This could be interesting if done right?
Flash Blasts Off Again
SCI FI Channel has green-lighted production on Flash Gordon, a series based on the popular comic-strip franchise, the channel announced Jan. 12 at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena, Calif.
Production on the 22 one-hour episodes begins in Canada early this year. The series, produced by Reunion Pictures, is slated to debut on SCI FI in July, with a broadcast syndication window to follow.
The series will be produced under an agreement between King Features Syndicate, which owns the rights to Flash Gordon, and Robert Halmi Sr. and Robert Halmi Jr. (The Legend of Earthsea).
The characters of Ming, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov will be brought back for a contemporary retelling of the comic-strip story created in 1934 by Alex Raymond. The strip is still distributed internationally by King Features Syndicate.
Flash Blasts Off Again
SCI FI Channel has green-lighted production on Flash Gordon, a series based on the popular comic-strip franchise, the channel announced Jan. 12 at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena, Calif.
Production on the 22 one-hour episodes begins in Canada early this year. The series, produced by Reunion Pictures, is slated to debut on SCI FI in July, with a broadcast syndication window to follow.
The series will be produced under an agreement between King Features Syndicate, which owns the rights to Flash Gordon, and Robert Halmi Sr. and Robert Halmi Jr. (The Legend of Earthsea).
The characters of Ming, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov will be brought back for a contemporary retelling of the comic-strip story created in 1934 by Alex Raymond. The strip is still distributed internationally by King Features Syndicate.
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Sat, January 13, 2007 - 3:42 PM"Robert Halmi Sr. and Robert Halmi Jr. (The Legend of Earthsea)"
If that doesn't send shivers down your spine...get a cat scan, you've misplaced it. -
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Sat, January 13, 2007 - 6:38 PMI could not watch 15 minuets of SciFi's Earth.
It is wise to be wary indeed...
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Re: Flash Blasts Off Again...
Mon, January 15, 2007 - 5:38 AMHmmmmmm.......
I am going to take a "wait and see" approach to this one!!
I absolutely LOVED the cheesy 80-ies Theatrical release...and to this day! I enjoy watching it...visually it was cool, character-wise it was cheesy to the max, special effects wise silly but fun to enjoy...and then there was the Soundtrack done by the legendary Rock group "Queen"! :)
I am hoping that Sci Fi get's it right with this series....that they mix good stories with good acting and decent special effects too.
Hopefully the show will be as good as the new Battlestar Galactica.....and not a total terrible fuck up and unwacthable like some of the other made foe Sci Fi Channel Origianal series and/or movies that have been shown in the past or of late.
It is a total shame that Sci Fi Channel ahs such a terrible spotty record as far as origianl TV shows are concerned!
But THAT my friends is another Thread altogether!
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Re: Flash Blasts Off Again...
Sun, March 11, 2007 - 4:13 AMHope we get to see it in Australia......but knowing our luck it'll be released direct to DVD:(
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Wed, March 14, 2007 - 4:16 AMI'm looking forward to seeing it....sometime in the very distant future.....probably in the summer non-ratings season:(
