1. "It's a problematic effect" In response to Reply # 0
You basically can't have any standoffs because Flash/Quicksilver will be able to just outrun everyone/everything or just throw something at an insanely high speed.
Honestly, I think the Quicksilver scene created more problems than it solved which is why they just said goodbye afterwards and didn't keep him around since most every conflict would have been dealt with... quickly.
It made for an awesome scene but if the character is going to be around for longer, I think he'll be slower than Quicksilver was in that scene.
2. "Agreed. I would have preferd that they gave him Matrix bullet-speed" In response to Reply # 1
SPOILER:
He was so fast that he basically froze time. It would be one thing if he achieved what he did running balls to the wall, with barely a pico-second to spare, but he did it casually with no sense of danger.
10. "RE: Don't know the comics but..." In response to Reply # 4
>if his power is like Quicksilver basically slowing time, then >it will be very difficult to craft a story around him.
SMH...
I worked on a script for The Flash movie before it became a TV show and no it wan't difficult to craft a story around as I and the othe writers on it had YEARS AND YEARS of stories to cultivate from.
11. "So what did you do?" In response to Reply # 10 Tue Jun-17-14 06:47 PM by SoulHonky
I mean, just saying that you made something that would work on film doesn't say much. Every person whose made a superhero film thinks that and most of them didn't work so well.
12. "Well for one we played on his weaknesses" In response to Reply # 11
We had a whole sequence of him trying to run on ice thwart a threat, having him trying to take care of multiple threats at once while giving him a formidable enemy through the Weather Wizard among other things.
13. "If time is so slow to him, couldn't he walk?" In response to Reply # 12
Wouldn't his walking still be pretty damn fast. Quicksilver was pretty damn nonchalant in that scene. It wasn't like he was rushing to stop the bullets.
Frank Longo Member since Nov 18th 2003 86673 posts
Mon Jun-16-14 02:01 PM
5. "There are a few easy fixes to that though." In response to Reply # 1
With X-Men's Quicksilver, use his ego to bait him into a trap-- catch him off guard then restrain him.
Or they could use the old Lose/Weaken Powers storyline-- inject him with a serum or expose him to a chemical that slows him down.
Or they could control the environment of the conflict and do things like make the surface of the ground icy and low-friction.
Or they could take the easiest route, and give the bad guys someone just as fast, and let them chase each other around.
Or just introduce a weakness we don't know about-- he tires out after a certain amount of activity, or he needs to ingest a certain number of calories to sustain his speed, or what have you.
I think since Flash and Quicksilver haven't been mere conflict-ending gods in the comics that they won't be in the movies.
Plus, from the Avengers 2 tease, they'll have to explain how they caught Quicksilver in the first place-- that should introduce some sort of weakness right away.
6. "I didn't think they caught Quicksilver in that tease" In response to Reply # 5
It looked to me like they had used Loki's staff to create those two.
There are ways around it if the Flash has the same Quicksilver type power but I'm not sure how many conflicts you can have based around ice surrounded areas. And he'd have to have Bond-esque villains who constantly trap him but keep him alive.
But comic book movies have gotten away with a lot of ridiculousness so I'm probably just overthinking it.
8. "They didn't catch him. He was created." In response to Reply # 5
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> >Plus, from the Avengers 2 tease, they'll have to explain how >they caught Quicksilver in the first place-- that should >introduce some sort of weakness right away.
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