The Flash: Fwoosh!

I watched the Flash the other night in the Hull Ferry's cinema. 9pm till Midnight. The Missus was fast on in the ship's cabin and I couldn't sleep so Barry Allen's alter ego it was.

I like the idea of the Flash - it made me think of Hermes with his winged helmet and feet when I was a kid. I enjoyed reading the comics.

It's great that lesser DC heroes get the Hollywood treatment. Flash, Black Adam et al. The same for Marvel. Venom, Carnage etc.

As for Flash the movie, I enjoyed it. I like the DC world with the different iterations of JLA, so it's nice to see a nod to them on screen. Even Nic Cage as Superman got a look in! Go figure!

The film has it all: time reversal, speed force, many Flashes and best of all, Batman. Not just anyone but Michael Keaton no less! The Bat section is fabulous and makes the movie come alive. For me it was 1989 allover again! Like I said, time reversal!

I can't decide if the actor playing the Flash is just very geeky or intensely irritating but I can live with it. They need Billy Cruddup back as his Dad tho for some class. Oh and more Michael Keaton's Batman and his incredible toys!

Have you seen the Flash?

A FLASH IN THE PAN?

 I never got into the Flash as a kid. I was aware of him as a DC comic character though and always had a fascination for the speedster. I found the yellow lightning bolt on a red background a really memorable symbol.

Whenever I saw a National petrol sign driving around with my Dad, with its winged Hermes helmet, I thought of the Flash and decided back then that the character must have been based on the greek God Hermes, the messenger of Olympus.

Since then I've had a few Flash items pass through my hands as a toy 'dealer' back in the Noughties, mainly action figures I think, and become aware of his Marvel counterpart Quicksilver, though I'm unsure who is quickest.

In the last year or so I've been in the company of real Flash fans from a new generation and leaned about many different sides to the fastest man alive. He can travel through time, has enemies in other time-zones, has alter-egos like Reverse Flash and super-foes like Savitar. There are many Flashes from different ages such as Jay Garrick the Golden Age Flash. Other speedsters include Professor Zoom and Bizarro. Perhaps the best name of a character for Flash is Godspeed!

Being attracted to the idea of superspeed and time I may have to give the TV series The Flash a whirl. I just hope they focus on speeding and not speaking. I wonder if DC are planning a movie?

Are you a Flash fan or is it a Flash in the pan? Have you any collectables?