Update On THE FLASH Movie Script; Separate DC Film & TV Universes Confirmed (Again)

I hope this silence these naive fools that still believes that a crisis between movies and the show would happen

"I think that whether it’s The Flash or Arrow, they’re doing a great job with the TV shows they’re doing. Gotham, that show’s really terrific."

LOL.. Lies...

@0megaDaGr0dd

And would it really be smart to drag down the movies with all the olicity bullcrap??? :P

I honestly think there is some merit to the claim that the film side of the DC project doesn't exactly see eye-to-eye with the TV show side. I'd bet any money that the film division more or less looks down on what the TV division is doing, but they won't admit that because it'd be "bad for business." That aside, I don't understand why people have such a hard time understanding why everything is the way it is. I think 0mega said it best: the Flash TV show will probably be dead and gone by the time the movie even comes out, so there won't be any confusion there. People will have remembered Gustin's Barry, but they'll be ready for whatever incarnation of the Flash Ezra Miller will portray (please be Wally). The Suicide Squad debacle from Arrow kind of answers itself when the way the characters interacted with each other fell greatly from a creative standpoint. It was like you could tell the writers on Arrow were trying to hard to make them click. So I won't exactly miss them appearing on the show anymore.

But when all is said and done, would you honestly want to see Stephen Amell's acting caliber mixing in with Ben Affleck's? You can diss on Gal Gadot all you want on why you think she is a shotty actress, but unlike Amell she's getting gigs in films that have A-list casts that could choke a horse with shear talent. Not to mention Amell seems to be more or less a complete moron with both how he interacts with the studio who has employed him (in several interviews he has voiced his distaste about him and Gustin not being a part of the film-verse), and just how he expresses his regular opinions (he's like Anthony Mackie "jokingly" supporting Donald Trump, but he's like that all the time). So I think the DCCU has dodged a bullet by not attaching themselves to the TV-verse. Of course, rules are meant to be changed and for all we know the Film-verse could connect with the TV-verse somewhere down the line, but IF that happens, I think i might just start tuning out on DC's films.

I've said this before, but if you let Grant Gustin into the films, no matter how much you love him, you HAVE to let Amell, Holland, Cassidy, Rickards, Ramsey, Panabaker, Patton, and any other actors on either show that portray comic book characters, on to the films as well.

And no offense, but most of them are some truly shitty actors (hence why they're members of TV shows on the CW Network).

@Pasto

True dat. Grant Gustin and Tom Cavanagh are the best things that happened to the CW.

@Pasto

The only actors that would be worht having from the CW is Hamill, Bennet, Jones, and Stormare.

@Emblemmaniac
That's a shame.

This isn't news.

I actually kinda like that tv and movies are separate. Kinda like how the Foxverse and the MCU are separate, though obviously theres a different context for that. I mean its pretty sweet that we get two interpretations of the marvel universe and two big(ish)interpretations of the dc universe. Anyway some of the quality in the dc shows is really hit or miss, so they're better off separate.

@Pasto

I've said this before, but if you let Grant Gustin into the films, no matter how much you love him, you HAVE to let Amell, Holland, Cassidy, Rickards, Ramsey, Panabaker, Patton, and any other actors on either show that portray comic book characters, on to the films as well.

Bingo. I mean I love The Flash and think Grant is great but it's biggest issue is that it's connected to Arrow and Arrow is meh.

I mean who can say this Suicide Squad



Is better than this...



Now if Flash was the only DC show, yea connect it to the films.

DC is missing an extraordinary opportunity here by not using very established and accepted characters and actors. Instead they need to have a different TV universe (a few actually), a different movie universe, a different cartoon universe. Etc. Why?! Creating multiple universes I think creates disloyalty from one continuity to the other. I loved the Spider-Man and X-Men movies. But when the MCU bursted on the scene, I became less interested in Sony and Fox's iterations of characters.
I love DC, they have tremendous characters, storylines and potential, but they keep pissing it away through what seems like haphazard ideas to get attention that they're "doing something new!!!" I hope things go well for them, but come on, Gotham, Supergirl, Arrow, Flash, Titans a few other shows and the movies? Come together, like a team.