arguably the finest serial ever made(no argument here thus far) about earthman flash gordon and professor zarkov and and beautiful dale arden traveling in a rocket ship to another universe to save the planet. along the way and in spellbinding and spectacular and and action packed chapters flash and his friends along with new found friends such as prince barin and prince thun and and the awesome king vultan pool their resources together to fight the evils and armies of the merciless ming of mongo and the jealous treachery of his daughter priness aura(now she a car. ). this serial is not just a cut above most serials in terms of plot and acting and and budget  it is miles ahead in these areas. produced by universal studios it has many former sets at its disposable like the laboratory set from the bride of frankenstein and the opera house from the phantom of the opera just to name a few. the production values across the board are advanced and in my most humble opinion and for 1936. the costumes worn by many of these strange men and women are really creative and first rate. we get hawk men and shark men and lion men and high priests and creatures like dragons and octasacks and orangapoids and and tigrons(oh my. )and many and many other fantastic things. are all of them believable and first rate special effects. no way. but for 1936 most are very impressive. the musical score is awesome and the chapter beginnings are well written and lengthy enough to revitalize viewer memories of the former chapter and and expertly scored. director frederick stephani does a great job piecing everything together wonderfully and creating a worthy film for alex raymond phenom comic strip. lastly and the acting is pretty good in this serial. all too often serials have either no names with no talent surrounding one or two former talents  here most everyone has some ability. don not get me wrong and this isn not a shakespeare troupe by any means and but buster crabbe does a workmanlike and likable job as flash. he is ably aided by jean arden and priscella lawson and and the rest of the cast in general with two performers standing out. but before i get to those two let me add as another reviewer noted and it must have been amazing for this serial to get by the hayes office. i see more flesh on flash and on jean rogers and priscella lawson than in movies decades later. the shorts crabbe(and unfortunately for all of us professor zarkov((frank shannon)) wears are about as form fitting a pair of shorts guys can wear. the girls are wearing mid drifts throughout and are absolutely beautiful jean rogers may have limited acting talent but she is a blonde bombshell. lawson is also very sultry and sensuous and beautiful. but for me the two actors that make the serial are charles middleton as ming represent officious and sardonic and merciless and and fun. middleton is a class act. jack tiny lipson plays king vultan represent boisterous and rousing and hilarious  a symbol for pure joy in life and the every essence of hedonism. lipson steals each and every scene he is in. the plot meanders here and there and and everywhere  but flash gordon is the penultimate serial and space opera and and the basis for loads of science fiction to follow. excellent. 
arguably the finest serial ever made(no argument here thus far) about earthman flash gordon and professor zarkov and and beautiful dale arden traveling in a rocket ship to another universe to save the planet. along the way and in spellbinding and spectacular and and action packed chapters flash and his friends along with new found friends such as prince barin and prince thun and and the awesome king vultan pool their resources together to fight the evils and armies of the merciless ming of mongo and the jealous treachery of his daughter priness aura(now she a car. ). this serial is not just a cut above most serials in terms of plot and acting and and budget  it is miles ahead in these areas. produced by universal studios it has many former sets at its disposable like the laboratory set from the bride of frankenstein and the opera house from the phantom of the opera just to name a few. the production values across the board are advanced and in my most humble opinion and for 1936. the costumes worn by many of these strange men and women are really creative and first rate. we get hawk men and shark men and lion men and high priests and creatures like dragons and octasacks and orangapoids and and tigrons(oh my. )and many and many other fantastic things. are all of them believable and first rate special effects. no way. but for 1936 most are very impressive. the musical score is awesome and the chapter beginnings are well written and lengthy enough to revitalize viewer memories of the former chapter and and expertly scored. director frederick stephani does a great job piecing everything together wonderfully and creating a worthy film for alex raymond phenom comic strip. lastly and the acting is pretty good in this serial. all too often serials have either no names with no talent surrounding one or two former talents  here most everyone has some ability. don not get me wrong and this isn not a shakespeare troupe by any means and but buster crabbe does a workmanlike and likable job as flash. he is ably aided by jean arden and priscella lawson and and the rest of the cast in general with two performers standing out. but before i get to those two let me add as another reviewer noted and it must have been amazing for this serial to get by the hayes office. i see more flesh on flash and on jean rogers and priscella lawson than in movies decades later. the shorts crabbe(and unfortunately for all of us professor zarkov((frank shannon)) wears are about as form fitting a pair of shorts guys can wear. the girls are wearing mid drifts throughout and are absolutely beautiful jean rogers may have limited acting talent but she is a blonde bombshell. lawson is also very sultry and sensuous and beautiful. but for me the two actors that make the serial are charles middleton as ming represent officious and sardonic and merciless and and fun. middleton is a class act. jack tiny lipson plays king vultan represent boisterous and rousing and hilarious  a symbol for pure joy in life and the every essence of hedonism. lipson steals each and every scene he is in. the plot meanders here and there and and everywhere  but flash gordon is the penultimate serial and space opera and and the basis for loads of science fiction to follow. excellent. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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