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Flash! Aaaauuuggh!
Aug. 20th, 2007 09:50 pmSo, I decided, what the hell, I'll have a look at the new Flash Gordon television series.
( I want my rocket ship! Semi-spoiler review follows. )
( I want my rocket ship! Semi-spoiler review follows. )
Gordon's Aliiive!
Oct. 17th, 2006 08:33 pmOkay, so I don't have the classic Dino De Laurentis Flash Gordon on DVD, but what I do have here is the complete 1979-1980 Filmation animated series of Flash Gordon which I eagerly devoured week after week as a wee bairn. The DVD also includes the pilot for the disappointing Defenders of the Earth semi-sequel, but it also has two collector art cards illustrated by Gene Ha and Frank Cho, which ain't shabby.
The music came back to me almost immediately, as did the designs for the ships and the robots which I do remember learning to draw at that age. The animation alternates between mildly impressive and sucky — Filmation was really really into reusing animation within a single episode, the voices range from adequate to cheesy, and the writing is full of plot holes, but... aw, I can't help it, I'm a sentimental sap. I'm loving every minute of it.
And man, Princess Aura was one hot chick.
The music came back to me almost immediately, as did the designs for the ships and the robots which I do remember learning to draw at that age. The animation alternates between mildly impressive and sucky — Filmation was really really into reusing animation within a single episode, the voices range from adequate to cheesy, and the writing is full of plot holes, but... aw, I can't help it, I'm a sentimental sap. I'm loving every minute of it.
And man, Princess Aura was one hot chick.
