Tag Archives: The Flash

Run to March

Well, we’re now a month away from the season seven premiere of The Flash on the CW.  Thanks to Our Current Moment, we’re actually getting the last few episodes of season six first.  And that’s pretty much the ground that … Continue reading

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Season’s Endings

The spring season of television is coming to an end.  You can always tell because of the big Survivor finale, which is next Wednesday.  Tonight Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD came to a fifth season conclusion titled “The End” (just in … Continue reading

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Run, Barry, Run (2018 Edition)

The Flash returned with new episodes last night.  And while it definitely had a “villain-of-the-week” vibe (as is often the case with superhero shows), it also had some nice, not-so-subtle moments that moved the story forward in interesting directions.  Marlize … Continue reading

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Moving Like Lightning

This week’s DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (besides being the only scripted show for me to watch this week) was a nice, Groundhog’s Day episode that worked well at humanizing one of the “colder” members of the cast.  And while the … Continue reading

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The Music That Catches You

It’s been nice having a season of The Flash that hasn’t centered on a villainous speedster. The unfolding story of the Thinker has brought a nice twist to some familiar tropes of the superhero television genre.  The through-line of the … Continue reading

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When the Flash is Back

Well, this is interesting: Looks like we’re getting Barry Allen back quite early in the fourth season of The Flash.  New logo.  New costume.  “The Flash Reborn,” indeed. One month to go . . .

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Back in a Flash (Fall 2017 Edition)

Even though we’re still a couple of months away from most fall-premiering television shows, events like San Diego Comic-Con have become a great excuse for premiering teasers and trailers.  Case in point: the trailer for the upcoming fourth season of … Continue reading

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Back into the Speed Force

The last time we spent an episode of The Flash in the Speed Force, we had Kevin Smith guiding the journey.  Granted, I wasn’t all that impressed with “The Runaway Dinosaur.”  I haven’t really taken to the idea of the … Continue reading

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Gorillas and Guinevere?

We have two weeks before new episodes of The Flash and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow on the CW.  While The Flash has been decent, it hasn’t been setting things on fire this season (particularly since returning from its winter break). … Continue reading

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George Lucas Has the Spear of Destiny

This week, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow finally achieved excellence.  In this week’s episode, “Raiders of the Lost Art,” the team of misfits traveled to 1967 to track down the Spear of Destiny (fictionally said to be the spear that pierced the … Continue reading

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