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It's Throwback Thursday!

By graphics_girl

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Today's throwback is FLASH GORDON! Not the comic book or the TV series...the movie from 1980! This movie is a favorite of my youth(no matter how much the reviewers hated it). Let me give you a quick synopsis.

 An evil alien Emperor(Ming) is bent on destroying Earth....A hot quarterback(Flash) and a reporter(Dale) find themselves on Ming's planet and have to save Earth. The End.

 Well, really that is it, in a nutshell. But, I suppose I have to give you something else to go on...through a series of unfortunate events, Flash and Dale crash land on Mongo (Ming's planet) and get captured. Ming decides he wants Dale, Flash doesn't like it....and the first big "fight" scene begins. He loses, is sent to be executed, and instead gets saved by Ming's daughter Aura, who thinks he's pretty fine. She takes him to her boyfriend, Barin(Timothy Dalton), and asks that he keep him safe. Seriously? How is that a good plan?

 Somehow, they all find themselves in Sky City where the Hawkmen force Barin and Flash to fight to the death. When Flash spares Barin, they become allies against Ming. 

 Flash (ha ha) forward, Ming in the process of marrying Dale (against her will)...Flash, Barin and the Hawkmen race to Mongo to stop Ming from destroying the Earth. Flash is riding a rocket bike, Queen music is pulsing....yes, I said Queen. This alone is a reason to watch this movie. The soundtrack is...AWE-SOME! And don't even get me started on the costuming!
 But I'm going to stop there, you'll just have to watch it and find the rest out for yourselves.

 Man I love this movie.

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