Saturday, February 15, 2025

Superman and Flash Gordon

 

I am a big fan of the classic Republic Movie Serials.  How much cooler would they have been if they had existed in a shared universe, as is all the rage today?  Here's an idea of what could have been presented in such a scenario.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Unrelated suggestion. King Kong vs. Kang

Anonymous said...

On the island of Bing-Bang-Boom?

Carycomic said...

That would've been awesome, indeed, Ross. The first time I saw one of the old "Flash Gordon" episodes, during the pre-Bicentennial Seventies, Buster Crabbe was wrestling Ming's pet orangopoid (apparently, a gorilla/unicorn hybrid)! I tried to tune it regularly after that. But, between the after-school paper route and other commitments, that proved impossible.

The only problem with this scenario, though, is the almost-unlimited power Gort was described as possessing. If that wasn't glorified bluff, on Klaatu's part, then even Superman might have his hands full. I can just imagine him telling Flash: "This looks like a job for Robo Force!"

Carycomic said...

If you ever do a sequel, how about Man From Atlantis meets Diver Dan?

Anonymous said...

Btw: Happy Canadian Flag Day to all our neighbors to the north!
Long may the Maple Leaf (independently) wave.

Ken Roskos said...

Marvelous Saturday Matinee Madness Ross! My thought is that Flash is clearly outmatched here, physically at least. His challenge would be to find Klaatu, and try to figure out what the heck happened to Gort's programming. Could Ming the Merciless be behind this?

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