With "The Flash" close to unmasking the identity of the evil speedster, fans are keeping their eyes peeled for what's next in the DC Comics-adapted series. The show continues to evolve, raking a bigger following along the way. If truth be told, its mere existence is founded on the viewers' interest to see the fastest man alive in an eponymous show that tells his adventures.
The fans' love for the show is majorly grounded on the storyline of the series and its not-so-dark approach, as well as the way the prevailing theme about family comes into play — all that sets it apart from other comic adaptations out there. More to the former, "The Flash's" story is just starting to unfold and there is so many more to see. This includes Flashpoint.
In a panel for the show in the recently-held PaleyFest in Los Angeles, executive producer Andrew Krisberg spilled the beans about his team's plan in hollowing out the Flash-related DC Comics chronicle.
"There's a fairly big Flash storyline from the comics that were going to tackle in the future," said the executive producer in answer to an attendee's query involving the story's headway. "We're definitely talking about the ramifications of time travel. There are episodes coming up where there is concern of certain events being changed in the past [that] would affect who people are and their relationships with each other. If the past changes, does the present change as well?"
While he did not mention which particular thread they will embark upon, media outlets have surmised that it has to be the 2011 released miniseries Flashpoint that, even with only five issues, changed the whole DC timeline and lineup.
The issue at hand in the ongoing "The Flash" series is Barry's quest to free his father from prison and learn what truly happened during the night of his mother's murder. The show has also introduced the messes of time travel in the latter episodes before it went on a hiatus. Flashpoint puts forward an alternate past where Barry's mom is alive and his father away from a criminal reputation.
Although this should sound good for Barry, the existence of superpower factions that threaten the world's peace is another thing. In the series, Barry, with memories of the events prior to the alteration of history, will attempt to change the past in order to change the future, thus reunite with his family again. In Flashpoint, he will do the same thing but for a different reason. Whatever Krisberg was talking about during the PaleyFest, Flashpoint sounds like the kind of story to incorporate and get the ball rolling.
While the "big Flash storyline" remains as a mystery, fans are still in for a treat as "The Flash" returns today, March 17.
