From the same guy that brought you Superman Classic, comes Flash Gordon, done the same way.
[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BChNOWus2-8[/yt]
[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BChNOWus2-8[/yt]
Flash Gordon Classic
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^That would require lots and lost of money from a studio, as well as a commitment from King Features/Hearst Media. Too bad the guy can't do it on his own, like Tim Vining has done with Star Trek: Aurora.
Very nice.
Dale Arden was certainly bubbly and, er, "bouncy". I just wish we had gotten a better look at Ming, more than the admittedly quite imposing silhouette we got.
I did get a chuckle that the voice behind Flash was the lead actor from the ill fated and much reviled SyFy production. Something of a "second chance", eh?
Sincerely,
Bill
I did get a chuckle that the voice behind Flash was the lead actor from the ill fated and much reviled SyFy production. Something of a "second chance", eh?
Sincerely,
Bill
Fanservice must be appreciated, wherever it appears.
A fine piece of animation in all respects.
Please don't think that's a complaint on my part. It's just that one does not often see examples of, ah, "inertia" like that in western cel styled animation...unless it's a clip from "Heavy Metal".
A bit more seriously, anyone notice the hair color schemes followed those of the 1930s movie serials? In Raymond's art both Dale and Aura had raven black hair, as they also did in the 1980 movie. In the Filmation series Dale had black hair and Aura was auburn/redhead. In the Buster Crabbe serials, Aura had black hair and Dale was a blonde, at least in the first serial. (I think a different actress played Dale in the second and third stories and she had darker hair.)
Obviously, the short paid homage to Sam Jones' Flash by having this one a football player. But I thought it made a smidgeon more sense that Flash was a decathelon (sic) athlete in the Olympics, skilled in various activities including fencing and marksmanship, thus making his feats of daring do just a tad more believable (relatively speaking, of course).
Still, an incredible effort by Pratt and his associates! I've shared the link at several sites I normally haunt.
Sincerely,
Bill
Great art...but honestly, I do have an issue with the sexualization of women in this cartoon.
The producer is definitely hitting is goals, and overall, i'd like to see more...but it does bother me .
Where's Christopher Bennett to chime in?
Would they be able to authorize him to do some shorts?
The producer is definitely hitting is goals, and overall, i'd like to see more...but it does bother me .
Where's Christopher Bennett to chime in?
Would they be able to authorize him to do some shorts?
Great art...but honestly, I do have an issue with the sexualization of women in this cartoon.
The producer is definitely hitting is goals, and overall, i'd like to see more...but it does bother me .
Where's Christopher Bennett to chime in?
Would they be able to authorize him to do some shorts?
The sexism is mean to evoke the 1930's version of Flash Gordon, in which women were helpless.
As I said in my comments at Cartoon Brew, although this is a nice little film, this should not be expanded into a longer feature-the 21st century needs a new Flash Gordon that will fit into it. The Flash Gordon cartoon of the mid-'90's was a bit better at doing this, although this short was quite good.:
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^^ Sexuality and sexism are two entirely different things (although frequently and fashionably confused in the current political climate).
The art and animation in this were fantastic, although the characterization and dialogue were pretty annoying. But it's nice to see that someone was turned on to the old-school serials by Star Wars.
The art and animation in this were fantastic, although the characterization and dialogue were pretty annoying. But it's nice to see that someone was turned on to the old-school serials by Star Wars.
Jean Rogers played Dale in the first two serials, but she did have dark hair in the second one.
No it doesn't. Filmation did a 30's inspired cartoon in the 70's and that worked out just fine.
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And the last time somebody tried to update the concept for this century they turned Flash into a jobless has-been who lived with his mother. More of that kind of modernity we don't need.
That fan film is a lot of fun paying homage to Flash in his many forms. From the comics to the movie (football) to the serials (Jean Rogers as Dale Arden) to even the recent TV show (Eric Johnson) and probably things I've missed.
Hard to watch that Filmation Flash and not see He-Man and Star Trek and their other properties.
Hard to watch that Filmation Flash and not see He-Man and Star Trek and their other properties.
Well, Filmation was never a big enough company to have different teams working on different animated shows. For the most part the exact same people designed everything in every show, and lots of animation cycles were reused between shows.
But I think their version of Flash was one of their best efforts.
No doubt about that. I daresay it was Filmation's "crowning effort". Some might debate the rotoscoping in He-Man may have been just a tad more fluid, but just about in every other way FG was the superior production. I love the irony. The project started as a two hour tele-film. NBC saw the potential of greater returns if new material was created to envelope "highlights" from the movie and turn it into a series. In doing so, the production wound up paying closer homage to the Saturday matinee serials featuring Buster Crabbe, all the while retaining the the sense of grandeur and the look of Alex Raymond's art which could not be recreated in the 1930s live action material. It was the near perfect blending of motifs.
Sincerely,
Bill
Sincerely,
Bill
You're very welcome. I love those old serials. I've got all three, plus Buck Rogers, on DVD. I have to say, though, the third FG serial is not as good as the others, and not just for the lack of Jean Rogers.
Not to mention what they did to Zarkov, a little of which carried over to this film, unfortunately.
I ended up enjoying that Syfy Flash Gordon series though it was really not a good show.
I definitely recall the Filmation cartoon as one of my favorites...despite "flaws" i recognized as an 8 year old, like the same Hawkmen getting blasted in the same way every other episode (at least)...but it still looked cool, and I ran with it.
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