Neil Welch I've been a Flash fan since the early 60s, and I thoroughly enjoyed this series when it surfaced on DVD (we got the pilot but not the series in the UK). Here are my comments, in no particular order: John Wesley Shipp was fine as Barry Allen and Flash.The costume was OK. The muscled look was, to me, wrong, but it worked. Kind of.The effects weren't bad for a TV series at that time, albeit on DVD there is a noticeable granulation to the image when an effects shot begin.Amanda Pays' role and the exhaustion effect. This annoyed me, but I suppose you have to have some sort of jeopardy built in or else the character is too powerful (either that or the writers weren't good enough).And my major bugbear: the series was too formulaic. Maybe it didn't matter at the time, but if you watch the boxset you find yourself saying "Hang on - didn't I already watch that story?" Well, yes, you did. But here it is again, dished up next week with different characters.So I rank this an honourable failure (or a qualified success). Let's hope the new version does the trick(ster)!

Aaron1375 This show only lasted one season for some reason, probably low ratings, but it was just so entertaining. I was never really much into the comic of Flash, but I knew of him mainly due to the many justice league shows that came on prior to the launch of this show, which no doubt was made due to the huge success that was the original "Batman" movie. The show actually did a good job with its story and it really did a good job with the costume of the Flash. I see there is a movie of the Flash coming out in 2011, but I highly doubt they could do much better on the suit than they did here. There were some super villains in the show, but once again this was the weak point as it is for many comic book television shows. They never really add them very well to the series, the main bad guy I remember from this series was a guy that was in the pilot episode that was really just a leader of a gang of thugs. There were attempts at the more super villain types, but other than Mark Hamill who played someone called the Trickster there was nothing that really stands out in my mind. Of course, other than Batman and Superman villains I have a hard time naming any others for the other DC comic characters other than Sinestro for the Green Lantern. Like I said though they did a fairly good job with the story, it had some humorous moments, but nothing that would get as silly as say the original "Batman" show starring Adam West. It would have the tone set forth in the first Batman movie instead. In the end though it was just another show to get canned way to early, never really getting a chance, my guess is because it cost more than your average television show.

Theacadian74-1 The Flash was a great series and I'm sure it would've really hit its stride in its second season, if it would've HAD a second season. It wasn't given a fair chance. I loved that show but, like others have on this forum have said, it was bounced around the TV schedule like a rubber ball, and often preempted because of the Gulf War, which took precedence on the airwaves. The acting was great, the special effects were quite good for the time, and the episodes were quite entertaining. I own on the complete series on DVD now that it's available on DVD and I really enjoy watching episodes. I wonder if it will become a sort of cult classic....Or maybe it is already?

Rob Vincent (Rob_T_Firefly) 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.