I imagine he has a small bit part blogging about the Hulk being in New York.
TheJuuuuuuuls2025-11-03 07:10
I read that as „small big part“ and it would still fit lol
Kev25242025-11-03 00:33
Still a miscast in my books and I like Revolori.
Tanis89982025-11-03 00:37
I get what they were going for, but it severely limits the character from being everything he could be in the comics.
Salvationzzzz2025-11-03 00:38
It’s different because nowadays most “bully” type figures are just insecure little guys who have misplaced reactions to popularity and fame but back in the 80s and 90s it was apparently a different story…
Temassi2025-11-03 00:41
It wasn't a different story back then. Bullies have always been the insecure ones, picking on others to build their own egos up. Society has just caught on to bullies now
Leelze2025-11-03 00:57
I think they mean back then they tended to be the bigger guy, not a small, loud guy. Which, in my experience in school, tended to be the case.
MishellyUser2025-11-03 01:10
Exactly! They were always insecure, it's just that back then when a student was borderline murdering another people cared less
stuffmikesees2025-11-03 00:57
Yeah I was in high school in the 90s and the kid I most identify as a real bully to other kids was probably like 5'6" and 120 pounds. He was just an asshole.
TestingBrokenGadgets2025-11-03 00:46
Yea. Plus we'd already had two versions of the more cliche Flash in Raimi and Amazing.
This version of Flash was more believable to go from the "Spider-man's so amazing! He's a real hero" to "Oh hey Penis Parker, you loser. hahaha" in the same scene. The only complain I have, and it's not in the casting, is we needed a Kong from Ultimate Spider-Man; keep Flash still kind of a dick while letting his sidekick be the one that realizes Flash is an asshole and helps out Parker but...I don't think there'd be enough time in movies for that.
Prestigious-Fox26872025-11-03 00:51
Yeah every time he’s not there I feel a noticeable lack of Kong. Especially with MCU Spider-Man who was trying to be like Ultimate Spider-Man a lot.
MishellyUser2025-11-03 01:12
I'm not sure, but isn't the MCU Flash kinda the only live-actiom Flash Thompson that even remotely mentions Spidey?
harricislife2025-11-03 02:42
Chris Zylka's Flash in TASM has a Spider-Man shirt on near the end. Honestly love his and Peter's relationship in that movie.
roku94132025-11-03 01:34
Personally I don’t like aside from those is that they wrote flash to be a smart kid too. Like that was a thing how even in the classroom, Pete could beat flash in his smarts. Because flash was a moron. But no, we have to make him smart here for some reason.
TestingBrokenGadgets2025-11-03 01:50
They made him smart because the idea that "bullies are stupid" has been outdated for decades. My high school bully was a straight a student, he was just a massive ass who used insults and taunting instead of punching.
Peter went to a gifted school, Flash was smarter than others but still a complete idiot compared to Peter and MJ; he represents the modern bully, the rich kid. Hell, just look at the worst bullies on twitter, they're not just roid'd up idiot, they're likely some arrogant fuck that thinks they're intelligent. Ask someone under the age of 20 about what their personal bully looks like and it won't be a Flash Thompson or a Nelson from the Simpsons but someone that's closer to Flash from the MCU, just some random asshole because schools have a zero tolerance on physical bullying so the people with the harsh words are just as worse.
Rochimaru2025-11-03 01:02
Nah, it’s not that different and certainly not as different as his casting implies.
Male bullies *in high school* are never physically little, especially not when they’re 5’4 like Revolori (as listed on CelebHeights which tends to be more accurate). If you’re that size *in high school* and you try to bully anyone you’re just going to get laughed out of the room and probably beat up. I think the writers know this themselves which is why he doesn’t really Holland (who is taller than him btw) in the movies. He just sorts of nags at and annoys him.
Female bullies on the other hand are different but that’s due to sociological and biological reasons that are beyond the scope of this response.
EDIT: Added in high school to the first sentence
OnlyQualityCon2025-11-03 01:29
That wasn’t my high school experience tbh
BaronsDad2025-11-03 01:27
We literally exist in a world with Jake and Logan Paul
Dlh20792025-11-03 02:05
Na the bullies were insecure dbags in the 90s too. Cant speak on the 80s though.
neon2025-11-03 01:05
It’s exactly what a modern flash actually is these days
Your just stuck with old ideas about bullies
medguy_152025-11-03 01:10
I mean all of the three - Ned, MJ and Flash are way different than the comics. Ned in the movies is basically Ganke.
omnipresent292025-11-03 01:15
Indeed. Probably one of the worst MCU castings
FloppyShellTaco2025-11-03 00:34
Stop wasting screen time on ravioli
xandromaje2025-11-03 00:39
Get him buffed enough to play Agent Venom
lil_lupin2025-11-03 01:09
Dude what if they write in a war between the United States and Allies and Wakanda and Namor and he joins up because he sees the attacks as bullying that Spider-Man would stand up for and it pushes him to join up. And he ends up fighting Atlanteans and gets his spine mangled and thats what sets him on the path??
I want Agent Venom SO BAD.
I fucking love that Boi with everything in me.
Venom and Flashs are like Garlic and Butter. Its just right.
Sarahthelizard2025-11-03 01:16
Plus it would be different enough from Hardy’s Venom to be fresh.
roku94132025-11-03 01:24
Even if he’s buff it doesn’t change that they’ve written him as too goofy to be taken seriously as venom
Maclimes2025-11-03 01:33
People can mature, especially in horrible situations. If he ends up in the military or something, he can have the life events that cause him to grow up.
roku94132025-11-03 01:39
It would be jarring. Three movies the boy has been written like a clown. And yet in the 4th we’re supposed to buy him being a bad guy? It would be like seeing mclovin as the motherfucker in kickass 2. It’s also why I can’t roll with this version of Ned Leeds being the hobgoblin. He’s basically gankee just ned in name only.
Meizas2025-11-03 01:56
How were you in highschool vs now?
Ancient_Ad712025-11-03 03:04
Well, I was a stoner singer and guitarist in a band in High School. Still a stoner at 70, but I stopped playing three years ago and retired. I'm too old for set up and tear down.
TheNicholasRage2025-11-03 01:57
You know what really changes a man?
***WAR***
Sillygoose7092025-11-03 02:04
And war never changes
Kalse12292025-11-03 04:02
True. I mean, what is it good for?
dswartze2025-11-03 07:09
Oh I guess war makes sense. I was going to say merging yourself with alien goo.
knokout642025-11-03 02:07
Spoken like somebody who never had a friend spend 4 years in the military right out of high school. I've known some super chill dudes that come back from the Marines and are total assholes.
MonstrousGiggling2025-11-03 02:13
Uhhh the dude is spending 4 years at MIT not in the army lmfaoo the fuck you on about
knokout642025-11-03 02:17
Uhh life plans change like, all the time. Odds are he's getting in because of family connections. There are a ton of people who excel in high school, try college, and fail almost immediately. That's like half the people around my age in my family.
Levonorgestrelfairy12025-11-03 02:57
Or he goes to officers school.
NotAStatistic22025-11-03 03:48
I had a friend who did a couple of tours. Was still the same dweeb after, but with more muscle.
Spensir_McLife2025-11-03 03:19
Agent Venom isn't a villain though so it would be like we'd just have to start treating him seriously with his personal struggles rather than believing he is a powerful threat to our characters.
d_wib2025-11-03 01:35
If he enlisted in the military after high school, which fits with his comics background before becoming Agent Venom, it’d make a ton of sense for him to mature
Special_Kestrels2025-11-03 01:53
It doesn't fit his character at all though. Flash Thompson was a star athlete in high school.
He's currently character would be more likely to attend a military college and get some desk job somewhere as on officer
onionleekdude2025-11-03 01:58
Unless he enlists to rebel against his mother.
d_wib2025-11-03 02:15
Or to become a hero like his idol Spider-Man. It’s really easy to write into the existing Flash.
Meizas2025-11-03 01:56
Usually, people evolve after who they were in highschool. Especially if they join the military and become paralyzed and then bond with an alien symbiote.
Earth5132025-11-03 02:06
To be fair both flash and Agent Venom (just to clarify because sometimes alter egos are acted differently and rightfully so) are goofy AF in the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon and yet he still fit because it worked with that medium and universe.
So I'd argue it's more about how they write him.
Just to give you an example:
Say the actor does get buff for the role, they can always have him mature during the time jump and have it explained by the world being a little darker since the avengers aren't around and the Kingpin is running New York etc etc or maybe part of people forgetting Pete has the side effect of him becoming more of a fanboy of Punisher and watching sketchy fringe YouTube videos from the pseudo Punisher fan vigilante cops and maybe his bully side and insecurities pull him towards them so anyway leads him to be more aggressive or more militaristic. Maybe he enlists in the army etc etc.
All that could lead to an eventual Agent Venom situation.
Regardless it would happen over at least two films since we don't have a venom yet and we'd have a symbiote Spidey and a Brock venom before we get a flash venom. Heck we'd likely get a scorpion venom before a flash venom.
roku94132025-11-03 03:51
But also we’ve had a goofy venom in tom hardy. I feel like we want to see that threatening venom from the 90s cartoon and comics who’s obsessed with killing spidey and one upping him. If we get another goofy venom they might as well rehire tom hardy.
Valentinee1052025-11-03 02:43
When Flash came back after joining the military he was essentially a different character.
Before then he was always the bully who Peter was able to get one over on.
It's the same thing with Jason Todd. Robin and Red Hood are essentially totally different characters. With Robin intentionally created to recreate Dick Greyson, but no one would ever say that Red Hood is identical to Nightwing.
Meizas2025-11-03 01:55
And then get rid of those legs
JSevatar2025-11-03 02:32
KingCodester1112025-11-03 02:49
Yeah let’s not do that. Not everything needs to be adapted in the MCU.
ZekeorSomething2025-11-03 00:40
If MJ is back and Ned is back and Flash may be back then that means Betty may be back also and since she works for the bugal I won’t be surprised.
Living_Strength_36932025-11-03 02:41
I guess you can make a point that the other four also faced struggles after high school and dealt with real life in a way
HankSteakfist2025-11-03 00:41
Flash: Rebirth
yesplease3452025-11-03 00:46
Can I get uhh 1 nothing burger with cheese
Pancakesmydog2025-11-03 00:47
Worst version of flash in all Spider-Man media
xMiwaFantasy152025-11-03 00:47
And he will do nothing again 😭
Nonadventures2025-11-03 00:50
He’ll start picking on Peter and not know why.
Nonadventures2025-11-03 00:51
He’ll start picking on Peter and not know why.
Nonadventures2025-11-03 00:51
He’ll start picking on Peter and not know why.
ckal092025-11-03 00:52
Why
Jecht3152025-11-03 00:54
Venom! Give us a flash Venom
alu54212025-11-03 00:55
Why????
Goatfellon2025-11-03 00:56
I like the character, I like the actor.
I dont like the character or the actor being flash.
LiquidSnake-MGS2025-11-03 01:21
Funny how you word it like that, cause any other way would be people jumping down your throat lol
ColoniaCroisant2025-11-03 01:56
I feel the same way about MJ. She's a great character and we all love her....but she's not Mary Jane Watson(I know her name is Michelle)
Jeskid142025-11-03 04:52
Alternate universe MJ essentially.
dluminous2025-11-03 05:58
She reminds me of the character from Friendly Neighborhood show (2025).
OmegaKitty12025-11-03 04:05
Ya and changing him from a jock type bully to whatever the hell he is was weird. I wasn’t in highschool when homecoming came out but I refuse to believe the jock type guys aren’t a thing anymore. Sports did not go away. It was odd and weird to change him to a brown rich boy bully
PixelBits892025-11-03 04:30
I was in high school around this time and I must say, no, this Flash is very accurate. Of course sports still exist, so you get the jock types. But honestly they were not the biggest bullies you’d find. On the actual teams, absolutely they were. They’d be the ones to throw you to the ground for beating them in a Football drill for example.
But the “popular” bullies were the smart rich kids. They’d be sporty, but not jocks.
I like the change. Classic Flash was created in the 60s. He in no way represents modern bullying. Spider-Man having an updated bully that’s more relatable to kids today makes sense. Kids will chant dumb names like “penis Parker”, not throw you in lockers.
Cypher_862025-11-03 04:37
Also its a Science and Technology school - the traditional archetype of Flash (likely) wouldnt be a student there.
invertedcolors2025-11-03 05:28
Nah the student athletes would most likely be too busy juggling both to bully anyone in this school
AdolescentThug2025-11-03 07:10
I’m a guy who went to a NYC Specialized high school in the late 2000s. If you ignore the profanity and drug use U.S. NYC kids partake in, the depiction of kids in Midtown Tech is pretty spot on to specialized HS kids. Hell I was on the basketball team too, I was basically Brad (Asian hooper lol). I knew a bunch of MCU Flash types. Rich kid, smart, but is an absolute douchebag and brags about Daddy’s money. And they all got into NYU OR an Ivy League school with no scholarships or financial aid. Took a premium car service (Uber Black types) instead of using the subway like the rest of us.
Also funny note, they filmed the exterior of Midtown Tech literally 2 blocks from my childhood home. That’s Franklin K Lane HS and it’s literally one of the worst high schools in NYC lol.
ACEof522025-11-03 05:10
Also it stops peter being the incel school shooter vibes from the 60s
hercarmstrong2025-11-03 04:53
If you watch pretty much anything geared towards kids, the archetype of the big, mean bully that was so common in the Eighties and Nineties is almost completely extinct. I don't know that it's entirely reflective of the world we live in, but the muscle-bound meathead sociopath has been turned into the misunderstood kid with rage issues who has a good heart. The new bully is psychological.
The_Great_Man_Potato2025-11-03 05:20
Implication with the “brown” part is a bit weird
Xygnux2025-11-03 06:31
"Brown" people are allowed to play all parts, whether the character is a good guy or a bad guy. It would be more racist if people of certain skin colours aren't allowed to play certain roles because of political correctness, kind of defeats the purpose really.
dswartze2025-11-03 07:02
Sure. Feeling the need to bring it up even though it has absolutely nothing to do with the portrayal of the character is the weird part.
Xygnux2025-11-03 07:09
Ah I see, you guys are referring to the wording of the commenter above, not referring to the movie's casting choice. Got it.
Xygnux2025-11-03 06:29
They go to a magnet school for smart science kids, so Flash couldn't be a typical dumb jock bully.
MandoMuggle2025-11-03 05:18
I couldn’t believe he was Zero in Grand Budapest! Fantastic actor. Not a good Flash.
InCOBETReddit2025-11-03 06:45
it makes sense to me, though... it ain't the 90s anymore, bullies don't always have to be physical
Plane-Historian5792025-11-03 01:00
L
ScoobyDeezy2025-11-03 01:00
Between this and everybody else from the trilogy returning, I don’t have much hope for the consequences of No Way Home being anything but a minor inconvenience.
irishyardball2025-11-03 01:00
My hope is he's the only one that finds out Spider-Man is Peter Parker and it somehow breaks the curse for him, and we maybe see his character start to shift towards Agent Venom.
What I will absolutely be annoyed by is if Ned and MJ are anything more than cameos or very small parts at the beginning to just show he's still checking up on them and then finally letting them go at the end.
ZekeorSomething2025-11-03 01:25
Perhaps they will if Spider-Man 5 is about the symbiote assuming Peter will get the suit in Secret Wars.
Living_Strength_36932025-11-03 02:44
Well, the story is already locked. We will take what they studios and actors give
Whole-Brilliant55082025-11-03 05:50
I actually would like to see a slow burn of Flash progressing into Agent Venom. He drops out of MIT, still had little to no relationship with his parents because they're always working, really starts going down a downward spiral, goes into the military, he comes back changed (like most people who go into the military do), maybe even loses function of his legs in some freak accident or disaster in a separate movie, and we really start to see the wheels start to turn heading into that Agent Venom with him being selected for Project Rebirth 2.0 like in the comics. It would have to be a very slow burn though across multiple projects.
Legonistrasz2025-11-03 01:03
KingOvDownvotes2025-11-03 01:04
His Flash is awful
MishellyUser2025-11-03 01:07
Are we finally adapting Flashpoint?
Acceptable_Ocelot4252025-11-03 01:11
Worst flash ngl.
Forsaken_Professor792025-11-03 01:13
Easily the worst part of the first trilogy. Sure there were some humorous moments and he fit the modern upper class cyber bully but I just found him irrelevant and annoying.
omnipresent292025-11-03 01:14
Bro why???We do give a fuck about this Flash Thompson. He has been a horrible miscast for this franchise. Hence why they shoved his ass to side in No Way Home, thank god for that
Edboy7962025-11-03 01:15
and this time, he's shredded and 6 feet tall
BrandonIsRisen2025-11-03 01:15
Who else saw this notification and started wondering why The Flash would be in a Marvel movie?😅
roku94132025-11-03 01:25
No
PunchTilItWorks2025-11-03 01:27
I hope not. It’s a bad casting. Guy isn’t a bad actor, but he just isn’t “Flash.”
offgridyungin2025-11-03 01:29
This dweeb could never be Agent Venom
Little_Christopher_D2025-11-03 01:30
ok...
he was just a minor character in the other movies, so how is this news? Might as well say that the guy from the first one that said "hey spiderman, do a backflip" is returning
ReelReeviews2025-11-03 01:44
Love this!
markartman2025-11-03 01:45
Agent venom
TVR242025-11-03 01:48
Somehow Flash returned
gamerbro19772025-11-03 01:50
He is the worst live action Flash too
The_Untold_Legend2025-11-03 01:53
Somehow Flash Thompson returned
VanillaBear99152025-11-03 01:55
We needed a cool Flash for Agent Venom
Civil-Resolution36622025-11-03 01:58
I never liked this iteration of Flash at all. Traditionally, he was the ego to Peter's Id. The physical bully who would beat up Peter, and when he got his powers Peter still had to play the weakling role for a time. This guy is just...not working for me.
RyFro2025-11-03 02:05
He's about to get ripped
ReplacementDue1232025-11-03 02:06
Lame
chiefranma2025-11-03 02:34
i really feel like they could do something with him instead of just making him the annoying joke character and that’s why he keeps popping up
Far_Combination76392025-11-03 02:36
I like the idea of him keeping up his whole grift of being Spider-Man’s best friend despite actually knowing nothing about him now. And maybe that’s what gets him in trouble - he has this whole book about how he’s Spider-Man’s best friend and knows who he is despite the fact that nobody does, and some villain tried to capture him and force him to talk.
homiej4202025-11-03 02:43
Somehow flash returned
TonyMontana5462025-11-03 02:52
I actually really liked his Flash.
CaptHayfever2025-11-03 03:00
Makes sense, he's going to school with MJ & Ned.
Curiouso_Giorgio2025-11-03 03:19
I don't mind his dorky asshole, rich brat characterization, but I do mind his physique. Flash should be a star quarterback jock type bully.
My response of most decisions to race swap characters is that I don't care about it if the race of the character is not a major part of the character. Flash can be race swapped, because as far as I'm aware, nothing in his story is particularly tied to being white, but he shouldn't be physique swapped because being a football jock and a bully with an abusive father are critical to his story and characterization.
It's not that Tony can't work out, but he should have been big in high school.
jroberts5482025-11-03 03:19
Hopefully this time he is not lazily green screened into an empty street.
Blue-bat2025-11-03 03:21
Oh god someone please kill me
[deleted]2025-11-03 03:26
He should’ve had a bigger role in the high school movies
RamblingPants2025-11-03 03:36
I hope we see him going mad and turning into a serious threat somehow.
I spent all my energy bullying… someone? I got famous from a book claiming I knew spiderman? But I don’t know spiderman, but I do, he’s my best friend, but not really because I was lying. But I knew… someone?
SilentXMedia2025-11-03 03:39
Tbh, i don’t care one way or the other, no offense. I see no way he becomes Agent Venom so, meh.
NoIndependence6892025-11-03 03:39
Hopefully this means we get a slightly more faithful and mature Flash Thompson this time around. Give him a shorter haircut and keep the blonde, give him a little more depth too, if you see recent pictures of Revolori he’s definitely gotten an impressive physique. I don’t mind him or any of the other cast members like Ned and MJ Watson returning, but I hope they dial back the goofy personality that was present in the high school trilogy
I hope not. He wasn't really relevant before. He's really not relevant now that Peter's identity's been erased and he's no longer going to school with him.
I also can't see this Flash going down the same path as comic Flash.
supremelygifted2025-11-03 04:04
Boo boo this man
Wataru20012025-11-03 04:47
Give him the Vemon symbote. That'd be super unexpected...
UltimateArtist8292025-11-03 05:29
Still the worst Flash out of all the live action Flash, imo.
Commentaires
This version of Flash was more believable to go from the "Spider-man's so amazing! He's a real hero" to "Oh hey Penis Parker, you loser. hahaha" in the same scene. The only complain I have, and it's not in the casting, is we needed a Kong from Ultimate Spider-Man; keep Flash still kind of a dick while letting his sidekick be the one that realizes Flash is an asshole and helps out Parker but...I don't think there'd be enough time in movies for that.
Peter went to a gifted school, Flash was smarter than others but still a complete idiot compared to Peter and MJ; he represents the modern bully, the rich kid. Hell, just look at the worst bullies on twitter, they're not just roid'd up idiot, they're likely some arrogant fuck that thinks they're intelligent. Ask someone under the age of 20 about what their personal bully looks like and it won't be a Flash Thompson or a Nelson from the Simpsons but someone that's closer to Flash from the MCU, just some random asshole because schools have a zero tolerance on physical bullying so the people with the harsh words are just as worse.
Male bullies *in high school* are never physically little, especially not when they’re 5’4 like Revolori (as listed on CelebHeights which tends to be more accurate). If you’re that size *in high school* and you try to bully anyone you’re just going to get laughed out of the room and probably beat up. I think the writers know this themselves which is why he doesn’t really Holland (who is taller than him btw) in the movies. He just sorts of nags at and annoys him.
Female bullies on the other hand are different but that’s due to sociological and biological reasons that are beyond the scope of this response.
EDIT: Added in high school to the first sentence
Your just stuck with old ideas about bullies
I want Agent Venom SO BAD.
I fucking love that Boi with everything in me.
Venom and Flashs are like Garlic and Butter. Its just right.
***WAR***
He's currently character would be more likely to attend a military college and get some desk job somewhere as on officer
So I'd argue it's more about how they write him.
Just to give you an example:
Say the actor does get buff for the role, they can always have him mature during the time jump and have it explained by the world being a little darker since the avengers aren't around and the Kingpin is running New York etc etc or maybe part of people forgetting Pete has the side effect of him becoming more of a fanboy of Punisher and watching sketchy fringe YouTube videos from the pseudo Punisher fan vigilante cops and maybe his bully side and insecurities pull him towards them so anyway leads him to be more aggressive or more militaristic. Maybe he enlists in the army etc etc.
All that could lead to an eventual Agent Venom situation.
Regardless it would happen over at least two films since we don't have a venom yet and we'd have a symbiote Spidey and a Brock venom before we get a flash venom. Heck we'd likely get a scorpion venom before a flash venom.
Before then he was always the bully who Peter was able to get one over on.
It's the same thing with Jason Todd. Robin and Red Hood are essentially totally different characters. With Robin intentionally created to recreate Dick Greyson, but no one would ever say that Red Hood is identical to Nightwing.
I dont like the character or the actor being flash.
But the “popular” bullies were the smart rich kids. They’d be sporty, but not jocks.
I like the change. Classic Flash was created in the 60s. He in no way represents modern bullying. Spider-Man having an updated bully that’s more relatable to kids today makes sense. Kids will chant dumb names like “penis Parker”, not throw you in lockers.
Also funny note, they filmed the exterior of Midtown Tech literally 2 blocks from my childhood home. That’s Franklin K Lane HS and it’s literally one of the worst high schools in NYC lol.
What I will absolutely be annoyed by is if Ned and MJ are anything more than cameos or very small parts at the beginning to just show he's still checking up on them and then finally letting them go at the end.
he was just a minor character in the other movies, so how is this news? Might as well say that the guy from the first one that said "hey spiderman, do a backflip" is returning
My response of most decisions to race swap characters is that I don't care about it if the race of the character is not a major part of the character. Flash can be race swapped, because as far as I'm aware, nothing in his story is particularly tied to being white, but he shouldn't be physique swapped because being a football jock and a bully with an abusive father are critical to his story and characterization.
It's not that Tony can't work out, but he should have been big in high school.
I spent all my energy bullying… someone? I got famous from a book claiming I knew spiderman? But I don’t know spiderman, but I do, he’s my best friend, but not really because I was lying. But I knew… someone?
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/los-angeles-jun-3-tony-revolori-2651017151
I also can't see this Flash going down the same path as comic Flash.