Flashback review

It's been a while since I talked about something nerdy. When I was in the fifth grade (I think but haven't done the math) there was a Flash TV show. I've always been interested in super speed so I vowed to watch every episode. This was a foolish vow in an era without DVR. I only saw four episodes.
For years I was taunted by my comic magazines when they would occasionally mention the Trickster episodes I never saw.
On my Netflix I never rate a movie I saw as a child unless I also saw it as an adult. So, while I loved the Flash show as a kid, I wasn't sure what I would think of it now. I mean I was in high school when Kindred: The Embraced came out but watching it a few years later was embarrassing. Over the last two weeks I watched the Flash show.
And the verdict is not bad. Part of it is that in recent years I've become a production value snob, and the processing doesn't look that good to me. But in general The Flash seems to be missing a beat. The acting is a little off. The camera work/effects are a little off. The writing has some good structure and dialogue that doesn't quite satisfy.
On the negative side the show is now so obviously trying to cash in on the success of the Tim Burton Batman films. From the vintage cars to the Danny Elfman soundtrack (which doesn't convey speed just generic superheroness). But the show was smart enough to make The Flash about the man behind the mask.
Alter ego Barry Allen is a scientist son of a cop. He often feels he doesn't live up to his father's expectations since he works in the crime lab (CSI to you kids). Barry is also the male equivalent of a cat lady. His friends are always trying to hook him up but Barry is in such a hurry to get a ring on their finger, he scares them off. Except his doctor/sidekick who he doesn't think of like that.
One of the things I really enjoyed about the show is that The Flash isn't a brawler. In the comics when The Flash dispatches someone in a clever use of speed like wrapping them up in a chainlink fence or stripping all the components off their gun- it seems a little hokey. On TV it reminded me that The Flash is a scientist who probably doesn't see the violent solution first.
Over all it was fun to watch a pre-heroes superhero show. Though it did have a few eyerolling tropes like having him take care of a baby.