Comments on: Flash Gordon: The Pilot

By: Adrian Rennie

Adrian Rennie — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:07:27 +0000

I saw this for free through iTunes. I am very sad to say that I have been having problems sleeping all week, and this show literally knocked me out. I unsure whether to say thank you or …*long pause* thanks.

On my second go round, I’d have to say the lead Flash is quite fetching, however the storyline did in fact bore me. Though not as much as the current ‘teen’ storyline on Days of our Lives… woof.

Will I check out future episodes? Prolly not unfortunately.

By: J-DaBigEasy

J-DaBigEasy — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:31:13 +0000

Finally watched the Flash Gordon Pilot last night and I have to agree that it was pretty dull. It reminds me of series like StarGate and McGyver in that all the settings look the same. You know, the same hills seen over and over again, but people in dressed to represent various foreign countrys in McG and various foreign worlds on SG. I also had a problem with the three lead actresses - they all look too much alike. If Ming’s daughter and the Bounty Hunter had traded hair styles and clothes mid-episode, I’m not sure I would have noticed. I also agree that the Hans charater is lacking. I remember Hans have having a strong personality; this guy is more a study in social deficit-personality disorders. But, Flash is a cutie and I love science fiction, so I’ll give it another episode or two.

By: DOOL Mike

DOOL Mike — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 05:38:27 +0000

I almost cried. It felt so unlike Flash Gordon. It was…horrible.

I’ll keep watching, because it IS Flash Gordon and I’d like to see where it goes, but my expectations are incredibly low.

The Ming thing is definitely one of the biggest mistakes though. By far.

(Also thought it was cheesy how they had music from the movie playing in the preview, trying to capitalize on the movie’s fame - Bleh.)

By: Liam

Liam — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 05:52:37 +0000

I found this version of Flash Gordon to be very boring. It hardly kept my attention. Ming was pointless. He had not character development at all. They packed a whole of nothing into 90 minutes. I will take the Sam J. Jones 1980 version over this. At least it was not boring.