Flash Gordon News

[HeavenShallBurn]

An hour and a half of enraged gorillas clubbing baby seals to death with statues of the Virgin Mary.

Sounds good to me. Can it be followed by throwing PETA members slathered in honey into a pit full of hungry bears? Or maybe the Wheel of Misfortune?

 

[Villano]

I honestly don't even understand how that Flash Gordon happened.

Simple, Sci-Fi got the rights and then went with the lowest bidder.

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

How about a land war in Asia... fought during winter?

The show did seem to be an exercise in below minimum effort.

 

[Mistwell]

I honestly don't even understand how that Flash Gordon happened. Had those involved never seen or read any of the previous versions? I've had pieces of toast that were more swashbuckling and exciting than that show.

They didn't listen to people around them who know their stuff, and who told them to take a different direction.

At the first comic con panel, half the audience told them it didn't feel at all right, and the rest were silent. One guy even outright said, to the lead writer's face "Did you even read or see anything about Flash Gordon, ever, before you decided to go this direction with the show?"

A host, who most of you would recognize (but who shall remain anonymous, because I don't want to get him/her busted) told Sci-Fi off the record, after meeting the two leads for quite some time together, that there was no chemistry between those two actors, and they needed to be replaced before filming started.

And they just didn't listen.

Ah well...

Bring back Eureka, or Dresden Files, or bring in a new Stargate, or Firefly, or any of a dozen great shows.

 

[Mistwell]

I think the show had a few redeeming features. The actress who played Dale Arden was very very cute, mostly. But that wasn't enough to keep me watching it.

In person she was dead behind the eyes and had the personality of a dried tomato.

 

[Villano]

In person she was dead behind the eyes and had the personality of a dried tomato.

To be fair, was this at a press event or comic con? She may have known that she was starring in a steaming pile of monkey crap and just didn't want to be there.

I can only imagine how it must feel to be in something horrible and know that it's horrible, but have to travel around and smile and shake hands with people who come up to you and say, "Wow, that was really horrible! Did you know it was that horrible when you made it? Why would you agree to be in something that horrible? How could you not tell it was horrible? I would never be in something that horrible! "