I’m super excited for the new SCI FI show ‘Flash Gordon’, but there’s a little shadow of a doubt that is just nibbling away at the back of my mind.  I really feel like if I could get a glimpse of the show, I’d know more about how I feel about it. 

AICN has an insider report from an employee of the production of the new SCI FI program ‘Flash Gordon’.  Here are a few of the big points:

• Just completed shooting episode 4
• A rough cut of the pilot is in the network’s hands
• Eric Johnson (Flash Gordon) and the producers will be at Comicon
• Not as light as ‘Charmed’ but not as dark as ‘Battlestar Galactica’
• Ming is not the ruthless villain (that he should be)…he is more of a benevolent dictator
• “Mongo is a fascinating and terrifying place with a lot of intrigue between the various factions (Cantons), Ming and their dependence upon him for the scarce resource of water (which he controls absolutely).  The art direction for Mongo is somewhere between the Imperial look of “Star Wars” and the more post modern/medieval look of Carl’s dream world in “The Cell”.”

I’m a little hesitant to take it at face value, since it has a “plant” vibe.  If it’s shaping up how this fella says, it sounds like they’re doing a good job, for the most part.