It’s the end of an era as we come to the very last season of the very last Arrowverse series as we discuss the final season of The Flash. It’s ten years to the day that the series premiered, so it feels especially fitting that we do this topic. In this episode we talk about how this is the culmination of the entire Arrowverse. We discuss the many, many misses of Arrowverse story elements that should have been wrapped up. We review the various guest stars that appeared in the season and debate which worked and which didn’t. We confer on how the story elements worked, and we opine on whether this felt like a fitting culmination for Nine years of the Flash. We end by considering whether we’d want James Gunn to allow an Elseworlds anthology series or direct-to-streaming movie, so that the various plot threads can be tied up.
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Our five-minute controversy asks whether we think that it’s a good thing that studios are using A.I. to greenlight projects.
This week Ryan; Cammie; and the world’s foremost Flash Fan, Shaun, join the cast.
Show Notes:
Warner Bros is using A.I. to decide what movies to Greenlight
Cobalt Blue costume
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