Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All. Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All is a 1. Filmation and written by Samuel A. Peeples, whose credits included the original Star Trek series. He arrives too late and his contact, who is near death, says he has a message for Doctor Zarkov, but can utter only one word, . With Robert Ridgely, Diane Pershing, Bob Holt, Ted Cassidy. Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov travel to the planet Mongo to fight the evil emperor Ming the Merciless. They are bombarded by meteorites, which damage their plane and force them to bail out. On the ground they flee lava flows, and find a secret cave and a rocket ship. Doctor Zarkov, having no time for introductions, ushers them on board and they blast off. When safely in flight, he explains he is on a mission to the wandering planet Mongo to convince their rulers to call off their attack on Earth (by force if necessary, using a gravity weapon of his own invention). ![]() For their part, Flash and Dale agree to help him. Before they can make contact, hostile ships shoot them down, and they make a crash landing. After barely surviving attack by a large predato, they are captured by animalistic savages and dragged to a giant idol to be sacrificed. They barely escape to the outside, where they meet King Thun of the Lion Men. Flash and company are forced into battle against Mongo's ruler, Ming the Merciless, his daughter Princess Aura, and his robot army of Metal Men. Flash Gordon, Dale Arden And Dr. Hans Zarkov Travel To The Planet Mongo To Fight The Evil Emperor Ming The Merciless. Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All: Aired 8/21/82 S 2 : Ep 16: Gremlin's Finest Hour: Aired 11/6/82 S 2 : Ep 15: Survival Game: Aired 9/20/80. The Animated Adventures of Flash Gordon Listings. To help their cause, the heroes lead the formation of an alliance beginning with King Thun, leader of the Lion Men; Prince Barin, leader of Arboria; and King Vultan, ruler of the Hawkmen. Thun explains Ming is too clever to dominate Earth by force alone, and that he would use the Mongo strategy of 'separate and attack' which Flash notes is the same as the Earth expression 'divide and conquer'. Ming reveals he has secretly given military technology to Hitler. Ming sends his Mole Men to attack the kingdom of Arboria by destroying the roots of the trees of the forested land. Watch Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All (1982) online free - In this adaptation of the Alex Raymond comic strips, the incidents are familiar but rearranged in a new sequence, with a Hitler subplot added by writer. Watch Flash Gordon The Greatest Adventure of All online - Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov travel to the planet Mongo to fight the evil emperor Ming the Merciless. Download Flash Gordon The Greatest Adventure of All. Find Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All subtitles by selecting the correct language for your Movie release. Can't find your subtitle? Then update the Live Sub Crawler or try a couple of the existing subs. Images and sounds of the characters from Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All. Voice actors images from the Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All voice cast. In this adaptation of the Alex Raymond comic strips, the incidents are familiar but rearranged in a new sequence, with a Hitler subplot added by writer Samual A. En compagnie de Dale Arden. Thanks to Zarkov warning Flash and friends, the attack is repulsed and Flash and his allies use the captured drilling machine to attack Ming's palace. They are overwhelmed by Ming's forces, but Prince Barin insists on his right to a trial by strength. With a flaming sword in hand, Ming duels against Flash in a climactic battle. A plane carrying Flash and Dale is struck by a meteor caused by the cosmic disturbances from the comet’s approach. THE GREATEST ADVENTURE OF ALL (1982) FLASH GORDON (1996) FLASH GORDON.As the planet Mongo approaches Earth, they are rocked by quakes threatening to destabilize both planets. To avert the destruction of Earth, they destroy the engine that propels Mongo through space, knowing that without it they will drift though space unable to return to Earth again. Production. When NBC saw the finished work, it was decided to turn the work into what became the 1. Saturday- morning animated TV- series Flash Gordon. While Filmation's TV- series has become available on DVD, the TV- movie has never become commercially available even to this day, except from occasional off- air bootlegs. The only known commercial releases were by VAP Video in Japan (catalog #6. NTSC VHS videotape formats and in Bulgaria, where it was released on VHS. The movie also aired numerous times on the . In the Japanese release it is presented uncut with the original English voice track, with Japanese subtitles added for its intended audience. At the end of the movie is a trailer for the De Laurentiis live- action movie, as well as trailers for other titles from the VAP Video library at the time. The covers for both versions feature comic- strip panels, using stills taken from the movie. Its last listing was in VAP Video's catalog for 1. Those differences include: - The departure of the trio from Earth to Mongo is depicted. In order to make Zarkov sympathetic from the start, the original story element of him forcing Flash and Dale to board his rocket is changed to him inviting them in when they flee into his hidden laboratory/launch site, threatened by flooding molten lava. In this case, Zarkov's rocket is their only chance of survival and they board without hesitation with Zarkov's apologies that he cannot drop them off before continuing to Mongo. For their part, Flash and Dale understand Zarkov's mission and quickly agree to help him.- The use of 1. Flash and Zarkov upon arrival while battling a monster.- A discussion between Flash and Thun indicating that Ming's Lizard Woman overseers eat human prisoners.- Mongian firearms that look much more like their terrestrial counterparts than those used in the animated series.- The clear destruction of the Hawkmen's sky city, whereas in the series it is only captured.- More revealing costumes, as Flash and Dale Arden's terrestrial clothing gradually disintegrates as well as Zarkov's to a lesser extent upon Mongo. After they are captured by Ming's forces, Dale spends the majority of her time in a belly- dancer- like costume in Ming's harem while Flash does not receive his red and blue uniform until the last 2. Clear reference to killing prior to the final fight between Ming and Flash, as Barin, Vultan and Thun claim their right under the laws of Mongo to trial by combat before they can be put to death.- The final fight between Ming and Flash involves the use of both pistols and swords by both parties, whereas Flash does not use a pistol and loses his sword rapidly in the animated series.- Ming's daughter Aura is a much less sympathetic character. The romance between her and Prince Barin is downplayed and at the end she refuses to swear allegiance to him as Regent, resulting in him ordering her imprisonment.- It is made clear at the end that Flash, Dale and Zarkov will never be able to return to Earth, whereas in the animated series that door is left open. The New Adventures of Flash Gordon. The New Adventures of Flash Gordon, also known as The Adventures of Flash Gordon. The series is actually called Flash Gordon but the expanded title is used in official records to distinguish it from previous versions. Filmation produced the series in 1. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in 1. The series was a homage to the original Flash Gordoncomic strip and featured most of the original characters, including Flash's girlfriend Dale Arden, and the scientist Hans Zarkov. The series is still regarded as one of the most faithful adaptations, and one of Filmation's finest overall efforts. The basic story follows Flash and his companions as they travel to Mongo, where they are forced into battle by its ruler, Ming the Merciless, his daughter Princess Aura, and his army of Metal Men. To help their cause the heroes lead the formation of an alliance beginning with King Thun, leader of the Lion People; Prince Barin, ruler of Arboria; and King Vultan, leader of the Hawkmen. The original project was produced as a made- for- television feature film. When NBC saw the finished work, it was decided to turn the work into an animated TV series. The change in format resulted in the story being significantly expanded with a subplot of Ming secretly giving military technology to Hitler being dropped, as well as being set in the present day rather than during World War II. When the series was canceled after its 2nd season, the original footage was reassembled with the original soundtrack, including the final role of Ted Cassidy, and aired on primetime in 1. TV movie, Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All. The show marked the first animated Flash Gordon series, although the Flash Gordon character had appeared in animated form before in Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter. Opening narration. Hans Zarkov and Dale Arden have joined me, Flash Gordon, on a fantastic journey into worlds where peril and adventure await us. Description. Zarkov from somewhere in the Eastern Hemisphere (or at least the opening scene shows the ship clearing Earth's atmosphere above Europe and the Middle East). The series actually opens with the crash of the Terran ship into an ocean on Mongo after being attacked during the final approach to the planet. In the opening scenes, after being captured by Ming's Gill Men, Gordon, Arden, and Zarkov meet King Thun the Lion- man and Prince Barin of the forest- kingdom of Arboria. This coincidence (meeting reigning royalty of two different realms by apparent chance) sets much of the tone of the series, in which it must be concluded either that logic is irrelevant, or that Destiny is at work in the arrival of Flash Gordon on Mongo. It is later revealed that an earlier king of all Mongo, more powerful than Ming, was named Gor- dan, and that he strongly resembled Flash. When he asks Zarkov why this is, Zarkov simply replies that there are some things even science can't explain. The remainder of the first season consists of the adventures of Gordon and company across the face of Mongo, in traditional pulp style passing from one near- death situation to another with a cheery disregard for probability or logic, and a definite sense of fun. The protagonists meet Emperor Ming almost immediately, and Ming is revealed as being the classic archetype of the Evil Overlord. Flash later gains the aid of King Vultan, ruler of the Hawkmen and the bandit chieftain Gundar, the Desert Hawk as friends and allies, and also gains the attention of many of Mongo's female monarchs, such as the adventurous Queen Undina of Coralia, the kindly, smoky- voiced Queen Fria of Frigia, Azura, the powerful but delusional Witch- Queen of Syk, former lover of King Gor- dan who believes Flash is his reincarnation, and the strong- willed Queen Desira of Tropica. But the most notable of these admirers was, of course, Princess Aura. Flash carries a ray pistol after the fifth episode, but uses it only occasionally, to set a stump aflame and attract attention, to bring down an avalanche on an attacking monster, to blast through a wall, and occasionally to stun but not kill adversaries. Prince Barin and his men are armed with . Most other forces, including King Vultan's Hawk Men, the Frigian . Ship to ship combat does result in the shooting down of several fighters on both sides, and there is a limited amount of hand- to- hand fighting in certain scenes. Mongo the Planet. Vast forests give Prince Barin's realm of Arboria its name, and there are deep and shallow oceans inhabited by many life forms. The most notable of these are the people of Coralia, ruled by Queen Undina and the Mer- Men, who work for Ming as enforcers. Temperature and weather extremes are quite comparable to those of Earth, and the biology of Mongo appears to be based on the same biochemistry as that of Earth. Certainly Flash, Dale, and Hans ingest food from Mongo with no ill effects. Mongo's surface gravity appears to be a bit less than that of Earth, or at least there are comments on occasion that Terrans are stronger on Mongo than they are on Earth. The difference in surface gravity can not be too great, because Mongo is so Earth- like, and Terrans on Mongo are by no means superhuman. Mongo's crust is host to highly extensive underground tunnels and chambers, more so than Earth (as far as is known), including an entire underground realm, Syk, the . Along with the humans of Mongo, though, are the Lion- men, a race of humanoid cat- creatures, the Hawk- men, who have angel- like wings on their backs and are skilled aerial fliers, the undersea people of Coralia, a race of waterbreathers who are apparently descended from air- breathing Humans, a race of giants found (at least) in Frigia, Ming's infamous Lizard- men and Lizard- women, reptilian, tailed humanoids apparently dedicated to Ming, and the Beast- men, a race of primitive humanoids kept artificially primitive by Ming. Additionally, Ming rules a race of 'Gill- men' who breathe water and who are separate from (and enemies to) the water- breathing Humans of Coralia. At the very least, it is known that the people of Coralia adapted themselves artificially to underwater existence, and in fact retain the technology to transform air breathers such as Flash and Dale and Hans into water- breathers, and back again. They do appear to be unable to create beings able to operate in both media, one is either an air or a water breather. This is discarded in the final episode when Undina and a troop of Coralian sea warriors arrive to participate in the final battle and advance onto land to take the fortress guarding Ming's capital. It would seem likely, though of course unconfirmed, that many of the various races of Mongo are the result of genetic manipulation, eugenic projects, and other artificial means of inducing change, over the course of Mongo's vast history. Cruel, cold, arrogant, avaricious, ruthless, and Machiavellian, Ming is the epitome of the tyrant. Yet he is brilliant, referred to by some as the greatest scientist in the universe, and politically and diplomatically capable. He is skilled in personal combat, but feels no compulsion to engage in it when misdirection will work as well. His personal race is unclear, his ears are pointed, his teeth seem fanged, his frame oddly thin yet very strong.. He also appears to have some Asian features, a stark contrast to that of his daughter, Princess Aura. His sexual tastes seem varied, to judge by the various types of female we see in glimpses of his harem, but he seems to find Dale Arden particularly attractive, and his daughter Aura seems to be a Homo sapiens, so presumably Ming is not very alien. His origin may tie into the nature of Syk, the Witch- Kingdom, as the series reveals a legend of a one- time King Gor- dan of Syk, to whom Ming served as High Priest. His resources are immense, with armies of robots, armies of humans and other species, a fleet of armed rocket ships and spacecraft.. Ming does seem to fear the possibility of a united rebellion on Mongo, because he seems to work to keep the races at each other's throats. Season 2. This resulted in the addition of the pet dragon Gremlin, an artist in mouth- blown smoke. The second season was not so well received (and was not seen in some areas, due to being scheduled at 1. Eastern/1. 1: 3. 0 am Central and thus often competing with sports coverage) and the program was canceled shortly after its completion. The program was later shown in reruns on the Sci Fi Channel as part of Sci Fi Cartoon Quest. International broadcasts. In the Republic of Ireland, RT. There was no special features in this set, and it was discontinued. BCI Eclipse LLC (Under license from Entertainment Rights) released The New Adventures of Flash Gordon: The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 on July 1. The 4 disc set includes many special features..
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