I really enjoyed Lucas' version of Flash Gordon because it modernized the concept from the old 1940's serials, and really liked the Art Deco-inspired design of the spaceships, too. And it didn't look hokey like the old serials, thanks to Lucasfilm's Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) doing some amazing effects shots with models. It was like seeing multiple episodes of the old Flash Gordon serials strung together, but it worked brilliantly and was not surprised it won a lot of Oscars, including multiple technical awards and a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar.
Interestingly, Star Children was a surprising success because the writers actually consulted with social scientists and people in the various hard science fields to create a surprisingly believable version of mystical Andrade civilization. So much so that besides the three seasons of the original series in the 1990's, the was a second series in 2005-2007 (one of the very first animated series to be produced with high-definition televsion in mind) and a third series starting this year in 2015, a joint venture with Toei Animation in Japan (using a new animation technology developed by Toei that looks like 2-D animation but is actually rendered like 3-D animation). Cheap it isn't, but that's why it's being shown on CBS.
Interestingly, Star Children was a surprising success because the writers actually consulted with social scientists and people in the various hard science fields to create a surprisingly believable version of mystical Andrade civilization. So much so that besides the three seasons of the original series in the 1990's, the was a second series in 2005-2007 (one of the very first animated series to be produced with high-definition televsion in mind) and a third series starting this year in 2015, a joint venture with Toei Animation in Japan (using a new animation technology developed by Toei that looks like 2-D animation but is actually rendered like 3-D animation). Cheap it isn't, but that's why it's being shown on CBS.