VHS : Flash Gordon-12 Episodes
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starring: Buster Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Charles Middleton, Anne Gwynne, Frank Shannondirected by: Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303004778
Format: Black & White, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6303004776
Label: Video Treasures
Manufacturer: Video Treasures
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Video Treasures
Release Date: February 16, 1994
Running Time: 240 minutes
Sales Rank: 7346
Studio: Video Treasures
Theatrical Release Date: March 03, 1940
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
A strange purple dust is killing off the population of Earth, leaving a telltale purple smudge on the foreheads of its victims! Together, Flash Gordon, Dale Arden, and Dr. Zarkov trace the plague to the planet Mongo and archfiend Ming the Merciless! There's hope for the Earth, though, when the intrepid team discovers Polarite, the antidote to the pandemic, found only in the barren, cold reaches of Frigia. This collection of Flash Gordon serials finds Buster Crabbe teamed up with a different Dale Arden, but facing the usual array of strange creatures and spellbinding thrills. It's worth noting that Mongo looks a lot like Sherwood Forest, with its natives toting bows and arrows and wearing Robin Hood outfits. These installments of the series are unusually inventive, such as the scenes when Flash and company travel to the frozen wastelands of Frigia. The encounters with the Rock People and the 'walking bombs' are also rather bizarre, even by today's standards. There's even a topical note to the story line, with a madman bent on genocide; the real-life people of Earth would face just such a threat a few short years later. It's the slam-bang pace and two-fisted action of Flash Gordon's adventures that kept audiences spellbound in the '30s, though, and Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe certainly gave them their money's worth. --Jerry Renshaw
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Best edition of this title.
The VCI edition of Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe features a nice print plus more Buster Crabbe-related extras than any other edition on the market. Its on 2 DVDs, one of which is double-sided. The Roan edition comes in second: No extras, just a nice print on 1 DVD. But Roan has the best editions of the other 2 Flash Gordon serials: Space Soldiers, and Trip to Mars (nice prints, no extras). Maybe VCI can be persuaded to come out with deluxe editions of these other 2 serials.
Rating: - Flash vs. Ming: The Final Round
Opening to the memorable strains of Franz Liszt, "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe" gets down to intergalactic business. In this 1940 Universal production, the legendary space hero combats Emperor Ming and his "Purple Death" for 12 chapters of cliffhanging nostalgia. Less elaborate than the original 1936 serial, but a decided improvement over "Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars" (1938). The Image DVD authorized by King Features (which owns the Flash Gordon copyright) boasts excellent print quality and ... Read More
Rating:  - Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe- The complete Saturday Morning Serial
It is fun to see how bad the acting really was in these serials. The special effects are also enjoyable. Campy in the same way as the TV version of Batman and Robin.
Rating: - OF MING AND MONGO
WE GOT OUR FIRST TELEVISION AROUND 1950. I WAS 8 YEARS OLD. TO ME, THIS FLASH GORDON SERIAL WAS SOMETHING FANTASTIC. I BELIEVE IT WAS ON DAILY ON THE DUMONT CHANNEL. MY FRIENDS AND I WOULD IMAGINE OURSELVES INVOLVED IN THE ACTION. WHAT ELSE WAS THERE? I HAVEN'T SEEN THE SERIES NOW IN 50 YEARS. FROM THIS VANTAGE POINT, IT REALLY SEEMS STILTED AND CONTRIVED. HOWEVER, IT BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF A MORE INNOCENT TIME WHEN THE VIDEO AND SOUND EFFECTS WERE REALLY THRILLING AND THE ACTING JUST THE ... Read More
Rating: - Inane fun--insane plot
The most obvious question posed by this serial is how the actors ever got through filming a single scene without breaking up with laughter. And yet they manage to look very, very serious. That's two verys.
Let's start with the rocket ships, the sine qua non of this science fiction sub-category. They look like fat Faygo bottles with exhaust pipes that have sparklers in them and send out puffs of smoke. They chug along at, oh, ten or fifteen miles per hour, it would appear, and yet ... Read More
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