-=> Mike Miller wrote to Allen Prunty <=-   
      
   Hey - sorry to be behind on this - somehow I was not subbed to   
   this echo. :-)   
      
   But I'm here now...   
      
    AP> Tonight's episode of the Flash was very interesting... it is a   
    AP> crossover episode between Supergirl and the Flash (strange that   
    AP> the Flash and Supergirl exist on alternative Earths).   
      
   The whole multiverse thing is VERY cool, IMO.   
      
    MM> Yeah, I think that was a holdover when supergirl was on CBS or ABC or   
    MM> whatever.   
      
   Not nessasarily... There's the 'arrow verse' where Arrow and Flash   
   appear, but the world that Supergirl lives in has aliens in a very   
   natural way. I personally like stories that do NOT involve literally   
   everyone. I like that there's no Superman or Batman in Flash's world.   
      
    AP> Anyhow, it Guest stars Darren Criss from Glee as what appears, at   
    AP> first, to be a villian but becomes something more mysterious at   
    AP> the end that makes you wonder.  Anyhow without spoiling it, this   
    AP> is a musical with a good superhero story behind it. I don't want   
    AP> to spoil it for anyone, but tonight I had an Aunt visiting who was   
    AP> amazed that a comic book super hero show could hold a comic book   
    AP> style super hero plot together and marry it with a musical that is   
    AP> also very visually beautiful. I have to say, the Justice League   
    AP> movie's flash is going to have a hard time competing with the TV   
    AP> Show's flash.  I am continually amazed by the quality of this   
    AP> show... and Supergirl, while it is good, does not hold up to the   
    AP> high standard set in the Flash.   
      
   Yeah - it's my favorite show right now, with Supergirl being a close   
   second. I still haven't seen Justice League, but will when it hits   
   Redbox.   
      
   Also - I love all the little easter eggs in both shows, and the whole   
   Super Friend song just made me smile. (I was a Saturday morning kid   
   when SuperFriends was on television)   
      
    MM> Grant Gustin is an amazing actor.   
      
   Couldn't agree more!   
      
    MM> The singing was off for me, though.   
    MM> They recorded the songs as voiceovers, so it gave the singing an   
    MM> unnatural quality.  That uncanny valley where it was too perfect, with   
    MM> no background noise or echo. Other than that, the episode was great. It   
    MM> reminded me of the Buffy musical episode, "Once More With Feeling" but   
    MM> wasn't so similar that it felt like a rip-off.   
      
   Haven't seen that - was never a Buffy fan - but yeah I hate it when   
   they ADR anything, but music especially feels 'wrong.' BUT - I will   
   say in this episode with it being a 'dream' or a 'musical' and the   
   way things happened perfectly, it actually kinda fit!   
      
      
      
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