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Date Posted: 05:07:05 06/03/10 Thu
Author: Rick
Subject: The Tunnels of Mongo

Torch,

What is the exact layout of the tunnel and cave system on Mongo? Ming may keep this a top secret, but his loyal palace minions know and so do others outside the kingdom. Any comments?





Rick

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[> Re: The Tunnels of Mongo -- Officer Torch, 08:29:28 06/03/10 Thu [1]

Perhaps my younger nephew Capt.Torch knows, or Sergeant Tim...I may be having a "senior moment" at this time, and don't recall specifically, though I vaguely recall something said in the trilogy about this. If so, it is trivia at its peak.

Comments though: many might know (I, as "Officer Torch" certainly should, so kindly refresh my memory), certainly Ming, Barin, Aura, High Priest, maybe Capt.Sudan's men, Ming's scientists including Jenda perhaps, possibly Zarkov, and others. There can be some confusion since in some shots, we see the mountain palace, then later the turreted palace. Then there are the tunnels in both the '36 and '40 serials.. Palace scenes, ground scenes, caves, indoors, out, stock footage repetition..guess whatever Universal felt was useful, economical, and expedient.

There are pits down to the lizards abode, bottomless pits, passageways to the sacred dragon, Tao's shrine, exits, the turret house, and more. Secret side passages also..some to safety, some to potential doom.

Interestingly, we don't see much of the general population near the palace. Perhaps all of Ming's subjects are within the palace confines? Dunno. Would think it might be like an earth castle community centuries ago, but hey, we're talking Mongo here. I've seen Maps of Mongo from the comics eg, and many so called secret passageways are noted, but no tunnel maps. Hmmm..excuses, excuses.

So Commander Rick...aside from real world on earth, Bronson Canyon in California, kindly freshen my memory where references to tunnels/maps are or your comments when you have the opportunity. .


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