Flash Gordon

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Season 1
  • Network: SyFy
  • Series Premiere Date: Aug 10, 2007
Metascore
35

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 13
  3. Negative: 7 out of 13
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Critic Reviews

  1. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    37
    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.
  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    30
    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.
  3. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    30
    They've assembled a cast suffering a major charisma deficit and given them wooden, cliche-riddled dialogue to deliver.
  5. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    30
    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.
  6. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Diane Werts
    20
    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.
  7. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    20
    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.
  8. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    0
    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.

Awards & Rankings

89
#89 Best TV Season of 2007
47
#47 Most Discussed TV Season of 2007
34
#34 Most Shared TV Season of 2007

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User Score
2.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 57 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 57
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 57
  3. Negative: 44 out of 57
  1. PeterF.
    Oct 25, 2007
    0
    The show is abysmally bad. I'll sit through most sci-fi shows but this is horrible. Bad acting, rubbish stories and cheap production. The show is abysmally bad. I'll sit through most sci-fi shows but this is horrible. Bad acting, rubbish stories and cheap production. Sci Fi needs to extend the next season to at least 20 episodes for Eureka and bring back the Dresden Files if it hopes to keep it's audience.… Full Review »
  2. EddieW.
    Sep 28, 2007
    10
    I love this show and I do not want it cancelled, please keep it on the air!
  3. BrandonS.
    Sep 18, 2007
    7
    While the series premiere was pretty poor, I gave it another chance, and I actually think it's gotten to be a pretty good show. While the series premiere was pretty poor, I gave it another chance, and I actually think it's gotten to be a pretty good show. It's certainly not on the level of Battlestar Galactica or Eureka, but the show has heart and a growing sense of humor. I think this show merits a little patience. Hopefully, since SciFi doesn't depend on huge ratings, Flash Gordon will be given the chance it deserves.… Full Review »
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