Isaac Ji Kuo<p>So I was watching the first episodes of the 1970s Flash Gordon cartoon, and I noticed there were a LOT of plot and character similarities with the 1980 Flash Gordon film.</p><p>So my brain was like, "Huh. I wonder why nobody talks about how the Flash Gordon movie takes so much inspiration from the cartoon?"</p><p>Like ... for a good solid while my brain was thinking that.</p><p>(Spoilers, both were based on the old timey Flash Gordon serials.)</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO6E0E3MMdc&list=PLgkKj2n1LjA9A1UOabTgqbO-5TXCp_yIU&index=2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=eO6E0E3MMd</span><span class="invisible">c&list=PLgkKj2n1LjA9A1UOabTgqbO-5TXCp_yIU&index=2</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3peCx8pAIM&list=PL2gsu7VGzgdZgxGHfD3SXqQIiRbeHubYe&index=1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=m3peCx8pAI</span><span class="invisible">M&list=PL2gsu7VGzgdZgxGHfD3SXqQIiRbeHubYe&index=1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/FlashGordon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlashGordon</span></a></p>