Barry Allen meets Batman's Father (Thomas Wayne)

Barry Allen meets Batman's Father (Thomas Wayne)

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox is a direct-to-video animated film adaptation of the 2011 comic book crossover "Flashpoint" by Geoff Johns and Andy Kubert. It is scripted by Jim Krieg and directed by Jay Oliva. The film stars Justin Chambers as Barry Allen / Flash, C. Thomas Howell as Eobard Thawne / Professor Zoom, Michael B. Jordan as Victor Stone / Cyborg, and Kevin McKidd as Thomas Wayne / Batman. The film also sees actors reprising roles from other DC Animated properties, including Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne / Batman, Nathan Fillion as Hal Jordan / Green Lantern, Ron Perlman as Deathstroke, Dana Delany as Lois Lane, Vanessa Marshall as Princess Diana / Wonder Woman and Dee Bradley Baker as Etrigan.

Directed by Jay Oliva
Produced by James Tucker
Production companies-Warner Premiere, DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation
Edited by Christopher D. Lozinski

[phunzi]

Forget the Batman Who Laughs, we got the Batman Who Drinks

[MetroXLR]

This is the one Batman who if he said: "this is an operating table. And I am the surgeon.", he actually means it.

[LeonS.Kennedy-jdhz]

-"You're his father. You are Thomas Wayne!"

-"In your reality, is my son...
-"Bruce is alive. He is... Batman!"

Those vibes....

[teejaynumber]

I love the idea of Thomas becoming Batman if Bruce had died instead.

[infinityzer]

No matter who dies in a timeline…do a Wayne wrong, the darkness shall rise

[OCTO]

He's far too calm for someone who had their finger broken seconds ago.

[thechineserussian]

3:34 this line from Thomas has a lot more significance than most think. He's not asking if Bruce is alive, he's asking if he's Batman. In a comic set in the Flashpoint universe after this story, Martha (who is alive as the Joker) kills herself after finding out Bruce is Batman in the other timeline and Thomas travels to the main timeline to break Bruce's spirit so he stops being Batman in an attempt to get him to live a normal life.

[keshonwright]

"You'd be amazed the monsters this world could create" Dang that hit me deep 🥺

[TylerMcNamer]

Fathers who have lost their children are the most terrifying people you do not want to come across. Ever.

[jedinxf]

the voice acting is incredible. you can literally hear his voice harden in response to the momentary shock of finding out that Bruce is alive, but living his own tragedy. or the break in his voice right before when he's thinking about what his Martha has become in a world that creates monsters. These performers don't get enough credit for how they bring the characters to life.

[itakenapsalot]

2:24 “what kind of name is eobard” HAHAHAHA

[josueflores]

0:30-0:32 With his detective skills, Batman is definitely the James Bond of superheroes.

[johnathanross]

So in other words, Batman was inevitable.

[GCJACK]

You can tell before Thomas Wayne asks Barry what they'd need, he's seeing a glimmer of hope that he'll see his adult son so he can talk to his boy again. Even in another timeline, parents are still parents and will always worry about their kids.

[jedinxf]

you can almost sense flash hesitating before telling Thomas Wayne that Bruce is batman. he would have loved to let him take comfort in the thought of a living and happy Bruce, but he knows he cannot lie to this man, both morally and practically.

[ethanloming]

3:17: "You'd be amazed the monsters these world can create" Damn, looking at those cards, If you don't know, that in Thomas Wayne's Batman universe it wasn't a random serial killer that became the Joker; it was his wife, turned insane after Bruce's murder. Thus giving birth to this universe's Joker from the one he married.

[zsedcftglkjh]

"Mention my dead son again and I will break out my surgical instruments."

The pain concealed behind those words... gets me everytime.

[SynnekoNya]

Bruce lives by the code that he thought his father wanted for him, however clearly the "don't kill" one isn't part of it and just something Bruce's own mind brought up, could be so much different if he met his father like this.

[starburn]

Man! Batman, no matter if it’s Bruce or Thomas, plays the role SO PERFECTLY and ADMIRABLY!

Thomas: “What exactly would we need?”
Barry: “Just what’s over there and…unbelievably bad weather.”
Thomas: “Welcome To Gotham.”

[harrypothead]

I really hope Thomas meets Bruce’s Batman in this movie.