I've heard that too. I just never expected to get the comic accurate head wings since it seems like something that would get broken easily on a tv show set.
It's a bit annoying that these days, when discussing the Flash/Barry Allen with newer fans, it's sometimes necessary to explain to them that for the first fifty years of Barry's history, his mother wasn't dead and his father wasn't in prison, and that his parents lived normal lives throughout his career as the Flash. The newer fans are surprised when they learn that originally, Barry had no other motivation for becoming a superhero other than he loved superhero comics and just because he was a good man.
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First CBR Appearance (Historical): November, 1996
First CBR Appearance (Modern): April, 2014
As a somewhat newer fan myself I would love it if the comics and other adaptations made it clear that Barry is currently living in an alternate timeline where Thawne took his parents from him to make him suffer and it was meeting Iris that kick started him becoming a hero. Meanwhile the original timeline still had Barry becoming the Flash because he was raised to be a good person by his parents.
Barry's version of the Flash had him time traveling and hopping between alternate realities and world from his second story onward. I think it's an interesting hook for the character and an interesting way to emphasize the themes of hope and moving forward that the Flash have while taking advantage of the Flash's abilities.
I like both versions enough, but the living-in-an-alternate timeline origin is not destructive to the original; it's a branch.
It reinforces time travel as a Flash theme, and the importance of the Barry-Eobard conflict throughout history.
Basically, it deleted nothing and adds a lot. Much like the post-Crisis Sinestro-as-Hal's-trainer retcon.