The Flash (2023)

Beware creative differences! Gita and Alex review the load-bearing film The Flash (2023), serving as the swan song for the DC cinematic universe as Zack Snyder saw it, and a timeline of the many strange and heinous crimes of Ezra Miller.

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• The Flash (2023)
• Zack Snyder
• Ezra Miller
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
• Sasha Calle
• Flash (Barry Allen)
• Flash Gordon
• JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
• Flash (Jay Garrick)
• Popeye
• Legion of Super-Heroes
• Harry Bates
• Reverse-Flash
• Crisis on Infinite Earths
• Flash (Wally West)
• Mark Waid
• Geoff Johns
• Grant Morrison
• 52
• Bart Allen
• Bill Nye
• Young Justice
• Final Crisis
• The Flash: Rebirth
• Speed Force
• Dan DiDio
• Batman
• Simon Spurrier
• Jeremy Adams
• Superman (1978)
• Christopher Reeve
• Tim Burton
• Batman (1989)
• Superman
• Johnny Depp
• Batman Returns (1992)
• Michelle Pfeiffer
• Siouxsie And The Banshees - Face To Face
• Batman: The Animated Series
• Steel (1997)
• Spider-Man (2002)
• Jeph Loeb
• John Wesley Shipp
• Shirley Walker
• Mark Hamill
• Joker
• Batman Begins (2005)
• David S. Goyer
• Ryan Reynolds
• Deadpool
• Harley Quinn
• Shawn Levy
• Night at the Museum (2006)
• David Dobkin
• Wedding Crashers (2005)
• George Miller
• Justice League: Mortal
• The O.C.
• Adam Brody
• Greg Berlanti
• Marc Guggenheim
• Arrowverse
• Green Lantern (2011)
• Justice League (2017)
• Cyborg
• James Wan
• Saw
• Aquaman (2018)
• Hermione Granger
• Emma Watson
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
• We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
• Barry Keoghan
• Jimmy Olsen
• Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
• Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
• Seth Grahame-Smith
• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
• Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
• Jane Austen
• Jay Oliva
• Flashpoint
• Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)
• Wonder Woman
• Rick Famuyiwa
• Dope (2015)
• The Mandalorian
• Kiersey Clemons
• Iris West
• Ray Fisher
• Darkseid
• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
• Joby Harold
• King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)
• Army of the Dead (2021)
• Robert Zemeckis
• Back to the Future (1985)
• Martin Scorsese
• Joker (2019)
• Welcome to Marwen (2018)
• Matthew Vaughn
• Kingsman
• Sam Raimi
• Marc Webb
• Jordan Peele
• Ben Affleck
• John Francis Daley
• Jonathan Goldstein
• Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
• Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)
• Eternals (2021)
• Blade
• Kingo Sunen
• Kumail Nanjiani
• Christina Hodson
• Birds of Prey (2020)
• Cassandra Cain
• Margot Robbie
• Megan Thee Stallion & Normani - Diamonds
• James Gunn
• Suicide Squad (2016)
• The Suicide Squad (2021)
• Andy Muschietti
• Mama (2013)
• It (2017)
• It Chapter Two (2019)
• Michael Keaton
• DC FanDome
• Dwayne Johnson
• Black Adam
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
• Spider-Man: No Way Home (2019)
• Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
• Michelle Yeoh
• Wing Chun (1994)
• Wong Kar-wai
• In the Mood for Love (2000)
• Ready Player One
• Walter Hamada
• Joss Whedon
• Community
• Garth Ennis
• The Boys
• Jared Leto
• Grant Gustin
• Arrow
• The Flash (2014 TV series)
• Game of Thrones
• Ra’s al Ghul
• KGBeast
• A Timeline of Ezra Miller’s Controversies, Arrests, and Allegations
• Shaggy - It Wasn’t Me
• Batgirl (film)
• Ezra Miller’s “Messiah” Delusions: Inside The Flash Star’s Dark Spiral
• The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
• The Stand (2020 miniseries)
• Trashcan Man
• Oscars cheer moment and fan-favorite polls leave viewers saying huh?
• Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)
• Amber Heard
• Elon Musk
• Galactus
• Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
• Interview with the Vampire
• Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
• Iron Man (2008)
• Terrence Howard
• Don Cheadle
• Iron Man 2 (2010)
• Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)
• Gal Gadot
• Fast & Furious
• Jason Momoa
• Samuel L. Jackson
• Jeremy Irons
• Captain Boomerang
• Jennifer Lopez
• Chronobowl
• Oscilloscope
• Zoetrope
• Nope (2022)
• Some Michael Jordon Highlights
• Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4
• Prince - Partyman
• Man of Steel (2013)
• General Zod
• Michael Shannon
• Kim Cattrall
• And Just Like That…
• Carmine Infantino
• Birdman (2014)
• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
• Supergirl
• Tomb Raider
• The Big Bang Theory
• George Reeves
• Adam West
• Nicolas Cage
• Hollywoodland (2006)
• Helen Slater
• Damian Wayne
• Talia al Ghul
• Taken (2008)
• Teddy Sears
• David Zaslav
• Henry Cavill
• Black Adam (2022)
• Patty Jenkins
• George Clooney
• Batman & Robin (1997)
• Peacemaker
• The Flash Isn’t Just a Movie, It’s Now an NFT
• Duke Nukem Forever
• Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
• Superman (2025 film)
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
• Lois Lane
• My Adventures with Superman
• Jack Quaid
• Avengers: Endgame (2019)
• The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
• Borderlands (2024)
• Alicia Vikander
• Tomb Raider (2018)
• Assassin’s Creed (2016)
• Jake Gyllenhaal
• Magneto
• Michael Fassbender
• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
• Matt Reeves
• Robert Pattinson
• Kurt Cobain
• The Batman (2022)
• All-Star Superman
• Adam Wingard
• You’re Next (2011)
• The Guest (2014)
• Bridgerton
• Downton Abbey
• Dan Stevens
• Blair Witch (2016)
• Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
• Star Wars
• Kevin Feige
• J. J. Abrams
• Gareth Edwards
• Monsters (2010)
• George Lucas
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

52 Pickup is an Aftermath production, created by Gita Jackson and Alex Jaffe, and edited by Esper Quinn, with original music by Jon Ehrens. If you’d like to follow along, you can check out 52 at your local comic book store or library, or the DC Universe Infinite subscription service. The views and opinions expressed on this show are solely those of the show’s personalities, and do not reflect those of DC Entertainment or Warner Bros. Please rate and review our show wherever you can, and send your questions and comments to 52mailbag@gmail.com. Never stop reading comics.