And then thereâs thisâŚ
I couldnât be more happy that it was a discussion with me that prompted that post. I love Flash Gordon as much today as I did when I was four.
Campy as it is, I think it still holds up. But Iâm also blinded by deep nostalgia â HBO had this on heavy rotation in the early '80s and it became a staple of my childhood. Of course it became one of the first DVDs I bought.
Even as a kid, I remember finding it weird that Ming had never heard of Earth, âan obscure body in the S-K system,â yet when they cut to a shot of his âdashboard of disasters,â nestled between options for âHot Hailâ and âTyphoonâ is a button clearly labeled âEarth Quake.â
Oh totally. Iâve seen this movie about 50 times, maybe more (thanks, HBO). When I got the blu-ray and, Iâll admit it, enjoyed an herbal remedy (which I hadnât in years because of anxiety) it was a religious experience. Being a massive Queen fan doesnât hurt, either. Then I saw âTedâ a week later and thought, âSeth MacFarlane could possible have been my brother.â Iâma go watch this again right now.
Never noticed that! I was always too busy trying to say âEarthâ like Ming.
âFlash! ooh-aah-aah Frickinâ Awe-ah-some.â
phew
removes fist from stump
I like how the soundtrack was used in Observe and Report.
Klytus, are your men on the right pills?
Maybe you should execute their trainer.
This is the greatest movie of all time. Of all time!
Flash! Ah AH!..
The spoof âFlesh Gordenâ was pretty good. Not even really a porno, as it had harrysausen type stop motion creatures and somewhat decent low budget sets. The Penisaurus was especially good.
There is no way Flash wouldnât start ahead of Mark Sanchez or Geno Smith this season.
I saw it at the drive-in. Fantastic! Nothing else compares.
Am I the only one old enough to have seen this in the theater? Kind of feels like when I spoke up in film class, having to contradict the professor â that yes, at least one of us had seen Star Wars on opening day.
Nope, I saw it - a German dub, of course - back then, too. Also The Empire Strikes Back.
Every time someone mentions Flash, I think about The Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Smashers_of_the_Galaxy_Rangers). Brilliant spoof of Flash, especially the ending with the kiss.
Now off to have a breakfast with a slice of toast and some Cheddite.
Wow, that had to be interesting.
I also saw it in a theater at the time. Two things stick out for me:
- Queenâs music was an integral part of their marketing for this film. Every commercial featured the tagline: âMusic by Queen!â I think itâs too bad other films donât do that.
- When [SPOILER ALERT] Flash kills Ming (duh), Ming bleeds green blood!
And regarding that bog-beast coming-of-age ritual: http://oglaf.com/riteofpassage/ (itâs oglaf, so nsfw)
even weirder, theyâre speaking to each other in flawless English.
anyway, I think the days of this type of rich, opulent mise-en-scene are long gone, which is the real star of Flash Gordon. You just donât see eye-candy like that anymore unless itâs CG, which can be cool, but itâs not the same thing.
