Flash Gordon
SyFy | Release Date: August 10, 2007
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
5
Negative:
7
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
63
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: The show's overall tone is less campy than the Flash Gordon movie, but it's more mature, and entertaining, than the old "Battlestar Galactica" or "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" series. Read full review
58
Christian Science MonitorGloria Goodale
Season 1 Review: For all the comic-book fans who can't get enough of grown-ups carrying ray guns and discussing the destruction of planet Earth, pretty lame effects and super-stiff acting keep this from being really great camp. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterRay Richmond
Season 1 Review: The whole story is over the top, but it's mitigated by the sense of humor it has about its own broad elements. The acting is serviceable enough and--to Rosenthal's credit in the pilot--surprisingly consistent. What the plotting lacks in cohesion and suspense, the production often compensates for in visual appeal. Read full review
40
The New York TimesStaff (Not Credited)
Season 1 Review: The show, approximately the zillionth attempt to put Flash and his friends on the big or small screen, isn’t bad, particularly; it’s just not very, excuse me, flashy. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMatt Roush
Season 1 Review: This contemporary remake is cheerfully B-movie cheesy--watch an alien attack a bowling alley--but also stubbornly flat, settling for cute when sublime camp would be preferred. Read full review
40
Washington PostTom Shales
Season 1 Review: As light summer fare, most of it done with a campy wink at the camera, Flash Gordon is by no means unbearable. But the fonder one's memories of the original, the more likely the viewer will want to send this Flash back. Read full review
37
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: Badly written, badly cast and done on the cheap in the Canadian woods, Flash is the kind of fantasy toss-off that gives sci-fi, and Sci Fi, a bad name. Read full review
30
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: As played by Johnson, this 21st Century Flash is likable enough, and the plot occasionally achieves a tick-tock level of efficiency, but there’s little else to recommend this series. Read full review
30
Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
Season 1 Review: They've assembled a cast suffering a major charisma deficit and given them wooden, cliche-riddled dialogue to deliver. Read full review
30
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: Even in this sporty new vehicle the old codger looks a little unsteady on his pins--lacking the requisite wit, excitement or sense of adventure to survive for long in this dimension, much less the next. Read full review
20
NewsdayDiane Werts
Season 1 Review: Nobody seems to be having any fun here, not even lording-it-over-everybody Ming. You'd think next week's second episode might be better, once all that exposition is out of the way, but you'd be wrong. It's even more lifeless. Read full review
20
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: Flash Gordon is a victim of pedestrian scripting. Worse yet, the characters are forced to spout too much exposition that betrays what should be the characters' natural reactions. Read full review
0
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: I apologize to all the Flash Gordon fans around the world. I know I had nothing to do with this series , but it's so horrible I somehow feel responsible - just by watching it. Read full review
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