Wow... Flash Gordon!

[wraithfodder]

I can't believe it! SciFi has managed to condense one of their awful scifi flicks into a TV show now. I'm sorry, but I tried it, truly I did. It's had a few snarky lines of dialogue, but the flat delivery, boringness that extends into a black vacuum of space, can't save it. I should really drag myself out the room and turn off the tube, well, reverse the order, and spare myself the misery that is a much-ballyhooed Skiffy show, but well, there might be an SGA ad. I know. Pitiful. Wait, wait. I can set the DVR and leave and check tomorrow. Yeah, I'll try to last till 10pm so I can say I saw all of it (or is 90 minutes? no, say it aint' so!)

The only bad thing is that this show is the lead-in to season 4 of Stargate Atlantis. ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!  I'd rather watch CNN than Flash Gordon. Really. I see myself watching Doctor Who, then checking out CBS' vampire show at 9pm, then going back to SGA at 10pm, although will I miss any ads? Although, is it worth the pain? Usually the first show/pilot is really good. In this case, it's not. 

I chose the Teyla icon cuz that's what I should be doing, yes, covering my eyes...

Comments

[kodiak-bear.livejournal.com]

I thought it was pretty bad. But when I was telling hubby how wooden the dialogue was etc, he just came back with, "But that's how it's always *been*." O-kay, but sweetie, it's *crap*. Ugh. He liked it okay, I didn't, at all, and it totally sucks that it is supposed to be the lead-in for SGA. Yuck. Hopefully it'll be pulled before then. But then again, Painkiller Jane with it's awful ratings is still running so I'm betting not.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Ah, he's their target demographic!! ;) I think I"d rather watch Painful Jane than FLashy Gordon...

[kodiak-bear.livejournal.com]

Well, he isn't that up on it. *grin* He said 'it has potential' but on this show I can't agree with him on that. We both thought that about Dresden, and I think DF *did* get better but I still think it didn't quite make it as far as it needed so the cancellation didn't take me completely by surprise...but this one, I don't get the potential because the dialogue is bad and if a writer can't get dialogue, then that's that. And the characters have to bring things alive and like you pointed out, nope, not at all.