Eric Johnson is the new and improved Flash Gordon on the Sci-Fi Channel. A little more humor and a slightly different twist on the action hero.

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Sam J. Jones (aka Andrew Cooper, III) a former Marine & Playgirl model (here’s hoping Eric Johnson follows in those footsteps, the modeling, not so much the marines, although. . . .) turned in a performance as the star trotting action hero in Dino De Laurentiis’ 1980′s version. Complete with music by “Queen.”

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And then there was the classic Buster Crabbe, fighting Ming the Merciless back in the thrilling days of yester-year.

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Found some Ben Browder on You Tube:

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Brendan Fraser with Ian McKellen in Gods and Monsters about James Whale, the gay director of Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein who becomes obsessed with the attractive young gardner working on his lawn.

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More Gods and Monsters caps

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Sci-Fi Wire reports that maybe we won’t be seeing the last of the Stargate SG1 crew.  Straight to DVD movies seem to be in the offing.  My first thought is:  tacky way to sell DVD’s.  But at least that’ll give them a chance to wrap up any dangling story lines.

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A Battlestar Galactica music video on the sci-fi channel site.  “Better than the one with Lorne Greene” according to the lyrics.  Someone’s got a sense of humor there.

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Jamie talks about getting into his fat suit on a video on ScFi.com.  Glad to hear it won’t last all season.

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