The Flash is Insufferably Inconsistent - Season 2 

I just realized, Barry's biggest weakness is that he lacks object permanence. If a villain manages to step outside his field of view there is nothing more Barry can do.

Barry: "There's no where to run" Villain: *literally just walks away from Barry's field of view* Barry: "Must have been the wind"

This show isn't inconsistent at all! It shows consistency. Like how Barry is consistently stupid

I don't actually have an issue with the Flash stopping to talk to normal-speed villains, because he's so unbelievably fast that nothing should catch him off guard, and it fits with his personality in the comics + DCAU. The issue is that even when he's done talking he STILL somehow can't beat the bad guy.

I’m imagining Barry just completely passing the villains who ran away 10 seconds earlier as he super speeds to the lab

Maybe he's so fast he can outrun common sense and logic all together

The real hero isn't the Flash... Its the copyright prevention bar of justice.

16:23 Also, Dr. Light used her invisibility powers INSIDE a prison cell in the Star Labs prison. Isn’t the cell supposed to disable all superpowers?

Eobard: It was ME Barry! I snuck into the writer's room and edited the script to make YOU look like an idiot!

instead of "run, barry...run" the cast should have said "THINK BARRY! THINK!!"

The dumbest part of all of this is that the Flash has an actual reason to slow down as part of a weakness, every part of him is accelerated including his digestion. He has to slow down or he will literally starve to death, but they omitted this very understandable and plot relevant weakness and note. He can't do grid searches without literally dying until he has better control over the speed force. Every part of the show is missing the part where the Flash has to catch his breath and eat near constantly, but no they forgot this incredibly important detail.

At 24:45, Barry says, "You see this wand here?" This means that he deadass was gonna tell this guy his plan before defeating him. This is the exact template every villain uses before ultimately losing to a hero. You'd think by the second season, Barry, or literally anyone else, would understand this. Only Wells knew what was up.

Barry: “You can’t run!” Crook: runs Barry: Stares Barry: “I couldn’t catch him…” Joe: Prepares pep talk

Barry: there's nowhere to run. Enemy: *Simply walks* Barry: I'm not fast enough

The worst part is Barry shouldn't even outrun a bullet. If you search up "how fast does a bullet travel mph" it will say 1,800 mph, but Cisco is saying Barry's average is 1,500 mph

I feel like a lot of the Flash's problems would have been averted if they didn't make him so fast right at the beginning of the series. Give him super speed, but not to the level that he can run across half a city in seconds. He should have only reached that point several seasons in, and they should have given him some godlike enemies to fight at that point.

The flash made me realize that no matter how bad I am at storytelling, I could probably make like a 10 season superhero show 👍🏻

Flash: THERES NO WHERE TO RUN! Villain: takes ten steps Flash: Aw they are gone( super speeds back to Star Labs)

All Barry had to do to defeat an invisible Starlight (or whatever her name is) is do a massive serpentine path towards her. She's not immaterialized, so he should be able to run into her if he just runs around the room like mowing a lawn. Or just knock her out before she turns invisible.

The Flash can also phase so if a villain was holding him he could have just phased through.

The Flash is too OP for the CW. They should have mad him slower and then gradually built his speed up. They set themselves up for failure. Because given his speed and his reaction time, he's unstoppable.

"There's nowhere to run" is a trigger phrase for me now

I love this series so much. My jaw is sore from smiling. Every damn time the "There's no where to run!" plays I laugh my ass off.

"there's nowhere to run" always gets me

No one's mentioning how, when *Zoom* escapes, Barry actually searches several blocks to look for him before concluding that he's long gone (or at least, I assume that's what the stream of lightning in the streets was supposed to mean, before he yells "NO!" in a completely different location). But when literally anybody else walks out of frame, he just calls it a day.

I love when TV shows or Movies "save" a patients life by removing the bullet. Like the bullet itself is the problem, and not all of the damage it did going in.

You forgot that Barry can phase . That would make the show even more inconsistent because when he gets caught by for example big shark dude he could’ve phase through his hand

You forgot that when Zoom kidnaps Henry, Barry runs to stat labs first so he can change into his suit. That’s right, his dad gets captured and he makes a pit stop to put his costume on.

this poor man is gonna have a heart attack if he watches the later seasons. If you think seasons 1 and 2 are bad, just wait for the bs that happens in seasons 4,5, and 6

Flash's biggest enemies: any human with a gun

If anyone wanted to know, I did a calculation on how fast the *Flash* can run in this season judging by how fast he was compared to a bullet (3,600 mph at least) and I remembered that *Zoom* took 2% of the *Flash’s* speed, (at least 3,312 mph now). When the glass is flying at Iris in the car crash scene, debris (including glass) coming off of a car wreck can fly at a velocity of around 55 mph but can also reach as high as a couple hundred mph. So let’s just say that the glass was moving at around 300 mph, the *Flash* is moving approximately 11.04 times the speed of the shard of glass in that scene, so it is so stupid that he struggles and then fails to catch it. But Cisco said he usually runs at 1,500 mph, so that goes to show you that the show ignores its own rules and ignores what it has already shown so far, Barry should be running more than double what Cisco says he does usually.

I'd love an exact remake of the flash series, but Barry doesnt take anything seriously because he solves every issue in the last second of the episode.

I know how all the villain's could escape so fast, because they never left. Drax taught all of them in the art of standing perfectly still.

Dang. Most of this could’ve been avoided/improved if they added a scene in season 1 where Barry ran in and punched someone at super speed, only to accidentally kill them. Then his whole “stopping right before and punching them at normal speed” could be a character moment where he’s actively making the decision to spare their life.

6:25 Its a WWI helmet from his father (mind you Jay is supposed to be a lot older than he is when he first appears in the show) that Jay modified after the greek god Hermes who was often depicted with a similar helmet design and it was appropriate since Hermes as a messenger was incredibly fast. As for why it stays on in the comics this kind of this is explained by the speed force creating a shield around the user to protect them from the negatives of a human body moving so fast. Its the same reason why Barrys flash suit doesn't burn off his Cowl doesn't fly off how he can breath moving that fast etc.

Its supremely ironic how he says "There's nowhere to run" but allows them to run away even though they're all regular dudes.🤣

The worst part is that all of his "stop to chat" shenanigans are a realistic thing that a super speeder might do. Because they'd still have plenty of time to deal with the threat after their nice discussion.

"Take a shot every t..." No, oh God no. You're gonna kill someone.

The guy with the zeptar is actually a genius, cays he enters the room already talking. Thereby starting a conversation. Fully aware that fashes powers can't interrupt conversation, he's save to set up his own attack with plenty of time.

9:14 this is why the scene from Parasyte the Maxim where the MC kills a major villain by throwing a rock at him from outside his super-powered detection range is one of my favorite ever. Clever use cases of powers and their limitations is so much more interesting than ignoring them.

This series is so much better than the Flash TV show.

this show is the equivalent of one punch man getting beaten up and having no idea how to beat basic burglars

An easy way to make this show make sense is to make the enemies as over powered. Some examples are -weaker super speed but still speed enough -ability to telekinetically control people -some kind of plot armor that would result in Barry having grandiose amounts of consequences if that person dies or gets caught The list just goes on…

Tearing apart the complete misuse of speedster powers is very enjoyable to me. The intelligent application of them - and intelligent ways to limit them - are some of my favourite Superhero stuff. Like when The Flash beats Brainiac Luthor, and the writers make it clear that if he does it again he'll disappear into the SpeedForce forever. Using his powers extremely powerfully to solve the biggest threat yet, with a decent reason for why he can't just do it all the time. Compared to... Whatever the writers of this show decided was better than Logic and Consistency.

Gotta admire the writers for making later seasons so shit that it makes already-shit early seasons look like masterpieces. How do you even achieve that?

the funniest part is, this whole thing only takes as long as one episode of the flash

The show runners do address this. Snart - His gun slows things down the closer they get to him, emitting a cold aura. You would only notice if you were moving at insane speeds though. 2. Speedsters in this show have a weakness based on their intention to act. Their mind decides it, their speed makes it happen. If anything happens between those two points, the speedster still has the continue with this course of action and cannot start a new one until achieving it. This is why Savitar got shot by Iris, he had no way of knowing she had a gun so his speed did not account for the possibility. His course of action was to attack Barry from behind. This is also why Zoom overshoots people while chasing them like Wells Earth 2. This is why Barry waits for oppertunities of distraction to put power dampening cuffs on bad guys with super powers, he doesn't want to be another Savitar. That's how they explained it, and it makes no sense.

I *can* explain Jay Garrick (old Flash)'s helmet. And doing so is going to make about a billion things in this show worse, but you saw that in season 4. The Speed Force canonically creates a general physics-negating aura around a person utilizing it for Speedster powers, meaning anything they grab, wear, or even stand extremely close to is exempt from things like frictive forces, air resistance, *electron loss*, and usually momentum-based damage. For instance, a Speedster running at... oh, I dunno, the incomprehensible "speed of time" could stop on a dime and not have their internal organs instantly leave their body.

10:15 THERE IS A MISTAKE IN THIS VIDEO. King Shark managed to avoid civilian detection because he used a fake mustache as his disguise

Season One: starts to lose his speed Season Two: gives his speed to the enemy Season Three: makes bad decisions which causes him to lose his speed more Season Four: becomes too slow Season Five: becomes slower Season Six: loses it completely Season Seven: Speed runs away from him Seven Eight: the slowest person in the world Season Nine: can't run at all

this is the kind of show where a villain is on top of a building, and instead of running up the side barry climbs it using plungers

Honestly there are quite a few villains in the series without super speed who absolutely have potential and reasonable explanations as to why they’re a problem but one way or another their potential is thrown out the window Hunka Hunka is basically Not-Angry Hulk but less OP, but his default state has a normal Human weight so even if fighting doesn’t work Barry could easily Relocate him That Poison Gas guy from the very first season could’ve just been like Sandman and technically ALWAYS be gas but able to look kinda Human sometimes. But we see occasions where he’s punched and doesn’t turn into Gas so we know that’s not how his powers work and he does indeed have a default flesh-based form so Relocation can still work on him Explosion Lady explodes people who touch them so logically neither fighting or relocation should work, but we see people touch her and not explode so times so the power isn’t ALWAYS active meaning fighting and relocation can work Hell even CAPTAIN FUCKING COLD has potential. If he were to say freeze the ground behind him whenever he starts a robbery as preparation for the Flash, this would give the unique setback of Barry slipping and sliding across the icy floor and thus being unable to use his super speed because it’s ineffective. Even Captain Heat or whatever his name is could just set fire to stuff around him if he thinks the Flash is near, creating a literal wall of fire out of burning buildings he’s within, Barry would be unable to fight him because fire fucking hurts and there’s fire between him and Captain Heat Peek-A-Boo or Doctor Light or whoever it was can apparently turn invisible which means Flash has a viable explanation on why he can’t find or catch her but it’s extremely inconsistent on whether or not she needs to take off her clothes to do so Slow-Mo over there, aka Hobo Oswald, can make anything around him super slow, so even if the Flash is around him using super speed he’d only be able to be like at normal person speed so they’re on an even playing field. However the reasons as to why Flash doesn’t immediately Relocate him before the power activated are Stop To Talk and Lack of Object Permanence as always The CW has had SO FUCKING MANY potential instances where many of their non-speedster villains can logistically pose a threat to Barry and they somehow fuck that potential up every single time without fail The only exceptions so far as Sandman and Tar Boy, and like maybe King Shark

We know that Barry used to be a smart scientist before he became The Flash, yet now he's dumb and seems to be getting dumber. There's only one explanation. As The Flash, his neurons are so fast they travelled back in time in young Barry, making him smart, but leaving The Flash with less neurons in his brain, making him dumb. It's a time loop.

That clip of "There's nowhere to run" is fucking hilarious...never gets old

I fully agree that Tom Cavanagh is easily the best actor on the show. I plan to tell him that if I ever meet him. I stopped watching the Flash after I got too tired of Barry not using his speed so that the villain could turn the tables on him.

That clip of Barry saying "There's nowhere to run!" gets funnier and funnier the more you pick apart his stupidity/bad writing.

why are non speedsters able to outrun the fastest man alive, BARRY THEY ARE RUNNING ON FOOT, A COLLEGE ATHLETE COULD CATCH UP TO THEM.

It becomes more and more ridiculous the longer you think about it. For us it looks like the Flash is just stupid for a second, when he doesn't react properly. But with his super thinking speed he is actually stupid for an entire hour when he does stupid shit.

5:05 also at this point barry already learned how to phase. he could've just phased out of his hands

They should give Flash a reason that he stops to talk. Like he hates fighting or something. It would be then dumb in a Batman not killing the joker way, not a dumbass way

Fun fact: he says "there's nowhere to run" because he truly believes that that is the case. He has no spacial awareness, so he can't figure out that he can actually move towards a villain.

Normal guy with gun is basically the definition of plot armour

I lost track of the amount of times a man who can run so fast that he travels back in time couldn't catch a villain because they got in a regular car.

Barry: “there’s nowhere to run!” Villain “okay then” **walks away** Barry: “I wAs tOo sLow”

The Flash: Capable of time travel, phasing through walls, shooting lightning, and so much more. Also The Flash: Oh no, I’m too slow to catch this regular guy with a gun. I’m useless.

It's actually funnier to watch the series through your videos than directly watching it, thanks! I know it takes a lot of time and effort to create and edit these videos, so thanks again😃

27:28 the chandelier is a speedster

Jesus Chris you're small, and this video is such high quality.

Snart: "I've got a dead man's switch! If I release this sw-! Whoa! What?!" Barry: "Welcome to the Antarctic! I'll be back in six hours to see if you wanna surrender."

20:15 to phase trough a body you would have to use a different frequency than to phase trough a bullet. This is why speedsters doesn't fall to the center of the earth when they are resonating thier entire body. Also they could use this to resonate trough are so they could run even faster for the cost of some energy.

The fact that he fights Dr. Light in this season is just hilarious due to the fact that he dodges a beam of light. This would mean Barry can move at light speed which is approximately Mach 874030. Anyone who isn't a speedster at this point has no purpose in the entire show.

Now i watch this and it sinks in.. that he really does go up to villains and punch them at normal speed and consistently stops to talk.. like why, why are we here.. just to suffer..

While I do agree about the whole running in and talking. In some situations it could be to find out more information about either a group they are apart of or just more info in general. Then again he could definitely still just run them to star labs so I guess my point is void

He can grab the bullet because the bullet is a different material and thus has a different resonant frequency. They use resonant frequency to explain why speedsters can phase to begin with.

That scene when harry said “all this could have been avoided if you hadn’t stop to chat with her” was golden to me..makes me believe even the writers know they’re making dumbass decisions lmao

Every time they say they got away I like to think of the scene in “The Boys” where A-train gives info to the boys. They ask, “How did you know where we were?” and he replies “I didn’t I just looked through the whole of New York.” Took him just a few minutes. That’s what the flash should be like.

I'm honestly so glad that even though you said you were only going to do one more season, but also did season 4 :D And I really hope you do season 5 one day too, I love stuff like this, and it has inspired me to try and make something like it myself.

I’ve always had that question about the phasing your hand into someone and just phasing in general because if you stop to think about it for more than 5 seconds it makes no sense

Honestly, they kinda understood part of what makes the Flash so loved in the comics, that he treats his villains like human beings, and will do everything he can to reform them. They just executed it so poorly that it makes him seem like the dumbest man alive. More than once in the comics, stopping to talk to the villains (After disarming them like a sensible person) does actually get them to surrender. But this flash can only run so fast when his brain activity resembles the common broom.

I personally think that you can only do flash as a movie character as he just seems overpowered to be a freak of the week style show and lots of the villains made for this show can’t much him in the slightest.

The “don’t stop to talk” gets me every time 😂

What's more probable, that the entire show is badly written or that barry is secretly a saiyan that enjoys fight and thus always give time the enemy to show their full power?

Barry: “There’s nowhere to run” Every villain: **distracts barry** Oh look at that, I have somewhere to run

The main problem with the "Stopping and Talking" is the fact that Barry doesn't at least restrain them so they can't somehow one up him. If the writers have to include exposition dialogue, they should do it in a good way

This is some of the most addicting editing ever. I was laughing and engaged the whole time, great video series!!!

Most of this could've been avoided if Flash was simply faster than a bullet at top speed as well as needing to stop because he has a high metabolism (he could still try to talk down someone). Also, relocating people shouldn't be as easy as it is shown in the show where he can just pick up to 2 people and run without any signs of being slower than normal or (if we try to put realism in the show) risking turning these people into puddles of blood.

Man for real, was Flash's rogues gallery trained by the league of assassins'?

In case you’d ever want to have permanent brain hemorrhages, super girl is perfect for you

Dude i love these videos 😂...i am/was actually a big fan of the flash....but i also got bored and was like wtf are the flash doing.....i am currently high and i am enjoying myself with your video 😂😂....keep it up

regarding the steel hat, thanks for pointing that out. each time i saw that hat it drove me crazy reminding it should not stay on head when you run for a 100 meter sprint let alone running faster than sound.

30:23 putting that shard of glass in the "Should have been CAUGHT by now" would have been a great touch

In all fairness, the flash always stops to talk to the villains, it's kinda his thing, but also in all fairness *he's also usually funny.*

Something else I feel like no one mentions is that Barry can phase. If he wasn't being an idiot he could phase out of someone's grasp. Phasing is so overpowered but the CW forgets it's an ability Barry has.

Actually, there could be a good reason behind the wells bullet extraction scene. Since it’s shown that people and stuff from different earths have the different phase speed, he could be able to take it out and that would also explain why no one ever does it again

"There's no where to run!" You know, i'm a kind of speedster myself. *Teleports away*

The fact he always starts a new critics plot with "there's no way to Run" kills me 🤣

Brilliant! Delivered in a deadpan style, much needed, humerous critique, thank you.

i recently learned that there was a 90's flash series, and several actors from it made cameos in this one - the flash's actor plays barry's dad, for example - and mark hamil was the trickster in that series. kinda neat.

"tHeRe'S nO wHeRe tO rUn" is now my new favorite line and will be stuck in my head

it pisses me off on how this channel doesnt have more subscribers with quality content like this, hopefully that doesnt demotivate you from continuing this great series