The DC TV crossover event of 2017 event was amazing!

The CW superheroes faced a Crisis on Earth X and, guess what?

First of all, what exactly is Crisis on Earth X?

So heres how this works…if you want the full reviews, youre in the wrong article.

Hit the blue episode titles that offset each section to be taken to actual critical analysis.

This is just for folks looking to play spot the DC Comics references.

For DC Comics fans, we all know that red skies always signal some kind of multiversal Crisis.

It worked, too.

We have our obligatory King Shark appearance in this episode.

Im joking, there is nothing obligatory about a King Shark appearance.

He graces your screen with his presence.

Aside from the last year joke with Supergirl fighting a Dominator, theres a little more significance here.

So why did a pissed off Dominator show up out of nowhere?

Probably because hes chasing Mon-El and the rest of the crew of that mystery ship from last week.

How far in the future?

And if Im wrong?

Well, Ill still be pretty happy.

The priest who gets vaporized?

That, my friends, is formerGreatest American Herostar William Katt.

What was The Greatest American Hero, you ask?

Only the superhero TV show withthe second greatest superhero TV show theme song ever!

Cisco calling Harry Squidward is priceless.

I love that Marvel Comics exist as fiction in the CW-verse.

I am very excited about this.

I am also going to be very sad if I am wrong.

The heist goes down at Dayton Optical Systems.

This is so perfectly in keeping with how Reverse-Flash always appears in the comics.

We dont know where he is relative to us in his lifespan.

In general, though, its a good idea to keep Eobard Thawne away from Barry Allen wedding days.

There are a couple of neat Grant Morrison connections with Supergirl here, believe it or not.

For one thing, Nazi Supergirl seems really inspired by Morrison and Jim Lees take on Earth X inMultiversity.

But the reason that Supergirl is dying comes from a slightly more unlikely place.

Supergirl is dying because she absorbed too much solar radiation and her cells are basically exploding.

The reason is that she flew too close to the sun.

Also, I love the fact that shes a General on Earth X.

When Kryptonians go bad, they sure do love the rank of General, dont they?

I cannot say enough good things about that flick.

After all, its nearly Christmas.

Len Snart as Citizen Cold is the heroic version of the character from the comics version ofFlashpoint.

Hes busting out some of his signature moves fromInjustice 2, too.

I really, really want to see this happen.

Come with me if you want to live, is, of course, fromThe Terminatorand related sequels.

That said, Metallos exploding head was definitely anotherThe Terminatorreference.

Wells has an impossibly high opinion of Cisco.

Wells Walk in the park Kazansky when he takes over is fromTop Gun.

Ciscos A Nazi Waverider?

was said by me literally 35 minutes earlier.

How old is Cisco, again?

KILLER FROST CAME IN ON AN ICE SLIDE!

Im a week behind onFlashbut I havent seen her do that on TV yet.

Its a very Iceman thing to do.

X-Men Iceman, notTop GunIceman.

Although a far cooler Superman movie reference is Karas perfect arms folded General, care to step outside?

line, a wonderful homage toSuperman II.

We dont need to explain Harrys up, up, and away line, right?

And no, its not that stupid Beautiful Balloon song.

Its my favorite Flash story ever, andtheyre totally gonna do it.

Dig yakking after Barry makes him go at super-speed is almost a DC TV crossover tradition at this point.

They forgot to say I do…