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Date Posted: 05:35:31 10/14/10 Thu
Author: Rick
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What Flash Gordon serial was the most elegant?
Which serial film was the most elegant in Universal's history?
A: Flash Gordon (1936)
B: Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)
C: Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
Rick
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Re: What Flash Gordon serial was the most elegant? -- Tim, 16:20:15 10/14/10 Thu [1]
My answer is C, Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940) for its overall production values and music score. It has a more sophisticated, "modern" tone to it than the two preceding serials did.
But for colorful characters and a lovely leading lady I would go with Flash Gordon (1936) and Jean Rogers as Dale Arden.
And not to diminish Trip to Mars (1938), as I would say Queen Azura (Beatrice Roberts) was pretty elegant, while the Clay People were not!
Sergeant Tim
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Re: What Flash Gordon serial was the most elegant? -- Officer Torch, 08:21:05 10/15/10 Fri [1]
I pretty much agree with Sergeant Tim. He has learned the serial material well, and according to Emperor Ming, will be royally rewarded. Upon visiting the Emperor's Imperial Palace on Mongo, the guard will present him with a 100 Mingol gift card good at Ming's Ye Olde Souvenir Gift Shoppe located below the Arena. The card is good for select items and most small size bobble head figures. (Enemies of Ming characters not included and other restrictions apply.)
A comment...subjective in nature. I must hurry though since wife Zona is nearby. (Unknown to many, we dated after the underwater city surfaced and subsequently married at a small ceremony on the 13th stroke of the gong some time ago.) I digress. In my opinion, while Jean Rogers was a lovely leading lady, I'd say Carol Hughes was also quite a lovely leading lady in the 1940 serial, and lets not forget Anne Gwynne in her supporting role. Actually, many lovelies were in all three serials.
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Re: Anne Gwynne -- Tim, 00:20:41 10/16/10 Sat [1]
Excellent, there is nothing like a bobble head on the dashboard of a speeding stratosled!
I certainly did not intend to diminish the lovely Carol Hughes or Anne Gwynne in any manner. In fact, Ms Gwynne is quite the legend among Universal/Flash Gordon fans and horror film buffs alike. Below are a few of her impressive credits.
Black Friday (1940)
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
The Black Cat (1941)
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (1942)
Weird Woman (1944)
Murder in the Blue Room (1944)
House of Frankenstein (1944)
Dick Tracy meets Gruesome (1947)
Sergeant Tim
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Re: What Flash Gordon serial was the most elegant? -- Officer Torch, 10:03:35 10/16/10 Sat [1]
Sgt.Tim: seems we may BOTH be in trouble for our lackadaisical chit chat and remarks re lovely ladies and players. Wife Zona snooped around my telecomputer printer, became angry, and said she forwarded a copy to Ming. She never appreciated videogram of Vultan's shadow puppet show I gave her for our recent anniversary along with one way joke type travel ticket in her name to the Sky City along with a jar of honey. (No sense of humor it seems.)
Ming is furious I'm told for neither of us mentioning his beautiful daughter Aura, his palace maidens, and suspects we lust for "his" Dale, whoever morphed in the visuals. He reminded me of course of eg, the "cabbage patch" guys on Mars who in the beginning traveled to earth on a lightbeam, and were seen later at palace audiences. So, the looks, hair color, names, etc of certain sects on Mars and Mongo it seems are not always as they look. I am on record apparently as being from a sect unable to morph. This can become confusing, but I will try to iron things out somehow, and perhaps Torch Jr. can help....though, based on his actions disguised as an Arborian guard in an enemy's radio room, I doubt it.
Oh, sadly, your gift card has been cancelled. No bobble head...yes, would've looked nice on dashboard of stratosled. More disturbing, I'm receiving some hate mail with crude drawings of a shovel, the gocko's lair, a caricature of you, me....I'm worried. Perhaps Commander Rick can chime in if he is aware of anything, or if they're perhaps angry notes from Zona. Mongoween is not far off, and tricks are perhaps starting early. Note also that Ming has been known to participate in such "Mongoween" practices. This might be the case, we'll see.
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Re: What Flash Gordon serial was the most elegant? -- Rick, 06:00:26 10/17/10 Sun [1]
I assume Lady Zona survived the massive flooding of Kala's undersea kingdom and the word was instantly passed on to Officer Torch, who made her rescue possible and she is now in Ming's palace as one of his top henchwomen and servants? Or was it the High Priest who masterminded Zona's rescue to get more points with Ming? Heh heh.
Rick
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Re: What Flash Gordon serial was the most elegant? -- Officer Torch, 07:45:21 10/17/10 Sun [1]
Lady Zona did indeed survive the flooding of Kala's undersea kingdom. I was among the first on the surface to meet her. Come to think of it, that High Priest introduced her to me. Our courtship commenced soon after. Hmm..I think the High Priest, that brownnoser weasel pictured above, might have had something to do with arrangements to score points with Emperor Ming.
I am now concerned about possible spy issues since we have several Frigia Box magnets having a likeness of the priest with sacred gong. I will be mindful of these things. Thanks for the tips. Oh, if you come across Sgt.Time, ie cousin I believe of Sgt.Tim, tell him to report at once. Seems Time went AWOL and must face the consequences. Best this be handled soon while shovels are still plentiful. He'll know what I mean.
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Re: What Flash Gordon serial was the most elegant? -- Tim, 23:20:41 10/20/10 Wed [1]
Officers in the Empire have reported that Sergeant Time could be headed for Arboria, Frigia or perhaps even Mars. He has confessed a dislike for shovels, and a stronger dislike for following behind Gockos.
Sergeant Tim
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