Which is a shame because I should be hyped for Thawne’s return but that was always inevitable and I’m certainly not invested in the Nora/Shecada plot soooo…</p>
<p>I dunno, next week’s finale is going to be an interesting watch. I have to wonder if they’ll finally go back to a speedster villain season since these two were interesting premises that ultimately fell on their respective arses and with a lot of chatter with people leaving after this season, we’ll have to see what the future holds and what will become of The Flash’s <em>Legacy</em>.</p>
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		<title>Flash Facts – “Snow Pack”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2019 21:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Man, where’s Doctor Forrester when you need him?  Snow Pack does a fairly decent job of carrying on with the good will last week’s episode earned with me. Granted, I don’t care about Caitlin’s family drama, no matter how much of a proxy it’s meant to be for Barry’s situation, but it’s not terrible and [&#038;hellip]]></description>
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<p><em>Snow Pack</em> does a fairly decent job of carrying on with the good will last week’s episode earned with me. Granted, I don’t care about Caitlin’s family drama, no matter how much of a proxy it’s meant to be for Barry’s situation, but it’s not terrible and everything outside of the Snow Family plot is great too.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tumblr_pqgbr5RfSr1sieiueo5_r1_500.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18231" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tumblr_pqgbr5RfSr1sieiueo5_r1_500.gif" alt="tumblr_pqgbr5RfSr1sieiueo5_r1_500" /></a>Plus Thomas Snow spends most of the episode looking like <a href="https://youtu.be/8urwlWgWB_w">TV’s Frank</a> and that genuinely amuses me.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><em><strong>Flash Fact:</strong></em></span></span> The title of the episode and Thomas Snow’s pet name for his family is a homage to the Mud Pack, a collection of the various Clayface characters from Batman’s rogues gallery.</p>
<p>The immediate fallout between Barry and Iris is great, bad in context for them as a couple, but great for me because this is an actual issue that they have to argue about and I’m eating it up like it’s tiramassu! Yeah, it’s fixed by the end of the episode (strangely, by Thawne urging, no less) and while I do agree with Barry’s stance, it’s brilliant to see Iris take him to task and be just as wrong as Barry at the same time.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tumblr_pqgyvlEz7m1s6uutqo3_r1_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18234" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tumblr_pqgyvlEz7m1s6uutqo3_r1_540.gif" alt="tumblr_pqgyvlEz7m1s6uutqo3_r1_540" /></a> <a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tumblr_pqgyvlEz7m1s6uutqo4_r1_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18235" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tumblr_pqgyvlEz7m1s6uutqo4_r1_540.gif" alt="tumblr_pqgyvlEz7m1s6uutqo4_r1_540" /></a>I’m wondering if Thawne is actually being genuine or if corrupting Nora was the plan all along as Barry fears because, damn it, Thawne is a charismatic MFer.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tumblr_pqg6blYK851qa8buxo1_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18229" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tumblr_pqg6blYK851qa8buxo1_540.gif" alt="tumblr_pqg6blYK851qa8buxo1_540" /></a> <a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tumblr_pqg6blYK851qa8buxo3_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18230" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tumblr_pqg6blYK851qa8buxo3_540.gif" alt="tumblr_pqg6blYK851qa8buxo3_540" /></a>He does seem sincere in his words to Nora and Iris but every time they’re not looking at him, he looks like he’s barely keeping in a shit-eating grin. I know I rail on Tom Cavanagh being in the show too much but I’ll stan his Thawne performance all day long!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tumblr_pqgy7teHgD1tyusgdo2_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18232" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tumblr_pqgy7teHgD1tyusgdo2_540.gif" alt="tumblr_pqgy7teHgD1tyusgdo2_540" /></a> <a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tumblr_pqgy7teHgD1tyusgdo6_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18233" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tumblr_pqgy7teHgD1tyusgdo6_540.gif" alt="tumblr_pqgy7teHgD1tyusgdo6_540" /></a>And we get Nora turning full heel and travelling back to the present by tapping into the Negative Speed Force, using her darkest emotions and all her pent-up anger. I would say that this is unnerving but look at that eye effect, it’s so goofy looking, and it’s not going to improve when we see her change-up her look for something a little darker next week.</p>
<p>Just a quick chat this week because, honestly, I’m knackered from work and the stream I used was a ball-ache to get running but I liked this episode overall so it’ll be interesting where we go with seemingly two big bads in the form of Nora and Cicada II.</p>
<p>They’re not gonna team-up just yet but we are getting the ropiest assortment of Rogues next week as Bug-Eyed Bandit, Weather Witch, and Ragdoll join Nora because she’s <em>Gone Rogue</em>.</p>
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		<title>Flash Facts – “Godspeed”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 20:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[History doesn’t repeat; it rhymes. Welcome back to Flash Facts, everyone! I don’t know about you guys but it’s been one helluva month for me with starting a brand new job! I’m currently writing this high on painkillers so maybe that’s having an influence but I think Godspeed was a fantastic episode and a very [&#038;hellip]]></description>
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<p>Welcome back to <a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/category/flash-facts/">Flash Facts</a>, everyone! I don’t know about you guys but it’s been one helluva month for me with starting a brand new job! I’m currently writing this high on painkillers so maybe that’s having an influence but I think <em>Godspeed</em> was a fantastic episode and a very strong directorial debut for our resident snow queen, Danielle Panabaker!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tumblr_pq43nmAcxA1tyusgdo6_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18223" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tumblr_pq43nmAcxA1tyusgdo6_540.gif" alt="tumblr_pq43nmAcxA1tyusgdo6_540" /></a> <a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tumblr_pq43nmAcxA1tyusgdo5_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18222" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tumblr_pq43nmAcxA1tyusgdo5_540.gif" alt="tumblr_pq43nmAcxA1tyusgdo5_540" /></a>Picking up immediately after <a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/flash-facts/flash-facts-time-bomb/">the last episode</a>, Team Flash is still reeling from the revelation that Nora has been working with Thawne since the beginning and, naturally, pretty much everyone is more pissed with Sherloque for revealing the secret. Okay, that’s not entirely true but it was certainly true of Iris. She kinda walks that back by being the one to let Nora out of the pipeline to explain herself though.</p>
<p>The majority of the episode is set in 2049 via flashforwards as the team reads Nora’s diary and the setting isn’t especially fantastical. A very grounded take on the future, befitting a TV budget. Little details here and there show the advancement of technology but the architecture is largely the same as every other CW show set in the present.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tumblr_pq4d4tMfxH1uezmbko4_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18219" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tumblr_pq4d4tMfxH1uezmbko4_540.gif" alt="tumblr_pq4d4tMfxH1uezmbko4_540" /></a>The origin of Nora is pretty interesting, expanding on the details we knew but throwing in a lot of time with Nora’s best friend/girlfriend Lia (A possible nod to the Flash of Earth-9?) and how their investigation into a new speedster results in not only Lia’s death but Nora travelling back in time.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/The-Flash-Season-5-Ep-18-16.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18215" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/The-Flash-Season-5-Ep-18-16.jpg" alt="The-Flash-Season-5-Ep-18-16" /></a><br />
Speaking of the new speedster, having Godspeed tie back into Zoom and the Velocity 9 subplot is an effective way of manufacturing a speedster to act as a foil. I don’t know much about this guy since he’s relatively new but it’s a cool design and he’s voiced by BD Wong and that’s also pretty cool!</p>
<p>Nora’s interactions with Thawne are pretty cool, very <em>The Silence of The Lambs</em>, and really lends credence to why Nora puts her faith in him as a mentor. Because, despite objectively being a monster, Thawne is both charismatic and a damn good teacher and there’s a nice symmetry to him teaching Barry’s daughter the ropes. Hell, there’s a lot of homages to <em>The Flash</em>’s pilot episode that draws a lot of parallels between Barry and Nora.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tumblr_pq39sw6Isf1qh0nwmo1_500.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18220" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tumblr_pq39sw6Isf1qh0nwmo1_500.gif" alt="tumblr_pq39sw6Isf1qh0nwmo1_500" /></a> <a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tumblr_pq39sw6Isf1qh0nwmo3_500.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18221" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tumblr_pq39sw6Isf1qh0nwmo3_500.gif" alt="tumblr_pq39sw6Isf1qh0nwmo3_500" /></a>Once Nora’s full origin is explained, we actually get the unexpected; Barry sticking to his guns and sending Nora back to 2049! I can’t believe he didn’t forgive her immediately and just dumped her ass back in the future and even warned her that if she tried to come back, he’d know. Properly laying down the dad law! That going to come back and bite him in the arse when Iris finds out though… Oh boy, that’s going to be the whole episode next week, isn’t it?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tumblr_pq3vwbjWws1tyusgdo2_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18216" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tumblr_pq3vwbjWws1tyusgdo2_540.gif" alt="tumblr_pq3vwbjWws1tyusgdo2_540" /></a> <a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tumblr_pq3vwbjWws1tyusgdo7_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18217" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tumblr_pq3vwbjWws1tyusgdo7_540.gif" alt="tumblr_pq3vwbjWws1tyusgdo7_540" /></a> <a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tumblr_pq3vwbjWws1tyusgdo8_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18218" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tumblr_pq3vwbjWws1tyusgdo8_540.gif" alt="tumblr_pq3vwbjWws1tyusgdo8_540" /></a>In the stinger, we get a confrontation between Thawne and Barry and Thawne comes across as the bigger man while Barry looks like a petulant bitch. His anger is warranted, mind you, but Thawne telling him not to be angry with Nora is just perfect. With less than ten minutes to go before Thawne’s supposed death, I wonder how much more we’ll see of him and if death will actually stick this time!</p>
<p>Overall, I highly recommend seeing this episode because it’s one of the best of the season and really went a long way to endearing Nora to me again. Be sure to come back next week when we’ll see the fallout of Barry’s decision and an unexpected reunion in <em>Snow Pack</em>!</p>
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		<title>Flash Facts – “Time Bomb”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2019 23:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sharp-O]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tick, tick, tick, tick, boom! Now this was a great episode! We don’t mess around by having Thawne establish that shit’s gone off the rails thanks to the new Cicada showing up and that there’s no more time to change things. With Nora facing a difficult situation (whether or not to tell her dad she’s [&#038;hellip]]></description>
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<p>Now this was a great episode! We don’t mess around by having Thawne establish that shit’s gone off the rails thanks to the new Cicada showing up and that there’s no more time to change things.</p>
<p>With Nora facing a difficult situation (whether or not to tell her dad she’s been helped by the dude who killed her grandma for the past year) naturally we spend most of the time with a meta du jour, with Orlin and Future-Cicada, and with Cisco struggling to keep his work and private lives separate.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_ponbeydcs71uqw734o1_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18205" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_ponbeydcs71uqw734o1_540.gif" alt="tumblr_ponbeydcs71uqw734o1_540" /></a> <a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_ponbeydcs71uqw734o2_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18206" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_ponbeydcs71uqw734o2_540.gif" alt="tumblr_ponbeydcs71uqw734o2_540" /></a>In fairness, Cisco’s dilemma is legitimate and this new relationship (shame we never got to see ANY OF IT DEVELOP) is untainted by his life as a superhero so why wouldn’t he want to protect it? Ralph is there to needle him into telling Kamilla the truth with minimal talking-to and it’s all very under-developed as is to be expected.</p>
<p>The dynamic with Orlin and Future-Cicada is really interesting. Barry’s fatherly approach seems to have worked as Orlin is horrified to see what his influence has done to the sweet innocent girl he vowed to protect and goes a long way to redeeming himself in the end with some great acting by Chris Klein. Y’know, before Future-Cicada mercs him like a badass. I’m also glad they didn’t have spend too much time with a mystery and Team Flash know it’s Grace by the half-way point.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_ponju559EJ1rbkgduo3_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18208" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_ponju559EJ1rbkgduo3_540.gif" alt="tumblr_ponju559EJ1rbkgduo3_540" /></a> <a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_ponju559EJ1rbkgduo2_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18207" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_ponju559EJ1rbkgduo2_540.gif" alt="tumblr_ponju559EJ1rbkgduo2_540" /></a> <a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_ponju559EJ1rbkgduo7_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18209" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_ponju559EJ1rbkgduo7_540.gif" alt="tumblr_ponju559EJ1rbkgduo7_540" /></a> And finally we come to Nora’s secret coming out. Oh, she doesn’t reveal it because she’s a massive coward. No, Sherloque has been diligently transcribing and translating Nora’s diary and finally gets the piece of the puzzle he needs by going through Thawne/Wells’s possessions. With all of the theatricality you’d expect from this old detective trope, he reveals that she’s been acting under the orders of Thawne since the Enlightenment.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_pon82olI4F1qh0nwmo3_500.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18203" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_pon82olI4F1qh0nwmo3_500.gif" alt="tumblr_pon82olI4F1qh0nwmo3_500" /></a> <a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_pon82olI4F1qh0nwmo6_500.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18204" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_pon82olI4F1qh0nwmo6_500.gif" alt="tumblr_pon82olI4F1qh0nwmo6_500" /></a>Hurt/betrayed/thinking clearly for once, Barry wastes no time in throwing Nora into the pipeline. Given Barry’s history with Thawne, best not to take any chances and yeah, maybe he could have listened to her but it’s good to see him act like a damn father and put his misbehaving kid into time-out. With a deadlier Cicada on the loose and Nora’s secret revealed; what else could possibly go wrong for Team Flash?</p>
<p>I really liked this episode and I was all ready to keep this ball a-rolling but apparently the next episode isn’t until April 16th so that’s a bummer. But we are getting Danielle Panabaker’s directorial debut, and that’s pretty neat, so join me then when hopefully we’ll be hitting <em>Godspeed</em>.</p>
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		<title>Flash Facts – “Failure is an Orphan”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2019 16:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Success has many fathers, failure is an orphan. Here it is, the final confrontation between The Flash and Cicada (according) to Nora but guess what? We&#8217;re still 6 episodes from the end so guess what&#8217;s not happening. Okay, that&#8217;s a little too cynical because there is a shake-up to the plot this week, foreshadowed by [&#038;hellip]]></description>
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<p>Here it is, the final confrontation between The Flash and Cicada (according) to Nora but guess what? We&#8217;re still 6 episodes from the end so guess what&#8217;s not happening. Okay, that&#8217;s a little too cynical because there is a shake-up to the plot this week, foreshadowed by Eobard Thawne saying that Nora&#8217;s interference has caused time to fluctuate (no shit) and something/one big is coming.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_pob99bF6TL1sieiueo1_500.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18198" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_pob99bF6TL1sieiueo1_500.gif" alt="tumblr_pob99bF6TL1sieiueo1_500" /></a>Given that&#8217;s what&#8217;s happening plot-wise, it doesn&#8217;t feel like much happened even though a full 42minute episode occurred.</p>
<p>Joe and Cecille tag-teamed Dr Ambres and got her to give up Cicada, learning to trust each other again because apparently that needed to happen. Iris is sad because Nora will leave once Cicada is dealt with and they didn&#8217;t have time to do an arbitrary list of corny BS but they have the obligatory make-up so I guess that&#8217;s sorted.</p>
<p>The real meat of the episode is trying to convince Cicada to take the metahuman cure and when the first time fails, Barry has to appeal to him as a father and leverages the fact that Cicada&#8217;s niece is also a meta to get him on side. It&#8217;s an actually pretty decent scene as when he was in Dad Mode, Chris Klein was a pretty decent actor so the dilemma draws that back out, though he can&#8217;t seem to drop the dumb growl in his voice.<a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_poax00ZBrj1qgapqso4_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18197" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_poax00ZBrj1qgapqso4_540.gif" alt="tumblr_poax00ZBrj1qgapqso4_540" /></a>While administering the cure, Team Flash hits a snag when the building&#8217;s power goes out and another Cicada appears to kick everyone&#8217;s ass and kill the only person not on the main cast, Dr Ambres. I mean, this new Cicada walks through everyone using a sweet pair of kopis swords, even the five who were prepared for her but she doesn&#8217;t kill <em>any</em> of the metas there? I guess that&#8217;s why Ralph wasn&#8217;t in the episode because he&#8217;d probably be the one to cop it.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_poaplxz69x1rbkgduo1_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18196" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_poaplxz69x1rbkgduo1_540.gif" alt="tumblr_poaplxz69x1rbkgduo1_540" /></a>So new Cicada takes Orlin to her cabin in the woods and unmasks to reveal that she is Grace Gibbons. This would be a neat twist if they hadn&#8217;t established her being a meta earlier in the episode and SHOWING HER AS CICADA back in <em><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/flash-facts/flash-facts-memorabilia/">Memorabilia</a></em>. No idea how or why an older Grace has appeared but I&#8217;m kinda hoping that the final showdown of the season will be between Grace and Nora, really tie things together right at the end. Then again Thawne&#8217;s involved so I assume he&#8217;s going to break out at some point.</p>
<p>Overall, an alright episode that sets up the third act of the season so be sure to come back next week and we&#8217;ll see if this <em>Time Bomb</em> pops off!</p>
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		<title>Flash Facts – “Cause and XS” and “King Shark vs. Gorilla Grodd”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2019 14:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Definitely a 50/50 split on quality between these two episodes.  Cause and XS sucks. It sucks a colossal bag of dicks. Why? Because this is the third or fourth time we&#8217;ve had a time loop plot in an Arrowverse show and I&#8217;m real fucking tired of it, hence why I didn&#8217;t review it. I was [&#038;hellip]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Definitely a 50/50 split on quality between these two episodes.  <span id="more-18183"></span></p>
<p><em>Cause and XS</em> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>sucks</strong></span>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_pmx7z5EXz01x89hino2_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18189" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_pmx7z5EXz01x89hino2_540.gif" alt="tumblr_pmx7z5EXz01x89hino2_540" /></a>It sucks a colossal bag of dicks. Why? Because this is the third or fourth time we&#8217;ve had a time loop plot in an Arrowverse show and I&#8217;m real fucking tired of it, hence why I didn&#8217;t review it. I was banking on the next episode being better so this article isn&#8217;t just a solid paragraph of me giving out and having a moan because I don&#8217;t like not liking this show. It can be so much better than it is most of the time but, much like Arrow was for a long time, it&#8217;s trapped in it&#8217;s own tropes and the current writing team don&#8217;t know what to do with Speedsters except a set number of plot lines.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_pmuh4fDwid1uqw734o2_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18186" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_pmuh4fDwid1uqw734o2_540.gif" alt="tumblr_pmuh4fDwid1uqw734o2_540" /></a> <a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_pmuh4fDwid1uqw734o1_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18185" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_pmuh4fDwid1uqw734o1_540.gif" alt="tumblr_pmuh4fDwid1uqw734o1_540" /></a>Shout-out to Carlos Valdes because he always gives a great performance when he has to handle Cisco&#8217;s trauma. It was the only thing in the episode I liked.</p>
<p><em>King Shark vs. Gorilla Grodd</em> on the other hand is an improvement. I mean, it&#8217;s still not great, but it&#8217;s infinitely more watchable.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_pnxa844VgX1rt5ctno2_r1_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18190" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_pnxa844VgX1rt5ctno2_r1_540.gif" alt="tumblr_pnxa844VgX1rt5ctno2_r1_540" /></a>Glad to see Jesse L Martin has recovered from his back injury. He has been sorely missed and wastes no time in sorting out Iris&#8217;s fear of her office? &#8216;Kay. She broke into Cicada&#8217;s house and stabbed him with a pen but she&#8217;s scared he&#8217;ll show up at her office? Does she not have pens there?</p>
<p>The &#8220;Beauty and the Beast&#8221; angle they&#8217;re taking with King Shark is kinda cool, it&#8217;s just a shame that the show couldn&#8217;t afford to have him all Sharky for more of the scenes because <a href="https://youtu.be/xk5Shj8Hq_I">he&#8217;s dummy thicc and the clap from his ass cheeks is alerting Gorilla Grodd.</a> (I love David Hayter so much for that)</p>
<p>Dan Payne (who also played a young Obsidian in <em>Legends of Tomorrow</em>) does a great job of being a huge lad for King Shark&#8217;s human scenes and works well alongside Zibby Allen&#8217;s character, Tanya Lamden. The CGI for the fights is as cheap as you can expect but it&#8217;s used sparingly and to good enough effect though it does get worse as the fight with Grodd goes on.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_pnxdtvIu801sieiueo2_500.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18191" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_pnxdtvIu801sieiueo2_500.gif" alt="tumblr_pnxdtvIu801sieiueo2_500" /></a> <a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_pnxdtvIu801sieiueo3_r1_500.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18192" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tumblr_pnxdtvIu801sieiueo3_r1_500.gif" alt="tumblr_pnxdtvIu801sieiueo3_r1_500" /></a>Nnf. I&#8217;ve been waiting 2 and 1/2 seasons for someone to do that and it&#8217;s just as satisfying as I was hoping.</p>
<p>So that&#8217;s that for now, kinda lost steam near the end due to personal stuff but I&#8217;ll be back next week when they&#8217;re finally going to deal with Cicada. Or try to at least. Next time: <em>Failure is an Orphan</em>.</p>
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		<title>Flash Facts – “Goldfaced”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2019 15:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All that glitters is gooooold, only shooting stars break the moooooooold!  Goldfaced is a pretty great episode. It’s light on meta action but the character dynamics in the three plots is fun/tense to watch and it’s all balanced very well. In an effort to get Sherloque off Nora’s back, Thawne suggests that she play to [&#038;hellip]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All that glitters is gooooold, only shooting stars break the moooooooold!  <span id="more-18171"></span></p>
<p><em>Goldfaced</em> is a pretty great episode. It’s light on meta action but the character dynamics in the three plots is fun/tense to watch and it’s all balanced very well.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/tumblr_pmhnemeyZ31sz5kv9o1_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18175" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/tumblr_pmhnemeyZ31sz5kv9o1_540.gif" alt="tumblr_pmhnemeyZ31sz5kv9o1_540" /></a>In an effort to get Sherloque off Nora’s back, Thawne suggests that she play to his greatest weakness; being a notorious puss-hound. Okay, it’s his heart, but he married the same woman 7 times across five different universes, that woman being Renee Adler. Her and Sherloque seem to have good chemistry so it’ll be fun to see their relationship develop in the episodes to come, especially after Sherloque discovers Renee is a meta and is incensed to protect her from Cicada.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;"><em><strong>Flash Fact:</strong></em></span> Renee Adler is played by Kimberley Williams-Paisley, most known for her role as Annie Banks, Steve Martin’s daughter in <em>Father of the Bride</em>! She looks great considering I haven&#8217;t seen or thought about her in almost 30 years!</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Iris is cruising for a stabbing by pulling a B&amp;E on Cicada’s house. There’s been instances of Iris being badass in the past but I often forget that when she spends most of the season making doe eyes at Barry or being motherly. This episode shows, again, that she’s a badass because not only does she keep a cool head but she kicks the shit out of Cicada!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/tumblr_pmhfdttDhN1qa7k60o1_r2_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18173" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/tumblr_pmhfdttDhN1qa7k60o1_r2_540.gif" alt="tumblr_pmhfdttDhN1qa7k60o1_r2_540" /></a> <a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/tumblr_pmhfdttDhN1qa7k60o2_r2_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18174" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/tumblr_pmhfdttDhN1qa7k60o2_r2_540.gif" alt="tumblr_pmhfdttDhN1qa7k60o2_r2_540" /></a>I mean it; she bear maces his face off, wrecks his doll house, stabs him with a pen and then, for good measure, stands over him and says “We’ll beat you.” DAAAAAAAAAAAAMN, Iris! You scary!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/tumblr_pmhnyx3jS01sieiueo3_r1_500.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18176" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/tumblr_pmhnyx3jS01sieiueo3_r1_500.gif" alt="tumblr_pmhnyx3jS01sieiueo3_r1_500" /></a> <a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/tumblr_pmhnyx3jS01sieiueo4_r1_500.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18177" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/tumblr_pmhnyx3jS01sieiueo4_r1_500.gif" alt="tumblr_pmhnyx3jS01sieiueo4_r1_500" /></a>And the last plot thread is the Barry and Ralph Buddy Cop Comedy and I am here for it! Infiltrating a weapons black market for some tech macguffin leads the duo to Goldface, the titular villain du jour and I really dig this dude. He’s a real smooth criminal and while I’m glad he’s not dead and can come back, the dude was bleeding gold out of his eyes, he SHOULD be dead. But it was Barry so we can’t have him kill. Yet. It’s coming, I can feel it.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;"><strong><em>Flash Fact:</em></strong></span> Goldface is played by Damion Poitier, a well-known stunt man but comic fans would know him as Thanos in the first <em>Avengers</em> movie!</p>
<p>Also, Barry and Ralph’s running gun fight with Goldface’s goons was scored with Rob Zombie’s Dragula, which is an out-of-fucking-nowhere pick and slapped me in the face with nostalgia for a goth ex-girlfriend so thanks, show?</p>
<p>Overall, I really dug this episode. It didn’t drive the plot forward too much but it was a fun ride at the very least and that counts for a lot. In the same vein, check out this week’s <em>Arrow</em> episode, <em>Emerald Archer</em>, for a fun in-universe documentary theme that breaks up the show’s usual formula quite nicely. Be sure to come back next week as things seem to be coming to a head in <em>Cause and XS</em>.</p>
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		<title>Flash Facts – “Memorabilia”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2019 15:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sharp-O]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spent a lot of this episode figuring out where the toys in the Flash Museum came from!  This is a real interesting idea for an episode that sadly has to share time with uninteresting elements. Like, who cares about Ralph trying to get hook up with some random at a bar? There’s more interesting [&#038;hellip]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I spent a lot of this episode figuring out where the toys in the Flash Museum came from!  <span id="more-18153"></span></p>
<p>This is a real interesting idea for an episode that sadly has to share time with uninteresting elements. Like, who cares about Ralph trying to get hook up with some random at a bar? There’s more interesting stuff to focus on!</p>
<p>The A-Plot is a plan to wake up Cicada’s niece by going into her mind using tech acquired from an alternate Earth version of Jervis Tetch aka Mad Hatter, which is a neat detail. Kinda like Caitlin’s skating outfit being a one-to-one recreation of a <em>DC Bombshells</em> Killer Frost statue.</p>
<p>Anyway; Nora, shit-scared that she’s about to be discovered, rushes into using the machine before anyone finds out her connection to Thawne, something Sherloque figured she would do.</p>
<p>It’s an interesting trip through both the kid’s and Nora’s psyches, and the little touches they do to mirror them, though the obvious colour saturation kinda gives away the initial confusion Barry and Iris have.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/tumblr_pm4kj4q68o1uvcgjlo1_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18155" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/tumblr_pm4kj4q68o1uvcgjlo1_540.gif" alt="tumblr_pm4kj4q68o1uvcgjlo1_540" /></a> <a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/tumblr_pm4kj4q68o1uvcgjlo2_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18156" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/tumblr_pm4kj4q68o1uvcgjlo2_540.gif" alt="tumblr_pm4kj4q68o1uvcgjlo2_540" /></a>So while Nora is trying to guide Grace to the nearest exit with the blandest platitudes, Barry and Iris go for a trip round the Flash Museum and watch their daughter’s perception of the past. Lots of cool little details dotted around including mention of Red Death and original Flash comics.</p>
<p>I think my favourite part is that Nora’s memory guardian is an empty Reverse Flash suit and I just love the effect used for it. Plus, when Sherloque is informed of it, adds another piece to the puzzle.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Grace goes ape-shit when she figures out (somehow) that Nora is the Flash’s daughter and starts controlling her memory guardian, Cicada, directly. And then the person behind the mask changes to what appears to be an older version of Grace.</p>
<p>This seems to indicate that not only is Grace sort of controlling her uncle’s actions; perhaps the dagger and the shard in her head are shared and her protectiveness and anger is feeding into Cicada’s. Regardless, they should have tossed her tiny arse through the portal, it couldn’t have done any more harm.</p>
<p>But the idea that Grace becomes Cicada might link into the future plot even more so. I mean, Cicada killed, and still is killing, more people than Zoom and Red Death so what if there’s two? Or, once Orlin dies, she takes the mantle with an even more demented zeal. Food for thought.</p>
<p>There’s also a small subplot about Iris starting up her own newspaper and her doing that inadvertently brings the Crisis where Barry disappears forward two years, ala the newspaper we’ve been seeing for the past 5 years.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/tumblr_pm4nv9J1Nb1tnvsx0o4_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18157" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/tumblr_pm4nv9J1Nb1tnvsx0o4_540.gif" alt="tumblr_pm4nv9J1Nb1tnvsx0o4_540" /></a> <a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/tumblr_pm4nv9J1Nb1tnvsx0o5_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18158" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/tumblr_pm4nv9J1Nb1tnvsx0o5_540.gif" alt="tumblr_pm4nv9J1Nb1tnvsx0o5_540" /></a>Overall, a fairly solid episode that pushes the Nora’s Lying Arc and sets up a potential love interest for Cisco so we’ll see how that pans out but come back next week when we’ll be getting <em>Goldfaced</em>!</p>
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		<title>Flash Facts – “The Flash &amp; The Furious” &amp; “Seeing Red”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2019 22:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sharp-O]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aaaaand we&#8217;re back!  And it&#8217;s still just as filler-y as before! Two weeks worth of the Scarlet Speedster and there&#8217;s only a couple things I want to talk about because Primus knows the Cicada plots not going anywhere. So let&#8217;s take about the major topic; Thawne and Nora. Thawne appears to be on death row [&#038;hellip]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Aaaaand we&#8217;re back!  <span id="more-18141"></span></p>
<p>And it&#8217;s still just as filler-y as before! Two weeks worth of the Scarlet Speedster and there&#8217;s only a couple things I want to talk about because Primus knows the Cicada plots not going anywhere.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/tumblr_pl1wsmEsim1sz5kv9o1_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18150" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/tumblr_pl1wsmEsim1sz5kv9o1_540.gif" alt="tumblr_pl1wsmEsim1sz5kv9o1_540" /></a>So let&#8217;s take about the major topic; Thawne and Nora. Thawne appears to be on death row or, at the very least, is going to lose his life in a short amount of time. It seems to be less than an hour and it&#8217;s unclear how long Nora has been going to see Thawne but it&#8217;s weird, and kinda cyclical, that he appears to be in the same kind of mentor role as he was with Barry.</p>
<p>What&#8217;s stupid is that Nora didn&#8217;t know Thawne killed Barry&#8217;s mother. I know The Flash Museum kinda white-washes a lot of Barry&#8217;s past but jaysus, that&#8217;s kind of a big detail to miss out. But yeah, the theme of the episode is if someone bad can become good so we&#8217;ll see if this redemption sticks. Probably won&#8217;t.</p>
<p>Nora&#8217;s become increasingly frustrating as a character to watch because despite apparently being a massive Flash fan, she knows next to nothing about his tactics, abilities, or his ethics. She&#8217;s really kinda shitty and the fact that Team Flash still hasn&#8217;t sent her stupid ass back to the future is infuriating.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/tumblr_plf92w6YLc1qb82v1o4_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18143" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/tumblr_plf92w6YLc1qb82v1o4_540.gif" alt="tumblr_plf92w6YLc1qb82v1o4_540" /></a> <a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/tumblr_plf92w6YLc1qb82v1o5_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18144" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/tumblr_plf92w6YLc1qb82v1o5_540.gif" alt="tumblr_plf92w6YLc1qb82v1o5_540" /></a>On a more fun note, look at Grant Gustin&#8217;s stupid face. For all the BS surrounding the character, Grant is still a treat to watch when he&#8217;s given more direction than &#8220;look pensive&#8221; and &#8220;gaze at Candice&#8221;.</p>
<p>Another plot running through these two episodes is the idea of a metahuman cure and if reading X-Men for decades has taught me anything, cures for powers never work out and often make things worse. Granted, this may play a big part towards the finale, but for now it&#8217;s just being used as a sore point for Cisco and Killer Frost.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/tumblr_pltggpPv4e1u9vt50o1_500.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18148" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/tumblr_pltggpPv4e1u9vt50o1_500.gif" alt="tumblr_pltggpPv4e1u9vt50o1_500" /></a> <a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/tumblr_pltggpPv4e1u9vt50o2_500.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18149" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/tumblr_pltggpPv4e1u9vt50o2_500.gif" alt="tumblr_pltggpPv4e1u9vt50o2_500" /></a>Frost&#8217;s motivation to stop Caitlin working on the formula is pretty solid character development and their current symbiotic relationship must be fun for Danielle Panabaker to play.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/tumblr_plrkcsUAKF1r6qaxco1_540.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18147" src="http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/tumblr_plrkcsUAKF1r6qaxco1_540.gif" alt="tumblr_plrkcsUAKF1r6qaxco1_540" /></a>The only other thing I have to talk about comes in Seeing Red when the tables turn on Cicada and Barry lays some hands on him and it&#8217;s nice to see more of Barry&#8217;s darker edge. Yeah, he&#8217;s a goodie-two-shoes but in the comics, Barry has killed Eobard Thawne before for trying to kill Iris. Broke his neck, it was pretty metal, and this righteous anger is something I hope we see more of. If nothing else, it gives Grant more to do.</p>
<p>Sorry I haven&#8217;t got more to say but these two episodes where pretty light on stuff I want to talk about but I&#8217;ll be back on a decent schedule next week and I can&#8217;t wait to see what the futures holds when we take a trip inside Nora&#8217;s mind in <em>Memorabilia</em>!</p>
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