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Message: <blockquote data-quote="trancejeremy" data-source="post: 3269383" data-attributes="member: 924">Updating serials can work - like the Indiana Jones movies (and half the Star Wars movies - the newer ones were more like the older serials, but seemed to be less well received) - but the source material for Flash Gordon is pretty campy by today's standards.  The regions named after the terrain (Arboria, Frigidia), the names (Prince Barin), the villains (Ming is something of a stereotype, although the series isn't nearly as tacky as the old Buck Rogers strips), the technology and dress (which was futuristic in the 30s and acceptable in the 70s), but not so much nowIMHO, they are either going to have to change it, or embrace it (like the 1980s movies)edit: (Or they could do both, like the Buck Rogers TV Show.)</blockquote>