I just tried to watch this past week's Flash Gordon, and I just can't. It's just so bad. And not in a good way. Not even the original song could have redeemed it.
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Vortex - Aug 27, 2007 6:31:13 pm PDT #5852 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Typo Boy - Aug 27, 2007 7:31:00 pm PDT #5853 of 10001
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Vortex, I think your opinion is widely shared.
Theresa - Aug 27, 2007 9:23:23 pm PDT #5854 of 10001
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I just tried to watch this past week's Flash Gordon, and I just can't. It's just so bad. And not in a good way. Not even the original song could have redeemed it.
I think I turned the channel when Flash said something about the woman being able to stay only until his mom came home.
Theodosia - Aug 28, 2007 1:31:16 am PDT #5855 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
At least they didn't totally forget that he has a Mom, not that she looks any different at all from the other brunettes cast on the show. I mean, seriously, you can only tell them apart by the makeup and clothes.
Fay - Aug 28, 2007 1:41:46 am PDT #5856 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
So this new Flash Gordon, then - is it set in the present? Or retro?
Theodosia - Aug 28, 2007 1:52:38 am PDT #5857 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Set in the present, but not very well. I'm only watching out of a sense of... I dunno, watching a car wreck?
sumi - Aug 28, 2007 4:21:34 am PDT #5858 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Because sciffy is airing the BSG minisodes during Flash in October? (That's the only reason it is on my tv.)
Vortex - Aug 28, 2007 5:13:46 am PDT #5859 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
So this new Flash Gordon, then - is it set in the present? Or retro?
It's set in the present. Flash is a young virile athlete with a tragic past; his father died when he was young. He and Dale had a passionate college love affair, then broke up. Now, she's back in town as a reporter, engaged to a cop. They've hooked up with his dad's former lab assistant. Turns out that Daddy opened a "dimensional rift" to an alien world and is possibly still alive!!!! (pause for eyeroll) There are plot holes that you could drive a country through, random characters, horrible writing, and NO QUEEN THEME SONG.
sumi - Aug 28, 2007 5:14:35 am PDT #5860 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
I did like the bunny on the car.
Uh, that's pretty much all I remember from this week's episode.
Tom Scola - Aug 28, 2007 5:16:40 am PDT #5861 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
There's also a lot of standing around and talking in lieu of, you know, action and adventure.