Yet another flop TV series I didn’t write or produce is being released on DVD. All 22 episodes of the one-season bomb THE FLASH are coming to DVD in a boxed set.
Not that this is related to THE FLASH…but since I’m talking about TV shows on DVD today, I thought I’d mention that Universal is finally releasing SEAQUEST on DVD. The complete first season, starring Roy Scheider before his face lift, is being released in December. I’m looking forward to the release of the 13 episodes from Season 3, when the show was retitled SEAQUEST 2032 and starred Michael Ironside (that was the season I worked on).
HOORAY!
Is that a heartfelt hooray or an ironic hooray? I used to read the Flash comicbooks and if the show has any soul, I’d like to see it. Cancellation signifies nothing… the fact that they cancelled EERIE, INDIANA doesn’t diminish my regard for it.
And hell, here in the UK a 22-show run would be a major success!
Just because a show flops doesn’t mean it’s bad. I remember seeing the pilot to this thing and didn’t think it was half bad for a comic book show.
I agree with Rob. The show had problems, but I really enjoyed the hell out of it.
Did I see today that season 1 of SeaQuest was coming? Isn’t that one of your shows?
Mark
Yeah, I liked this show too. I think they have the pilot episode of Flash on one of the Smallville DVD sets.
In my childhood The Flash was always one of those second-rank characters who nestled in comfortably behind the big-hitters like Batman or Spiderman… Green Lantern, The Atom, the Martian Manhunter. The Flash could carry his own book but Superman was in a different league — he could carry a publisher.
I’ve kept my affection for many of them, even though they were effectively niche heroes. But what puzzles me is why anyone ever thought that The Hulk was a subject for a megabudget movie.
Some comic book geeks (myself included) are very, very happy about this news.
The Flash was a fun series for which comics writer-artist Howard Chaykin was a primary writer. I recall that the actor playing the title character later appeared on NYPD BLUE as a cop. One of his lines was, “I lost my flash money,” referring to an undercover cop’s prop money. And in true NYPD BLUE tradition, he “flashed” the viewers.
The Howard Chaykin? Back in more innocent times I collected all of his AMERICAN FLAGG series and his revival of Walter Gibson’s SHADOW. This has got to be worth a look, at least.