The Flash vs Eddie Thawne
May 12, 2014 23:37:15 GMT
Post by AweFlash on May 12, 2014 23:37:15 GMT
Let's talk Rick Cosnett's character. *BIG POTENTIAL SPOILERS*
Cosnett plays star Detective Eddie Thawne, a recent transfer to the Central City Police Department, whose past is a mystery and who harbors a dark secret [Source: Deadline].
The excerpts above is from a review of Marc Guggenheim's Flash movie script, and I made bold and italicized the important parts. You can read the review by clicking the link above, but beware of possible spoilers. I think they are grabbing some plot points from this script and inserting them into the TV series, but what do you think. The particle accelerator has been a big deal in the Arrow-verse and Thawne must have been involved with the machine.
My speculation:
What are your thoughts? Do you think Eddie Thawne is from another time? Or another universe? Do you think he has bad intentions? Is he simply just Eobard Thawne's ancestor?
Cosnett plays star Detective Eddie Thawne, a recent transfer to the Central City Police Department, whose past is a mystery and who harbors a dark secret [Source: Deadline].
In this script, Thawne is from an alternate timeline where he was the Reverse-Flash/Professor Zoom and regularly battled Barry Allen, The Flash. In this timeline, Barry is married to Iris and they have twins (the Tornado Twins…) and Barry’s mother is alive and still happily married to his father. In this timeline, Thawne is Barry’s arch-nemesis and vice-versa. Thawne’s powers come directly from Barry as he sucks the energy from Barry in order to run at super-speed, which is something right from the comics. Thawne hated his timeline’s version of Barry so much that he actually went back in time to kill Barry’s mother and frame his father to extract his revenge. However, young Barry hadn't yet gained his powers and therefore Thawne couldn't use his own speed for very long as he needs Barry in order to do so. Thawne, over the course of 15 years or so, built a Particle Accelerator and gained a high position at S.T.A.R. Labs in order to do so. This Accelerator would allow him to use Barry’s energy (once he gained his powers) to travel back to his own timeline. This is Thawne’s motive throughout the script. He wants to go home, but he also wants to do everything he can to hurt The Flash and quite frankly I liked it. I thought it was an interesting way to make Thawne different from what we have seen before...
...The S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator (again, another plotline they took from here and put into Arrow, as seen in “Three Ghosts”) is a huge part of the story of The Flash. It doesn't give Barry his powers, that’s still lightning and chemicals, but it does use Barry’s powers in order to work. Thawne built this right after he arrived in this timeline so that once Barry became The Flash that he could use his connection to the Speed Force to power the Accelerator. The Accelerator does two things. First off it is a gateway between the timeline the film takes place in and the timeline Thawne is from (where Barry’s mother is still alive and Barry is married to Iris with two children), which is how Thawne would get back “home”. However, the other function of the Accelerator is that it will also destroy the timeline/universe that it’s located in in order to send Thawne back to his timeline. Meaning, that not only has Thawne killed Barry’s mother for revenge, but he’s also planning on killing the entire universe in which Barry resides. If you’re not a comic book reader, you’re probably really confused.
[Source: Superhero Movies News]
...The S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator (again, another plotline they took from here and put into Arrow, as seen in “Three Ghosts”) is a huge part of the story of The Flash. It doesn't give Barry his powers, that’s still lightning and chemicals, but it does use Barry’s powers in order to work. Thawne built this right after he arrived in this timeline so that once Barry became The Flash that he could use his connection to the Speed Force to power the Accelerator. The Accelerator does two things. First off it is a gateway between the timeline the film takes place in and the timeline Thawne is from (where Barry’s mother is still alive and Barry is married to Iris with two children), which is how Thawne would get back “home”. However, the other function of the Accelerator is that it will also destroy the timeline/universe that it’s located in in order to send Thawne back to his timeline. Meaning, that not only has Thawne killed Barry’s mother for revenge, but he’s also planning on killing the entire universe in which Barry resides. If you’re not a comic book reader, you’re probably really confused.
[Source: Superhero Movies News]
The excerpts above is from a review of Marc Guggenheim's Flash movie script, and I made bold and italicized the important parts. You can read the review by clicking the link above, but beware of possible spoilers. I think they are grabbing some plot points from this script and inserting them into the TV series, but what do you think. The particle accelerator has been a big deal in the Arrow-verse and Thawne must have been involved with the machine.
My speculation:
- In season 1 of "The Flash", we will think Eddie Thawne to be good. He will help Barry with various problems. Since he harbors a dark secret, we will get hints.
- Eddie had to change his name from Eobard in order to fit in with the time and world. His past is a mystery.
- He'll become the Reverse-Flash later!
What are your thoughts? Do you think Eddie Thawne is from another time? Or another universe? Do you think he has bad intentions? Is he simply just Eobard Thawne's ancestor?
