Flash Gordon-12 Episodes (1940) Review

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(More customer reviews)Opening to the memorable strains of Franz Liszt, "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe" gets down to intergalactic business. In this 1940 Universal production, Buster Crabbe's legendary space hero combats Emperor Ming and his "Purple Death" for 12 chapters of cliffhanging nostalgia. Less elaborate than the original 1936 serial, but an improvement over "Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars" and "Buck Rogers." The Image DVD authorized by King Features (which owns the Flash Gordon copyright) boasts excellent print quality - far superior to the numerous public-domain releases flooding the market.

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Space Patrol (4 Early Tv Episodes) Vol. 2 Review

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(More customer reviews)Space patrol ran from 1950-55. It was one of the best of several early 50's optimistic views of the dawning space/atomic age. More often than not, the scripts and plots were fairly routine, but the view of the future was marvelous. Ed Kemmer portrayed a marvelous heroic figure in Buzz Correy. Lynn Osborne did a great job as the psuedo-kid sidekick--though in real life he dated Marilyn Monroe. Virginia Hewitt and Nina Bara were years ahead of their time in portraying intelligent, capable women. Sometimes the shows got into social commentary (ie., "the Atomic Vault" in volume 3) that seemed daring for the time. A great nostalgia tour for those of us who remember. And a persuasive argument that others had boldly gone before "Star Trek." Roddenberry was a fan according to his authorized biography. You can still see bits of it in "Star Trek."

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Flash Gordon Volume 2 (Six Classic Episodes) Review

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(More customer reviews)All of the episodes from this 1950's series are great! Don't so much lower your standards -- just broaden them a little. If you can summon up a little of what it was to be a wide-eyed, awe-inspired youngster in the 50's, and NOT compare this series to all of the technological advances of the last 30 years, you just might find yourself having a lot of fun. Back when they had a $1,000 budget per episode (or whatever it was), and we were still years from even launching our first satellite in to space, much less flying to the Moon, they had to use a lot of guesswork as to what space/space travel was like. They used their imaginations, and were so off-base sometimes that it is laughable now, but it wasn't then for the simple fact that we didn't know any better. This is just one of the things that gives this series, and others like it, their charm. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, is another fine example. Oh for those simpler, naive, gullible days when we didn't have a clue whether any of this stuff was possible, and we didn't give a hoot! We just wanted to be entertained, and to dream, and this show did a fantastic job to those ends!

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