Flash Trailer: Real or Not Real

Not real unfortunately! I love the Flash and really enjoyed the TV series from the the early 90s. And to be honest I don't understand why they haven't made a movie of it yet? Anyway, take a look at the below YouTube video.

This was posted with the video:

On Thursday October 16, 2008 there was a special advanced screening of The Watchmen in Portland, Oregon. This trailer ran before the screening.

Obviously it's fake and you can tell by the production quality that it's completly on the nose. The cinematography is worse than Ben Affleck's "Daredevil". If they hadn't shown so much of the bad guy and woman in a clumsy roof top/studio I may of bought into it more. I also think that they should have stayed with the effects. The effects are fun and I imagine that if it were a trailer for the movie that it would of looked something like a red blur zooming over buildings.

As to the validity of whether it played before the screening of "Watchmen"? Well I don't think there's any chance of that! For a fan to get passed the security and get it played in front of the 'never before seen' "Watchmen" movie would be highly unlikely. No, what they did was film the trailer in a theater before another film and afterwards post it on YouTube saying they shot it at the "Watchmen" screening. That statement and the manner in which the bootleg video was shot gave the trailer more traction. I'm sure it had a lot of imperfections so I imagine the bootleg aproach helped hide them. If you are a movie fan like I am then you know that it wouldn't be the first time you've seen a trailer shot like this before. San Diego Comic Con anyone?

Lastly, the reason why it's not real is because the guys that are in charge of making it happen are in major limbo. Producer Charles Roven who's supposed to be making this happen recently admitted that the project hasn’t moved forward in a very long time.

So it's fake, but being a major fan of "The Flash" (have tattoo on arm of logo) and other securlar superheros I'm willing to put all of the above away and just dream a little. Why can't it be real? We need the Flash, the world needs him, I need him. We need more hero's in our world to inspire us, especially right now. So, all I can say to the guys/gals that made this trailer is thanks. I'm sure it took a lot of work and going the extra steps made us dream a little more. Perhaps the guys in the corner offices will realize that there are fans out there that want to see Wally West running around on the streets in his red tights because, he's fast!