| The Flash: The Complete Series |  | Actors: John Wesley Shipp, Amanda Pays, Alex Désert, Vito D'Ambrosio, Biff Manard
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Sales Rank: 7,092
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 6
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Running Time: 1088 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 1
MPN: WARD71651D
ISBN: 1419813811
UPC: 012569716513
EAN: 9781419813818
ASIN: B000BPL2EM
Release Date: January 10, 2006
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| • | 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. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION Rating: NR Age: 012569716513 UPC: 012569716513 Manufacturer No: 71651 |
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Product Description
The Fastest Man Alive raced from the comics to the small screen in this hit TV series that aired on CBS from 1990-91. After a freak lab accident, police scientist Barry Allen is turned into the Flash, a super-speedster out to clean up the streets of Central City. John Wesley Shipp, Amanda Pays, Alex Desert star. <> Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French. 22 episodes on 6 discs. 18 hrs.
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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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