I didn't see the trailer and don't care but that line is not necessarily out of character, because typically in Flash comics he doesn't fight villains in a literal sense of punching them, rather he defeats them and their plans/traps with clever speed tricks.
That's kinda what people repeatedly fail to get about the Flash when they post LOL ATTOSECOND XD and really just superheroes in general. Of course they always win in a straight fight. What made them interesting in the Golden and Silver Ages is that they would have to solve problems with their powers, not just beat up a guy.
>>94184199He does, he's the classic upstanding American citizen. He's a cop, he's a boy scout, he's the kind of guy who instinctively runs to help when he sees someone in trouble.
And if you think that's "generic" I challenge you to name 5 characters who are actually like that. I always hear that he's a "generic hero type" but if you look at the other heroes of the time, Hal, Superman, Batman, etc. none of them are actually like that. I blame the 60's Batman show for making people think that's some kind of overused superhero archetype.