Our thoughts on The Flash movie AND Kraven the Hunter!

Worlds collide when the Flash uses his superpowers to travel back in time to change the events of the past. However, when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, he becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned, threatening annihilation. With no other superheroes to turn to, the Flash looks to coax a very different Batman out of retirement and rescue an imprisoned Kryptonian -- albeit not the one he's looking for. Make sure to subscribe today! / @comicpopreturns #theflash #kraventhehunter
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[@rjones6127]

If anything this Flash movie is a proof of concept that a Batman Beyond movie with Keaton would slap.

[@99jmaster]

Even then Warner Brothers would fuck it up because one of those canceled movies was a Batman Beyond movie but they stupidly decided to not set it in the future like in the cartoon so should be Batman being alone with slightly better technology that we had in real life

[@accidentalmadness1708]

Seriously Keaton has that it factor.

[@Rnewton14]

Flash's "One More Day" is definitely Heroes in Crisis.

[@daelen.cclark]

Definitely Wally’s OMD. Only unlike Peter, Wally got better.

[@thegreyinitiate3680]

There were set photos from the courthouse scene at the end of the movie that came out years ago where Michael Keaton and Sasha Calle were both filming. He was getting out of that same car that Clooney did and she was suspended by cables flying above them, so the ending originally had at least the two of them in it.

[@marvelanddcretrospective]

We do get a confirmation on present Barry's age in the film. Young Barry says he is 18 in 2013. Which would make Barry 28 years old as of 2023.

[@TheRealZubes]

Great to know! I don't think I accused the movie of not sharing that, just that I wasn't sure.

[@marvelanddcretrospective]

@@TheRealZubes it's all good. Wasn't a complaint. Just thought I'd point it out.

[@edwardosquidawardo]

My Dad hated The Batman (2022) and said he wants Batman to go back to the tone of the 60s series. We saw this movie the next day and when he saw Adam West he giggled and clearly got a kick out of seeing him. I enjoyed concepts in this movie, and there are aspects of it that enjoy, but at the end of the day, it’s still a mess

[@user-so9lu9eq8c]

When I saw the movie today I thought it was the black flash trying to kill him for traveling through time.

[@loganhill1610]

Same until the reveal that was well done

[@Taylor-fy1pw]

It’s Kravin time!

[@reddeadspartan]

Personally I think the meme tagline should be something along the lines of "He's Kravin' for a hunt" but I digress. I also really wonder how much these sony "villain" movies are screwing with MCU Spider-Man, does it mean we'll never see a Rhino or Kraven in those films?

[@RayanxButt]

38:11

[@C4rea]

Thank you.

[@mikesetzer9379]

Yes sal yes the rage flow through you. Lol totally agree with you. The 90s cartoon has more depth than the movies it makes.😂 we may get the neo getic nightmare

[@JustSomeMexicanwithaMustache]

It is so weird and funny to listen to this review of The Flash because one channel I watch loved this movie and said that their theater was cheering when they saw Christopher Reeves's Superman on screen, meanwhile for you guys no one cared about his Superman when he appeared.

[@adamwalls5865]

I am really enjoying Williamson's Superman run. Superman feels authentic and he is doing a great job fleshing out the supporting cast. And the art is stunning.

[@oldkingcole4354]

Wally West Flash had a One More Day event called Ignition where he made a deal with Hal Jordan the Specter for everyone to forget his identity because Zoom had caused his wife Linda Park to miscarriage their twins. Except he also lost his memory of being the Flash in the process. It’s also happened 4 years before One More Day

[@SkylightCiel]

Sal saying this movie isn't as well structured as Morbious is so hecking funny and so stupidly true.

[@alzaronwayne5255]

*me listening to the non spoiler review* "so youre saying wait for streaming....."

[@bradwatkins7564]

LOL I'd argue FLASH did "ONE MORE DAY RIGHT" with Wally West and Linda and Neron. Neron made a deal for their love as opposed to their marriage but as a result of that Neron felt LOVE and being what he is it literally caused him pain. He had to beg Wally and Linda to end the deal. lol

[@brianadkins3880]

That's great! Only Flash-related thing I remember from it was the Trickster out tricking Neron.

[@daelen.cclark]

We can use this as a lesson of what not to do.

[@_SYDGAMING_]

NGL bone orchard is a killer mid 2000s punk rock band name 😂

[@CNTconnoisseur]

Strange that Keaton's face looked like Val Kilmer's in the cowl

[@kromlok]

It's kravin time! 😉

[@chancegoss623]

That big guy had to be Kal- El. I was thinking that the whole time.

[@MeSpawn297]

I was here for Denethor Beast. LOL. Only thing missing was cherry tomatoes.

[@coolcomics]

Now granted I am not the biggest kraven fan but I can't wait for the kraven movie

[@cubencis]

Shaken vampire syndrome

[@froman46992]

Now I know why Rick Famuyiwa ran from that shit

[@architeuthis3476]

Does John Wesley Shipp make an appearance?

[@paulwilliams815]

I can't wait for the kraven movie to be just like morbius and have nothing from the trailers in it

[@jakester1115]

Sony gonna Sony😂

[@SpiralSine6]

Lets shoot for three theater releases this time!

[@LoneWolf-gz9mr]

Well, while I think that having a physical comic book IS best... BUT I think if it gets more people reading comics.. Then heck yeah, go out and USE your prime account.. Go out and look at the prime reading and pick a couple comics to read since they're free and see if it's a new reader's thing!!!

[@SpiralSine6]

Guys… I can’t believe I’m saying it… but I kinda dug the movie. Like, don’t get me wrong, there are some big missteps that could have been fixed, but my expectations were so low that I was pleasantly surprised by how it turned out. I dunno, 7.5/10. I’ll probably watch it again when it comes out on MAX.

[@TravisRyan9]

Agreed, I enjoyed it too. It was one of the more “fun” DC films and it had heart. Some of the wonky CGI isn’t enough to detract from that

[@frankiemercedes2780]

HEY SAL. PUT ON A BOMBER JACKET. You’d look fresh Af! You’re welcome. 🎉

[@mothhra]

The Kraven trailer made me lol it just seemed like Sony was like Morbius but make him ?? Lion themed ???

[@turtle24uc]

"Some of the effects in this movie i think i rather would imagined than seen" hahaha nice one Man I came into this movie with mild expectations. Turn your brain off and enjoy, I thought. Man I just couldn't.

[@thegreyinitiate3680]

I’m Kravin some violence!

[@dageekynerd2898]

It's actually a little impressive what they did with The Flash, it's got a lower Cinema Score than Love & Thunder, Black Adam, & Shazam 2. lol

[@LawrieLot]

I thought what we were seeing when it came to time travel was a version of Hyper-Time. Where timelines start to overlap with each other, using the spaghetti metaphor anyway to explain Keaton Batman and Snyderverse stuff. Still had a good time with the movie, but not “THE” best comic book movie ever.

[@Bwoodlyy]

This was the Flash review I was expecting from Sal. His Absolutely review was generally warm this is review isn’t lol. Usually Tiffany pulls some more out of movies but the fact she couldn’t is a testament to how nothing this movie is. Love y’all keep it up.

[@SojiRo23]

I really like Aaron Taylor Johnson. He needs to be in better things.

[@blackphoenix77]

Dark Flash needs a spinoff 😅

[@alexsawyer6379]

Because I watched the flash tv show, I immediately knew it would be another Barry as soon as I saw the dark flash appear, but then I thought “isn’t the CW Savitar completely different from the comic version” and as much as I now loathe the show, I think it handles an alternate flash slowly succumbing to the dark side much better than this multi-million dollar atrocity

[@Kcoldraz]

I think Sal and Benny incepted that thought into the director. I first heard that idea it looks different because of the speed force. Now they are saying it is a stylistic design.

[@kitkatsneakattack7933]

Its only a matter of time before Sony busts out the neogenic recombinator!!!

[@sageoftheeast2907]

I thought there was an impressive amount of gore in the Kraven trailer for what’s that worth

[@comicpopreturns]

So?

[@Peecamarke]

Along w/Ezra’s inclusion, the cameos in the flash irked me. Seems like they only catered to the Micheal Keaton fans, which, altho passionate, is a small demo to hinge a multi-million $ movie on. Esp when Snyder and Tv Flash fans are arguably more relevant for this type of movie. Wish they included stuff for more modern, younger fans, since that’s their biggest demographic right now. The fact they didn’t have Grant Gustin yet had Ezra in the flash tv show,l then I heard about the Superman cameo in Flash and the context around the actor and their relationship to that Superman and just that’s horrible and gross that they brought them in anyway

[@Thebian100]

After all the hype James Gunn spewed out about how good this movie was, I've lost all trust in his future in the DC movies.

[@XboxPlaya231]

Sounds like I'm the only one who thought it was really good. Then again I think most of the DC movies are good and I'm a huge fan. That being said I can see where people are coming from about the CGI and stuff but I don't think it takes away from the movie being super fun. Ant man 3 now that's a movie I thought was absolute trash one of the worst superhero movies ever.

[@Peecamarke]

The fact it was so diff from original flash point comic story plus didn’t really star the Flash as much as Batman, plus the cameos were a hot mess esp the Superman cameo but also only Micheal Keaton fans seemed to be the demo targeted, when Tv show flash fans shud arguably be one of their biggest focuses, also the lack of connection to the amount of hype that was given to it, esp from James Gunn, and the SUPER delayed production didn’t help much less because most fans of tv show flash aren’t fans of Ezra but Grant Gustin wasn’t even given a cameo or any type of ref to the tv show flash. I didn’t even bring up the bad cgi (which people get on Marvel all the time for compared to DC), Ezra Miller controversies, the bad press tour (the lead of their film couldn’t even do interviews nor did Keaton who was the other attraction they were pushing)

[@XboxPlaya231]

@@JohnClark-tt2bl man same here I clapped like a little boy when the movie ended lol, Keaton was great

[@XboxPlaya231]

@@Peecamarke yeah this movie was never gonna be a box office hit but it was still good! I also think it works if you're a huge DC fan. And the cameos should have been so much better this was supposed to be a send off of snyders universe why not go all in? I don't understand why they had ezra on CWs flash but grant wasn't able to appear in this movie, just so messy.