THE FLASH: Hot Toys Has Canceled Its Upcoming Young Barry Allen Figure (But Not For The Reason You'd Expect)
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THE FLASH: Hot Toys Has Canceled Its Upcoming Young Barry Allen Figure (But Not For The Reason You'd Expect)
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DarthAlgar
DarthAlgar - 7/5/2023, 12:31 PM
Another god-awful article from Joshua.
Th3Batman
Th3Batman - 7/5/2023, 12:32 PM
I'm usually picky when it comes to casting, however, considering we've hit rock bottom with Ezra Miller, literally anyone would be an improvement.
Shivermetimbers
Shivermetimbers - 7/5/2023, 1:32 PM
@Th3Batman - Haha, this is so true. I actually thought all of the choices in this list would be an improvement until I thought about how much better they could do. Lucas Till is the only one I would thing is a solid choice on this list.
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 7/5/2023, 12:33 PM
Stop typecasting! I vote Kuato.
KaptainKhaos
KaptainKhaos - 7/5/2023, 1:03 PM
@TheWalkingCuban - I support this fine choice
tmp3
tmp3 - 7/5/2023, 12:35 PM
Awful choices outside of Mackay. Chalamet and Poulter just feels like you picking two random young actors who've signed onto a lot of big projects recently, regardless of either being close to a good fit.
Harris Dickinson would be great, but I don't know why anyone would sign onto a character as toxic as Flash is right now. More likely he's gonna be on ice for a long time.
RolandD
RolandD - 7/5/2023, 2:09 PM
@tmp3 -
I’m the only one who puts Flash on ice!
CyberNigerian
CyberNigerian - 7/5/2023, 12:38 PM
We've had almost a decade of Barry Allen.

I think it's time we put Wally West in the spotlight again....

In comics and in the movies.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 7/5/2023, 12:49 PM
@CyberNigerian - Wally is hard to do on film rather than comics and tv because his backstory is so closely tied to Barry, they basically had to make Wally into a pseudo-Barry on the JL show to avoid confusion.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 7/5/2023, 3:29 PM
@soberchimera - You could simply have the lightning hit him instead of Barry.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 7/5/2023, 4:13 PM
@ObserverIO - That's his origin in the comics though, it's the exact same as Barry's.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 7/5/2023, 4:42 PM
@soberchimera - Sure but you just gotta trim the fat and skip straight to Wally. It was always kinda lame that it happened twice anyway. Like Jason Todd's 1970s origin which was basically The Flying Todds at Haley's Circus- exactly the same as Dick Grayson's origin!
soberchimera
soberchimera - 7/5/2023, 11:35 PM
@ObserverIO - So, Barry will have never been The Flash? Blastphemy. Especially when millions already identify Barry as The Flash after 2 tv shows
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 7/6/2023, 4:20 AM
@soberchimera - In the Silver Age when Barry first appeared, Jay Garrick had never been The Flash, Alan Scott had never been Green Lantern and the Justice Society had never existed.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 7/6/2023, 4:49 PM
@ObserverIO - Barry had a completely different origin, costume, and rogues gallery than Jay. You can't say that about Wally. And Jay Garrick HAD been the Flash, albeit in another universe that Barry had read in comics.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 7/6/2023, 5:41 PM
@soberchimera - This is true. I was about to say that they could have Barry be in another universe too, Wally in the DCU, Barry in the Clooneyverse but then I remembered they'd need Ezra to be Barry... Maybe they could have a DCU Wally cross-over with Grant Gustin's Barry from the Arrowverse.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 7/6/2023, 5:43 PM
In fact, ignore that, Arrowverse has Barry, Jay and Wally, so it wouldn't really be the same as like The Flash of Two Worlds thing anyway.
Forthas
Forthas - 7/5/2023, 12:38 PM
I have feeling we won't be seeing a Flash movie for a LOOOOOOONNNNNNGGGGG time. What an incredible disaster. A marquee member of the DC universe ruined. Just like Batman before that, it is going to take a special director to resurrect this apparently dead IP. This is worse than "Inhumans" level of damamge to the Flash brand.


Th3Batman
Th3Batman - 7/5/2023, 12:42 PM
@Forthas - I don't think as much damage has been done to the Flash as you think, for the simple fact that very few people saw the movie, and even less are talking about it. Batman & Robin on the other hand was seen by the general public, and was talked about by the entire planet for decades.
Forthas
Forthas - 7/5/2023, 1:12 PM
@Th3Batman - I have not seen any mention of the Flash in Gunn's slate of films. he is surely not going to announce a sequel. So i think for at leaset five years (likely ten) there will be no Flash movies. And this is going to kneecap the new DCU. If he does choose to use the Flash then the fanbase will be deprived of a proper origin story which helps define the motivations of super heroes. This I think is a problem even with "The Batman" I am confused as to why he chose to fight crime dressed like a bat...where did he learn to fight. I know there was some sort of tie in comic or graphic novel, but I did not read it and I am sure MOST of the movie going audience has not either. Without an orgin story to explain these things, he seems like he is just a kook!
Th3Batman
Th3Batman - 7/5/2023, 4:11 PM
@Forthas - Everyone knows why Bruce dresses like a Bat to fight crime, and the movie explained that he was trained by Alfred. What's the point of doing an origin story when Batman Begins is a thing ? It may not be the same universe, but it's basically the same origin.
CAPTAINPINKEYE
CAPTAINPINKEYE - 7/5/2023, 12:39 PM
Lol!!
Josh
You’re funny.
lord22
lord22 - 7/5/2023, 12:40 PM
i think there is something you don't understand , just like green lantern before him the first flash movie bombed at the box office.

i wouldn't be surprise if barry allen never show up in james gunn new dcu
Th3Batman
Th3Batman - 7/5/2023, 12:44 PM
@lord22 - Bring on Wally West and John Stewart.
TheLobster
TheLobster - 7/5/2023, 12:45 PM
There’s no way a huge actor like TC would be open to taking over for a role for a character who’s movie just bombed lmao

Same for most of the guys on that list tbh (but I would love to see Jack Quaid for it)
GhostDog
GhostDog - 7/5/2023, 12:45 PM
@TheLobster - he even said DiCaprio advised him "no superhero movies or hard drugs"
TheLobster
TheLobster - 7/5/2023, 12:51 PM
@GhostDog - yup and it would be wise to listen to someone who will go down in history like Leo lol
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 7/5/2023, 3:34 PM
@GhostDog - Somebody needs to advise him to do both. Not for his sake or even his career's sake, but for our sake. For cinema's sake.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 7/5/2023, 12:46 PM
What a god awful list that also lacking in general awareness
MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 7/5/2023, 12:49 PM
Kyle Allen is another good choice for Barry Allen. Here's hoping that he's rebooted in the DCU.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 7/5/2023, 3:36 PM
@MCUKnight11 - He'd be great for Barry Allen or for Kyle Raynor. And whoever he plays they should get Barry Raynor to play the other.
TheLobster
TheLobster - 7/5/2023, 12:50 PM
I enjoyed The Flash film a lot til the third act came around so I do think it’s a shame that it’s bombing so hard but it also had a lot of things working against it (namely Ezra getting themselves into a ton of shit)

Regardless, we ain’t getting a Barry Allen in the new DCU. Wally West maybe but it would be a longggggg while before Gunn will introduce him.
RubyRhod
RubyRhod - 7/5/2023, 12:51 PM

This character and the Flash franchise its going to be dead for at least 15 years, same as Green Lantern
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