Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.
It appears that The Flash Season 2 is taking the exact opposite approach as Season 1 as it nears the big finale. Last year, the show got the big showdown between Barry Allen and the Reverse-Flash out of the way early so that the finale could focus on Barry’s trip through time and his emotional reunion with his mother. This year, Barry’s latest family reunion played out before his final battle with Zoom. As much as the show is in danger of returning to that well too many times, there’s no denying that “The Runaway DInosaur” was an emotionally stirring addition to Season 2.
The big selling point with this episode was the fact that Kevin Smith made the trip to Vancouver to direct a pivotal chapter in Barry’s life. Anyone who listens to Fat Man on Batman or Smith’s various other podcasts knows that the director has become fanatically devoted to the show over the past six months or so. He even uploaded a YouTube video of himself having an emotional breakdown while watching the Season 1 finale. Clearly he respects the material, but I wasn’t entirely sure how well that would translate as he made the jump from hardcore fan to active participant in the show. Smith isn’t very notable as a visual storyteller. His strengths are mainly in the writing and editing departments. Last time he directed something he didn’t also write, the result was Cop Out, and the less said about that the better.
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It appears that The Flash Season 2 is taking the exact opposite approach as Season 1 as it nears the big finale. Last year, the show got the big showdown between Barry Allen and the Reverse-Flash out of the way early so that the finale could focus on Barry’s trip through time and his emotional reunion with his mother. This year, Barry’s latest family reunion played out before his final battle with Zoom. As much as the show is in danger of returning to that well too many times, there’s no denying that “The Runaway DInosaur” was an emotionally stirring addition to Season 2.
The big selling point with this episode was the fact that Kevin Smith made the trip to Vancouver to direct a pivotal chapter in Barry’s life. Anyone who listens to Fat Man on Batman or Smith’s various other podcasts knows that the director has become fanatically devoted to the show over the past six months or so. He even uploaded a YouTube video of himself having an emotional breakdown while watching the Season 1 finale. Clearly he respects the material, but I wasn’t entirely sure how well that would translate as he made the jump from hardcore fan to active participant in the show. Smith isn’t very notable as a visual storyteller. His strengths are mainly in the writing and editing departments. Last time he directed something he didn’t also write, the result was Cop Out, and the less said about that the better.
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