The Flash movie adapts the comic book storyline Flashpoint, where Barry Allen alters the timeline and creates a dark alternate reality. The film makes many changes to the source material, such as killing Bruce Wayne, turning Superman into a Kryptonian, and replacing Aquaman and Wonder Woman with Atlanteans and Amazons. Barry stops Reverse Flash from killing his mom causing Flashpoint leading to The Rival, Kid Flash, etc.
Then Barry realizes Flashpoint isn't great and lets RF kill his mom again. When Barry gets back to what he believes is his original timeline, there are slight alterations: Iris and Joe are fighting, Dante's dead, Diggle's kid is now John instead of Sara, Caitlin's ice powers, etc. But why.
Flash eventually manages to fix things, or get them reasonably close to the original timeline. "Flashpoint" actually allowed DC to reboot all its comics in a move called "The New 52.". Before The Flash speeds into theaters with its own take on Flashpoint, let's slow down a minute to revisit how the recently ended TV series tackled the iconic comic book storyline.
Directed by. The Flash is a loose adaptation of DC Comics' Flashpoint, about Barry Allen going back in time to save his mother. Here's everything that was changed.
With The Flash out now, it's an exciting time to be a DC fan. When it comes to what Flashpoint can do for the future of the franchise, the possibilities are literally endless. The Flash is getting his own standalone movie this month, one which involves time-travel, the multiverse, and story strands plucked straight from the Flashpoint event.
But as Barry Allen proved in Geoff Johns and Andy Kubert's Flashpoint, changing the past can have a deadly ripple effect worse than the original event. In The Flash #762, Barry takes down his lifelong nemesis Reverse. The Flash is bringing the alternate timeline known as Flashpoint to the big screen.
Let's explore how this long. The Flash executive producer Andrew Kreisberg details the ways in which the show will be different from (and similar to) the Flashpoint comics.