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A Few Hints On What To Expect With SciFi’s FLASH GORDON!!

This is FGINO by drmidnite	Jun 13th, 2007 04:06:28 PM
Flash Gordon In Name Only. Commence la suckfest!
The Darkness? Uh, no thanks. by jimmy_009	Jun 13th, 2007 04:06:47 PM
I hope this show works, but I have a sneaking suspicion they are going to try to water it down to get the largest possible audience rather than stay true to the source material.
Just Not Feelin' It by cowboyone	Jun 13th, 2007 04:07:05 PM
Sounds like that Buck Rogers show from the early eighties (late seventies?)
FLASH! AH-AAAHHHHHH! by Jak0lantern01	Jun 13th, 2007 04:07:16 PM
Yup
FINO! FINO! FINO! by Jak0lantern01	Jun 13th, 2007 04:08:50 PM
Someone had to do it. As for Buck, I'll watch him and his odd feathered friend any day over this. Pour more cheese, please.
Sci Fi channel is led by IDIOTS by Darth Sicilian	Jun 13th, 2007 04:13:41 PM
They put pressure on Ron Moore to end Battlestar Galactica early to make way for THIS? Have they actually watched their programming choices lately? They should have locked up BSG for three more seasons instead of greenlighting a Flash Gordon series no one wanted to see. Or maybe develop a series that takes place in the DUNE universe. Or finance another Star Trek series. Do something that SCi Fi fans actually WANT to watch.
not feelin right by CaptGrogan	Jun 13th, 2007 04:15:54 PM
Anyone else not seein any kind of "wow" factor here? I mean - the guy who plays Flash is best known as playing Lana's clueless boyfriend on Smallville. Not exactly a man's man a la Flash. Ming is Blonde? Give me a break. Ming should be bald at the very least. The guy is the precursor to almost all sci-fi "villains" If ever there was a "muah hahahah" type of sinister evil twisted fuck - this guy should be it. He shouldnt be thinking "well im not such a bad guy after all". He should be thinking "The next motherfucker who speaks up gets disintergrated - and theres nothing wrong with that." Sigh. So far, color me underwhelmed.
Charmed? Beastmaster?! Relic Hunter?!! by Big Bad Clone	Jun 13th, 2007 04:15:58 PM
I have zero hope for this show.
open minded by Cupid Stunt	Jun 13th, 2007 04:22:00 PM
will give it a go, cant be a bad a dresden files or as utter shite as Doctor Who
I'll give it a go because it's Flash Gordon but... by FookU	Jun 13th, 2007 04:26:14 PM
I have this sneaking suspicion that it will be an absolute shitfest. I'm certainly not as excited about it as I was about Battlestar Galactica even though I thought Ron Moore had screwed us before I gave it a shot.
comic strip by johnnysunshine	Jun 13th, 2007 04:35:14 PM
the comic strip is one of the all time best newspaper comics, right up there with Little Nemo. If they can capture the feel of that then this could be great.
Bring back Invisible Man by Christopher3	Jun 13th, 2007 04:35:27 PM
It's not like the cast members are busy or anything.
the grey got turnd down by Vinz Glortho	Jun 13th, 2007 04:37:15 PM
whos the bb in the show?
skiffy has produced gems like by palewook	Jun 13th, 2007 04:46:09 PM
More often than not skiffy has produced series like pain killer jane, tremors the series, black scorpion, etc. Its rare they hit with a Farscape or a BSG. And skiffy only got involved with season 1 of BSG b/c of fears the brits were going to back it and make it without skiffy.
I still don't know what to expect. by DerLanghaarige	Jun 13th, 2007 04:46:50 PM
I just hope it won't be another post 9/11 drama that is disguised as a remake of a SciFi classic.
"tight budgets" + "light moments & dark brooding drama" by Yeti	Jun 13th, 2007 04:49:02 PM
= this years Mutant X. ugh. Colour me underwhelmed.
Not normally a doomsayer BEFORE a show... by Hint of Smegma	Jun 13th, 2007 05:08:00 PM
...hits the screen, but this is indeed doomed. If it makes it's way out of the first season I'll be extremely surprised. Ming's a blond Canadian, eh? Bad, bad idea. Fine to move away from the overt racist overtones of previous incarnations, although frankly Sydow's version was definative, but to the point he's a generic Canamerican is too much of a stretch for me with this source material. Loved the original serials, have loved some of the books, dearly love the flawed but genius 80's incarnation. I was horrifed while this was linked to Sommers, terrified when it was linked to Conran. Now I'm just resigned that the latest retelling of Flash is going to be Smallville: The Space Years. Utter bollocks to that.
Wooden Whitney from Smallville in the title role... by Sledge Hammer	Jun 13th, 2007 05:09:43 PM
...is still this show's greatest obstacle to overcome. I mean the guy is so wooden that he makes Josh Hartnett seem like Laurence Olivier by comparison. And they haven't even cast anyone else cool to counter-balance his likely sucktitude, it's all unknowns and no-name canadian workaday actors. Maybe it'll surprise me, but right now expectations are pretty damn low.
Expectations are more than low. by Hint of Smegma	Jun 13th, 2007 05:18:24 PM
To get lower than my expectations for this, you'd have to go potholing.
LOOK AT THE TRACK RECORD KIDDIES.... by Greigy Just Wanted To Say	Jun 13th, 2007 05:20:16 PM
This is gonna suck harder than a family friendly Steve Martin Film... Oh God that hurts to say.. in soooo many ways... sorry I'm going to lie down and cry.
a "Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" vibe? by newc0253	Jun 13th, 2007 05:26:05 PM
note for whoever is responsible generating buzz about the new Flash Gordon series: comparing your show to the "Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" is not the marketing charm you apparently think it is.
Farscape... by bswise	Jun 13th, 2007 05:29:00 PM
...was the only thing SciFi has produced that was any good, at least that show was an all-time classic. Could this be worse than Stargate, Invisible Man, Lex, Dresden Files, Tremors, etc., etc., etc...? Oh, yes it can.
still better than Stargate: Your Mom by lynxpro	Jun 13th, 2007 05:30:28 PM
I'm going to keep an open mind with this property. At least Ming didn't morph into a planet-eating cloud or become a woman. Wait a sec. The memory of that evil empress of Draconia with the Buck Rogers fixation just came to mind. Hmmm. Funny, she was certainly more attactive than the Draconians from the Whoniverse.
C'mon guys you gotta plan ahead. by BillyPilgrim	Jun 13th, 2007 05:31:43 PM
A beer and a joint always makes SciFi programming better.
take that back about Dresden! by lynxpro	Jun 13th, 2007 05:31:52 PM
Dresden is a fun show. Bob is a cool character, and Nic Cage himself produces the series. Sure, it ain't Hellblazer, but neither was Neo.
KLYTUS I'M BORED...... by Greigy Just Wanted To Say	Jun 13th, 2007 05:32:30 PM
... and I've not even seen this shit yet...
Ming sounds like an Ozymandias.. I think I like the by Otter	Jun 13th, 2007 05:33:03 PM
concept.
SciFi needs to deveope a live action Star Blazers! by BillyPilgrim	Jun 13th, 2007 05:33:51 PM
Wildstar fire the wave motion gun!
Dresden Files by bswise	Jun 13th, 2007 05:36:08 PM
OK, I've only seen one really, really, really BAAAAAAD episode of this, so whudoiknow?!
lynxpro by Hint of Smegma	Jun 13th, 2007 05:36:59 PM
Dresden is bloody awful....and Terrence Mann should be ashamed he's involved. Check the angular vector of the moon...it's obviously having an adverse effect on your taste centers. But this is Flash Gordon for fucks sake - they should have gone the extra mile with it, could have been fantastic. Haven't even seen it yet but for some strange reason I don't think I'll be recanting these words after it's aired.
Great, Sci-Fi is raping FLASH GORDON now by Monkey_King	Jun 13th, 2007 05:37:28 PM
Make a live version of the filmation series and I'll be happier. Ron Perlman as Thun, heh heh.
If he admits he's a plant, is he still a plant? by chrth	Jun 13th, 2007 05:41:54 PM
Zen Question for the Evening
Dresden Files by Kurgan	Jun 13th, 2007 05:49:14 PM
Hey, it rapidly got better in the first few episodes, reaching an enjoyable level around episode 5. Nothing like the dead-on-arrival Painkiller Jane. The only thing that remains to be seen is whether Flash is going to way of Harry or Jane.
This series will be Earth-based! by Wormie	Jun 13th, 2007 05:55:18 PM
Executive producer Peter Hume told SFX magazine that this show will be "relevant and not stupid." He also said that Sci-Fi wanted the show to be "Earth-based" Yes, they want Flash Gordon to be Earth-based (i.e. cheap). Hume also thinks that the show will be realistic because it involves rifts that connect dimensions rather than space travel. Apparently, some boffins in Switzerland are doing work right now that could open up such a rift in real life. Obviously, a property like Flash Gordon needs to be done as a big-budget movie, and I would trust Stephen Sommers to turn in something watchable more than the hacks involved in this show.
Sci-Fi shows by RokurGepta	Jun 13th, 2007 06:07:25 PM
I Love Dresden, Farscape, Battlescar Galactica. Eureka, and Stargate: Atlantis, are mildly watchable, as were First Wave and the Invisible Man. Painkiller Jane is so booring I have nicknamed it Pain"filler" Jane, because it's only filling the time slot until something better, or maybe worse comes along Flash Gorden.... well shux, boss, why don't we rape buck gordon while we're at it? The series I would love to see modernized by Sci-Fi, would be a new "Planet of the Apes" tv series, and starring Nathan Fillion as one of the astronauts, have Joss Whedon work together with Ron Moore, and Tim Minear. IT COULD BE ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT
Read the pilot... by TELF	Jun 13th, 2007 06:09:21 PM
Ming the (fucking clue is in the name) Merciless is described as being like Tony Blair. At least in the draft I read. No thanks. Why not just go off and write your own Sci Fi show if you have no interest in actually giving us some Flash. Flash was a bloody triathalon star (such a thing?) as well, but I think they changed him back to a quarterback. It may not be kitsch, be it didn't seem much fun. Flash is given some weak angst because his dad disappeared in a wormhole when he was a baby (no rocket ships guys, just some feeble parallel dimension bidness re. Mongo). Whatever, it could be fun. But I'd rather have the tone of the movie, but with decent vis effects.
Is this FLASH GORDON by RokurGepta	Jun 13th, 2007 06:20:05 PM
or is it FUCKING SLIDERS?
They need something to fill the slot by The_Boo	Jun 13th, 2007 06:52:03 PM
when ECW gets canceled, BTW what genius green lit that one? Also painkiller jane sucks balls, it ranks with black scorpion, beast master and all the other low budget saturday afternoon crap the WB tried years back
yeah and why the by RokurGepta	Jun 13th, 2007 07:01:50 PM
fuck is wrestling on the sci-fi channel. I mean jesus, I know universal-vivendi own the channel, but christ, maybe they should aire "Series 7: the contendors" on the game show channel...
picture it now by RokurGepta	Jun 13th, 2007 07:22:19 PM
the sci-fi channel fires all its executives and comes up with a couple of new shows a new "Planet of the Apes" TV series, with Nathan Fillion starring A Buckaroo Banzai tv series Starring Bruce Campbell Neal McDonough = Perfect Tommy Peter Weller Ellen Barkin (she's still smokin) Jeff Goldblum (that raines show got canceled right?) MAKE IT SO!!!!!
no rocketships, wormholes by themidnighter23	Jun 13th, 2007 07:25:40 PM
is it true that there aren't even spaceships in this show but they travel through wormholes or some stupid crap like that?
IT'S NOT FLASH GORDEN by RokurGepta	Jun 13th, 2007 07:29:01 PM
IT'S FUCKING SLIDERS
Dear lord, sounds awful... by Hairy Nutsack	Jun 13th, 2007 07:46:28 PM
I'm stunned that SciFi thinks this is a better idea than spending the money on more BSG. This has Andromeda written all over it.
Sounds About As Fun As A Kick To The Tic-Tacs by The Brewhammer	Jun 13th, 2007 07:49:34 PM
I'll pass.
Sounds like the people at Sci-Fi by RokurGepta	Jun 13th, 2007 08:05:22 PM
that make all the crappy made for tv movies on the Sci-Fi channel, or behind this show... I don't think I've seen a decent made for tv movie on sci-fi, it's all crap.
Mansquito takes umbrage at your brush-painting, Rokur by Pennsy	Jun 13th, 2007 08:27:31 PM
;)
A shot by NudeandAroused	Jun 13th, 2007 08:32:31 PM
It deserves a shot. Can be good,
re: It deserves a shot by RokurGepta	Jun 13th, 2007 08:37:37 PM
in the fucking head..... it reads like F.lash G.ordin I.n N.ame O.nly, it sounds more like SLIDERS....
Yeah, this sounds like something you'd find by Chest_Rockwell	Jun 13th, 2007 08:38:25 PM
in TJ after some slimey looking guy says, "Psssssst, gringo. Wanna see a donkey show?"
yeah, you don't get more Asian than Max Von Sydow by Drath	Jun 13th, 2007 08:41:25 PM
What the fuck! Pointy beards and eye brows make someone Asian? Fucking BULLSHIT! I can't believe they'd screw up with Ming. Crap those are lame credits on this show. I think it will be forgettable Meh. Of course Stargate Atlantis is forgettable Meh, so who knows how long this could last. I think in two years, there won't be anything worth seeing on Sci-Fi Channel.
They fucked boomer up by RokurGepta	Jun 13th, 2007 08:43:00 PM
and made him an HOT ASIAN ROBOT CHICK
What does Alex Ross think? by Stormwatcher	Jun 13th, 2007 08:43:38 PM
As he says Flash Gordon is his favorite comic hero of all time
THE DARKNESS broke up by George Newman	Jun 13th, 2007 08:46:46 PM
Stupid performance artists and their drug problems. The lead singer Justin now has his own "band" called BRITISH WHALE
"SciFi needs to deveope a live action Star Blazers!" by KazamaSmokers	Jun 13th, 2007 09:00:06 PM
Already been done. It was called "Crusade".
HE'S A MIRACLE!!!!!!!!!!! by wackybantha	Jun 13th, 2007 09:21:07 PM
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey, Fire Serpent was pretty good by chrth	Jun 13th, 2007 09:29:07 PM
Chakotay, Xander, the First Lady's assistant from Season 5 ... it had serious geek cred. AND FIRE SERPENTS!
"Already been done. It was called "Crusade"." by themidnighter23	Jun 13th, 2007 09:37:12 PM
but babylon 5 and everything associated with JMS sucks ass and is boring and it sucks ass.. did i mention it sucks ass, cause all his work sucks ass... except for Midnight Nation, that was actually good. JMS SUCKS just as much as Tim Story
I want a Comet Empire Star Blazers live action movie... by Pennsy	Jun 13th, 2007 09:42:00 PM
That PWNED the Quest for Iscandar and The Bolar Wars.
Why even call it Flash Gordon? by WONKABAR	Jun 13th, 2007 09:43:32 PM
SW-Imperial-style...WTF? Oh, and make the villain a blond...that won't offend anybody. I'd rather have a John Carter show/mini-series anyway. If Hollywood won't get around to doing a movie, why not? FG was just a knock-off of Burroughs Mars anyway. Screw FG...been there, done that. Besides, the 1980 movie is classic.
I know I know, I've GOT A BRILLIANT IDEA by RokurGepta	Jun 13th, 2007 09:46:35 PM
let's remake Buck Rodgers, but instead of being in the future, let's have him stuck traveling across dimension after dimension through, now get this, he'll travel through wormholes...
Uh, Ming the Merciless... by Magpye	Jun 13th, 2007 09:54:21 PM
I guess they (the creators) missed 'the Merciless' part when they were developing the character of Ming.
Let's be honest about this folks by RokurGepta	Jun 13th, 2007 10:03:46 PM
if Flash Gorden isn't travelling through space, but instead he's travelling through worm holes, then it's not Flash Gorden, it's fucking SLIDERS
Flesh Gordon! by Pennsy	Jun 13th, 2007 10:07:36 PM
Yeah, that's the ticket.
They lost me at "blonde haired Canadian" for Ming by AllPowerfulWizardOfOz	Jun 13th, 2007 10:29:53 PM
Oh well. Bring me my special edition of the DVD movie we have all been waiting for. I got the original release on DVD but a deluxe version is long overdue. Would be nice in HD-DVD too.
i always preferred by RokurGepta	Jun 13th, 2007 10:55:53 PM
Flesh Gordon 2
THE DRESDEN FILES is a great show by SpyGuy	Jun 13th, 2007 11:15:33 PM
TDF started off a little rocky, but started finding its groove about halfway in when they began emphasizing Dresden's magical abilities more. Bob is one of the best supporting characters on TV right now, even if he's basically "Ghost Alfred" to Dresden's Bruce Wayne. The banter between Murphy and Dresden picked up in later episodes as well, so hopefully we won't be seeing them hook up romantically anytime soon. (I'm looking at you, MOONLIGHTING and LOIS & CLARK!)
RE: Ming by RokurGepta	Jun 13th, 2007 11:20:01 PM
Ming is an ASIAN NAME for fucks sake. If Ming the Merciless is gonna be played by a BLOND CANOOK why not just call him something else like... DIRK
No rockets!?!?! by Billyeveryteen	Jun 13th, 2007 11:44:31 PM
This shit is DOA.
As long as MING's guards are NOT wearing uniforms from by Mace Tofu	Jun 13th, 2007 11:55:54 PM
STARSHIP TROOPERS and SF Chan's DUNE Mini I'll be happy. But I'm sure the prop guy couldn't help himself lol. UNI is giving the short shaft to the new SE DVD for the 1980 FLASH GORDON movie. The SRP is $26 and even though they have audio commentaries from 3 stars and the director those ARE NOT on the new DVD. No QUEEN music video, No features from the SE Import. No love for FLASH : (
waah, waah, waah by oisin5199	Jun 14th, 2007 12:19:23 AM
Bunch of fucking bitches. Why don't you wait and see the damn show before you condemn it? Sheesh. It's not like Flash Gordon is an untouchable, sacred property for chrissakes. Reimagine away. And Dresden Files wasn't brilliant but it was pretty entertaining and actually got magickal theory more right than most shows, even if it was still fantasy. They actually did their research.
FLASH GORDON IS ONE OF THE WORST MOVIES EVER by supercowbell 4 cant stop the cowbell	Jun 14th, 2007 12:34:28 AM
and i fuckin love it
all I'm fucking say by RokurGepta	Jun 14th, 2007 12:57:28 AM
is come up with something fuckin new, don't say let's re-imagine something people already love, and take everything that was good about it and change it. for fucks say, MING is an ASIAN NAME, if you're gonna change his nationality, then change his name. and Flash Gorden without rockets? WTF, with WORMHOLES? how many shows with wormholes does SCI-FI need, we got two stargates, and they had SLIDERS as well, why don't they just at wormholes to dresden files while they are at it, and shit Painfiller jane is so bad, throwing in wormholes might make the show slightly tolerable...
Ice Pirates: The Series by retardedmonkey	Jun 14th, 2007 01:23:36 AM
Sci-fi make it happen, now!!
shit by RokurGepta	Jun 14th, 2007 01:25:49 AM
let's re-imagine the star wars prequels. let's re-imagine "My Science Project" as a tv series, or Tron, why doesn't the sci-fi channel rape TRON, I take that back, if anyone ever rapes Tron into a bad movie sequel or a tv series, well then... you know...stuff will happen...STUFF
retardedmonkey by RokurGepta	Jun 14th, 2007 01:27:05 AM
lol, I was just thinking that exact same thing about Ice Pirates
Ming??? by Boris Baddenov	Jun 14th, 2007 01:33:31 AM
The Merciless is re-imagined as a blond Caucasian, eh? I guess the scheming, inscrutable Asian stereotype is veddy un-PC these days. Just make this Aryan "Ming" into a character called, uh . . . Reinhard Heydrich!
At least wait until you've seen the show... by forgot_old_username	Jun 14th, 2007 02:09:26 AM
... before you start moronically tearing it to shreds. I mean, really, you're all so phuqing cynical I'm amazed your dicks don't fall off in disgust.
3 word to descibe the PTB at SciFi by strangernparadis	Jun 14th, 2007 02:42:26 AM
Wee Todd Ed
Farscape is utter crap. by Motoko Kusanagi	Jun 14th, 2007 04:02:07 AM
period
For those that need to be spoon fed by FrodoFraggins	Jun 14th, 2007 04:37:27 AM
The hints in the article are "steaming pile of shit", "hack writers" and "a total misunderstanding of the franchise"
Hell, They Already MADE a Re-Envisioned Flash Gordon... by Rogue Planet	Jun 14th, 2007 06:53:29 AM
...and called it 'Farscape.' Guy gets sucked through a wormhole into another universe full of weird aliens and is hunted by a maniacal dictator. Yup, that's Farscape. If you're gonna make a Flash Gordon series, you might as well actually make it a FLASH FUCKING GORDON series, instead of some remake with modern changes. Battlestar Galactica was still essentially the same show, only darker and more political (the way the original show was meant to be, until it got fucked in the ear by network hacks). Let's face it, networks never know what the hell they're doing when it comes to science fiction. Rest in peace, Firefly. Fare thee well, Farscape. We'll miss you, I-Man. The list goes on.
A question to our Asian readers - by Laserbrain	Jun 14th, 2007 06:59:56 AM
Is this political correctness gone too far? Should Ming be a blonde Canadian? How do you guys feel about it?
Ming by Pandas-R-Us	Jun 14th, 2007 07:21:58 AM
I've never thought about Ming being in any way Oriental. I loved the 1980 film as a kid and I just thought he was a bald evil guy. He doesn't look like any of the Oriental guys I know. On another note, anyone seen the Ming the Merciless segments from Big Train? Hilarious stuff, showing him living in a small suburban house, doing the vacuuming and so on in full costume.
Stargate Atlantis by bythehairofsanjaya	Jun 14th, 2007 07:30:15 AM
Is a solid, entertaining show. Rodney, the resident megalomanic, is one of the most love to hate characters to come along in ages. Their recent episode with the hollowed out moon and crash landing of a space shuttle was one of the best written and executed SCIFI stories I have seen in years with incredible CGI. It has its problems (e.g. the Ancient's technology seem too readily understandable and accessible) but overall its a solid SCIFI experience.
Sounds like Sheet: Reimagine Flesh Gordon Please... by DarfurOnTheRocks	Jun 14th, 2007 07:43:08 AM
This sounds like it is going to be horrible. low budget is not necessarily a bad thing, but low budget and low talent is not a good sign.
Instead of Ming the Merciless we get Jeff the Communist by Neo Con Snake Plissken	Jun 14th, 2007 08:51:46 AM
A Blond Ming that's kind of like Lenin?!? Oh. Ok. White people are evil. Wow. Haven't heard that one before. Why not make Flash Gordon A Half Black Half Hispanic Cripple? He can ride to Mongo in a rocket powered wheelchair. Mongo paun in game of political correctness. Liberal faggots.
Instead of Ming the Merciless we get Jeff the Communist by Neo Con Snake Plissken	Jun 14th, 2007 08:53:57 AM
A Blond Ming that's kind of like Lenin?!? Oh. Ok. White people are evil. Wow. Haven't heard that one before. Why not make Flash Gordon A Half Black Half Hispanic Cripple? He can ride to Mongo in a rocket powered wheelchair. Mongo paun in game of political correctness. Liberal faggots.
Dresden was cancelled? by Kid Z	Jun 14th, 2007 09:00:21 AM
...Figures. It started slowly, but strengthened with each episode as they added in more of the mythology from the books (not fantastic writing, but good, solid reads, and entertaining as hell). I guess if the budget isn't basement-level and there's no cheesy giant cardboard spiders or bad-CGI snakes, Sci-Fi's not interested. Remember when they were doing Taken and other cutting edge stuff? Too bad they were bought out by people who have the opinion that, "It's only science fiction, doesn't matter how lousy it it, the nerds will eat it up!" A pox on this shitty excuse for a network... they manage to be even worse than CW... didn't think that was physically possible, but they did it.
Sounds like they ruined Ming Smallville style. by superninja	Jun 14th, 2007 10:06:06 AM
So Ming will be more compelling than Flash just like Luthor was in Smallville?
Ming was a fun villain! Can't we just have someone by superninja	Jun 14th, 2007 10:07:16 AM
deliciously evil, why do they have to do the Post-Modern treatment on everything?
Everyone will watch this at least once and if by superninja	Jun 14th, 2007 10:12:13 AM
the chicks are hot enough maybe even twice.
MING THE kindaniceblondguywhosreallyevil. .. by Billyeveryteen	Jun 14th, 2007 10:36:54 AM
Geez, you can smell the stink from here.
Is flash blond if Ming is blond? by superninja	Jun 14th, 2007 10:39:38 AM
Or, Ming is really Flash's dad or something lame like that? Flash is the Universal Savior like the Paul Muwadeeb or something. With Sci-Fi, this will either go to pot out of the gate, or got to pot in season 2.
Ming wasn't Asian by TimBenzedrine	Jun 14th, 2007 10:42:49 AM
He was Mongonian. It's like saying that Vulcans look too Asian, so we're going to reimagine them to look like Swedes.
Not Mingy enough! by superninja	Jun 14th, 2007 10:51:38 AM

Ming is Short For: by bythehairofsanjaya	Jun 14th, 2007 10:57:46 AM
Mingelsonn a German Nazi last seen in Argentina so actually a blond sort of fits.
I expect BLAND. by riskebiz	Jun 14th, 2007 11:03:24 AM
I expect something akin to that insipid Lone Ranger TV series they tried a couple years ago. An OC version of pretty boy Flash Gordon is stupid.
Relic Hunter by FentonCrisp	Jun 14th, 2007 11:13:44 AM
Don't bash it, Herc. It was my regular Saturday night "date" during an especially depressing period in my life. Marry me, Tia! I just moved out of my mom's basement and into a lovely efficiency.
Mercy does not exist in this dojo by Cobra--Kai	Jun 14th, 2007 11:22:01 AM
Never done this before, but in the hope that someone involved in the show will read this, here are six ways to succeed with Flash Gordon. 1/ Aim it at kids (6-12 year olds). If it contains some good FX and a few hot girls in Mongo couture then us older geeks will lap it up too. 2/ Make Ming an absolute 'Merciless' villain and Flash a true-hearted hero. 3/Run the season as an ongoing story in the manner of Lost. 4/ Have every episode finish with a cliffhanger. 5/ Get copies of the old Buster Crabbe Flash Gordon serialisation to every writer and don't be afraid to poach. 6/ Keep everything as close to 'classic childrens sci-fi' as possible, that means laser guns, spaceships, swords, and monsters. Hope this little lot helps...
Ming Not Asian? Yep and Panthro is Not Black! by DarfurOnTheRocks	Jun 14th, 2007 11:31:24 AM
His name is Ming for gawd's sake!
If Ming would be like ... by Boris Baddenov	Jun 14th, 2007 11:47:31 AM
Von Balk, the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights in Sergei Eisenstein's "ALEXANDER NEVSKY", maybe that would be an acceptably Nordic re-imagining of the Mongolian-appearing Ming, eh?
First Dr. Doom - now Ming the Merciless by Movietool	Jun 14th, 2007 12:13:54 PM
All of my favorite villains are being destroyed before my very eyes. And no rocket ship? I hope not. Say what you will about the 80's movie - but at least they nailed the production design. The Flash Gordon rockets are ICONIC. By the way folks, ORIENTAL refers to rugs and furniture, ASIAN refers to people.
Hey, I'm wrong by Movietool	Jun 14th, 2007 12:17:45 PM
Just checked out Dictionary.com. Actually it's not incorrect to use Oriental in reference to a person from the East, it's just considered offensive by some.
Bring on a Doc Savage series... by lynxpro	Jun 14th, 2007 12:41:33 PM
The Man of Bronze would be a good SciFi Series...potentially.
remember, Doctor Who begins July 6th on SciFi.. by lynxpro	Jun 14th, 2007 12:42:45 PM
The American premiere of Series/Season 3 Doctor Who begins July 6th on the SciFi Channel.
Bland SciFi!!!! Yeah!!!!!! by picardsucks	Jun 14th, 2007 12:52:41 PM
All Hail Emperor Todd, The somewhat Mercilous!!!! Hail Todd!!! Hail Todd!!!!!!
A "Tight Budget", A Blonde Fascist Ming???? WTF??? by alucardvsdracula	Jun 14th, 2007 01:11:14 PM
Makes the Sam Jones 1980 Campfest seem positively epic in comparison.
SCI-Fi AH AH, Screwed everyone of us! by DarfurOnTheRocks	Jun 14th, 2007 01:16:23 PM
Every man, every woman, every child....
Needs More Brian Blessed! by pokadoo	Jun 14th, 2007 01:22:46 PM
"GAWWRDON'S ALIIIIVE?!!FLYING BLIIIND ON A RRRROCKET SLEDDDD?!!" And needs more Timothy Dalton too! "Freeze! Ya' Bloody bahstaaads!!". Classic stuff.
I have all the dirt by silversurfer2468	Jun 14th, 2007 02:00:30 PM
on this cough abortion of a series. It looks grim.
SciFi Channel Original Programming? by BillyPilgrim	Jun 14th, 2007 02:18:39 PM
Fuck Yeah!!
Geez Pokadoo, it's rocket cycle! by Billyeveryteen	Jun 14th, 2007 03:24:09 PM
If you're gonna quote the classics, try to get it right. "sled", sheesh..
Agreed, Bring Back I-Man... by _Maltheus_	Jun 14th, 2007 03:52:16 PM
...on DVD at the very least. I still haven't seen some season 1 eps. Bring back G vs. E while you're at it. I freakin' loved those shows. Sci-Fi has a long history of canceling shows too early (Stargate aside which was a Showtime show really). So I tend not to watch their new ones anymore. I might check out Flash, but it isn't sounding too encouraging right now. Also, aren't all of these Vancouver shows going to start getting in each other's frame as they shoot? They all look the same to me.
rug=oriental person=asian by FrodoFraggins	Jun 14th, 2007 03:57:24 PM
nimrods
RoguePlanet by oisin5199	Jun 14th, 2007 05:14:41 PM
"Battlestar Galactica was still essentially the same show, only darker and more political" - are you freakin' kidding me? I can't imagine the shows being any more different, stylistically, tonally, design-wise (sure there are a few callbacks with the vipers and such, but still), theme-wise. The only other similarities are a few character names and the fact that the Cylons are the enemy. Everything else about it is different.
DOA man doa...bum city... by new alien	Jun 14th, 2007 05:34:29 PM
Once again these so called creative types just don't get it. FLASH GORDON was easy. Fantasy, sexy gals, bad ass villian, wild creatures, rocket ships, laser guns, ROCKETSHIPS. Now we get SLIDERS GORDON with his Flash mobile. Believe me there are images and info already on the Entertainment weekly site about this so-called show. Yes no one should pre-judge a show, but hey I am going to from what I am seeing and reading. Hey I thought while fun, the early 80's film was still not all the way getting all the elements correct. Set it in the 30's keep the retro/deco whacky designs! Gee as uneven as SKY CAPTAIN was that may be as close to a FLASH GORDON feel creation that we will get. Heck even the Flimation cartoon had it right. If this bombs hard it will be quite a while till there is a FLASH GORDON done right. Heck after BSG leaves there is not much going on at SCIFI. I just don't get it why they take all these properties and then proceed to tear out their guts. They just never get it oh well it is just a show in the end.
Frell you SciFi! Ya cheap bastahds. by bswise	Jun 14th, 2007 05:43:06 PM
Farscape was as good a reimagining of Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers as there will ever be. Nothing on that cheap-o channel will ever be as good. That show looked great, had incredible action and heart, freely mixed hilarious camp with real pathos, and managed to pay homage to countless classics of the genre while still being completely original. I doubt there will ever be a hero-villain dynamic in a SciFi TV show as nuanced as the one between Chriton, Scorpius, and Harvey (Scorpius' neural clone), and nearly all of the relationships on that show were as rich. Character-, action-, and humor-wise, I think Firely was just as good, but couldn't compare to the fantastic design of Farscape. No, the SciFi Channel has indeed shot it's wad, and few shall mourn its ultimate demise.
Baal on Stargate looks like Ming outa look!! by Drath	Jun 14th, 2007 06:25:17 PM
If they're such pussies about the ethnicity (and excuse me but his daughter Aura turned out good so it's not like there ould be no good "Asian-looking" people on Mongo), why didn't they get HIM?!! A fucking blonde Ming? FUCK! This is the make it or break it part of the whole thing. Flash Gordon is nothing without Ming. Getting him wrong is like getting Darth Vader wrong in Star Wars. But then as some people have pointed out, current creative powers are idiots with villains, hence ruining Dr. Doom and Galactus. This is a terrible age for Sci-Fi villainry.
Yes, the Flash Gordon movie did suck... by jojo-pimp	Jun 14th, 2007 06:32:51 PM
but it sucked on a level that just made it awesome and enjoyable! go figure!! cannot wait to see this new series and see what direction they go in!
unfortunately from what I've seen by silversurfer2468	Jun 14th, 2007 09:03:33 PM
and heard from the set, the show is really bad. So way off from what FLASH GORDON is that the crew is already looking for their next gig. The scripts are being ripped apart by the very people who are filming the stuff. I just think that's terrible. One would think the powers that be would know better than to say "hey, we're making Flash Gordon" and then royally fuck it up the ass. Apparently it's not even in the realm of "bad enough to watch for a few laughs". Shame on them. I also heard Flash isn't even a football player. At least the 80's movie got that right. Stupid stupid stupid. Cancel Flash and bring back BSG!!!!
John Ralston looks like a thin version of Sam Jones. by kabong	Jun 14th, 2007 10:48:14 PM
So shouldn't he play Flash Gordon, not Ming? Did one of the many producer idiots get his calls to agents out of order?
Ming the Semi-Merciless? by mrmgp	Jun 15th, 2007 12:15:53 AM
What kind of fucked up Ming is this?
Ming as Lenin? Eh? A blonde Lenin? Eh? by Samson_K	Jun 15th, 2007 09:51:25 AM
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That's Like a Star Wars series in 10 years by Samson_K	Jun 15th, 2007 09:53:58 AM
Having Darth Vader as a Che Guevara type! That's right people in 2017 Star Wars will be 40 years old and in 1977 the original Flash Gordon serial was 41 years old! How fucked up is that?????
Dune rocks by kwisatzhaderach	Jun 15th, 2007 06:16:16 PM
The David Lynch one, not the crappy mini series of a few years ago.
Sci Fi should have made Lost Room into a series by GreatCzarsGhost	Jun 16th, 2007 03:06:46 AM
The Lost Room miniseries was the best thing besides BG that Sci Fi has put on the air all year. It should have been expanded into a weekly series.

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