5 reasons the DCEU should not make Flashpoint movie

LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 04: Actor Ezra Miller attends the ‘Justice League’ photocall at The College on November 4, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)

5. It’s too early

OK, we may have seen our fair share of origin stories and is not the best route to go. Something that is in line with what the leading star hinted at what the plot could explore. In Ezra’s interview on IGN, the character, Barry, is an amateur superhero with the speedster having a basic grasp of the Speed Force. This definitely works within the conventions of The Hero’s Journey or, a Voyage and Return type of plot i.e. ‘the Quest’ but Flashpoint is something that can be explored in the second or third Flash movies. Not his first solo adventure.

We may have seen his cameo Batman v Superman, Suicide Squad and his full-screen appearance in the crossover movie Justice League, but viewers need to get used to Ezra’s iteration of the character a bit more and what he is capable of without the League. Introducing Flashpoint at this point in the DCEU is way too early, let alone as part of The Flash’s own series of films.

Ezra said to IGN: 

"“I certainly think it will represent the next stage.” “What I find fascinating is that we’re still very amateur-hour Speedster.”"

The actor explained that Barry would still be training as a superhero even after he met Batman, Superman and the others.

He added:

"“I’d love for the series to track an evolution of Barry Allen’s early times as The Flash.”"

There are several storylines from the comics involving Barry and where you can eventually introduce Jay Garrick or Wally West’s Flash. Flashpoint involves Barry, who by this point has mastery over the Speed Force and has faced many of his recurring foes.

Ezra stated:

"“Like, I love this comic ‘Kingdom Come’ – unbelievable art – and in that The Flash is fully evolved, and you never even seen him, right? It’s just like a red mist, and there’s no crime in [Keystone] City. He protects a whole chunk of the country.”   “So, that wouldn’t make for the most interesting film – you know what I mean? What do we have to learn about that guy? That guy barely exists, right? He’s almost one with the Speed Force. So it’s interesting to go to the beginning.”"

Instead of tackling a Flash already confident with his abilities, why not follow the character,  who has not realized his own potential? Suggestions of comic book arcs to adapt could be ‘Move Forward’, ‘Rogues War’, ‘Rogues Revolution’ while adding some plot-points to establish Wally in the DCEU like ‘Born to Run’. The second movie will build off on that arc even further and can provide a prelude to ‘Flashpoint’ in the third solo Flash movie.

If you want to reference implications in the future established in Batman v Superman, then storylines to adapt would be Year One of ‘Injustice: Gods Among Us’, ‘The Once and Future Flash’, ‘Reverse’ and others involving time-travel can be part of beats of the story.