WARNING MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS....
This show takes me back to the days long before CGI and Superheroes were very uncommon especially on Network Prime time. The show ran a full season before it was tragically cancelled due to low ratings mainly due to the Gulf War and airing against The Simpsons that was highly popular at the time... The show itself revolves around CSI tech Barry Allen, perfectly portrayed by actor John Wesley Shipp. To me Shipp doesn't get the credit he deserves. He really is one of those actors like Bruce Campbell and I would love to see him more involved in the upcoming episodes of the New CW Flash or it's sister shows.
Shipp is joined by the beautiful Amanda Pays who plays scientist Tina Magee who learns of Barry's super powers and helps him become the crime fighting superhero The Flash. The F/X were very impressive and still hold up to the day. The show had a mixture of tones: everything from 1960's Batman to the darker Keaton Batman. The setting was set with a mixture of the present and the past. It had a very pulpy feel to it. The stories were very engaging and The Flash was always plenty visible in his maroon suit which I don't think they will ever top.
There are many famous guest stars along the way including Tim Thomerson, Mark Hamill, and of course before he was famous Bryan Cranston. This show is a true piece of nostalgia that we would never get today, it's just a shame we never got another season or at the least TV movies.
This show takes me back to the days long before CGI and Superheroes were very uncommon especially on Network Prime time. The show ran a full season before it was tragically cancelled due to low ratings mainly due to the Gulf War and airing against The Simpsons that was highly popular at the time... The show itself revolves around CSI tech Barry Allen, perfectly portrayed by actor John Wesley Shipp. To me Shipp doesn't get the credit he deserves. He really is one of those actors like Bruce Campbell and I would love to see him more involved in the upcoming episodes of the New CW Flash or it's sister shows.
Shipp is joined by the beautiful Amanda Pays who plays scientist Tina Magee who learns of Barry's super powers and helps him become the crime fighting superhero The Flash. The F/X were very impressive and still hold up to the day. The show had a mixture of tones: everything from 1960's Batman to the darker Keaton Batman. The setting was set with a mixture of the present and the past. It had a very pulpy feel to it. The stories were very engaging and The Flash was always plenty visible in his maroon suit which I don't think they will ever top.
There are many famous guest stars along the way including Tim Thomerson, Mark Hamill, and of course before he was famous Bryan Cranston. This show is a true piece of nostalgia that we would never get today, it's just a shame we never got another season or at the least TV movies.