Better than I expected. There were 'good guys' and 'bad guys' in both camps, and (as I should have expected) a romance between a 'good guy' Spaniard and a 'good guy' Aztec hottie. (Okay, 'guy' is the wrong word to use here. Work with me.)
So the whole gestalt of 'conquistador = salamander' I was expecting/hoping to use just didn't work. But for all the right reasons.
OTOH, the special effects sucked rocks. Even by TV standards.