Flash Gordon (1980) | Movie Reaction | First Time Watching | FLASH! AH-AAHHH!

Happy Birthday to Christi and thank you to her and Patrick for the Special Request! We both go on an Awesome Sci-Fi Adventure with Flash Gordon (1980). Here's our reaction to our first time watching.
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[@davidwatson22]

Brain Blessed is a UK national treasure such an iconic voice

[@bugvswindshield]

holy crap! Brain Blessed has soooooo many stories!!! I went down that rabbit hole a few years back. I'm not quite sure he was fully sane. In fact...i'm positive he had a few screws loose

[@harveylee51]

@@bugvswindshield Brian Blessed is notorious for having many loose screws 🔩 lol!! but what a vibrant personality . Great reaction to an awesome cult classic .😃🤘

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

The great thing about this is that it doesn't make fun of it. It's a big, awesome, stupid fantasy, and doesn't feel like it has to apologize.

[@Dunlop-hg2ql]

No, I would say that the words "big" and "stupid" much more aptly describes any of those more recent action/superhero "blockbusters" than THIS movie.

[@larsickenroth7169]

Here for Prince Vultan! Brian Blessed is amazing. Actor, TV presenter, hilarious and larger than life, the man climbed Everest 3 times, as well as other expeditions and is the oldest to reach the North Pole. Occasionally he still appears in BBC-shows now and then at 87 today. Such a legend.

[@johndowd1741]

Ian the 1930's Flash Gordon appeared on Theaters in Serial format. Flash was played by Buster Crabbe and Ming the Merciless was played by Charles Middleton. Dale Arden was played by a blond bombshell and later a brunette. A total of three serials were made. Flash Gordon (19356., Flash Gordon Trip to Mars (1938) and Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940). It is noteworthy that Ming evolved from Emperor to Dictator Ming by the third series to better fit with "current" world events. HAIL MING!!! 🦊

[@pete_lind]

You had of course Buck Rogers (in the 25th century TV series 1979-81) , comic is 95 year old (7th Jan 1929), yeah they all copied Buck, no matter what they claim. Flash Gordon , 90 year old (7th Jan 1934), they did scrap the original Polo player Yale graduate story line from comic to something more common to this movie.

[@lidlett9883]

Flash Gordon was one of many serial movies. This was when a dime bought you two movies two serials and popcorn with a soda of some type. Each ending with the hero or heroine facing almost certain death. Hanging from a cliff ,and train about to run them over, a bomb about to explode. Which became known as cliffhangers.

[@shawnpatrick1877]

And I would add that he didn't start as a comic-book character as suggested in this video, but as a newspaper-strip character that predated Superman and the comic-book superhero boom by a couple of years.

[@chrisjarvis2287]

Prince Thun wasn't human either, he was a lion man.

[@scotthewitt258]

"Liquidated" is a common euphemism for "executed". But, on Mongo, it might literally mean killed by being liquified.....

[@kingfield99]

A camp classic! This movie is so quotable and fun, I loved it as a kid and it's really fun as an adult too. All together now "Gordon's alive!"

[@kevinpakkala3721]

Of the hour? Yes.

[@michaelschwartz8730]

Uncontroversial opinion: it's impossible to overstate how awesome the Queen soundtrack is

[@maxducoudray]

I think you mean overstate. 😉

[@michaelschwartz8730]

@@maxducoudray Correct, and corrected 🙂

[@My-Name-Isnt-Important]

Queen actually wanted to do the theme song and the entire soundtrack for this movie. They were all huge fans of Flash Gordan as children, so they jumped at the chance to do the soundtrack. The Flash Gordon serials are from the late 30's and then several serials were condensed into a film in 1940. George Lucas was heavily inspired by Flash Gordon, which is why the intro sequence to Star Wars opens with the crawl discussing the plot of the film.

[@phantom6]

IIRC Queen didn't just WANT to do the movies whole soundtrack but they basically demanded it, going so far as to do it at a very low price.

[@AltCutTV]

Freddie: "You had me at hawk suit!"

[@michaelmiller44820]

49:50 Famous Women Named Dale: Dale Bozzio, American rock and pop vocalist. Dale Ann Bradley, American bluegrass musician. Dale Dickey (born 1961), American actress. Dale Evans (1912-2001), American actress, singer, and songwriter. Dale Sandler, American epidemiologist. Dale Spender (1943-2023), Australian feminist scholar, teacher, writer and consultant.

[@blade4flame]

Funny the cowboy guy doesn't know Roy Rodger's wife's name.

[@AltCutTV]

Some names of the period for FGs early days. and after. Suppose it was a more common name before, and then maybe inspired some after. There is a character from a Star Wars game named "Arden Lyn". Probably not coincidental.

[@davidwatson22]

Just love Brian's performance in this movie " Gordons Alive"

[@billdoor3140]

An incredible man once boxed the Dalai llama , artic explorer who once punched. Polar bear and saved stranded climbers on Mt everest!

[@harveylee51]

@davidwatson22 They were blessed to have had Brian Blessed in this 😄 he does sound like John Rhys Davies the actor who played Gimli so i can see how he can be mistaken for him . I love these early 80'S B- MOVIE films . and l love these reactions CHEERS .

[@okeefe757]

"Hawkmen! Dive!!!"

[@JeshuaSquirrel]

He always eats the scenery in a glorious fashion.

[@LordEriolTolkien]

Blessed has an Awesome stage voice

[@MrGBH]

Brian Blessed is the name of the Hawkman Prince. He is an absolute national treasure. He came up with the Boss Nass noise after kayaking up a river with an orangutan at the helm. He has attempted to climb Everest several times He once punched a polar bear in the face in order to save its' life. I have made up exactly none of that.

[@Bhaalgorn2302]

He may well be the most interesting man to have ever lived. He's the oldest person to attempt Everest without oxygen. Turning back before summiting to help save another climbers life. That polar bear he punched was at the north pole, the oldest man to walk there. Survived a plane crash in the Venezuelan jungle. Helped deliver a baby whose mother couldn't reach hospital, he chewed through the umbilical cord. Has a black belt in judo and as a former boxer he once sparred with the Dalai Lama. Trained as a cosmonaut by the Russians but never went into space. I imagine there's a lot more we don't even know about.

[@SengirIndustries]

​@@Bhaalgorn2302and all of that was just this past Tuesday 😂

[@shainewhite2781]

FLASH! AHHHH! SAVIOR OF THE UNIVERSE! FLASH! AHHHH! HE'S A MIRACLE! FLASH! AHHHH! HE'LL SAVE EVERYONE OF US!

[@scotthewitt258]

This is based on a newspaper comic strip that became a serial show shown in theatres each week before the feature presentation. That is why every time you turn around Flash is in a life or death situation. They were paying homage to the old serials.....

[@BernardJKD]

The Sunday newspaper strip ran continuously from 1934 to 2003.

[@vincecommando7575]

They did create a very interesting alien world. The casting for this movie was stellar. The costumes always give me Wizard of Oz vibes. The song by Queen was totally epic.

[@bretcantwell4921]

Some movies are cheesy. Some movies are fromage. This is whatever is two steps above fromage.

[@vincecommando7575]

@@bretcantwell4921 That's your definition not mine. Whatever to each there own.

[@Atheos-1]

@@bretcantwell4921 Yet it works, because of that.

[@bretcantwell4921]

@@vincecommando7575 Did you mistake my comment as being critical of Flash Gordon? Because I've been a fan of it for 40 years.

[@vincecommando7575]

@@bretcantwell4921 If I did then I apologize for the miscommunication.

[@jasoncaldwell5627]

"Quickly, put this uniform on before the lizard men arrive to bury you." Is a sentence we should all strive to use in daily conversation. The thing about this movie is, it's REALLY deep- film students write entire thesis on every scene as it pertains to today's culture, politics and art. REALLY deep. Really. SO deep.

[@neilmcdonald9164]

"NOT the Bore Worms!" is a variation on the old scifi cliché "NOT the Mind Probe!"🎩

[@jayeisenhardt1337]

not the bees

[@sithlordkaeyl21]

The bald Arborean that “helped” Flash escape the cage is named, Richard O’Brien, and is the creator of ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ and also plays the character Riff Raff. Also, the High Priest at the end of the movie that is performing the wedding ceremony, is Philip Stone, who played Delbert Grady in ‘The Shining’. Also, also, not long after I watched this movie in theaters, I heard about a movie from friends at school, named, ‘Flesh Gordon’, but I wasn’t old enough to watch it at that time, so I rented it on VHS about 10 years later, and it’s as laughable as you’d think it would be.

[@kingfield99]

The young guy that gets stung by the tree beast is played by Peter Duncan who became a kid's tv presenter on the long running BBC show 'Blue Peter'.

[@sithlordkaeyl21]

@@kingfield99, okay.

[@robfinlay8058]

@@sithlordkaeyl21 The bearded Arborean is the noted playwright John Osbourne of "Look Back in Anger" fame. He didn't do very much movie acting at all so I'm not sure how he ended up in this.

[@robfinlay8058]

This is unironically one of my favourite movies of all time.

[@maxducoudray]

Amen. One of the truly perfect movies ever made.

[@adrianblake8694]

One of mine too

[@Thomas-der-Zweite]

Flash! Ahaaa! Saviour of the Universe! 🥰

[@RetroRobotRadio]

There is a video an interview with Brian Blessed where he talks about this being his first action film with a fight scene. They had to go back and reshoot his scenes because, like a little kid, he kept making gun and explosion sounds during the fights. They had to convince him to stop doing that and let the sound effects guys add the explosions.

[@LordVolkov]

Brian Blessed is having the best time despite the uncomfortable costume. "Hawkmen... DYIVE!!!"

[@CrowVWade]

Chiswick FRESH HORSES

[@JaxMerrick]

"IS THERE ANYONE IN ROME THAT HAS NOT SLEPT WITH MY DAUGHTER?!" -from *I, Claudius*

[@tsogobauggi8721]

"Flash! Ah-ah... Saviour of the universe! Flash! Ah-ah... He'll save every one of us!" :)

[@69coolchris]

Brilliantly over the top film. Great Queen soundtrack, and Brian Blessed is amazing.

[@dabe1971]

Brian is as mad as a brush in real life too. I bumped into him coming out of the BBC in Portland Place, London and he was just as lovely and he is on screen. And if you get a chance to see his live show where he talks about his life, do go. Just don't expect a coherent narrative as he goes of at all kinds of tangents !

[@AnonEyeMouse]

​@@dabe1971He had a boxing match with the Dali Lama

[@scotthewitt258]

The Hawkmen making those bird-like "chirps" when surprised or shocked is one of my favorite random moments in a movie.

[@Embur12]

Roy Rodgers wife was Dale Evans. Flash Gordon was a serial from the 40's i believe.

[@ericisprobablyfullofshit7797]

That was the first one I thought of. I'm not sure if it was ever a common girl's name but it wasn't that unusual either.

[@inhumanmusic1411]

Once you've seen Brian Blessed, you never forget him.

[@jaytel69]

From 1979 to 1982 there was a Saturday cartoon of Flash Gordon I enjoyed as a kid. I met Sam Jones at a comic and sci-fi show in NJ. He still does shows along with Melody Anderson and others from the movie as well.

[@jabecker21]

I loved that cartoon!

[@RatelRegalement]

A little too small to have caught that one, but do remember him being the first name for the Defenders of the Earth cartoon in 86-87 :D

[@gacaptain]

That cartoon had a cool into and good music. The animation was nice for the time too.

[@InfraMajin]

Actually, that cartoon series (the first of its two seasons, anyway) was largely repurposed from an animated TV-movie, intended for prime-time, FLASH GORDON: THE GREATEST ADVENTURE OF ALL. It was made in 1978, but due to a conflict with the production of this live-action movie, the TV-movie was shelved, and the footage was re-edited (for content that wouldn't pass on kid-friendly Saturday morning TV), a lot of voice-work was re-done, panning shots and other footage was heavily repeated to fill things out for series length, and thus was serialized into the first season of the FLASH GORDON cartoon show. The second season was all new material, and included a dumb "cute" baby dragon character for comic relief purposes and to drive "rescue" plot lines. The superior TV-movie version later aired a couple of times in prime-time on NBC in 1982, and later got released on home video in Japan and a few European territories (no official US release on disc or streaming, unlike the series version). If you search for FLASH GORDON: THE GREATEST ADVENTURE OF ALL on KZbin, you'll find uploads of the original version (usually sourced from Japanese Laserdisc, but presented in English), which is well worth checking out. It would make a good reaction video, too.

[@goldenager59]

Truly one of the crown jewels of Filmation's Saturday morning programs - if not of all Saturday morning programming, _ever._ ☺️ 🤩

[@johncampbell756]

Dale Bozzio, lead singer of Missing Persons. Her husband was Terry Bozzio, insane drummer of Missing Persons. Frank Zappa and more.

[@markwilliams6394]

And Dale Evans, the wife of Roy Rogers.

[@tacticalgrace6456]

I love that Ming’s evil ring sound effect can be heard when the main bad guy in Scott Pilgrim Vs The World shows up.

[@Xoferif]

Flash Gordon was an Anglo-Italian co-production. So you can imagine how smoothly that went...

[@Dularr]

With the big fallout with Jones. Leading to him leaving before the end of production. Causing another actor to dub his lines.

[@Madbandit77]

​@@Dularr There was also miscommunication between crew members, due to the language barrier.

[@RetroRobotRadio]

Trivia: according to people who were there at the filming the hand that grabs the ring at the end of the movie was actually Kluytus! He was to return for the next movie.

[@LordVolkov]

So Klytus survived his impalement and the destruction of the Hawk Man world?

[@RetroRobotRadio]

​@@LordVolkovyep

[@neonsuntan]

As played by 70s TV veteran Peter Wyngarde. His music album has some very questionable song title choices.

[@eddhardy1054]

​@@neonsuntan Maybe...but he was still one of the three coolest men ever (along with Jimi Hendrix & Jon Pertwee). 🤩🤩🤩

[@jrod112278]

Used to watch this all the time as a kid. Loved then as I do now. Gotta love Brian Blessed as Vultan. You can tell he's having a blast being in this film.

[@seangriffiths4967]

This is such a good film. It's over the top & a lot of fun.

[@StormhavenGaming]

"Dispatch War Rocket Ajax to bring back his body!" Such a great movie. Ridiculously campy and over the top. A true homage to the original.

[@jessortiz8181]

They were called Radio Serials stories. I think the actor who played Vultan also voiced Boss Naas the leader of the Gungans in Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace

[@nohandlenotme]

The 80's definitely a rememble decade, I lived it!

[@LordEriolTolkien]

Hans Zarkov is played by Topol, the Fiddler on the Roof. and Ming was Max Von Sydow, a legend of a bygone era. Stellar casting

[@kenmcauliffe3028]

Buster Crabbe played both Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon in the 1930s. He once guest starred on "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century." The scene (which can be found on KZbin) is so meta. As a homage, his character was named "Brigadier Gordon."

[@BernardJKD]

Larry Buster Crabbe guest starred in the Buck Rogers TV show as he had also played Buck Rogers too in the 1939 Movie Serial.

[@goldenager59]

Brigadier Gordon has handily disposed of an enemy fighter craft. Buck Rogers commends his aim and asks where he got his training. Gordon responds, "I've been doing that sort of thing since before you were born, Captain." The five-hundred-year-old man grins to himself and asks, "You think so?" "Young man," comes the sober reply, "I _know_ so." A moment to warm the heart of every SF aficionado. 😊

[@Towelgravy]

I was always so confused growing up about how everybody talked openly about Flash Gordon and how much they liked it. It was like saying "Yeah I like whips and chains." at a dinner table. It wasn't until years later that I saw Flash Gordon on TV and realized I hadn't seen it at all. The one I saw was Flesh Gordon, when I was about 12 late night on showtime lol. It all made sense after that.

[@chalion8399]

Just don't ride the P-Enasaurus's.

[@hannahstevenson27]

Is Flash Gordon the only ‘superhero’ in movie history to wear his own merchandise?… Seen this movie 100 times and have never actually realised this…

[@RetroRobotRadio]

This film exists because George Lucas was lawsuit happy. After the success of Star Wars everyone wanted to cash in with a sci-fi epic movie, but George Lucas was suing people if their movie was too much like Star Wars. So to get around this the people behind this film decided to make a movie based on a property older than Star Wars, so they could avoid arguments that the film was simply a Star Wars ripoff. This is also why Buck Rogers got a TV series in the 80s.

[@jxchamb]

Loved watching Buck Rogers. One of my favorite shows as a kid.

[@Dularr]

I hear the story is George Lucas wanted the rights to Flash Gordon or Buck Roger's. When he couldn't get the rights, he copied Dune instead. Frank Herbert decided not to sue.

[@scotthewitt258]

The irony of George Lucas of all people in the world suing people for taking his ideas.....

[@charliepotatoes001]

You forgot to mention Battlestar Galactica (1978) which heavily borrowed SFX production techniques and hired Star Wars lead SFX artist John Dykstra to co-produce it.

[@synaesthesia2010]

queen formed in 1970, their first album was out in 73 and their greatest album, A Night at the Opera, was out in 75

[@davidconway6874]

As campy and tongue in cheek as this is that scene where Barin professes his loyalty to Flash still gets me right in the feels.

[@YourBeingParanoid]

Bro-love, no homo (well maybe not in their minds )

[@pauld6967]

"Cowabunga!" is a surfing expression. You two need to check out the classic Beach movies with Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello and, of course, Harvey Lembeck as Eric Von Zipper.

[@pinkydavis4223]

Hey again guys, at the end, Ming didn't disappear he turned the ring on himself an it transported him inside the ring!! That's why you could hear him laughing at the end. 😎Lv y'all mean it ❤️

[@pobstrel]

And the hand that grabs the ring belongs to Klytus according to the crew that worked on the movie. Apparently he was due to be the main villain if they got to make a sequel.

[@adrianblake8694]

It all makes sense now...after all these years.

[@monkmayfair3487]

Flash Gordon was a serial, adapted from the comic strip and radio show. In the 1930s, 40s, and 50s, shorts and news reels would be played before the feature film in movie theaters. The short was usually updated weekly, thus encouraging people to go see the latest episode. Remember, this is when movies were inexpensive.

[@jaytel69]

Flash Gordon was originally a comic strip in 1934. In 1936 it became a Saturday movie serialized short starring Buster Grabbe. An American Olympic gold medal winning swimmer. After his Swimming career Grabbe went on to star in Tarzan, Flash Gordon, and Buck Rogers serials. I would watch them on local TV in NY in the 1970's and 80's. Those Serialized sci-fi dramas inspired George Lucas to make Star Wars. In Star Trek Voyager. Lt. Tom Paris creates his favorite 1930's serial character on the holodeck. He takes on the role of Capt. Proton. (A fake version of the Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers serials) The original serials of Captain Mavel. "The Adventures of Captain Mavel" from the 1941 (We now know as Shazam) was the inspiration for Indiana Jones. By Lucas and Speilberg who grew up watching it. Captain Marvel or (Shazam) was originally revealed during an archeological expedition. Billy Batson a young member of the expedition is granted the power of Captain Mavel. (Obviously later changed to Shazam because of a Captain Mavel character in the Marvel universe). As for the name Dale. It is a name used for both men and women over the years. Dale Evans was a famous singer and actress of the 1940's and 1950's she would go on to marry Roy Rogers (America's singing cowboy) Roy Rogers had many successful business venues including his restaurants (actually the Marriott Corp.) Arby's sued Marriott over the name "Robee" and other similar branding. A board member and founder of Bob's Big Boy Bob Wian knew Roy Rogers agent. Roy was looking to get involved with a restaurant chain. So he became the face of the rebrand fastfood chain. At it's height there were over 600 locations, now just 41. Dale was with Roy until his death in 1998 and she passed in 2001. There are several other well known women named Dale as well.

[@Muck006]

*Rogers [for both the series and the cowboy] *Spielberg *Evans

[@richardcramer1604]

Buster Crabbe (like the crustacean) not Buster Grabbe.

[@long-timesci-fienthusiast9626]

Hi Guys, I`m glad you enjoyed the film, it is a pretty spectacular homage to an earlier Sci-Fi character. As mentioned by johndowd1741, it was originally from the `30`s. Here in the U.K., those serials were shown as part of Saturday Morning Cinema for kids, in the `60`s. The lead Hawkman is portrayed by Brian Blessed, a wonderful actor who I 1st saw in the U.K. T.v. Police drama (Z-Cars), in the `60`s. He did a wonderful job portraying Caesar Augustus in the BBC Mini-Series (I Claudius) He has been seen in similar armour in Shakespeare`s (Henry V) & in the first Series of the Tv comedy (Blackadder) with Rowan Atkinson. He is most renowned for his booming voice. He has even made attempt`s to climb Mt. Everest, the first of which was when he was 54 yrs old.

[@zmarko]

Mrs Me looked SO happy to be watching Flash Gordon in the opening tease. 🤣 🤣

[@fredchester921]

THE LAST STARFIGHTER (1984). You two will also enjy this one. Enjoy your reviews!! Peace

[@ChristiGeorge1210]

Grandma Christi here. The Last Star Fighter is on our list.

[@adrianowen476]

​@ChristiGeorge1210 and thank you for that!!!

[@BronyDanProductions]

Nobody could have been Voltan but Brian Blessed because, as he put it himself, he’d been playing Voltan all his life. When he was a boy and he use to watch the old ‘Flash Gordon’ serials at his local cinema, he would always be Voltan when his friends would re-enact what they had just seen, so when Dino De Laurentis, the producer, voiced doubt over his casting, Brian just said ‘Dino, look at me and look at Voltan. It’s me to a tee! Don’t say I’m not right for this, I’ve been Voltan since I was 7!’.

[@chrispeel3123]

If you want to see Brian in a role where he isn't completely tearing up the furniture than watch the tv series of "I Claudius" or Branagh's version of "Henry V". He still dominates the scenes, just in a more subdued manner compared to this Voltan performance.

[@BronyDanProductions]

@@chrispeel3123 Got both of them, love both of them.

[@paulcochran1721]

First woman named Dale I thought of was Dale Evans Rogers, Wife of Roy Rogers, of Singing cowboy fame. They had a show.

[@72tadrian65]

U2 are the masters of double entendres, it’s always a pleasure!

[@PuppetDungeon]

This was my childhood... heh. Zharkov... has the best damn lines in the entire film. Utterly manic and the perfect "Mad Scientist" archetype. From the moment he goes from, "YOU'RE BACK!!!!" in utter joy only to switch gears shortly later and quip, "Sorry Munson... missed your opportunity." you knew he was the best.

[@brianbooker8724]

I once read somewhere that Sergio Leone was one of the first directors approached to do the film and that he turned it down because he didn't like the script. Leone was said to have been a fan of the original comic strip and film serials from the 1930s.

[@maxducoudray]

One of my all-time favorite films. Whether it’s your style or not, it is perfect at doing it does. And the cast is excellent. Even the effects hold up, except for the flying hawkmen, which do look silly.

[@Harv72b]

They were paying homage to '30s special effects with late 70s tech, so it was supposed to look dated from day one.

[@benlee8436]

But in a cool funky skillo way!

[@Concreteowl]

The design isn't remotely 80s it's very in keeping with the comic strips of the 30s and 40s.

[@kermitcook8498]

My favorite is Timothy Dalton's mustache. Was sad he didn't wear one as James Bond. Roy Rogers and DALE evans. Not my favorite spousal unit, but Roy loved her. Magazine with Flash from 1936. Serial came out same year. Starring Buster Crabbe. Went so well we did a similar series a few years later, BUCK ROGERS. Reminded me of BARBARELLA. Grated cheesy movie. Best seen at the drive-in. Must have been thousands of them. HELL, COMES TO FROG TOWN. CRITTERS. ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES. BUCKAROO BONZAI. Just a sampling. I had a high cheese diet. My thoughts about Flash? He never made it back and the Jets are still looking for a quarterback. Yippee Ti Yi Yo, happy holidays

[@mikebrown7799]

You are correct Mr. Movies, Flash Gordon first appeared on the screen as SERIALS. Sam Jones (Flash) had a fight with producer Dino De Laurentiis. I think he failed to loop some audio needed for the film, as a result his voice is dubbed for the whole film.🤯 Jones has regrets about his behavior back then. Prince Barron (Timothy Dalton) is one of the actors that has played James Bond in a couple of films. Princess Aura (Ornella Muti) is an Italian actress that has only appeared in a few American films. Nice reactions to this fun comic 80s film, Kids!!!!🎬👏👏👏👏

[@scotthewitt258]

"Dive!" As in "change from a higher level to a lower level". Like jumping off a flexible board into a swimming pool.

[@Cauin450]

This is not technical difficulties. This is your kids being kids! More than that, being Your kids! Do not reset to factory settings. They are perfect as they are.

[@dennisswainston411]

When I went to college in the early '70's, the school used to show movies in the Union building on Monday nights. They used to play the '30's "Flash Gordon" serials before the scheduled movie. We would all cheer Flash and boo when Ming was on the screen...

[@noneya3635]

Woo hooo! Invasion of baby movies. Been donkeys years since we’ve seen the little blond whirlwind. Saw this flick in theaters several times when it came out. It’s still just as much fun as an adult as a teen.

[@amandadougherty6615]

My cat’s name is Flash Gordon…it was his name when I got him from the shelter, and I thought it fitting because he was skittish. Did not know the name was from an actual comic book/sci-fi character….can’t say that I think this film makes me in any way proud of his namesake.

[@EricP-xq4jx]

Finally, after millions of years you two have finally decided to make the plunge, and watch this awesome but campy classic!

[@stevenmoules4955]

I watched this when it was released went to the cinema..I used to watch the black and white serials as well starring buster crabbe he also played buck rogers as well!

[@magicbrownie1357]

Campy and kooky and post-modern neo-retro-meta-homage to 30's serial shorts. A totally unique film.

[@MrDman21]

Fun fact: Filmation also did a Flash Gordon animated series in 1979 that was closer to the original comic strips.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Immeasurable thanks to Christi and Patrick for reacting to this! ⚡ I loved it sooooo much back in the day... and I still have a ball with it whenever I re-watch. It's rarely reacted to on KZbin, so I'm very grateful you gave it a shot. Cheers to director Mike Hodges. ෴ Dale for females was more common in years gone by. My first grade teacher was beautiful Dale. There was the famous Dale Evans, wife of Roy Rogers (actor from Western movies; had his own tv series). I wonder if it'll ever regain popularity?

[@t0dd000]

This film is something special.

[@MichaelDzikowski-ms9iz]

Fun fact:Ming's costume weighed 70 lbs. I watched Flash Gordon in the theater on December 8,1980.I loved the movie so much and the soundtrack was incredible.I was so happy until I got home and found out John Lennon was shot and killed.The rest is history and me having to remember a movie I thought was better than Star Wars for the saddest reason.

[@stevesheroan4131]

For some reason it makes perfect sense that Dino de Laurentis was involved with this film AND Conan the Barbarian. Two of the most epic, timeless, classic films of all time. Just like those two movies, I’ve got my tongue slightly in my cheek with that statement.

[@spelaeologus]

Loved your additional comedy bites throughout this reaction -- great movie that gets 'campier' each time I watch it. Have to add, I loved the applause (37:20) when your little one walks in through the curtain -- those kinds of disruptions are precious, even when they're not!

[@inuyashason81]

This movie got me into music from Queen, and did see Sam j jones at the Silicon Valley comic con at downtown San Jose, should have gotten his autograph, but it was out of my price range

[@greggburke7796]

Cowabunga started in the 1940's with the Howdie Doody Show and resurfaced several times. It was cookie Monsters catchphrase on sesame street, & Bart Simpson used it on the Simpson all before Ninja Turtles.

[@michaelmiller44820]

6:12 Munson was played by William Hootkins (1948-2005) who also played the Rebel pilot Jek Porkins in the original "Star Wars" and Major Eaton in "Raiders of the Lost Ark"...

[@ortizmo]

And Lt. Eckhart in Tim Burton's Batman. He gets shot by Jack Nicholson at the chemical plant.

[@richardzinns5676]

I love this take-off on the goofy original comics and movie serials - which, as you noted, were a major inspiration for the Star Wars movies, as you can see from the floating city, the forest world, and the evil emperor ruling over multiple planets. But also the opening crawl of the printed narration at the beginning of each Star Wars movie, filling us in on the situation up to now, and with the earlier parts of the text floating back into the distance while newer parts appear at the bottom of the screen, is taken directly from the Flash Gordon serials. Dr. Zarkov is so brilliant that in one comic strip, when the only escape from danger is to turn light into a solid object, he announces that fortunately he had invented a light solidifier that morning before lunch. Ming the Merciless is a shameless rip-off of Dr. Fu Manchu, right down to the beautiful, amoral, rebellious daughter. And Flash himself, in these earlier versions, was not a football star but a famous polo player.

[@ThePharaz]

Flash Gordan Serials (1936-1940) 13 episodes for season 1, 15 episodes for season 2, and 12 episodes for season 3. The first time I remember seeing the leader of the Hawkmen played by B. Blessed was in 2 episodes of Space 1999 (1975-1977 TV series) With the frequent adult comments the 2 of you kept making I was thinking maybe this was Flesh Gordon (1974) with football player Flesh Gordon battling Emperor Wang on planet Porno. An actual movie. Also, Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders (1990).

[@movieopinions7201]

Love this movie, been a fan since i was a kid, Brian Blessed is a bonkers legend. The Flash Gordon Serials were back in the 1930s and starred Buster Crabbe, i believe the reason why this movie looks the way it does is because they wanted it to resemble the cheesy look they had back in the 30s with crudely built minatures but with added CG and tons of camp, its brilliant

[@soundofmetal]

This was the first movie I remember seeing in a movie theater. I was about 4 or 5 years old. Loved the movie until that giant spider in the swamp gave me nightmare fuel.

[@chrisbiebel6205]

"Back in the 50s or 60s" Actually, try the 1930s. I remember my mom (who was born in 1928) fondly discussing that and Buck Rogers, another sci-fi serial from the late 1930s. It was one of those fond childhood memories she had from the movies. I looked it up and Dale Arden is actually the name of the original female character from the 1930s serial.

[@mattmanw54301]

as a kid, i loved the metallic disco samurai guards.

[@jayconant3816]

There was a cool tv flash gordon cartoon movie that aired at night in the late 70s (unfortunately it never got released on dvd because of a ww2 scene with hitler but is on youtube )that became a cool cartoon series by the same company that made the he man cartoon in the 80s ..filmation

[@johnhooser5483]

One of the strongest of the old favourites of my childhood!

[@Caseytify]

The Flash Gordon comic began in the early 30s in imitation of the popular Buck Rogers, which started five years earlier. That's the stuff you saw during the opening credits. Both had movie serials in the early 30s. Buck Rogers had a popular radio show as well. There is a movie called Flesh Gordon (1974), but the producers handed all the hard core footage over to LA police at the time. The rating was changed from X to R.

[@richieb7692]

Brian Blessed at his finest.. Gordon's ALIVE..!!!!

[@ActualMichael]

When I was young our town would have movies in the park on weekends during the summer. That is where I first saw Flash Gordon.

[@to0muchtoan]

Ah good old childhood. I think I still have this on VHS at my parent's.

[@PlanetSidewinder]

Flesh Gordon brings back so many memories. Also a voice cameo from Craig T. Nelson (Poltergeist, Coach, etc.), who plays a… monster. . you need to see this movie… on your own time 😅

[@aubreyjones2206]

Different movie, Flesh Gordon was an adult film loosely based on Flash Gordon.

[@PlanetSidewinder]

@@aubreyjones2206 Yeeeah, I'm aware. I wasn't making any comparisons to Flash Gordon in my statement. The movie is nevertheless memorable in the positive, the negative or both. I don't recall penises in FLASH gordon, though the title is just as appropriate for it.

[@jerbearschannel2208]

Flash is the first one to wear his own merchandise! Way ahead of his time

[@shaneord7527]

You are now allowed to watch anything with Brian blessed in, particularly QI awesome stories and not the same if he doesn't do the Gordon's Alive line lol

[@stevenorellano2039]

Whenever I look at Flash now, all I can see is him in Ted screaming at the Vietnamese neighbor, "Death to Ming!" That and Liam Neeson limping back into the supermarket all beat up to put the crushed box of Tricks back on the shelf.

[@bobriemersma]

Flash Gordon was a newspaper comic strip.

[@mrnaughtycat]

The little person in the dungeon scene was the pilot for R2 D2

[@allysinlombard]

It’s Brian Blessed…from Robin Hood Prince of Thieves

[@mrwidget42]

The Flash Gordon story began as a syndicated comic strip on Sundays starting in 1934. It was created as a reaction to the success of Buck Rogers.

[@benlee8436]

Most movies are so inaccurate! Real life snipers don't act like that, staying still,squinting. They do a cartwheel between each shot to gauge wind direction and reset their balance and then shoot. It's refreshing to see some realism for a change!

[@jabecker21]

I remember seeing this in the theater then I was 8. Loved it! My dad would always quote the "make merry under pain of death" line.

[@betsyduane3461]

Never heard of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans? Flash Gordon's Dale Arden first appeared in 1934.

[@nostradumbass7959]

Best wedding vows EVER!

[@Caroline_Tyler]

Saw it when it came out and have loved it's campy goodness immediately. Brian Blessed is amazing as ever! Gordon's Alive!!!!