Flash Gordon's Complicated Legacy

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[QuestingRefuge]

Hope this gets a lot of attention. I find it fascinating to hear about the history and influences in media we see today. Both the good and the bad.

[t.w.mackay]

This was a great video exploring Flash's history, good and bad. Your word choice was honest and thoughtful, and your timbre of voice helped soften some of the harder-to-swallow aspects of this characters' history. Plus, linking to relevant charities was a nice touch.

I've always been interested in Flash and those Titan collections caught my eye a while back. I hope you do more on Flash (and Buck, too!)

Great video, Dane! Keep up the great work.

[themangoman]

A crossover between buck rogers flash Gordon and star lord is what we need

[nithindominickoshy]

This video made my day. Thank you so much. Wanted to add a point from the Indian perspective. Bennett, Coleman and Company Limited (also called The Times Group) released Indrajal Comics in India. One of the comics they distributed was Flash Gordon.

[NebLleb]

Flash is a quintessential space hero, and it's fascinating to hear his story in greater detail.

[Pencilman]

This is a really good and educational video and it’s unfortunate that so many nerds in the comments are getting butthurt that you acknowledged that obvious racial stereotypes were, in fact, racist. Lots of classic adventure stories are rooted in xenophobia and colonialism. It’s unfortunate but it’s baked into the genre. They gained popularity in an era where western countries were indeed colonizing the world and painting other races as inhuman others to justify it. It leaked into the fiction.

It doesn’t mean you can’t still enjoy these stories but denying these elements aren’t there is pure ignorance. I have a feeling the basement dwellers commenting on this video are so upset that you acknowledge these facts because deep down they feel attacked. Oh well. If you can’t acknowledge the sins of the past you are doomed to repeat them. None of these people have read any books that didn’t have pictures, obviously.

[creativerealms]

Great video. Hope to see more like it.

[raphaelmarquez]

The history between Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon and how the former came before the latter is truly fascinating and practically begging for a future Death Battle episode.

[robertradovich]

The poster at 7:49 of the Flash Gordon movie. Is that anywhere to be found for sale? Can you let me know?

[Naoto-kun]

Dang its crazy how much of this comment section is littered with anti-woke people who cant handle a deep discussion on the historical context of Flash Gordon. I love the series and Ming is one of my favorite villains even as an Asian man, but I still realize that he was not made with the purest intentions. There is a lot to be learned from this!

[ignaciocozzarini]

Increible trabajo tenes un sub mas y un admirador en otro contienente hermano.
Incredible work, you have one more sub and a fan in another continent, brother.

[multi-voiceentertainment]

Please do one about Buck Rogers please.

[sonatonemaster]

The first half of this video was so good...

[kevingiven]

How about a Buck Rogers Vs Flash Gordan video"

[orinanime]

The original comics and theatrical serials definitely had the problematic Yellow Peril issues.
But I'd say that the Filmation animated adaptation, the 80s Defenders of the Earth, the 90s Flash Gordon, the 2000s Flash Gordon, and even the 1980 movie avoided that by not depicting Ming as an Asian character.

[ez-rods]

Thanks for the ranting lecture. Ming is one of the best bad guys ever Sorry you can't see the forest through the trees.

[misterlyle.]

Much of your review here of Flash Gordon is quite good. Before trying, however, to push the history of a classic comic hero like Flash Gordon into a 21st Century, anti-racist frame, you might ask if the far left group you're talking to will be enough to support your channel. Genghis Khan's murderous reign hardly deserves the implied sympathy you seem to convey, and Alex Raymond certainly doesn't deserve your attempt to smear his legacy by asking if he should be remembered "as a virulent bigot, or as a product of his time."

[ZetaN]

Of course Batman was a rip off from The Shadow.

[matthewmagda]

Well, this video was half good until the soapboxing started...

[Mike]

It is very fascinating to see a deep dive being taken into this franchise... and it's also very responsible of you to also call out the things that, especially by today's standards, are just unacceptable.