2:15:32 Oh my god, I’m in disbelief lol. I’m the theatre employee Ross was talking about at the end of the video and I was sure that on that night I came across as weird and slightly rude with the way I approached him but to hear him saying it meant a lot to him is so amazing to hear, because when I approached him, I wanted to express in few words how long I had been watching his videos and how important they were to my growth as a film/tv enjoyer. I grew up watching so many tv/movie critics but Ross occupied a unique space where he felt the most relatable to me. His feelings toward the CW DC shows reflected my own enough for me to feel like I had a place to go to discuss them, even if it was a one way discuss. Ross, if you’re reading this man, I’m incredibly touched and honestly honoured that I was able to have a positive effect on you like that. I’ve been watching your videos for nearly half my life now, which is wild to think about, and I’ve always enjoyed hearing your thoughts and opinions. I’m excited to see where you go from here and, just like you, I also felt a weird sting of bittersweet sadness when I watched the Flash finale. Almost made me mad that it did cuz I don’t think it was that good lol. Best of luck with everything you do from here on out man🙏
Cecile acting like there are any stakes to missing her train to meet Joe when she’s friends with people who can literally teleport/move faster than the speed of light (inconsistently) is just hilarious
49:39 “The key to defeating this villain was waiting for a character from a canceled tv show to appear” is a weirdly weird common thing in the Flash show
You are correct, Tobin Bell is the voice of Savitar and jigsaw and Zoom is voiced by Tony Todd who played Candyman and Venom. He sadly passed away Nov 6th. Rest in peace Tony⚡️❤️🩹
You have a rare ability to glue me to the screen, I think it’s the combo of your voice and editing but I actually sat down and watched this all the way through and for the last hour wasn’t even doing anything else to occupy my time like games or chores I was just sitting there watching so hats off to you man, didn’t think it could be done
fun fact: red death intentionally walks around with her hips out forward because the actress said that she noticed most men walk "balls first". i dont even know
The final season had some interesting moments, but not bringing back Cisco will perplex me forever. The fact they had the perfect opportunity to do so during the finale honestly kills me. Can't believe this is the last flash vid...hard to believe it's been so long since the beginning of flash/arrow. cheers ross and everyone else!
I am curious why, in the Watsonian sense, when Eddie brought all the past evil speedsters whose actors they could still afford to the negative speed force, they did not all immediately attempt to beat the shit out of Savitar
This was excellent. I think you hit a basically perfect balance of critical insight with genuine appreciation for all the show has been to you over time and the hard work of the people who made it. Bravo.
I’m surprised we didn’t see Barry embarrass the reverse flash, since that’s what apparently started the animosity. Oh well, add it to the pile of interesting ideas no CW writer would touch 🤣
Eddie Thawne coming back to life and becoming the Negative Speed Force avatar closes the loop from Season 1 where Eddie kills himself to prevent Eobard from being born. With Eddie dead there would have been no OG Eobard, so they had to close that loop.
01:05:17 OK there is context that explains the existence of this episode and I honestly can't tell if it's a good good explanation. TL;DR: This episode is a piece of marketing for comics written by the actress. So the character of Nia Nal AKA Dreamer is entirely original to the Supergirl show (I think there was a version of that character in the comics already but they're only related in that they have dream powers so who cares). When DC started releasing their pride comics, Dreamer's actress, Nicole Maines wrote several stories in them about Dreamer (Nicole Marines is a trans woman). After the success of the pride comics, as well as her wanting to write more comics anyway, DC allowed Maines to write several comics and even had a version of Dreamer based on her character appear in several comics. This all culminated in Maines writing an entirely original comic about Dreamer that released near this episode. So this entire episode is presumably a thinly veiled piece of marketing for this comic, DC Pride, and various other projects.
Sometimes the mythological RUclips algorithm just knows. Yesterday it decided to randomly recommend me your season 8 video which I decided to watch again. Lo’ and behold - today you upload the finale! I’m glad I believed in the impossible!
Gotta "Love" how they spend majority of s9 saying "SHES NOT CAITLIN! SHES NOT CAITLIN!", only for the "payoff' at the end to be "Great job Not-Catlin, now you get to be Caitlin again". Like what the actual fuck.
I haven't seen The Flash since like, season 2, so the algorithm dropping this on me was a wonderful way to see how it's gone since then. Gotta say, this is definitely one of the superhero shows of all time.
I saw Tom Cavanagh, Danielle Panabaker and Carlos Valdes at Montreal Comic Con last summer, and honestly, Tom was amazing, apparently he grew up in a city located like 40 minutes away from where I live and he is truly bilingual, so it's not just a few french lines he was taught for the show. Carlos was exhausted, apparently, they had been travelling through South America before this and he didn't get much sleep or rest, so during the panel, he decided to take a nap instead of answering questions. I went in to ask a question while I was wearing my Flash cosplay. The guy working for the Comic Con on stage basically said "Hey look everyone we have Grant Gustin over here" while pointing at me since I was the only Flash cosplay in there. Then I said the meme line "This house is bitchin" and nobody got the reference, not even Carlos, my guess is they just learn the lines without remembering the overall plot. The meme made many people in the audience laugh though as they have probably seen the show many many times over the past 9 years so they understand every reference while the cast don't. What I learned is that the cast of a show are just doing their job, even the customer service aspect of being nice at Q&A panels and at photo ops or autographs, it often feels like it's just an act and it's because it often is. But Tom Cavanagh was really passionate and it didn't feel fake, or maybe he is just that good of an actor. I would have loved to see Grant but he was on broadway at the time, Tom Cavanagh told me that he and the other cast members visited him just a few weeks before coming to Montreal, and that they loved it, then he said I should really go see him if I have the chance. Another actor I would have really liked to see is Teddy Sears but I guess he was not in enough of the show to follow them along.
42:45, 44:56, 48:30, 49:32 God, Javicia Leslie (New Batwoman) as Red Death. I completely forgot about this. I swear, her acting comes across like she’s auditioning to be a Power Rangers villain. Hell, they should make her the next Rita Repulsa if Power Rangers gets rebooted again.
@@Neros_lightUntil the end of season 2 I really liked this show unironically. Afterwards, although I always watched every episode when it aired, it just became a guilty pleasure for me.
Well, they did have to sacrifice that when they had to do DC cameo fest-I mean Crisis of Infinite Earths early since Arrow was ending. So..not really the most surprising thing.
12:16 The worst part is that I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE DESCRIBING SNOW OR PROFESSOR HULK, since it perfectly describes & embodies everyting that's wrong in both instances
50:38 Legends of tomorrow was like the only show in the Arrowverse that embraced the weirdness instead of somehow unbearably trying to keep somewhat of a serious tone. It‘s why I will remember the show about the B-heroes of the Arrowverse more than the main ones probably.
That show had the opposite problem. It took things so goofy and bizarre that there was never any story or character to be invested in, it was all just about topping themselves every season with the insanity. A poor man's Doom Patrol
@Darth_Mornabin The first two seasons were easily the best. Season 3 was good too. Season 4 was boring as hell with Natari as its only saving grace. And the rest of the show was mindless nonsense and buffoonery.
I’m currently intoxicated. Because after watching all of Madvocates videos, I take a shot every time Barry stops to talk. After all of this time, BARRY STILL STOPS TO CHAT WITH VILLAINS INSTEAD OF ARRESTING THEM!
One thing to call out- in the final episode of Crisis they had established to the audience that there would be a multiverse, which included the Stargirl show, Doom Patrol, a Green Latern universe and Kingdom Come Superman with yellow back in the symbol.
why they didn't just have the entirety of S9 be focused on Eddie's return and setting up good character motivations and personal tragic conflicts between him and the other Team Flash members is just beyond me, there was such an opportunity to do an amazing story, and they squander it for some reason.
i have my youtube history for proof, i just watched your season 6,7, and 8 videos last night and was sad when i saw you didn’t do one on season 9. thank you so much !!!!!!!!! i’m so excited to watch this.
Ross I love your videos I remember binging your early videos and I actually remember exactly where I was when the season 4 video dropped (I was at work in the stockroom upstairs so I got to watch it right away) You ARE enough and it’s always a joy to watch your content and hear your thoughts!
I stopped watching the show midway through season 4 but watched Arrow until the finale. I really loved the first few seasons of The Flash and I think Grant Gustin is a great Flash, but my god the writing. Ross, thank you for creating a tldr video series about the show.
Ross, your videos really made an impression on me. It helped me figuring out, which criteria in storytelling are more important to me than others. And based on that giving my emotions regarding a movie or a tv show words to explain it. Through that, I had very good talks and found new friends, who also like to talk about different kinds of storytelling in different media. Not only movie and tv shows. Also books, comics, games, etc.
Have you planned to talk about the end of Superman & Lois? (As is officially the end of the entire Arrowverse as a whole) I ask you because I don't know if you watched the show based on what you have previously said
Thank you, honestly this is the end of a journey for me lol. I’m 33. When I was 15 we got the news of a flash tv show and movie. At that time flash was my favorite character….its insane to see what I thought was gonna happen versus what we got over these years. I found your channel around season 7. I was done with the flash until I found your reviews. So I watched the last two seasons. You made the shattering of my nostalgia pretty entertaining lol.
3:12 actually small thing about that device It’s called a Roemer Accelerator which is a unit of measurement created in the Silver Age, named after Danish astrologist Ole Roemer, it’s how Barry measures his speed 1 Roemer= 186,000MPS…which if you don’t know is just lightspeed In the comic it appears in Barry goes “Roemer 10)
I came here so I wouldn’t have to watch The Flash, I stayed for you and your vision for these videos. Thanks for the years of content and hopefully more to come.
Season 9 wasn’t helped by the CW cutting the show’s budget by even more halfway through the season. The network also gave 5 fewer episodes than they expected when they were planning the season. Throw in the fact that the only time grant got covid around the time they filmed the finale and that scheduling conflicts prevented Carlos from coming back season 9 definitely wasn’t as good as it could have been. All things considered the last 5 episodes are at least entertaining even if the writing feels rushed. It’s far from the worst final season I have seen and I do appreciate getting Eddie back and seeing the end of the loop that is Barry losing his mother. I came away from the season still liking it more than 4 and 5 and definitely more than 7 and 3 which is not bad. I am glad you posted, I’ve always enjoyed your videos and your critical view while still being able to acknowledge when shows like this get it right:)
Just need to give you your flowers for using the arrow score - returning home/ scars by Blake Neely whilst you were talking about arrow season 8. I’m sure that flew over a lot of peoples head but we see the effort you put in editing !!!
27:39 funny, stuff like this is why i still like superhero comics. Dark Multiverse is supposed to be a collection of universes that were all meant to die immediately/way faster than regular universes because everything that could've gone wrong did go wrong in their universes.
The Flash was my childhood. I can honestly say that I never would’ve gotten into superhero shows, movies, or comics without this show. And it broke my heart to see how this show ended. It broke my heart that this show ended, and I didn’t care. I didn’t even watch the last few episodes of the show, not even the one with Wally & Oliver in it. I couldn’t make it past that episode about Becky, not that I have anything against Becky- I just couldn’t watch yet another episode about a character I have no attachment to while Barry and Iris get sidelined. If there’s anything this show taught me, it’s that you aren’t obligated to continue watching a show that you aren’t enjoying anymore. Life’s just too short.
the reason why barry knew who he would give his powers is because in season 8 when he was in the still force meditating he saw the future and he said "MAX' as in max mercury one of the dudes he gave powers too
I love Dreamer because it is very rare to get actual trans representation on Primetime television and she was a breath of fresh air in Supergirl's best season (Season 4). I'm glad we got one last bit of Dreamer but it is a shame that 99% of flash viewers have no idea who she is...
Me too, me too ^^. It was the first hero that I actually loved from first sight, I was even celebrating everytime we had a Dreamer solo episode in Supergirl, and stuff 😄... And now that I graduated in film direction, I'm looking forward to direct a DC Elseworlds Dreamer trilogy, keeping Nicole Maines as Nia and creating a full rogue gallery for the character 😁🤗.
@@jadenbryant9283 The only solution I have in mind for this is if a new film industry on the (almost) same scale of Hollywood opens in Canada. I'm already planning with some people in the industry to start something there, so who knows.
@@RodrickMarsMoon good luck! Nicole Maines is an incredible woman who is responosble for why my home state is as progressive for trans folks as it is today- she set some of the groundwork for the life and freedoms I have today!
Still can't get over the fact that one of Barry's best friends that he's know for almost a decade and has been by his side pretty much the entire time he's been the Flash dies and then like the next day he goes dancing in a fucking nightclub like he doesn't give a shit. And with the Dreamer stuff, she didn't need this storyline, she was already wrapped up perfectly fine at the end of Supergirl. She's actually already gone through a storyline about being insecure about her powers and ability as a hero on Supergirl, tbh to me it felt like she got more stuff to do in that show than Supergirl herself, the writers loved their OCs too much.
This show had an idea for 1 season. And afterwards they just killed time until the series finale in season 9 … which you still understand for the most part after watching season 1 and nothing after. (But I still watched every episode of this show on release day.)
15:24 And didn't he enter the show as a creepy stalker and serial killer who framed Killer Frost for his murders? Then she randomly fancied him and after that he was just there for shirtless scenes fangirls drooled over.
I've been watching this show since I was 9, before going to school, now in university. This shit wild. It was enjoyable, the cheese wasn't cheese for me because I was very little so I was just enjoying every second, but even as a kid I felt the beginning of the worsening from the start of S4 since. However I don't regret watching and enjoying this wonderful show, the first season will always give me nostalgia now and I'll probably be rewatching the beginning for years haha!
Thanks for joining me on this ride. I’ve got some fun stuff coming up next.
So.....are we gonna address the Grant in the closet?
What fun stuff? Either way, can’t wait.
You gonna do a review on superman and lois?
That shows coming to an end and it's so much better than arrow and the flash
Love the videos man but why the hate for house md ? Lol
Can’t believe I’m this excited to watch a 2 hour long video about a show I stopped watching when I was 16 (21 now) but I am very
Same i'm like it finished now not years ago ?!?!
The show ended up lasting longer after I stopped watching than the length of time I actually watched it 😵💫
Bro same
I can't wait to watch 2 hours about a show I've never seen
So real
2:15:32
Oh my god, I’m in disbelief lol.
I’m the theatre employee Ross was talking about at the end of the video and I was sure that on that night I came across as weird and slightly rude with the way I approached him but to hear him saying it meant a lot to him is so amazing to hear, because when I approached him, I wanted to express in few words how long I had been watching his videos and how important they were to my growth as a film/tv enjoyer. I grew up watching so many tv/movie critics but Ross occupied a unique space where he felt the most relatable to me. His feelings toward the CW DC shows reflected my own enough for me to feel like I had a place to go to discuss them, even if it was a one way discuss.
Ross, if you’re reading this man, I’m incredibly touched and honestly honoured that I was able to have a positive effect on you like that. I’ve been watching your videos for nearly half my life now, which is wild to think about, and I’ve always enjoyed hearing your thoughts and opinions. I’m excited to see where you go from here and, just like you, I also felt a weird sting of bittersweet sadness when I watched the Flash finale. Almost made me mad that it did cuz I don’t think it was that good lol.
Best of luck with everything you do from here on out man🙏
Thats awesome Dude Positivity Drives
I wish I could be a little more positive like you tbh 🎉. I'm glad you got to meet Ross as well 😊
Cecile acting like there are any stakes to missing her train to meet Joe when she’s friends with people who can literally teleport/move faster than the speed of light (inconsistently) is just hilarious
But…tHerRe’S nOwhEre tO rUn?
sheev cameo wsgggg
Best cameo ever@@JDMaverick6714
49:39 “The key to defeating this villain was waiting for a character from a canceled tv show to appear” is a weirdly weird common thing in the Flash show
Also legends of tomorrow.
Hey Constantine 👋
Really sums up the CW DCEU in total honestly.
You are correct, Tobin Bell is the voice of Savitar and jigsaw and Zoom is voiced by Tony Todd who played Candyman and Venom. He sadly passed away Nov 6th. Rest in peace Tony⚡️❤️🩹
How have I only just realised Tobin Bell voiced Savitar?????
When this show boiled down the definitive Barry Allen storyline to ONE episode, I knew it was time to pack it up and never tune in again
I really like how red death just quotes Batman in an almost compulsive way
Maybe the Flash was the friends we met then killed then brought back then killed then brought back then killed then brought back along the way
Worst finale ive ever seen from a show.
"The pudding man is back" fucking sent me
Holy Shit! ROB?
Didn’t expect the ink tank here
You have a rare ability to glue me to the screen, I think it’s the combo of your voice and editing but I actually sat down and watched this all the way through and for the last hour wasn’t even doing anything else to occupy my time like games or chores I was just sitting there watching so hats off to you man, didn’t think it could be done
Thank you, that's very kind of you to say
It's ok, Ross. You can rest now
fun fact: red death intentionally walks around with her hips out forward because the actress said that she noticed most men walk "balls first". i dont even know
What kinda men is she around?
Let me check my stance... No, that's some BS right there. She be hanging around some weird dudes. Or watching to much JoJo's Bizarre adventure.
@@No1ofConsequence Some real dio perched on a rooftop season 3 energy.
Wait we’re NOT supposed to be sticking our balls into the air???
Source?
Absolute peak television
The final season had some interesting moments, but not bringing back Cisco will perplex me forever. The fact they had the perfect opportunity to do so during the finale honestly kills me. Can't believe this is the last flash vid...hard to believe it's been so long since the beginning of flash/arrow. cheers ross and everyone else!
Tbf they probably asked Carlos if he wanted to come back and he said no, and if that were the case then I don’t blame him
@@morris01 I think he said there were scheduling conflicts. Probably with that musical show he did on Hulu with Mae Whitman
I am curious why, in the Watsonian sense, when Eddie brought all the past evil speedsters whose actors they could still afford to the negative speed force, they did not all immediately attempt to beat the shit out of Savitar
This was excellent. I think you hit a basically perfect balance of critical insight with genuine appreciation for all the show has been to you over time and the hard work of the people who made it. Bravo.
I’m surprised we didn’t see Barry embarrass the reverse flash, since that’s what apparently started the animosity. Oh well, add it to the pile of interesting ideas no CW writer would touch 🤣
Eddie Thawne coming back to life and becoming the Negative Speed Force avatar closes the loop from Season 1 where Eddie kills himself to prevent Eobard from being born. With Eddie dead there would have been no OG Eobard, so they had to close that loop.
01:05:17 OK there is context that explains the existence of this episode and I honestly can't tell if it's a good good explanation. TL;DR: This episode is a piece of marketing for comics written by the actress.
So the character of Nia Nal AKA Dreamer is entirely original to the Supergirl show (I think there was a version of that character in the comics already but they're only related in that they have dream powers so who cares). When DC started releasing their pride comics, Dreamer's actress, Nicole Maines wrote several stories in them about Dreamer (Nicole Marines is a trans woman). After the success of the pride comics, as well as her wanting to write more comics anyway, DC allowed Maines to write several comics and even had a version of Dreamer based on her character appear in several comics. This all culminated in Maines writing an entirely original comic about Dreamer that released near this episode. So this entire episode is presumably a thinly veiled piece of marketing for this comic, DC Pride, and various other projects.
Sometimes the mythological RUclips algorithm just knows. Yesterday it decided to randomly recommend me your season 8 video which I decided to watch again. Lo’ and behold - today you upload the finale! I’m glad I believed in the impossible!
When the world needed him most he returned
Can't wait for him to cover The Flash movie.
*insert Walter White scream
Boy what a year to be a flash fan in 2023.
Barry: You're not Frost or Caitlin... Who are you?
???: No Barry I'm not either of them. I'm someone else... I'm someTHING else...
And she frosts all over the place
I AM THE GREEN ARROW
Now this is the end of an era.
Been a following these videos with greater care than what I did with the later seasons of the show
Bro id just watch blind wave reactions instead of watching full episodes in the later season's. Saved me 40 minutes of time.
1:26:18 We actually knew this already, the end of credits showed the new multiverse being born
"Better late than never" ahh upload 💀😭
The fuck are you doing off instagram-
Gotta "Love" how they spend majority of s9 saying "SHES NOT CAITLIN! SHES NOT CAITLIN!", only for the "payoff' at the end to be "Great job Not-Catlin, now you get to be Caitlin again". Like what the actual fuck.
42:51 CW Red Death. Making Rita Repulsa from Power Rangers seem like a subtle restrained villain.
I was actually thinking the whole time I was watching it that she was acting like a tokusatsu villain 😂.
this video marks the first time I've ever seen the "Yeah I'm Batman" scene without it being edited to just "Yeah I'm Man"
Is he stupid?
I haven't seen The Flash since like, season 2, so the algorithm dropping this on me was a wonderful way to see how it's gone since then.
Gotta say, this is definitely one of the superhero shows of all time.
I saw Tom Cavanagh, Danielle Panabaker and Carlos Valdes at Montreal Comic Con last summer, and honestly, Tom was amazing, apparently he grew up in a city located like 40 minutes away from where I live and he is truly bilingual, so it's not just a few french lines he was taught for the show.
Carlos was exhausted, apparently, they had been travelling through South America before this and he didn't get much sleep or rest, so during the panel, he decided to take a nap instead of answering questions.
I went in to ask a question while I was wearing my Flash cosplay. The guy working for the Comic Con on stage basically said "Hey look everyone we have Grant Gustin over here" while pointing at me since I was the only Flash cosplay in there. Then I said the meme line "This house is bitchin" and nobody got the reference, not even Carlos, my guess is they just learn the lines without remembering the overall plot. The meme made many people in the audience laugh though as they have probably seen the show many many times over the past 9 years so they understand every reference while the cast don't. What I learned is that the cast of a show are just doing their job, even the customer service aspect of being nice at Q&A panels and at photo ops or autographs, it often feels like it's just an act and it's because it often is. But Tom Cavanagh was really passionate and it didn't feel fake, or maybe he is just that good of an actor.
I would have loved to see Grant but he was on broadway at the time, Tom Cavanagh told me that he and the other cast members visited him just a few weeks before coming to Montreal, and that they loved it, then he said I should really go see him if I have the chance.
Another actor I would have really liked to see is Teddy Sears but I guess he was not in enough of the show to follow them along.
42:45, 44:56, 48:30, 49:32
God, Javicia Leslie (New Batwoman) as Red Death. I completely forgot about this. I swear, her acting comes across like she’s auditioning to be a Power Rangers villain. Hell, they should make her the next Rita Repulsa if Power Rangers gets rebooted again.
The best part is that it wouldn't be a bad idea, her as Rita 🤔😅.
yes :D
it could just any kamen rider style show really but yes, make them again :D
she did good with what was there
this was a better send off to your flash review series than the actual flash series finale was to the show
I think the most surprising thing about this season is: Barry didn‘t become the lightning that turned him into The Flash.
Makes me so sad how awful this show got. It's basically the entire reason I got into DC comics
@@Neros_lightUntil the end of season 2 I really liked this show unironically. Afterwards, although I always watched every episode when it aired, it just became a guilty pleasure for me.
@@Darth_Mornabin i liked it up until season 6. That was when it got bad to me. Same with Arrow. Writing got so unbearably bad
@@Neros_lightActually, I think season 8 was the most … watchable one after season 1 and 2. Season 3 is still the worst in my opinion.
Well, they did have to sacrifice that when they had to do DC cameo fest-I mean Crisis of Infinite Earths early since Arrow was ending. So..not really the most surprising thing.
The writing of the show feels like it’s stuck in the Silver Age of Comics
12:16 The worst part is that I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE DESCRIBING SNOW OR PROFESSOR HULK, since it perfectly describes & embodies everyting that's wrong in both instances
49:40
"Who will win the flash or red death?
OH MY GOD, IT'S BATWOMAN WITH A STEEL CHAIR"
I love the way James actually believes that The Flash being "not very good" is an unpopular opinion
It kinda is. You’d be amazed at how many people defend this show
@@morris01 Only people who grew up with the show and feel the emotional obligation to defend it becomes of nostalgia.
@@nathanieldiaz5254tbh I did and enjoyed it when I was younger but…
‘enjoyed it’ is very different from it actually being GOOD
Regarding episode 11:
Grant Gustin couldn‘t be on set, because he got Covid during the week this episode was shot.
50:38 Legends of tomorrow was like the only show in the Arrowverse that embraced the weirdness instead of somehow unbearably trying to keep somewhat of a serious tone.
It‘s why I will remember the show about the B-heroes of the Arrowverse more than the main ones probably.
That show had the opposite problem. It took things so goofy and bizarre that there was never any story or character to be invested in, it was all just about topping themselves every season with the insanity. A poor man's Doom Patrol
@ I think after season 4 they saw what they could do at max. It was never as bizarre as the puppets of tomorrow-episode.
@Darth_Mornabin The first two seasons were easily the best. Season 3 was good too. Season 4 was boring as hell with Natari as its only saving grace. And the rest of the show was mindless nonsense and buffoonery.
I’m currently intoxicated. Because after watching all of Madvocates videos, I take a shot every time Barry stops to talk. After all of this time, BARRY STILL STOPS TO CHAT WITH VILLAINS INSTEAD OF ARRESTING THEM!
I have been waiting for this video for so long man, literally have not felt this excited to watch something in a while.
One thing to call out- in the final episode of Crisis they had established to the audience that there would be a multiverse, which included the Stargirl show, Doom Patrol, a Green Latern universe and Kingdom Come Superman with yellow back in the symbol.
Honestly I like Eddie’s villain outfit, wish it had an actual mask or helmet though
His version of Cobalt Blue reminds me a lot like "what if Billy was Lord Drakkon instead of Tommy", if we look for long enough 🤔😄.
why they didn't just have the entirety of S9 be focused on Eddie's return and setting up good character motivations and personal tragic conflicts between him and the other Team Flash members is just beyond me, there was such an opportunity to do an amazing story, and they squander it for some reason.
i have my youtube history for proof, i just watched your season 6,7, and 8 videos last night and was sad when i saw you didn’t do one on season 9. thank you so much !!!!!!!!! i’m so excited to watch this.
just finished the video, and glad to see that you’ve been finding confidence in yourself and your content. it’s good !
44:55
"That's my line" - Godspeed from the comics
Marc Guggenheim should've directed the final season. I'd take his work over Wallace's any day
Alternative title: Ross' suffering is over.
When my notification went off, i was like hell yeah! I got some quality content for my 3 shift! Cant wait for more content. Your awesome bro
Haha, the ending with Grant was amazing🤣🤣 What a eay to follow up on the "not technically a prisoner" from the season 7 video🤩😂
Subbed for these videos years ago, its been a fun ride, i hope you can do more marathons with your friends if you guys get time/ideas
Ross I love your videos I remember binging your early videos and I actually remember exactly where I was when the season 4 video dropped (I was at work in the stockroom upstairs so I got to watch it right away)
You ARE enough and it’s always a joy to watch your content and hear your thoughts!
I stopped watching the show midway through season 4 but watched Arrow until the finale. I really loved the first few seasons of The Flash and I think Grant Gustin is a great Flash, but my god the writing. Ross, thank you for creating a tldr video series about the show.
Ross, your videos really made an impression on me. It helped me figuring out, which criteria in storytelling are more important to me than others. And based on that giving my emotions regarding a movie or a tv show words to explain it.
Through that, I had very good talks and found new friends, who also like to talk about different kinds of storytelling in different media. Not only movie and tv shows. Also books, comics, games, etc.
Have you planned to talk about the end of Superman & Lois? (As is officially the end of the entire Arrowverse as a whole)
I ask you because I don't know if you watched the show based on what you have previously said
12:29 Caitlin was one of my favorite characters. To know this is what they did with her makes me so mad
Thank you, honestly this is the end of a journey for me lol. I’m 33. When I was 15 we got the news of a flash tv show and movie. At that time flash was my favorite character….its insane to see what I thought was gonna happen versus what we got over these years. I found your channel around season 7. I was done with the flash until I found your reviews. So I watched the last two seasons. You made the shattering of my nostalgia pretty entertaining lol.
3:12 actually small thing about that device
It’s called a Roemer Accelerator which is a unit of measurement created in the Silver Age, named after Danish astrologist Ole Roemer, it’s how Barry measures his speed
1 Roemer= 186,000MPS…which if you don’t know is just lightspeed
In the comic it appears in Barry goes “Roemer 10)
I came here so I wouldn’t have to watch The Flash, I stayed for you and your vision for these videos.
Thanks for the years of content and hopefully more to come.
Season 9 wasn’t helped by the CW cutting the show’s budget by even more halfway through the season. The network also gave 5 fewer episodes than they expected when they were planning the season. Throw in the fact that the only time grant got covid around the time they filmed the finale and that scheduling conflicts prevented Carlos from coming back season 9 definitely wasn’t as good as it could have been.
All things considered the last 5 episodes are at least entertaining even if the writing feels rushed. It’s far from the worst final season I have seen and I do appreciate getting Eddie back and seeing the end of the loop that is Barry losing his mother.
I came away from the season still liking it more than 4 and 5 and definitely more than 7 and 3 which is not bad.
I am glad you posted, I’ve always enjoyed your videos and your critical view while still being able to acknowledge when shows like this get it right:)
Godspeed, the character with the dopest costume and done the dirtiest in the entire Flash series.
Just need to give you your flowers for using the arrow score - returning home/ scars by Blake Neely whilst you were talking about arrow season 8. I’m sure that flew over a lot of peoples head but we see the effort you put in editing !!!
Waking up to this in my feed was a great surprise, looking forward to diving in.
3:33 In the later seasons Barry became selfish and treated being The Flash like an inconvenience keeping him away from Iris.
yet another reason why CW flash is inferior to comic book Barry.
At this point I just watch the show through these videos
Same fun to watch people pick apart garbage tv
for the first episode, the vibrations is called phasing. and the phasing of the explosion is normal its happened before
Truly and end of an era...
I watched almost an hour of this without a single ad! Does youtube hate you?
27:39 funny, stuff like this is why i still like superhero comics. Dark Multiverse is supposed to be a collection of universes that were all meant to die immediately/way faster than regular universes because everything that could've gone wrong did go wrong in their universes.
Season 9 episode 7 is just Season 3 episode 17 but a thriller instead of a musical
All I can say is thanks so much for the past eight years of Arrowverse reviews
I would love to see a collab between Wade Stotts and Ross on stories in tv shows. Would be a great conversation.
I can’t believe I’ve been watching this series for the past 8 years
The Flash was my childhood. I can honestly say that I never would’ve gotten into superhero shows, movies, or comics without this show. And it broke my heart to see how this show ended. It broke my heart that this show ended, and I didn’t care. I didn’t even watch the last few episodes of the show, not even the one with Wally & Oliver in it. I couldn’t make it past that episode about Becky, not that I have anything against Becky- I just couldn’t watch yet another episode about a character I have no attachment to while Barry and Iris get sidelined. If there’s anything this show taught me, it’s that you aren’t obligated to continue watching a show that you aren’t enjoying anymore. Life’s just too short.
the reason why barry knew who he would give his powers is because in season 8 when he was in the still force meditating he saw the future and he said "MAX' as in max mercury one of the dudes he gave powers too
and Max mercury is a major character in the comics.
@@jadenbryant9283 exactly
I love Dreamer because it is very rare to get actual trans representation on Primetime television and she was a breath of fresh air in Supergirl's best season (Season 4).
I'm glad we got one last bit of Dreamer but it is a shame that 99% of flash viewers have no idea who she is...
Me too, me too ^^. It was the first hero that I actually loved from first sight, I was even celebrating everytime we had a Dreamer solo episode in Supergirl, and stuff 😄...
And now that I graduated in film direction, I'm looking forward to direct a DC Elseworlds Dreamer trilogy, keeping Nicole Maines as Nia and creating a full rogue gallery for the character 😁🤗.
@@RodrickMarsMoon yeah just make sure project 2025 does not ruin anything.
@@jadenbryant9283 The only solution I have in mind for this is if a new film industry on the (almost) same scale of Hollywood opens in Canada. I'm already planning with some people in the industry to start something there, so who knows.
@@RodrickMarsMoon and hey project 2025 isnt entirely guaranteed.
@@RodrickMarsMoon good luck!
Nicole Maines is an incredible woman who is responosble for why my home state is as progressive for trans folks as it is today- she set some of the groundwork for the life and freedoms I have today!
The remark "Sure" to we are three badass bitches was pure gold. @RossMcIntyre
Still can't get over the fact that one of Barry's best friends that he's know for almost a decade and has been by his side pretty much the entire time he's been the Flash dies and then like the next day he goes dancing in a fucking nightclub like he doesn't give a shit. And with the Dreamer stuff, she didn't need this storyline, she was already wrapped up perfectly fine at the end of Supergirl. She's actually already gone through a storyline about being insecure about her powers and ability as a hero on Supergirl, tbh to me it felt like she got more stuff to do in that show than Supergirl herself, the writers loved their OCs too much.
This show had an idea for 1 season. And afterwards they just killed time until the series finale in season 9 … which you still understand for the most part after watching season 1 and nothing after.
(But I still watched every episode of this show on release day.)
Avery Ho, Max Mercury and Jess Chambers, all comic speedsters
I'm still wondering and I'll never rewatch this show/shows, did they ever tell Captain Cold's sister that he died saving the universe?
Nope, she vanished from the series as soon as Legends started.
Oh hey, I've been watching your Flash videos lately and am almost caught up. What good timing.
Ive been waiting for this forever
So... next up is a seasonal video for everyone season of House MD? 🤣
15:24 And didn't he enter the show as a creepy stalker and serial killer who framed Killer Frost for his murders? Then she randomly fancied him and after that he was just there for shirtless scenes fangirls drooled over.
I've been watching this show since I was 9, before going to school, now in university. This shit wild. It was enjoyable, the cheese wasn't cheese for me because I was very little so I was just enjoying every second, but even as a kid I felt the beginning of the worsening from the start of S4 since. However I don't regret watching and enjoying this wonderful show, the first season will always give me nostalgia now and I'll probably be rewatching the beginning for years haha!
Man, we're coming back at around the same time! But hell yeah! I'm excited to watch this!
These are the only videos of yours I’ve seen and I wouldn’t have it any other way 😂
Finally! Ross's Nightmare has Ended!
Haven’t watched the show in year I just come watch these to check in
9:27
Never question the speedforce
I watched a couple episodes of this season but I already find this video more entertaining
why didnt they make eddies return not a slowburn mystery over the season?
In the era of nostalgia we all know … The Flash will eventually get a reboot in a couple of years and Ross will be reviewing it.
I stopped watching after season 6, but I’ve watched all your videos instead, so feel caught up 😅
I’m so happy to see this video I love it thank you Ross
just what i need after a long work day , the"last flash video"
Really sad and baffling that we only got two good episodes in the final season
I'm only halfway through and how much of this season is a dream, time loop, or something similar?!?