-=> Mike Miller wrote to Allen Prunty <=-

Hey - sorry to be behind on this - somehow I was not subbed to
this echo. :-)

But I'm here now...

 AP> Tonight's episode of the Flash was very interesting... it is a
 AP> crossover episode between Supergirl and the Flash (strange that
 AP> the Flash and Supergirl exist on alternative Earths).

The whole multiverse thing is VERY cool, IMO.

 MM> Yeah, I think that was a holdover when supergirl was on CBS or ABC or
 MM> whatever.

Not nessasarily... There's the 'arrow verse' where Arrow and Flash
appear, but the world that Supergirl lives in has aliens in a very
natural way. I personally like stories that do NOT involve literally
everyone. I like that there's no Superman or Batman in Flash's world.

 AP> Anyhow, it Guest stars Darren Criss from Glee as what appears, at
 AP> first, to be a villian but becomes something more mysterious at
 AP> the end that makes you wonder.  Anyhow without spoiling it, this
 AP> is a musical with a good superhero story behind it. I don't want
 AP> to spoil it for anyone, but tonight I had an Aunt visiting who was
 AP> amazed that a comic book super hero show could hold a comic book
 AP> style super hero plot together and marry it with a musical that is
 AP> also very visually beautiful. I have to say, the Justice League
 AP> movie's flash is going to have a hard time competing with the TV
 AP> Show's flash.  I am continually amazed by the quality of this
 AP> show... and Supergirl, while it is good, does not hold up to the
 AP> high standard set in the Flash.

Yeah - it's my favorite show right now, with Supergirl being a close
second. I still haven't seen Justice League, but will when it hits
Redbox.

Also - I love all the little easter eggs in both shows, and the whole
Super Friend song just made me smile. (I was a Saturday morning kid
when SuperFriends was on television)

 MM> Grant Gustin is an amazing actor.

Couldn't agree more!

 MM> The singing was off for me, though.
 MM> They recorded the songs as voiceovers, so it gave the singing an
 MM> unnatural quality.  That uncanny valley where it was too perfect, with
 MM> no background noise or echo. Other than that, the episode was great. It
 MM> reminded me of the Buffy musical episode, "Once More With Feeling" but
 MM> wasn't so similar that it felt like a rip-off.

Haven't seen that - was never a Buffy fan - but yeah I hate it when
they ADR anything, but music especially feels 'wrong.' BUT - I will
say in this episode with it being a 'dream' or a 'musical' and the
way things happened perfectly, it actually kinda fit!



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