01x58 - Ming Winter

[bunniefuu]

- ♪ Defenders of the Earth ♪

Defenders!

[dramatic music]

♪ Out of the sky, his rockets ignite ♪

♪ Jets into battle flying faster than light ♪

Flash Gordon!

♪ Lord of the jungle, the hero who st*lks ♪

♪ The beasts call him brother, The Ghost Who Walks ♪

Phantom!

♪ Defenders of the Earth ♪

Defenders!

♪ Master of magic, spells, and illusion ♪

♪ Enemies crumble in fear and confusion ♪

Mandrake!

♪ Defenders of the Earth ♪

Defenders!

♪ His strength is a legend, his skills conquer all ♪

♪ Armed with his power, we never will fall ♪

Lothar!

♪ Defenders of the Earth ♪

Defenders!

♪ With our new young heroes proving their worth ♪

♪ Four become eight defending the Earth ♪

♪ Defenders of the Earth ♪

Defenders!

♪ Defenders of the Earth ♪

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

- Flash Gordon! Flash, come in, please!

[engine roars]

♪ ♪

- Receiving message from relate satellite Delta.

- Put it on the speaker.

- Flash, the hour has come!

The Freedom Fighters of Mongo must rise!

Ming's son, Prince Kro-Tan the Sly,

has ordered every man, woman, and child on Mongo

to be worked night and day in the Oceanite mines!

Flash, help!

[expl*si*n]

- Price Barin needs me, son.

I owe him my life.

This bird'll have to fly sooner than we thought.

- But Dad, we haven't made any test flights with her yet!

She's a new ship!

- Well, Mongo is as good a test run as any.

- Good luck, Dad.

Dynak, are we experiencing a solar eclipse?

- What is this nonsense about an eclipse, Rick?

- It's true, Mandrake! Go on outside, take a look!

Dynak, give me a reading. What's going on?

- Massive pre-formed slabs of Oceanite

are being fitted together,

hiding the Earth behind a shield.

Soon this wall will block out all sunlight,

plunging the Earth into perpetual darkness

and endless winter.

- Who or what is transporting the Oceanite?

- Sensors indicate Ming's roboships

are teleporting the Oceanite slabs from Mongo.

- Of course.

Ming would like nothing better than to plunge the Earth

into constant darkness and endless winter.

- What can we do to stop Ming?

- Figure out a way to knock that wall out of the sky.

- The most powerful and effective weapon in Monitor

is the laser cannon.

- It's worth a shot.

Of all times for Dad to get an SOS from Mongo!

- I'm scared!

- There may be a way...

if I can get the laser cannon to work.

If we can boost enough energy flow to the laser cannon,

that ought to do it.

I just hope the generator can stand the strain.

- My fear is that we're too late.

- Global temperature rapidly dropping to dangerous levels.

- Soon the Earth will be as barren as Mongo.

- The laser cannon's ready.

- Remember, Rick, to operate the laser cannon

you will need all of the power that Monitor can produce.

- What if Ming counter-attacks?

- Monitor will be unable to protect itself.

- Good luck, Rick.

- Okay, Lothar.

Connect me to the main generator.

[generator spins up]

[laser blasts]

That ought to shake a few bricks loose.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

[lasers blasting]

I've got to break through the Oceanite wall!

[explosions]

- I'll help you, Rick!

- No! Stop, LJ!

The circuits can't stand the extra load!

Can you hear me, LJ?

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪
[ … ]

- [coughs]

Please, just a little longer!

Don't give out now!

It's starting to crack!

It's starting to crack!

Nice sh**ting, Ace!

- All right, we did it!

[expl*si*n]

- What happened?

- The generator must've blown!

- Sensors indicate the Oceanite wall is near completion.

- Hardly encouraging, Dynak.

- Great!

With the generator down there's no way we'll stop Ming now.

- The shields must be transported someplace!

We must attack that source.

First stopIce Station Earth.

- There might still be a way

to speed up the repairs on the generator.

- Not after the way LJ overloaded the circuits.

You ran by so fast, Son, you didn't hear me!

- I'm sorry, Dad.

- Your headstrong actions put us in great jeopardy, LJ.

- Time is running out and we have to do something!

- If we're going to attack Ice Station Earth,

we'd better hurry!

- Don't feel bad, LJ.

You just got a little carried away.

- Dad's right.

I didn't take time to think things through.

[gloomy music]

♪ ♪

You'll see. I'll make you proud of me, Dad.

- I've got to find a way to get that necklace back!

- The Necklace of Oros is glowing!

Who knows what powers it contains...

- Fortunately, you still do not!

I must have the Necklace.

Only I know its true powers!

[ice rumbles]

[tense music]

- Look out!

[lasers blast]

♪ ♪

- It's an ambush! We're trapped!

[serpent hisses]

- Dad!

- No, LJ!

- Hiyah!

[serpent hisses]

[screams]

- LJ!

[serpent roars]

[dramatic music]

[serpent snarling]

[serpent roars]

- LJ!

By Jungle Law...

the Ghost Who Walks calls forth the power of ten tigers!

[triumphant rock music]

♪ ♪

[serpent snarls]

- [grunts]

[serpent snarls]

- Is he badly injured? - I don't know yet.

- LJ? Father, how is he?

- He seems to be stabilizing but he needs medical attention.

- There's only one thing to do.

I will surrender to Ming.

Hopefully he will allow LJ medical attention.

- We will all surrender, not just you.

[foreboding music]

♪ ♪

- Defender lady!

There are rebel forces here

who wait for the day to rise up and fight the tyrant Ming.

- Silence!

- Just give us the sign,

and we will be ready to fight!

- Keep moving, sl*ve!

Enjoy your stay, Earthlings.

- But--Garax!

Where's the medical attention Ming promised for my son,

in return for our surrender?

- You believed him? [cackles]

Nobody bargains with Ming, you fool you!

- Easy, Lothar. At least you tried.

- I'm sorry, son.

- There's Prince Barin's landing beacon.

Be it ever so humble, there's no place like Mongo.

- Barin! Good to see you, old friend.

- Good of you to come. We need your help.

- What's Ming doing?

- He's placing Oceanite slabs between the Earth and the sun,

blocking off light and warmth.

- Earth will become as cold and dead a planet as Mongo.

What's your plan, Barin?

- The transporter which carries the Oceanite

is housed in the main chamber under heavy guard.

You'd need an army to reach it.
[ … ]

- There's an army of sl*ves in that mine

just waiting to be lead.

- You must be careful, my friend.

If it's possible,

Kro-Tan is even more cruel than his father.

- Trust me, friend, I will be careful.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

- I don't care if the sl*ves are tired,

work them until they drop!

If the sky wall

is not completed on schedule as I promised,

my father, Ming... I may have to answer to him!

But you will have to answer to me!

- Yes, Price Kro-Tan.

It will be completed as you commanded.

[indistinct murmuring]

- Okay, Barin. Just as we rehearsed it.

Ready?

Hope I don't hurt you. [grunting]

- You, sl*ves! Stop that fighting!

Back to work! Get back to work!

- Down with Kro-Tan!

Down with Ming! Freedom for Mongo!

together: Down with Ming!

together: Freedom for Mongo!

- Freedom for Mongo!

[indistinct shouting]

- I want them crushed!

Every last one of--

do my eyes deceive me?

Flash Gordon?

So...this is your doing, Mr. Gordon.

Bring me Flash Gordon--alive!

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

[frightened shouting]

- This way!

[lasers blasting]

[grunts]

- I'm always happy to entertain

an old friend of my father, Ming the Merciless.

Where is Prince Barin,

and where is the rebel headquarters located?

You are familiar with the Inquisitor, Mr. Gordon?

Soon I will know all.

- Never, wimp!

[tense music]

♪ ♪

- Resistance is useless, Gordon!

- No! No!

No!

- I told you, resistance is useless!

[evil laughter]

[tense music]

♪ ♪

- [screams in pain]

- No, no! You've told me nothing!

Guards, throw that earthworm in the dungeon.

♪ ♪

When he awakes, Flash Gordon will tell me all he knows,

or he will cease to exist!

♪ ♪

- That should keep 'em on ice for a while!

[wind howling]

[pools bubbling]

- I must find a way to get the Necklace back

and control its power!

[foreboding music]

♪ ♪

- Father, maybe the Necklace of Oros

can help us find Ming's power source.

- Jedda is right. If that monster Graviton

is willing to come from another dimension

to get the Necklace, its powers must be limitless!

- You are correct, magician.

But before you discover its powers

the Necklace will be in my hands.

- We must find Ming's power source and destroy it.

- We have to get out of here first.

- [grunting]

- Well, what are we waiting for?

- [grunting]

- Once I have completed the Oceanite wall, Octon,

and all is frozen,

I will have destroyed the Defenders of the Earth.

Then I will deal with that unsuspecting fool Graviton.

He, too, shall feel my wrath!

- Sire, the Defenders are making their escape!

- If they do, it's the end for all of you!

[ice shatters]

- [bellows]

[energetic rock music]

♪ ♪

- Ice robots!

♪ ♪

- I'll knock these snowballs out of the park!

♪ ♪

- There's got to be a way

to get inside the Transporter Room.
[ … ]

Now to find the main control.

Watch that last step.

Well, what do you know?

There's the little man himself.

[electricity sizzles]

[battle cry]

- Gordon!

Get him, get him!

Don't just stand there, you fools, capture him!

[expl*si*n and screaming]

No, you mustn't!

If you reverse the polarity

the Oceanite slabs will crash back on top of the transporter!

You'll ruin everything!

- That's the whole idea, fella!

Glass jaw.

That should turn things around.

[expl*si*n]

- Warning. Four minutes to impact.

[triumphant music]

♪ ♪

- [grunts]

[electricity sizzles]

- Had enough, junior?

- You may have won for the moment, Gordon,

but you won't live long enough to enjoy it!

- [grunts]

- Goodbye, Flash Gordon--

forever!

[cackles]

- Three minutes to impact.

- This is what I call cutting it close!

[explosions]

Barin!

- Like old times, eh, Flash?

- seconds to impact.

both[panting]

both[grunts]

- Visiting Mongo-- it's never dull!

- Flash, thanks to you, one day Mongo will be free!

- My sky wall!

It cannot be, it cannot be!

My plan is ruined!

[laser blasts]

- Quickly, this way!

Hurry, hurry!

- With pleasure, my good man!

[triumphant music]

♪ ♪

- What about Ming's power source?

- My men have orders to destroy it

as soon as you are safely away.

Thank you, Defenders.

Now hurry!

Through this door lies freedom!

- I knew this would come in handy!

[grunts]

- Aren't you coming with us?

- Our place is here.

We must all fight Ming in our own way.

- Hurry, Jedda!

- Thank you...and good luck!

- Thank you.

[engine starts]

[engine roaring]

- Message understood.

Life support monitors ready to receive patient.

- I'm sorry, LJ.

I want you to know...

I'm proud to have a son like you.

- Dad...

- It's all right, son. I'm here.