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Ahhh, my two faves so close to each other, and it’s just a shame it’s not Caitlin and Nia.

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Walkthrough: Part 3 - Game of the Year (Full Game)

In this third and final part of Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Walkthrough, I try to cover the game's final levels and boss fight. Make sure to watch to the end to see the game's "game of the year" ending!

Unleash your Spidey senses and join me in the web-slinging adventure of Spider-Man 2 by Insomniac! As a die-hard fan of the first two installments, I'm swinging into this third with a mix of excitement and nerves. Will it live up to the epicness of its predecessors, or have they peaked?

In this hilarious 4k 60fps PS5 walkthrough with CW The Flash's Brandon McKnight, we'll tackle the city's new challenges, marvel at the upgraded graphics, and question if they can top what they've already revolutionized. From skyscraper highs to my deepest gaming fears, let's navigate the unknown together! My biggest worry? Can they keep it fresh?

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"The Flash" Ends His Run in Season Nine, Showrunner Says.

“The Flash” Ends His Run in Season Nine, Showrunner Says.

The Flash has heard its final starting gun on The CW. Showrunner Eric Wallace has confirmed that the long-running – and remaining – Arrowverse spinoff will end with its ninth season. This is his official statement: “Nine seasons! Nine years of saving Central City while taking audiences on an emotional journey full of heart, humor, and [spectacle. And] now Barry Allen has reached the starting gate…

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My thoughts on The Flash season 9 and the series finale.....

So an era has ended. Arrowverse finally breathed its last breath with The Flash series finale. Having followed the Arrowverse since the beginning, it feels like an end of a chapter of my life. I mean, The Flash started almost a decade ago and Arrowverse started more than a decade ago. So I have some thoughts on the series finale and season 9 as a whole.

The series finale was exactly what I thought it would be. It is a rushed end to a storyline which had plenty of promise to be better, and definitely required more time, but at least wasn't a misfire. At the very least, this deserved to be a 2 part finale because the Cobalt Blue storyline ended somewhere close to midway through the episode so the show can close out everything else. Reverse Flash, Zoom, Savitar, and Godspeed are just thrown in there for the sake of cameos. If this was spread across 2 episodes, we may have actually had a chance to really enjoy these villains being back. Also, it is just laughable how the villains are pitted against heroes that they have no connection to. Allegra against Thawne, Cecile against Godspeed, Khione against Zoom, and Nora against Savitar. I mean, if there was any common sense, Caitlin with Frosts' powers deserved to against Zoom, Wally should have faced up against Savitar, Cisco against Thawne, and Nora and Bart against Godspeed. But through a mixture of ridiculous storytelling and actor unavailability, we have to see weird standoffs that have no emotional weight, while Barry is off dealing with Eddie. They could have just had Barry take on all of them. Show how fast he is by fighting all of them simultaneously. But they don't do that. Instead Barry is on the defensive the entire episode, because he doesn't want to hurt Eddie, which I do understand. But it doesn't make for a great climax in the very final episode of the show. On the positive side, I am happy with how the last half of the episode wrapped up the show. Cisco, Wally, and Bart not being there is pretty ridiculous but, putting that aside, it was a fairly nice ending. One thing I was extremely glad about was that we got Caitlin back, alive and well. An OG character did not deserve to go out without fanfare, in a mad scientist suicidal experiment. The reunion of Barry and Caitlin was actually quite nice. It again makes it difficult to understand the decisions made with the character throughout the season, but I will mention that separately. I also do feel glad that they did mention that the cycle of violence between the positive and negative forces needed to stop and that Eddie did not descend into full blown villain. It was nice to see Jay Garrick back in the finale, and I liked the idea of Barry sharing his speed with others. It ended on a positive note so I don't feel angry about it, but it was an underwhelming and surprisingly small-scale finale for the Arrowverse and for The Flash.

As for season 9 as a whole, I honestly can't call it anything other than a gigantic disappointment. In quality, it probably ranks just only above season 7, and mainly because the season had 2 bangers in episode 9 and 10, and the final arc was interesting enough. But for a final season, there was a general feeling of 'what was Eric Wallace thinking' throughout the season. I feel like all of his worst impulses were executed during the season. There are so many decisions that left me perplexed. For example, I feel pretty comfortable in saying that the consensus is that people don't give a damn about Cecile and Chillblaine and them becoming heroes. Either Eric is completely deaf to those complaints or just didn't care, because he doubled down on giving them screen time during the 13 ep final season. I genuinely could not believe that we spent 1 out of 13 precious episodes on Cecile and Becky of all things. I had felt that Mark had improved as a character in season 8, but during the Red Death arc, Mark was back to his infuriating self. The relationship between Mark and Khione was so toxic for a good chunk of the season. The decision to have Khione was a bizarre one itself. I have read interviews about how Eric had a 2 season plan, which he had to cut and condense down to 13 episodes, and maybe he had grander ideas for Khione, but given that he knew it was 13 episodes, the fact that he still decided to introduce Khione into the final season was perplexing. I don't dislike the character, but we don't have any major emotional investment in her, other than the fact that she's sweet and naive. The show never gave us an explanation as to how Caitlin and Mark's cryogenic experiment failure led to a goddess being born. Whole thing made no sense. And its infuriating that Caitlin had the easiest layup for a character arc in the final season, that was ignored in order to have Khione. Caitlin ended season 8 having gone through severe trauma of Deathstorm and then losing Frost. The final season arc for her really should have been about her gaining Frosts' powers, learning how to deal with her grief, and then taking on the Frost mantle in team Flash as a tribute to her sister. Instead, they jumped over that and Caitlin returns to the living as someone who just has suddenly gotten over all of her trauma and grief.

The way the season was structured was bad. Easily, the final arc and the crossover episode was the best part of the season. But it was too rushed. It should have been the only arc for the season with only 13 episodes. Red Death was pretty ordinary and rushed itself. It was trying to be both a Red Death arc and a Rogues arc. Unfortunately, it failed at both. For one thing, the show has exhausted its list of best rogues. So instead of having Snart, Rory, Trickster, Weather Wizard etc... we were left with Hartley, Goldface, new Captain Boomerang, Murmur, Birch, Wozzeach, and Chillblaine. Now, Hartley is an enjoyable character, and Goldface is not too bad, but the rest is a pretty sad group of Rogues. And then we have Red Death, whose backstory probably deserved to be shown, and is instead just told. I like Javicia Leslie as Ryan on Batwoman, but she is awful as Red Death Ryan. Its the most cringeworthy villain performance on the show since Cicada and potentially worse. The only enjoyable parts were Barry working with Hartley and Goldface. That had some fun moments, and the premiere time loop episode was fun. But the arc overall should have been done away with, because it doesn't add much to the larger story, and the character beats could have been inserted into the Cobalt Blue story by expanding it. The three fillers are inexplicable in a final season. Maybe Grant had a clause to how much they could shoot, but it also goes to the choice of stories they decide to tell. I mean, I go back to the choice of having an entire episode about Cecile and Becky. This was very much a 'what was Eric Wallace' thinking episode. I definitely think that the choice to make Cecile a powered individual was the worst decision the show made and every season since season 4 has paid the price for it. Eric Wallace in particular has doubled down on it in his 4 seasons and it has affected the show poorly. The dreamer and Iris episode was odd because it genuinely felt like a Dreamer episode, which didn't make much sense in Flash context. Its not a terrible episode in isolation, but as an episode of The Flash final season, its a strange choice. Then there is the bottle episode with the inspectors. Again, this would be a ok filler for a normal full season, but an inexplicable choice for a final season of The Flash. We literally go 3 episodes without seeing Barry in The Flash uniform and barely using his powers.

The two episodes that followed the interlude were the best of the season. The crossover was a lot of fun. Unlike the Dreamer crossover, it felt like a necessary episode of The Flash because it filled some important arcs for Barry and Wally, while also giving a nice sendoff to Oliver and Diggle. Bloodwork is easily the best new villain of the Eric Wallace era and it was fun to have him around. Also was good to see that Team Flash finally learned about the multiverse. It was good to see Barry acknowledge his grief about the people he lost over the years and Wally acknowledging that he hasn't found the peace he has looked for since, and also him mourning for Jesse. All the Barry and Oliver interactions were great. We got a classic Barry and Oliver bar scene, with a nice dialogue callback to their meeting in The Flash pilot. Also, it was good to have Diggle be able to say goodbye to Oliver, after he was unable to both times during Crisis. Episode 10 was an absolute banger. Definitely in my top 10 episodes of the series. I think this episode did an excellent job bringing the series full circle and having Barry finally come to terms with what happened to his parents. All the interactions between Barry and his parents in the past, as well as his interactions with Thawne and Joe were excellent. It was another excellent showcase for Grant Gustin. Great to see Matt Letscher back one last time. The remaining 3 episode of the Cobalt Blue arc are decent, if somewhat underwhelming. The highlight of this arc was definitely having Rick Cosnett returning as Eddie. He definitely has legitimate grievances against Barry and his return and turn was handled pretty well. Unfortunately, Barry and Iris got sidelined through a big chunk of the episodes. Iris is in labor for most of the final 3 episodes, therefore confined to a bed. Barry is going through time. When the focus is on Barry and Eddie and dealing with whoever is possessed with the negative speed force, the content is good, but the show wants to force in Cecile as a superhero and dealing with not visiting her family much in the future, for no reason at all. I mean, who is asking for that. I'm not big on Allegra and Chester, but they really have nothing to do all season apart from their romance. There could have been some development for them instead. It would have been better than so much Cecile and Chillblaine stuff. As I mentioned, the finale was underwhelming, given it was a series finale. It doesn't help that team Flash is reduced to the C team at this point. The A team was gone with no Wells, Cisco, Caitlin, or Joe. Even the B team of people like Frost, Ralph, and Wally are no longer there. So we are left with the least interesting version of team Flash. Thankfully we do have Nora, who is a delight, although again, the fact that there is no Bart is weird. In general, I found it odd that they could not make scheduling work to have important cast members like Keynan, Jordan, and especially Carlos, show up, even if briefly and remotely, given they knew that this was the final season and was only 13 episodes. Thankfully Tom Cavanaugh appears both as Thawne and Timeless Wells. He did seem to have some of the best lines in the finale, roasting Eddie, Zoom, Chester, and Allegra.

All in all, season 9 was disappointing and Eric Wallace was a big letdown as a showrunner. He came off as a guy who talked a lot and had good ideas, but could not execute. He mentioned all the storylines he couldn't do and they all sounded better than most of the stuff he did this season. I will still say that I found season 6 and 8 to be pretty solid, but seasons 7 and 9 were very ordinary. Season 9 was only saved from being on the bottom due to a decent final 5 episode run. Overall, a 4/10 at best.

For the show, I have stuck with it through thick and thin. While writing has not been particularly good at times, the core cast members have always been great. Grant Gustin has been a terrific Barry Allen throughout. He will always be my Barry Allen. Candice Patton as Iris, though written unevenly, was a strong performer. Danielle Panabaker played several different characters over the course of the show and she was very likable as all of them. Tom Cavanaugh, who appeared every season, was the show's X factor for most of the show. Carlos Valdes was a fan favorite and always likable. Jesse L. Martin was the heart of the show during the peak seasons. They eventually ran out of good material for him but I loved him till the end. There have been a lot of cast members and characters that have come and gone, but definitely the people I mentioned above were the core of they show. People like Rick, Keiynan, Hartley Sawyer, Tom Felton etc... all made for fun additions. I would say, I enjoyed 7 out 9 seasons, which is a good success rate overall. I will miss the show, because it was appointment viewing for me. 184 episodes is something to be proud of. It is the last of long running superhero tv shows because I don't foresee a tv landscape which will be conducive to 23 episode seasons running for 8-9 seasons for comic book shows. Outside of Smallville, I can't recall any other superhero show that has run longer. As for the Arrowverse, despite many issues with writing, there is no doubt that it was a unique period to have such a big franchise on broadcast television and really popularized the crossover culture. Kudos to all the creators behind all the various shows and kudos to Greg Berlanti.

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⚡️THE FLASH SEASON 9 TO PREMIERE ON THE CW NETWORK ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2023⚡️

The final season of The Flash will premiere Wednesday, February 8 at 8pm, followed by the midseason premiere of Kung-Fu at 9pm.

The season will be 13 episodes long.

Here's a quote from new CW head Brad Schwartz on the final season, as well as a synopsis:

“THE FLASH will be remembered as one of the greatest shows in the history of The CW, and everyone involved in its excellent nine-season run should be very proud,” said Brad Schwartz, President, Entertainment, The CW Network. “The team has delivered an epic final season, filled with plenty of twists, guest stars and surprises that will delight every fan. Now is the time to catch-up and enjoy this fantastic final ride alongside the fastest man alive.”

After defeating the Reverse Flash once and for all, the ninth season of THE FLASH picks up one week later following their epic battle, and Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) and Iris West-Allen (Candice Patton) are reconnecting and growing closer than ever before. But when a deadly group of Rogues descend on Central City led by a powerful new threat, The Flash and his team—Caitlin Snow (Danielle Panabaker), Meta-Empath Cecile Horton (Danielle Nicolet), the light-powered meta Allegra Garcia (Kayla Compton), brilliant tech-nerd Chester P. Runk (Brandon McKnight), and reformed cryogenics thief Mark Blaine (Jon Cor)—must once again defy impossible odds to save the day. But as The Rogues are defeated, a deadly new adversary rises to challenge Barry Allen’s heroic legacy. And in their greatest battle yet, Barry and Team Flash will be pushed to their limits, in order to save Central City one last time.

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“Imma try to get Grant and Candice into one stream” -Brandon

It’ll most likely be sometime next year, but even if it doesn’t end up happening I still love him for trying. ❤️

Also I really enjoyed the stream last weekend featuring Candice. 🥰

TV Series Discussion: The Flash

Season 7 (2021)

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After being struck by lightning, Barry Allen wakes up from his coma to discover he's been given the power of super speed, becoming the Flash, and fighting crime in Central City.

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Simply Average

The Flash used to be a superhero TV show I loved watching for a good fun time because it's one of the brightest (mood-wise) superhero shows out there. However, season 7 just felt off. I am not saying I hated it, I just didn't love it as much as I should have.

So many of the villain-of-the-episode was...like why were they featured in an episode when it felt so half-assed? I might like the villain-of-the-episode concept but I rather have an entire season focused on dealing with a big bad than those one time villains being shown without much effort. And honestly, who was the big bad in this season? The speed force or August Heart? I'm just saying, if the writers cannot do a big bad for the season, why not just write up better plots for all the villain-of-the-episode? It's obvious the writers made the show so complicated by trying to one-up each epic final battle that they don't know how to one-up anymore.

Also, I know the show is called The Flash but do we really need to focus on the speed force all the time? Don't even get me started on Iris being part of the speed force now. I never liked Iris and I hate how she always thinks they can talk a villain out of committing villainous acts, but I much preferred her as a journalist than whatever role she is now... Seriously though, does that woman think because she talked Mirror Eva out of conquering their world, she can talk other villains out? I would love to see her try that bullshit in Arrow's world or Gotham's villains. I apologise for the Iris slander, I just cannot stand her.

What I would've liked was more focus on the others. Like what Frost went through with the charges? This woman does not get enough credit for saving Barry as much as people like his wife or Allegra did. I also really hated that Cecile's storyline of her time in a mental institution and then that whole Psycho Pirate subplot was brushed over in a blink of an eye. Unlike many superheroes in the Arrowverse world, Barry does not succeed alone most of the time. Yet, the rest of Team Flash is always so heavily slept on. I mean, don't talk about the OGs or the metas, Chester is constantly under appreciated. What I'm trying to say is, stop focusing on Iris and give me the rest. Please!

Rating: ★★★☆☆

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The Flash Season 9: Fan Trailer Review with Brandon McKnight and Jon Cor

In this Flash Season 9 fan trailer review, Brandon McKnight and Jon Cor discuss the latest trailer for the upcoming season. They talk about the new villains, the return of characters, and what fans can expect.

If you're excited about the upcoming Flash Season 9, then be sure to watch this fan trailer review with Brandon McKnight and Jon Cor! They'll give you a breakdown of the new trailer and what fans can expect from the upcoming season.

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The Flash Runs One More Time In Final Season Trailer

The Flash Runs One More Time In Final Season Trailer

The CW has released a teaser trailer for the upcoming final season of their hit series The Flash. The trailer opens with Joe telling Barry how proud he is of him, followed by Barry waking from a nightmare and asking someone for help to save the world. We get flashes (pun intended) of Barry and Iris holding hands in bed, as well as a few different villains. You can check out the trailer…

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The Flash Season 7 - Retrospective Review

Watching The Flash season 7 was tough. This was the one season where I really did feel like it was a chore to get through it. I had wondered if my perspective on season 7 would differ from my initial watch, but the issues with the season are way too apparent. As a result, season 7 is easily my least favorite season of the lot.

In all fairness, this season must have been exhausting to shoot, given this was the season shot in the middle of a pandemic, with all sorts of restrictions in place. There are scenes and sequences throughout the season where it is obvious that there is a limit to how many actors can be in the same space. Given the difficulties in shooting, the fact that they cranked out 17 episodes and finished one episode's shooting from previous season is creditable. Additionally, the season also has to deal with the departure of Tom Cavanaugh, Carlos Valdez, and additionally the result of Hartley Sawyer being fired, meaning the loss of Ralph Dibny as well. This led to increased focus on Cecile, Allegra, and Chester which the show never really got us very interested in.

But even apart from the uncontrollables, there are major writing issues this season. The season is split into essentially 4 separate sections. First 3 episodes are basically the holdover mirrorverse storyline, the next 8 episodes are the Forces storyline, then there are 3 interlude episodes, followed by 4 episodes of the Godspeed storyline. Mixed with this is storylines about Frost's love life with Chillblaine, Allegra's storyline with her cousin, and Joe's storyline with Kristin Kramer. The issues start with the Mirrorverse finale. I read that the episode was intended to be much bigger and pandemic restriction kiboshed that, but it was really ridiculous that this storyline basically ended with Barry and Iris just talking Eva out of destroying everything. It was incredibly lame and it ruins all the buildup for a final showdown in retrospect. The first three episodes also basically wastes all the setup of creating the ASF and the sacrifice of all the Wells by destroying the ASF the very next episode. Again, this makes the whole building of ASF seem like a waste of time and also ruins the poignancy of Wells' sacrifice.

The Forces arc is where the season really loses it. The writing of this arc is really bad and cringeworthy. I don't know what Eric Wallace was thinking by making Flash and rest of team Flash basically useless when fighting all the various different forces. The concept of the speed force becoming a villain is interesting but is executed so poorly. And the very on the nose metaphor of the forces being Barry and Iris' children is plain ridiculous. It leads to a lot of unintendedly hilarious moments. It isn't even a metaphor because these forces, who are real people outside of their powers, call Barry and Iris 'Dad' and 'Mom' respectively. The resolution to the arc is also really stupid, with the forces again just kind of talking the speed force out of her villainy and Barry stopping a force storm by running around it. Around that we have the Kristin Kramer storyline, where they have the show have Joe twist and turn around trying to call Kramer a good cop, even though she is blatantly doing things that are very problematic. The whole Kristin Kramer storyline is perplexing and it just results in a storyline for Joe which keeps him away from the main action for most of the season. This may have again been something as a result of the pandemic, to give the cast something to do without them being in the same location. Of the interlude episodes, the Allegra episode is ok, but the Allegra story arc mends the ongoing relationship with Allegra and Esperanza and then immediately kills off Esperanza, which again begs the question as to why so much time was spent on Esperanza in the first place. The ongoing focus on Cecile also gets irritating. Danielle Nicolet is fine in a supporting role, but increased focus on her just results in a very overdone performance. The introduction of Chillblaine as a love interest for Frost was also a bad call. I don't think anyone likes Chillblaine apart from EW.

Of the story arcs for this season, the Godspeed arc is the most successful but it feels annoyingly abrupt. I don't quite get how the Forces arc got 8 episodes, and Godspeed arc for half of that, when Godspeed was a character they had been teasing since season 5. It is also apparent that they had no plan for Godspeed from previous incarnations because the role is recast. Its a very shallow arc, with no major depth to speak of, but it does at least provide more speedster vs speedster action, and we get Nora and Bart, along with Jay. I know there are some who find it goofy, and I get why, but I got a kick out of the lightning sword fight with Barry and Thawne vs Godspeed. It kind of at least delivers a bit of the fun that the season required. Its cool to see Nora and Bart, and its always great to have JWS back as Jay.

There are a few fun episodes throughout the season. I think the Cisco farewell episode is pretty lighthearted fun but also hits good emotional notes and relies on the Barry, Caitlin, Cisco dynamic. The farewell episode to all the various Harrison Wells is also well done. It gives Grant an opportunity to stretch his chops when channeling all the various Wells and the actual farewell moment was actually very well done. Its a bit odd that apart from Barry, there were no other OG team members around. I know Danielle was on maternity leave when the episode was largely shot, but Cisco should have been there. The ASF emotionless Barry episode was also pretty cool. The fight between Barry and team Flash was fun and it was shame they had to destroy the ASF and remove his speed thinking ability. The Still force episode with Cisco and Chester stuck in the 90's is pretty fun and kind of takes a bit of various Legends vibe with all the various characters in different era costumes. The final two parter of the Godspeed arc is decent. I did like that they separated out Caitlin and Frost. If they weren't going to merge them, it was better to separate them out. Not a fan of her love interest arc with Chillblaine but I liked that they did get around to her taking ownership of her actions, even though the way it happened didn't make much sense.

The cast does its job for the most part. All the OG's know their roles at this point. Grant, Candace, Danielle P, Jesse, Tom, Carlos all do their job well. Tom does get to play the OG wells, albeit just for a couple of episodes. I honestly think they should have done one more season with OG Wells. Carlos is missed after his departure. Kayla Compton and Brandon Knight both have much more elevated roles this season and they do a good job. Danielle Nicolet does overdo her performance at several points. Jessica Parker Kennedy is wonderful as Nora as usual. Jordan Fisher overdoes it a bit as Bart, but he's still likable. JWS is great as always. Michelle Harrison makes significant appearances both as the speed force as well as Joan Williams. Carmen Moore as Kristen Kramer is fine. Sara Garcia, Ennis Esmer, Christian Magby, and Karan Oberoi are ok as the forces and August Heart respectively. Jon Cor as Chillblaine is amusing, although far more effective when he was positioned as a villain. Natalie Deyfuss pops up for a couple of episodes as Sue and its great to see her too.

All in all though, the season is a big disappointment. Easily the weakest of the seasons. 3/10.