I've seen the first few episodes of the new SciFi channel series, "Flash Gordon". It's not the greatest thing since, er… um… whatever, but it's different and I like it. I just finished reading a whole bunch of reviews on IMDB. I really think they were written by 12-year olds with nothing better to do. Who else would spend that much time writing in-depth reviews of the pilot episode?

This is a complete rewrite using the same character names of the original from the 1930s and that's about it. Flash (Stephen) Gordon is an ordinary guy becoming something of an unsung hero. It's an interesting story and I hope it continues longer than one season. Who needs superheroes anyway?

"Flash Gordon" stars Eric Johnson, Gina Holden, Karen Cliche, Jonathan Walker and more. Here's the opening title sequence: