Flash TV pilot

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So the Flash TV pilot has leaked online. I was going to wait until October to watch it because I bet the show creators are pretty angry about the leak, but EVERYBODY was spoiling it and I feared having the whole thing ruined by October anyway (as it was, I heard some pretty major spoilers in advance. Kind of annoying

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Central City looking like Vancouver...

I don't mind them filming there, although it will be a bit odd-looking to see Vancouver landmarks undisguised in the background. Not unlike seeing the ScotiaBank building in the middle of scenes of "Cylon-Occupied Caprica" on Galactica, as well as those rail yards in a few other episodes.

You'd think that they might set aside a few VFX $$$ for digitally disguising Vancouver a bit more, but I suppose the fight scenes will take up the bulk of that budget line item.

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There are nice panoramic shots of the city which clearly aren't from Vancouver -- I heard they're from Oregon -- which actually do look like the Twin Cities from the comics. There's a river running through a city (or two cities) with a prominent bridge like we saw in Keystone/Central. But otherwise, there are mountains very visible in the distance, and I recognize some of the landmarks on the waterfront.

Yeah, I think they're going to have their budget full with superpowers. Barry's speed, Weather Wizard's weather effects -- and if Grodd ever appears. Geoff Johns has hinted at Captain Cold appearing soon, which is exactly what I'd expect from a show with Johns' creative input :>

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I only started watching Arrow when Barry appeared partway through second season, but have heard that the first season really sucked. So maybe try watching it again, if you have the time and inclination. Deathstroke made a pretty good Big Bad in second season. The show definitely isn't perfect and isn't great TV or anything, but I enjoy it.

I have my doubts either Roscoe or Lisa will appear in any recognizable form, TBH. Neither really lends themselves to TV. But I figured that ever since the show was announced, so it won't be a huge disappointment. (On the other hand, I didn't think they'd ever have Grodd, and he was strongly implied, so...)

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Grodd is very popular (with dudes, at any rate), but I thought he'd be a) too much trouble to animate/represent on TV, and b) that a lot of people would find the concept cheesy. But if the show is running with that, more power to 'em.

Lisa would add another female character, but there's no way they'd go with the ice skater schtick (too weird and expensive). They might go with her New 52 powers, but that might be kind of tricky. I think she'd be unpowered...and might get fridged for Johns' beloved Len angst.

And given that Lisa now has a new relationship status quo, there's no reason to believe she'd be paired with Roscoe. She might be, since Johns is working on the show, but I doubt he cares whether she's with Roscoe or Sam. I'd bet they'd probably pair her with Sam >:( And that WILL piss me off.

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I haven't tried to find the pilot yet... I don't really care about spoilers (I think I might have heard all the important ones from the pilot anyway), and I'd rather just watch the pilot in order rather than have to wait 2+ months between it and the second episodes. But I'll certainly be checking out the series. And I'm kind of glad that the series is helping to ditch Arrow's "no superpowers" philosophy (which it had been ditching on its own for a while, but hopefully this will give them excuses to have more super-powered people, or give one of the Black Canarys an actual scream).

But yeah, when I saw the guy playing Wells on the trailer, I instantly thought, "If I wanted water... I'd, you know, ASK for water."

And Vancouver stands in for everywhere. ;)

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On over a hundred worlds and counting at this point!

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Constantine's pilot has now leaked too, so you have to wonder what's going on.

Deathstroke's powers seem to suggest the show is moving away from that concept -- although yes, they did come up with a fairly straight-forward explanation for that. I hope so, at any rate. I'm sure Suicide Squad will appear again, and it'd be nice to have some powered people there. That would add powers to the show without necessarily having the powered characters fight Oliver much.

I gotta wonder if Cavanagh gets tired of hearing about that, or if nobody really brings it up anymore :>

I miss the days when it was Toronto standing in all the time, but I guess there are still films/shows which are filmed here.