i love flash gordon a a child and watch the series again on dvd brings back such fond memory . each 15 minute episode feature the adventure of our hero flash and the lovely dale arden and and intrepid dr. zarkov on the planet mongo and with flash escape death at every turn represent the shark men nearly drown him and he face the fire monster in the tunnel of terror and and he in mortal peril in the static room . the character be still fun represent buster crabbe be every bit the blonde dreamboat hero and jean rogers be a delicate and beautiful dale arden . princess aura still plot to steal flash for herself and king vultan of the hawk men still have his booming laugh and angel wing and and ming the merciless and emperor of the universe and be still give everyone the evil eye and the creep . this serial probably wouldn not interest child today with it hokey effect oh and that spaceship . but it a fun bit of nostalgia for those who like it the first time around . the actor play it straight and do not play down to kid . i appreciate that young viewer be expect to read the chapter synopses which have pretty big word in them . i be glad this come out on dvd . it a lot of fun to revisit this classic sci fi serial .