The past seasons are not perfect, but are much better than this mess.
There is too much romantic melodrama about Barry and Iris. The chapters focused too much in that Barry proposed marriage to Iris in a hasty way or that Barry's sense of modesty doesn't let him have sex with Iris in front of Joe (I'm not kidding). This is supposed to be a superhero series, not a telenovela; come on, even telenovelas would have done better things. What makes one of these subplots infuriating is that a ring of discord wasn't in the Futureshadowing because Iris gave it to Joe.
H.R. was mistreated as a disposable character; noble as his Heroic Sacrifice was, it was just an excuse to spare Iris and bring back Harry. The characters do show some respect for him, but his disposable status was very obvious. Tracy was reduced to a love interest for H.R. and was only used in the last chapters. The New Rogues just have Mirror Master and the Top, who aren't menacing enough and were sidelined as I said. The Husks were mishandled, especially Clariss, who could have been used to fill Savitar's prison.
Savitar is a big offender, as he lacks the appeal Thawne and Zoom had. Design and acting aside, there are no good qualities on him. His plan is clearly doomed to fail from the first second, as the timeline would change. He gives too much of a pointless focus to Iris. He should have been far more menacing than that. In the goal of breaking Barry, he should have sought to hurt his friends more. And they just had to weaken him so Team Flash could defeat him. Thawne and Zoom aren't the best characters ever, but they were far more effective as villains, as they were a bigger menace for the team and the world overall, not just a super menace for ONE character.
The episodes with Gorilla Grodd were too preachy for their own good. It had just Iris and Harry constantly saying that you should not kill, but be merciful. Lethal force has been used before and they don't bat an eye. Another problem is that in the fight against Solovar, Cisco and Caitlin tell Barry what to do as if he was a dumb. Doing so tarnishes credibility for the hero. As of Season 3, they could give him ideas, not make him too dependent on Mission Control.
The Savitar subplot dragged too much. Revealing his identity earlier would have been more impacting. This was worsened by giving too much focus on just one character who wasn't going to be killed anyway.
I will say some good things. The newcomers in general were likeable, excluding the so-called New Rogues, Edward Clariss and Savitar. The effects were cooler than in past seasons.
Season 3 is rather mediocre
The past seasons are not perfect, but are much better than this mess.
There is too much romantic melodrama about Barry and Iris. The chapters focused too much in that Barry proposed marriage to Iris in a hasty way or that Barry's sense of modesty doesn't let him have sex with Iris in front of Joe (I'm not kidding). This is supposed to be a superhero series, not a telenovela; come on, even telenovelas would have done better things. What makes one of these subplots infuriating is that a ring of discord wasn't in the Futureshadowing because Iris gave it to Joe.
This season mishandled many characters.
H.R. was mistreated as a disposable character; noble as his Heroic Sacrifice was, it was just an excuse to spare Iris and bring back Harry. The characters do show some respect for him, but his disposable status was very obvious. Tracy was reduced to a love interest for H.R. and was only used in the last chapters. The New Rogues just have Mirror Master and the Top, who aren't menacing enough and were sidelined as I said. The Husks were mishandled, especially Clariss, who could have been used to fill Savitar's prison.
Savitar is a big offender, as he lacks the appeal Thawne and Zoom had. Design and acting aside, there are no good qualities on him. His plan is clearly doomed to fail from the first second, as the timeline would change. He gives too much of a pointless focus to Iris. He should have been far more menacing than that. In the goal of breaking Barry, he should have sought to hurt his friends more. And they just had to weaken him so Team Flash could defeat him. Thawne and Zoom aren't the best characters ever, but they were far more effective as villains, as they were a bigger menace for the team and the world overall, not just a super menace for ONE character.
The episodes with Gorilla Grodd were too preachy for their own good. It had just Iris and Harry constantly saying that you should not kill, but be merciful. Lethal force has been used before and they don't bat an eye. Another problem is that in the fight against Solovar, Cisco and Caitlin tell Barry what to do as if he was a dumb. Doing so tarnishes credibility for the hero. As of Season 3, they could give him ideas, not make him too dependent on Mission Control.
The Savitar subplot dragged too much. Revealing his identity earlier would have been more impacting. This was worsened by giving too much focus on just one character who wasn't going to be killed anyway.
I will say some good things. The newcomers in general were likeable, excluding the so-called New Rogues, Edward Clariss and Savitar. The effects were cooler than in past seasons.