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  • mego73
    Printed paperboard Tiger
    • Aug 1, 2003
    • 6690

    Flash Gordon Buster Crabbe serials

    They are so awesome!

    I ended up watching then second serial first "Flash Gordon goes to Mars" then found the other 2 on netflix streaming "Flash Gordon Space Soldiers" is the first and " Flash Gordon Conquers The World" is the third and final one.

    You can really see then roots of Star Wars in these and I love the daffy primitive effects.

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  • fallensaviour
    Talkative Member
    • Aug 28, 2006
    • 5620

    #2
    I love them I also have Crabbe as billy the kid.
    Those old serials are great.
    “When you say “It’s hard”, it actually means “I’m not strong enough to fight for it”. Stop saying its hard. Think positive!”

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    • Surfsup
      Silver Chrome Dome
      • Dec 2, 2005
      • 1352

      #3
      I used to love watching those serials as a kid, the cliffhangers were always ace and had me coming back for more. The special effects had a certain charm to them too. I have vague recollections watching a Rocketeer serial too, unless my memory is playing tricks on me.

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      • thunderbolt
        Hi Ernie!!!
        • Feb 15, 2004
        • 34211

        #4
        ^^^ That would be Commando Cody, either in Radar Men from the Moon or Zombies of the Stratosphere or King of the Rocketmen (which was the first serial, but did not feature Cody as the flying suit guy.) They all still hold up pretty well. Flash's Trip to Mars is the weakest of the bunch with Ming playing lackey to the Queen of Mars.
        You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie Banks

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        • Surfsup
          Silver Chrome Dome
          • Dec 2, 2005
          • 1352

          #5
          Originally posted by thunderbolt
          ^^^ That would be Commando Cody, either in Radar Men from the Moon or Zombies of the Stratosphere or King of the Rocketmen (which was the first serial, but did not feature Cody as the flying suit guy.) They all still hold up pretty well. Flash's Trip to Mars is the weakest of the bunch with Ming playing lackey to the Queen of Mars.
          Yeah, King of The Rocketmen, that was the one! I just checked it out on youtube, thanks for that.

          I just checked me out some Flash Gordon as well, man, that brings back so many cool memories!

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          • MEMEGO
            Career Member
            • Sep 6, 2007
            • 842

            #6
            great series

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            • PNGwynne
              Master of Fowl Play
              • Jun 5, 2008
              • 19950

              #7
              Fun stuff--I really like the first one.
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              • Mikey
                Verbose Member
                • Aug 9, 2001
                • 47258

                #8
                I've been watching Buck Roger's on Saturday morning at 11:00 on TCM lately.

                Good stuff but I perfer Flash

                Back in the 80's TNT did a colorized edited Zombies.
                Basically they were edited into a 2 hour movie.
                That was pretty cool.

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                • Thor
                  Thunder God
                  • Dec 17, 2009
                  • 679

                  #9
                  I bought them several months ago and loved them, especially the first serial. I tend to like the first actress to portray princess Aura than the second.
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                  • mego73
                    Printed paperboard Tiger
                    • Aug 1, 2003
                    • 6690

                    #10
                    The blond Dale Arden from the first serial was smoking.
                    Last edited by mego73; May 19, '11, 10:22 PM.

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                    • johnmiic
                      Adrift
                      • Sep 6, 2002
                      • 8427

                      #11
                      Originally posted by thunderbolt
                      ^^^ That would be Commando Cody, either in Radar Men from the Moon or Zombies of the Stratosphere or King of the Rocketmen
                      A very young Leonard Nimoy is in Zombies of the Stratosphere I think.

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                      • thunderbolt
                        Hi Ernie!!!
                        • Feb 15, 2004
                        • 34211

                        #12
                        Originally posted by johnmiic
                        A very young Leonard Nimoy is in Zombies of the Stratosphere I think.
                        he sure was, as an alien, and Radar Men had Clayton Moore as one of the Earth bad guys.
                        You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie Banks

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                        • kingdom warrior
                          OH JES!!
                          • Jul 21, 2005
                          • 12478

                          #13
                          Love the Flash Gordon Serials, grew up watching them on tv. Have them now on Dvd and constantly have them on. Always liked how they used every studio costume they could find and used them for the serial.

                          I also am a fan of the Filmation animated Flash love that have it on dvs as well

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                          • Gorn Captain
                            Invincible Ironing Man
                            • Feb 28, 2008
                            • 10549

                            #14
                            They're really fun. I love most of the old serials.
                            My favorite is a Batman serial from the 40s. Everytime Batman enters a scene, he comes jumping in through a plate glass window. In those days, that was real glass.
                            You can see that the stunt guy is really great on the first and second "entry", but gets progressively more tired as he has to crash through a window on, and on, and on...
                            At the end, he's staggering into the fistfight...
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                            "When things are at their darkest, it's a brave man that can kick back and party."

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                            • kingdom warrior
                              OH JES!!
                              • Jul 21, 2005
                              • 12478

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Gorn Captain
                              They're really fun. I love most of the old serials.
                              My favorite is a Batman serial from the 40s. Everytime Batman enters a scene, he comes jumping in through a plate glass window. In those days, that was real glass.
                              You can see that the stunt guy is really great on the first and second "entry", but gets progressively more tired as he has to crash through a window on, and on, and on...
                              At the end, he's staggering into the fistfight...

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