i really like John Hallam too, Vultan's (please forgive me) wingman. great British TV character actor
― Emilia Fabbo (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 5 January 2014 17:45 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, great face that guy
― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Sunday, 5 January 2014 17:47 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 9 January 2014 00:01 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 10 January 2014 00:01 (ten years ago) link
patriarchy run this thread
― Emilia Fabbo (Noodle Vague), Friday, 10 January 2014 00:55 (ten years ago) link
klytus, i'm bored
― mookieproof, Friday, 10 January 2014 02:06 (ten years ago) link
watching the youtube fan edit of the 1936 series
turns out flash is his actual name and when he isn't saving the world he plays POLO
― mark s, Sunday, 19 February 2023 17:25 (one year ago) link
not sure if i've actually ever seen FLASH GORDON (1980) in full tho i have seen FLESH GORDON (1974) so i am fully clued in
― mark s, Sunday, 19 February 2023 17:29 (one year ago) link
"it's using rays!"
^^^zarkov fully on top of the alien science here
― mark s, Sunday, 19 February 2023 17:36 (one year ago) link
these robotmen are all booty
― mark s, Sunday, 19 February 2023 17:37 (one year ago) link
"Ha! I thought it was one of the prime numbers of the Zeeman series. I haven't changed!" - zarkov with the best line in the 1980 film.
― ledge, Sunday, 19 February 2023 17:40 (one year ago) link
the effort to present emperor ming of the planet mongo (capital city: mingo) as a stereotyped oriental despot is so perfunctory it nearly isn't even racist
(it is racist)
― mark s, Sunday, 19 February 2023 17:47 (one year ago) link
everyone is horny for everyone else in this series
zarkov is an idiot in this version (except for the science i guess)
― mark s, Sunday, 19 February 2023 17:54 (one year ago) link
all those cliffhangers handwaved away by an extra shot at the start of the next episode ruined my trust in cinema
― satori enabler (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 19 February 2023 17:58 (one year ago) link
this fan edit seems to dispense with them!
― mark s, Sunday, 19 February 2023 17:59 (one year ago) link
they would look weird stuck together in real time tbf
― satori enabler (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 19 February 2023 18:02 (one year ago) link
it's smoothly edited into one somewhat bumpy two-hour film
― mark s, Sunday, 19 February 2023 18:02 (one year ago) link
every time one of the various emperors or kings gives an order the underling being bellowed at visibly wilts, like kif in futurama
― mark s, Sunday, 19 February 2023 18:16 (one year ago) link
king voltan: "shut the doors!" underling: *sighs deeply*
― mark s, Sunday, 19 February 2023 18:17 (one year ago) link
this is interminable
― mark s, Sunday, 19 February 2023 18:48 (one year ago) link