The Flash Ushers In A New Era of TV Comic Adaptations

Man listen, we done praised The Flash heavy on this site. We done told you how they been leading the way with *unrolls the list* [check_list][icon_check]Representation being done the right way on on TV. [icon_check]Patrick Sabongui as Police Captain Singh that identifies as gay. [icon_check]Joe West as the new bar for father figures[/check_list] After the showing of the episode titled “Fallout” it felt like we saw a new era take over for TV comic adaptations. Arrow’s debut brought us the gritty street level vigilante (Arrow probably owes Batman royalties for borrowing so many villains). However they’ve been very Chris Nolan serious in their approach to take on the character. The drama has been heavy but there was ALWAYS the fantastic fight scenes / choreography that were the life savers for episodes. Let’s say that Arrow represents the modern / bronze age of comics with things being very heavy and dark. Ollie was straight up killing cats when he came on the scene, Deathstroke came out and made it seem like a motion picture with how he was taking it to Starling City. Shit was crazy. The Flash’s approach has been the completely opposite. We’ve seen a more light hearted approach that doesn’t focus entirely on drama, rather divvying up the action and drama, but also using humor as a key element in the show as well. The Flash has so much more freedom with which direction to move as a result of this. Science also plays a huge factor on the show as well. Through humor, drama, scien…