This show is very poorly done. Acting is lousy. The plots are ridiculous. The premise is thrown out the window. It's a complete waste of time. The movie from 1979 was a little sleezy, but still adequate for kids and enjoyable to watch. But this TV show is just plain awful Flash Gordon still lives with his parents and Ming and Aura are poorly portrayed. Just don't watch it.
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Flash Gordon
(Rated NR, Science fiction , Starring Eric Johnson, Gina Holden, John Ralston, Where to watch: Syfy, Online)
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Not age appropriate for kids under 10, age appropriate for kids over 14; suggested age 13. -
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Update of classic sci-fi series is fun for teens.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 13–14
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What Parents Need to Know
About Flash Gordon
Parents need to know that the show's villain, Ming the Merciless, rules through terror and often uses violence and torture to deal with his enemies. Though no explicit torture sequences are shown, some scenes show the build-up and the bloody aftermath, which could be hard for young viewers to stomach. Women are depicted as subservient, sexual playthings, and the show hints that Ming relishes sexually assaulting drugged captives. Ming is, in every way, a cruel and malicious dictator who rules over a domain where the powerful take advantage of the weak and where treachery, sadism, and selfishness aren't just virtues, but necessary self-preservation skills.
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Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the concept of evil. Is it possible for a person to be completely bad, with no hope of redemption? Does Ming fit that mold? Are villains with some good in them more interesting than those who are corrupt through and through? Why? Which type do you see more of in sci-fi movies and TV shows? Families can also discuss how science fiction reflects the popular imagination. In the original 1930s Flash Gordon serials, the adventurers traveled by spaceship; here, they whiz back and forth by jumping through "rifts" in space that can appear anywhere. Have modern viewers become so familiar with the practical limitations of space travel that using a rocket to reach a distant planet no longer seems plausible? Or are the producers trying to update the series by featuring a transportation method that seems as fantastic and amazing today as rocket travel did in the '30s?
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- I rate this title off for age 5 and give it
Awful TV show - don't waste your time
- I rate this title off for age 13 and give it
30 year old heroes do not live with mom
Its called Fllash Gordon. He has blond hair. The bad guy is Ming, but unlike the mings of past Fash Gordon's this one is Ming not qite so menacing. More like Ming the night manager at McFastfood. No rocketships, all the denizens of Mongo look to be human. No hawkmen, no lionmen. No rocketships. No action. kok flash and his anorexic ex do battle a killer robot in Flash's mom's kitchen, but when defeaed the robot turns to a puddle of goo...so much for the Mongo killer robot company's warrantee policy. This program is bad on so many levels. Shakey cam is past cliche now. And speaking of cliche, karen Cliche is becoming the female "Ted McGinley" helping this shw jump the shark before it even hits the water.
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