I've never seen the original series or read any of the comics, and I've only seen part of the movie.  So I'm pretty much a "newbie" to the whole FG thing.  Any deviations from the original would be completely lost on me...except I did notice that they made Flash a track star instead of a football player.

If it really is so far from the original story, then I can definitely understand how the die hard fans would be upset.  But as for me...I absolutely love it.  My hubby too, and he knows more about the original FG than I do.  I really hope they don't cancel it.  I'm on the SCIFI FG forums right now, and I'm seeing a lot of hate towards it...but there are also those who like/love too.  Ah well...I'll guess we'll just have to wait and see. 

"You don't know what we can see
Why don't you tell your dreams to me
Fantasy will set you free." - Steppenwolf