One of my favorite Flash villains is Grodd: The super-intelligent ape, demagogue creature that recruits abused animals into its "family". He(it?) seems so interesting. 'The Flash' TV series probably didn't feature Grodd because of technical limitations. Then again, there were a lot of Flash villains that didn't make it on the show(Vixen?)?
shareWell, this show didnt last long enough to get Grodd in, but DC / Warner Bros. worked him into that "Justice League" animated series two-parter "The Brave And The Bold." They have done really well with villains on that show.
Besides Captain Cold and the Trickster I can't remember ANY of the villains on this show. Villains totally make or break a super hero TV show, IMO. For example, love em or hate em the villains on that 60's Batman show were (at least) half the reason to tune in every week.
One villain they SHOULD have done something with on this show was Mirror Master. He's got a lot of depth as a character. The writers would have had so many evildoers to draw from, since the Flash's rogues gallery is one of the best that DC Comics has. Last month's comic with the funeral of Captain Boomerang was AWESOME! Just seeing all the rogues in one place like that was so much fun. I loved how noone had the patience to wait for The Turtle to finish his sentences. Throw in Weather Wizard, Abra Kadabra, and the new Boomerang, and that's all you need for a Flash comic...except a few pages with Flash of course.
I started picking up Flash comics on a regular basis right before it got to #200. I usually like to get the landmark issues since they're the best. I noticed that the issue was going to be part of a storyline so I started picking up the ones leading up to it which had Zoom a.k.a. Reverse Flash as the villain. He was so damn cool, and the way the storyline ended I just had to see what was going to happen next. The Flash is now one in a long list of comics in my reserved box and I couldn't agree with Sporty-4 more, that the villains are part of what makes the comic so cool. I love when they devote an entire issue to fleshing out characters like Mirror Master. When you know what motivates them it just makes them even deadlier because now you know why they will stop at nothing to destroy the Flash!
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Actually, David Cassidy (Partridge Family) played the Mirror Master in an episode near the end of the series. Mostly he just played with holograms.
In the same ep, Barry was undercover and used the name Professor Zoom.
I am watching these episodes now after seeing the new Flash series. In order to have a good superhero show, you need good villians too. I want to see Flash fighting Mirror Master or Captain Cold, not some presumed dead 1960's renegade chemist who wants to make drugs.
This is the problem that every live action superhero show ever had until recently. They put all the effort into developing the hero, then nothing into the Villians. The George Reeves Superman, 70's Spider Man show, this show, etc., same problem. And let's face it - I love the 60's Batman, but the only really good villians were the Big 4 (Penguin, Joker, Riddler and Catwoman) and Mr. Freeze. Marsha Queen of Diamonds and Louis the Lilac - Really? FINALLY, the current Flash and Arrow shows are actually developing some good villians. So is Gotham.
Got to have some good bad guys.
Gorilla Grood was mentioned in one of the Nightshade episodes as one of Nightshade's villian.
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There was a version of the Reverse Flash that was a clone of Barry. He wore a blue suit and had Barrys powers, but the mind of a child.
shareThe Trickster is the Ultimate Villian! The character is so insane... I like that.
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I always felt the series was greatly improved when they began using villains from the series, even with the modifications. I didn't mind them losing the costumes, as they are hard to do well on the screen. The Trickser's wild outfit fit his insanity. The rest were criminals with a gimmick, which is basically what they were in the comics. I really wanted to see them use Heat Wave and Weather Wizard, but the show didn't survive long enough. Grodd would have been great, but hard to pull off on a tv budget and without CGI.
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It would've been great if the Pied Piper, Gorilla Grodd, Mr. Element and Captain Boomerang made appearances on the show. I remember reading an interview with Danny Bilson & Paul De Meo from last year and they were asked about Gorilla Grodd. They said that if the show continued, there would've been a Gorilla Grodd appearance in Season 3.
shareTina thawed him out at Star Labs
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