Flash Gordon - Cinemassacre Rental Reviews
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- Cinemassacre reviews Flash Gordon in this Rental Review. Flash Gordon is the hero of a space opera adventure comic strip created by and originally drawn by Alex Raymond. First published January 7, 1934. It inspired George Lucas to make Star Wars after he couldn't get the rights to Flash Gordon... but after Star Wars became wildly popular a modern Flash Gordon film was made in 1980. In the film, NASA scientists are claiming the unexpected eclipse and strange "hot hail" are nothing to worry about, Dr. Hans Zarkov (Topol) knows better, and takes football star Flash Gordon (Sam Jones) and travel agent Dale Arden (Melody Anderson) with him into space to rectify things. They land on planet Mongo, where the despot Ming the Merciless (Max von Sydow) is attacking Earth out of pure boredom. With the help of a race of Hawkmen, Flash and the gang struggle to save their home planet.
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If you're keeping track of our recently Rental Review theme months... we're done, so this month is "MAY there be no theme." Next week is BORN FREE from 1966, the first movie to make James cry.
Good videos beast 💪😎
James, do you remember when you compared SNES to Sega Genesis? How you did the review when you were talking about the stickers for the controllers? Do you have any more? I am curious if you do.
Flash Gordon > soundtrack by Queen > guitarist is Brian May
Sounds like a theme to me
James, I just Cant remember if you mentioned "Lord of War" during Nick Cage's tribute month...One of his good/best movies, with lots of history, substance and meaning.
:( I loved the themed months! Now I'm sad!
The minute you hear Queen, the movie goes from ordinary to legendary within seconds
@@ImageLimestone over rated my a%#%
@@ImageLimestone No it's not you just have bad taste
Why did great Singers never made Songs for Movies nowadays?
James Bond is the only one left
@@DasKameMusicians and pop stars do not have the talent these days that the golden and silver age of the music industry had.
Flash Gordon's soundtrack was produced by Queen, who features Brian *May*
Therefore, there is a theme, and you lied.
Mad Max 2 next? The music was composed by another, unrelated Brian May.
I came here to say the same thing lol
Next up : highlander.
Haha, well played.
Of course someone beat me to it.
What really makes this movie sci fi is that the Jets have an elite quarterback
Quality
Underated
The butt fumble 😂😂😂😂
More like fantasy.
James is starting to look like his own evil twin.
Hoki to the agonizer!
Ha i think i was gonna say that at some point too
His Evil Twin? you mean Board James?
Rames Jolfe
His evil twin is the nerd
My film school class had the choice of any film to watch at our graduation party.
We had students bring The Godfather, The Seven Samurai, Citizen Kane.
Someone else brought Flash Gordon.
Unanimously we all chose Flash Gordon and a bunch of twenty somethings spent the evening singing all the songs, reciting the lines, and applauding the battle scenes.
It was glorious.
That just sounds like so much damn fun.
That's amazing!
Flash Gordon is one of my all-time guilty pleasure movies. There's just such a charming amount of cheesy fun in this film that I enjoy over and over every time I watch it.
Do you also like 'The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension'?
Watch it with a double feature of "Battle Beyond the Stars." Both are camp gold, and both came out the same year.
Yet its effects aren't that bad 4 the eighties
@@brandongordin2792 Technically, 1980 was still the '70s since decades go from 1 to 10, not 0 to 9.
@@judsongaiden9878 But when people mention '70s they mean up to 79
Even James Bond was caught in the Star Wars fever. Anyone remember Moonraker?
And Flash Gordon starred Timothy Dalton who played James Bond
Max Von Sydow, Timothy Dalton, Richard O’Brien and THE Brian Blessed (aka Boss Nass)! All in one movie!
Brian Blessed is the greatest part of this movie for me.
DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE
"Gordon's Alive"
Brian Blessed is a GOD DAMN LEGEND.
@@thedad7313 I didn't think he was acting. Brian is nuts in the film.
he even said as a kid wen him and his freinds played flash gorden he would play as prince vultan and he was very excithed that he got to be prince vultan in the movie
Max von Sydow died?! I was literally watching the new Star Wars movies and i thought " hmm.. he seems so old, i hope he wont die anytime soon, what a great actor" and now i learn he died this year? :(
So sad, he was in so many cool movies. Great actor that was never really that popular.
Doubtful. He was one of those character actors that brought a great amount of class to the production, be it something serious ("Awakenings") or silly ("Strange Brew").
He was REALLY popular throughout the 60’s and 70’s. Check out 3 DAYS OF THE CONDOR and his 70’s work.
He was in what dreams may come. Hmm...may... max von sydow month?
@@Madbandit77 - So is Dune serious, or silly?
I've been in a "Conan The Barbarian" mode the last year (the soundtrack motivates me), and Sydow played King Osric in one scene. He was magnificent.
Ah yes, and good ol Brian Blessed. That man is a living legend, I mean when he consider he nearly succeeded in climbing Mt Everest, trained with the Dalil-lama, studied boxing, punched a polar bear in the face (yes he actually did that).
And he's a reserve cosmonaut for the ISS.
no mention of Timothy Dalton??? James Bond... lol :(
"Freeze, ya bloody bastards!"
License to Kill!
Was there a need to mention him? I mean it's not like he was in heavy makeup and unrecognizable. You can instantly tell it's him.
Must have scared the living daylights out of her....
was just about to point this out. my favourite movie as a kid
James is starting to look like Gordon Freeman.
Rise and shine, Mr. Freeman
_Fordon _*_G-man_*
This is probably my favorite blatant B-movie. I’ll never forget the guy sticking his arm in that thing with the poisonous bug just to show he wasn’t a wuss.
That was Timothy Dalton.
Peter Duncan is the young guy who puts his hand in and gets stung and is put to death.
He was also one of the hosts of
Blue Peter a childrens program on BBC in the 80's.
Mrleejunman Wasn’t he also in a show called ‘Duncan Dares’? In which he took on various challenges...maybe that idea came from this scene...haha
I can’t count the amount of times I watched Flash Gordon growing up. Brian Blessed as Vultan was great.
Well, what do ya know, a video on my 27th birthday! THANK YOU JAMES AND CINEMASSACRE!
I much prefer Rental Reviews without monthly themes, so I am glad this month has no theme.
It was a nice change of pace, especially Cage Match due to comparing movies against each other.
Its a hidden theme
I'm not a big fan of the monthly themes.
i was getting irritated with the themes months, they didn't always have their facts right and their opinion started to differ from mine too much ;)
I'm fine without monthly themes, after all not having them is what makes them special, but I am now disappointed that we didn't get May the Force be with you and have them talk about a bunch of Starwars ripoff movies.
And of course, no one can ever forget the inimitable BRIAN BLESSED as Prince Vultan. "GORDON'S ALIVE?!"
One of the best “so bad it’s good” films ever made. This, among others, were run on cable so many times in the 80s, I thought HBO stood for “Hey, Beastmaster’s On”!
"GORDON'S ALIVE?!"
Dun dun dun dun, dun dun dun dun lol
I heard he's a Freemon.
*GORDEN'S ALIVE?!*
This is the movie I've seen more than any other movie by far. When the movie came out in the theaters in 1980, I used to watch it every single day after school for 2 months. Then I had it on VHS, and later DVD. I have the soundtrack, and I was married to Queen's version of the Wedding March from the soundtrack.
Your wife must love you a lot buddy 😂
Lol why tho...
I’m planning to march down the aisle to the Queen version of the wedding march next year. I can’t wait to see my future spouse’s and guests’ reactions!!
@@noakesy316 That wedding was a party! We were married on Halloween, and had a Halloween costume wedding. The woman who married us was dressed as a druid priestess, and all of our guests wore costumes. I was the knight in shining armor, and my wife was the princess. It was a lot of fun!
The hand in the box thing is probably a Dune reference, actually. From the book, since the movie came out after this I think.
Phantasm also references it, including "I must not fear, fear is the mind killer." The pain box too.
*THE PAIIINNN!*
Considering that Dune was written in 1965, yes this movie came out after :-)
R.I.P. Max Von Sydow Flash Gordon & Dune.
@@Henrik_Holst I think he meant the Dune movie, which came out in 1984.
Just came here to say: Flash, AH-AAAH!
Also, Duck Tales, Woo oo!
@@medexamtoolscom LMFAO
King Of The impossible!!!!!👑
I just come for this coment
*_BIG O!.... BIG O BIG O BIG OOOOOAHHHOOOOUUUU!_*
*_WOOT! HOOT! HOOT!_*
DEATH TO MING
But seriously, that Sam Jones scene was one of the funniest parts of Ted
⚡ Flash! Ahhhh! Savior of the universe!
⚡ Flash! Ahhhh! He'll save every one of us!
⚡ Flash! Ahhhh! He's a miracle!
⚡ Flash! Ahhhh! King of the impossible!
He's for every one of us!
Stand for every one of us!
He saves with a mighty hand,
Every man, every woman
Every child, it's the mighty Flash!
⚡ Flash! Ahhhh!
⚡ Flash! Ahhhh!
He'll save every one of us!
Just a man, with a man's courage,
You know he's nothing but a man, And he can never fail, No one but the pure at heart, May find the Golden Grail, Ohhhh! Ohhhh!
Flash! ⚡
Ever wonder what Jodoworsky's Dune would have been like? Flash Gordon with a much higher budget, sense of perfectionism, incredible names in the cast, and Salvador Dali never speaking a line in the final product, in order to exploit the hell out of his contract.
The Mandela Effect should make Jodo's "Dune" real. It should also make a sequel to Flash Gordon set on Mars. That was going to happen but the budget got transferred to the 1984 "Dune". This way the Mandela Effect eliminates the existence of the 1984 Dune, transfers it's budget to the Flash sequel and makes that real, and also gives us a 70's Dune movie.
He'll save everyone of us
Stand for everyone of us
He'll save with his mighty hand
Every man every woman every child
He's the mighty Flash
With a mighty flash
Google Tenacious D’s Flash Gordon theme cover, it’s magical.
All I think of is Queen when this movie is mentioned.
Highlander is better
Americanus Asstricanus Never seen it, but I still won’t argue because it does look better.
And CW's The Flash used the theme song in an episode in the recent season (in the fall, not recent episodes)
I just think of the big O
Ok, hear me out for a theme.
Brian May
A theme of movies Queen did the soundtrack for?
Una Puma read* me out
If we're talking strictly about Queen, that would make only 2 movies, this one and Highlander.
@@Alfonso162008 - Also Wayne's World, Revenge of the Nerds, Knight's Tale, and of course Bohemian Rhapsody...oh, you mean songs made specifically for films and not just used in films? Brian May did the soundtrack to the awful Rise of the Robots games, lol! Also the SRPG Ogre Battle was based on the album Queen II...
"Freddy Mercury was a sci fi fan"
Freddy "and I dont like Star Wars"
U can like Sci fi and not like star wars. I don't enjoy star wars myself but do love a bit of Sci fi in my life
I totally agree. Sci fi is my favorite genre to watch but Star Wars isn’t my favorite.
Star Trek = sci-fi
Flash Gordon, Star Wars etc. = space opera.
I think he was joking in that song
But Freddy Mercury did love Star Wars! Bicycle Race is more of a song about getting away from the pressures and demands of society.
Bad Haircuts should be your theme, everyone can relate
It’s impressive how wholesale James is compared to the Nerd. If you never watched AVGN, you would’ve never suspected they were the same two people.
Dont you mean wholesome?
@@MenWithVen James can remember it for us wholesale.
Sorry, but whenever I see or hear about Flash Gordon, I can‘t not think of the party scene from Ted!
Best scene of that movie!
Ted is made epic bc of the Flash Gordon references...
A movie *THIS* "80s" could never be made nowadays 😔 😕
(Ponders) would Thor: Ragnarok count as something similar in time to Flash?
@@CCubedStudios Possibly. That movie did have kind of that throwback sci-fi feel.
Why not? Update effects and keep the core story you throw in better actors and keep music. Practically writes itself. He!! Terentino made grindhouse and it did fine w 70s themes
@@brandongordin2792 Nobody's gonna smoke enough cigarettes, eat enough bacon, and huff enough leaded gasoline exhaust on the way to the studio to make it happen. Sorry. It's the little details.
Kung Fury?
James saying Earth in that British accent cracks me up
Those Songs from Queen in Flash Gordon were Completely *_Epic_* Mostly the Flash AAA (and Roger Taylor hitting the Note A5 in that AA)
Flash Gordon is the perfect movie. Anyone who says anything bad about Flash is going straight to hell!
It is a crime to humanity that there was not a sequel to this great movie
Nobody mentioned the italian goddess Ornella Muti,as Princess Aura,seriously?!
She made the movie 100%
I feel like these guys must not be interested in girls
She was really hot. I liked her and Dale.
Whenever somebody walks up to me and asks "What planet is this?" I just start shooting.
Wow, didn't know Timothy Dalton was in Flash Gordon.
James Lyons and the guy who wrote the rocky horror picture show
I only watched this movie because of Queens soundtrack
relatable
Same!
Me too
LOL Same!
I highly recommend the Queen soundtrack to this film, it’s actually kinda important in their record catalog as they were starting to use synths...
OK "Planet Dirt" needs to be made. Picture a sequel to "Joe Dirt", but Joe ends up on a spaceship that lands on a planet that is full of people like him. Turns out, it's his home planet and he's been lost on Earth his entire life.
there is Joe Dirt 2 ya know.... and yes thats the title
@Dylan sky i liked it- but they did wait a bit to long to do a second one- it is what it is
I grew up watching this movie before I could understand this movie. And I always loved it. Especially the bird men. "DIIIIIVE"
I didn't even notice the blue screen blunders until you pointed them out, darn
Now that there is no theme I can start asking for the 1994 Double Dragon movie again!
Attack of the Killer To-MAY-toes! There's enough glory there to cover the whole month as well, with an added bonus of a very early George Clooney role as well
Would they cover that animated series too? I only saw bits of it, I might get to it eventually, my scheduling for TV reviews is unclear (esp. since most of the stuff I've put out there is film related)
How about Brian May month. You've already started with Flash Gordon.
Andor Mostert good one
lmao
You could also include the other Brian May who did the music for Mad Max .
That's Dr Brian May (PhD an astronomy) to you punk. One of the great things about RUclips is that they have put up all of the episodes of"The Sky at. Night" with Sir Patrick Moore where Dr Brian may guest stars.
There's Pinnochio!
FLASH! King of the impossible
I was the perfect age to see this at the theater which was 9.
I didn't know it was cheesy until later viewings, but Max Von Sydow is still amazing.
On the list of things I wasn't expecting to hear today, James saying "Fiddler on the Roof is one of my favourite movies, and Topol is one of my favourite actors" was pretty high.
Fiddler is amazing and Topol is wonderful, it's just not the kind of movie I would typically associate with James.
I thought I was the only one who that threw off...
I'm starting to think that Justin is an elaborate Animatronic (electro-mechanically animated
muppet, well crafted/designed) created by Mike Matei for nefarious reviewing purposes.
there was an animated Flash Gordon movie, too--"The Greatest Adventure Of All"
“Forget it Ming, Dale’s with me!” One he assumes Dale is his without asking her and two he’s addressing the emperor of the universe in his throne room filled with armed henchmen. Love that part 😎
regarding the queen and sc fi music
brian may also did Starfleet soundtrack which I allways loved as a kid :)
I like how James is just talking and then suddenly cut to some random guy I've never seen. Super jarring.
19:37 George Lucas: "Oh, I have CGI now. Let's make EVERYTHING CGI!"
I honestly thought it would be called "the merry merry month of MAY-HEM"
Flash Gordon (1980) one of very few reboots that did (NOT) suck.
it created new, original, high water marks without destroying the original.
Nobody would have heard of this movie if it didn't feature Queens music. It makes it all come together and actually pretty awesome!
Brian Blessed saved Stewie in Family Guy. Nobody mentioned that either.
No mention of Blades of Glory? Will Ferrell and Jon Heder ice skating to the iconic theme!
I always think there's something so awesome about 80s scifi/fantasy films but I can never pin point what it is they just always seem more enjoyable than films nowadays
Home boy needs to shave his head at this point lmao
James could afford some pretty decent treatment.
@@freakystyley4000 I think he was referring to Justin.
still waiting for ROMANCING THE STONE.
I thank my step dad for introducing me to this movie and fell in love with it even though I was born in the early 90s.
THE ABSOLUTE GREATEST soundtrack in the 14 billion year history of the universe.
Flash AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HES A MIRACLE Flash AAAAAAAAAAAA
king of the impossible
GreenyTheTiger He’s for every one of us!
Woo for a second I thought it said “Flesh Gordon” 😂
Well the lead actor did pose for Playgirl for a little extra added oomph to the PR.
Justin needs to go full Trailer Park Boys. Own it!
Flash Gordon and Barbarella are my favorite sci-fi aesthetic style. I think they call it Ray Punk. Big buttons that light up. Lots of beeps and boops. The best!
I know this movie because in Ex-Yugoslavian countries went regularly on TV in the end of the 80ties, and until late 90ties, along with other sci fi, fantasy flicks like Masters of The Universe and Beastmaster , Conan , and so on . 🙂
I proudly own the soundtrack by Queen! 😁
Me too!
the soundtracks queen did in the 80s are BY FAR the best music from QUEEN , highlander, flash gordon, iron eagle etc , i'm just not into those musical/opera type rock stuff they did in the 70s
Wasn't really opera as such. It was more of a rock mock opera with big orchestra guitar sounds and overdubs of singing is what they were known for. It's one of their trademarks.
The 80s was a style of change with music aswell. Queen moved into of a pop rock radio friendly sound. But having that over thr top bombastic camp side to things.
Flash Gordon was more of less the start of it. And it fits Queen soo well.
I’m glad to have stumbled upon this! It seem to me people have forgotten that Star Wars and Indiana Jones where meant to be these kind of fun and goofy movies. As a middle aged dude I loved Flash Gordon growing up. This is among the only old school films that I would love to see rebooted, if they can get we the ridiculous campiness of it all. Thanks again guys!!
How can a couple of film buffs not recognise or know who Brian Blessed and Timothy Dalton are?
james is only a film buff when it comes to 1900 to 1960s and mostly horror
@@macacofrito jep, other than that very casual knowledge, especially when it comes to video games. I guess we are all here because he presents very well & is fun to watch^^
FLAAAAAAH AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SAVIOUR OF THE UNIVERSE!
Glad to see Justin liked my idea. I wonder if the themed month concept had worked out he'd gone with my twist for the end. The last day is a Star Trek film review.
I love you James. Ive been watching your videos for over 10 years, I actually grew up with your videos and theyre the reason I feel like Im into all the cool stuff im into now. I know I cant be the only one, I always rewatch your original Monster Madness on Halloween to get in the spirit. I just wanna communicate to you anyway I can that I think the fans want this channel to be just you and Mike. The other guys are okay but every cinemassacre fan i know would much prefer just a video of just you talking about Flash Gordon. The way you would talk about movies was very calming and informative, almost like Bob Ross. The review you just did of The Thing was a perfect example and return to form, it reminded me of the old video where you talked about Alien Invasion movies and their remakes. Just stuff like that was the reason I think people fell in love with your channel
True story, I managed to rent Flesh Gordon when I was 12 years old. I didn't even know it was a parody of something. I still haven't seen Flash Gordon.
I always got it confused with the He-man movie. Blonde buff dudes in cheesy 80s scifi
Well, the Masters of the Universe movie was massively influenced by it, so its not unreasonable to get them confused!
Princess Aura was played by the gorgeous italian actress Ornella Muti
That opening credit sequence is a masterclass in music, editing and animation.
It ain't got nothing on the 2007 Flash Gordon.
He's for every one of us
Stand for every one of us
He save with a mighty hand
Every man, every woman
Every child, with a mighty
Flash!
⚡
I was pretty excited about
Marissa To-may, it's not too late guys!!!!
I get excited by Marissa Tomei too.
Oh my God! My friends and I had a running gag when we played in the Virtual World Battletech Pods where any time someone asked what planet we were from if we said Earth the person in question became confused and often replied to the effect of, "You're from Planet Dirt? I've never heard of Planet Dirt." XD
I was only 3 when this came out, but it must have shown again at some time because I remember seeing it at a theater as a kid. Definitely a movie of its time and a favorite in my collection
Starring Anton LaVey as the antagonist? I'll have to watch this movie.
James Bond (Timothy Dalton) in Flash Gordon and no mention of it? There, fixed it.
You guys should do a Rental Review of Hidden Fortress (a 1953 Japanese Film) which that also inspired Star Wars: A New Hope as well. I did seen some comparison from A New Hope and Hidden Fortress, they do looked alot similar as well.
Hey this is off topic but I was watching your JonTron tour and it was so much fun. I would love to see more of you giving tours through history to other RUclipsrs.
The only thing this movie lacks to be perfect is Dr. Frank N. Further.
Who?
@@reversalmushroom - Pennywise the Clown...
It’s got riff raff in it
Not gonna lie...
“It’s Gonna Be May” made me legit lol.
The best thing i ever did was substitute my senior english class for an elective that still counted. It was called scifi and literature. We got to watch flash gordon in that class FOR SCHOOL CREDIT. It was amazing and cemented this movie as one of my favorites haha
That's really cool :)
My favorite line in this guilty pleasure movie: "Flash, I love you, but we only have fourteen hours to save the Earth."
My favorite line: "Lying bitch."
Brian Blessed stole every scene he was in!
i always remember that one chick thats cheering for flash when hes throwing the football thing at mings minions. "yay go flash go!" lol this movie embodies the 80s so well
It looks like a 60s sci fi movie to me
Talking about sci-fi, Queen also featured Metropolis in the Radio Ga Ga video, and THX 1138 in Calling All Girls.
What a nice idea with the monitors. I love it. Cinemassacre is just the best