why wasent Tom Corbit remade?

[tomswift2002]

I thought you were saying that you were disappointed that the series from 10 years ago didn't resemble the 1954 series. I'm assuming you are familiar with Ming the Merciless in regards to Flash Gordon and I was saying that the series from 10 years ago did indeed end up hitting the storybeats of the 30's serials and comics with Ming if in a sideways fashion.

The series from 10 years ago I only got about 1/4 to 1/3 of the way through before losing interest in it. I still have the DVD’s on the shelf, but haven’t gone back to it.

 

[Mudd]

I got a big kick out of the Flash Gordon series from a decade or so ago. It was funny.

 

[Mudd]

First, sorry you had to suffer through that film before reading the novel.

The movie is a fucking brilliant satire of a book and attitudes that...well, that Heinlein fans think is something great.

 

[Cyrus]

Yeah, loved the Starship Troopers movie, the book not so much.

 

[J.T.B.]

The movie is a fucking brilliant satire of a book and attitudes that...well, that Heinlein fans think is something great.

A deserving target, yeah, but I found it well short of brilliant. Dr. Strangelove or Network it wasn't.