Flash Gordon: The Tunnel of Terror (1936) | Buster Crabbe, Charles Middleton | Colorized 

Is this something to do with my end? The captions keep coming on default even though I done have thst set thst way. I have tried everything. Does your channel have some kind of default caption mode turned on. I hate tgis because anyone can turn than on on their own but I want to erratic all modern crap on my screen and I don't watch film to read. If it was a foreign movie or a silent film with its own subtle that would be different. But that ugly crap popping up constantly is stressful and exactly what I'm trying to avoid in life. Along with lights that tell me I'm using the thing I'm using a beeps that tell me I did what I just did. Is it stuck that way on your end or am I just missing something and driving myself crazy?

There are several computer-generated effects that are layered in such a way that "cleans up" the erosion of the quality in the film. The original film looks nothing like this. It's not just color.

@@JasonKifner thanks Jason for the explanation. Yeah, it just looked so perfect. Now I know why!

For once colorization is a good thing

Ditto: I was also born in 1965 and also remember loving watching it as a kid during the summer holidays. It was obviously old even then! 😊

Yeah, just before 'Why Don't You?' Good times alright!

Yep, the effects might be kinda laughable today, but they still knew how to tell a story, and managed to keep the audience 'engaged', with characters you could actually care about!

Agreed star wars is a great film 😊

Yeah...neon....oooh

Star wort can't hold a candle to the greatness of this serial.

Flash gordon had: The dungeonish lair of Ming (deathstar) The desert moon The jungle moon The ice moon The sky city

I think that Flash Gordon can be brought back with the star treatment. Alex Raymond wrote great stories that inspired the epic tales in these serials and in franchises like Star Trek and Star Wars. I may be in a minority but I don't think the 1980 film did Flash Gordon and the legacy of Alex Raymond justice. From 1936 to 1940, the writers, producers, and directors at Universal Studios were doing the best that they could with the technology available and the mindset of that time. But, 1980 is after the first Star Wars film, Superman: The Movie, Star Trek: The Motion Picture and the same year that Superman II, and Empire Strikes Back were released. Flash Gordon 1980 could've been better. There's no excuse. The effort put in here in these old serials is more apparent to me.

Not much of a story though, and the characters lack depth and are stereotypical.

@@douglasfreeman3229 That did not matter to me as a grammar school kid watching these on WPIX TV with Chuck McCann hosting. Some years of maturity later, the serial provided new insights which for me were centered on Priscilla Lawson and also Jean Rogers which demanded my watching this serial again with a new awareness..

How do you think you know George Lucas Steven Spielberg Stan Winston James Cameron what do you think they got the ideas from?😊😅😮

​@@douglasfreeman3229 my friend you don't understand nothing this was meant for a different time a different generation so probably a jet extra like you wouldn't understand no way so get the hell out my internet you don't recognize quality entertainment when you see it now get off my internet😊

​@@kennethdegruchy5503 the guy above you he don't understand what this is all about this was meant for a different time and a different generation so I have to check his ass and check him good that he don't need to be in he need to move his ass and carry his ass but for those of us who got good memories of going to the theater every Saturday morning or afternoon whatever you know and had to come back next week to watch the next installment this was a magical time for me back in my youth

Those are his splendid BATTLE SHORTS

He had great legs it was it how he got the job.

I'm glad he didn't go over-the-top with it. The muted purples and browns are just right.

When my mom was a kid, they were playing these serials on TV.

Do you remember the Ardvaark song ftom WonderRama?

Sniff I miss those days man😊 time never goes back with it goes forward but at least I got some good memories

Wow the princess ain't f****** around she wants flash Gordon in her bedroom as soon as possible 😊😅😮

YES!,I saw that episode too. I always thought they should've had Buster Crabbe come on the show as a permanent addition. Brigadeer Gordon was a great character!

And Captain Proton.

That's a matter of opinion.

@@douglasfreeman3229 Of course...but the collapse of ticket sales for movies can't be ignored although they will.

Absolutely

2:23 My thoughts exactly XD

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My mom used to watch it when she was a kid too. She was the one who told me about 1930's movie serials.

Me too when I saw it in late 70s or early 80s as a kid on tv.

__ but young at hart. Right? (I still am)

You’re in for a good treat. The whole 1936 serial is fun to watch

The Flashing Blade on Saturday morning with Champion the Wonder House.

@@garyturner5739 programme were so much better , now it's only cooking programme , it's a blessing scooby doo is on in the morning on itv 2 .to bring some smile , and classic soaps

I thought it was pretty good and it works quite well for this serial.

I agree. Not great, is it?

@@douglasfreeman3229 No, it's not, but then, it is relying on a computer algorithm to do the work. Computers are wonderful tools, but they cannot think, they cannot assess or evaluate, they cannot intuit. You give them parameters, and they complete a task within those parameters but if something un-accounted-for occurs, they cannot improvise. Had the content creator taken on more of the brain work instead of relying on the computer to do it all, the result would have been better because, try as they might, Computers will NEVER replace human ingenuity.

Sadly, they kept Jean Rogers tastefully dressed.

@@scottw5315 That is sad but Pedowood has always been filled with rearenders.

From the beginning this was meant to be for adults. For its time and release during Code Hollywood it was considered terribly sexual. For a B-movie it had a blockbuster budget - $350K USD. That is in 1930s Depression dollars and was unheard of. Note how the Hayes Code grudgingly permitted what would known as a bikini or bare midriff look BUT the actresses had to have their navels covered. Decades later this same problem would come up in Star Trek:TOS. Roddenberry hated that belly buttons had to be covered in the William Ware Theiss wardrobe designs (remember The Gamesters of Triskelion? Remember the drill Thrall's tin foil bikini? ) To have his revenge Roddenberry did something in his next Sci Fi series; he not only dressed the mutant women in two piece outfits but he gave each woman TWO belly buttons plainly shown on screen - take THAT Standards & Practices! "I Dream of Jeannie" was nearly taken off the air because Eden's belly button showed but they never had the cojones to stand up to S&P the way Roddenberry would.

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