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Tarfumes.com - The Flash - The Complete Series
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List Price: $59.98
Our Price: $32.99
Your Save: $ 26.99 ( 45% )
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Directed By: Gilbert M. Shilton, William A. Fraker, Aaron Lipstadt, James A. Contner, Danny Bilson
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9781419813818
Format: Box set
ISBN: 1419813811
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 6
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2006-01-10
Running Time: 1088
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1990-09-20
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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 01/10/2006 Run time: 1088 minutes
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Summary: The Flash from the Past
Comment: Any collect of 50's Sci-fi would not be complete without The Flash!! One of the most outstanding super heroes since Spiderman. This seller helped me acquite this at a most excellent price. Many thanks to you!!
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Summary: Fastest cancelled TV show
Comment: This TV series is a must see for Flash fans. While it's true the special effects and dialog are not exactly the greatest in the world, they're rather hokey by today's standards, they were pretty good for the early 90's when this series came out. The performance of all the actors is just as it is with the comic books, so no one seems out of place by any means.
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Summary: A Super Hreo classic
Comment: This is a must have for any Super hero fan. Awesome TV series!!! We need more TV shows like this one!! The Flash really comes out of the comics and on the screen.
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Summary: Good stuff
Comment: I bought this out of fond memories from high school when this was on TV. Well, it didn't age well, but that didn't make the DVDs any less fun. This is the Barry Allen Flash, and it's too bad CBS didn't give it a consistant time slot to build an audience. They spent a lot of money on it and then let it flop in the wind. At first, they didn't want super-villains, then they changed their mind. Basically, this series didn't have a chance.
John Wesley Shipp does a good job as the Flash, and his supporting cast is pretty good, though Tina McGee's voice gets pretty annoying with her English accent after awhile.
The highlights include the episodes with Nightshade, a former vigilante, and the ones with Mark Hamill as the Trickster. Hamill is even better as psychotic villains (see: the Joker in the Batman animated series) than he was as Luke Skywalker!
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Summary: IF YOU BLINK...YOU'LL MISS...THE FLASH !!
Comment: 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 90's live action version resembles the 1960's scarlet speedster and more than anything else it stays true to that character. Struck by lightning during an experiment and doused with all sorts of chemicals police scientist Barry Allen (John Wesley Shipp) quickly discovers that his metabolism is rapidly changing and he now has the ability to move at incredible speeds. With the aid of a beautiful scientist Tina McGee played by Amanda Pays, Barry Allen AKA "The Flash" learns how to control his new found powers as he turns his efforts to crime fighting in Central City. Watching this series all over again reminded me why I loved it so much in the first place. The series was full of great set designs, amazing special effects and a solid soundtrack from Danny Elfman. It's no secret that "The Flash" was an expensive show to create each week and a floating time slot by the network pretty much sealed its fate from the start. Where the show also faltered was in its development of villains to combat the Flash and wreak havoc on the citizens of Central City. The show had a more human feel rather than comic book and the rogues gallery of high caliber villains didn't really surface until the show was almost over and by then nothing could save the flash. If the network would have taken the time to introduce the villains earlier in the series and kept the show in a solid time slot, the flash would have probably lasted a long time. I think the choice for John Wesley Shipp to play the scarlet speedster was a good one and only wish he could have played the flash more than one season. Disc freezing during the pilot episode has been a poroblem with this set and I hesitated for the longest time to purchase it. Fortunately I haven't encountered that problem and I rate the picture and sound 7/10 on this set. The only crime with this set is there isn't any bonus features, commentaries or extras included. We all need heroes and I wish "The Flash" would make a speedy return to television.
DVD Episodes:
Disc #1
Pilot Episode
Out of Control
Watching the Detectives
Disc #2
Honor among Thieves
Double Vision
Sins of the Father
Child's Play
Disc #3
Shroud of Death
Ghost in the Machine
Sight Unseen
Beat the Clock
Disc #4
The Trickster
Tina, Is That You?
Be My Baby
Fast Forward
Disc #5
Deadly Nightshade
Captain Cold
Twin Streaks
Done With Mirrors
Disc #6
Good Night, Central City
Alpha
The Trial of the Trickster
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