Flash Gordon
Last night i watched a movie [for about the 5th time] Flash the kinda old kinda new vesion with Queen. I just have to tell people to watch and tell me are they going to make another one because at the end they made a THE END? Its a bitcorny [the movie] but is u like science fiction or queen u should really watch it or if u have seen it please tell me what u think of it and the END thanks please post
"Flash Gordon" (1980) is a favorite from my childhood, since it came right in the midst of the "Star Wars" trilogy and its furor. Just as Tarantino paid tribute to the cheesiness of some of his favorite chop-sockey flicks, I believe the filmmakers here wanted to hearken back to the old Flash Gordon serials, which went all the way back to the 30's.
Back then, EVERYTHING space-related had lightning bolts and glitter fastened to it. Space travel in the 30's was still non-existent (the first satellite wasn't launched until the 50's), so sci-fi/fantasy fiction were at their most fanciful.
As for the performances, I loved Von Sydow as Ming, and Maximillian Schell was good as Dr. Zarkov. I also liked the accent from Peter Wyngarde (Klytus), though I haven't seen or heard anything from him before or since (I understand he's had a successful career in English movies and TV, though).
Anyway, I imagine they put in the "The End?" bit because the bottom line in Hollywood is ALWAYS money, and they wanted to hint that there COULD easily be a sequel (perhaps to attract potential investors right out of the viewing audience). I'm pretty sure all of the principal cast are still alive, though; maybe they SHOULD do a sequel, in which Flash and Dale's son (Christian Bale) and/or daughter (Angelina Jolie) team up against Ming's son Ming Junior (Peter Stormare).
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It was nice to see the hawkmen too 🙂 . But I still prefer to see the original tv series from the thirties and a comic series produced in the seventies wich was very closer to the original Alex Raymond script.
The great Ming The Merciless and that silly hero named Flash.
Re: Flash Gordon
While there are no plans for a sequel, there is, as far as I know, going to be a remake w/ Stephen Sommers as director.
I imagine this time around, the special effects will be better, but how are they going to top the "cheese" factor of the old one, and a cast that, besides those named, included Melody Anderson, Timothy Dalton, and Brian Blessed. And one of the best film scores, by Queen, that i have ever heard in a film.
While it was not a movie I enjoyed, when it was first released to the theaters, it is a movie that I have come to appreciate more over the years.