Waste of time

Great Film overall

Good concept, poorly executed.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Very surprised to the negative reviews this show is receiving. It's not like the original FG? Of course not, because the original FG sucked. Good dialogue and surprise twists are aplenty on this show. Special mention to Karen Cliché's Baylin and John Ralson's Ming for giving us an ultracool heroin and a villain who is evil and very realistic, respectively. If you want lines like "It's a political think-tank. Now THERE'S an oxymon", then watch FG. If you want garbage, then there's much more of it on the idiot-tube. See it and enjoy the quirky characters, good dialogue, plot twists you didn't see coming, and how dangerous and self-deluded Ming is. Forget the morons who were in the stupid 1981 movie, since this is good television. You won't regret it.

Well, the SciFi channel wanted to create a new 'flagship' show for when the much loved and respected Battlestar Galactica finishes it's four season run. This was meant to be that show. In an attempt to bring in the huge existing fan base, stretched over several generations worldwide for the hugely successful and influential Flash Gordon as well as update the story for the new millennium and bring in new fans as well, SciFi decided that they could hoodwink everyone. They threw out any notion that this was related to Alex Raymond's wonderful, ahead of their time strips, they ignored the terrific Buster Crabbe serials and they stuck two fingers up at the amazing 1980 cult movie. What they also did is look at other failed and abysmal television shows, take all the elements that could keep the budget down to miniscule levels (failed actors, bad writers, the cheapest effects known to man), threw it all together as a name only production and hoped it would somehow stick.It didn't. The resultant disgraceful show received some of the worst critical reviews ever seen for a new science fiction show. It was reviled across the print press and lambasted by cast members of the other, successful versions. The audience didn't take to it either - by the 15th episode by the SciFi channels own admission it had halved it's viewers at EVERY episode. It ended up after it's mid-season break with an audience so small it couldn't even be counted by Neilson. Not surprisingly, it's cancellation was kept quiet by the channel - as they have a tendency to do with under-performing shows - but the writing was on the wall before the mid-season break began. The producers of this mess had so little interest in it's miniscule fan base that the official word of cancellation had to come from one of the show's actresses on a little-heard internet blog show.Perhaps this can be seen as a lesson for future 're-imaginers'. Take the lessons of Battlestar Galactica and Flash Gordon respectively and learn. One show, a cheesy knock-off of a successful movie was remade into probably the greatest science fiction show to hit television - ever. How did they achieve this? Talent behind the camera, talent in front, and respect for the original story in that when changes were made, they were made for the better. Not to mention a decent budget. The other franchise had previously had mixed levels of success from pretty low (1950's Steve Holland version) to ecstatic (Alex Raymond's strips, the 1930's radio shows and the serials) to cult and beloved (the 1980 movie). Overall it is a much loved story that has thrilled audiences for over 75 years. The remake ignored the consistent story completely, destroyed previously grand characters and casted totally against type. It spent no money on production value and sneered at it's core audience. Now, one of these shows has gone on to have 4 successful seasons, a mini-series, a television movie, and a soon-to-begin production spin-off prequel. Here's a hint - that show is not Flash Gordon 2007. Good riddance Flash Gordon 2007. If it had a grave, I'd spit on it.

I love this show!!! I love that it's a bit campy.Cast is great!!! I would love to see this show for more seasons.Eric Johnson as Flash is just perfect.Anna Van Hooft as Aura is very likable. She plays her part very well.John Ralston adds just enough "evil".It seems that every member is really getting into the characters that they play.I think it's way cool that they are spending so much time on developing the characters and adding new groups of people every week.The story is believable and has continuity.I'm not sure why we need 10 lines.GO FLASH!!!

This show is great - pure entertainment. It's updated and different and has beautiful women and a good story line. The sets and costumes, for a small-time TV sci-fi show, aren't bad. The characters from the various cantons show imagination and allow for varied stories. This show is s-o-o-o-o much better than Battlestar. OK, Flash is a little dippy, but, hey, look at the old Buster Crabbe movies. Could there have been a worse actor? I don't know who was worse Flash, Zarkov, or Ming. Yet they have endured the test of time, and clearly set the stage for the various Star Trek series. (If you look closely William Shatner as Captain Kirk copied Buster Crabbe's "shoulder run" - he ran with his shoulders.) I TiVo the Friday episode and can't wait until Saturday morning to watch it. It's like a trip down memory lane. Give Flash a break!