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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9781419813818
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 1419813811
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 6
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 10, 2006
Running Time: 1088 minutes
Sales Rank: 14160
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 20, 1990
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Product Description:
When police scientist Barry Allen is struck by lightning and doused with chemicals he discovers that he has become the fastest man alive able to move at nearly the speed of sound. The complete 1990-1991 tv series is contained in this 6 DVD box set.System Requirements:Running Time: 1088 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: PG UPC: 012569716513 Manufacturer No: 71651
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One of the more exciting and atmospheric TV adaptations of a popular comic book series, The Flash benefited from terrific special effects, but lasted only a single year on its network in 1990. The series stuck to the Scarlet Speedster's origins: police scientist Barry Allen (John Wesley Shipp) is struck by lightning during an experiment, and chemicals splashed on him during the accident give him the ability to move at incredible speeds (note: hardcore comic fans know that this is the origin for the '60s version of the Flash, not his WWII-era identity). The series partnered him with an attractive fellow scientist (Amanda Pays) who assists Barry in his crime-fighting pursuits. Where the show deviated from its source material was its choice of combatants for the Flash--episodes focused on decidedly human villains, like corrupt officials ("Watching the Detectives") and mobsters (Michael Nader played ex-cop turned hood Nicholas Pike in two episodes, including the pilot), and didn't pull in the comic's excellent "rogues' gallery" until the end of the season, when the Trickster (Mark Hamill, who appears in two episodes), Captain Cold (Michael Champion), Mirror Master (David Cassidy!), and a sort-of Reverse-Flash (in the episode "Twin Streaks") made appearances. Sadly, these appearances were too little, too late for the series, which struggled with a high per-episode price tag and a fluctuating time slot (as well as frequent breaking coverage of the Gulf War). But for the Flash faithful, the six-disc set compiles its entire 21-episode run, including the 90-minute pilot. Unfortunately, no extras are included. --Paul Gaita
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Rating:  -
This six disc set put out from Warner Studios is a welcomed addition to my superhero DVD collection and also contains the 90 minute pilot episode. This amazing six disc set also contains the entire 21 episode run of the much underrated, underdeveloped and short lived live-action 90's television series "The Flash". The packaging and disc artwork are well done and even though the discs overlap one another I find them easy to remove and replace in the package. For comic book fans and Flash purists this ... Read More
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Sure, the set was pretty bare-bones (seriously, would it have killed them to cobble together a interview segment with the cast and crew looking back on the show, or dig up some behind-the-scenes footage, or even throw in a single commentary track?), and some of the earlier episodes were somewhat cornier than I remembered, but the show definitely picked up speed (pardon the pun) pretty quickly. In fact, one episode in particular, "Beat the Clock", was a surprisingly good dramatic story, and even featured ... Read More
Rating:  -
I can't really say too much that hasn't been said already. When this show came on the air, I was afraid that the special effects would be cheesy beyond words, but in fact were top notch for its time. J.W. Shipp as the Barry Allen was very solid, as was Amanda Pays (yum) as Tina McGee, and Alex Desert as Julio Mendez (a bit under-utilized, IMO).
The stories ranged from the excellent: the two with the late Jason Bernard, and the "Beat The Clock" episode with Angela Bassett (yes!) in a cameo where ... Read More
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In 1990, with a theme composed by Danny Elfman, the Flash made his live action debut. However, his would be gone in a flash, nowhere near the hits Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, his fellow DC superheroes would become. The pilot had him becoming a masked avenger similar to Batman who would avenge his brother's death. It doesn't quite work because those like myself to knew the early comic books of the late fifties when Barry Allen was introduced, his job already is Police Scientist.
The supporting ... Read More
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It would probably do better if it came out now. It was a decent series
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