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'Flash Gordon' Will Be A Comic Book Origins Story
Airlock Alpha ^ | 07/15/10 | ALAN STANLEY BLAIR

Posted on 07/19/2010 6:16:38 PM PDT by KevinDavis

The year was 1934 and the "Buck Rogers" adventure strip was a huge success.

Hoping to break into the lucrative goldmine that were science-fiction comics, Alex Raymond conceived of a new futuristic superhero who could protect the Earth and liberate alien worlds from merciless villains. And so "Flash Gordon" was born.

Following the outer space adventures of Flash and his companions Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov, the strip became immensely popular and proceeded to run as a daily comic strip for more than 60 years. During that time, "Flash Gordon" was transformed into three serial films and eventually received the big-screen treatment in 1980.

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: comicbook; comics; flashgordon; sciencefiction; scifi
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21 posted on 07/20/2010 1:42:21 AM PDT by pookie18 (Palin/Cheney '12)
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To: pookie18
1932 400 meter freestyle swimming gold medal winner Buster Crabbe (pronounce crab-bey by funnyman Chuck McCann)

was Buck Rogers

and Flash Gordon

and Tarzan


22 posted on 07/20/2010 4:29:05 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: OldPossum

Yes it was X-rated, back in 1974.
Nowadays that same movie would only receive an R rating at best.


23 posted on 07/20/2010 4:53:24 AM PDT by cuz_it_aint_their_money (I'll show their president the exact same respect and loyalty that they have shown my president.)
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To: KevinDavis

“Flesh Gordon” was much more entertaining...
“A monster’s work is never done....”


24 posted on 07/20/2010 6:19:06 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: KevinDavis; All

I still remember how Sam Jones introduced his character to Ming in the movie:

“Flash Gordon, quarterback, New York Jets”

Simple. Cool. And a brain-worm celebrating its 40th birthday. :)


25 posted on 07/20/2010 8:13:38 AM PDT by TheRobb7 (BLAMING BUSH NEVER FED A HUNGRY CHILD.)
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To: KevinDavis
Flash Gordon owes a debt to Edgar Rice Burroughs and his "John Carter of Mars" series.
26 posted on 07/20/2010 8:17:39 AM PDT by allmendream (Income is EARNED not distributed. So how could it be re-distributed?)
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To: Artemis Webb
Who needs the movie when Al Williamson drew the adapation (and also drew the Charlton and King comics in the 1960s)?


27 posted on 07/20/2010 10:56:41 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (I wish our president loved the US military as much as he loves Paul McCartney.)
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To: KevinDavis
Dino De Laurentiis was accountable for the Barbarella, Diabolik, and Flash Gordon comic book movies.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0209569/


28 posted on 07/20/2010 11:03:27 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (I wish our president loved the US military as much as he loves Paul McCartney.)
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To: allmendream

There was a pathetic John Carter Warlord of Mars movie released straight to video this year. I suspect that it was a production made to maintain copyright licensing to the project.


29 posted on 07/20/2010 11:04:39 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (I wish our president loved the US military as much as he loves Paul McCartney.)
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To: a fool in paradise
Apparently they are making a full fledged Hollywood production of ‘John Carter of Mars’ based upon “A Princess of Mars” and starring the guy who played Gambit in the Wolverine movie and Riggins in Friday Night Lights.
30 posted on 07/20/2010 12:53:24 PM PDT by allmendream (Income is EARNED not distributed. So how could it be re-distributed?)
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To: allmendream
The previous Princess of Mars starred Traci Lords.

It had the production values of a 1978 made-for-tv movie and a bare bones plot.

31 posted on 07/20/2010 1:00:09 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (I wish our president loved the US military as much as he loves Paul McCartney.)
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To: wally_bert
The cartoon series was from 1979 and it has been released on DVD.
32 posted on 07/20/2010 7:48:46 PM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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To: KevinDavis

The first thing that came to my mind was the soft core porn film “Flesh Gordon” from the 70’s. ;)


33 posted on 07/22/2010 4:59:13 PM PDT by LiberConservative
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