TV Season 2014/2015 Diary

The Flash

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The Flash @ Wikipedia
The Flash @ IMDb

Synopsis: No, not that one. 😉
The Flash is a spin-off series of The CW’s Arrow where it started as a sort-of backdoor pilot until it got an actual pilot episode.
In Arrow‘s second season police lab technician Barry Allen visits Oliver Queen’s home town Starling City and actually meets the vigilante.
Back in his own town an experiment in a nearby research facility goes horribly wrong and puts Barry into a coma.
When he wakes up, his body is going into overdrive, allowing him to move and heal at incredible speeds.
But the accident changed other people as well and not all of them are such decent citizens as Barry.

My Opinion: They basically re-used the idea that Smallville had when Clark’s arrival on Earth did not just bring Clark but also the meteor shower that caused mutations and gave Clark enemies to fight against.
But that’s not such a bad thing. This way you don’t need to explain where suddenly all these people with weird powers come from, so that the Flash has something to do week after week.
I also enjoyed the cameo casting of John Wesley Shipp who used to be the Flash in the 1990s (also Barry Allen*).
To be honest I was a bit sceptical when Barry appeared in Starling City because I thought he looked a tad bit too young.
But over the course of these two Arrow episodes and the pre-released pilot episode of The Flash he already grew on me and I will be tuning in when it actually begins.

*The person carrying the moniker “The Flash” is not always the same person, just like there are different Green Lanterns. There were at least for people who used that name: Jay Garrick, Barry Allen, Wally West and Bart Allen. Smallville‘s version of the Flash (who went by “Impulse” in the early days) was Bart Allen.

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Undateable

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Undateable @ Wikipedia
Undateable @ IMDb

Synopsis: Danny’s (stand-up comedian Chris D’Elia) old roommate is buried, err, married now and he’s looking for a new one.
That’s when he invites the Black Eyes Bar owner Justin to live with him.
Except that Justin is not what you’d expect when you think of someone who owns a bar. He’s very shy and serious and Danny on the other hand is a man-child.
Now it’s Danny’s mission in life to teach Justin and his lovable loser friends the art of speaking to women (and in one case, to men).

My Opinion: I like the guys. Even though they are portrayed as weird and losers, they are not the butt of the joke. They are just different.
They are not nerds but they do remind me of the early seasons of The Big Bang Theory.
I didn’t even remember that until I rewatched the pilot yesterday evening but this sitcom does come with a laugh track though I think it’s not as loud and obnoxious as with other shows.
I still don’t get why this concept hasn’t abandoned yet. I decide when I think something’s funny or not, I do not need a sarcasm laugh sign.
But maybe it’s because you can’t completely mute it out since most shows like this are recorded in front of an audience – but then I’m wondering why they are laughing after just about every sentence, funny or not.

One of the female characters is portrayed by Briga Heelan who’s acting in another small comedy series I really like, Ground Floor.

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