{"id":50128,"date":"2015-04-19T22:41:28","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T04:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/19\/the-old-school-flash.html"},"modified":"2015-05-08T12:51:26","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T18:51:26","slug":"the-old-school-flash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/19\/the-old-school-flash.html","title":{"rendered":"The Old School &quot;Flash&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was there, at the San Diego Comic-Con, when the original &quot;Flash&quot; TV series, starring John Wesley Shipp, was announced and previewed. And the crowd went wild.<\/p>\n<p>1990 was a dark era for super-hero stuff, and SF on TV in general. &quot;The Flash&quot; was a breath of fresh air, with a visual palette out of <i>Dick Tracy,<\/i> with murals and primary colors and retro buildings general referemces to a comic-book world.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and the Tim Burton <i>Batman<\/i> got a call-out, too, with the Flash muscle suit (and Danny Elfman music).<\/p>\n<p>John Wesley Shipp was a fine Flash, with Amanda Pays as (then comic canon) Tina McGee. I applaud mightily the producers of the current &quot;Flash&quot; series for including both those actors in the new seiries.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><iframe type='text\/html' width='100%' height='385' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3fPnyQUKt6Y' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/dmXzdvKbww1'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was there, at the San Diego Comic-Con, when the original &quot;Flash&quot; TV series, starring John Wesley Shipp, was announced and previewed. 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