Subj : The Musicmaster visits the Flash
To   : Allen Prunty
From : Mike Miller
Date : Thu Mar 23 2017 11:14:20

Hello, Allen Prunty.
On 3/21/17 11:56 PM you wrote:

 AP> Tonight's episode of the Flash was very interesting... it is a 
 AP> crossover episode between Supergirl and the Flash (strange that 
 AP> the Flash and Supergirl exist on alternative Earths).

Yeah, I think that was a holdover when supergirl was on CBS or ABC or whatever. 

 AP> Anyhow, it Guest stars Darren Criss from Glee as what appears, at 
 AP> first, to be a villian but becomes something more mysterious at 
 AP> the end that makes you wonder.  Anyhow without spoiling it, this 
 AP> is a musical with a good superhero story behind it. I don't want 
 AP> to spoil it for anyone, but tonight I had an Aunt visiting who was 
 AP> amazed that a comic book super hero show could hold a comic book 
 AP> style super hero plot together and marry it with a musical that is 
 AP> also very visually beautiful. I have to say, the Justice League 
 AP> movie's flash is going to have a hard time competing with the TV 
 AP> Show's flash.  I am continually amazed by the quality of this 
 AP> show... and Supergirl, while it is good, does not hold up to the 
 AP> high standard set in the Flash.

Grant Gustin is an amazing actor. 

The singing was off for me, though. 
They recorded the songs as voiceovers, so it gave the singing an unnatural quality.  That uncanny valley where it was too perfect, with no background noise or echo. Other than that, the episode was great. It reminded me of the Buffy musical episode, "Once More With Feeling" but wasn't so similar that it felt like a rip-off. 


 AP> Allen
--- Hotdoged/2.13.5/Android
 * Origin: South of Heaven - warensemble.com (1:154/30.1)

.