{"id":735,"date":"2008-02-10T12:01:14","date_gmt":"2008-02-10T17:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/index.php\/the-new-adventures-of-flash-gordon\/"},"modified":"2008-02-10T12:47:44","modified_gmt":"2008-02-10T17:47:44","slug":"the-new-adventures-of-flash-gordon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/the-new-adventures-of-flash-gordon\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Adventures Of Flash Gordon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B000FKO420\/rpglibrary\/\"><img src='http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/61JS9PV7CPL._SS500_.jpg' alt='Flash Gordon the complete series' title='Flash Gordon the complete series' style=\"float: right; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px 4px;\" \/><\/a>In 1979, there was a Flash Gordon cartoon that I think about any time the subject of Flash Gordon comes up in conversation. I still recall the fantastic spaceship designs, Ming&#8217;s menacing metal army, and the seductive swivel-hip-action of Princess Aura. To my thirteen-year-old eyes, this was the best cartoon I&#8217;d ever seen. According to Wikipedia,<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The series was an homage to the original Flash Gordon comic strip and featured most of the original characters, including Flash&#8217;s girlfriend Dale Arden, and the scientist Hans Zarkov. The series is still regarded to be not only one of the most faithful adaptations, but also one of Filmation&#8217;s finest overall efforts to this day.&#8221; [<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_Adventures_of_Flash_Gordon\">1<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>I have been looking for this episode on DVD ever since old television shows started showing up on DVD. As it turns out, I was not looking closely enough, because the show was released on DVD in 2006!<\/p>\n<p>I rediscovered some other gems of that era during my search, as well: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B000GETUBU\/rpglibrary\/\">Blackstar<\/a> (a guy with a magic sword who rides a dragon &#8212; a classic!), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B000RPD0DM\/rpglibrary\/\">Josie And The Pussycats<\/a> (my first exposure to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bewildered-art.com\/catgirls\/index.html\">cat-girls<\/a>), the short-lived <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B000HEWEJ4\/rpglibrary\/\">Star Trek animated series<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B000QQDEZG\/rpglibrary\/\">Isis<\/a> (who introduced me to the wonders of Egyptian mythology).<\/p>\n<p>The one of these I am looking forward to seeing most (aside from Flash Gordon) is Josie And The Pussycats. Although the show was technically a spin-off of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B000P6R9O4\/rpglibrary\/\">Archies<\/a>, it really owed a great deal more to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B0001CNQVM\/rpglibrary\/\">Scooby Doo<\/a>, with its fun (if simplistic) plots, engaging characters, and musical chase scenes. Incidentally, I am also a huge Scooby Doo fan (although I think it went downhill when they started meeting Don Knotts, the Harlem Globetrotters, and the Addams Family).<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and you know what started all of this? I was actually looking for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B000P6XQ50\/rpglibrary\/\">Superman<\/a> DVDs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1979, there was a Flash Gordon cartoon that I think about any time the subject of Flash Gordon comes up in conversation. 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