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  • Nostalgiabuff
    Muddling through
    • Oct 4, 2008
    • 11424

    #16
    sites still a little wonky I guess, double post

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    • Earth 2 Chris
      Verbose Member
      • Mar 7, 2004
      • 32977

      #17
      I could see the pilot being the most expensive ever at that time, because all the producton costs would be wrapped into that first principle budget. And it was easily the most expensive effects-based show for network television, but not the most expensive in total. Cosby, Cheers, LA Law, Roseanne, Married w/Children and even Thirtysomething by that point cost more due to actor salaries. Batman Animated and Trek TNG cost as much as Flash. I mean, Trek:TNG was in it's fourth season by that point, and that's when they started dumping real dollars into it because syndication was exploding. "Best of Both Worlds" was not cheap, and that was also 1990.

      But remove the effects and Flash was barebones. A small cast of nobodies who cost nothing. No new construction costs. That first season cheapness is what killed them in the ratings, because it became boring to see the same effects show after show while movies were entering the first run of CGI-based movie effects. So they tried to reverse course in the second season, but it was too late.
      Nope, nope and nope. Flash was expensive, throughout it's season. The ratings weren't great, but decent. Had WB/Pet Fly been able to make the show cheaper, CBS would have kept it on the schedule. But it was just too high. This is covered in every history on the series. And there was no second season.

      This is much the same reason Star Trek got axed in the 60s. Ratings were not horrible, and it had a loyal following, but it proved too expensive for the ratings it was getting, especially before NBC learned about demographics, and Trek getting the young numbers they'd soon be going after.

      Chris
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      • hedrap
        Permanent Member
        • Feb 10, 2009
        • 4825

        #18
        The show's "wild budget" was marketing. I'll grant the pilot was expensive. And the cost of the series versus the ad rates which were continually changing due to the ratings and timeslot moves created a bigger gap for the network. But the actual production costs - after the suit, set and effects were developed for the pilot - were not. Out of 22 episodes, they had around six that required a lot of new tooling. For the majority, it's the same Flash effects, same sets, same production team, same cast and a criminal thug du jour.

        I should have written "for a second season". My bad.

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        • Figuremod73
          That 80's guy
          • Jul 27, 2011
          • 3017

          #19
          I really liked the show at the time and havent watched it since it aired. Glad they thought of including John Wesley Shipp.

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          • palitoy
            live. laugh. lisa needs braces
            • Jun 16, 2001
            • 59794

            #20


            Places to find PlaidStallions online: https://linktr.ee/Plaidstallions

            Buy Toy-Ventures Magazine here:
            http://www.plaidstallions.com/reboot/shop

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            • Earth 2 Chris
              Verbose Member
              • Mar 7, 2004
              • 32977

              #21
              Not bad...

              Chris
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              • sprytel
                Talkative Member
                • Jun 26, 2009
                • 6661

                #22
                That looks great!

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                • madmarva
                  Talkative Member
                  • Jul 7, 2007
                  • 6445

                  #23
                  It's very close to the new52 design. I like it. I would have liked a brighter red, but DC doesn't do bright or any thing close to it anymore.

                  It definitely could be worse.

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                  • jwyblejr
                    galactic yo-yo
                    • Apr 6, 2006
                    • 11147

                    #24
                    At least they didn't give him a red hoodie.

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                    • VinMan
                      Career Member Mego Maniac
                      • Sep 6, 2012
                      • 1039

                      #25
                      Like that look ALOT!!!!

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                      • Operation:Mego
                        I'm the Star Spangled Man
                        • May 21, 2011
                        • 3350

                        #26
                        That suit looks bad-***!
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                        The event where the fans are separated from the true fans.

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                        • Starroid Raiders Dagon
                          Persistent Member
                          • Apr 28, 2013
                          • 2165

                          #27
                          Whoa, that looks cool. I was sure we were getting a ski-mask or hood, or bike helmet. I have high hopes for this series. NICE

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                          • kingdom warrior
                            OH JES!!
                            • Jul 21, 2005
                            • 12478

                            #28
                            Hella YEAH!!!!!!

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                            • Operation:Mego
                              I'm the Star Spangled Man
                              • May 21, 2011
                              • 3350

                              #29
                              Michelle Harris has been cast as Nora Allen:

                              I'm assuming it's for a flashback scene.
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                              The event where the fans are separated from the true fans.

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                              • Hector
                                el Hombre de Acero
                                • May 19, 2003
                                • 31852

                                #30
                                OK, finally...and at last...a TV comic book superhero who wears a true costume in this day and age...I'm going to see this.
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