About the eighties film version.
It's got alot good parts, with complimentry Queen soundtrack.
But some of it's really tacky...
Like the landing sequence, some of costumes worn by the people living on Mongo.
Espeically the Lizard people. Were they meant to be actual lizard people or people wearing very tacky looking lizard costumes?
With the Hawkmen you could see the wires, suspending them in midair and flapping their wings.
There's fight sequence between Flash and the Jungle Prince and that pivoting disc with all the spikes. Where it could be clearly seen that were made from rubber or foam.
So, in that respect and afew others, I might not have noticed them all.
They copuild certainly make another film. Doesn't need to be a CGI feast, but it doesn't to have repeat any of the above tackiness I have mentioned.
Without bothering to look this up.
Was making Flash Gordon a football or grid iron athelete a retcon?
It certainly suits him and it's a good reason for the name or nick-name Flash, matching the emblem on the t-shirt he wore.
Not to mention the scene in the film where he plays a game with the subgects of Ming's court with that vagely football shaped device.
Makinga hero, and famous sportsmen, and espeically a football play is al ging to be a winner with most people who love sport. Partically us australians who love football.
It's part of our culture really.
