[7.4/10] This is a super fun premise. I don’t know if the episode always lives up to the potential of it, but the sheer inventiveness and ridiculousness of the setup does a lot of the work.
On the Justice League side, a baddie with Lex’s ill-intentions and Flash’s powers is a real challenge. The way he shows how an unrestrained Flash could basically flatten the rest of the League, and the extreme measures, John, Mr. Terrific, and Dr. Fate have to take in order to even contain him, let alone neutralize him, are pretty damn good. Little details like slicing the top off of a javelin, turning off the gravity in the transporter room, or getting into a food fight with Lex-as-Flash makes for a neat series of puzzles to solve. Plus, Lex learning Wally’s secret identity via a mirror, only to remark “I have no idea who this is” is an all-timer of a moment.
On the Legion of Doom side, it’s fun seeing Flash having to pretend to be a baddie. There’s great comedy to him not washing his hands “because we’re evil,” having to bluff his way through Lex’s recent coup and heist plan, and all-in-all pretend to maintain Luthor’s regular levels of dictatorial malevolence and megalomania. The stuff with Flash-as-Lex and Tala is not great, given the implications, but even there, the line “That’s not restful” is a laugh.
Plus, not for nothing, I like that in view of the classic film referenced in the title, there’s an actual train robbery here! Lex’s plan makes a fair amount of sense, and Flash trying to execute it so as not to give himself up while also attempting to surreptitiously contact the Justice League makes for an entertaining conflict.
Overall, there’s probably more that could have been made of this contrived but cool brain-switching business, but what we get is still pretty darn good.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParentSpoilers2020-10-26T23:16:55Z
[7.4/10] This is a super fun premise. I don’t know if the episode always lives up to the potential of it, but the sheer inventiveness and ridiculousness of the setup does a lot of the work.
On the Justice League side, a baddie with Lex’s ill-intentions and Flash’s powers is a real challenge. The way he shows how an unrestrained Flash could basically flatten the rest of the League, and the extreme measures, John, Mr. Terrific, and Dr. Fate have to take in order to even contain him, let alone neutralize him, are pretty damn good. Little details like slicing the top off of a javelin, turning off the gravity in the transporter room, or getting into a food fight with Lex-as-Flash makes for a neat series of puzzles to solve. Plus, Lex learning Wally’s secret identity via a mirror, only to remark “I have no idea who this is” is an all-timer of a moment.
On the Legion of Doom side, it’s fun seeing Flash having to pretend to be a baddie. There’s great comedy to him not washing his hands “because we’re evil,” having to bluff his way through Lex’s recent coup and heist plan, and all-in-all pretend to maintain Luthor’s regular levels of dictatorial malevolence and megalomania. The stuff with Flash-as-Lex and Tala is not great, given the implications, but even there, the line “That’s not restful” is a laugh.
Plus, not for nothing, I like that in view of the classic film referenced in the title, there’s an actual train robbery here! Lex’s plan makes a fair amount of sense, and Flash trying to execute it so as not to give himself up while also attempting to surreptitiously contact the Justice League makes for an entertaining conflict.
Overall, there’s probably more that could have been made of this contrived but cool brain-switching business, but what we get is still pretty darn good.