In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Those who know about the reboot of the actual TV show with Grant Gustin should take it lightly. The 1990 version is a bit campy, very art-deco vs. modern and it is less about sentiments, more about commitment.Some of the classic Flash villains are represented here. John Wesley Shipp does do a great personification of Barry Allen. However, there is few to compare to what is today, as Star Labs is represented here as a simple laboratory compared to the "stadium" structure of today...Good note here: Mark Hamill makes us forget his Star Wars heroics by portraying the wacky Trickster. And Amanda Pays is so cute, even as a bad girl in one of the episodes.However, enjoy it for its camp humour.The Flash still rules in Central City !

Hard to believe I watched this 25 years ago, seems just like yesterday (actually it was - I have been watching the boxset) Great fun, fairly simple plots, decent effects, one or two slightly dangerous situations for the Flash to get out of and some funny one-liners and gags to be had..All-in-all, it was a series that didn't take itself too seriously, didn't require any knowledge of superhero mythology to enjoy and wasn't overly violent and sweary (so granny didn't have to be wheeled outside and put in the shed for an hour)I would like to give mention to some of the supporting cast who were terrific: The ever-lovely Amanda Pays - I can't resist a girl with a plummy English accent... (though they seem to have little trouble being able to resist me)Alex Désert - Barry Allen's colleague at the forensics lab. Julio and Barry bouncing jokes and quips off each other is one of the highlights of the show. Also Julio's 'does he know/doesn't he know' looks that he gives Barry when he suddenly vanishes.Officers Murphy and Bellows - who could have been a comedy TV double act of their own. These two hapless(mostly) cops always seem to be in the wrong place at the right time and their bickering about whether the Flash actually exists is a constant amusement.Also: Mark Hammill, Joyce Hyser, Michael Nader, M. Emmet Walsh... to name a few guest stars. I haven't yet got round to watching the new series of the Flash.. mostly out of my love of this 90's series. But I will... someday.

Barry, a police crime lab scientist turns into super hero with ability to move at fantastic speeds after a lab accident. He uses this ability to fight crime as his alter ego the Flash.Good TV series with much use of computer graphics for its time, although the graphics are strictly limited to ones on the computer screen. Special effects are pretty good, and Flash character looks pretty real. This was before the times of CG and things could have been rendered lot better with CG on some scenes, but for live costume action, this might be as good as it can get.The bad guys looked little ridiculous in many cases, and the failure of the series might have been in that Flash didn't have a worthy opponent to make his adventure really worth its while. He seemed little too "mortal" to be a super hero in many occasions as well.Tine McGee was great as Flash's cohort in crime fighting.The series and the movie would have been better if Flash had more worthy opponents. Maybe in the Justice League, Flash will shine again, fighting worthier foes.

I was a big fan of this show the first time around. I was already something of a comic fan, and this series was a great translation of the material into a series. The Flash was a great-looking show, and the actors played their parts flawlessly. John Wesley Shipp, who played the Flash, has that Bruce Campbell-like ability to portray a likable, average guy, who just happens to get super powers. His sidekick, the lovely Amanda Pays (formerly of Max Headroom) was a good, but underused, addition to the show.The special effects were surprisingly good for a TV show, although I do seem to remember some wince-inducing moments, like one villain whose costume included - unless my memory is really messing with me, which has been known to happen - a Nintendo Power Glove.On the subject of villains, they were usually done well. I highly recommend the episodes starring Mark Hamill as the Trickster. Fans of the animated Batman series will notice an early version of Hamill's Joker persona here, which is interesting since the Flash comics' Trickster character was basically a rehash of Batman's Joker in the first place.All in all, this show really didn't deserve to get canned after one season. Given another season, it could have grown into something classic. Luckily, videos of this seem fairly easy to come by, so it's still possible to check out this underrated footnote in the history of superhero television.