Review of The Flash

The Flash (1990–1991)
Deserved more of a chance
12 September 2007
I second the comments about this program being the victim of erratic scheduling, moving it from time slot to time slot made it hard to record in that long ago pre-TIVO era. Visually superb, though since "my" Flash is Barry Allen I had a hard time accepting dark haired John Wesley Shipp in the role. Also I don't recall Iris being English. Plus the inconsistency of the time settings was a little confusing-seeing 1950s vehicles was fun for this 58 year old but I could see it would be confusing for younger viewers. And I suppose giving the hero little quirks-his superspeed gives him "the hungries", I recall one scene where he swipes a whole turkey from a buffet-at superspeed of course. DC heroes in the 1960s tended to pretty straight laced and square compared to the Marvel characters, though I last read DC comics in 1968 or so and am not familiar with the changes since then. And modern CGI effects could do a fine job of portraying the Flash's compressed costume coming out of his ring when it's time for him to change.

Summary: Could have been better but still worth watching.
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