Flashpoint.
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0:00 - the living universe
0:52 reboot
1:58 - its all hopeless
4:43 - the agency of the universe
6:35 - obligatory music tribute
7:52 - credits and message
|| mystery song of the day ||
I'm gonna make a change
For once in my life
It's gonna feel real good
Gonna make a difference
Gonna make it right
As I, turn up the collar on
My favorite winter coat
This wind is blowin' my mind
I see the kids in the street
With not enough to eat
Who am I, to be blind pretending not to see their needs?
A summer's disregard
A broken bottle top
And a one man's soul
They follow each other on the wind ya know
'Cause they got nowhere to go
That's why I want you to know
I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could've been any clearer
If they wanna make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself and then make a change
I've been a victim of a selfish kind of love
It's time that I realize
That there are some with no home
Not a nickel to loan
Could it be really me pretending that they're not alone?
A willow deeply scarred
Somebody's broken heart
And a washed out dream (washed out dream)
They follow the pattern of the wind, ya see
'Cause they got no place to be
That's why I'm starting with me
I'm starting with the man in the mirror (oh)
I'm asking him to change his ways (oh)
And no message could've been any clearer
If you wanna make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself and then make a change
I'm starting with the man in the mirror (oh)
I'm asking him to change his ways (oh)
And no message could've been any clearer
If you wanna make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself and then make that
Change
I'm starting with the man in the mirror (oh yeah)
I'm asking him to change his ways (better change)
No message could've been any clearer
(If you wanna make the world a better place)
(Take a look at yourself and then make the change)
you can't
(Then you close your) close your, your mind
With the man in the mirror, oh yeah
I'm asking him to change his ways (better change)
No message could've been any clearer
If you wanna make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself and then make a change
gonna feel real good now
I'm gonna make a change
It's gonna feel real good
Come on (change)
Just lift yourself
You know
You've got to stop it
Yourself (yeah)
I've got to make that change today
(Man in the mirror) you got to
You got to not let yourself brother
(Yeah) you know
(Make that change) I've got to get that man, that man
You've got to
You've got to move
Come on
Come on
You got to
Stand up, stand up (yeah, make that change)
Stand up
Stand up and lift
Yourself, now
(Man in the mirror)
Gonna make that change come on
(Man in the mirror)
You know it
You know it
You know it
You know
Change
Make that change - Krátké a kreslené filmy
“You didn’t save JFK, or stop Hitler, you went back to save your mommy!” Reverse flash is a demon 💀
but he has a point
In the comics, he just stopped Reverse Flash (a time traveller) from killing his mom. The issue was that it freed Reverse Flash from causality.
@@MrSilentProtagonist This was johns trying to introduce a bit of darkness and " drama " into barry's life though and that's annoying. Barry's origin al the way to the mid 2000s was that he was inspired to be the flash because of his love of comics and superheroes, later the JSA which was why the whole Flash Family was so close with Jay Garrick and such. after he died. The new origin kinda took something from this.
@@Kekkersboy The point of the Flashpoint comics is that Reverse Flash became a "living paradox". Thawne can not do anything that would prevent Barry from becoming the Flash or interfere with his legacy as the Flash as Thawne only became the Reverse Flash thanks to Flash's legacy. Thus Thawne makes Barry's life the worst that he can get away with while allowing him to eventually become the Flash. The most pivotal thing that he did was to kill Barry's mother and frame his father. Barry discovering that Reverse Flash is the one who killed his mother used time travel to save her. Reverse Flash stop being bounded by his timeline is free to kill Barry in his mother's womb if he wishes. The movie didn't address Thawne's weakness and presented Barry's decision to use time travel to save his mother as a whim.
@@Revkor for all we know that could have killed more people
"You're one hell of a messenger."
That line always gets me.
Especially now that Kevin Conroy is gone.
Thank you for the memories Kevin, RIP.
Seeing Bruce cry hit pretty hard, it was almost surprising seeing him be emotional.
A few months before Kevin Conroy passed away, he was kind enough to sign a batman pic with that same quote. It's one of the rare few times that Bruce lets his defense down and his sadness and appreciation show.
I'll hold onto that for as long as I live.
@@TheDarkStigmataVA what a guy. Best Batman there ever was or will be.
I still can't believe it. To me, Kevin Conroy IS Batman. What a loss... 😢
May Kevin Conroy Sir Rest In Peace. May God bless his soul.
For me the actor that stood out above the others was C. Thomas Howell as Professor Zoom. The cold and meticulous way he phrased his every sentence came off as both intelligent and condescending which almost forced you to cling to his every word.
He truly brought his all as Thawne/Professor Zoom. You truly felt that he had a backup plan for every occasion, every action Flash took to cause Flashpoint was truly poetic to him as Thawne is always seen as the villain, but really this was all Barry's fault and Thawne just can't help but to relish in the irony and gloated in front of Barry to point out his own hubris.
This was my first introduction to Reverse Flash, and now he's my favourite DC comics/comic book villian
"It was me, Barry..."
Remember when you were making out with your first girlfriend and you came right as she touched your leg?
What was the song at the end ?
What makes it funny is that I’ve met the guy. And he was super charismatic and really happy to talk (it was a Comic-Con though, so that’s to be expected). Either way, very much unlike old Eobard.
IT WAS ME BARRY! I vibrated at the right frequency to make you suddenly feel it was a earthquake during school, causing the lead in your one and only pencil to snap, that you forgot to bring extras when you were taking the exams!
Edits: Yes, Barry! I STOLED YOUR EXTRA PENCILS AND ANYONE HAD AROUND
I love that this is 100% something Thawne would do, too.
IT WAS ME BARRY! I spilled hot coffee on your lap with your taxes, ready to be filed!
IT WAS ME BARRY! I put the very expensive limited edition action figure in your bookbag and you didn't pay for it, so you and your mom got caught and was kicked out of Walmart and she never brought you to another Walmart ever again!
“Barry Allen is the kind of man I would have hoped to become had my parents not been murdered in front of my own eyes."
-Batman, Justice #8, (2006)
The Flashpoint universe was so hopeless, until Barry Allen woke up
Thomas Wayne Batman is such a fascinating and heart breaking iteration of Batman. Bruce Wayne channeled that loss into a most refined way to cope while his father channeled it in the most rageful and wrathful way to cope. The difference of a child losing parents and a parent losing their child.
Exactly
Children are the only real thing a parent leaves behind
Thomas lost everything, his kid along with his legacy and his hope
Yeah, I agree and also Bruce hadn't grown yet so the guidance of Alfred really honed him in to have discipline and stong will. I'm not sure if Thomas had any teachings in discipline other than being a rich guy and it is very hard to learn discipline when you've already developed without it and without guidance. Another thing to add is Thomas had a double traumatic things to come from that, Bruce died and his wife became a crazed monster on the same night.
he also lost his wife, she becomes the joker in flashpoint
So mad The Flash movie is robbing us of Thomas Wayne. It would have been so awesome to see Jeffrey Dean Morgan play the character.
"Wars over soldier, you just don't know it yet...everybody lost."
Thats a crazy powerful line, jeez...
Weird DCAU Constant:
"Something happened to the Flash, everything goes to hell"
Deadass don’t know why😭
Pretty much the Spider-Man of DC
I mean, man became a blue lantern that one time for a reason, you know? The Flash dying is basically signaling that all hope is lost. He's heart and soul personified. I still remember that one JLU episode where he talks to one of his villains in this criminal hangout bar and is like, "You're wearing the suit again, buddy, are you alright? Are you off your meds? You don't want to be about this life, right?" and the guy's response is just, "Yeaahhh, you're right, I'll go turn myself in. Caught me again, Flash!" and it's all smiles, humor, and wholesomeness. Forgive me paraphrasing the hell out of it, haven't seen the scene in a hot minute.
@@boyimaboss1238
Not knowing why means you miss the point
“It seems like you’re the bottom and I’m the top” -The Top to Flash
Also Flash being gay in the Flashpoint Paradox universe was funny
@@leah1269 he was?
@@theauthor6669 no but his mom thought he was because he wasn't dating any women do too the fact he never got up the courage to ask Iris out so she eventually married someone else, so his mom figured oh my son isn't dating any women so he must be secretly gay
@@Kid_Spitfire lmao
Constantine really drew the short straw when it came to messing with time while Barry got an almost free pass.
which makes me not like that. poor writing moive on their part.
Probably because of their Powers the Speed Force is essentially the embodiment of Time moving forward itself (According to what I know at least) and is technically beyond punishment by the universe due to its nature and Constantine is still a part of the universe and is connected through magic he also pissed a lot of people off so there is also that but don't take my word for it it's been a while since I last read DC comics
@jermaineangeloarrogancia7339 I'm not a big comic buff either but sounds right to me. I am sure Constantine has done some good not a total bad guy just a really unfortunate one.
Constantine was already on the universe’s everlasting 💩 list.
While Barry is still ranking up on the list with his punishments so far being his gift of Chrono memory displacement aka being witness to/remembering the other timelines along with the current one.
I mean Barry Allen been getting a free pass ever since he been messing with the timeline and he keep screwing things up and there's really no consequences for Barry Allen but if anybody else does it is consequences and even with the comic books they come up with the excuse of saying only really wasn't very it was someone else they always take away the agency of responsibility from Barry Allen which is sad.
Hope is really ultimately what boils down every true superhero. People may laugh and ridicule some cheesiness, but we need a little fun in our lives to see we can make things better. And when we get something darker like Flashpoint, it really shows no matter how bad things get, we can still have hope to make things better.
Except that hope didn’t help, in the Flashpoint universe. Hope without people to enforce it, is just another dream.
Hence, Barry has to go back and let his mom die, which doesn’t get his world back. It creates a new one.
Many cultures have no word for hope, because they believe the world/universe is indifferent to them. They know that no matter how hard one hopes, unless someone intervenes, the weak often don’t survive.
Hope and a plan, is what one needs. Batman hopes, but he also has contingencies, for when he’s letdown, or his hopes are dashed.
@@CorbCorbin Except the Flashpoint universe was born from completely different events of another universe, hence the hope there lies in fixing things. It also serves as a metaphor for how no matter how bad things become, we can always begin anew and try to make things better. Thomas Wayne fought for the hope of bringing back a universe where his son lived.
Yes, Barry wasn't able to get the world back exactly as it was. But it gave a new chance where there was none before in Flashpoint. We leave behind our worst days so we can make something new out of the next.
Yes, hope and a plan are needed. But a plan is unlikely to get anywhere without the hope first to make it happen. If people think the universe is indifferent, then they'll be too apathetic to make a plan. You need hope to begin building up a plan.
I was expecting a title like "Barry Allen is fast" like Lex Luther is bald
I mean. . . Lex Luther IS bald
@@njvikesfan0162impossible
The scene where Diana kills Billy Batson part made me say “holy shit”
If I didn’t already know that nobody was safe, that would’ve did it.
Really hope you also talk about John Constantine, specifically the one voiced by Matt Ryan who was practically born to play the character.
Maybe its cause ive been watching Sandman recently but Ive started to notice a lot of John Constantine hype these last few days lol
Truly an inspirational phrase
@@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369 John was in the TV show? I haven't finished it yet but I thought he was replaced by Johanna?
@@theauthor6669 Yea he was replaced but its a very similar character and just kinda reignited him in my mind
@@theauthor6669 it's just a genderbend, otherwise it's the exact same character
“Wake up babe. Implicitly Pretentious uploaded another banger”
Definitely a top 5 DC film
Potentially the best DC animated film. Under the Red Hood is its main competitor
the dark knight returns, under the red hood, and flashpoint are my top 3. There’s a few others that are good. Many more that are not.
Oh yea, Gotham by Gaslight was also very good.
Man I get really emotional with these videos for some reason, they just hit such string in me and who I was and am that it reminds me of who I am and what I’m fighting for
These videos are amazingly well made
Videos almost try to hard to be "emotional"
I just didn't see it coming.
Agreed, this video is mad underrated
I saw this movie as a kid, me and my mom loved Flash and thought this would just be a cool action movie... and oh boy were we wrong. It stayed with me for years, seeing just how bad a world could get but still never giving up hope. There's two scenes that always stuck out to me. One where Wonder Woman kills a child, traumatizing me with my first onscreen child death and facing me with my own mortality... and the second... was the ending. Barry gives Batman a note from his father. I always thought it was so beautiful, and just gave me so much happiness
I wish Sam Daly got the chance to voice Superman again. He honestly sounded just like Tim Daly and it’s a shame he never got the chance to voice Superman again
This movie has so many cool quotes. But the only one that I always remember is "Mom, I'm so sorry..." It just gets me every time.
I really appreciate the very human jokes and tidbits you throw in like Superman's beautiful tiny head. It's a friendly reminder you're still a comicbook geek just like us while you talk about the bigger overall meanings of things. It makes these a lot more enjoyable.
One thing I dislike about this sort of story is that the rules are different for heroes and villains. The Reverse Flash casually goes back and stops people from ever being born with no ill effects, Kang the Conqueror comes back in time and murders thousands without paradoxing himself out of existence, but a hero goes back in time to make a single thing slightly better and boom, everything instantly goes to hell.
Canonically, reverse flash is always traveling time, so his time travel shenanigans are less impactful than Barry's
@@sabbathjackal you'd kinda think they would be more impactful.
Also given Reverse Flash's body count it's kinda amazing that he hasn't offed one of his own ancestors by accident.
@Hugh Mann they tried that, and reverse flash is immortal because his time traveling makes him exist throughout time
It's real dumb
@@FuelDropforthewinthe explanation they give is that reverse flash became a living paradox, a being removed from consequence.
This movie and Red Hood are masterpieces. I genuinely believe animation is far superior to anything live-action can ever hope to be.
Showing this to a friend who had zero experience with DC made them a hardcore fan of all DC stuff.
Your ''obligatory music tributes'' are always good
Yet bro never gives credit 😔 I tryna listen to it fr
@@lucariopokemon13 He has an entire credits section lol 8:46
I forgot why I loved superheroes. Videos like these help rekindle that love.
Same
I love this movie. Been a few years since I watched it, but it makes me SOB every single time. Anyone who loves their mum will get the feels. I can't imagine how hard it would hit for someone who lost their mum early. Also, Reverse Flash is such a great villain. That "it was me Barry" dialogue is iconic.
YES, been waiting for this since I saw you were updating videos on apparently fuckin everything. I was obsessed w this, I watched it so many times in repeat, I got obsessed with quantum physics (in a teen fangirl way, I'm not a genius). And I love your video essays, all the info in a short enough time frame for me to not get anxious and click out.
This makes me wanna watch it again, with new "older" eyes, because it is truly such a good movie.
also as a Flash addict (more Wally but whatever, also barry) I love the idea of making an AU where everything went to shit because of how universally fundamental he was for everybody
Might be overly mushy but I can't explain how much these videos mean to me. The dc animated universe has become my comfort place, and I find myself looking forward to your videos all the time. No one can match for analysis and compassion towards the media and I've even gotten my comics obsessed 60 year old mom to download youtube just to watch these. Thank you
This story hits hard, as someone that lost his mom too. Those nagging feelings that if you had just done things differently, if the new skills you have now had instead been around for years prior, there would be a non-zero percent chance she'd still be around. But losing our loved ones is something we all gotta make peace with, as it will happen over and over again, until it's time for you to go as well.
DCU: Changing the timeline has dire consequences.
MCU: Trollolol we time travel and never have any consequences.
*cough* tva *cough*
@@soraadcaelum2428 cough overbloated universe that is hard to keep track off cough
@@Ake-TL *cough* both universes are *cough*
@@soraadcaelum2428 *cough* are you two sick? *Cough* fuck you infected me too
This makes me sad that the flash movie isn’t going to be full adaptation of this story. An accurate live action flash point would be awsome
It would also be a bit impractical
I mean literally everyone is hyping it up. James Gunn, the rich suits, and test screeners have all claimed it to be “one of the best superhero movies.” Normally, I would be skeptical because I normally don’t believe it when people who get paid to be part of the process are hyping it up. Yet, what makes me actually believe the hype is the fact DC hasn’t canned the movie even with all the Ezra Miller controversies. If the movie wasn’t good, I’m sure for “good business” they would’ve tossed the movie in the trash awhile ago. It must be liquid gold. I have high hopes it will hit the emotional beats it needs to just like the original story.
@@browntaxi7158 uhh no look at the money they put into the flash movie compared to batgirl movie… to much money to just cancel at this point
It was me Barry…
@@browntaxi7158Spoiler: It didn’t happen
One of the best animated dc movies..great video!
This is the only DC film that gets me to tear up every single time...this video did the same thing. So good. You captured the film's energy so well. Thank you 🙂
Thanks! 😁
No Barry Allen Story is complete without *trauma*
Ikr, just let the man be happy, I think that’s where the show is heading.
They’re giving him a happy ending after losing so much
And even after that he still moves forward. That's why he's my favorite flash.
Literally had to make me sober up in the first minute of the video to concisely get what was being said in the thesis statement, made me think of far too many stories that write self-repairing timelines where even if a deviation or different action is taken it's replaced by another equal character or action to fill the role, where causality is an inescapable consequence of existance and that any attempt to escape it leads to even more unpredictable or harsher consequences, that fate is something to accept and work with instead of refusing and fighting.
Also the rest of this episode was succinct and beautiful, hope everyone can take something away from this.
Ah yes, the first and last good movie of the DCAMU.
Oh not true there was......
.....that time Alfred used a shotgun.
Death of Superman was the only other one I loved
Constatine City of Demons, Death of Superman, Hell to Play were great, not as flashpoint, but still
Jl war, vs TT, Hell to pay, Death of superman, Batman vs Robin and Throne of Atlantis were pretty great for me
Oh flashpoint was easily the best but death of Superman, the Judas contract and reign of the supermen imo were also pretty good.
It's an edgy grim mess, but Flashpoint Paradox had really grown on me over the years
Flashpoint is so underrated
I'm so happy you're looking at the DC Animated Movie Universe and seeing both parts as connected. Excited for this arc of your video essays.
Ah yes, Flashpoint. A great story that ruined Barry in my eyes forever but also showed me how important Superheroes when all hope is lost🏆🏆
To be fair, Reverse Flash altered history first by killing Barry's mother.
@@simbasorariku3 That's all fine and dandy but that was another idiotic move by that idiot Geoff Johns. He also had to go and do Flashpoint. Then, DC just HAD to piggyback off of Flashpoint to make the New 52 happen. Had Johns just left Barry alone,the Character wouldn't have been ruined🤷🏿♂️🤷🏿♂️
@@simbasorariku3 to be fair his mom dying was an annoying retcon
@@Kekkersboy That's what I'm saying
@@simbasorariku3 oh sure, what I really mean is his mom dying being treated as the true history rather than a Geoff Johns retcon
Definitely best animated film in the new 52 universe
As a person who watched and and always loved, it felt like I almost watched the whole thing again, with more still to be rewatched, the ending felt like real movie credits, I aspire to be able to create content like this. Thanks💪🏾
Just found your channel and really enjoyed this video. Keep up the good work!
My favorite video yet. Great work as always
Beautiful and powerful. Thanks for making it.
Man, I love the flash :)
I love this channel so much. I can’t wait till it blows up
This video went hard. Thank you.
God I love Barry. Sure he created this world out of a certain sense of selfishness. And in cases like the TV show as well as comics trying to "fix" what he did set things "right" but not 100% and he has to live with the fact that things will never be exactly as they were, but atleast better then they were before. I love the flash, I love wally, I love Jay, impulse all of them, but Barry. He has a special place in my heart maybe I just have a certain level of connection with him or idk. But Flashpoint is definitly one of my favorite movies and iverall just my favorite stories
Here's to hoping the live action movie is any good. Even with Ezra playing him
Well god damn this was beautiful 👏🏼
i never ring the bell for notifications but this channel i always wait for every episode. love your channel never stop
I’ve waited all my life for this video
So the universe is alive and we’re all just cells in the bigger universal body.
That explains so much! The universe just has beef with me because it thinks I’m a cancer cell.
I've been going back thru Shotty Cast's Fall Out stuff. I hate I'm so late to this.
Great job, my guy.
I still have this on my PS3.
ALWAYS a great view.
Always tears.
I appreciate your work. So. Much.
Fk man I just find ur channel and I absolutely ADORE the editing and the esthetic of the video: love the analysis of the DC animation. Keep up pls ❤️❤️❤️
Your intro is just wonderful I love it every time
dude just wanted to say thanks for your content it really helps me with my depression
I think it's very appropriate that Constantine, the master of "you can't just keep getting away with this!" only gets what's finally coming to him when the universe itself gets mad enough to say it. The man ignored the rules for so long that he forgot they were asking nicely on its behalf this whole time.
I just subbed a few hours ago at most, and now an upload! Waddya know. Cheers!
One of the two Dc animated movies that I saw with my eyeballs.
No,this is beautiful!
What’s the emotional sound track for this tribute of flash point ? It’s really emotional and adds depth to the videos!
these videos are so entertaining and hooking even if you've already watched whats being discussed
this movie is so beautiful
I love these videos. With all my heart, I love them.
There are few creators today who put their heart into every single word they write, every frame they put on the screen. But I think that you are part of the absolute few who see that pouring every last ounce of your soul into these videos, making something meaningful while we still have the time, something people can understand, relate to, *feel* - you may well be one of the single best video essay people I have ever run across.
I feel like there's a reason for all this, something that happened to you that causes you to feel more than just the baseline of what these things want to convey, but... something personal that makes you live it. Something traumatic, but something that ultimately left you stronger. I don't know what that thing is, but whatever it may be...thank you for pushing through it. Thank you for staying long enough to give the world this beautiful channel.
Thank you for surviving whatever made you who you are today. And I wish you the very best in life.
Flashpoint was so good
these videos are perfect
One of my favorites.
Great video. This movie really struck a chord with me the flash became one of my favourites with this journey. So glad I got to watch it with my dad
I love your channel so much
Tons of feelings!
yeah this movie is something else it has a lesson learned in the end you know you kinda grow as a person just like Berry
You made me cry
1 minute is the quickest ive ever gotten to a video
Freakin loved this one!
I've recently discovered your channel and I think it's just fantastic! I am a bit surprised however, that you haven't done a video covering one of my personal favourite JLU stories; "Legends". Also, the Batman AS episode "Beware the Gray Ghost" has some really amazing aspects not only to the story, but its actual production.
Thanks for all you do. Cheers!
I just rewatched this movie the other night the timing of this video is hilarious lmao
You gained a subscriber, excellent video essay
I still think it's messed up that the Flash willingly does 2 flashpoints, but Constantine gets punished for suggesting it once.
I think that he had to do it the second time for a chance to make the world better instead of on a whim is worse. Constantine was punished for suggesting Barry try to make the world a better place after the Earth was ruined is bullshit. I'm more angry at the writers for laughing at us and punishing us for not liking Apokolips War. They punished us for having hope and told us it was pathetic. Constantine suffered because he thought he deserved to be but the fact that he was removed when he's the one who saved what was left is bullshit. He's the whole reason they were able to defeat Darksid at all and his's punished for trying to make the world a better place, not for himself, never for himself, but for everyone else. He was selfless! Just look at what he thought he deserved.
@Stargazer Ley Meanwhile, Barry knew the consequences in Apokolips War and at the end of Flashpoint, but he gets away with it because you can't make a Justice League without the Flash.
i just read the comic like 3 days ago and omg it is one of the best stories i have ever read, havent seen the movie but will be watching
Great video, I watched this movie about a week ago!
“It was me Barry”
Remember when we thought the new Flash film would adapt this story? Good times.
Hehe just rewatched this one
finally another flash video
i can forgive edgy with a point
the intro song ALWAYS hits
2:46 That's the Serenity Prayer.
Loved it
Always wanted to watch flash point.
I think I just found my new favorite CZcamsr
Fantastic video as always! Would love to see your take on Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay. Always thought that was one of the stronger DCAU films from this era because of the way they twisted character motivations with ease as the plot moved on which made for an exciting ending. Keep up the great work!
flashpoint paradox is such a great dc animated movie in my opinion.
That video runtime is giving me PTSD...
i enjoyed this video :)
I just happened to watch another video of yours and saw you just put this up 10 minutes ago
One of the best movies ever
This movie was so good and definitely get who Barry Allen is, and does the comic right
Rever Flash is the one who killed Barry s Mom so YEAHHH , HE IS THE VILLAIN ... ALL along
cant wait for the movie!!!