let us just hope one day soon (especialy with all the other comic to movie
conversions over the past few years) some film does the flash, gordon justice.
hugles
Posted at 29/09/2007, 10:47
close, but no cigar.
flash gordon started as a comic strip in the early 1930's(predating superman,
most comic heroes wee just regular men in unusual situations). there was was
always flash, dale, dr. zorkov, and "ming the merciless" on mongol.
became a movie house serial in the late thirties, and was followed by many re-
tellings, like, say, robin hood.
the inhabitants of mongol have 'themes' the hawkmen or 'daktyls' in this
telling represent the air. the "verden" represent the ground. if they follow
the usual template, look for something to represent water.
flash unites these people to:
1 find his father, dr. gordon and
2.defeat ming (eventually)
how soon #2 happens will depend on whether the series is renewed.
famkefan99
Posted at 29/09/2007, 11:33
whens the flash gonna get cancelled?
SkS
Posted at 29/09/2007, 12:13
Quote by hugles
flash gordon started as a comic strip in the early 1930\'s(predating superman,
most comic heroes wee just regular men in unusual situations). there was was
always flash, dale, dr. zorkov, and \"ming the merciless\" on mongol.
this is all very well and good but you are clearly confusing this gordon chap
with the flash.
Danzilla
Posted at 29/09/2007, 14:18
Quote by sks
Quote by hugles
flash gordon started as a comic strip in the early 1930\'s(predating superman,
most comic heroes wee just regular men in unusual situations). there was was
always flash, dale, dr. zorkov, and \"ming the merciless\" on mongol.
this is all very well and good but you are clearly confusing this gordon chap
with the flash.
no, he's not. the very first flash gordon was printed as a comic strip; it was
called: "on the planet mongo" (1/7/34 to 4/8/34). that's 1934.
the flash (re: not gordon) first appeared in the golden age flash comics #1
(jan. 1940) superman first appeared in action comics #1 (june 1938).
as you can see, he was correct in saying that gordon pre-dates superman, and he
was also correct in that he did not confuse the two flashes.
SkS
Posted at 29/09/2007, 14:31
so you could say that superman stole some of the ideas of super human powers
from flash gordon.
i had no idea about this, thanks for the info.
Ishy
Posted at 29/09/2007, 16:18
i try to watch atleast the first ep. before i decide if i want more.... i
stopped this within the 1st 15 mins....
pure balls!!!!
death734
Posted at 29/09/2007, 20:33
for a show plenty of people dont like, you sure give it a lot of attention by
posting in it
jdsmylover
Posted at 29/09/2007, 20:44
Quote by death734
anyone know how many eps this will get?
some show 13 some show 22 but no title for 13-22
the show will have 22 episodes this season, they are currently filming episode
15 i believe and from what i've been told, filming continues right through till
christmas but i'm not sure if it goes on to the new year.
geolittle
Posted at 29/09/2007, 22:25
if i were scifi i would move flash gordon to the 4am slot, hope no one notices
and fire the person that approved it. this is horrible and that it takes a
prime time slot is criminal. the best idea would be just to payoff the contract
and delete all copies.
theconundrumm
Posted at 30/09/2007, 02:29
and the solution is simple really...
watch the episodes at x2 speed... that way...
1... yes, he does run fast, and
2... 22 episodes in the time it takes to watch 11...
everybody wins
Gorlove
Posted at 30/09/2007, 03:07
Quote by hugles
close, but no cigar.
flash gordon started as a comic strip in the early 1930's(predating superman,
most comic heroes wee just regular men in unusual situations). there was was
always flash, dale, dr. zorkov, and "ming the merciless" on mongol.
became a movie house serial in the late thirties, and was followed by many re-
tellings, like, say, robin hood.
the inhabitants of mongol have 'themes' the hawkmen or 'daktyls' in this
telling represent the air. the "verden" represent the ground. if they follow
the usual template, look for something to represent water.
flash unites these people to:
1 find his father, dr. gordon and
2.defeat ming (eventually)
how soon #2 happens will depend on whether the series is renewed.
robin hood is a retelling of flash gordon ? robin hood has been around for
hundreds of years genius
wrecche
Posted at 30/09/2007, 06:43
i see my job is done here. now 85% of the posts are people explaining the facts
and the rest are people joking about it.
well done, to myself, i say.
hcstargate
Posted at 30/09/2007, 07:42
i must be the only one who likes this show. no indept plots just sit back and
enjoy.
