Sorry I'm Late!: Barry Allen Appreciation

[Buried Alien]

While I like Barry's later hair styles better, I never understood the dislike of the crew cut. I see people with that style all the time so it's not really out of date or anything.

A variation of the crew cut seemingly has become popular with young American men again since the turn of the millennium. Rock star longer locks are actually rarer among young American men now than they were during the 1990s.

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[Blackest Knight]

Oh, I agree. I certainly wouldn't want him with the crew cut and bow tie, either (Jimmy Olsen should also never, ever wear the latter, unless it's a period story).

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[The Darknight Detective]

While I like Barry's later hair styles better, I never understood the dislike of the crew cut. I see people with that style all the time so it's not really out of date or anything.

The crew cut is fine (I have had one a few times over the years myself), but not with the bow tie. That looks too '50s for me.

[Buried Alien]

The crew cut is fine (I have had one a few times over the years myself), but not with the bow tie. That looks too '50s for me.

It *might* be doable if done right:



...but it would be a risky fashion statement these days.

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[lancerman]

The Flash pilot was so good that I can see it screwing up DC's film plans. Because I can totally imagine a scenario where popular opinion is that the shows Flash should be on the film.

[The Darknight Detective]

It *might* be doable if done right:



...but it would be a risky fashion statement these days.

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

See, that doesn't work at all. I will say I love wearing a bow tie with a tuxedo - that will never go out of style, IMO.

[The Darknight Detective]

Dear Moderator, kind sir: I tried to edit my thread to add "SPOILERS" in the thread title, but it didn't work:

http://community.comicbookresources....ed-Flash-pilot

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Could you please add the word SPOILER to my thread title?

Thanks in advance.

It is done, BK.

[Pharozonk]

...but it would be a risky fashion statement these days.

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

Doctor Who made bow ties popular again.

[Blackest Knight]

See, that doesn't work at all. I will say I love wearing a bow tie with a tuxedo - that will never go out of style, IMO.

Most of the time, you can only give a character in TV or film a flat top haircut for one of 2 reasons: to make them look old & dated or to make them look punk/military/bad@$$ (like Bill Paxton in Weird Science or Aliens).

[Blackest Knight]

It is done, BK.

Thank you, kind sir.

[The Darknight Detective]

Doctor Who made bow ties popular again.

Yeah, but not the fez.

[Buried Alien]

Doctor Who made bow ties popular again.

...and tweed jackets. By itself, the bow tie is somewhat risky, but when you add the tweed jacket, then you're really treading on dangerous fashion territory!

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[Mia]

True and while making him younger I don't think Manapul and Bucellato conveyed that very well... even with the reboot. I think we're seeing how DC was hoping to portray Barry Allen with the reboot in the Flash tv show. Venditti and Van Jensen may be a bit limited in that they don't want to retcon how Manapul/Buccellato portrayed him.

After 20 years of collecting comic books. I can't see Grant Gustin's nervous, insecure, imature and wimpy version of Barry Allen appealing to a teenage or 20 something male audience. And I can't see it selling books either. Even a quick perusal of the top selling video games will give you an idea of what kind of men that young men want to emulate. I wasn't crazy about what Buccellato and Manapul did on Flash, but at least they wrote Barry like a 20 something dude. If DC ever made Barry Allen (or any adult speedster) as weak and wimpy as Gustin's Flash the book would tank.

[lancerman]

Gustin really wasn't weak and wimpy.

[FlashEarthOne]

After 20 years of collecting comic books. I can't see Grant Gustin's nervous, insecure, imature and wimpy version of Barry Allen appealing to a teenage or 20 something male audience. And I can't see it selling books either.

I get that you don't like Gustin's Barry Allen... in all likelihood you never will. Most others seems to be enjoying it. The ratings will ultimately tell. It wouldn't be unreasonable to surmise that quite a few disagree with your description of his portrayal.