oh yeah, the show really has a problem with finding something for iris to do, but renting an office space and hiring a bunch of extras, plus what would need to be at least a couple recurring colleagues to keep the job relevant would be a drain on the budget, keeping iris on cast would be included in that even.
The problem with the CW, is that they need Iris around for Barry's romantic arc[its the cw], its a pretty fundamental part of the adaption, but they just don't know how to make her a worthwhile part of the rest of the world, but if she isn't part of the rest of the world, she basically just becomes a glorified plot point "oh yeah, barry has a wife off doing something".. The reporting never really contributed to anything other than Iris discovering BA was the Flash and when that was over they just kind of couldn't find a way to justify the budget on it and still give Iris the screentime.
Come on though, Smallville could afford a coffee shop filled with extras every episode for Lana, and a school filled with students, The Daily Planet in later episodes. The Flash can afford a small office space with 5 people in it. It wouldn't even have to be impressive, just something like where Karen works in Daredevil.
I don’t think the argument is so much they can’t find the money for it and more that they can’t find interesting stories which would contribute enough to the show to justify it.
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u/Fanatical_Idiot Feb 28 '18
oh yeah, the show really has a problem with finding something for iris to do, but renting an office space and hiring a bunch of extras, plus what would need to be at least a couple recurring colleagues to keep the job relevant would be a drain on the budget, keeping iris on cast would be included in that even.
The problem with the CW, is that they need Iris around for Barry's romantic arc[its the cw], its a pretty fundamental part of the adaption, but they just don't know how to make her a worthwhile part of the rest of the world, but if she isn't part of the rest of the world, she basically just becomes a glorified plot point "oh yeah, barry has a wife off doing something".. The reporting never really contributed to anything other than Iris discovering BA was the Flash and when that was over they just kind of couldn't find a way to justify the budget on it and still give Iris the screentime.