Flash Gordon - Spaceship to the Unknown

Flash Gordon - Spaceship to the Unknown


Starring:Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Priscilla Lawson, Frank Shannon, Richard Alexander, Jack 'Tiny' Lipson, Theodore Lorch, Richard Tucker, George Cleveland, James Pierce, Duke York, Muriel Goodspeed, Earl Askam, Glenn Strange, Slim Whitaker, Lane Chandler, George Magrill, Constantine Romanoff, John Bagni
Director: Frederick Stephani, Ray Taylor
Studio: Image Entertainment
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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The planet Mongo is on a collision course with Earth! Flash Gordon and Dale Arden join Dr. Zarkov and blast off in his rocket ship to Mongo, trying to avert worldwide destruction. As soon as they land, Flash, Dale and Zarkov are taken prisoner by Ming the Merciless, the evil Emperor of Mongo. In a last ditch effort to save Earth from interplanetary peril, Flash Gordon matches wits with Ming. The outcome is in doubt as it appears Flash and his friends will never see Earth again. Don't cover your eyes or look away. You won't want to miss one thrilling moment in the death-defying adventures of everyone's favorite space hero, Flash Gordon! This is a feature-length edited version of the 1936 serial "Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers."
Flash Gordon - Spaceship to the Unknown
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • All is Great
  • Mongo madness
  • Campy 1930's sci-fi fun
  • Get The Right Ones!
  • Don't be an Arangapoid!
 Flash Gordon - Spaceship to the Unknown
Starring: Buster Crabbe , Jean Rogers , Charles Middleton , Priscilla Lawson , and Frank Shannon
Director: Frederick Stephani , and Ray Taylor
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0000633SH
Release Date: 2002-04-16

Description

The planet Mongo is on a collision course with Earth! Flash Gordon and Dale Arden join Dr. Zarkov and blast off in his rocket ship to Mongo, trying to avert worldwide destruction. As soon as they land, Flash, Dale and Zarkov are taken prisoner by Ming the Merciless, the evil Emperor of Mongo. In a last ditch effort to save Earth from interplanetary peril, Flash Gordon matches wits with Ming. The outcome is in doubt as it appears Flash and his friends will never see Earth again. Don't cover your eyes or look away. You won't want to miss one thrilling moment in the death-defying adventures of everyone's favorite space hero, Flash Gordon! This is a feature-length edited version of the 1936 serial "Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers."

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars All is Great.......2007-04-11

Everything about it was just great, really enjoy doing business with you

3 out of 5 stars Mongo madness.......2007-02-24

Well, this was my first exposure to the original Flash Gordon serial, after seeing clips of it for years and watching the laughably-bad 1980 feature film. I have to say that although I'm not ready to proclaim it a "classic," I was certainly entertained for four hours. And wasn't that really the point of this short films back in the early days of sound cinema? They packed plenty of action, colorful characters and outrageous situations into each 20-minute chapter.

As a lifelong science-fiction fan, I got a campy kick out of the "science" in this one. My favorite line from the opening chapter: As Dale Arden begins to have trouble breathing as the rocketship carrying Flash, Zarkov and her blasts from Earth's atmosphere, Zarkov apologizes thusly, "Sorry...in all the excitement, I forgot to turn on the oxygen."

If you don't mind leaving your brain at the door, or get a nostalgic thrill from such lurid theatrics, you could do a lot worse than this first Flash series.

4 out of 5 stars Campy 1930's sci-fi fun.......2007-01-25

You'll laugh out loud at the "special effects" and some of the acting, but these Flash Gordon episodes -- originally shown in movie houses, and later on some television stations in the 1950s and 1960s -- are cool entertainment as well as history for sci-fi fans.

-donn-
Donn Pearlman

5 out of 5 stars Get The Right Ones!.......2006-02-18

You're here because you love the Flash Gordon serials and want the best. Buster Crabbe was in the original three which Image Entertainment sells as Space Soldiers, Flash Gordon's Trip To Mars, and Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe. They were released in 2000, with package artwork from Hearst Entertainment done in 1996. The serials are un-cut, meaning each chapter includes its original beginning and ending titles/credits.

They are more pricey than the 2002 versions from Image Entertainment. But they are not chopped down with missing chapters to make 90 minute movies out of. And they are better in picture quality than other DVD brands.

Amazon may still have the box set available to save you some money.

Have fun watching them!

5 out of 5 stars Don't be an Arangapoid!.......2006-01-08

World renowned polo player "Flash" Gordon must save the Earth from being destroyed by the insideous (and leacherous) Ming the Merciless-- played with sadistic relish by Charles Middleton. Both Buster Crabbe as Flash and Jean Rogers as Dale play their roles with an enthusiasm and sincerity that just no longer exist on the screen. But my heart was won by the luscious Pricilla Lawson as the scheming Princess Aura-- who's as hot for Flash as her dad is for Dale.

The production design is amazingly good, and mostly based on the Alex Raymond comic strip-- which is also where the plot originates. There are plenty of silly rubber monster suits, iguanas with glued on horns and dubbed-in bronchitis, space ships that backfire before they take off, and lotsa precode jiggle.

To me, it all spells one thing: PURE CINEMA!!!

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