Burn Notice, Psyche, and Flash Gordon
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UPDATED: Saturday, August 25, 2007 05:47
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Optimus, if you can at all afford it, try to get BBCAmerica. They're showing Torchwood (the Doctor Who spin-off) starting September 8th. Maybe it's just the crazy fan-girl talking, but any chance to watch Jack is one not to be missed. 
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Originally posted by deepgirl187:
Well, at least Sci-Fi Fridays aren't completely wasted. We still have the greatness that is Doctor Who, and I hear that Painkiller Jane is supposed to be decent. But Flash Gordon? I cringe every time I see the commercials for that. Wasn't the movie torture enough?
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Hey, don't knock the movie. It's some of the best camp sci-fi out there and I'd rather watch that than the 3 new SW's films. At least the kind of camp on the Flash Gordon movie can be enjoyed, as opposed to the stiff (taking ourselves too seriously) camp of SW 1-3. Don't mean to sound nasty, just have to defend one of my favorite 80's sci-fi films. I have to remember to ask for the DVD for Xmas.
But now I'm curious to see what the tv show is like. Will it be coming to Canada? Or can I see it on-line somewhere's? (along with the other two shows)
Oh, and with the mentality (IE: intellegence level) of the suits today you just have to think that Burn Notice, which seems to be popular, will probably be dropped and FG kept on. It seems to be the in thing these days, y'know, keep the crap and throw away the good stuff (I hope not of course, but I'm going from the last 5-10 years of network television here)
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Originally posted by thatweirdgirl:
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Ric, count yourself lucky that you were not able to see the new Flash Gordon. The Sci-Fi channel has chosen to invest in a bad show (not a bad premise).
It's just I'm so into the Flash Gordon premise. I can't help it. I used to watch the 30's serials on TV early in the morning here in the uk, before I would go to school. Larry "Buster" Crab was Ace. The Sets were Ace, Ming was ace and the way the spaceships flew was brilliant! I have the Purple Death Seasons on DVD and I just love them. Grainy quality and all!
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Ming is not Ming. Horrible casting and makeup and costume. Just bad. Flash and Dale weren't miscast, I think both are fine choices for the parts, it's the writing and delivery that suck.
but,but... Can't we do something. We can't have a generation of viewers thinking Flash is awful!!! Who is in charge? I'll help make it, I'll take no fee. I'll even rope in my friends, they'll help out. There has to be something we can dooooooo..........!
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I say skip it. If you happen to get a chance to see it, have a book handy to read when you get bored.
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Originally posted by deepgirl187:
Optimus, if you can at all afford it, try to get BBCAmerica. They're showing Torchwood (the Doctor Who spin-off) starting September 8th. Maybe it's just the crazy fan-girl talking, but any chance to watch Jack is one not to be missed.
Hey Preaching to the choir sister, i have already seen the series(and made my own dvds, incl. Torchwood Declassified) courtesy of bit torrent,
and the only prob with me getting BBC America, is that i am currently living with my folks, and convincing the old man to upgrade to digital cable, would be nigh on impossible. (the man still listens mostly to am radio, and kinda prefers B&W TV, hell they don't even own a cordless phone! but i ramble now....sorry...)i can only pray that the US airings will lead to a US DVD release.
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Must be a browncoat thing, 'cause I feel the same way about all those shows. I was hoping Flash Gordon was going to be interesting: but I don't think I even saw a cool-looking spaceship in the pilot episode. I don't know, maybe it'll be one of those shows that takes a few episodes to get good, but it just sort of bored me (same with Painkiller Jane, come to think. Wasnt' terrible, just not good enough for me to care to watch it again.)
I'm loving Burn Notice, though. I'd been lacking a decent show that I look forward to each week lately, and that's got me hooked. (And bonus points for Bruce Campbell, too.)
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I've watched the first 2 episodes of Flash Gordon and I admit it: I'm not all that impressed. However, I'm going to give it a shot and let it find it's footing. The first season Star trek TNG wasn't all that good, yet it got better and went on for 7 seasons. And just think-if people had done that for Firefly we'd be starting season 5 by now (and just might know what Book's past was-sorry, discussion from work the other day). We still have the obligatory character development episodes to go yet before we even see what the actual season plot is going to be about, so I'll give it a year at least.
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Originally posted by optimus1998:
How have i never even Heard of this "Burn Notice"??
If it has Bruce Campbell, I'm in. Where and When is it on???
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Nothing like filming a major motion picture to make you feel better about your show being cancelled.
- Nathan Fillion
REDEMPTION!
- Adam Baldwin
Well played Clerks...
- Leonardo Leonardo(Clerks Cartoon)
Burn Notice is on USA (a Universal/NBC cable channel-props to them for Serenity/Serenity CE and hopefully Serenity 2) Thursdays at 10 EDT. It's repeated on the weekend but I'm not sure when. You might want to check a schedule.
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I've been enjoying Burn Notice, and The Kill Point. I was also unimpressed with Flash Gordon. I'm just looking forward to season 2 of Torchwood, and Dexter now. I can do with out painkiller jayne too. Very bad. And to think they killed Dresden files to make room for that stuff.
If you've missed, or don't get the right channels for, these shows, keep an eye on TV links.
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Originally posted by Jadehand:
I've been enjoying Burn Notice, and The Kill Point. I was also unimpressed with Flash Gordon. I can do with out painkiller jayne too. Very bad. And to think they killed Dresden files to make room for that stuff.
With all the series that have been canceled, or will soon be coming to an end, I am wondering exactly how sci-fi is going to fill those time slots.
Burn Notice is a good show. Normally I don't go for spy stuff but this show has a great cast and enough humor to set itself apart from typical spy stories.
I'm still giving Flash the benefit of the doubt. However, if things don't improve over the next 3-4 episodes I'll be jumping off that train.
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