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DC TV Roundup: Gorillas Invade Central City, Prometheus Is Unmasked

While Marvel and DC battle to see who wins at the box office, it’s virtually inarguable that it's the latter who dominates the small screen. Now having taken over four nights of the week when it comes to prime time programming, serialized superhero storytelling has swiftly become a cornerstone in the lives of many a geek these days.

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This week, The Flash concluded the two-part “Gorilla City” arc with “Attack on Central City.” And while it wasn’t a bad episode by any stretch of the imagination, it just didn’t have that event feel that last week’s offering did, you know what I mean?

What they did get right was creating an episode that was strong on character development and interactions. Not only were Earth-2 Harry’s encounters with Earth-19 H.R. pure hilarity, but major headway was made between Wally and Jesse, in addition to Barry proposing to Iris in the cliffhanger.

As for the gorillas, well, it was cool, but I suspect that much of the visual effects budget was blown during last week’s comics-to-screen tour de force. Grodd’s full scale invasion of Central City came after three quarter hours of buildup and was capped off by five superheroes – Flash, Kid Flash, Jesse Quick, Vibe and Gypsy – coming together in order to watch Solovar take down his nemesis in a battle marred by choppy animation. Now that we’ve done the Gorilla City thing, let’s put the idea to bed.