It recently struck me that the phrase "Gordon's Alive", as famously uttered by Brian Blessed in Flash Gordon (1980)[imdb], could easily make it into the general lexicon as an expression of surprise. For example: "Gordon's alive! That's the last time I wear white pants after eating a chilli tandoori combo."
Anyway... here's three unlikely 'Flash Gordon's:
1) Bearded Flash (1992)- authentic hair colour and good costume but what they hell is on his feet!? Not sure if Nordic beards are a fashionable way to save the planet either. [costume.org]
2) DragonCon Flash (2011)- atrocious hair colour, and the posture of this poor man does not say "hero". [flickr]
3) Communist Flash (1983)- not an intentional Flash, but this Soviet Union "Flash Gordon" does have the authentic 80's t-shirt and looks somewhat like a cross between Prince Baron and Freddie Mercury. He also comes with cool accessories like a portable radio antenna, which was probably designed by Russian Jew scientist, Hans Zarkovski. Of the three, he looks the most likely to save the planet, although it mightn't be pretty. [cover of 1983 "радио"("radio") magazine No.6]
3 comments:
you know flash gordon is in "ted" ?
http://k1ngeljay.com/2012/07/19/k1ngeljay-com-movie-review-ted/
Ha! The last time I saw him in something it was an episode of Stargate SG1. He has a very good face ( in the Kurt Russel vein) which I felt never got roles it deserved. There was talk that he was in some secret gay porno back in the seventies. I once found pictures of him with his cock out but apparently he's since become a total Jesus Christ freak.
Dunno, he was doing a load of coke in the movie
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