Flash Gordon is one of the most underrated sci-fi & comic movies ever IMO. My Grandpa grew up with the comics and he took My Mom to see the film at the show when it came out in 1980, he was quite excited about it. Then when I came along and was old enough to appreciate it, he told Me all about it and was waiting for it to be on TV. Then It finally had it's world premier TV showing and he told Me wait until you see this and wait till I hear the music by Queen and Howard Blake. I knew nothing of the character nor story cause I wasn't into comics till later. Well when I saw it We recorded it and I loved it. I watch it many times on VHS. I loved the music by Queen & Blake, its a rare thing that a rock group like Queen wrote a score with an additional composer at hand. This is how I first knew Queen, I knew their wonderful music for Flash Gordon before their stuff like Bohemian Rhapsody
In My young mind I thought this Flash character looked like He-Man cause I already knew He-Man a very long while before this. In fact I believe since I did and that I loved Star Wars, that's why My Grandpa KNEW I would love Flash Gordon cause I could relate to it all
I had a crush on Melody Anderson as Dana Arden, she was one of the sweetest females I saw in a film then
I loved Emperor Ming, still to this day IMO he remains one of the most exciting villain ever in a movie
Now there's one character in the film played by the late great William Hootkins. He is famously known as
Jek "Red 6" Porkins in
SW: EP4. However, many people don't acknowledge his feats. He's the only actor that was in a
Star Wars (Red 6 Porkins), Indiana Jones 1 (Major Eaton), Flash Gordon (Munson), Superman (Harry Howler) & Batman film
As good as his other roles are, he will always be
Lieutenant Eckhardt in
Batman 89, I found him so cool