Flash Gordon (1980) Part 1: A camp, colorful comedy (IS IT?!) and cult classic

PART 1 OF 2: GB and AJ rewind the cult classic Flash Gordon from 1980 to find out how Brian Blessed told Max Von Sydow to play Ming as a sex wizard, what Brian Blessed did to a baby and numerous terrible impressions of Brian Blessed.

Is it meant to be camp? Is it a comedy? Why can't GB remember watching it with director Mike Hodges? Has AJ even seen this before? What is Peter Wyngarde's real name and controversial backstory?

There was so much to chat about that it was decided to make a bumper, double edition of the podcast so this first part looks at the background, the start of the movie, the casting, costumes and VFX before Part 2 takes over for music, trivia, the end of the movie (?), tier list rankings and much more.

🗓️ Don't miss the FAST FORWARD episode in 2 weeks, after Part 2 next week, that looks at everything that happened AFTER Flash Gordon in 1980.

It will look at the original ending, the planned sequel, the new sequel, the tragedy of Peter Wyngarde and some weird musical stuff...

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