First look here.



*cue Queen song*

hu-WHAAAAA...?!

*clicky clicky*

EDIT: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.  Flash Gordon - rocketship + wormhole = WTF EUGENE?!

EDIT AGAIN: (Flash - rockets) = (Breaking Away - bikes).

And Flash is a marathon runner now. That really helps in a fight. And I've heard that Ming is now much younger. Meh.
I'm kinda sick of all these dark re-imaginings of series. There's only so much whining I can stand. On the other hand, as long as a significant part of the whiners consists of hot babes, I'll watch it. Worked for BSG...

Quote from: JongWKFirst look here.



*cue Queen song*

 And here is that Queen song :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQVLFn2PTzY

- Ed C.

Flash Gordon sucked to begin with, now he'll really suck.

And yes, I can't stand the fucking "dark re-imagings".  TV is at where comics were at about 10 years ago. Everything has to be dark and morally grey, and they think people love that shit. I can only hope that 10 years from now we'll get to see a new version of BSG where there's some hope again, and most importantly where Starbuck is a MAN.

RPGPundit

Well, I think that "dark" will be the default mood for genre series for a long time. Started with X-Files, still going strong with Lost, BSG etc.

I really don't care whether Starbuck is a man or not. The original BSG was a cheap Star Wars copy and Dirk Benedict is a one-trick pony who nobody misses at all. That alone wouldn't have changed much, and they began with a general mood that wasn't too different from the 80s version (apart from a lack of camp, kids and that annoying robot). But then the budget cuts were clearly visible, political allegories abounded and the writers just stretched the story. I think they had plans for one season and got surprised that they were so successful.

Flash Gordon (I really liked the original serials) will stand or fall depending on one key factor: Ming.
Considering that from the 90s on, most baddies were ginormously atrocious, I don't have high hopes.

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Funny .

 I just hope the new show has decent music or they get permission to use the Queen song.  If they even do that much - I'll tune into the first 5 minutes each night


- Ed C.

I'll give it a watch.  Being a fan of the old serials I'm hoping they manage to capture a little of that 'feel' though I doubt it.  But I give several shows a chance with the first couple of episodes, very few get me for more than that.

I have several old video tapes of the old 1930s serials. These are the ones with Buster Crabbe.

I don't even own a VCR anymore, but I still have those tapes.

I got those as DVDs. Terribly cheap.

I have them on video as well. I have the alex raymond comics, too- and soon I will have this on DVD-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdJElaDVOW4

they have the first thre on youtube; very faithful to the source material and the animation isn't tooo bad..

Oh, I'll check it out.  But it had better be a grade-A show deserving of the name, otherwise it's just squatting.

I'd love to see a space opera show with a 21st century budget and 1930s spirit.  A big, bad-ass, balls-out "Lensman" show, maybe?  Over-the-top and starkly astounding, only make the ladies cooler?

Quote from: SosthenesThe original BSG was a cheap Star Wars copy and Dirk Benedict is a one-trick pony who nobody misses at all.

You're dissin' Dirk?! Don't diss the 'Buck, bitch!


Lieutenant Starbuck: I had this, uh, wonderful speech all prepared --
Cassiopeia: About this being your last night here? About possibly not seeing another night as beautiful as this one, or another girl as beautiful as I am, ever again?
Lieutenant Starbuck: Yeah, well, that speech is a little better than the one I had. Would you mind if I borrowed it on some future occasion?

I'd rather share my space with Kara Thrace.

- Ed C.