Category: XS

THE FLASH - episode 8x20 - season 8 finale - set photos - NOTABLE SPOILER

4/23/2022

THIS BLOG POST IS FOR A "THE FLASH" SEASON 8 EPISODE 20, & MAY CONTAIN POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR THE SEASON.

If you have not seen the episode, and do not want to see or read possible spoilers about it prior to seeing it, do not continue reading the article or viewing the photos below.

.
.
.
last warning
.
.
.

PLEASE NOTE - Photo limits are in place for website use/social media posts.
THERE IS NEW LIMITS IN PLACE AS OF JANUARY 1, 2021.... SO CHECK THOSE OUT.
PLEASE MAKE YOURSELF FAMILIAR WITH THE NEW GUIDELINES POSTED HERE
I will not be responsible for your ignorance. If I file a takedown notice on you, it really is on you for not educating yourself. If you are confused on how many you can post, ASK FIRST, and I will let you know.

The Flash cast & crew filmed scenes on Friday in downtown Vancouver as part of their 3 day shoot in the downtown area.

My other previous finale set blog posts are HERE and HERE.

On set for these scenes were Grant Gustin as The Flash, Tom Cavanagh as Eobard Thawne, Jessica Parker Kennedy as XS, Jordan Fisher as Impulse, and Kausar Mohammed as Fast Track.

Scenes on this night had the 4 hero speedsters facing off against Thawne in a cased in courtyard with extras running around a little bit early on in the scene. Eventually the 4 heroes confront Thawne, and XS yells out at him "its 4 against 1 Thawne". Then shortly after the 4 heroes zip out of frame. A bit later they do more of the scene, with Thawne standing in the middle looking around, as if he is unsure where an attack might be coming from, then they pause, the 4 heroes come in & all make a throwing action at him simultaneously, hitting Thawne, sending him to the ground. Then there is another pause with Flash & Flast Track standing over the body of Thawne, and Tom gets up and leaves the scene, and Jordan comes in & takes his place, then they unpause, and Flash, XS & Fast Track hurry over to the body of Impulse now laying on the ground. Another pause, Thawne comes back in, this time behind them. The trio turn around to see Thawne there, then there is another pause, and everyone leaves except Flash & Thawne, they have a few words, before Flash runs after Thawne, and thats the end of the scene.

After that, they went on lunch, I called it a day, and thus, also called it a season on The Flash as this was the last public location shoot for them this season. They officially wrap the entire season on Monday April 25th.

There will be some video from scenes from this episode to post in the next couple weeks, so come back to find those then, or you can subscribe to my Youtube channel and get them there when they drop. Some from the first part of the cross over is already up there. You can find ALL of The Flash videos I have shot since right back to the pilot episode HERE on Youtube.

You can now get exclusive first looks on our Patreon ahead of these blog posts for as little as $2 a month for photos, and $5 a month for videos.

If you want to see my past behind the scene shots for The Flash go HERE
If you want to see my autograph gallery for The Flash go HERE

The Flash season 8 airs on Wednesdays on The CW.

0 Comments

THE FLASH SEASON 8 FINALE - Several regular & recurring characters - SPOILERS

4/23/2022

0 Comments

On Thursday night I got down the set a little later than the night before, knowing this time it was going to be a full night shoot. When I got there, it was clear they were planning to do a different stunt at some point, as they had a crane set up to lift someone in the sky.

For the 1st couple hours, nothing much happened, except getting the stunt team prepped to do a stunt. At 1 point they did a stunt where the doubles for Flash & Thawne are thrown into the air in opposite directions (I missed it somehow, but you can find it on twitter HERE.). I saw them working on 1 stunt where they were raising the Thawne double high into the air. Unfortunately, a random lightning strike paused their work on that stunt, and the whole production shut down for about 45-60 minutes while they waited to make sure there was not more troublesome weather. By they time they were getting ready to work again, I had gotten tired, cold, and sore enough to consider leaving, and had decided next train I saw coming in, I was taking it. While I was waiting, they called 1st team rehearsals, which I thought was odd, since it was clearly the stunt team working last I saw.

Instead of just stunts now though, they had cast on set. Grant Gustin was laying down in the middle of the road, he had his rain gear on over his costume, so there was no identifying markings it was him, except the gold boots. At 1st I thought it might be him because I thought I saw gold boots. But when I looked at the person laying on the ground, I couldnt see any of the boots, and assumed it was a random Cop from the blown up CCPD car maybe because of the all black outfit he was wearing. I was again, about to leave, when I saw something I wasnt expecting to see. A man in blue pants, red jacket, wearing a big metal brimmed hat go running into the street with a woman. I grabbed my binoculars again, looked and confirmed what I thought I was seeing, it was John Wesley Shipp & Candice Patton. Suddenly I realized that WAS Grant in the middle of the road, and I hurried over to a better spot to start shooting.

They packed a lot of parts of scenes into the time I was there, trying to make up for the hour they had to shut down. Inside the parking lot, they had Thawne looking all menacing facing Barry, while Iris & Jay Garrick were standing 15 feet away from them. Iris yells "Flash, you have to stop". Iris holding her head at times. Next they are out on the street. Out there Iris & Jay find Barry, on the ground, just starting to get up. Barry & Iris hug for a long period, before Jay rushes Iris out of there after Barry says something to them. They then had 3 speedsters join Barry, Jessica Parker Kennedy as XS, Jordan Fisher as Impulse, and Kausar Mohammed as Fast Track, with a new cowl, joined the Scarlet Speedster. Barrys kids rush over to hug their dad, as Fast Track stands near by. They then have their moment broken up by something in the sky that they all turn to look up at.

A bit later, they finally did the stunt with the Thawne double high in the air. Barry is sitting on the ground, against the building and is yelling at him while Thawne is making lots of "aggghhh" type sounds with his arms stretched out. At 2 points, he makes a clap, before going back into the arms stretched out point.

aaaannd that was it for these 2 nights in the parking lot. There was 1 more location shoot the next night, that I will have a blog up for in the next couple days.

There will be some video from scenes from this episode to post in the next couple weeks, so come back to find those then, or you can subscribe to my Youtube channel and get them there when they drop. Some from the first part of the cross over is already up there. You can find ALL of The Flash videos I have shot since right back to the pilot episode HERE on Youtube.

You can now get exclusive first looks on our Patreon ahead of these blog posts for as little as $2 a month for photos, and $5 a month for videos.

If you want to see my past behind the scene shots for The Flash go HERE
If you want to see my autograph gallery for The Flash go HERE

The Flash season 8 airs on Wednesdays on The CW.

0 Comments

THE FLASH episode 8x15 - directed by Eric Wallace - set photos - notable spoilers

2/19/2022

0 Comments

THIS BLOG POST IS FOR A "THE FLASH" SEASON 8 EPISODE 15, & MAY CONTAIN POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR THE SEASON.

If you have not seen the episode, and do not want to see or read possible spoilers about it prior to seeing it, do not continue reading the article or viewing the photos below.

.
.
.
last warning
.
.
.

PLEASE NOTE - Photo limits are in place for website use/social media posts.
THERE IS NEW LIMITS IN PLACE AS OF JANUARY 1, 2021.... SO CHECK THOSE OUT.
PLEASE MAKE YOURSELF FAMILIAR WITH THE NEW GUIDELINES POSTED HERE
I will not be responsible for your ignorance. If I file a takedown notice on you, it really is on you for not educating yourself. If you are confused on how many you can post, ASK FIRST, and I will let you know.

The Flash seemingly was impossible to find after episode 6 of this season..... till last couple weeks, when the show has been found downtown 3 times now in the last few weeks. This time, the cast & crew were in Harbour Green Park. This is a location thats been used a few times by The Flash, as well as other Arrowverse shows (most recently where Mary gets grabbed by the vine in Batwoman, and some of the Supergirl finale filming).

On this day, the crew were filming episode 8x15, directed by The Flash show runner Eric Wallace. They set up several glowing green rods in the park in a circle. The scene, which included Grant Gustin as Barry Allen in his Flash wardrobe, did a scene with a returning recurring character Christian Magby, as Deon Owens, aka Still Force. The scene has the pair doing a walk through the park. At one point, they both stop to turn and stare at a couple that walk by, before continuing on their walk. After the round a corner, they come to a bench, where a newspaper is sitting on it. Barry picks it up, takes a very quick glance at it before starting to put it back down.... then stops short of putting it back down, pulls it back up to his face and reads it more, and in more detail with Deon there beside him looking at it. He then puts the paper down, and him & Deon continue their walk before Deon stops him and they have a bit of a talk for a few moments. Then Barry pulls out a device, they both stare at it, before continuing on more. After that, they wrapped Christian, and had Grant do 1 or 2 quick takes of him standing up on a ledge so they could shoot him looking up at him while he held the newspaper, maybe to get the underside of the newspaper? Then he wrapped at that location, and the crew started to move out.

I know more than a few people have seen photos of the 1 newpaper headline about Zoom & Godspeed. The props person had 2 different papers in his pack. One with that headline, 1 about the STAR Labs explosion. I dont really know what one was on the bench for the scene, or if they alternated them. But the props person was carrying around both of them, suggesting they were both in use there.

During the day, unfortunately, this location was across the street from an ESL school, and they had not one, or even 2, but at least 4 that I saw, attempts by kids from the school trying to rush the set to meet Grant. Some got through, and unfortunately were rewarded for their ignorance. At one point over 20 kids tried getting onto the set, with only 6 or 8 of them succeeding before crew stopped the rest. It didnt just go to the invasion of the set. A group of 10-12 were hanging around Grants trailer, and when he came out to go to set one time, they asked him for a photo, he 2 or 3 times told them he cant that he was on his way to set, but they whined so much that he bit his lip, ran over to them to quickly do 1 group photo, then had to literally sprint to the set. I havent seen a set with so many issues like this in a few years. While I am sure some people will see it as "Grant is so nice to stop for them even when he knows they are being a problem", there is the other side where him accommodating them over & over again gives them, and their friends that didnt get a chance on that day, the impression that is acceptable, and will only do it again at future sets, as I said, its a commonly used area.

Later in the evening, the crew moved 4 or 5 blocks up the street for a night shoot. Unfortunately I was too wiped out from my day at the daytime shoot to wait it out, but it looked like it was going to have a stunt of someone falling, as there was a crane in the alley. There was also a trailer for XS (Nora West Allen, played by Jessica Parker Kennedy) at the set, along with a trailer Grant frequently uses (although earlier set he was using a different trailer). A little something about the spot they are filming..... it is the same spot where Flash & Pied Piper beat Godspeed in 6x18. With Godspeeds name on that newspaper from earlier in the days shoot, could this be a re-imagined version of this scene?

There will be some video from scenes from this episode to post in the next couple weeks, so come back to find those then, or you can subscribe to my Youtube channel and get them there when they drop. Some from the first part of the cross over is already up there. You can find ALL of The Flash videos I have shot since right back to the pilot episode HERE on Youtube.

You can now get exclusive first looks on our Patreon ahead of these blog posts for as little as $1 a month for photos, and $5 a month for videos.

If you want to see my past behind the scene shots for The Flash go HERE
If you want to see my autograph gallery for The Flash go HERE

The Flash season 8 returns from its winter break March 9, 2022 on The CW.

0 Comments

THE FLASH - 150th episode (7x17) filming - part 2 from Friday

5/10/2021

0 Comments

The last location of the day took place a block away at (report coming as soon as I have the photos edited) an area they have used a fair bit this season (not exactly where they were, but that general block), in front of the new Parq Hotel, The Douglas Hotel, and the new casino that are at the back of B.C. Place Stadium. With these businesses all either closed, or at severe reduced capacity, it was easy for the to get permission to use this street on a Friday afternoon.

The Douglas was dressed up to say "CC CITIZEN MEDIA", The entrance for the casino said "Powers Technology" which in the comics is a rival of Wayne Enterprises, and the Parq Hotel said "Goode World Studios", which is a reference to te Young Justice animated series, where that company exists.

On set for this scene was Jordan Fisher as Bart Allen / Impulse, and Jessica Parker Kennedy as Nora West Allen / XS.

The scene I saw shot was a little complicated to follow because of the way they were chopping it up into small parts for the filming. From what I can sort of piece together.... Godspeed is looking menacing, arms up in the air, then ends up getting KO'ed. Then both Godspeed & XS are on the ground (so was XS on the ground all along, and the camera didnt see it the way they were filming?). At some point XS gets up, and then Godspeed sits up does something with his arm that seems like maybe hes trying to make 1 last attempt to do something, before falling back down. Somewhere mixed in all of this is Impulse letting out a couple really loud "Woooo" sounds, and then we see XS & Impulse having a talk with Godspeed out cold behind them. Bart is all happy & seems like hes trying to tell Nora its all good, while Nora seems to be telling him something in a more stern "take this serious" tone. They then look back at the Godspeed on the ground, go back to their convo, then turn around again, and he isnt there. They then walk a bit towards where he should have been, and that was the end of the scene. Just before I left, they were prepping to do stunts with Noras stunt double, I am assuming that was going to be the part where Nora also ends up down and out on the ground with Godspeed that I saw the after result of.

There was a scene earlier in the day, that set report is HERE

There will be some video from these scenes to post in the next couple weeks, so come back to find those then, or you can subscribe to my Youtube channel and get them there when they drop.

The Flash season 7 airs Tuesday nights on The CW in the U.S. Or on their app the next day.

You can now get exclusive first looks on our Patreon ahead of these blog posts for as little as $1 a month for photos, and $5 a month for videos.

If you want to see my past behind the scene shots for The Flash go HERE
If you want to see my autograph gallery for The Flash go HERE

0 Comments

THE FLASH - 150th episode filming - 7x17 with Grant Gustin, Jessica Parker Kennedy and Jordan Fisher

5/8/2021

0 Comments

THIS BLOG POST IS FOR A "THE FLASH" SEASON 7 EPISODE 17, & MAY CONTAIN POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR THE SEASON.

If you have not seen the episode, and do not want to see or read possible spoilers about it prior to seeing it, do not continue reading the article or viewing the photos below.

.
.
.
last warning
.
.
.

PLEASE NOTE - Photo limits are in place for website use/social media posts.
THERE IS NEW LIMITS IN PLACE AS OF JANUARY 1, 2021.... SO CHECK THOSE OUT.
PLEASE MAKE YOURSELF FAMILIAR WITH THE NEW GUIDELINES POSTED HERE
I will not be responsible for your ignorance. If I file a takedown notice on you, it really is on you for not educating yourself. If you are confused on how many you can post, ASK FIRST, and I will let you know.

The Flash was on location for season 7 shooting on Friday morning, afternoon and evening for episode 717. The director is Eric Dean Seaton, he directed the The Exorcism Of Nash Wells episode last season. This is also the 150th episode for the series.

On this day, they had 3 locations. The first, was a small quiet, rarely used side street not far from the location they use for S.T.A.R. Labs exteriors, and just a block down the road from where Abra Kadabra was killed by Fuerza earlier this season.

This early morning shoot had Grant Gustin as The Flash, along with returning star Jessica Parker Kennedy as XS, along with recently announced new addition to the cast, Jordan Fisher, as Bart Allen, aka Impulse.

For this scene, they started with stunts, as the stunt double for Impulse did a scene where he, and 1 of the several Godspeeds that were on the set, are thrown across the pavement. Both of them ge tup quickly, and face off, but soon, Impulse finds himself surrounded by a gang of 6 Godspeeds. They raise their arms up, Impulse cowers..... and then the Godspeeds just leave.... a moment later, XS & The Flash come in, and the family have a chat.

There were a couple other scenes done on the day at other locations I will get to in a later blog post sometime this weekend, or early next week.

There will be some video from these scenes to post in the next couple weeks, so come back to find those then, or you can subscribe to my Youtube channel and get them there when they drop.

The Flash season 7 airs Tuesday nights on The CW in the U.S. Or on their app the next day.

You can now get exclusive first looks on our Patreon ahead of these blog posts for as little as $1 a month for photos, and $5 a month for videos.

If you want to see my past behind the scene shots for The Flash go HERE
If you want to see my autograph gallery for The Flash go HERE

0 Comments

THE FLASH: Videos - Season 5 finale filming clips with many cast members

4/18/2019

0 Comments

THIS BLOG POST IS FOR A "THE FLASH" SEASON 5 EPISODE 22 AND MAY CONTAIN POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR THE SEASON.
If you have not seen the episode, and do not want to see or read possible spoilers about it prior to seeing it, do not continue reading the article or viewing the photos below.

.
.
.
last warning
.
.

A reminder... DO NOT attempt to post the video to your own social media accounts or website WITHOUT using this blog posts link directly, or the original youtube link. Re-uploading it ANYWHERE and not simply linking to the original post will have it removed, and depending on the platform, could have your account suspended or terminated.

The Flash was shooting scenes for episode 522 earlier this month in downtown Vancouver. On night one of their 2 night shoot, there was a scene that had several cast on set. Grant Gustin, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Danielle Panabaker, Hartley Sawyer, Carlos Valdes, Tom Cavanagh and Candice Patton.

I caught a few moments sporadically throughout their shoots where I got a couple short videos. Apologies in advance if you are not happy with the video quality. Feel free to buy me a top quality video camera, and I will shoot better videos. But THESE were done with my $500 Camera (not video specific camera), and from 2 city blocks away. Lastly, when you are out at night looking at it on a 2 inch screen, it looks a lot better than when you finally get it home and see it on a 20 inch computer screen.

In the first video below, I merged 3 different clips together featuring all the cast at different points.

UPDATED APRIL 22, 2019 - 3:50 PM - More clips added at the bottom.

There was also a scene shot with Grant Gustin, Jessica Parker Kennedy and Tom Cavanagh a bit later that I made a separate video for below..

You can find photos from the finale shoots HERE and HERE

The Flash airs on The CW in the U.S. on Tuesdays.

If you want to see my past behind the scene shots for The Flash go HERE
If you want to see my autograph gallery for The Flash go HERE

UPDATED: APRIL 22, 2019, 3:50 PM PACIFIC - More video from the finale, including a scene with all the heroes together for 1 scene all working together.

0 Comments

THE FLASH episode 522 scenes with most of the cast and a NOTABLE CHARACTER SPOILER

4/10/2019

0 Comments

THIS BLOG POST IS FOR A "THE FLASH" SEASON 5 EPISODE 22, AND MAY CONTAIN POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR THE SEASON.
If you have not seen the episode, and do not want to see or read possible spoilers about it prior to seeing it, do not continue reading the article or viewing the photos below.

.
.
.
last warning
.
.

PLEASE NOTE - New Photo limits are in place for website use/social media posts.
PLEASE MAKE YOURSELF FAMILIAR WITH THE NEW GUIDELINES POSTED
HERE.
I will not be responsible for your ignorance. If I file a takedown notice on you, it really is on you for not educating yourself. If you are confused on how many you can post, ASK FIRST, and I will let you know.
** - This blog is going to be done in THREE PARTS. You may make ONE post of EACH DIFFERENT PART as they are added. You may NOT make 3 posts of just 1 part. Please make note of this rare bonus permission.

The Flash was shooting scenes for episode 522 Wednesday night and Thursday night in Granville Plaza. Oddly enough, a location they used for last years finale. This time however, they were calling it "Central City Plaza" and had a fake hotel sign out there.

The scene had Grant Gustin as The Flash, Carlos Valdes as Vibe, Danielle Panabaker as Killer Frost, Hartley Sawyer as Elongated Man, Jessica Parker Kennedy as XS and Candice Patton as Iris West Allen shooting a scene with 1 other vry notable cast member on set. Tom Cavanagh was also there, but this time, not as Sherloque Wells, but as long time recurring villain Reverse Flash.

Unlike the day before, when I showed up to a shoot for The Flash that lasted less than 2 hours, they used up every second they could this time, as the filming notices they have to hand out to businesses said they would film till 5:30 AM, and I can confirm that at almost 5 AM, a couple cast members were still there filming when I finally left. It is quite rare for an overnight shoot to use up every minute they can. Usually these notices say "5:30" but they are usually done by "3:00" (or some time frame around couple hours short of what they say they need).

Of course the big spoiler on this set was that Grant Gustin had his 3 dogs at the set...... okay, and I guess, the Reverse Flash at some point gets out and is causing havoc. I was unable to confirm if this scene is in current day, or in 2049. But with the entire hero squad, and their blogger friend there, I feel it was a current day scene.

The scene seemed to be splintered into parts, so I was really unable to really follow what all happens. All I can say is, the whole team lines up against Reverse Flash and lots of talking seems to take place. At one point they did a scene with just Flash & RF, and it seems like Flash AGAIN lets RF run away. But I cant say with certainty since like I said, the scene really seemed to be broken down into a lot of small parts that could play out in any random order on screen.

There are MANY MORE photos from this set, but I wanted to get a few up right away for everyone to start talking about. So check back in a day or 2 to see a few more.

I also have some photos from a daytime scene from the day before this shoot of Grant and Candice doing a scene, I will try to get to that this weekend. But obviously because of the importance of these scenes, I had to work on this one first.

UPDATED: APRIL 12, 2019 - 12:30 AM - An extra photo added from Twitter user @TheMysciraBound that I asked her to send me, because it was a bit more crisp & clear front shot than any I got of Reverse Flash (I believe for a stunt scene).

UPDATED: APRIL 16, 2019 - 7:45 PM - More photos added, from night 2 of filming at the bottom. Plus some details on the last night of filming.

The Flash returns to TV for the end of season run on The CW in the U.S. on Tuesday after a few weeks off with the episode that I shot a couple months ago HERE and a short video HERE.

If you want to see my past behind the scene shots for The Flash go HERE
If you want to see my autograph gallery for The Flash go HERE

Night 2 of shooting had much of the same..... except this time, there was the always present random smoke that The CW shows love to use so much. I think maybe 3 or 4 times in my life have I walked down a street or past an alley and seen as much steam/smoke coming out of it as these shows claim exists. Sometimes I find the smoky effect helps with photos, sometimes it hinders. On this night, I would say hinders. Especially when saddled with the fact I had to shoot from an extra 25 metres away this time.

All the same cast were on set, again, shooting scenes with all the heroes, and Iris, facing off against Thawne. I saw moments where Killer Frost, Vibe, and Elongated Man, all at different times, seemed to be trying to use their powers. I am not sure what the context was of them using them, but each of them at some point seem to be using their special skills in this battle.

At the end of the night, which was just a shade before 5:30 AM, the cast left. I chatted with Grant about his new hairdo while signed a few autographs for me, and he assured me it wont be on screen like that. He was going to be in his costume for the scenes after when he got the cut, so it was all good for continuity. So dont worry fans, Barry did not lose a fight with a razor. I chatted with Hartley and Jessica for a moment, and told both of them to enjoy their breaks, and they both thanked me for saying so. Of course, the big moment came when Carlos Valdes was leaving. I asked him again, as I did back during filming for episode 17, if he was coming back. This time, his answer was an emphatic "of course", and I said "ok, great, guess I'll see you next season" and he replied back "and I'll see YOU next season". So it sounds like you can count in Carlos for at least 1 more season on The Flash.

That was the end of season 5 of The Flash filming.
Enjoy these extra few (albeit quite grainy/fuzzy due to how far away I had to stand) photos from night #2 of filming.