Comments on: Firestorm on The Flash & Legends of Tomorrow

By: FuryOfFirestorm

FuryOfFirestorm — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 15:35:12 +0000

Well, now we know why Robbie isn’t playing Ronnie in Legends – he’s been hired for the new X-Files series coming 2016. Dude’s moving up in the world!

Still don’t know why Jason wasn’t used for to replace Ronnie. Heck, why not use Mikhail or Lorraine?

By: Sphinx Magoo

Sphinx Magoo — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 15:00:52 +0000

I’m still holding out hope that Jay Jackson is an alias for the Martian Manhunter. As a name, “Jay Jackson” works a bit better than “John Jones” but still has a bit of the original’s goofiness. Also, there’s the initials, which, while not as prevalent to MM’s backstory like people with LL initials in the Superman books, might be a a callback to that simpler time. Plus there’s Victor Garber’s cryptic description there, so let’s wait and speculate! 😉

By: Shag

Shag — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 18:21:17 +0000

This might have something to do with Robbie’s decision.
http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/x-files-lauren-ambrose-robbie-amell-1201544737/

By: Shag

Shag — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 16:38:23 +0000

I can understand concerns here. It’s also fair to point out that we don’t know what is going on behind the scenes. We know they need to push Caitlin emotionally, so that might be a story-driven reason to kill Ronnie. There may also be other factors unrelated to the story (i.e. possibilities could include Robbie Amell’s desire to continue in the role, salary negotiations, etc). Those are just speculative situations and are NOT based upon any rumors or things I’ve heard.

By: Nate Winchester

Nate Winchester — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 12:48:58 +0000

…Why don’t they go with Jason?

I was liking what they were doing with the characters here but then:

What we do know is Franz Drameh is playing Jay Jackson, a former high school athlete, whose pro-career was derailed by injury. Now making ends meets as an auto mechanic, Jay will come to have a surprising affiliation to the S.T.A.R. Labs crew.

Gee, sounds like the original edition of Ronnie. So… why make the change to Ronnie? To give Firestorm that connection to Killer Frost? But… you’re killing that connection to Frost. Why? What? How? This is making so little sense.