Flash Gordon (1980) and John Carter (2012)
Anyone noticed there seem to be quite a few similarities between these two movies?
Everything will be OK in the end, if it aint OK,it aint the end.
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.
Fortunately, Ah keep mah feathers numbered for just such an emergency!
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.
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