The Flash: Best and Worst Live Action Costumes
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- Опубліковано 28 тра 2024
- 2023 has been an important year in the history of The Flash in live action as the very long running CW series ended after 9 seasons and 184 episodes mere weeks before the release of the first live action Flash movie after a very long and troubling development that took basically the entire length of the aforementioned show. With these releases, we’ve now reached the first time in a decade where we don’t have any live action content on the horizon and
because of this, this is the perfect time to look back on the live action history of The Flash and more specifically the live action adaptations of The Flash’s costume.
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00:00 - Intro
1:32 - Number 15
2:37 - Number 14
3:06 - Number 13
3:41 - Number 12
4:57 - Number 11
5:37 - Number 10
6:21 - Number 9
7:28 - Number 8
8:07 - Number 7
9:10 - Number 6
9:48 - Number 5
10:57 - Number 4
11:49 - Number 3
13:13 - Number 2
14:23 - Number 1 - Розваги
Am I the only one who would think the perfect flash suit would be the Reverse Flash suit from Season 8 recolored. It looked amazing on Grant.
Same dude
Nah I think the same thing
He never had that suit?
@@AhkymBrizzy ya
@@AhkymBrizzy pov: you never watched the season 🤣
When watching the Flash movie yesterday, the bit where Barry was talking to Iris and he says “I have no further comments” my brother whispered to me, “Ezra Miller talking to the press.”
Would you recommend seeing the film ?
@@IdentifiantE.Syeah
@@IdentifiantE.S I would but I don’t know about everyone else.
@@IdentifiantE.S absolutely
@@MrDitkovich yo i forgot my rent for this week can you let me live here
If Season 4’s suit had a golden boot upgrade, it’d be the definitive perfect live action Flash suit. I don’t mind Season 6/9’s suit but imo when super hero suits are too comic accurate, they don’t look as well, ESPECIALLY for Eobard Thawne. I like a nice blend of comic adaptation and what said character would wear irl.
…Not to mention it’s implied multiple times that the Season 4 suit IS Flash’s perfected suit worn by Future Flash until Season 5 introduced that abomination.
Season 4 suit was so perfect they should've kept it
Yes,layer seasons suites look like pajamas
I agree that Season 4 looked good.
But the "implied it's the best" is completely irrelevant.
It was just his final Suit at the time the Team broke up, and Barry stopped being the Flash.
So there was literally no reason for Cisco to even think about creating him more Suits.
Season 4 Suit is already the best. The 5-9 fabric looks cheap.
🎉❤ 1:32 1:32 1:32 1:32 1:32 😊
I actually really like the JL suit not just because I'm a fan of armor suits but also because the added layers balances out with with the cowl which gives makes it proportionate and gives it a good silhouette.
Sure but, it's not realistic. You expect me to believe any athlete would run in that? It's uncomfortable for running and is just there for the looks. Zack Snyder says he is trying to be realistic but gives Flash an unrealistic costume lol.
@@emerald3339 The suit has uses since friction burns his clothes and the movie explained that the material of the suit is I guess the same as the one rockets use so it doesn't burn in reentry.
@@emerald3339well, the flash’s speed ability in itself is a super natural ability. It’s not just super speed, but a connection to the speed force, so I don’t see something like armour applying here. Looks uncomfortable? Not really. It has a lot of open areas for movement. I mean, have you seen people moving in full knight suits. It’s scary how much mobility they have and they’re fully covered unlike the flash.
Now obviously doesn’t mean you have to like it, but it’s not that unrealistic for the flash to wear something like that.
it is personnally my favorite suit
@@emerald3339why do you wanna rip on the guy? he didnt say anything about realism, just let him like the suit. and as if anything about the flash is realistic and believable in general lmao
I’ve always had a soft spot for the Justice League suit. To me, it does a great job with the armoured look. It’s still sleek, the black sections work very nicely, the wires give the feeling that this suit goes through a lot of force and needs to be secured and overall just has a solid design. Imagine the road rash this suit can save you from when you’re running Mach 10 and trip over something (which JL Flash did a lot)
Yeah I thought armored look wasn't that bad, I think its the wires for me that really makes the suit for me. Especially those slow-mo shots with the lighting following the path of the wires makes it 100x better
The real issue to me is that it's useless. What use could the armor possibly have besides messing with his aerodynamics
@@pulatelephonicsno burn ups coz it's metal used by space shuttles upon reentry at high speeds.
Say what one will about the CWs writing, when it came to the costume design (for the most part) was on point, they created multiple good prototype Flash suits that would get upgraded later on, they created what to me is the best Reverse Flash look in season 1 with the extra black just adding so much to the overall color scheme, and they created a new Zoom suit that fits their version of Zolomon absolutely incredibly and is my favorite suit of the show, definitely elevated the series while watching it to see such cool suits.
I have huge respect for early CW and huge disrespect for what it became
can you rank arrowverse again
@@Wevray 0
Even the writing was good at one point, great even if just confined to S1
The yellow fading to black on Reverse Flash’s suit just added so much to the suit.
The implication that the yellow paint either faded or burnt out due to rigorous friction on the arm & legs is great.
The Justice League Flash suit gets a lot of hate but I like it for it’s practicality. He is a poor, incredibly intelligent young man so he used pieces of space tech that could take the heat of re entry so it could hopefully withstand the friction created from his speed. Doesn’t look the best but has the best “reasoning”.
the ZSJL suit is a great adaptation of the flash suit into the real world in my opinion, those wires and shoulder padding's are completely necessary because it tells you that barry is still experimenting on making the suit and still new to this super hero stuff, those wires control the lightning by some MOVIE MAGIC aswell, either way its my opinion
Probably an unpopular opinion, but the DCEU armor flash suit is hands-down, my favorite
Same, I think that the one in the Flash movie is a complete downgrade from the spectacular armored one in Justice League
I honestly agree. It looks so cool to me
@@captainkajubell5302i get what you mean and i highly agree. I get that his new suit is way more comic accurate but it just looks weird to me. I do like how the lines light up orange when he's running though
I think young Barry's bat suit is sick
@@heathert6157same dude
The DCEU JL suit was my favourite because it added practicality and realism to the suits design which the other suits did not.
Realism? R u serious? 😮
@@feronikgaming1734
The fingerless gloves leaves his fingers exposed and someone will get a DNA match. And they find out that Barry is the Flash.
Season 4 suit is the best! Doesn't look too cartoony and makes Grant look swole 😂
Yessss🎉
I almost forgot the season 5 suit even existed, now it feels so wierd to look at it for more than 3 seconds
I've always thought that the s5 cowl existed solely for the Elseworlds crossover. The lack of chinstrap was more striking when it was oliver wearing the suit cause of his beard. I think it was entirely intentional and the decision was made for that and that alone.
Yeah, that's always been my thought process too. Specifically I think they designed it around the big prison beard Amell had that season, in case it was decided to have him keep it.
My favorite cowl is actually the one from the first 7 episodes of season 1. An Oscar winning costume designer made it. Too bad it was so uncomfortable
I never really liked that cowl
I always thought it made his head look weird, the version after that was my perfect flash cowl, the s4 suit made it a bit too thick, but i got used to it.
Mouth is too wide and the cowl has a flaccid look
The ezra suit was ment to be something he cobbled together himself. But that said the first Ezra suit is my favorite out of all the suits.
To me it's disgusting
@@azrael_morningstar it's the only one that actually addressed the fact that flash is a speedster. It was made to be aerodynamic while also protecting him from heat because it was made out of space material.
And when those are your in world concerns, it makes sense that in meta your suit would look like an armor.
On the other hand, the perfect suit according to this guy is a pajama.
@@tale7955 in the CW the suits were made to protect Barry against heat as they were originally made to be used for firefighters.
That's how Cisco explained it.
But ofc it doesn't even matter now because Barry has the speedforce aura like in the comics which protects him and the people he touches from getting on fire.
@@azrael_morningstar The problem is that from all of those suits none of them looked like the material they were supposed to be made out in world. Again: The N°1 suit looked like a pajama.
On the other hand, armor suit and new movie suit looked like they were made to protect him from impacts and heat. You don't even need to hear him say « It's made out of space suit material. » to know it's a very resistant one.
On the other hand CW went from "this looks like a high quality leather-like suit" to pajamas. I'm pretty sure my cousin had the same quality on his Halloween costume.
The season 4 suit is my absolute favorite because it incorporates both the bright comic red of the flash and the old s1-2 suit which makes it so amazing. Like you said, it’s busy, but not too crowded that it hurts your eyes.
Grant gustin is the real OG Flash
I agree. I absolutely HATE when people say "It's good because it looks bad on purpose so it makes sense!". Like, no. That doesn't change the fact that the outfit sucks😂. Also, I agree with all of these picks except for one. I'd swap your number 2 and 3 bc the lack of golden boots really does take the season 6 suit down quite a lot for me personally.
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Ezra’s main suit in The Flash, Johns original Flash tv suit and Johns Jay Garrick suit are my favourites. They look so good, doesn’t look like cheap cosplay🔥
His Jay Garrick suit got better and better as they made it fit him better & he got in better shape.
I think Teddy Sears' suit with JWS' colors and the bolt filled in would be the ideal Jay Garrick Flash costume.
The New Flash movie suit is definitely one of my favorite Flash suits of all time! But it's also tied with the S9 suit.
Is tragic that the quality of the writing seems to take a backseat while the costumes kept evolving, and kept getting better. Why couldn't we have both? Oh, right I know why. Eric Wallace.
S4 suit is still the best for the arrowverse and it's original darker tone, way better than spandex
I don't see how the justice league suit loses the flash identity because it's an armor desig. That's like saying any batman suit that's armor loses the character's identity. The suit has everything the comic suit has besides the yellow boots. In a way it's more comic accurate than most of the cw suits since it's a brighter red, it has the gold around the waist and arms, and has wings on the mask instead of lighting bolts. Also like the pre new 52 suit, it doesn't have a chinstrap and a gold outline around the symbol.
The S5 suit looked so good on Grant without the mask/cowl on ffs
If they did the updated cowl design but with the cowl material they used for season 6 and beyond, that would've been the (almost) perfect classic Flash suit. But the cowl/helmet material and the weird blend ruins it.
It seriously looked so good. Even with the cowl it is by far my favorite
Season 4 suit was my favorite, from the all gold ears and lines on the suit to all different shades of red that all compliment each other. It was perfect
For me the Season 8/9 suit was perfect.
It was the perfect showcase of transferring a superhero suit from Comic to Live Action.
(On a separate note, Tom’s RF suit would have been perfect if it was exactly like Grants but reverse colours. Instead they made weird changes and put the zipper on the front?)
John Wesley Shipp has the best flash suit by farr!!
(Edit)(The updated suit)
The Best Flash Suits are the Last One of the Series and Season 4 and the Worst Ones are the First Live Action Suits(minus 1990 which is Overrated) and Season 5,My Favorite Speedster Suits are the 2 Reverse Flash Suits,Zoom,and the Rival.
6:29 damn i feel like im the only one who thinks it is probably the nicest flash suit ever adapted next to the flash season 4 suit
Kinda wish you would make a video ranking ALL the suits, like Jay's, Wally's, and Savitar's
I’d love a live action version of the Wally West rebirth
Can’t wait to see Janes Gunn adapt the flash in the DCU. Idk when he’ll do it, but can’t wait to see it
I agree with everything except the last few. CW s4 suit is perfect in my eyes, and the s6-9 suit(s) looks to awkward to me. Probably mostly cuz i just never really liked the skintight look for live action stuff.
Also the armored DCEU suit kinda grew on me a little, I kinda like it more than the Flash movie suit, but that decision changes all the time, so eh.
Excellent video! My opinions were already more or less the same but by the end I completely agree. Very comprehensive and spot on.
In my opinion the suit in the flash movie is the best by far and the idea the lines in his suit glowing up when he is using his powers is awesome. The only reason it looks weird in some shots it's because of the bad cgi
I 100% agree. The movie suit is INCREDIBLE, and the Justice League one too. Just needs a bit more yellow on it tho.
JL suit is much like an armor and more practical for daily hero stuff. He is fast but still can be shot for example while standing so an extra protection is a nice touch.
This is pretty accurate ngl. My favorite flash suit though s9 flash suit is fire. For me its the season 4 suit
Imagine Season 4 suit with gold boots
@@alexdeghost2729 that would have been phenomenal to witness. I might have to draw that now
@@XX_14days Do it! Tell me when it’s finished!
Yeah you and everyone else
@leafyishereisdumbname aka ThanosetalgicMemeories Don't get me wrong the s9 suit is definitely my 2nd favorite I like the material how comfortable it looks and the gold boots but the s4 suit thoughbit was the leather jacket look just look so well done and was a major improvement yk
Honestly, the JL suit is my favorite simply because I love armored designs. It’s very sleek for being armor, and I think it’s much nicer looking than the boxy naked-looking Flash movie suit.
In my Opinion, The s4 suit never got beaten it was perfect peak. But yes The new adaptation of the suit was great too
13:27 lmao this is a genuinely funny sequence with the commentary in the background
In my opinion season 4 suit was the best one
samee
Everyone thinks so
@@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259 Cuz it iiisss
@@alexdeghost2729 looking at it again I can see why although I kinda hate it too at times. But yeah it's great. My favorite suits will get me hated on as well as my other cw flash opinions. I'll make a video about it soon one day and get so much hate
I still think the jl suit was very good it's like the Spiderman suit in no way home it's not perfectly "cannon" like in the end but it fits and no way in hell looks bad the exposed fingers are really something I don't mind infact for that suit I thinks it's the best choice. and your reasons are kind of why I love that suit specially for a dark theme it's made for
AS MUCH as I’ll ALWAYS say Ezra was the WRONG choice to play Barry and OVER TIME I’ve gotten used to his suit and can find things I actually do appreciate what they were going for BUT, the funny thing is that the first Ezra Miller suit actually looks GOOD when Ezra is just standing around and or in actual motion, unlike Miller’s movie suit where the ENTIRE suit looks completely cgi the entire movie where the first suit looks REAL the ENTIRE time every time Ezra would wear that suit, which sucks because DC posted REAL suits for this movie but Barry’s suit in real life looks NOTHING like that dog shit Sharkboy and Lavagirl cgi suit that was in the actual movie
(Also I’m kinda sick of them making Barry on the younger side they already did that with Grant, is it so hard to ask for an COMIC ACCURATE Barry Allen? Where he’s been working for the CCPD as a CSI for YEARS and who’s been the flash for a few years so an actual EXPERIENCED Flash with idk again is it so hard to ask for an actor with BLONDE hair? Like really WB/ DC tf y’all doing over there??
If they gave Ezra millers a solid gold lightning belt and got rid of the fake abs I would have had a hard time telling which one was my favorite
I'd love to see more costume ranking videos!
Absolutely perfect analysis on this very important topic
They should of recreated the design details of the season 4 suit onto the final one.
Just wanted to add one bit of information you got wrong
In 1990 John Wesley Shipp suit did not have any padding he was that fucking ripped....
It's only his suit and the flash CW shows that now has the muscle padding because he is 30 years older and not in the same physical shape
Something minor you forgot to mention about the season 6-9 flash suit is the new wing ear pieces which are very welcomed and fit the whole suit perfectly.
I actually rather like the zip being visible in the season 4 suit, definitely the best imo
In my opinion the suit in the flash movie is the best by far
I think Season 4 suit, with season 8 wings and golden boots would be PERFECT
I kinda wished they used reverse flash season 8 suit but with the colors switched as a little updated suit for Barry
Perfect suit would be the season 4 design (texture patterns, shades of red, lightning designs) with the season 8 fabrics and gold boots
The season 8 fabrics are comic accurate but loo too fake irl
@@alexdeghost2729 that's why I'm saying keep the textures of the season 4 suit. Spandex itself is a great material (the mcu Captain America suits are made out of it too, it's just textured to look more sturdy) but the texture used on the season 8 suit is really bland and makes it all look very plain. Give it a variety of different textures and shades of red and its much better
Ngl for some reason I love the young Barry suit from the flash movie
for me the perfect suits are :
15 Legends of Super Heroes
14 Justice League of America
13 The Flash (1990)
12 Flash S5A
11 Flash S5B
10 Flash Earth 90
9 Flash 2 from the movie
8 Flash S6-8
7 Flash S9
6 Flash Ezra Miller 1 Movie
5 Flash Ezra Miller Justice League
4 Flash S1A
3 Flash S1B
2 Flash S2-3
1 Flash S4
Will you do a ranking of live action villain speedster costumes?
That would be great
15: JSA Pilot Flash Suit
14: Legend of the Superheroes Flash Suit
13: Flash Season 5 Suit
12: Movie Flash/Batman Suit
11: 1990/Earth 90 Suit
10: Flash Season 1 Prototype Suit
9: Flash Season 1A Suit
8: Flash Season 1 Suit
7: Flash Movie Suit
6: Flash Season 2/3 Suit
5: Justice League Movie Flash Suit
4: Flash Season 4 Suit
3: Flash Season 6/7 Suit
2: Flash Season 8/9 Suit
1: Savitar Suit
Season 5 suit with season 9 cowl and boots would perfect
I actually like the JL Flash suit
With the armor plating and all
THANK YOU!!! S8-9 IS ABSOLUTELY PERFECTION !!!
nah bro s4's suit is the best cant change my mind
You have to laugh at the fact we got the best suit in the season with probably the lowest amount of flash screen time, if you don't laugh you have to cry.
Trust me, back in the 70s, we weren't too impressed with the Legends of the Superheroes' Flash costume either. Though, showing our age and the times, most of us really liked GL and Solomon Grundy. Even Hawkman....kinda.
NGL i think the season 2-3 suit is the better then any version of flash either comic animations or live action. it is the ultimate suit for me
Im ready for a flash animated series at this point
I actually prefer the season 1 A cowl over the season 1 B cowl but that's just me. The mouth piece stopping at the same part the eyes do just looks wrong for me.
Agreed with number 1. Looks like it was ripped right out of the comics. Love the more fabric look for it, and the fact that there are no fake muscles. Not to mention the flawless cowl connection to the suit. And the gold boots are so good to see in live action finally.
Movies and Tv shows want to protray super hero/villian movies accurately to the source material but I think that is where they should be careful. As a fan of super hero/villian movies, I like the story being similar to the comice but not entirely shot for shot. This is also for the suits, the suits need to be made from material that can be achieved from the environment of the character.
This is why the spiderman suits from Tobey Miguire and Andrew Garfield look amazing, their suits have their own personality and likeness. Some don't like Tom Hollands suit as it is very skin tight like the comics with no depth, yes it has emoting eye pieces but they don't sell the whole thing. Comic accurate suits are terrible for "live action", it is not practical or look great. The characters are overly shredded or buff with skin tight fabric in the comics which is quite unachievable for a person doing a movie or show that has limited time and ability.
Suits in the Flash seasons 5 to 9 suits are not great. Sure they are comic accurate but they don't feel 'live action" or practical, in real life who would actually wear spandex to fight crime?
An example of suits that look good are the Superman and Batman suits in Zack Synder's movies, they are not comic accurate with the material or design shown by the lack of underwear on the outside and skin tight spandex. Yet the suits are nice because they contains general information everyone knows. Superman: S on chest, colors being red blue and gold. Batman: black or grey suit with bat symbol on chest, and pointy ears. The flash's aspect is red suit with lightning bolt on chest, ears, waist, and shoes. Having these easily seen characteristics will help the viewer like the suit, making it comic accurate with the material and design lacks the characteristics of a "live action" movie.
Back to the Flash: In seasons 5 to 9, the suit being spandex or whatever material is comic accurate to the skin tight suits of the comics but don't look as great as the season 1 to 4 suits. The leather suits were nice, the unhidden zipper showed its aspect of being a "live action" protroyal as it shows how the person will interact with the suit to put on or remove. Also the defining features of the CW was the leather suits as shown in the Arrow, the change of material and design was too much. It lost its creativity, rememberaility, and practically of the suits.Overall, making a comic accurate suit is not worth it as there should be a difference between the two media, colors don't work with the writing or production, and inconsistent.
I actually kinda liked the batsuit, it made flash look like an absolute tank.
The muscles on the 90s suit give it that comic book vibe, and John Wesley ship was fucking MASSIVE
I dont really dislike the armored ezra suit in concept. It would make sense that a kid who just discovered he can run faster than most people can conceive would want to wear armor to protect himself, i just think that in practice it doesnt look very good. And thats not to say armored speedsters cant look awesome. Look at savitar, his armor is rad. Even more than looks though, i wish that a speecster wearing armor would adjust their fighting style appropriately. Like instead of punching and kicking at super speed wearing armor opens up the possibility of slamming into them with your whole body which would be way more effective than a punch but might not be good to use against regular people
An rf version of the 2023 flash suit would be sick 🔥
I prefer the older CW suits compared to the new ones, which look like The Twizzler more than The Flash.
the S3 and S4 suits are honestly my favorite ones. I just never liked the S5-S9 ones because the suits made Barry look fatter.
if the s4 suit had brighter red and golden boots it wouldve been perfect
My great uncle actually did the initial design for the John wesley shipp flash suit. He showed me the sketch he gave to wb so it’s always gonna be one of my favorite flash suits of all time😂
The best flash suit is season 4 it’s amazing in every way always looks good and was a much needed upgrade just wish it got more screen time
I feel like The justice league flash suit is not supposed to be really good because he says he’s only had powers for a few months
I know this is an unpopular opinion, but the new Flash suit from the movie is the best suit from any live action iteration
Agreed
agreed
You are simply blind sir
Ngl my favorite costume that Grant wore was the Reverse-Flash suit in the Armageddon era, it looked to well executed, if only it was recolored…we wouldn’t have been robbed of a potential “perfect” live-action flash suit
I see some other reasons that the recycled bat suit got as low as it is. If the boots were spray painted entirely yellow instead of being red and having yellow lightning bolts, and if he made his own cowl, it would look better. They could've used the Justice League suit for Barry 2 instead of a Bat suit entirely and it would've worked.
I can give JL Flash's armored look a pass simply cause he was new to his speed and thus was overprotective but that defense gets lost with the fingerless gloves
love the Flash CW season 4 suit!
Its such a shame we got an amazing suit in the worst script/writing of the show, I think it gets a lot more hate because of that correlation. literally everything else other than CW writing and Effects budget are amazing in this show
Honestly I like Ezra miller's justice league suit, it's gives me power rangers vibes, and I don't mind it, ik he's not supposed to look like a power ranger but idk, it's much better than the flash movie suit imo
I kinda like the Justice League Mortal Suit...
I think the S4 suit is perfect besides not having gold boots. I also think S6-9 suit is overrated. It looks cheap IMO.
1. S4
2. The Flash Movie
3. ZSJL
4. S2
5. S1
6. S8-9
They made that suit for Oliver when he became the Flash and Barry became the Green Arrow.
The number 5 is perfect suit💯
If the S4 suit had the golden boots, it would have been just perfect...
The season 5 helm has such a big ass cranium it’s funny
Ezra DCEU suit is the mark 2 that he made to deal with the extreme friction he generates
This was pretty good how about you keep the momentum going and do the animated suits? (Specifically movies and shows)
Season 4 suit looks the best no cap
In general Injustice 1 Flash and Jay Garrick’s Flash (Alex Ross version) costumes are my favorite ones. But a live action costume it’s the season 1 Flash from CW.
So, no Knightmare Flash then?
The helmet, all the added straps and the barely visible logo make it no longer based on the Flash suit more like an Elseworlds Flash suit so I decided not ton include it.
The CW suits are my favorite. But honestly, the Season 9 suit, and the Season 4 suit were perfect. In third I actually like Barry’s new suit in the Flash movie. I just wish the helmet and the boots change.
Okay, I need to gripe about something I've been sitting on for a while and the JL movie Flash suit has boiled me over...
...FINGERLESS GLOVES ON A CHARACTER WHO WANTS TO *HIDE THEIR IDENTITY* IS STUPID AND SHOULDN'T EXIST! Who in their right mind would think it's a good idea. If you're hiding your identity (meaning from EVERYONE) why on this green Earth would you leave uncovered ONE OF THE MAIN WAYS WE IDENTIFY BODIES/PEOPLE???? Thankfully, it doesn't happen often, but good night when it does show up I want to scream like Edna from Incredibles over CAPES!
I would have put Ezra’s movie suit into the top 3 but I agree with your number one!