Anyone noticed there seem to be quite a few similarities between these two movies?

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glenmusher — 9 years ago(April 12, 2016 05:55 AM)

Anyone noticed there seem to be quite a few similarities between these two movies?
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grendelkhan — 9 years ago(April 19, 2016 08:16 PM)

There was a lot of similarity between the original Flash Gordon comic strips (the Alex Raymond ones) and the Jon Carter stories. Both films were relatively faithful to the source material, which probably explains the continued similarity.
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col_rutherford — 9 years ago(September 14, 2016 10:42 PM)

Flash Gordon
was inspired by Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter stories. King Features Syndicate originally wanted to do a John Carter comic strip with Alex Raymond as the artist, but the negotiations with Burroughs for the rights fell through. Just a few days after Burroughs' terms were rejected, King Features debuted the
Flash Gordon
comic strip drawn by Raymond.