Lucifer V.S The Flash
An Informal Analysis on why I watch both of them and what I do not like.
For starters, I loved the first season of the flash. However, later seasons became somewhat hard for me to watch. Someone stated that character development was better in the Flash, but personally, I disagree. Iris’s character was well enough in the first season, but once she got together with Barry, struggled to fit into their new life, and I felt like the writers didn’t know how to write their relationship. Most of the character’s big revelations are reserved for Barry, and a lot of the other characters are left on the sidelines, as they do have a big cast.
Lucifer’s character development encompasses all of the characters with meaningful revelations of belonging, love, and fate. This appeals to me as it can focus on the human aspects of feeling and emotions. The characters seem real and complex, dealing with all of the issues that they face.
Onto plot; Again, season 2 sort of was the same plot as season 1 of the flash, although it was still enjoyable. But then season three revolved around Iris, which with the character development, didn’t tie in well for me. Both shows at times could be boring, but The Flash’s plot can be confusing at times due to time travel. I also did not like the emphasis on Lucifer’s mother in that season either.
The writing; Lucifer has always had humor in it, and the flash tried to be humorous in the fourth season, and I think that they succeeded, although their humor is very different. Lucifer is good at writing the character development, while they both have their signature quirky character (cisco and Ella).
Lucifer does not use CGI as much as the flash, so I’d agree that The Flash has better visuals, although The Flash’s sets are not as diverse as Lucifers, and the directing is pretty good on both of them.
Finally, I think that both castings do well at being diverse and being good actors and actresses.
Lucifer attracts my need for the characters feelings and motivations to be addressed and met, and The Flash is good for heart-beating fights and Big Bads to take down. While both of them are good, I feel like Lucifer excels at writing realistic characters, but The Flash’s Reverse Flash will be an iconic villain. Both are good shows, although I feel like The Flash could use a little work, I still love it and continue to watch it.
