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Flash Gordon

What else do I have to say but?FLASH! AHH AHH and everybody knows what I'm saying or actually singing. The problem is the song is more popular than the actual movie, starring Sam Jones, as Flash; Melody Anderson, as Dale Arden; Topol, as Dr. Hans Zarkov; Timothy Dalton, as Prince Baron; and, of course, Max Von Sydow, as Emperor Ming, The Merciless. Let's face it... this was a really stupid movie with bad acting, but for some reason, I absolutely love this movie. I always have and I always will, in fact, I hope they make a sequel to it.

The story is simple enough -- the universe is run by this emperor named Ming, The Merciless, and he is exactly as his name says - merciless. One day, he gets bored and decides to destroy a planet just for the fun of it. The problem is the planet he chooses just happens to be earth. Ming starts by causing all of these natural disasters like earthquakes and hail that turns into fire and all types of nasty little intergalactic tricks. Now I'll introduce you to our hero, Mr. Flash Gordon, Quarterback for the New York Jets, and Dale Arden (I have no idea what she does). Their plane goes down due to some tomfoolery at the hands of Emperor Ming. It just so happens that their plane crashes in the back yard of a crazy scientist, Dr. Hans Zarkov, who was fired from NASA because he was conjuring crazy ideas of earth being attacked from some unknown alien forces. As luck would have it, he was secretly building a rocket ship to go to space and stop the attack. Well, to make a long story short, Dr. Zarkov kidnaps Flash and Dale and they enter outer space to stop Emperor Ming's evil plan, save the earth, and bring peace to the universe. He meets a whole lot of bad guys along the way, kills them, and he makes some good friends too, including Emperor Ming's daughter (who's pretty hot).

Some of the best things about this movie were the soundtrack, performed by Queen, and how this movie just blatantly refuses to take itself seriously. Every time I see this movie, I'm reminded of a time when movies could be made just for fun. They did the best they could with the money they had and, even though the special effects weren't too spiffy, they were still great.

Everyone has one special movie that when you tell someone you liked it, the person looks at you like you're crazy. Flash Gordon is mine and I know I'm not alone on this. One more thing, if you know where I can get the white T-shirt that Flash wears, let me know cause I've been looking for it for years!

Written by: Barry

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