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So in a spirit of sientific enquiry I obtained and watched all six episodes of Kröd Mändoon, to assess whether SFX's ratings were reliable. My mature judgement: SFX are probably right. Kröd Mändoon is rubbish, desperately trying to be funny but basically running through adolescent jokes about sex while waving swords about. At least the episodes are only twenty minutes long, and it filled a few commutes nicely.
But never mind what I thought; what do you think?
Hex (2004-05), about a remote English country school that becomes the battleground between a demonic entity and the witches who oppose it:
Hyperdrive (2006-07), following the crew of HMS Camden Lock as they stumble through their heroic mission to protect British interests in a changing galaxy in the year 2151:
Jericho (2006-08), about the residents of the fictional town of Jericho, Kansas in the aftermath of nuclear attacks on 23 major cities in the contiguous United States:
The Listener (2009), about a young Toronto paramedic named Toby Logan (Craig Olejnik) with the ability to listen to people's most intimate thoughts:
Blade: The Series (2006), based on the Marvel Comics character and starring Sticky Fingaz:
Masters of Science Fiction (2007), an anthology series dramatising "A Clean Escape" by John Kessel, "The Awakening" by Howard Fast, "Jerry Was a Man" by Robert A. Heinlein, "The Discarded" by Harlan Ellison, "Little Brother" by Walter Mosley and "Watchbird" by Robert Sheckley:
Painkiller Jane (2007), another comics adaptation starring Kristanna Loken as the eponymous indestructible undercover cop:
Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire (2009), about the struggle between reluctant hero Kröd Mändoon (Sean Maguire), and the evil ruler, Chancellor Dongalor (Matt Lucas):
Demons (2009), about London teenager Luke Rutherford (Christian Cooke), who learns that he is the last descendant of the Van Helsing line by the sudden arrival of his American godfather Rupert Galvin (Philip Glenister):
Flash Gordon (2007-08), starring Eric Johnson and Gina Holden:
I watched all of Kröd and around half of Hyperdrive.
Hyperdrive? Oh dear god, that was bad. It put us off poor Miranda Hart for years.
That explains a lot. (I think Merlin is utter rubbish but still watch it.)
Hyperdrive: Watched one episode, thought it was dire, accidentally saw a second one, cooking, put something on to cook, discovered that this was what
Jericho: Saw the ads never managed to see episode one.
The Listener: like this one, know it's cheezy etc still like it.
Blade: I'm pretty sure I've seen some of this, can't remember though.
Masters of Science Fiction
Painkiller Jane - I think I may have seen the pilot, don't remember though.
Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire: Missed this one, may have watched it if I had managed to catch it.
Demons: Sounds interesting but didn't see it.
Flash Gordon: I can manage to watch about anything (see responses above and note that
I'd be happy to sit and watch Jericho if there was nowt else on, and I didn't have a book to read, and I wasn't in the mood for internetty stuff. I watched some of Masters of SF because they got shown on some cable channel or other late night.
I wouldn't seek them out, but acceptable popcorn to vegetate in front of.
At least, I hope not.
Saw part of one episode of Hyperdrive and thought it had potential but was not as funny as it thought it was. Demons was abominable, but it did have Gladiolus Thripp, one of the most gloriously ridiculous bad guys who I prefered to all of the good guys. It also had the chief sidekick, who was the only normal person there was quite fun.
I have no idea how people didn't like Krod Mandoon. Except I do because it was a particularly crude parody of sword and sorcery fantasy, and I think some fantasy fans might have had hurt feelings. I thought it was hilarious but yes, very crude. It also has the greatest exit line I've heard for quite a while.
Hyperdrive: Watched one episode, it was shit. And, TBH, we already have Red Dwarf, so making a less funny version was kind of pointless (especially since genuine RD also managed that on its own...)
Jericho: Heard of it, thought I might like to catch it to see what it was like, but aren't bothered that I never did.
The Listener: Never heard of it
Blade: Love the movies, but, how can I put this, that ain't no Snipes in the series.
Masters of Science Fiction - wasn't impressed by Masters Of Horror, so never bothered
Painkiller Jane - Heard of the comic, not the show
Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire: Saw one - Matt Lucas' scenes were OK but otherwise it was rubbish, and about a decade too late to be an effective pisstake of Hercules/Xena etc
Demons: Arg, pass the eye-bleach!
Flash Gordon: In name only...