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Flash, Flash, I love you, but we only have fourteen hours to save the Earth!


http://www.videosift.com/video/Flash-Gordon-Music-Vid

Looks like another stupid Leslie Nielson film... but.. thats the whole point isn't it? Thats what makes it so darn great!

This scene alone makes it worth seeing on the big screen.

If you see this movie though, be sure to wear your personal energy shield device.. as Xenu will without a doubt attempt to Flash Gordon Ray-Gun your tush into non-corporeal Thetan limbo.

Ptoo! Ptoo! Ptoo! Zap! Ptoo! Fizz!

HA! their wings almost look functional. I always thought it amazing that everyone misses Flash Gordon.

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I wouldn't go as far as all that. Remember, it's a tribute to pulp sci-fi, and as such it focused on a lot of the old cliches found in the genre (the attack of the robots, the plucky female reporter, the retro special effects, the ridiculously grandiose schemes of the villain). It also pays a lot of homages to movies like Metropolis, The Forbidden Planet, Flash Gordon, and Buck Rogers. One scene is almost identical to the Fleischer Studios Superman short, "Mechanical Monsters."

If anything, it bears a lot of similarities to the Indiana Jones movies, except Indiana Jones plays on the adventure pulps and Sky Captain plays on the sci-fi pulps. If you're looking for a deep and immersive plot, you'll be hard pressed to find it in either movie. They're both essentially homages to these old styles of entertainment. (Granted Indiana Jones did it better, but Sky Captain did a respectable job as well.)

I will agree that the movie has its flaws, most notably Gweneth Paltrow's acting, though fortunately Jude Law makes up for this. However, the plot, music, stylistic elements, and visuals were, for the most part, spot-on, so I feel that it's not too much to say that it succeeded on most levels.

I guess the movie is most appreciated if you've seen some of the older works it's paying homage to. I spent a lot of my youth reading those older comics, listening to those older radio shows, and viewing a few of the movies/cartoons, so Sky Captain had a pretty big impact on me.

Mrow. OK, how about the flying scene? I think that woman was hitting on Flash Gordon?

i've definitely done (and continue to do) that as well, farhad. i don't think there was anything traumatizing in my youth though. i'm actually very aware of that fact when it comes to my own children and what they watch. now that they are getting a bit older, i have enjoyed watching some of MY young girl fav's with them like: Flash Gordon (yum) and Xanadu! *heehee*

not sure about an internet media 'station' ... there really is just too much out there ... too many genres. you can almost compare it to the radio ... i usually listen to a 'we play whatever we want' radio station, but they still don't play all my old favs. when i want that i just pop in my homemade CD!