I first saw Flash Gordon and Trip to Mars when I was about 10. They blew me away. The sets, action, characters were great. Then I saw FGCTU. What a let down. Gone were the great sets from old horror films. Now we were in the middle ages. The special effects were retreads of the early films. And, embarressingly, the only exciting part was on Frigia. This whole sequence was taken from the German 1929 film, The White Hell of Pitz Palu starring Leni Riefenstahl. My only fond recollection is of the crawl with the rocket ship circling the mountain while Listz's Les Preludes blares . Not worthy of the series.
