Nothing happened to it. The film is a masterpiece.

@David_Creyke

3 жыл бұрын

Facts.

@lianaverwood9810

3 жыл бұрын

Great movie but the guy playing flash did suck.

@David_Creyke

3 жыл бұрын

@@lianaverwood9810 Yeah but other than Max they were all terrible actors. It worked in a cheesy movie to me.

@chrisperrien7055

3 жыл бұрын

@@lianaverwood9810 Watch the movie "TED" , you'll get Sam Jones. He is a riot in that movie.

@chrisperrien7055

3 жыл бұрын

Ornella Munti strapped to that table was a masterpiece. LOL

This films has ALWAYS been big in the UK. Brian Blessed's "Gordon's Alive" is a big meme and the Queen single is well remembered.

@Skulldini

4 жыл бұрын

The movie has a British DIRECTOR too, so happens.

@HarryFlashmanVC

3 жыл бұрын

I have a T Shirt that says "Squadron 40" and "who wants to live for ever"

@DavesRabbitHole

Жыл бұрын

and "DIVE!"

@jeffreychongsathien

Жыл бұрын

A permanent Christmas fixture for decades, like the Bond movies.

The film was perfectly executed, despite its problems. It is the perfect comic book movie. I saw this when first released, and still have the cassette of the first release to VHS, and look forward to the 40th anniversary release. I hope the original isn't ruined by a sequel that cannot hold up to it, I don't believe it can be done. This is an example of something that only works once.

@christopherstudley9374

2 жыл бұрын

An absolute classic !!

@Bubbles99718

Жыл бұрын

Problems? Prepare yourself for the Bore Worms!

I love Flash Gordon! The score performed by Queen is what truly made it for me.

@Gerilyn2003

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Pity you can't find the soundtrack without voiceover stuff included.

@Gerilyn2003

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Pity you can't find the soundtrack without voiceover stuff included.

@wxx3

Жыл бұрын

Yes.

@Albtraum_TDDC

Жыл бұрын

I made a cassette recording of the Queen soundtrack and took it with me every time we went to LaserLand to play Laser-Tag with my friends from school in the 1990s. They used to let us play our own music during our combat rounds. I usually used Flash Gordon soundtrack or the one from Highlander (also Queen).

@dukecraig2402

Жыл бұрын

Everything about that movie made it great, cinematography, production, the cast, everything. Queen's soundtrack was just the icing on the cake.

there has never been a more hilarious line than; "flash, i love you, but we only have 14 hours to save the earth."

@grendelprime166

4 жыл бұрын

Not enough time then.. you figure it out, I'm gonna hang with Ming's daughter.

@kittyhawk9707

4 жыл бұрын

erm ..nope .. " Don't call me Shirley" - Leslie Neilsen.. Airplane.... in fact the whole film :)

@ianfindly3257

4 жыл бұрын

"All creatures of mongo make merry .. . . . under pain of DEATH!!"

@putinscat1208

4 жыл бұрын

Vultan: "Gordon's alive?!"

@terrybull2903

4 жыл бұрын

Yes , many !

First of all, *RIP* to the great Max Von Sydow, secondly, this film is a guilty pleasure.

@djshortefromphilly

4 жыл бұрын

Cosigned!!!

@RemyPorter

4 жыл бұрын

There's no guilt at all. It's just pure pleasure, as long as they don't break out the bore woahrms.

@simonbutterfield4860

4 жыл бұрын

@@RemyPorter or the dragons of Skyrim

@coleslaw1196

4 жыл бұрын

What's with the "guilty"? .. . are YOU somehow FORBIDDEN to like THIS movie or something?

@johnfic4751

4 жыл бұрын

I personally loved this movie. And who can forget Sam Jones appearances on both Ted movies.

The visuals of this movie is incredibly stunning. So shiny,and original. It looks like a 1940s comic book. It's incredible. It deserved an Oscar for set and costume design

@richardkenan2891

Жыл бұрын

It's one of the most brilliant and faithful adaptations of a comic strip to live action movie of all time.

@DuncanCaddick

Жыл бұрын

@@richardkenan2891 It is exactly that. A comic book in film form and it's fabulous!

@donmackay7610

Жыл бұрын

Yes.

Loved this movie as a kid, and still do. A very underrated film!

@JustMichael51083

Жыл бұрын

🎯👍

@Jim_Jones_Guyana

Жыл бұрын

Flash Ah-ah Savior of the universe Flash Ah-ah He'll save every one of us Flash Ah-ah He's a miracle (This mornings unprecedented solar eclipse is no cause for alarm) Flash Ah-ah King of the impossible He's for every one of us Stand for every one of us He'll save with a mighty hand Every man, every woman, every child with a mighty Flash Flash Ah-ah (Gordon's alive) Flash Ah-ah He'll save every one of us *_Just a man, with a man's courage_* *_He knows nothing but a man_* *_But he can never fail_* *_No one but the pure in heart may find the golden grail_* Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh Flash, Flash, I love you But we only have 14 hours to save the Earth

@Jim_Jones_Guyana

Жыл бұрын

@GAME 😁

"FLASH!" "AAAAA-AAAAAAH" "HE'LL SAVE EVERYONE OF US!!😂

@kellyweingart3692

4 жыл бұрын

🎵king of the impossible🎵

@mdm5216

4 жыл бұрын

"He's for every one of us"

@davidkymdell452

4 жыл бұрын

Just a man....with a man's courage

@bellmeisterful

4 жыл бұрын

Goldy Ramirez I went to the theater and saw this 4 times when I was 11 when it came out.

@CreepyUncleIdjit

4 жыл бұрын

I read the second line as if it were a blood curdling scream. Then I read the third line and everything was all right. But now I'm thinking of some creepy dude in a trenchcoat yelling "FLASH" and making some poor woman scream.

The princess was the highlight of my childhood. I blame her for my attraction to the bad girls.

@bigsonny45

4 жыл бұрын

Me three!

@GantzIsSloppy

4 жыл бұрын

shit I was 4 & I guess that's why I'm attracted to sluts now LOL

@aedwynn6474

3 жыл бұрын

@@GantzIsSloppy This is the best comment I have ever read on anything ever. Thank you.

@Bubbles99718

Жыл бұрын

That voice, it just dripped with sensuality

@alanguages

Жыл бұрын

Ornella Muti was one of the most attractive woman, I had ever laid eyes on.

The worst thing to ever happen to me was growing up and becoming an armchair critic instead of enjoying a movie with the mind of a child who cared about nothing else but adventure, discovery, and creation. THIS was why Flash Gordon, along with everything else from yesteryear, made my childhood unforgettable. Realizing that I watched movies nowadays trying to find a flaw in character or story or whatever...was when I knew my childhood was gone. Back then I didn't give a damn...and this is why these flicks were perfect.

@tenryuta

Жыл бұрын

dont look for flaws, look for respect and sincerity in the work.. or maybe just sincerity, digital effects artists tend to have all the respect for their work, its the some/many directors, producers, writers, cast that just dont do their work justice.

@waynegordon4975

7 ай бұрын

When i see the movie as a grown up the story is relatable. You have a narcissistic /psycho power mad emperor ming wanting it all and causing destruction and you have a regular earth man American football player flash with no super powers squaring up to him sorting out the rights and wrongs and ming seen flash as a threat as he was a smart young fit man and narcissistic psychos like ming don't like anyone getting in there way for seeing what they really are the inhabitants of mongo were frightened of ming as he was a frightening villain and Flash did not fear him that's why we see flash as a hero it's like todays crazy world we live in the regular guy like Flash standing up to the power crazy people who only care about themselves it's parallel with the James Bond character pitting his wits against the main villains who wanted power and domination.

Ornella Muti + QUEEN + Max von Sydow... cant get any better than that.

Such a shame they never made a sequel. This movie had a unique kind of cheesy adventure fun that's virtually missing in today's movies.

@ShallowDepression

4 жыл бұрын

Ted was as close as we'll get to a sequel.

@gdwnet

4 жыл бұрын

No sequel. All too often the sequel sucks. I like that flash gordon is a one off, ridiculous, fun movie with a great soundtrack.

@MrGlock509

4 жыл бұрын

Was supposed to be 3 movies like airplane

@daves4645

4 жыл бұрын

Sequels all suck. What are we on with Spiderman now....#27?

@marSLaZZ66

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed! I love that movie!

In an odd twist, this is a movie I thought was corny as a kid, but rediscovering it as an adult I found it to be a delight.

@amoeba1533

4 жыл бұрын

I never found FG to be any cornier than Star Wars. MOST sc-fi space adventure flicks tend to be a bit "corny".

@tonywilliams6428

4 жыл бұрын

@@amoeba1533 There are different kinds of corny. Earnest corny, which SW may fall under, and corny w/a bit of a wink, which I think FG is closer to.

@josebrown5961

Жыл бұрын

I was a young teen when this came out and ALL sci fi films were “corny” back then. Star Wars was corny. “Battle Beyond The Stars” was corny, based on “The Seven Samurai, but still corny. I saw “Flash Gordon “ because I was a fan, the independent station in my town played Commando Cody, and Flash Gordon shorts between monster movies on Saturday nights. 3:45

This film is one of my all time favourite movies. The look, the sets, the costumes, the music, all absolutely exquisite. And Von Sydow is one of the greatest villains in sci-fi movie history. Also the high camp vibe running through it gives it a huge sense of fun that's lacking from a lot of over serious sci-fi movies that came after. Love every minute of it.

@Jim_Jones_Guyana

Жыл бұрын

I've got *_Flash Gordon_* on VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray & Digital Download. 🥰 (& I have Queen's "Flash" theme MP3 & .WAV) I also have Queen's *_Flash Gordon&_* vinyl record, but it's 42 years old & has too many scratch to play. Needless to say, I love the move!

You've gotta love the fact that the movie doesn't take itself seriously. It puts the opera in space opera.

It's terrifying that I remember all these movies/shows like it was yesterday...the early 80's were great!!!

@dannyr2976

4 жыл бұрын

The 80s were great, Period!

@stephenchappell7512

3 жыл бұрын

@@dannyr2976 Nah Not the bland late bit

@Toddcinca

3 жыл бұрын

80s were the best for an anything goes wherever your mind takes you creativity. Not only that there was still a wholesomeness to it all. We were still trying to create art and uplift society rather than denigrate and destroy as Hollywood is now doing.

I love this movie. It will never be surpassed in its artful application of camp, Queen, and sci-fi action.

@a.barnard3205

3 жыл бұрын

In other words, a movie like this, will NEVER be made again....

@eolsunder

Жыл бұрын

it was amazing, beautiful women, fighting, flying warriors, great music. Like everyone said, an amazing movie for the time and will always be a great classic.

Loved watching this movie on Sunday afternoons with my Mother! I'll never get tired of watching it! RIP, Max "Ming The Merciless" Von Sydow.

A moment of appreciation for Ornella Muti's Aura.

@uriadelavaro3956

Жыл бұрын

That moment lasts since I was 15. I am 54 now ...

That soundtrack by Queen was just amazing, also for Highlander "Princes of the Universe"

@tyraela115

4 жыл бұрын

Also lets not forget this: kzread.info/dash/bejne/kX6o0shxfpivdKg.html By the way have you seen this: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iX53psSxd7Gzm84.html

@adambowman5964

4 жыл бұрын

Only Queen could do movie scores. No other group was, is, or ever will be so talented.

@josephwood499

4 жыл бұрын

Remember watching the documentary on how the soundtrack was made. I was in aw! Like if that was yesterday.

@phillippershing6315

3 жыл бұрын

@@josephwood499 link?

@a.barnard3205

3 жыл бұрын

Do NOT discount the Orchestral Underscore by Composer Howard Blake because he skillfully picked up the cues left by Queen and brought them to a musical and logical conclusion.

The best cheesy movie ever made. Pure gold!!!

@davidwatson7919

4 жыл бұрын

No.. it was cheesy gold. Max Von Sydow , Queen tunes, and silly costumes. Entertaining and add a little puffs of green smoke.

@dougbennett8592

4 жыл бұрын

Gold, like cheddar.

@zzygyy

4 жыл бұрын

@@ianfindly3257 who is comparing it to Star Wars?

@coleslaw1196

4 жыл бұрын

I think that QUIRKY would be a much better word to characterize THIS movie than "cheesy".

@ianfindly3257

4 жыл бұрын

@@zzygyy The asshat in the video? .. . ,HE only OPENED it with a SW reference as if IT has something major to do with FG.

I love Flash Gordon! An iconic 80s classic.

As a teenage boy canI 't remember how many times I thought about Ornella Muti and Dale together in a, er, special screening. This was a seminal movie to be sure.

2:28, Ming the merciless is no more. He passed away at the age of 90 early this year. RIP, Max Von Sydow.

@ronofthesea5953

4 жыл бұрын

"The Lions Ate Him!" (different movie, ikr)

@kellyweingart3692

4 жыл бұрын

“Pathetic earthlings, hurling your bodies out into the void, with no idea of who or what is out there”

@Sidragrosm

4 жыл бұрын

"Father Merrin..." Ave atque Vale.

@ericpelote998

4 жыл бұрын

Great actor !!

@ianfindly3257

4 жыл бұрын

"Seize the Earth woman and prepare her for our pleasure!!!"

I was 9 when I saw this in the theater. Made a HUGE impression on me in so many ways. Still a beloved movie. It wasn't until around the year 2000 that I was able to find a copy on DVD that I had to import from the UK that I was able to see it again.

@tucsonorganist

4 жыл бұрын

I have the BluRay and watch it periodically. Love it!

Considering we launched for space on mushrooms a hour before the movie begin, this is still one of the best movies I've ever seen. For two months after watching that flick, my girlfriend would shout "Not the bore worms", every time I made a pass at her.

I love Flash Gordon. For a flick with so many obvious problems, it's REALLY fun to watch. I have to give Queen a lot of credit. The music was amazing. I liked a lot of the supporting cast, too.

Ming's daughter is the hottest woman i've ever seen in a movie WOW

@PeterSedesse

4 жыл бұрын

Seriously, as someone in my early teens when this movie first came out..... well nevermind.

@spectacularmoments

4 жыл бұрын

hahaha I was only 5 in 1980 but I currently have this on blu ray =)

@planetdisco4821

4 жыл бұрын

@@PeterSedesse errr yes. same here lol....

@spectacularmoments

4 жыл бұрын

Yea Mings daughter has a prettier face than Ardala.

@crystalglass7106

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, Ornella Muti, definitely sweet eye candy

This movie is a masterpiece. Brian Blessed chomps through the scenery.

3 жыл бұрын

Easily the best character by far. Hawkmen Die!

@a.barnard3205

3 жыл бұрын

I LOVE when Mr. Blessed just cracks himself up over cracking up Mings foot soldiers!

@MrPomdownunder

Жыл бұрын

He had so much fun making that film....

Ornella Muti is as, about as perfect, as a woman can get. Perfect!❤💕

@Jim_Jones_Guyana

Жыл бұрын

I had a major crush on her when I was 10 years old.

@annandalehighschoolclassof6600

Жыл бұрын

Incredibly sensual.

@markg.7865

Жыл бұрын

@@Jim_Jones_Guyana I was 12 and enjoyed every scene with her, she was hot!

Flash Gordon was so popular as a comic in Australia that our Prime Minister of the time, Robert Menzies, was nicknamed 'Ming the Merciless' . And his tine in office - 20-odd years - was nicknamed 'the Ming dynasty' 🤣

Brian Blessed is a treasure!

@stevejauncey3086

4 жыл бұрын

He's alive!

@brandonmurphy301

4 жыл бұрын

I thought he was great in Black Adder. He was also Boss Nass in Phantom Menace.

@tanyakasim3988

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, he is. Who knew that Brian Blessed would go on to star in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace as, Boss Nass? 😏😁

"Dispatch war rocket Ajax to bring back his body."

@gregboyington4896

4 жыл бұрын

The 1979 animated movie Flash Gordon the Greatest Adventure then serialized Saturday morning tv show was awesome! Someone posted them on KZread.

@fatdaddyeddiejr

4 жыл бұрын

@@gregboyington4896 my dad recorded that TV movie and I still have it.

@ashdoglsu

4 жыл бұрын

"What do you mean Flash Gordon approaching" I love this movie.

@ellessandraramsay1841

4 жыл бұрын

@@ashdoglsu Open fire! All weapons.

@ryansta

4 жыл бұрын

Ha, could never make out that line as a kid, best I sorta heard / got it too was 'Dispatch Warlock Ca'n Ajaks to bring back his body'.

What a film. Ornella Muti, phwoar. Melody Anderson, phwoar. Brian Blessed, Gordon's alive! Queen tunes, yeah! Sam J Jones, Hell yeah! Max Von Sydow, best baddy ever. Timothy Dalton, legend.

Top 5 things about Flash Gordon: 1. The score. 2. The sets and costumes. 3. The casting 4. Princess Aura (fking autocorrect) 5. The dialogue

@Leadblast

2 жыл бұрын

Her name was Aura! Princess Aura! Remember it, or you shall be sent into the bore worms!

@kadashiuzubara2226

Жыл бұрын

​@@Leadblast that princess 😍😍😍😍

@Bubbles99718

Жыл бұрын

Aura deserves her own category

Btian Blessed, here in the UK is a living meme, who has punched a polar bear and is the reason Chick Norris will never come to UK out of fear,

@jasonblalock4429

4 жыл бұрын

There's plenty of fans of BRIAN BLESSED in America as well! :-) I absolutely love watching interviews with him.

@wstine79

4 жыл бұрын

He was great as Boss Nass in The Phantom Menace.

@shallendor

4 жыл бұрын

Brian Blessed was the real star of Flash Gordon!

@paulmurgatroyd6372

4 жыл бұрын

@@jasonblalock4429 Sorry but that's just not accurate. You do not interview Brian Blessed. You introduce him to the stage and then he talks until you stop him. Let us look at Richard Herrings' ''interview' as a sobering example.

@Serai3

4 жыл бұрын

His laugh is loud and brings down mountains.

"You fools. He thinks it's some barbaric game. Now, match him like this."

@zzygyy

4 жыл бұрын

Football!!!!

@Brad772006

4 жыл бұрын

Are you sure your men are on the right pills? Maybe you should execute their trainer.

@DirtyBerdt

4 жыл бұрын

Lol! Yeah I was "Like WHAT?!!" 🤷🏽‍♂️🤣

@kellyweingart3692

4 жыл бұрын

lol

@me3333

4 жыл бұрын

"Go Flash, Go. Go Flash, Go!"

This movie has the best line ever: "Calculate the anglevector of the MOOON!"; it has the best soundtrack, and Ornella Muti is just ....WOOW!

This movie was so damn fun. One of the most watched films of my childhood just for the sheer craziness and spectacle and that hot italian actress. OMG. The Fight Scene on the Disc is still pretty awesome to this day and worth whatever time it took to shoot.

Sam Jones cameo in ted was an hilarious brilliant thing🤣

@kodiiayyeee256

4 жыл бұрын

Flash... We are gonna party like the 80s. Ted... Show us how, Flash! Flash... Easy. We just gonna nail a lot of girls named Stephanie.

@Freakinger81

4 жыл бұрын

Hope you aren't mad that you didn't got the part of Flash, Arnie. 😁

@zzygyy

4 жыл бұрын

Man crush hilarious

@PhantomFilmAustralia

4 жыл бұрын

TED: "If you can punch a hole through this wall, you really are Flash Gordon!" FLASH: "I'm gonna punch through it."

@NiamhCullen

4 жыл бұрын

Never saw the movie

I freaking love this movie soooo much. A big draw for me are set design, costumes, main actor and Max von Sydow but also the incredible soundtrack. Watch it every year. I don't understand how some of these Laurentiis mega productions were box office fails. He produced many of my all time fave movies. If I hadn't been a toddler back then would have loved to watch them on the big screen.

"What do you mean, Flash Gordon Approaching!??!" One of my favorite movie lines ever.

@creepyskulldini581

4 жыл бұрын

I rather prefer "While you await the cerimony, all monitors will display, for your entertainment, the execution of the traitors Baron and Zarkov."

"Flash, Flash, I love you, but we only have fourteen hours to save the Earth!"

@ianfindly3257

4 жыл бұрын

"All creatures of mongo make merry .. . . . under pain of DEATH!!"

The woman playing Ming the Merciless daughter was so fine back in the day.

@vine01

4 жыл бұрын

Ornella Muti is 65 and still kickin ass of most younger women. Monica Belluci another example of Italian beauty maturing, not aging..

Humble brag of the day: My cousin, Betty Glasow was the hairdresser on this film. Her career was incredible (incl looking after the Beatles famous hair in A Hard Day's Night and Help! as well as films like Alfie and Titanic) but Flash Gordon is still the one I wanted to talk to her about.

@fuzzydunlop7928

3 жыл бұрын

Fuck humility, this is just cool af.

@kadashiuzubara2226

Жыл бұрын

is she still alive? :)

An excellent review - containing a lot of things I didnt know. A pity there are several sound glitches/lost audio sections though.

I saw this when I was five. My mother was in the hospital giving birth to my younger twin sisters and my grandmother was watching me and my brother. I remember watching this while laying my head on her lap. This movie will always hold a special place in my heart.

Dino DeLaurentis is responsible for some of the most outrageous cinematic follies ever committed to celluloid; the willingness to combine blockbuster budgets with art-house talent and give creative control to avowed counter-culture thugs helped to produce some of the most unique and influential pictures of his era. Never made money, never had a successful franchise, but without him it's likely Western popular cinema would be a much drabber, more aesthetically conservative place.

@diablorojo3887

4 жыл бұрын

art before money

@andrewsreed03

4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, David Lynch did not get final cut for Dune.

@stephenconnell

4 жыл бұрын

@@andrewsreed03 But he gave us such gens as Eraser Head,Lost Highway ,Naked Lunch and so on.

@tomkandy

4 жыл бұрын

How did he continue to get projects funded if he never made money?

@somerandomvertebrate9262

4 жыл бұрын

Dino DeLaurentius, the man to produce Conan the Barbarian as well as Caligula. Oh o.

The princess deserved her own film. I would have loved to see a prequel. Her character was so interesting and man she was seriously hot.

@masterofpuppets7295

4 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure she nuded up for a couple of movies too

@somerandomvertebrate9262

4 жыл бұрын

That's actually a fantastic idea.

@Adventure_Bum

4 жыл бұрын

"Not the bore worms!!!"

@brianbullivant4753

4 жыл бұрын

@@Adventure_Bum She had a lot of "worms" wanting to "bore" her! Melody Anderson as well.

@garykish8951

4 жыл бұрын

She has lots and lots of pornos.

Loved this episode. Found your site by accident. But you have become my go to for stories about movies. Thank you for your efforts and i will keep watching.✌

I made a cassette recording of the Queen soundtrack and took it with me every time we went to LaserLand to play Laser-Tag with my friends from school in the 1990s. They used to let us play our own music during our combat rounds. I usually used Flash Gordon soundtrack or the one from Highlander (also Queen).

I loved this movie as a kid....was always scared of that woodland creature (when he had to stick his arm into the stump)

Best thing about this movie is the soundtrack and Ming.

@wstine79

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Brian Blessed.

@johnashley327

4 жыл бұрын

True.

@reneelopez604

4 жыл бұрын

Hawk men battle

@Football__Junkie

4 жыл бұрын

That sky background was pretty trippy

@JayInDecent

4 жыл бұрын

I'm 43 I never seen it but I want to who is ming

I went to see this movie with a large family group I was 7 and loved the film then as much as I do now. Theres plenty of good tracks but Vultans theme still gives me goose bumps.

Max Von Sydow a beautiful actor. I was devastated when I heard the news of his death. He is the only Ming the Merciless. When the movie was released my older brother had promised to take me. I was 9 and so excited. But when he went to see the movie he said he wouldn't take me with. That he lied to make me be quiet. I cried because I wanted so desperately to see Flash Gordon. Our mom attempted to soothe me by holding me and telling me I could stay home with her and watch The Love Boat. Because she loved me and loved spending time with me. It's still one of my favorite movies. I watch it once a week.

@NiamhCullen

4 жыл бұрын

@@paulhunter1525 And yet it seemed not long enough. I didn't get to enjoy him nearly as long as I should have.

The story is dicey the FX dated. The costumes eyebrow raising but regardless of its flaws it's a brilliant film with Queens score and beautiful colours very rich. And then there's the women Mings daughter is smoking hot. It's aged like wine and it's one of those films you will sit and watch at any point if it's on TV. Gordon's still Alive!

@superomegaprimemk2

4 жыл бұрын

The effects maybe dated somewhat at least they hold up pretty well today along with the visuals

@flagflow1232

4 жыл бұрын

The sets and costumes were supposed to bring up the colorful and weird nature of the comicbook, and they've done it perfectly.

@pheonix5597

4 жыл бұрын

By "FX dated" this a-hole means to say that the visuals in THIS movie do not resemble COMPUTER GRAPHICS like you see in every other movie made TODAY.

@paulheap1982

4 жыл бұрын

@@pheonix5597 calm your tits. The effects were dated way before that.

@Martin_Daniel

4 жыл бұрын

Well, go tell it to The Hunger Games people.

Flash! Ahah.. hes a billygoat! Thats what we thought Queen was saying when we heard the song as kids.

I have lots of nostalgia for this movie when I watched it as a kid, it was just silly campy fun to me.

@a.barnard3205

3 жыл бұрын

I was 17 when FLASH GORDON was released and I totally got what the producers did with this movie. The word "cheesy" wasn't even in my vocabulary- I just *got* it.....

Think what you will, but I will always be thankful for this movie, as it gave me my first exposure to Brian Blessed.

Klytus, I'm bored. What play thing can you offer me today? An obscure body in the S-K System, Your Majesty. The inhabitants refer to it as the planet... Earth. I love the way he pronounces Earth, like he's never heard of it before. Meanwhile the machine Ming uses to attack Earth has a great big Earthquake button on it! rofl

@Jamie_Pritchard

3 жыл бұрын

It's akin to calling a planet 'Dirt'

@a.barnard3205

3 жыл бұрын

"Earth" is pronounced with *contempt* by Klytus.......

@tomdumb6937

3 жыл бұрын

And "hot hail"

@toddboughn5168

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget hot hail.

Ornella Muti is hot AF in this movie.

I watched Flash Gordon on TV in the late seventies and as a Queen fan bought the soundtrack and rented the movie on VHS in the early eighties. I particularly enjoyed Brian May's battle theme. The film was quite good too. I never imagined all the problems that existed before the film was finally ready.

I loved this film as a 9 year old... still love its outrageous campness especially the performance of von Sydow

@sandal_thong8631

Жыл бұрын

I wanted to see it when it came out when I was 9; I got excited every time I heard the ad on TV, "FLASH! Ah, ah." But I couldn't get Mom to take me. Seeing it as an adult was disheartening.

Literally my favorite movie of all-time. I saw it in the theater with my dad when I was a kid. I'm a bit older now, but can honestly say I've seen this film (credit-to-credit) well over 200 times. A true classic. So over-the-top cheesy, it became good lol! :)

The most underrated comic book movie ever!! Love this movie!!

Still one of my ALL time favs. I remember watching this on HBO as a kid at my buddies house. We were both huge Queen fans and the soundtrack along with the sci-fi special effects, as cheesey as they are, was just pure eye candy to me. I didn't pick up on all the sexual undertones until some years later, but this will ALWAYS be up there in my top films and a must see for anyone who hasn't yet.

I collected Flash Gordon graphic novels as a kid and loved the stories and illustrations.

Flash Gordon happened to us and we were all blessed for it. It's one of the reasons why 'Thor: Ragnarok' is one of my favorite Marvel movies because it totally emulates the flashiness and comic pulp camp of 'Flash Gordon', making it just a fun ride without any pretense.

@peterbenson2185

4 жыл бұрын

Thor's entrance with the Led Zeppelin "Immigrant song" was apparently a direct homage to this movie.

@stephenlyles2911

Жыл бұрын

Flash gordon was one of the worst movie l ever saw sam Jones was flat cut borning

The soundtrack by Queen happened. Awesome and legendary soundtrack btw!

@a.barnard3205

3 жыл бұрын

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@rogueveteran77

3 жыл бұрын

Word

I’ve loved this movie forever! The camp, the costumes, the music and beautiful woman! I mean, they couldn’t pull this off ever again.

@dilbertjunkmail

Жыл бұрын

@Jeff Harden re:"they couldn't pull this off ever again" The truth of that comment is painful because I now fear they might try! There is no "Heart" in the producers, writers of move craft today! We've all seen the rubbish created today. Remakes literally ruin legacy film! I need to add this movie to my digital library before the WOKE police bring out the BORE WORMS!

@markg.7865

Жыл бұрын

@@dilbertjunkmail What does woke have to do with it, move to Florida where DeSantis can tell you what to watch, learn or read.

@dilbertjunkmail

Жыл бұрын

@@markg.7865 And may you enjoy Cali-Vax-ifornia. Don't forget your mRNA Booster passport or you might be denied access to your kindergarteners Drag queen festival on campus! Watch your step, I hear the people poop pickup doesn't come until Thursday!

Saw it in theater as a 9 year old, and loved it! Tried to watch it again as an adult... couldn't stop laughing.

Saw this in the theater. Now I have it on Bluray. Absolutely love this movie.

" This just in...Margaret Thatcher has died but GORDON'S ALIVE!!!!!!"-Brian Blessed.

Am I alone in digging the hell out of that closing title song 'The Hero'? That guitar riff/drum solo combo is so badass...

JoBlo does another great video. this was awesome. can't wait to see the next

Wow! I literally JUST randomly watched this movie again last night!! Being older now, Its loaded chock full of cheese and hokey dialogue! Add the hair and the back drop synth score and QUEEN and you have the epitome of movie madness that was the 80s!! Actress Melody Anderson is one of the most beautiful women I have ever laid eyes on! Ever! She harkens back to the days of Silver Screen beauties of Hollywood before women resorted to surgery to become unnatural science projects. Fuck I miss those days!

@mangoMango-ck3et

4 жыл бұрын

Well said,,,so true ,those beautiful women , from the classic eras,,I luvd the 80s too.

@ianfindly3257

4 жыл бұрын

THIS flick isn't really very representative of the 80s. It was MADE in 1979 (though RELEASED in 1980).

@kadashiuzubara2226

Жыл бұрын

ornela muti was the princess right?

I blame Ornella Muti's portrayal of Princess Aura for me liking nasssty girls.

@markedwards5000

4 жыл бұрын

runlarryrun77 haha ..

@orlandoawilliams799

4 жыл бұрын

😄

@Torquemada-su1cn

4 жыл бұрын

"I'll drop the flaps a little"

@winstondeocampo699

4 жыл бұрын

Her voice is just damn sexy.

@Torquemada-su1cn

4 жыл бұрын

@@winstondeocampo699 - Well she does, after all, have her own secret pleasure moon

GREAT movie! Camp fun! Terrific effects, entertaining acting, beautiful people...An explosion of sound, color and fun. Killer soundtrack!

This explained why Princess Aura’s pet was named Fellini.

What an amazing movie. I bet I've seen it 250 times. The scene toward the end when Flash jumps and Queen starts is brilliant.

@GantzIsSloppy

4 жыл бұрын

*"YEAH!!!"*

Great video! FLASH GORDON is a genre masterpiece. The 5-disc collector's edition is pre-ordered and making its way to me in August!

I loved the colourful design of Flash Gordon, and frankly, am kinda sad that all spaceships in the movies nowadays are all grey and silver. Dull. Sigh...

@creepyskulldini581

4 жыл бұрын

I happen to LIKE the VISUALS in THIS flick too! The vibrant multi-colored alien sky, the spectacular and motley lasers, (particularly during the hawkmen & war rocket Ajax battle sequence), the very weird and eccentric desighn of the spacecrafts costumes and sets, and also the very nifty animated title & opening credits sequence (which neatly incorporates illustrations from the old comic . .. they're often quite spectacular and stunning! . .. and highly original! I think the people that knock them are all just asshats who think that EVERYTHING should look just like SW. Well the world would be BORING if everything resembled frigging big-britched high'n mighty overrated SW!

A great video for one of my all-time favorite films: 1980's Flash Gordon!!!

If you ever have to fight, just put on "Battle Theme" from this soundtrack and your chances of winning that fight just increased exponentially. Best action sequence theme ever!

one of my favorite "B" movies of all time, right up there with Ice Pirates for me!

@pheonix5597

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know if you could accurately call FG a "B" movie. It cost a few million dollars to make and was released by a major studio after all.

@schiltz371

4 жыл бұрын

@@pheonix5597 its an expensive "B" movie then. i believe the term "B" movie in todays lingo simple means a lovable cheesy movie, this one also falls into cult classic status easily.

@ianfindly3257

4 жыл бұрын

@@schiltz371 I think "cult classic" is a better term for THIS flick.

Loving the fact that audio was deleted for sections of this, one assumes for copyright. It pairs perfectly with the narration of the chaotic production.

One of my top 3 all-time favorite movies! I could watch this over and over.

"Flash Gordon is still alive." "Gordon's alive!!! ."

It was the year I graduated high school and my first year in college when my friends and I went to the theater to see this. Half way through, I realized it was camp, much like the Batman tv series. Sure enough, Lorenzo Semple Jr.'s name was in the credits. He created the Batman television show in the sixties.

20min video, which shows, how love to a project over 2 years create a timeless masterpiece.

I was shown this movie for the first time at a child care center when I was around 8-9. I was utterly captivated by it and it still stands as one of my favorites :) I love Klytus

As a kid I was blown away by the colors and soundtrack !

6:30 the Austrian Strongman would later star alongside Max Von Sydow in Conan.

Loved this video! 2 big audio dropouts, but I'm guessing it was to avoid a copyright strike for Queen's score.

A timeless classic. It's taken decades for it to get the love it richly deserves. Along with other such cult faves as Big Trouble in Little China, Escape from New York and Dune, this movie is one of the all time cult greats. In 100 years, this movie will still be fun.

This movie was the most European thing since..Europe..The Movie’s is like if really strong ass Weed and Italy had a Baby..

I love this Movie, it's so weird. I watched it with a Girl who had never seen it before and we just laughed our butt's off. Really fun and enjoyable.

@dekkacat8517

3 жыл бұрын

T It's a hilarious movie! It's weird how many don't get its suppose to be funny.

The 80s decade was the best ever. You cannot explain what it is like seeing this in the theater for the first time. I enjoy the classic heroes who don't have any super powers but still fight on and find the path to win.

First time I saw this movie was a few years ago in a theater. Incredible movie. It instantly became a favorite.