Flash Gordon story

movie: Flash Gordon (1980) · 1980-12-05

Flash Gordon is a superhero film based on the King Features comic strip of the same name.

11 total · 5 major · 6 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
attack from outer space by a genocidal enemy major Emperor Ming plotted to destroy the Earth by crashing the Moon into it.
imperialism major Emperor Ming presided over a ruthless galactic empire.
moon slowly spiraling into a planet major Emperor Ming set of a chain of events that led to the Moon slowly spiraling into Earth.
romantic love major Flash and Dale.
there is strength in unity major Flash taught the peoples over whom Emperor Ming ruled tyrannically that they could overthrow him if they all united against him.
betrayal minor Aura betrayed her father Emperor Ming by ferrying Flash to safety.
father and daughter minor Emperor Ming and Aura.
floating city minor The hawk-men lived in a sort of floating castle.
memory erasure minor Dr. Hans Zarkov had his memory erased.
unrequited love minor Aura at Flash.