Flash Gordon

[Pyrex]

All the water on Mongo, except for that controled by Ming, is (supposed) to be contaminated with something or other. The fact that this is all a Big Lie is why he's killing everyone else who tries to cut in on his profits from selling clean water to everyone. Which is, of course, nonsense.

My assumption was slightly different, rather than 'BadWater' being a hoax, the Ming is responsible for poisoning it to create and maintain his power-base. Given the current pace of the storyline I predict this to be revealed to the audience somewhere between episode 4-6.

And for all that the city appears to have a high technological base, the rest of what we've seen of mongo they seem to live more like agrarian peasants than what we'd expect in an industrialized nation; but you'd think it'd still be easier to build a still than to smuggle water cross-country by hauling blocks of ice in burlap sacks.

Bleh. 2nd episode not really any better than the first.

And following Ed's lead I second the dislike for Nerdkov (good call on the name Ed!)

I give it two more episodes to shape-up before I bail...

 

[Fast Learner]

The whole thing -- pacing, dramatic pauses, the story -- came across the way (pardon me for this) Stargate or SG Atlantis do for me: slow, hackneyed plot, roughly local-theater-level acting. I'd almost swear I was watching an episode of Stargate: Sliders.

(BTW, I've watched a lot of Stargate and Sliders because some genre entertainment is usually better than none... I just don't see them as high-quality shows.)

 

[horacethegrey]

(BTW, I've watched a lot of Stargate and Sliders because some genre entertainment is usually better than none... I just don't see them as high-quality shows.)

You know, I could never do that. Even if there were a bunch of genre shows on air, I couldn't be bothered watching all of them cause some are bound not to be my cup of tea and therefore a waste of my time. Hell, at the time Farscape was on, I didn't even bother with Buffy or Angel, as I could never get into them. Even now, Lost, Battlestar Galactica, and Heroes aren't my fancy, as I'm very much into Doctor Who for the most part.

 

[Villano]

Anyone still watching? I tried, but could only make it through it in bits and pieces. I'm not even going to bother next week.

 

[Ed_Laprade]

Not me. I didn't even bother watching this weeks. :\

 

[warlord]

I know this has already been said but I can't believe they canceled Dresden Files for this crap.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

I know this has already been said but I can't believe they canceled Dresden Files for this crap.

Its so true that it can't be said enough.

And nope, I'm not even trying to watch this anymore. Its just...ugh.

 

[Villano]

I guess no one is going to stick around to see the wingless hawkpeople, huh? For those that haven't heard, apparently the hawkpeople are normal humans that follow the "way of the hawk", whatever that means. :\

Ugh. Seriously, it's like someone said, we're going to do Star Wars: The Series, but we have a really low budget, so we aren't using spaceships. And we can't do FX make-up, so all the aliens are human (Chewbacca will be played by a tall guy with a beard!). We can't do lasers or explosions, so don't look for gun battles. And you can totally forget about lightsabers. We can only afford 3 sets: one that looks like Earth, a forest, and a cramp, cheap palace....and most of the action takes place on "Earth". Oh, and did I mention our bold re-imagining of Darth Vader? The dark lord of the Sith will be portrayed by the guy who played the principal on Saved By The Bell! We felt the whole cape and mask thing was kind of silly, so he's now wearing a business suit!

The sad thing is that this would actually be better than the Flash Gordon series.

Sigh. I read somewhere that they have 10 episodes filmed and ordered 10 more for a full season. God, I hope that's not true.

 

[Templetroll]

I guess no one is going to stick around to see the wingless hawkpeople, huh? For those that haven't heard, apparently the hawkpeople are normal humans that follow the "way of the hawk", whatever that means. :\

Ugh.

Wasn't the barbarian guy and the bounty hunter part of the lion people? It seemed to fit his demeanor and the title, "Pride". I'm not interested in this version, too many flaws in it.

 

[warlord]

Is Mr. Belding on Flash Gordon?