Flash Gordon CANCELLED !! April 2, 2008
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That’s a wrap.
When we first heard about Flash Gordon being brought to SciFi Channel, admittedly we were somewhat enthusiastic.
We blogged about the buildup to the show, who would play what, and what the show would focus on.
You know the regular pre-show hype.
A year ago — April of 2007 we blogged that the show’s principal star wasn’t a SciFi fan himself — and it showed throughout his flawed acting in the show.
The first episode of Flash Gordon was disgusting. It might have got marginally better by the fourth episode but that’s really not saying much.
The acting was pathetic, the plots weak and the overall drama was non-existent.
We’ve called for Flash Gordon to be canceled before — and now that the day has finally come, we’re obviously not surprised. The final episode aired barely a month ago.
HOW could SciFi have ever let that show go into production which such crappy scripts? Sure Flash Gordon is a campy construct, but hey so was Battlestar Galactica and look what Ron Moore was able to do with that.
Flash Gordon was flawed from the start. If you’re going to make SciFi work you need to have writers/producers and actors that are fans, that are committed to doing something innovative and that respond to criticism. Flash Gordon failed on all accounts and now its gone. It didn’t have to be this way and someone high up at NBC Universal should really law down the lay to make sure this type of travesty doesn’t happen again.
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