Superhero

Flash Movie

So I was having a bite to eat on a lazy sunday afternoon, I flip on the tube (which I assure you is very rare unless I’ve got something specific I would like to watch), and what do I see, The Flash movie from the early to mid nineties. The series has always had a seriously soft spot in my heart as I remember watching it religiously. In my mind it was always the best made comic book TV series adaptation ever. The Flash looked the part completely and never did not disappoint in the costume and the extent of his powers. So with such fond memories it was interesting to see if in fact the start of the series which was a 2hour movie, would actually hold up 10 years later. Some things however are definitely not like fine wine, that is they don’t age all that well.

John Wesley Shipp stars in the movie and I remember thinking that he was the perfect casting of the character as he really looked the part physically. At the time I really couldn’t tell whether his acting was any good as I was more interested in the stories and the effects and whether or not he was going to dump that whiney bitch of a girlfriend and get it on with the nice British doctor woman, you know the standard trapping of these types of television series.

The problem with watching it now (over 10 years later) is that things do actually look dated. From the clothes to the hairstyles that looked so modern back then look a bit much. The real problem for me however with the series is the acting, which often times makes me cringe that’s really not the way to see a

One thing I will say that did make me smile a great deal because I think it’s a great bit of dialogue right at the end of the movie was how he’s there talking to his nephew who’s just lost his dad and he says something along the line of:

Don’t ever worry, whenever you’re in trouble, you can count on me, and I’ll be there in a Flash.

That’s a good geek moment and in many ways reminded me that this series was fun to watch, as long as I’m hot hypercritical about it.