Cebalord
Very best movie i ever watch
MamaGravity
good back-story, and good acting
Voxitype
Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.
FirstWitch
A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
nimbus13
I found movie this on one of those internet sites where you can watch old movies and thought this was one of the old Buster Crabbe movies.What the movie appears to be is 3 episodes of a 1954 German produced TV series stuck together into movie length.I only watched the episode where the villain informs the good guys that he went back in time 1000 years and planted a bomb that will go off in one hour in Flash's time. Flash goes back in time to find and disarm the bomb. However,he is trying to do it in that 1 hour time-frame. He actually could take all the time he needed to locate and disarm it! He had 1000 years available!Other than that, the special effects and dialogue were not too cheesy compared to some of the stuff put out in the '50s.
ccmiller1492
Despite shoestring budget and primitive special effects this very original series still manages to fascinate viewers even today. It's easy to laugh at the cheesy costumes and makeup but to be perfectly honest the early Star-Trek episodes were little better except for being in color. Watching these today, I think the three lead players are terrific, Steve Holland's Flash is like a young but sandy-haired Rory Calhoun, and Irene Champlin's curvaceous but entirely decorous Dale is remindful of a young Ruth Roman. Dr. Zarkov is still distinguished, even if his science is highly suspect. (After all, these are the days when school children were taught to duck under their desks as shelter in case of a nuclear attack.) These were thrilling shows when I watched them on TV at aged six. They disappeared for years after that, and I've now revisited them with fondness via DVDs, but so far I've only found 8 episodes available. Sci-fi fans who haven't yet seen them are in for a real treat.
kathcongdrb1
I was given a DVD of four of these episodes by my husband for Christmas when he couldn't find at the store the movie I had specifically requested. It probably cost a dollar and was in the cheapest possible packaging. I was screaming I was so excited. I have often thought of this series that I watched when I was young. I only remembered the name of Flash, but as soon as I read that he modeled for "Doc Savage," I recognized the resemblance.The music sounds like Prokofiev's "Rite of Spring" at times and I agree that the German sets verge on the expressionistic. I'm sure I spend more on a week's worth of groceries than they did for the sets AND costumes. In fact, the costumes on "Akim the Terrible" look like they are handmade from a high school production. The German actor in this show who plays Kurt I think is very good and looks familiar; however, no credits are given for any actor except the three leads. One more thing, where did the commissioner get his eyebrows? These shows are great. I played them twice because I only had the four. Have to see if I can get any more. I'm sure it won't break whatever budget I have.
paul meienberg
Tala Birell's role is indicated in the credits (not "uncredited" as heretofore indicated). The episode was filmed in Berlin and was the only episode in which Tala appeared. She looked all of her 45 years and would die several years later from cancer. Tala's commanding presence as a vicious queen determined to rule the universe expands the range of camp performances, unfortunately her last role in a 30 years career on stage and in film.
