Let me guess.
Flash Gordon with be a bumbling middle age Will Farrell type fool
Dr. Zarkov will the stereotypical Black Wise cracker fool
Dale, will be the modern day empowered fighting female. She will have to constantly rescue Flash & Zarkov when their bumbling schemes inevitably fail. Even though Dale is only 90 lbs she can easily take on and beat multiple Ming’s 250lb+ Henchmen all at once
Oh, and Ming will course be Blond hair and blue eyed now
You should’ve seen the abortion of a remake series they did in 2007. They did have Ming as a blonde haired (Canadian):
John Ralston, the actor:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0707816/
I watched part of one episode and turned it off.