The Flash is Insufferably Inconsistent - Season 2

[@MegaMisch]

I just realized, Barry's biggest weakness is that he lacks object permanence. If a villain manages to step outside his field of view there is nothing more Barry can do.

[@damiendiederich1525]

I'm not trying to excuse the bad writing of the show, just wanna say in the comics he's got ADHD, so there goes the object permanence, theoretically.

[@tobsonasanya4765]

@@zechariahellis No

[@billmilligan7272]

Well, it worked for Sergio Leone.

[@tobsonasanya4765]

@@damiendiederich1525 I heard synder barry has that

[@WingerWind]

Hey I have that too!

[@anrew9368]

Barry: “You can’t run!” Crook: runs Barry: Stares Barry: “I couldn’t catch him…” Joe: Prepares pep talk

[@tobsonasanya4765]

What pep talk?? To catch a normal guy

[@thephoenix4093]

@@tobsonasanya4765 *snart joins the chat*

[@tobsonasanya4765]

@@thephoenix4093 Lol that was season 1 barry now would smoke the metas in thios season

[@JosephThemasterassassin]

@@tobsonasanya4765 he would if he doesn’t decide to just talk to them and not punch them like he’s always doing

[@tobsonasanya4765]

@@thephoenix4093 Except snart is good already anyways. Besides just cuz they redeemed a few villains in the show doesn't mean all villains would be like that lol. It ain't like they forgave mass murderers or genocidial dictataors

[@EpicElf42]

No one's mentioning how, when *Zoom* escapes, Barry actually searches several blocks to look for him before concluding that he's long gone (or at least, I assume that's what the stream of lightning in the streets was supposed to mean, before he yells "NO!" in a completely different location). But when literally anybody else walks out of frame, he just calls it a day.

[@ohreally4752]

facts. also, when bloodwork escaped in season 6, he actually caught him

[@wicketwarrior8650]

Ur right, that's y in that scene I don't blame Barry

[@Aden_III]

@DA BEAST what are you talking about?

[@weird_0]

@@Aden_III i think he thought that this comment was trying make barry seem like less of a dumbass

[@bearwitty9690]

@DA BEAST says the one who can't even pay attention to a comment section.

[@skythesinger8708]

This show isn't inconsistent at all! It shows consistency. Like how Barry is consistently stupid

[@samposa5947]

Yep , it's consistently bad

[@Robo311Star]

Worst show on television

[@AngryBird___]

​@@Robo311Star lol facts

[@evanderpierznik]

​@@Robo311Star I mean the premise was good, it was just the execution that could've been better

[@SavionPavion]

@@Robo311Star wednesday exists

[@Tony-ee3nm]

Barry: "There's no where to run" Villain: *literally just walks away from Barry's field of view* Barry: "Must have been the wind"

[@aurelian2668]

AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA😂

[@Luigi-hn1hu]

Just like guards on videogames

[@johnnymanning2952]

🤣😂

[@JustSomeAsianFries]

The villians: *SNEAK 100*

[@joshuabutra9266]

I can hear Rowan's Voice

[@joelhaggis5054]

Eobard: It was ME Barry! I snuck into the writer's room and edited the script to make YOU look like an idiot!

[@thomasraines1396]

Thawne is that much of a petty bitch I have no doubt he would actually do something like that.

[@Kali-bs7oj]

This is canon

[@slevinchannel7589]

What did we learn today? Consistency matters cause OF COURSE IT DOES. It's just like 'Chkeovs Gun' and 'Setup and Payoff' a FUNDAMENTAL thing in Writing.

[@Salone_FD]

@@thomasraines1396 I am the Reverse Flash; the pettiest man alive. I wear that title with pride.

[@thomasraines1396]

@@Salone_FD yeah. This is the same guy who went back in time and pushed a young Barry down a flight of stairs just to screw with him.

[@LivingEncyclopedia]

Dang. Most of this could’ve been avoided/improved if they added a scene in season 1 where Barry ran in and punched someone at super speed, only to accidentally kill them. Then his whole “stopping right before and punching them at normal speed” could be a character moment where he’s actively making the decision to spare their life.

[@Aredel]

Or if he wasn't so absurdly fast to begin with. They should've gradually built up his speed over time, culminating in what we have now.

[@iconicweirdguy8678]

Or they could have just introduced the fact that his fist would shatter into thousands of little pieces if he punched someone at 500mph

[@racheldekker7590]

That's true

[@caiocaguiar9310]

@@iconicweirdguy8678 Sadly that's not consistent with the rules of the speed force, as you know it already allows his feet to keep steps at the afore mentioned 500mph. Actually every character that has superspeed or super strength must have some level of invulnerability/super resistant body tissues or his power is not really useful.

[@Tuzszo]

@@caiocaguiar9310 A speedster without super-human durability is just a person who can explode their own bones on command

[@egg7540]

I don't actually have an issue with the Flash stopping to talk to normal-speed villains, because he's so unbelievably fast that nothing should catch him off guard, and it fits with his personality in the comics + DCAU. The issue is that even when he's done talking he STILL somehow can't beat the bad guy.

[@Jane-oz7pp]

"So unbelievably fast that nothing can catch him off guard" tell that to the batstans.

[@user-ij7um1ev9w]

​@@Jane-oz7pp everyone can be caught off-guard

[@devidszabo6680]

It fits his character after he knocked them out. Just like in the comics. What they did to him is just braindead incapability.

[@xcaliber4141]

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[@egg0534]

Dear god, I legit thought this was my comment, because I wanted to say the same thing. Lmao It's so uncanny, I still can't believe it.

[@rampagingibex3181]

The worst part is that all of his "stop to chat" shenanigans are a realistic thing that a super speeder might do. Because they'd still have plenty of time to deal with the threat after their nice discussion.

[@kidkatanatv]

I hate how Snyder did this correctly: One line, get the job done, victory...

[@kidkatanatv]

@@cactusmalone I hate that someone who doesn't understand the characters did something better. Smart guy.

[@someotherworldlybeing3167]

@@cactusmalone he’s saying Snyder is smart, whoever wrote the Flash is not

[@just_chris2798]

@@someotherworldlybeing3167 No he is saying that even though snyder has no understanding for the character of flash and or his capabilities/limitations he did the speedster thing better than a show dedicated to the flash. And that is truly sad.

[@narhwallord6985]

@@just_chris2798 So in simple terms. He's saying Snyder is smart, the people who wrote this show aren't. :)

[@sloideh]

instead of "run, barry...run" the cast should have said "THINK BARRY! THINK!!"

[@anomaly395]

Except they’re just as much morons as him lmao (except maybe Wells)

[@WileeCoyote1516]

More like off, Barry, fuc off!

[@georgem9981]

The line that you came up with, is more of a quality writing than all "The Flash" seasons!

[@gitgud9704]

Shouldve made Omni Man canon in the Arrowverse

[@jobowisheshewasnomo4171]

omni man would have taught this mother fucker to end a fight

[@Subxenox15]

I love when TV shows or Movies "save" a patients life by removing the bullet. Like the bullet itself is the problem, and not all of the damage it did going in.

[@whymustyoulookhere7112]

"Well his spleen is still destroyed but we moved the bullet that caused the impact out of him, now thats gonna be 50,000 dollars"

[@kharnthebetrayer8251]

Yeah. Esspecially since, most of the time. They leave the bullet in. Since they'd have to make a bigger hole to get the bullet out. So its easier just to leave it in unless its lodged inside something important

[@andrewjones9547]

well bullets are made out of lead which toxic and could cause the wound to be infected. but yeah you would still be badly injured

[@kharnthebetrayer8251]

@@andrewjones9547 Legit, Doctor's normally leave them in, because the small amount of lead isn't enough to actually do damage. Your body will just deal with it and degrade it away over time. Unless its lodged inside something important, there's no point to causing more damage to go in and get it out

[@mayteexxis]

@@kharnthebetrayer8251 wait, what? the body can do that?

[@keina123]

At 24:45, Barry says, "You see this wand here?" This means that he deadass was gonna tell this guy his plan before defeating him. This is the exact template every villain uses before ultimately losing to a hero. You'd think by the second season, Barry, or literally anyone else, would understand this. Only Wells knew what was up.

[@slevinchannel7589]

No need to stop here, ya know? Others did what Madvocate did here. LIke Jay Exci and hbomberguy.

[@christopherbravo1813]

@@slevinchannel7589 how thorough were they?

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@christopherbravo1813 MUCH! Maulers video abotu Doctor-Strangr-2, Hbomberguys videos about RWBY but also Sherlock-Holmes, as well as Jay Excis big Doctor-Who Video-Essay: Its all very good and i recommend.

[@twinodoom]

They keep catching Barry monologue

[@RamseyDewey]

This series is so much better than the Flash TV show.

[@devantecrouch]

Too bad he's not making anymore

[@dudster_]

yeah fr

[@tobsonasanya4765]

Lol currentl maybe

[@tobsonasanya4765]

@@devantecrouch Why

[@tobsonasanya4765]

@@dudster_ It ain't aeven a series

[@justineshy]

I’m imagining Barry just completely passing the villains who ran away 10 seconds earlier as he super speeds to the lab

[@kv5763]

hahahaha

[@arthurgamlaschaskos4214]

"Hey wasn't that the speedster?" "Yeah, but our contracts go for 3 more episodes" "Oh, that's right"

[@saj-manthesonicfan1893]

That is a distinct possibility every time it happens XD

[@Aurama35]

You have no idea how hard that made me laugh😂

[@Xehanort10]

Barry: Was that the criminal who just got away from me? No it can't be. I, a man with superspeed am clearly incapable of catching up to people walking normally.

[@badassproductions4734]

Maybe he's so fast he can outrun common sense and logic all together

[@Ramsey276one]

LOVE THIS XD

[@simplicity9653]

take my like and leave

[@badassproductions4734]

@@simplicity9653 lmao

[@l.raphaelnery7299]

Nice one

[@sanityslayer5291]

LOL

[@roberthill198]

The dumbest part of all of this is that the Flash has an actual reason to slow down as part of a weakness, every part of him is accelerated including his digestion. He has to slow down or he will literally starve to death, but they omitted this very understandable and plot relevant weakness and note. He can't do grid searches without literally dying until he has better control over the speed force. Every part of the show is missing the part where the Flash has to catch his breath and eat near constantly, but no they forgot this incredibly important detail.

[@alastorrajin8565]

I mean they do mention Barry needs insane to eat insane amount of calories to not die in season 1 but they definitely just kinda forget about that way to quick and never mention it again

[@CAPTAINGATSBY]

@@alastorrajin8565 They actually dealt with it in the same season when Cisco creates these calorie dense bars ( a way to NEVER bring this issue up again.) personally wish they did use it as a plot device more often.

[@alastorrajin8565]

@@CAPTAINGATSBY yeah I know they had the calorie bar made specifically to deal with and never bring it up again, but I feel like there was still a way to make it happen again. Like when Barry gets faster maybe he starts to need even more calories. The whole episode of flash time when the nuke went off he should been like constantly eating to maintain that level of insane speed

[@vanillabatcave5677]

Which is amusing to me since Barry would have to stop for toilet breaks all the time

[@metal42]

​​@@vanillabatcave5677the Visual Handbook Limited Edition says his suit can serve as a toilet whenever he poops in between his missions.

[@KageVII]

"Take a shot every t..." No, oh God no. You're gonna kill someone.

[@ichigoglazer24]

Already half way there bud

[@clintonanderson7436]

He did say he was going to kill someone

[@joy4themightydonutchainsaw620]

Take a shot every time Barry calls Star Labs wondering what to do

[@nightmarekiller3699]

4themighty Donut & Chainsaw dead by the end of season 1

[@amneenja5720]

"take a shot when they do something that makes sense" you could get through most of the show without even opening the bottle

[@Fl3XeR4]

I know how all the villain's could escape so fast, because they never left. Drax taught all of them in the art of standing perfectly still.

[@JayRedGear]

Flash: "Guys, I looked everywhere and can't find Drax." Drax: *Standing right beside Flash* "I am the master of stealth."

[@pbh7235]

They all mastered the batman and are just hidding behind the next light pole

[@xhifang]

@@lucaswarnke3668 no

[@backinflash402]

​@@lucaswarnke3668 no this is definitely canon to the arrowverse

[@littlen8279]

Gotta admire the writers for making later seasons so shit that it makes already-shit early seasons look like masterpieces. How do you even achieve that?

[@tobsonasanya4765]

Many liked those early season lol

[@caldarinavyfleet]

It's like they are doing their best to get fired, yet CW just won't fire them, so they're testing CW's lower limit for how much stupidity is allowed in the script.

[@tobsonasanya4765]

@@caldarinavyfleet Except the 1st season was good

[@cryamistellimek9184]

Disney did it with star wars too

[@tobsonasanya4765]

@@cryamistellimek9184 Except flash was god in the early seasosn

[@reddyNB5131]

The worst part is Barry shouldn't even outrun a bullet. If you search up "how fast does a bullet travel mph" it will say 1,800 mph, but Cisco is saying Barry's average is 1,500 mph

[@jmarch_503]

Guy moved faster than lighting so Cisco saying that doesn't make sense

[@HarrHarrHarrify]

@@jmarch_503 I assume average means they have included times when he is not using his powers and just moves normally :)

[@MrHenhen5]

​@@HarrHarrHarrifybut why would they calculate that? What use is that to Barry?

[@HarrHarrHarrify]

@@MrHenhen5 idk, I've only watched half of season 1. Perhaps they were tracking that for achievements :)

[@jackforest8084]

​@HarrHarrHarrify these are handguns. They fire at about 1/10th the speed of that. Barry is significantly faster than a handgun bullet, and quite likely faster than most rifles. The show made many mistakes, but the flash being faster than bullets is not one of them

[@HadesHatredEdge]

The Flash is too OP for the CW. They should have mad him slower and then gradually built his speed up. They set themselves up for failure. Because given his speed and his reaction time, he's unstoppable.

[@Madvocate]

My thoughts as well, or a show like One Punch Man.

[@soilderzero2982]

they did do that, just not very well

[@johnnymanning2952]

@@Madvocate exactly!!! Please make a season 3 I already subbed and it's funny watching you destroy this show with no mercy and hella accurate 🤣💀

[@chars_78]

That is exactly what they did, but the only thing they did with that is made every other ability except his speed, strong

[@lifeofentropy]

Nah, they should have made the seasons much shorter. Focus on a handful of well written episodes that make sense. Villain of the week style show doesnt work with someone with superspeed

[@brandob9858]

this poor man is gonna have a heart attack if he watches the later seasons. If you think seasons 1 and 2 are bad, just wait for the bs that happens in seasons 4,5, and 6

[@Madvocate]

Oh yes I've seen 4 and 5, I know it's not getting any better. If you don't hear from me again after I start those seasons, it's because I'm on life support.

[@nkuniverse7856]

@@Madvocate in season 4 he frogets he has super speed and when a villain walks and he just stands there when he can still cath him and he has super speed

[@tobsonasanya4765]

@@nkuniverse7856 Which episode though

[@anaccount4539]

Ikr

[@nkuniverse7856]

@@tobsonasanya4765 epsiode 6 when the viilan walked away he just stood there

[@ShivamGupta-wc1pm]

Barry: there's nowhere to run. Enemy: *Simply walks* Barry: I'm not fast enough

[@vaishnav_mallya]

Joe : *Gives a pep talk* Barry : Motivated

[@theencryptedpartition4633]

Literally crying

[@tobsonasanya4765]

Never happened

[@grimpubgmobile3635]

@@tobsonasanya4765 ok boomer

[@tobsonasanya4765]

@@theencryptedpartition4633 Honestly this meme mostly applies to the early seasons

[@parrsnipps]

All Barry had to do to defeat an invisible Starlight (or whatever her name is) is do a massive serpentine path towards her. She's not immaterialized, so he should be able to run into her if he just runs around the room like mowing a lawn. Or just knock her out before she turns invisible.

[@7MinutozRapsLetras]

starlight lmao

[@beaudean51]

Season One: starts to lose his speed Season Two: gives his speed to the enemy Season Three: makes bad decisions which causes him to lose his speed more Season Four: becomes too slow Season Five: becomes slower Season Six: loses it completely Season Seven: Speed runs away from him Seven Eight: the slowest person in the world Season Nine: can't run at all

[@daviddoesstuffandthingigue966]

Season ten:johnny flashstar

[@First-to-last]

Season 11 : flash the legless

[@sourceow8795]

Season 12: in a wheel chair for life

[@freehoya4276]

This is hilarious

[@maou7222]

@@daviddoesstuffandthingigue966 Is that a JoJo reference?

[@matthijs6166]

The flash made me realize that no matter how bad I am at storytelling, I could probably make like a 10 season superhero show 👍🏻

[@animatoraoi3672]

And still be better than the flash

[@FaithLuvUnbroken]

truth bomb

[@ReasonablySkeptic]

On CW you could make hundreds of 10 season superhero shows. And if you just said "wait let's think this though" *ONCE* in a pitch meeting your shows would be a million times better than any show they've crapped out in the last 15 years.

[@ToomanyFrancis]

Anybody could make a 10 season superhero show. Just find a superhero that's been running monthly issues for the past 8 decades and adapt every issue into an episode. It'll be riddled with inconsistency, but the comics were too. You might even be able to get away with doing a complete reset every once in a while like DC does.

[@tobsonasanya4765]

@@animatoraoi3672 Flash was good before lol

[@tuakrayee6657]

Flash's biggest enemies: any human with a gun

[@carlweeper7436]

Flash’s ultimate enemy: kindergarten math test

[@tuakrayee6657]

@@carlweeper7436 or physics

[@nierriver]

Nah, his worst enemy is himself.

[@levi7492]

@@tuakrayee6657 you know, im convinced that the arrowverse just doesnt have physics to begin with. That guy who "invented" gravity never did in this world

[@Chicky-yy7nk]

Exept of army men tho

[@ThejollyFrenchman]

I feel like a lot of the Flash's problems would have been averted if they didn't make him so fast right at the beginning of the series. Give him super speed, but not to the level that he can run across half a city in seconds. He should have only reached that point several seasons in, and they should have given him some godlike enemies to fight at that point.

[@godusopp2752]

they did make him kinda slow in the beginning seasons, like claiming he can only run 700 mph, any slower and it wouldn't be the flash anymore, the problem is they gave him feats of a man who could run faster than light, Also they tried to give him strong overarching villains in the first 3 seasons that's why they are regarded as the best, because the main villains were actually threatening because us as fans couldn't say "well barry you move at speeds that make everyone stand still why are you struggling with a super smart guy whos just a normal human other than his brain", but people got tired of the speedster villains

[@christopherbravo1813]

@@godusopp2752 on top of that, Season 2 has more villains that the Flash couldn't easily beat than every other season put together.

[@johnprime1147]

That's why at this time of me Writing my own DC Universe I have Flash be slower than what he was in the CW. I don't know how exactly fast but for the first project he's not even able to time travel. He's what you'd call fast but not fast enough to beat Captain Cold right away. Maybe he even threatens Barry with bombs in a building but the second Captain Cold escapes and Barry goes looking for the bombs. Turns out no bombs and Snart lied because he knows he couldn't go toe to toe with Barry. Even as slow as he is

[@SamuelBrown92]

That clip of "There's nowhere to run" is fucking hilarious...never gets old

[@Eric-py8yy]

Soo hilarious, this will become my cellphone music

[@cecilarthur3579]

I can't like your comment enough bro!!!

[@The_Biologist27]

"There's nowhere to run" **villain proceeds to walk the other direction and escape** "Joe I'm sorry"

[@zwabbah4841]

Agreed

[@Jimmy_Jones]

Yes it does. I could only stand it for 4 repeats

[@a-dank-llama]

"There's nowhere to run" is a trigger phrase for me now

[@rapala1014]

There's nowhere to run

[@bonk1850]

you're going to have a fucking winter solider event when you hear the words "There's nowhere to run"

[@superwetboy4261]

There's nowhere to run

[@viktorvaughn8192]

Flash: there's no where to run Nart: look a plane! *loudly huffing and panting running away with 15 pound worth of equipment Flash: ah man. Hes gone

[@XxShadow101xX]

He's giving us some Pavlovian conditioning to get mad whenever he says thay

[@DarkVileScream]

Flash: THERES NO WHERE TO RUN! Villain: takes ten steps Flash: Aw they are gone( super speeds back to Star Labs)

[@nierriver]

Speakin facts.

[@jackthebo7640]

This is too funny and true

[@KageVII]

"There's no where to run!" Villain: "You didn't say anything about walking/light jog offscreen!"

[@tobsonasanya4765]

@@nierriver Eh

[@jerminho1070]

@@tobsonasanya4765 are you actually thinking that this comment is wrong ????

[@TheFirstCurse1]

I love this series so much. My jaw is sore from smiling. Every damn time the "There's no where to run!" plays I laugh my ass off.

[@PainKillerDS]

Same it's the best part of these videos!

[@a5c0]

Ugh..

[@PainKillerDS]

@@a5c0 There's nowhere to run!

[@TheFirstCurse1]

@@a5c0 There's no where to run!

[@a5c0]

🙄

[@silverblade357]

Snart: "I've got a dead man's switch! If I release this sw-! Whoa! What?!" Barry: "Welcome to the Antarctic! I'll be back in six hours to see if you wanna surrender."

[@haku8135]

Even in that situation, it's only if he LETS GO. So his options were. 1-Get all the tape and rope in the house and tie it the fuck around his hand. Let go now bitch. 2-Take the gun and keep it held, then take the gun and Snart to Cisco who can easily disarm it, he did build the thing after all. Even if he hadn't, he's so smart it would take him 3 seconds to figure out. Even if he's like "This is impossible to disarm, it has to go off" Barry can run it to the middle of a desert. Snart even says himself Barry can probably outrun the blast. Then Snart is a regular human and Star Labs has holding cells. 3-Just zip Snart to ANY uninhabited area. He won't kill himself for no reason. That was only a viable threat because Barry wouldn't gamble someone's life, and Snart himself said Barry can outrun the blast. So if he sets it off, Snart is the only one who dies and he gets nothing out of this interaction. He'd never do that and they both know it. 4-Just run Iris away then come back. It's fine to hear him out, but take away his leverage first. Never give the villain leverage.

[@MotRekrab1347]

This. Just this. Don't get me wrong, I love Snart on LoT as much as the next guy. On the Flash? Pretty much the easiest fight Barry could have. Unless he has that thing from the comics where his gun emits an aura of cold (I think, going off other comments here), the only power he has is snark. Heh, 'snarky Snart' :)

[@kharnthebetrayer8251]

@@haku8135 I want a show about a Speedster, who's like One Punch Man. Just eternally bored out of his mind because everything is so fucking slow. So a bad guy does this. The speedster just looks at him. Slow blink. Time drops to almost stationary, and we get a little montage of him picking the guy up and walking 4 miles out of the city before setting him down 'blow yourself up now dumb fuck' Person pulls out a flamethrower or cold gun 'Wow. Something that is SLOWER than a bullet... Do... Do people not know who i am, that's almost insulting *suddenly has a smoothie* you know, that really bothers me because, *bad guy shoots gun, speedster is now behind them* like, being fast, is my entire thing, and i like to think i do good work'

[@catharinakapp1442]

@@kharnthebetrayer8251 That's realistically what would happen if you were a speedster

[@nahuel3433]

@@kharnthebetrayer8251 Cold gun also slows down flash.. that is assuming you do a proper adaptation of Cold. Who has a field around him that slows flash down. "Cold" after all is the slow movement of atoms.

[@whocaresguy]

We know that Barry used to be a smart scientist before he became The Flash, yet now he's dumb and seems to be getting dumber. There's only one explanation. As The Flash, his neurons are so fast they travelled back in time in young Barry, making him smart, but leaving The Flash with less neurons in his brain, making him dumb. It's a time loop.

[@Iknowsomeshiz]

That's actually a nice explanation but the things is.... ALL of the characters in the show are stupid, not only Barry. So this theory doesn't hold up

[@Isellsimpsandsimpaccessories]

I think they went the route of Whiz in Heroes Reborn where he needs constant stimulation to the point he could operate dozens of pieces of technology at the same time and still be bored. It's not that he's dumb, it's that he has ADHD.

[@Omen_Rocks123]

It’s dumb how they keep nerfing him and now he’s faster than thawne when he’s been struggling to keep up with him since season 1 and now he’s faster but he’s of course gonna get nerfed again.

[@medallion2836]

@@Isellsimpsandsimpaccessories God what is it with people in this comment section thinking that adhd completely removes common sense from your brain.

[@sirderpington4489]

My theory is the thinkers plan worked but just a little bit, so people keep their IQ but loss all common sense

[@Itzwizb]

That scene when harry said “all this could have been avoided if you hadn’t stop to chat with her” was golden to me..makes me believe even the writers know they’re making dumbass decisions lmao

[@moe5177]

It actually makes it worse. It means they’re aware of the issue, but aren’t doing anything to improve upon it

[@I_am_a_cat_]

I think it was their response to criticism... but they literally didn't change anything, nor learn anything. It's probably because idiots still watch it.

[@retroshark8]

And that's why he's the main villain. Antagonists usually have the opposite values and character... So an incompetent hero vs a merciless villain.

[@violetlavi2207]

@@retroshark8 ...Harry wasn't the main villain, Zoom was

[@retroshark8]

@@violetlavi2207 ??

[@red._.thunderyt5472]

You forgot that Barry can phase . That would make the show even more inconsistent because when he gets caught by for example big shark dude he could’ve phase through his hand

[@ArcTrooperRod-269]

Shhh, CW didn't knew that XD It was just a 1 time used ability XD

[@commanderfox3870]

If he would have started phasing while in contact with king shark he would have caused him to phase as well and they would have gone through the floor and died

[@AlphaNinjaFTW1]

​@@commanderfox3870 no thats not how phasing works cuase if it was he wouldn't be able to phase in contact with anything including the ground.

[@BigZ-19]

@@commanderfox3870stop lying he did it before

[@metal42]

​@@commanderfox3870He removed the bullet from Harrison wells by phasing, so no.

[@Multi1]

Jesus Chris you're small, and this video is such high quality.

[@TyBiNZ]

Seriously man, he's such a great yt and should make more vids he hasn't posted in a while

[@G-LukeJA]

Dude inspires me to stop putting off my vids

[@jonathondiaz-gudiel2792]

Hopefully it has its moment and is recommended to all

[@ericjones9668]

BIG FACTS!!

[@julianmartinez988]

Well said, this channel needs to get more attention. He’s bearing all our frustrations for our entertainment!!! You just earned a sub good sir

[@zalamael]

That clip of Barry saying "There's nowhere to run!" gets funnier and funnier the more you pick apart his stupidity/bad writing.

[@haku8135]

"Oh no Flash? What if I were to go, AROUND THIS CORNER?" "Damn you! My one weakness" *Nyahaa laugh heard from immediately around the corner*

[@wicketwarrior8650]

It gets repetitive tho so therefore gets annoying

[@zalamael]

@@wicketwarrior8650 You are not wrong, but it was hilarious the first time. All good jokes get boring the more you hear them, some just last longer than others.

[@zalamael]

@@wicketwarrior8650 Saying that, it is like watching Cartman doing that fart thing against Kyle, when he has a huge alien satellite up his arse. He keeps farting, and it stops being funny. And then it gets funny again. I will never not laugh at this (or any form of farting/queefing).

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@haku8135 What did we learn today? Consistency matters cause OF COURSE IT DOES. It's just like 'Chkeovs Gun' and 'Setup and Payoff' a FUNDAMENTAL thing in Writing.

[@Aussie26846]

They should give Flash a reason that he stops to talk. Like he hates fighting or something. It would be then dumb in a Batman not killing the joker way, not a dumbass way

[@amneenja5720]

this is actually a fair move tbh there's memes about batman not finishing the job but it doesn't bother anybody, so clearly it would have worked

[@TheSonicShoe]

I mean, that kind of is implied in the show. In all these clips, Barry is usually trying to talk the criminal down, or understand their motives rather than just giving them an immediate concussion. Admittedly, that's no excuse for letting know murderer metas walk free without tossing them in a STAR containment cell like the dude in the video mentioned, but it is the reason why Barry doesn't just "knock them out" every time. He *is* trying to be a pacifist, he's just real bad at it lol What's more egregious than him stopping to talk is non-speedster metas, and basic bitch humans some how repeatedly getting the drop on him when his reflexes are so fast he can literally dodge lightning. If that were more consistent, his constant talking wouldn't seem like an issue, since he'd be getting away with it without there being a downside.

[@weatoria]

That's just the kind of guy he is. He doesn't always need to fight kzbin.info/www/bejne/jp2cYqlogtupb5Y

[@sptflcrw8583]

@@TheSonicShoe exactly. Him talking isn’t the issue. It’s the fact that he gets punished for it over and over and over again and never learns

[@noahjones9833]

The best way i could think of making the cw's action scenes make any amount of logical sense would be adding things like "this flash has very new and unstable powers compared to his older and more experienced versions and has weaknesses like he has to willfully activate super speed instead of it being on all the time (to explain why he doesnt dodge everything every time), its stressful on his body so he has to do it in short bursts or else risk exhaustion and injury (to explain why he likes to stop all the time, to take a breather), and he cant control it super well so hes always terrified of accidentally brutally murdering his allies and enemies so he stops or goes slow around other humans (to explain why he stops in front of people and why he doesnt just do everything at full speed)", but no, its just the flash but dumb

[@AaravUTY]

"there's nowhere to run" always gets me

[@PainKillerDS]

Same I can never get enough hearing that lol

[@elplaceholder]

The smash bros style gag is the Best part 😂

[@PrinceVegeta2134567]

The main problem with the "Stopping and Talking" is the fact that Barry doesn't at least restrain them so they can't somehow one up him. If the writers have to include exposition dialogue, they should do it in a good way

[@maxhydekyle2425]

That's what he almost always does in the comics

[@justtrying1952]

Yeah, it’s like the person above me said he restrains them before he talks to them, like in the comics or other shows that portrayed him correctly, he always stopped to talk after he restrains the enemies. Also he’s actually funny when he does this.

[@bobjob140]

Well I guess they should have hired good writers , huh? Idk why anybody expects anything good to come from CW. Is always bottom of the barrel shit that isnt meant to be good but to get views from morons who consume all their media with their brain turned off (assuming they have a brain to begin with)

[@JustapErson]

Stopping and talking is completely fair, since with powers like his he should be able to talk to them to try to get a little bit of rehabilitation in and make them see the error of their ways. If he fails and they try to attack, he can always just speed attack the enemy. The issue is he doesn't do either of these things.

[@zipzapper0]

Honestly, they kinda understood part of what makes the Flash so loved in the comics, that he treats his villains like human beings, and will do everything he can to reform them. They just executed it so poorly that it makes him seem like the dumbest man alive. More than once in the comics, stopping to talk to the villains (After disarming them like a sensible person) does actually get them to surrender. But this flash can only run so fast when his brain activity resembles the common broom.

[@Xehanort10]

The likes of Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, Daredevil and the comic Flashes do trying to redeem some villains right by actually trying to get through to the ones who have remorse for their actions and get them to turn themselves in and make up for what they've done. CW Barry Allen on the other hand is a manchild who thinks basically saying "You're bad. This is wrong" will magically reform all criminals.

[@zipzapper0]

@@Xehanort10 yeah, pretty much my point. They understood why that was appealing, but couldn't figure out how to make it work. Which is by making it NOT the only thing he tries. Or by having him win really consistently unless his opponent outsmarts him by knowing him too well (Because he's so nice and doesn't shut up), something Captain Cold and the Rogues manage pretty often. Stakes aren't hard to make with Flash villains fighting Flash, CW just completely bombed the execution

[@mr.nobody2858]

I love the last bit you said about Barry's brain activity resembling the common broom. And I see what you mean. So does it work like this? Comic Flash: "Disarms/disables opponent's weapons/powers the way a smart person like Barry would, then tries to convince his opponents to make up for their mistakes" CW Flash: "Talks to opponents before even disarming or disabling their weapons or powers like a dumbass and gets his ass handed to him because he doesn't think before acting" That sum it up well or is there more I didn't mention?

[@zipzapper0]

@@mr.nobody2858 Kinda. In the comics, if he hasn't disarmed them, it's because they couldn't have been a threat to begin with.

[@mr.nobody2858]

@@zipzapper0 aight, cool.

[@tomwills5231]

I personally think that you can only do flash as a movie character as he just seems overpowered to be a freak of the week style show and lots of the villains made for this show can’t much him in the slightest.

[@soundshock9357]

Honestly just have his supervillain either be speedsters or have a superpower or have something that relates to time

[@Halo-lg7rq]

Nah you could just just use hostages in more and more creative ways, like if I can't use my powers that kills a rando

[@doofer6863]

@@soundshock9357 or make the villains also op as heck like make captain colds gun WAY more powerful or something.

[@book5857]

@@doofer6863 but flash could still take his gun away there should be no humans with just a gun any kind pretty much

[@dadams106]

the only way the freak of the week could possibly work is if the Flash had to actually eat food all the time during a fight, has another speedster going for kill shots at all times of the day, or had "erectile dysfunction" style problems with his speed

[@swampson5287]

If anyone wanted to know, I did a calculation on how fast the *Flash* can run in this season judging by how fast he was compared to a bullet (3,600 mph at least) and I remembered that *Zoom* took 2% of the *Flash’s* speed, (at least 3,312 mph now). When the glass is flying at Iris in the car crash scene, debris (including glass) coming off of a car wreck can fly at a velocity of around 55 mph but can also reach as high as a couple hundred mph. So let’s just say that the glass was moving at around 300 mph, the *Flash* is moving approximately 11.04 times the speed of the shard of glass in that scene, so it is so stupid that he struggles and then fails to catch it. But Cisco said he usually runs at 1,500 mph, so that goes to show you that the show ignores its own rules and ignores what it has already shown so far, Barry should be running more than double what Cisco says he does usually.

[@zaidlacksalastname4905]

Fun fact: he says "there's nowhere to run" because he truly believes that that is the case. He has no spacial awareness, so he can't figure out that he can actually move towards a villain.

[@kobemeriez7860]

Exactly Oliver told him the same thing when they had their 1st Crossover he doesnt check anywhere b4 fighting the villains that's why they could blindside him all the time

[@boredgamer7841]

@@kobemeriez7860 yeah "blindside" him right in front him, while he keeps his 3 remaining brain cells busy coming up with stupid banter.

[@transformers_quotes5738]

10:15 THERE IS A MISTAKE IN THIS VIDEO. King Shark managed to avoid civilian detection because he used a fake mustache as his disguise

[@WorshipperOfKhone]

He even learned Spanish!

[@datdankdj8264]

@@WorshipperOfKhone si!

[@CopeGaming129]

INGENIOUS🧐🧐🧐🧐

[@dot6086]

Haha...had me at the first half not gonna lie

[@jasonchiu272]

As a civilian in this movie, I can confirm this normal-looking gray dude with a mustache is just harassing a person in a red suit that emits sparks like he is wearing a Tesla coil or something.

[@jacobsparks8981]

The fact that he fights Dr. Light in this season is just hilarious due to the fact that he dodges a beam of light. This would mean Barry can move at light speed which is approximately Mach 874030. Anyone who isn't a speedster at this point has no purpose in the entire show.

[@christophersalinas2722]

Barry has moved at light speed so much. See his run at the start of 4, yet he still can’t move even a 10th of that in 95% of his runs after that. Also how he went to Asia in season 4 in like 5 seconds but he can’t dodge Ultraviolet’s attacks

[@MichelleJones-cp2tv]

And we'll give a pass on how ftl speed breaks physics since it's a super hero show

[@MrLethalShots]

I haven't seen the clip but you can avoid where the guy is going to shoot without being ftl.

[@lake4433]

Adding on to this, it's impossible for anything with mass travel at light speed, AND it's impossible to travel faster than the speed of light because the speed of light is the literal speed limit of the universe.

[@ericgonzalez2946]

@@lake4433 "it's the speed force"

[@keyproblems7590]

You forgot that when Zoom kidnaps Henry, Barry runs to stat labs first so he can change into his suit. That’s right, his dad gets captured and he makes a pit stop to put his costume on.

[@metal42]

Priorities

[@vibemasterkorosu2469]

@@metal42 Saving people with some added flair

[@onyourleft4194]

don't his normal shoes/clothes dissolve/catch on fire when he runs with them due to the friction? or is that from another source?

[@artemis8396]

@@onyourleft4194better naked than clothed orphan

[@malikpierre-louis3343]

​@@onyourleft4194That's also inconsistent since when He first fights reverse Flash his without his flash suit his shoes don't burn. And even then I don't think that Barry would care about that fact if his father is in danger.

[@RushGarcia]

Man for real, was Flash's rogues gallery trained by the league of assassins'?

[@danielstevens7644]

I love your music

[@m1_1911]

It's so surreal to see people I'm subscribed to in the comments section.

[@TsunayoshiSawada469]

I cannntttt 😂😂😂

[@brunobrito9997]

not really, the thing is the flash from this series was trained by honey boo boo!

[@MillarVideoProductions]

More like the league of evil exes

[@valkyrieford7837]

When Barry gets called out for letting that girl go by standing around and talking, it just makes me more disappointed. The writer’s are calling out their own bs. This show is just awful. This series on why the Flash is bad is much more enjoyable to watch.

[@coljuh]

to be honest all these characters weren’t intended for this. marvel and dc. it all started from a writing room and ended up to this. i expect call of duty movies/series in the next decade at this point

[@hexrin5191]

@@coljuh Nope, game movies are pretty much still doomed to be garbage forever

[@coljuh]

@@hexrin5191 i would disagree but i cant think of a single good video game film nowadays, tomb raider movie and original mortal kombat movies are great tho

[@Icerope-km9lu]

Exactly. I know some people nitpick dumb things in movies and shows, but I feel like it’s 100% justified for this show because of how often these problems come up

[@krycv9857]

@@hexrin5191 i mean the mortal kombat movie was kinda cool, wouldn't mind if they made another one

[@PrinceYasuke]

this show is the equivalent of one punch man getting beaten up and having no idea how to beat basic burglars

[@EpicUltraKingSmizzy]

I love the scene in one punch man where he is trying to kill a mosquito but it keeps not dying. So he is swatting it with more and more strength. I believe he uses more strength in that scene than he does against some major villains. And the mosquito doesnt die XD.

[@tmarcz9800]

Did not expect to see you love the for honor content

[@elvis4868]

@@EpicUltraKingSmizzy yeah it was funny because it kinda makes fun of inconsistencies in series just like this.

[@vaishnav_mallya]

The one punch man is a show where enemies have plot armour from one punch man (unless the plot actually wants saitama and the enemy at the same place). Most of the time the show is about what happens if saitama is not at the right place and at the right time. If it were, the show would be boring.

[@samueljones3668]

@@vaishnav_mallya I mean it would be much more interesting, like with the current arc (In the Manga, the Web Comic is so much to beat with ONE's crap art) Imagine Saitama just showing up at the perceived strong villians and kills them in one blow easy that would just be funny.

[@pepperpeterpiperpickled9805]

I'd love an exact remake of the flash series, but Barry doesnt take anything seriously because he solves every issue in the last second of the episode.

[@changed849]

This show actually pisses me off. I cant believe i watched 5 seasons of this show without punching a wall. You need more subscribers man.

[@carinadominguez22]

You watched 5 seasons of this drivel!? You must be a masochist. I accidentally put an episode several years ago in the background while doing a paper and when I actually payed attention for 5 minutes, everything about it screamed teen drama.

[@changed849]

@@carinadominguez22the funny thing is that I actually watched 6 seasons of this.

[@mrflame4286]

@Rexford Richardson straight facts. But sad thing is I may have watched all 7. This was when I was a lot younger. And thought it was Cool

[@cahallo5964]

@@mrflame4286 my 10yo brother thought it was really cool until he realised it wasn't and I was there the moment he said "nah but why is flash so stupid I can't watch this anymore"

[@alexandersalazar4736]

@@carinadominguez22 I gave up when he fought the Shark because I couldn't take it anymore.

[@alexanderamaya6330]

rule to make a good flash show 1.every villian need to have at least one of the following superspeed, super durability, some sorta ability that lets objects pass them, need to weigh a crap ton so barry cant just pick them up then sends them away, teleportation , 2. no time travel boom done 10/10 greatest speedster show ever

[@Halo-lg7rq]

nahhhh, the Flash is always fucking with the timeline

[@hunterfox6176]

List of abilities that would allow someone to reasonably fight the Flash: Speed Durability Strength Enhanced reflexes(and perception) Time distortion(speeding or slowing time) Teleportation Stasis lock Manipulation of mass/matter Psychic control/manipulation(mostly with hallucinations) And pain induction. Some of these were in the show, but presented in a way that made everyone involved seem stupid.

[@flameron1]

It’s not the flash if it doesn’t involve time travel though lol

[@saharudin3159]

Also the flash must be atleast smart ,not that genius smart but enough to no be idiot that let normal people with a gun escape multiple time like idiot .

[@alexanderamaya6330]

@@saharudin3159 i think the no time travel rule apply to being smart because at some point you need to know fucking up the time line lead to bad things

[@OxiigenV2]

the funniest part is, this whole thing only takes as long as one episode of the flash

[@Ramsey276one]

O M G XD

[@Salone_FD]

Personally, I’d argue that “tHeRe’S nOwHeRe tO rUn!” was funnier, but that’s still funny.

[@TheGospelGuy]

Its supremely ironic how he says "There's nowhere to run" but allows them to run away even though they're all regular dudes.🤣

[@-Grovesy-]

Bullet enters the heart/lung. Them: Use speed force to get bullet out Magically the person who was shot didn't die from the internal damage the bullet caused Writers: Looks ok to me.

[@schwarzerritter5724]

To be fair, all of fiction does that.

[@DarkShadow84]

It's almost like the bullet itself isn't the problem, but the big hole it left in the body :D

[@bobjob140]

Schwarz, no it doest. Maybe most of it. But most fiction is bad. There is good fiction out there. But its hard to come by because people like you making excuses for the bad shit.

[@-Grovesy-]

@@bobjob140 thats mainly why I ignored the reply.

[@datpurp9564]

it pisses me off on how this channel doesnt have more subscribers with quality content like this, hopefully that doesnt demotivate you from continuing this great series

[@mememe4188]

He's starting to blow rn and I'm so glad. Quality content like this deserve the views

[@walmartpimp2]

He will give content creators an ideal to strive towards. They will race behind him, they will stumble, they will fall. But in time, they will join him in the sun. In time, he will help them accomplish wonders

[@catsharkorsharkcat7047]

@@walmartpimp2 thank you for this

[@tobsonasanya4765]

@@mememe4188 Lol I mean he ain't perfect in this videos

[@blueorange6221]

@@tobsonasanya4765 the flash is also not perfect but you still enjoy that shitshow

[@nuredingeziqi679]

30:23 putting that shard of glass in the "Should have been CAUGHT by now" would have been a great touch

[@BoyKagome]

The show runners do address this. Snart - His gun slows things down the closer they get to him, emitting a cold aura. You would only notice if you were moving at insane speeds though. 2. Speedsters in this show have a weakness based on their intention to act. Their mind decides it, their speed makes it happen. If anything happens between those two points, the speedster still has the continue with this course of action and cannot start a new one until achieving it. This is why Savitar got shot by Iris, he had no way of knowing she had a gun so his speed did not account for the possibility. His course of action was to attack Barry from behind. This is also why Zoom overshoots people while chasing them like Wells Earth 2. This is why Barry waits for oppertunities of distraction to put power dampening cuffs on bad guys with super powers, he doesn't want to be another Savitar. That's how they explained it, and it makes no sense.

[@ezngen9182]

If Zoom hadn’t been knocked out and taken to STAR Labs, Barry’s dad would not have died, meaning no Flashpoint. Meaning no forced Cisco drama at the start of Season 3, as well as a 4 season long subplot for Killer Frost, also a bunch of other dumb shit idk.

[@technobladefan7791]

All of that was built off of a failure.

[@JustKrin]

@@technobladefan7791 I love how that could applied to both the in universe failure of Barry just as much as the writers inability to come up with something smart

[@QuigleTheGnome]

The hilarious thing is he has been shown moving faster than lightning which moves roughly 1.7 miles a second which just shows how inconsistent this show is numbers wise

[@touyatodoroki7935]

a LOT of the show's problems would've been fixed had they simply reduced his speed to that of a bullet and armed most of the villains with guns. gotta write a scene where the villain strikes at a victim and the flash saves them? make the flash closer to the victim than the villain is. want a tragic scene where the villain hurts an innocent? put the villain in between flash and the victim. want a scene where the flash himself gets hurt? if the villain shoots at him and he can't dodge to the side, he will get hit. it's so easy.

[@Mr.NopeNope]

He fricking slowed down nuclear explosion to episode runtime XD

[@tobsonasanya4765]

@@Mr.NopeNope That was season 4

[@Mr.NopeNope]

@@tobsonasanya4765 i know but im talking about their inability to be consistent

[@nathansarfo1768]

@@touyatodoroki7935 they can’t reduce him to that speed. It would be disrespectful to the character since in the comics the flash has been shown to be damn near teleportation and sometimes even faster than it. The show just makes him look stupid

[@overwatchafterhours3936]

Barry: “There’s nowhere to run” Every villain: **distracts barry** Oh look at that, I have somewhere to run

[@japascho]

The guy with the zeptar is actually a genius, cays he enters the room already talking. Thereby starting a conversation. Fully aware that fashes powers can't interrupt conversation, he's save to set up his own attack with plenty of time.

[@cfh1489]

Every time they say they got away I like to think of the scene in “The Boys” where A-train gives info to the boys. They ask, “How did you know where we were?” and he replies “I didn’t I just looked through the whole of New York.” Took him just a few minutes. That’s what the flash should be like.

[@Murf181]

This is true but The Boys also has the same convenience of the the super fast heroes just stopping Infront of main characters to talk.

[@goodfella2057]

@@Murf181 I don't actually remember if that is true but I'll assume it is. But for A-train's case, is it at least reasonable that he would want to stop to talk? Or is it just as contrived?

[@Murf181]

@@goodfella2057 it happened when A-train fought Starlight. He wanted to capture or kill Hughie then but walked up to talk before fighting. Homelander did the same thing too when he was chasing the boys group in the sewers but at least in his case he just underestimates them.

[@goodfella2057]

@@Murf181 I see, but isn't A-train also really cocky? On top of that, wasn't he fueled by rage that they made his girl OD? I wouldn't put it past him to want Hughie to suffer while he gloats?

[@taylorsmith84]

@@goodfella2057 yeah, but he’s more incensed by the seven’s mistreatment of him. Being relegated because he’s gotten slower, and facing the racism from stormfront, he meets with the boys just to get her out of the picture. He does threaten the boys in the scene too, saying he’s doing it for himself and nobody else

[@TEMBA__]

why are non speedsters able to outrun the fastest man alive, BARRY THEY ARE RUNNING ON FOOT, A COLLEGE ATHLETE COULD CATCH UP TO THEM.

[@VaporeonEnjoyer1]

They aren't even running most of the time, they are, at best, briskly jogging.

[@johnnymanning2952]

@@VaporeonEnjoyer1 just disappeared somehow 😂🤣

[@Monochrome2004]

i can catch up to at about half of them and i can only run for about 5 seconds before losing all of my stamina, so barry has no excuse

[@Salone_FD]

@@johnnymanning2952 They just went into the shadow realm

[@kirathekillernote2173]

Barry never had the makings of a varsity athlete

[@carlketsup1028]

Now i watch this and it sinks in.. that he really does go up to villains and punch them at normal speed and consistently stops to talk.. like why, why are we here.. just to suffer..

[@tobsonasanya4765]

Eh some of thses villains are smart and this is season 2barry

[@danielalorbi]

@@tobsonasanya4765 Why stop to talk? Why not knock out first, relocate, before anyone knows what's going on. The message of these two videos is pretty clear. Barry never makes the intelligent move when it counts, because the writers don't know how to write plausible yet engaging conflicts for speedsters.

[@tobsonasanya4765]

@@danielalorbi Irregardless season 2 was great. Besides some of the metas put civilains in danger

[@danielalorbi]

@@tobsonasanya4765 I think it would be silly for me to try and convince you to not enjoy something you enjoy.

[@OPUP]

@@danielalorbi I can’t imagine how boring the version of this is where he just takes out the villain in 5 minutes and we have to spend the rest of the time watching him have relationship issues.

[@AliothAncalagon]

It becomes more and more ridiculous the longer you think about it. For us it looks like the Flash is just stupid for a second, when he doesn't react properly. But with his super thinking speed he is actually stupid for an entire hour when he does stupid shit.

[@slevinchannel7589]

No need to stop here, ya know? Others did what Madvocate did here. LIke Jay Exci and hbomberguy.

[@The_Lego_Anakin_Skywalker]

16:23 Also, Dr. Light used her invisibility powers INSIDE a prison cell in the Star Labs prison. Isn’t the cell supposed to disable all superpowers?

[@peepoodave_qwerty]

Ikr

[@_Omni]

No

[@multiversegaming1824]

@@_Omni Yeah it does cause if it doesn't a lot of other metahumans would've escaped.

[@09Max09]

No, they can still use their powers in a cell, but to a unbelievably constrained, and small level to where it doesnt do anything, also because the way invisibility works, theres is no in between so invisibility still works

[@peepoodave_qwerty]

@@09Max09 🤓

[@augustolasta2468]

They should have (at least for the first two seasons when he is getting used to his powers) give him some sort of either endurance limit, control problem (like if he runs around too much his speed stops working, kinda like Ben 10’s watch), or just slower then lighting and some projectiles

[@jacobharris5894]

The only thing I can think of for why he consistently gets hit by things much slower than him is his reaction speed is only super fast when he is using the speed force. So when he has his guard down he is just as vulnerable as anyone else to a normal attack. There’s still a lot of inconsistencies though because there are cases were it clearly is activated and he’s still too slow to avoid something. And like the guy in the video pointed out he doesn’t have to just stop and talk to the bad guy every time. If he just had the speed force activated all the time he would be invulnerable to almost anything.

[@Halo-lg7rq]

@@jacobharris5894 I could definitely believe him dropping his guard if it were surprise attacks but getting hit in the middle of a fight is inexcusable. Barry just gonna have to hold that L, during a fight should be when your guard is the highest.

[@Halo-lg7rq]

They could also make his speed a danger to civilians so if runs too carelessly people around him could die or something like that. Kinda like L-Train in the Boys

[@21eienni]

Yeah, Flash could already run fast enough to time travel in season 1! Way too early!

[@beatsprodbycm9455]

His speed is not the problem the writing is just bad.

[@bearwitty9690]

In all fairness, the flash always stops to talk to the villains, it's kinda his thing, but also in all fairness *he's also usually funny.*

[@choueriito2548]

That, and most Flash stories usually give him enough competence to not let his wisecracks be the sole reason his enemies escape. His portrayal in the DCAU Justice League cartoon and its sequel Justice League: Unlimited handled Flash's character and counters perfectly, for instance.

[@bearwitty9690]

@@choueriito2548 duuude, you just gave me an itch to go back and re-watch some DC animated movies/shows.

[@robknight666]

Plus he immediately goes for the attack after throwing a few words at the enemy

[@CriticsCupofficial]

This why grant Gustin is a terrible flash he ISNT FUNNY he just whines. Watch a DC cartoon his the funny guy

[@stelena1406]

@@bearwitty9690 Bro rewatch all the DCAMU movies you'll be in love with DC all over again I promise

[@skyslasher2297]

6:25 Its a WWI helmet from his father (mind you Jay is supposed to be a lot older than he is when he first appears in the show) that Jay modified after the greek god Hermes who was often depicted with a similar helmet design and it was appropriate since Hermes as a messenger was incredibly fast. As for why it stays on in the comics this kind of this is explained by the speed force creating a shield around the user to protect them from the negatives of a human body moving so fast. Its the same reason why Barrys flash suit doesn't burn off his Cowl doesn't fly off how he can breath moving that fast etc.

[@goose_dove]

Did the math, if flash can travel faster than lighting then he can travel over 53 kilometres a second, or over 33 miles a second. The average human's reacion time to visual stimulus is about 1/4 of a second, so the flash can travel over 12 kilometres before any human being can react to him. The level of overpowered this is means that no-one that doesn't have borderline godly metahuman reflexes could possibly stand any chance against him just running up and absolutely decking them.

[@fryingpan37]

lmao

[@krishp1104]

Also even speedsters technically wouldn't be able to react to him unless they were already running at a speed close to the speed of light. (Not to mention the world would be darkness for him if he's faster than livht)

[@poutineausyropderable7108]

Tbh. Those were superpowered caused lightning. It doesn't necessarily travel at natural cloud lightning speed. Same for light attack. It's not actually light, more like slow travelling light particle. No, His biggest feat, is tied to simpler things. Like looking through a whole book instantly... Though, The show would be okay if Flash's speed ranged from 400 to 3000 mph dependinf on the scene. The problem is that he ranges from 5 mph to 50 000+ mph. (He literally has super speed moments whwre its just him in slow motion amd every one else in regular speed). The thing is that the writter don't understand relative change, thats the most unconscious bias that makes people not realising how big it is... (Not the einstein thing, I'm talking about a basic concept, that the difference between 0 and 1 lion in front of you is big. 1 and 2 is still big but smaller. And 29 and 30 is inconsequential. It's as basic as object permanance. Just divide the change by the number. Thats relative change. ). Example: 1 second is small to us because not much can be done in it on daily circumstances. So, adding or removing 1s from an action isn't much. Because most actions takes much more then 1 s. if the act took 5s, 1s is just a 20% error. That's acceptable. But if it takes 1 ms to take an action, adding 1 s is being off by a factor of 1000. It's 100 000% error. So, they non stop add a fixed time like 1s or 0.5 s or 2 s to things barry can do in ms or μs... From barry's pov, its like a whole day.

[@Vulnresati]

In the comics he can travel like a quintillion times faster then light, and can time travel, jump through dimensions, and like change the atmosphere of the earth. He is so stupidly overpowered there is nothing they can do to write a good plot and have to reboot constantly

[@goose_dove]

@@Vulnresati Yeah, if we're counting comics there's no contest. But I was sticking to show since they've established his abilities and what he can definitely do

[@ireije8132]

Barry: There's no where to run. Every villain that doesn't have super speed: Guess I'll hide.

[@TayTayMakesBeats]

I'm picturing that massive shark-man hiding behind a bush, snickering to himself.

[@The_Biologist27]

@@TayTayMakesBeats captain cold just hops in an ice cream truck

[@The_Biologist27]

@@TayTayMakesBeats sorry, I meant; guy with gun will hide in an ice cream truck

[@mogman5]

Hide? Walk away, marginally out of sight...

[@lastmanstanding7155]

You know in cartoons and shows they do actually acknowledge how competent most flash's are. Wally in the animated show was shown to be very confident in his abilities and rightfully so. Dude would curb stomp guys in seconds. They fully used his abilities in believable ways I think. Yea maybe some plot contrivance here and there but I think with the full line up of heroes they had they established risks really well with all the heroes including Flash.

[@amneenja5720]

DC animated stuff is so good honestly that scene where he runs around the earth to beat the shit out of Lex Luthor is 🔥🔥🔥

[@ThePhantomiteZ]

I *can* explain Jay Garrick (old Flash)'s helmet. And doing so is going to make about a billion things in this show worse, but you saw that in season 4. The Speed Force canonically creates a general physics-negating aura around a person utilizing it for Speedster powers, meaning anything they grab, wear, or even stand extremely close to is exempt from things like frictive forces, air resistance, *electron loss*, and usually momentum-based damage. For instance, a Speedster running at... oh, I dunno, the incomprehensible "speed of time" could stop on a dime and not have their internal organs instantly leave their body.

[@snelldor1474]

The Flash: Capable of time travel, phasing through walls, shooting lightning, and so much more. Also The Flash: Oh no, I’m too slow to catch this regular guy with a gun. I’m useless.

[@iwiwwh2002]

Joe: prepares a pep talk

[@Omen_Rocks123]

Iris: We’re the flash

[@pandorabrown1093]

Run Barry Run

[@daviddoesstuffandthingigue966]

@@Omen_Rocks123 Im YoUr LiGhTnInG rOd

[@TheRealSqueets]

too slow to catch a shard of glass

[@proplayz6170]

Forget reaction speed. Whenever he is cornered or being grabbed/held by a villian, he can phase. It literally makes him untouchable. He could literally phase his entire body except for his hands so he can go around punching people without getting hurt

[@tatsuyaradheya3528]

That require him to be smart enough to think of that. But as this series is called " The Dumbest Man Alive", It's pretty much impossible

[@joshuaa7266]

Was going to suggest that a villain could grab his hand somehow then slam him around, then I realized the guy that could react to bullets as they touched his neck could probably phase his hands faster than someone could yank him.

[@HangMrH]

Maybe when he is in the speed force his IQ dropped 100

[@HangMrH]

The fun part is that depending on the writer phasing doesn’t always exist similar to how Superman forgets that his ice breath can defuse most enemies……

[@ВардотКапрелло]

Only Amazo used this ability like that. And Zoom few times and thats all. Such missed opportunity

[@alrikscyriel6208]

I think even a "hero" with about three times the speed of a normal human would be nearly impossible to beat in hand to hand combat. The flash is much much faster. He shouldn't even have any problem with any of his none speedster opponents.

[@kharnthebetrayer8251]

A way to counter this, would be to apply actual physics. So if you punch someone at 5x the speed of sound, it would be like being hit by a truck and the fist would go through them or turn them to jelly. So he has to move at regular speed when he touches anyone or he'd obliterate them. He'd still be impossible to beat in hand-to-hand, since he would see them fighting t slow motion. But would mean he couldn't do more damage than a boxer can with a punch

[@elijahnakumura4375]

@@kharnthebetrayer8251 True, but he could at least not take the hit or just tie em up

[@vetreas366]

Origin of the perfect crime buster: Flash buys a taser and tranq gun. Crime goes down 90% in one night. Tranq darts sale skyrocket.

[@IsaacClodfelter]

@@kharnthebetrayer8251 just because an insanely fast punch would go through someone doesn't mean he would need to fight a human speed. He could still swing as fast as a blink of an eye and slow down half a second before he hole punches someone. Even if that is too fine of control of his abilities for you he could still swing at least 3x as fast a normal human. The flash really is beyond fighting normal humans. Gorilla Grod is a good base level flash enemy. He isn't just the flash but bad and has a way to combat him on more equal footing.

[@kharnthebetrayer8251]

@@IsaacClodfelter True. A regular person wouldn't have a chance. But an unnatural tough gorrilla could take a 3x power human punch... Im pretty sure a regular gorilla could take several of punches at 3 times human strength. At the least, it would limit his abilities. So he can't just instantly relocate people without breaking their necks and liquifying their organs. he can't just punch someone at light speed to instantly KO anything. It would at least, make it so the people he fights, actually have a realistic chance. Since its also veyr hard to knock someone out without causing brain damage. So he'd need to be REALLY careful with his punches to not just turn someone into a vegetable or break their neck with the whiplash. Would let him punch someone, move back so he can see what happens, then needs to move back in for another punch. Giving the enemies a chance to use their powers in some way

[@noxa893]

Barry: “there’s nowhere to run!” Villain “okay then” **walks away** Barry: “I wAs tOo sLow”

[@isaiahkayode6526]

“Run Barry Run”

[@keller-pe8rd]

Villain one second left the building: The flash: ???

[@tobsonasanya4765]

@@keller-pe8rd Still a good seasons and this happened to like a few of them

[@Stigma-ba115]

@@tobsonasanya4765 Good Lord, do you have no life that you have to react to every fucking comment just to make yourself feel better about this shitty show you like?

[@tobsonasanya4765]

@@Stigma-ba115 Lol i ain't the one criticising the first season and saying it is terribe but ok

[@neutral4785]

*WHEN YOU REALIZE LEGENDS OF TOMORROW WOULDNT EXIST IF BARRY HAD KNOCKED OUT VANDAL SAVAGE FROM THE GET GO*

[@aaditnoronha5383]

omg ur so right

[@aaditnoronha5383]

@Rasb3ry :O OH the burn is hot

[@DeathLore]

@Rasb3ry But it wouldn’t of existed though.

[@thunderblaze9997]

And therefore everyone that dies in the first season that show can be added to the list of people Barry could have saved. Let’s see, Rip’s family, Hawkman, Captain cold, the random murders of people who witnessed him, and everyone who died in the wars and plagues Vandal savage started when he took over the world.

[@anonymousanonymous7911]

Half of the villain's in legends of tomorrow would not exist if barry did his job

[@maxzapsgamingzepzeap2337]

Honestly there are quite a few villains in the series without super speed who absolutely have potential and reasonable explanations as to why they’re a problem but one way or another their potential is thrown out the window Hunka Hunka is basically Not-Angry Hulk but less OP, but his default state has a normal Human weight so even if fighting doesn’t work Barry could easily Relocate him That Poison Gas guy from the very first season could’ve just been like Sandman and technically ALWAYS be gas but able to look kinda Human sometimes. But we see occasions where he’s punched and doesn’t turn into Gas so we know that’s not how his powers work and he does indeed have a default flesh-based form so Relocation can still work on him Explosion Lady explodes people who touch them so logically neither fighting or relocation should work, but we see people touch her and not explode so times so the power isn’t ALWAYS active meaning fighting and relocation can work Hell even CAPTAIN FUCKING COLD has potential. If he were to say freeze the ground behind him whenever he starts a robbery as preparation for the Flash, this would give the unique setback of Barry slipping and sliding across the icy floor and thus being unable to use his super speed because it’s ineffective. Even Captain Heat or whatever his name is could just set fire to stuff around him if he thinks the Flash is near, creating a literal wall of fire out of burning buildings he’s within, Barry would be unable to fight him because fire fucking hurts and there’s fire between him and Captain Heat Peek-A-Boo or Doctor Light or whoever it was can apparently turn invisible which means Flash has a viable explanation on why he can’t find or catch her but it’s extremely inconsistent on whether or not she needs to take off her clothes to do so Slow-Mo over there, aka Hobo Oswald, can make anything around him super slow, so even if the Flash is around him using super speed he’d only be able to be like at normal person speed so they’re on an even playing field. However the reasons as to why Flash doesn’t immediately Relocate him before the power activated are Stop To Talk and Lack of Object Permanence as always The CW has had SO FUCKING MANY potential instances where many of their non-speedster villains can logistically pose a threat to Barry and they somehow fuck that potential up every single time without fail The only exceptions so far as Sandman and Tar Boy, and like maybe King Shark

[@tumblingartist]

Well said!

[@dissraps]

Yea, I mean, it's not like a guy with super speed and super thought could possibly see ice on the ground. And turning invisible is completely irrelevant. He could headlock them before they even finish turning invisible. And if not, he could get to where they were standing in less than a fraction of a second before they could even move a toe making invisibility completely worthless. Even if he didn't see them turn invisible and they walked into a bank already invisible.....he could run the entire area with a blanket in again a second.

[@antimatter3084]

​@@dissrapsIn the comics, Captain Cold gun can actually generate a cold field of near absolute zero temperature but then I realize that this is the Flash writers, so why I even bother lmao.

[@panpsyren6406]

“this is your hero flash fans?” …well not anymore >.>

[@scrull4373]

Wait why what happened

[@y0l0_dud3]

Honestly, the Flash from comics is WAY better

[@dc.m9695]

killer frost has always been my hero tbh

[@waddle623]

I liked Savitar better than Barry ngl

[@theencryptedpartition4633]

I liked Ezra Miller Barry better than this. Good thing Snyder saved and made a new character out of him. Now he is the only hope for Flash becoming normal superhero

[@ojaskalra4863]

The thing that pisses me off the most in this series is that in most fights he just takes one hit and f*cking faints, out for the whole fight.

[@popsicleman8816]

To be fair, pretty sure besides for the fact that he seems to be immune from friction killing him (probably something speedforce related), his body is that of a normal human. So he's not meant to be resilient. The problem is that he's taking these hits that he should never be taking.

[@alexandersalazar4736]

While Batman and Green Arrow takes literal gunshots, heavy blows and actual sword slashes at them.

[@theflashgordon193]

@@popsicleman8816 didn't he have super healing ability ?

[@mekingtiger9095]

@@theflashgordon193 But how long until it fully heals, though?

[@theflashgordon193]

@@mekingtiger9095 I don't know. I'm not sure they use it in the show

[@geraldpheonix]

The fact he always starts a new critics plot with "there's no way to Run" kills me 🤣

[@buildawall5803]

They always run

[@liammoon9309]

There’s no where to run* How did you get that wrong when you must’ve heard it so many times during this video?

[@a5c0]

I found it incredibly annoying to have to hear every 20 seconds

[@PainKillerDS]

@@a5c0 There's nowhere to run!

[@someguy_namingly]

@@liammoon9309 *nowhere

[@Matchoob]

I lost track of the amount of times a man who can run so fast that he travels back in time couldn't catch a villain because they got in a regular car.

[@svrmaster103]

y'know the thing about the villain "The Turtle"? In the comics, Zoom isn't a speedster actually has the ability to slow down time without making a field of energy like the Turtle does.

[@trippiebread5596]

i think its better that hes a speedster in the show

[@Spoantaneus]

za warudo!

[@JayF2912]

@@Spoantaneus over heaven: overwrite this shows power scaling

[@theblackoutexplorer2658]

@@trippiebread5596 doesn’t that take away his whole unique Quality though? Also the reason he’s actually faster then flash

[@ojaskalra4863]

@@Spoantaneus You thought I was Jay Garrick, but it was I, ZOOM

[@TheJadeFist]

I remember Smallville. "You should be careful about that guy, he seems like he's potential danger" "Oh Clark, you're just jealous" Bad Guy does exactly what Clark said he would. Turns out Clark is right. Repeat every episode. You'd think after like 200 times, his friend would begin trust him more or something.

[@tFighterPilot]

You mean Chloe? I don't remember it happening that often.

[@TheJadeFist]

@@tFighterPilot It's been like 15 + years since I've watched it, but that's about how I remember it.

[@Omen_Rocks123]

I swear I remember that happened once with that duplicate dude in smallville and the telekinesis dude aswell

[@Thatslifebro_]

​@@tFighterPilot In seasons 1 and 2 it was the usual routine for the bad guy to abduct or threaten Lana every other episode. Cloe once or twice, but it was never as overused. That got better in later seasons when the story became more focused on a season arc and less Monster of the Week.

[@tFighterPilot]

@@Thatslifebro_ Yeah, season 4 is when it really started to have arcs. Seasons 4-7 was prime SV for me (was not a fan of Lana and Lex both disappearing in season 8)

[@spirituser7354]

Barry: There is nowhere to run. Enemy: becomes batman. Barry: oh shit, every single time.

[@glenisterm]

I fully agree that Tom Cavanagh is easily the best actor on the show. I plan to tell him that if I ever meet him. I stopped watching the Flash after I got too tired of Barry not using his speed so that the villain could turn the tables on him.

[@coyichi8273]

I would like to think Barry’s an absolute idiot but all his friends think he’s fighting gods

[@doggamer3649]

Most of the villains can be taken out by normal people except for characters like king shark who can take bullets or speedsters like reverse flash

[@haku8135]

Recently he made 4 gods his children. I'M NOT FUCKING JOKING! THIS SHOW HAS ONLY GOTTEN WORSE!

[@J_The_J]

@@haku8135 say sike right now

[@haku8135]

@@J_The_J He and Iris' love rebirths the speed force and 3 more forces which take over human bodies and all 4 of them call Barry and Iris mom and dad. I haven't even mentioned yet how Barry and Reverse Flash have a lightsaber fight with Godspeed.

[@J_The_J]

@@haku8135 please explain it in a more easier to understand way

[@bounty_hunter101]

The CW would either have to nerf the Flash or scale up the villains. Imagine a firestorm that would burn the flash if he got to close, a king shark that is as fast on land as in the sea. The lack of creativity on the writer's end astounds me.

[@raynvinalvarez7788]

But that'd mean they can't rely on Barry being a dumbass, and we cant have that 😡

[@largeboi4678]

@@raynvinalvarez7788 I like to think that the writers wrote a good version of the flash, but whenever they look away from the script it changes back to the dumb shit version

[@mekingtiger9095]

Yeah, but there is one big problem with making an opponent who is as fast as the Flash in movement speed: It loses the entire point of him being a speedster in the first place. At this point you could just replace these villains with Flash's _actual_ Speedster villains and it wouldn't have changed things. Not only that, but giving a passive damaging or protective aura to some of his enemies can very easily lead the fight into a boring and undynamic stalemate that yet again makes his speed feel pointless without some sort of external Macguffin that even then would have be thought about very carefully by the writers. Instead I'd suggest to scale up his enemies' combat and reaction speeds juuust enough so that they can defensively respond to a torpedo blitz charge coming directly towards them and not be easily grabbed away immediately, then work with the rest of their powers without giving them the _movement_ speed and maybe, just maybe, tone down some of Barry's finesse and hand-eye coordination while superspeeding. Barry's gimmick shouldn't really be being "faster" than his opponents in _everything._ Just faster in terms of running and moving around and then having him incorporate this aspect into his fighting style and strategy of choice as he tries to maneuver around his enemies and the environment. That way you can still keep Barry's uniqueness while not making him end the series in five seconds when making full use of his speed _and_ still have him be actually competent with a believable direct physical confrontation. The rest of how a fight scene plays from there is creativity. Just make sure it doesn't boil down to yet another lame and overused "I predicted your 'pattern' after 3 seconds of getting biccslapped by you, now get K.Oed and taken out of scene until the fight ends (or get immediately killed from having your skull crushed by a mustachy buff man or rooted to the ground from a bit of dirt telepathically raised by some blu guy only to get immediately crippled out of the fight afterwards)" kind of scene in case of a melee fight or just _any_ fight at all, please..... And of course, make sure the enemies' response time abilities are _also_ consistent and be aware to firmly establish it early on. It's all a balancing act.

[@HaleCrow]

Make him fight someone with the power of invisibility, flying, radiation or sumthin being fast without a very secure plan won’t stop. Give exposition into why he stops to talk, maybe he wants to get a glimpse of their motives? Hates fighting? Lots of Possibilities. There’s a surprisingly good amount of things to do to make him not invincible but yikes they’re not doing anything about it-

[@Merilirem]

King Shark is fine. He at best needs to be even stronger but he's already too strong to just fight normally. The biggest issue is that King Shark has no way to fight Barry. Giving him land speed isn't a great idea though. Just use him in a way that means Barry has to protect others while Shark boi moves with impunity.

[@bet0v966]

Rewatched this & realized Barry really did inject 100 people with the same needle. Looked it up & yes the writers have The Trickster mention it but it still don’t change that Barry did this. This could’ve gone wrong for some of these people

[@genericname2747]

And then most of them died to to a contaminated needle

[@laharlkent]

"The flash gave 40 people cancer since the 59 person he injected had it." Random person at the hospital later

[@Tuzszo]

The Flash's ultimate challenge: the class action lawsuit filed by everyone he just gave hepatitis

[@genericname2747]

@@Tuzszo Flash can't outrun all the lawsuits he's facing

[@MichelleJones-cp2tv]

This show breaks tech in so many different ways, I'm gonna head cannon that Cisco invented a needle that sterilizes itself after each injection.

[@MHGFTW]

Honestly, the first time he was able to react and dodge a bullet, and also couldn't dodge a punch from someone going at normal speed, should have given a hint you can't watch this show without turning your brain off.

[@jackysbin3860]

Lmaoooo I love the “Copyright Prevention Bar of Justice” more people should use that

[@Ramsey276one]

Fully agree

[@ravenhart4387]

Much better than cutting from between

[@mekingtiger9095]

@@ravenhart4387 And while it may be distracting at first, you eventually end up getting used to it.

[@abarca2173]

"tHeRe'S nO wHeRe tO rUn" is now my new favorite line and will be stuck in my head

[@Wxrdi]

Facts

[@Salone_FD]

What if there was somewhere to run?

[@arcriley1768]

There pretty much always a place to run like at them

[@mekingtiger9095]

@@Salone_FD *_THERE'S NOWHERE TO RUN_*

[@Merilirem]

To be fair, no one escapes Barry by actually running. They jog at best.

[@bobert6644]

I'm surprised Barry doesn't know all the elements considering he's a forensic scientist The element of surprise

[@nexus7667]

Nice one my G

[@JMeisterV]

Lmao

[@FFF-dq3sg]

It's actually funnier to watch the series through your videos than directly watching it, thanks! I know it takes a lot of time and effort to create and edit these videos, so thanks again😃

[@TheEnneamentalist548SX]

The more you point out the incompetence of Barry, the funnier that scene "There is nowhere to run" it gets. Great job!

[@horushyperion76]

*2 seconds later* I can't find them - they got away.

[@whiplash2891]

Please. I'm literally begging you to cover all the seasons. Set up a Patreon or somethin' i just love, love these videos.

[@johnnymanning2952]

Fr this is funny ash

[@xnortheast1106]

No.

[@bontagsharmone8353]

He can't, he'll have an aneurysm.