In Flashpoint, Barry Allen/flash returns on time to stop the killing of his mother Nora. It changes the whole world ... to worse. Deprived of his super-speed, Barry can't run back and untie what was already off. Thomas Wayne then becomes Barry's main ally in resetting the timeline, as he has nothing to live with. (Martha? She had a mental breakdown than Bruce's death and became a "flashpoint" okerok!) Thomas would have wiped out his future much more to save her son.

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The movie "Flash" also features Barry (Ezra Miller) who join a Alternative Batman. Instead of bringing Morgan as Thomas Wayne/Batman, though, Flash returned Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne in A (Failed Nostalgia) Gambit. There are similar changes to the story "Flashpoint" made during the film.

Both in the comic and in the film, Superman does not exist in the "Flashpoint" time frame. In the comic, Kud-El landed in Metropolis and spent his life as a prisoner of the US government. In the film, Kud-El has died as a newborn and Kara Zor-El/Superger (Sasha Kale) in a Russian prison. (The good all ol 'US would never detain immigrants without Siri.)

In "Flashpoint", the Amazons of Wonder Woman and Aquaman Atlantans are waging a war that can destroy human civilization. The film changes this threat to General Zod (Michael Shannon) and his cryptocurrencies from Snyder's "Man of Steel". (Hey, Snow White proved that the wicked queen is out of the Gal Gad's acting range!)

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But should DC fans regret not to get the trusted movie "Flashpoint" (except for the animated film, "The Paradox of Flashpoint")? The comic is what I would call a classic produced: because it is important, Biebie's comic strip fans assume it must be well.

In reality, "Flashpoint" is a pretty hollow and cynical story. It was used as a vehicle to restart the DC "New 52", which aimed to reset the DC universe to be more friendlier for new readers ... and film adaptations. So you had it "New 52" Change the woman's miracle from Zeus's daughtergiving Her as a story of origin spraying to the general audience.

"Flashpoint" is a harbinger of changes that NSONS will make as he led the "new 52". Turning Wonder Woman and Aquaman into genocidal barbarians during "Flashpoint"? He feels symptomatic of his fears for both of them to be considered "impurities", hence he processed them as violent warriors when he took over the "Justice League" writing after "Flashpoint".

The central message of the story - that it is better to keep things like - is also extremely antithic for the imagination of superheroes. NSON can imagine a world in which man runs faster than the speed of light, but not the one where you use that power to change the world? Honestly, Thomas Wayne as Batman shows a similar lack of creativity. It is an exciting elevator ground, so Batman's "Flashpoint" stripped off with fans and was constantly returning after Flashpoint was long. But he is basically just the penalty in a different bat.

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"The New 52" rejoiced as chaos, mostly because he could not devote himself to restart, and DC had to gently untie him five years later with "DC Re -birth". Like comics, like movies. The best thing that Flashpoint could do - allowing Morgan to play Batman - never happened.