I've been binge watching to catch-up since I heard it was pretty good. Overall, it is not too bad, but the show has some annoyances that I probably would not have noticed unless I was watching episodes back to back to back.
1) A character (most likely Barry) has to reassure someone that everything is going to be OK, or that they are "going to save XXX." Regardless of the reassuring or the saving, they somehow must be contractually obligated to say the magical two words "I promise" in EVERY FRIGGING EPISODE.
2) Everyone has to have some secret that they eventually spill later in the season or episode. They then say they were just trying to "keep XXX safe" or "protect YYY" ... and they keep doing it again and again despite saying "no more secrets"
3) Barry has to be a dick, then come around to be reasonable in the end.
4) "I'm not fast enough" or " I have to get faster" gets reaally old after hearing it all the time.
5) Everyone fixes something, only to make something else worse as a plot device to string things along. Why are they so stupid so often??
6) All of the things above also seem to be designed to have these contrived one on one "can I talk to you for a second?" conversations in the hallway. This is like "I promise" .. it happens almost every single episode. Having these conversations develops the characters, but it almost the same every time. It is either: Someone has a hissy fit with the greater team in attendance. That person storms off. Someone then goes to chat with the first person in the hallway. OR After the hissy fit or an awkward moment, someone drops the "can I talk to you for a sec" then they go to the hallway to chat. Mix it up a little.
7) Barry could just rush it and hit the guy/gal, but no ... he has to rush up, let them know he's about to stop them and then throw in a little interview with them. Inevitably, Barry gets "whammied," but then he beats the meta in the end. Yea, I know it shows the meta's skill and makes Barry vulnerable, but it's too formulaic at this point. Even Barry should see that he can just zip right in and sock them out before they even know he's there.
Anyhow, I keep watching as the core of the show is fun. I'm not expecting anything deep or moody, the lightheartedness is good, but please have some variety and stop reusing elements 1-7 so much. No one wants the show to be a cookie cutter show.
I'm sure I missed a few things. This wasn't meant to be a dump on the show. They can do better by being unpredictable and less formulaic.
1) A character (most likely Barry) has to reassure someone that everything is going to be OK, or that they are "going to save XXX." Regardless of the reassuring or the saving, they somehow must be contractually obligated to say the magical two words "I promise" in EVERY FRIGGING EPISODE.
2) Everyone has to have some secret that they eventually spill later in the season or episode. They then say they were just trying to "keep XXX safe" or "protect YYY" ... and they keep doing it again and again despite saying "no more secrets"
3) Barry has to be a dick, then come around to be reasonable in the end.
4) "I'm not fast enough" or " I have to get faster" gets reaally old after hearing it all the time.
5) Everyone fixes something, only to make something else worse as a plot device to string things along. Why are they so stupid so often??
6) All of the things above also seem to be designed to have these contrived one on one "can I talk to you for a second?" conversations in the hallway. This is like "I promise" .. it happens almost every single episode. Having these conversations develops the characters, but it almost the same every time. It is either: Someone has a hissy fit with the greater team in attendance. That person storms off. Someone then goes to chat with the first person in the hallway. OR After the hissy fit or an awkward moment, someone drops the "can I talk to you for a sec" then they go to the hallway to chat. Mix it up a little.
7) Barry could just rush it and hit the guy/gal, but no ... he has to rush up, let them know he's about to stop them and then throw in a little interview with them. Inevitably, Barry gets "whammied," but then he beats the meta in the end. Yea, I know it shows the meta's skill and makes Barry vulnerable, but it's too formulaic at this point. Even Barry should see that he can just zip right in and sock them out before they even know he's there.
Anyhow, I keep watching as the core of the show is fun. I'm not expecting anything deep or moody, the lightheartedness is good, but please have some variety and stop reusing elements 1-7 so much. No one wants the show to be a cookie cutter show.
I'm sure I missed a few things. This wasn't meant to be a dump on the show. They can do better by being unpredictable and less formulaic.