Barry’s introduction was probably the most hilarious since it was the exact same in both shows- first time we see adult Barry in his own show he’s late for his CSI work 😂
I still get goosebumps for the Martian Manhunter reveal. I remember watching that live, and there were absolutely zero indications that it was coming. The writers did a masterful job of creating tension up to that moment. Incredible.
It will forever be the most shocking for me as well! All other reveals in the Arrowerse was kind of teased and dragged out, but this was so out of nowhere.
@@DonMariof They teased it a little. I think it was the first episode of the series, he disabled a bomb by himself and when he did they did a bit of an eye flash and while they didn't show him reaching inside of it, he also disabled it without opening it. I think the clever thing they did was give him the name of an existing DC character. It's clever because it could only be done by a character who adopts other identities and the real Hank Henshaw dies and gets reassembled.
I wasn't sure, but I remember when his eyes flashed in an episode, I started floating a theory that Henshaw was actually J'onn. It was supposed to be because an alarm was tripped, but I kept saying, "Well, what if it's a psychic read instead." But it felt like it was reaching, so I was still surprised when it happened. Also, no one I know was still watching the show, so I couldn't even bask in being right about it with my friends. :P
@@Jermbot15 I kind of assumed, what with how much of a douche he was in early Supergirl that he was actually Henshaw, and was already a Cyborg, which would explain the red eyes. I assume that's why they used Henshaw in the first place, so that they could do that fake out.
Doesn’t matter what tv, film, animated show or comic. First time you see Superman running down an alley ripping off the shirt and tie to reveal the suit and take off makes me smile ear to ear every time. I remember being younger when smallville ended and we finally got to see Tom welling do it.
Yea, Tom’s insistence on not wearing the suit eventually caused me to loose a lot of respect for him. I grew up watching smallville, from day 1 of the premiere, from that opening scene of him floating about the bed, I couldn’t d wait for him to fly. I watched it faithfully for ten years. Only for the final scene with him revealing the suit - to not even be real. Tom refused up to the last moment. They actually CGI’ed that on, if you look close enough, it’s just taken from the Superman Returns movie and cgi’ed over Tom. In the early days I was such a fan of his, and wanted to see him in movies and other work, but His refusal to honor the character and the fans, eventually got to me, and I don’t think he deserves to be a part of any fandom material. It’s the exact opposite of this that makes someone like Henry Cavil so amazing and special. His love for the mythos and the honoring of the source material.
@@starkneverdied9001 In the orginal 1960s comics Supermans cape was made from his Kryptonion baby blanket so the super cloth could be super compressed and it becomes the red tie that Clark Kent reporter wears .
All these Arrowverse introductions are just iconic. The introduction of Barry Allen is still one of my favourite Arrow episodes and of course, the rest was history. Ruby Rose’s introduction as Batwoman was the best part of Elseworlds, Brandon Routh’s Ray Palmer was established perfectly before finally becoming the Atom…Tyler Hoechlin immediately became my favourite Superman since Christopher Reeve. But of all the intros featured here, my favourite has to be Hank Henshaw’s reveal as J’onn J’onzz. Human For A Day remains one of my favourite episodes of Supergirl, but the Martian Manhunter reveal was the icing on the cake. The build-up, the writing, the performances of David Harewood and Chyler Leigh, Blake Neely’s score…just impeccable stuff. Other favourite intros of mine for Arrowverse characters would definitely be Supergirl, Zoom, Dreamer, Reverse Flash and Prometheus. To name a few.
First season they actually made it look like Speedsters were moving fast, with everything a blur around them. Now it's just them jogging at high speed while you can clearly see everything
Technically, one could argue that the viewer "sped up" with The Flash. As we watch the beginning, we can see the blur and we see everyone being fast - but as The Flash gets faster, so do "we" and we can see things in fast speed with him.
Was expecting Zoom (that was sick), and Sara Lance as The Canary. Flash had a lot of nice introductions though. I could add Gorilla Grodd to that list as well, even Black Siren had a sick introduction.
Every CW villain: "Oh I'm not going to kill you right now while I easily can, I'm going pop out every now and then to make long speeches until you eventually figure out how to stop me. Then I'm going to fall for whatever plan you concoct, even though none of your plans thus far have even remotely fooled me, and then do something so mind bogglingly foolish I essentially defeat myself. Mwahahaha!"
at least reverse flash and savitar actually had good reasons to keep barry around, Zoom was dying so ig that was a good reason. But the other enemies felt slow
reverse flash wasnt trying to kill barry, he needed him to develop his speed so he could get back to his time. understand the story before u make assumtions
To this day, Batwoman still remains, in my opinion, the single biggest wasted opportunity in the Arrowverse. I really did want to see her team up with Supergirl more than just the once we got in Crisis. And I wanted more Kate Kane. I hate all of the backstage shenanigans that went on that led to Ruby leaving the show, and I DESPISE the fact that instead of just recasting, they had to create a new and incredibly inferior character to take the mantle- only to then recast Kate and make her a brainwashed villain, because the Arrowverse can't go 6 episodes without SOMEONE getting brainwashed.
@@b.y.o.p.9035 not really. Having Javicia play Red Death I feel won't be enough. I hated her Batwoman character but loved Ryan I wish we would've just had Luke as the new "Bat". Alice carried the show.
@@eggarini1907 I wasn't talking about "Red Death" and the word "hate" is such a degrading word. To each his/her own, I will say. Regardless of how people feel about the character, she is part of the DC Universe now. She isn't the best character, but Javicia Leslie (Ryan Wilder) made a huge impression on people. Luke as the new Bat was okay, but I think they should have waited a bit longer before he donned the suit. However, this is the CW. Half the cast of the shows get powers or go through some meta period at some point. Yes, Alice was a huge highlight of the show. Awesome character she was.
It is hard for me to say it but Javicia’s Batwoman would have dragged down Supergirl. I really wanted Violet Beane and the Kid Flash to show up next year but I guess that it’ll be a missed opportunity just like Deathstroke in Arrow. They criminally underused him in Arrow but he should have been part of Oliver’s swan song in season 8. Heck, I’d loved to watch a Deathstroke spin off. He had more charisma than whatever monstrosity that showed up in Titans. We had a good DC verse finally being built but Nextar took over. They rather have more reality shows and Blue Blood than have good shows like Stargirl and Superman & Lois (mark my works it’ll be canceled). If only the arrow verse had expanded into these two shows after the Flash.
I agree with you about Batwoman being the Arrowverse’s biggest missed opportunity. Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl all realised their potential, became hit-shows for the CW and peaked almost straightaway. Batwoman struggled to find its groove until A Mad Tea Party and Crisis on Infinite Earths, and then the rest of Season 1 really picked up. Ruby Rose also really improved as Kate Kane until COVID-19 happened and she controversially left the show. Season 2 I really didn’t enjoy, but I felt things picked up in Season 3, Ryan Wilder felt like an actual character/hero and Javicia Leslie had settled into the role. But alas, it was such wasted potential.
Who knew that Grant Gustin, a singer from GLEE would be great as Barry Allen. Guess we should hire more GLEE characters for the DC Comics CW shows. Oh wait, we got Melissa as Kara. Hehe.😅
What I wouldn't give to watch Martian Manhunter's reveal for the very first time again... I don't think I've ever screamed at a scene from a tv show like I did with THAT scene (although Ezra Miller's cameo in COIE is up there too). I did NOT expected that at all unlike the other characters in this video and that's why it left the biggest impression on me, I remember the teasing they did with him having those bright red eyes and being somehow related to Jeremiah's death but I thought he was just gonna be another evil character, what a plot twist that was!!!
I feel like RF could have been a longer mystery Like thawne faked his death to fuel Barry to get stronger, enter zoom n multiverse The cult of savitar summoning him and the remnant reveal and introducing time travel Earth X with savitar being the 3rd member, revived and bound by the X team with a way that they are keeping him alive and can kill him if he betrayed them REENTER Reverse flash fighting AGAINST the nazis and revealing he's been watching Barry improve and says he might soon be worthy enough to face again The new rogues working for thawne and the final boss fight ends in a season finale cliffhanger
on the one hand you could have a point, on the other hand people could have ended up suffering Arc Fatigue from that, after all among the things that people hated about Savatar was them drawing out the 'future Flash' reveal so long, setting up RF and waiting for years to fully reveal him, it could have just annoyed people.
@@medafan53 true Yet after thawne was “wiped out” in S1 “Killed” in LoT S2 and still alive after all wells but one was left plus metamorphosis in the last one Honestly think they both will be locked in a speed force dimension prison fighting in endless combat like in marvels what if
That edit of S9 Barry throwing the bolt that struck S1 Barry makes a lot of sense, otherwise, why did the liquid start floating if there wasn’t any speedster using their speed nearby, yet. Thawne wasn’t here, and sure, the lightning bolt could’ve been infused with the SpeedForce already, but that just solidifies the idea that the bolt originated from a speedster, specifically the speedster that fathered the Four Forces
Didn't watch many of the Arrowverse shows as much as I wanted to (little bit of each actually) but remembering Kara running down that alley and struggling to fly until she got it right was inspiring. Barry's introduction reminded me of Wade Wilson (not as Deadpool), being a bit of a smart mouth. 😁 Loved Martian Manhunters intro. That backstory built up some good suspence. The Atom had the best background music. Very old school heroism came from his intro. Awesome. I'm a bit biased so Batwoman was my favorite, as I was excited to see her on T.V. Really wish her and Supergirl teamed up more. The tatto remarks were cute and just made me smile.Thanks for the video. Keep doing your thing.
@@nathanhills336 According to Todd Helbing, it's not and was never meant to be. I think it's cap that it was never meant to be a part of the Arrowverse. Apparently that Diggle is a completely different Diggle than the Earth Prime version
Barry’s introductions are awesome from the arrow and to the unexpected supergirl team up which was great too Barry really connected and brought everyone together if you think about it but his relationship with Oliver and Kara are too tier to bad we never got to see a Barry and Kara relationship which would have been interesting to see but I like mon-el as well and wish we would Have gotten a Kara and mon el endgame but I guess we have to settle for them in real life.
I didn't know Martian Manhunter was an established character. (un) fortunately I'd already seen Flash's 'Duet' when I saw Henshaw's reveal. Or I'd have thought his red glowy eyes were negative speedforce.
When I watched supergirl and that part came up I was so excited! I think my second favorite, although she was a villain at first would have to be Killer Frost. How she came about was freaking awesome.
I think Thawne was Really happy to say he was finally one step ahead, since now we know, He was one step behind that night when he got stuck on the year 2000.
0:23 Oliver: ...and do your parents know that you're here? Barry: Actually, my dad is serving a life sentence being framed by a weird ball of lighting that killed my mom.
I feel like just for the comic book fans, and though it wasn't a _character_ introduction per se, honorable mention should go to Harrison Wells standing up in the freaking pilot episode. 😁😁
5:29 the first time Barry meets Reverse Flash he does that punch and RF dodges. In Season 8 right after RF stabs Godspeed, RF does the same kind of punch to Barry and Barry easily dodges it. Nice.
No Black or White Canary, Hawkgirl or Hawkman, Arsenal, Supergirl, Killerforst, Vibe, Firestorm, Vixen, KidFlash Livewire, Parisite, Metallo, Zoom, Gorilla Grodd, Savitar, Godspeed, Vandal Savage
Kate Kane would of been fine and improve if it weren't for Caroline Dries and her writer partners. Now we deserve to see a well portrayed batwoman (Kate Kane alone) on the big screen in DCEU/DCU and/or Battinson's continuity where she can be done justice for good. Mackenzie Davis or Kristen Stewart for DCEU/DCU's batwoman while Wallis Day is perfect for batwoman in the Battinson franchise.
The problem with Batwoman was that the character wasn't Batwoman. She was female Batman. If they wanted female Batman, they should have had Carrie Kelly and given her Carrie Kelly's personality, instead of Kate Kane acting like Elseworld female Bruce Wayne.
@@geoffreysorkin5774 thanks agreeing with me and that advice. Your making wish even more that James Gunn can give us a nicely betrayed live action Batwoman and she can be played by Kristen Stewart or Mackenzie Davis. And Wallis Day is young enough to play batwoman for Matt Reeves' bat franchise.
I’m the soul survivor of a lost planet, the last son of mars, my name is Jon Jon’s whoooooo who else got goosebumps from him saying that, hands down one of the best introductions ever I don’t care who says otherwise his is amazing to the max!
I gotta say... when the Flash emerged in the Arrowverse i was hype, an the first 2 seasons of the show were absolutely awesome! The crossovers were pretty dope too ...but sadly it all got corny after Crisis on infinite earths
Speak about series finale of Supergirl. Why Floriana Lima as Maggie Sawyer didn't return in series finale of Supergirl last November 9th 2021 ago until now?
Arrow Flash Supergirl Legends even Batwoman to a sense was a dope attempt at making a universe you saw chrecters you will never see or get to know personally like cat grant or Cisco Iris West Ray Palmer and more they really should have invested more into that TV is the best place it allows you more time to build up stories and plots like Batman needs a TV series to tell geat stories build up the BatFam and more
Wouldn’t all of Barry’s clothing be burned up due to the speed/air friction? Because he’s not wearing his flash uniform that’s designed to handle the speed/wind friction.
What if the lighting bolt that struck Barry was his future self. Like what if flash had beaten thawne in the future and thawnes only idea left was to go back in time and use the particle accelerator as a bomb to wipe out central city and stop Barry from becoming the flash all together but future Barry has ran that fast to stop thawne from setting the bomb off, its reset the timeline and the lightning bolt is future Barry striking current Barry and because future flash has stopped thawne, its trapped thawne in the new reset?
arrowverse uaed to be so good....amazing stories..good romance...decent cgi and fight scenes...epic music....epic crossover events....and then it went all downhill
