Comments on: Flash: Rebirth #1 – First Impressions http://speedforce.org/2009/04/flash-rebirth-1-first-impressions/ Tracking the Flash - the Fastest Man Alive Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:47:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Kelson http://speedforce.org/2009/04/flash-rebirth-1-first-impressions/#comment-1422 Kelson Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:23:39 +0000 http://speedforce.org/?p=3098#comment-1422 Okay, I've <a href="http://speedforce.org/2009/04/review-flash-rebirth-1/" rel="nofollow">posted my full review</a>. Okay, I’ve posted my full review.

]]> By: rwe1138 http://speedforce.org/2009/04/flash-rebirth-1-first-impressions/#comment-1420 rwe1138 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:54:28 +0000 http://speedforce.org/?p=3098#comment-1420 "it seems unnecessary to give Barry Allen a dark tormented past, particularly one that contradicts dozens of Silver-Age and Bronze-Age stories, including one that he used himself in 'The Secret of Barry Allen.'" Ah, but this is "New Earth" where continuity can be molded to fit the creator's whims, no matter how much it might suck. “it seems unnecessary to give Barry Allen a dark tormented past, particularly one that contradicts dozens of Silver-Age and Bronze-Age stories, including one that he used himself in ‘The Secret of Barry Allen.’”

Ah, but this is “New Earth” where continuity can be molded to fit the creator’s whims, no matter how much it might suck.

]]> By: Jason West http://speedforce.org/2009/04/flash-rebirth-1-first-impressions/#comment-1419 Jason West Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:42:45 +0000 http://speedforce.org/?p=3098#comment-1419 i loved it and can't wait for ish 2! woot! .-= Jason West’s latest blog post: <a href="http://mythoughtsketches.blogspot.com/2009/03/1-week.html" rel="nofollow">1 Week!!!</a> =-. i loved it and can’t wait for ish 2!

woot!

.-= Jason West’s latest blog post: 1 Week!!! =-.

]]> By: Jesse http://speedforce.org/2009/04/flash-rebirth-1-first-impressions/#comment-1418 Jesse Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:15:42 +0000 http://speedforce.org/?p=3098#comment-1418 The retcon was so drastic that I still have the hope it will be explained in some way. It really drew me out of the story. Wally's background was changed to make his parents less nice and more bickering, but that is a more subjective change that can almost be a different way of looking at the same situation (Wally realizing his parents' flaws as he got older.) But in this case, way too drastic. The retcon was so drastic that I still have the hope it will be explained in some way. It really drew me out of the story.

Wally’s background was changed to make his parents less nice and more bickering, but that is a more subjective change that can almost be a different way of looking at the same situation (Wally realizing his parents’ flaws as he got older.)

But in this case, way too drastic.

]]> By: cm22 http://speedforce.org/2009/04/flash-rebirth-1-first-impressions/#comment-1415 cm22 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:59:03 +0000 http://speedforce.org/?p=3098#comment-1415 That bothered me a bit too, not for the retcon sense, as I expected plenty of retcon, but just the weird story sense. A big deal is made about Barry's black and white sense of right and wrong, and how he's a cop. Then we just have his dad getting taken away and Barry (literally) spending his life running after answers. I don't think you need a reason for Barry to be a runner, that was already done very well with Wally's reasons. And the whole mystery angle doesn't seem to play in with the right/wrong aspects. I liked the issue, but mostly I just liked all the non Barry scenes. Geoff has made him interesting in some ways, but not yet entertaining. Hopefully we get that in issue 2. That bothered me a bit too, not for the retcon sense, as I expected plenty of retcon, but just the weird story sense. A big deal is made about Barry’s black and white sense of right and wrong, and how he’s a cop. Then we just have his dad getting taken away and Barry (literally) spending his life running after answers. I don’t think you need a reason for Barry to be a runner, that was already done very well with Wally’s reasons. And the whole mystery angle doesn’t seem to play in with the right/wrong aspects.

I liked the issue, but mostly I just liked all the non Barry scenes. Geoff has made him interesting in some ways, but not yet entertaining. Hopefully we get that in issue 2.

]]> By: Brandan http://speedforce.org/2009/04/flash-rebirth-1-first-impressions/#comment-1414 Brandan Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:48:47 +0000 http://speedforce.org/?p=3098#comment-1414 Can't wait for your review. This whole retcon thing might actually outweigh all the good that came from this issue. .-= Brandan’s latest Twitter post: <a href="http://twitter.com/SpeedsterSite/statuses/1434263339" rel="nofollow">SpeedsterSite: Saw that rough/raw copy of X-Men Origins: Wolverine....eh, not terrible but not in any way memorable.</a> =-. Can’t wait for your review. This whole retcon thing might actually outweigh all the good that came from this issue.

.-= Brandan’s latest Twitter post: SpeedsterSite: Saw that rough/raw copy of X-Men Origins: Wolverine….eh, not terrible but not in any way memorable. =-.

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