Re: Flash Gordon: Ends where it should have started

Steven L. wrote:
> Alan F wrote:
> 
>>  I have the last 3 or 4 episodes on the DVR which I have not yet
>> watched (with the fast forward button handy), but the show was
improving
>> after the sheer awfulness of the first few episodes. Up to lousy or
>> stupid from awful, but hey it was an improvement. 
> 
> Gee, I guess I should have stuck with the show and given it a chance.  I

> had stopped watching it after the first 4 episodes or so.
> 
> Are they going to release it on DVD?

  Can't imagine why they wouldn't. If there is a season 2 of Flush
Gordon - something I would have said had a less than zero chance of
happening after the first few episodes - a DVD set would probably not be
released until close to the start of the 2nd season on Sci-Fi. If the
show is canceled, then they might push out a DVD box set this year just
to get some money out of it.

  I am not saying that Flush Gordon became a good or even decent show.
It still has seriously cheap production values and Ming has far worse
palace security than a Ga'ould, but they did start developing some sort
of overall plot arc and going for the occasional in-joke.

  Flush Gordon is shot in HD and has been shown in HD on Sci-Fi HD since
Sci-Fi HD started up last fall. I think that makes the show more
watchable, but Verizon FiOS has not yet added Sci-Fi HD, so I have not
been able to see it in HD (except for the pilot episode that aired on
UniversalHD). That has been a factor in letting episodes pile up on the
DVR. There is a small possibility that season 1 would air on
UniversalHD, but the production company might be going the syndicated
route for the show with the season 1 run is done on Sci-Fi.

  Alan F