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ShannonA
08-09-2007, 06:52 PM
Flash Gordon starts tomorrow. No idea if it'll be good or atrociously terrible, but you may want to set your Tivo to give the first episode a try.
wiseblood
08-09-2007, 10:07 PM
Flash Gordon starts tomorrow. No idea if it'll be good or atrociously terrible, but you may want to set your Tivo to give the first episode a try.

My bet is on atrocious but it's a bet I'm willing to lose.
ShannonA
08-09-2007, 10:44 PM
My bet is on atrocious but it's a bet I'm willing to lose.

Yup, that's my bet too, but I would have said the same thing about Battlestar Galactica, sight unseen.
ShannonA
08-10-2007, 05:02 PM
I couldn't place him until I looked in IMDB, but the star also played Whitney on Smallville.
wiseblood
08-10-2007, 09:58 PM
I never would have made that connection.
ShannonA
08-10-2007, 10:13 PM
I never would have made that connection.

The wife and I finished watching season 1 of Smallville last week;).
Fritzef
08-17-2007, 07:09 PM
Well, I'm leaning towards the atrocious side, but I'll give it a few episodes to improve.
ShannonA
09-06-2007, 06:06 PM
I watched up to the third episode, then decided I didn't need to watch it anymore.

I never found the show atrocious, but I never found it particularly intriguing either. The running back and forth between Mongo for the crisis of the week with the typical we-must-keep-the-secret backstory just didn't pull me in.

I also found Flash and Dale pretty weak leads, though I liked the alien bounty hunter quite a bit and the scientist OK.

Last I heard, Flash's ratings are weak enough that it's unlikely to get renewed.
Fritzef
09-07-2007, 11:24 PM
From what I've seen, it probably doesn't deserve to be renewed.

I wonder why they insist on setting so much of it on earth, instead of exploring Mongo. Is it just a money thing--easier/no sets required?
ShannonA
09-08-2007, 12:32 AM
If I had to guess, I'd say they were trying to repeat the success of Stargate*, but overall, I dunno. They made curious choices that didn't grab me.

* Though really, spending any time at all on Earth was a pretty late thing in the Stargate series, and never to the extent of these first few Flashes.
wiseblood
09-11-2007, 03:01 AM
I pretty much assumed it was a money thing. Which is why Mongo looks just like earth but over exposed.