If we have anything to thank the superhero movie boom for, it’s the way it’s forced audiences to sit patiently while watching the credits; even if only for see the scenes of the scenes that arrive after the roller finishes circulating on the screen and that will hopefully add a little extra excitement after the main story ends.
As it could not be less, ‘Flash’, the last —and irregular— film of the current DC Universe to date, also has its own post-credits. If you missed it, or if you just want to know what happens in it without having to see the full length, We are going to review what happens in it and what implications it has towards the future of the franchise.
Of course, from now on there will be spoilers aplentyso keep reading at your own risk.
What else?
Let’s start by briefly reviewing what happens at the end of the production directed by Andy Muschietti. In it, after meeting his mother for the last time, accepting the loss definitively and, theoretically, bridge the space-time continuum, Barry returns to his timeline, where he manages to exonerate his father for the murder of his mother. It seems that everything has gone well.
The problem is that our titular hero has not completely solved the ballot. As he leaves the courthouse, he receives a call from Bruce Wayne, who congratulates him on the victory and asks him to wait a second, that he is coming to see him in person. When Barry meets Bruce, he doesn’t look like Ben Affleck, he looks like George Clooney, who played Batman in 1997’s ‘Batman & Robin’. With this last —and unexpected— gag, the film concludes.
Does this mean that Clooney will once again wear the mantle of the bat in the announced ‘The Brave and the Bold’ that will be part of the new DCU led by James Gunn and Peter Safran or, on the contrary, it’s just another joke? Something tells me it’s more likely the latter…
You drink even the water from the puddles
And now, the really important thing – or not. What about the ‘Flash’ post-credits scene? The truth is that quite little, since it is still another joke that brings us back to Jason Momoa’s Aquaman in a somewhat peculiar situation…
In her, Barry escorts a heavily drunk Arthur out of a bar, intending to take him back to his flat to sleep it off.. Thing is, they can’t get more than a few steps before Aquaman falls face-first into a puddle and decides he’s comfortable enough to go anywhere. Of course, the Atlantean does not hesitate to ask our hero to go buy more beer.
As I already told you in my review, if you expected ‘Flash’ to open the door to Gunn’s new DCU explicitly, you’re more than likely to be disappointed. It becomes clear that Barry has finished his latest adventure in a different timeline than his own.but if this is going to affect the narrative that will start with ‘Superman Legacy’ remains to be seen.
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