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Swamp Thing (2019)
Wow
After watching Titans and Doom Patrol, it's refreshing to see a horror series from DC. I have personally never heard of or read about Swamp Thing, so I pretty much went in blind (apart from the trailer of course).
In my opinion, the first episode was great: amazing acting from the leads, a scary and unsettling atmosphere, great practical effects and a mysterious story/character development. If Swamp Thing manages to uphold the quality and potential of the first episode, the series might turn out to be amazing.
Lucifer (2016)
Thanks FOX!
Thanks FOX for cancelling Lucifer. Now that Netflix picked it up the storytelling and visual quality are extraordinary. Just look at the CGI of Lucifer's devil face to notice the improved visuals.
Reducing the amount of episodes to 10 this season also really did this show good in terms of storytelling due to the lack of fillers. Season 4 has been absolutely amazing! Go and watch it now!
The Flash (2014)
My review after watching 4 seasons
To be fair, this show started quite great. It had a good plot, cast, likeable characters and repetitiveness was pretty much absent. However, the Flash doesn't have this consistency anymore.
Season 1 was amazing and without a doubt the greatest season of the show. Although it had its flaws, the plotline with Dr. Wells a.k.a Eobard Thawne was fairly interesting, the sub-villains were connected well to the story and the concept was overall quite fresh.
Season 2, in my opinion, turned out to be one of the last decent seasons for the Flash. I liked that the writers introduced us to a villain ("Zoom") that was faster than the Flash. The writers showed us that Barry wasn't invincible/invulnerable as the Flash and that he and his team were struggling to beat Zoom. Again, the sub-villains were connected to the story, (SPOILER) as they turned out to be working for Zoom.
Season 3 is where everything went downwards. It was interesting to see the aftermath of "Flashpoint", but that was about it for me. The writers decided to add a not-so-genius "Dr. Wells" from "Earth 19" and called him H.R. Wells. The character brought pretty much nothing to the story (apart from a couple of jokes) and therefore felt kind of forced. Not to mention the characters "Kid Flash" and "Jesse Wells". These two helped Barry at times, but then pretty much disappeared from the story.
Then there is the repetitiveness. The structure of the episodes was quite predictable and the plot of a character betraying Barry was used once again (Dr. Alchemy). We also get another speedster that is apparently faster than the Flash (Savitar).
Lastly, the relationships between the characters became cringy, awkward and annoying. In my opinion, there is a complete lack of chemistry between Iris and Barry making them a terrible couple.
The show definitely hit rock-bottom in season 4. The season's villain ("The Thinker") lacked invulnerability that other villains had. It felt like Barry was on the ground almost every episode, because "The Thinker" was ten steps ahead of him. This led to repetetiveness for me as the episode structure was pretty much like this:
- Team Flash finds the location of the Thinker and tries to come up with a solution to outsmart him.
- Barry finds the Thinker and tries to defeat him.
- Barry fails to defeat him.
Some other points I would like to adress are:
- The episode where Iris is given Barry's speed ("Run, Iris, Run") is ridiculous and unnecessary as are the "Girls Night Out" and "Harry and the Harrisons" episodes. Iris brings nothing to Team Flash; she lacks experience and intelligence in the field and it brings me discomfort to see such a person lead the team. The "Girls Night Out" episode was mainly focused at the women of the Arrow-verse shows and didn't bring anything to the story. The "Council of Wells" in the "Harry and the Harrisons" episode didn't add anything as well. The Thinker didn't make any appearances in the episode and the "Council of Wells" tried to be entertaining, but instead left me with a feeling of awkwardness.
- The typical cross-over with other Arrow-verse shows is pathetic this season. The storyline with the "Olicity" wedding being interrupted by Nazi's is ridiculous. I wonder what the writers were thinking while writing the script.
- I also still don't get how "The Flash" has a higher rating on IMDb than "Arrow". I know that Arrow has had its weak times (season 4), but it still isn't as cringy and childish as The Flash is right now.
In short, if you would like to watch The Flash for the first time, go ahead and watch the first two seasons. It is up to you if you'd like to continue watching after that, but don't say I didn't warn you...