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I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving last Thursday! We had fun talking geek at our dinner table, but unfortunately the audio recording I made to post did not actually record.  I have to say, that broke my heart just a little. We'll be commenting later on bits of that conversation though...it was too good not to use.

I was watching Arrow last evening, and I admittedly got pretty excited at the introduction of Barry Allen. He hasn’t been transformed into the Flash yet, but I hear that’s next week. My first question was, does this mean we’ll get a new Flash spin off? My sources say that we should see something for the 2014-2015 season.   

I’m not a big DC girl, but I do love the Flash. I have awesome memories of watching the television show from 1990. There’s something about hearing that title theme by Danny Elfman, and I’m transported back to my youth. I thought the show was freaking great at the time, but I guess my tastes weren’t refined enough to know the difference way back then. Now I can see all the issues it had, but oddly enough, I think that's part of what makes it great. There was a lot of cheese and things were overacted, but they were fun. 

Some of the wonderfully notable moments:
  • We get to see John Wesley Shipp in short shorts before he becomes "Dawson's dad"
  • Star Lab's Test Track font looks an awful lot like STNG
  • Barry tells Tina that she has been reading too many comic books
  • Seeing Barry as he's just feeling out his powers-things like super fast marathon cleaning
  • The awesome late 80's/early 90's clothes
  • Seeing beepers and enormous computers with "ancient" software
  • The Dick Tracy meets 1990 vibe
  • Mark Hamill as the Trickster and Corinne Bohrer as Prank
  • David Cassidy as the Mirror Master
  • Michael Champion as Captain Cold


Sadly, the show only lasted one season, but it still provides plenty of entertainment. Whether you've never seen it or just haven't seen it in a long time, The Flash is a throwback to be viewed again. I know I'll be working my way through the season! Happy Thursday, everyone!

~Songbird

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