Flash Gordon (film)

Flash Gordon is a 1980 British space opera action film filmed in Technicolor and Todd-AO, based on the comic strip of the same name created by Alex Raymond. The film was directed by Mike Hodges, and produced by Dino De Laurentiis. It stars Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Topol, Max von Sydow, Timothy Dalton, Brian Blessed, and Ornella Muti. The screenplay was written by Lorenzo Semple, Jr., with a story adaptation by Michael Allin. It intentionally uses a camp style similar to the 1960s TV series Batman (for which Semple had developed and written many episodes) in an attempt to appeal to fans of the original comics and serial films. Although a box office success in the UK, it performed poorly overseas. The film is notable for its soundtrack composed, performed and produced by the rock band Queen, with the orchestral sections by Howard Blake.

Plot

Emperor Ming the Merciless declares that he will first play with and then destroy the Earth using natural disasters. On Earth, New York Jets football star "Flash" Gordon boards a small plane, where he meets travel journalist Dale Arden. Mid-flight, the cockpit is hit by a meteorite and the pilots are lost. Flash takes control and manages to crash land into a greenhouse owned by Dr. Hans Zarkov. Zarkov, who believes the disasters are being caused because an unknown source is pushing the Moon towards Earth, has secretly constructed a spacecraft which he plans to use to investigate. Zarkov's assistant refuses to go, so he lures Flash and Dale aboard. The rocket launches, taking them to the planet Mongo, where they are captured by Ming's troops.

Flash Gordon (video game)

Flash Gordon was a video game based on a comic book character of the same name. The game was published in 1986 by Mastertronic for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and MSX personal computers.

Reception

Zzap!64 praised the Commodore 64 version of the game. Reviewers appreciated the gameplay variety offered by the three different sections of the game, and the quality of graphics and sound. It was rated 89% overall.

References

External links

  • Flash Gordon at World of Spectrum

  • Flash Gordon (disambiguation)

    Flash Gordon is a science fiction comic strip.

    Flash Gordon may also refer to:

  • Flash Gordon (serial), a 1936 serial film
  • Flash Gordon (1954 TV series), a science fiction television series based on the characters of the Alex Raymond-created comic strip of the same name
  • The New Adventures of Flash Gordon, a 1970s animated television series
  • Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All, a 1982 animated television film
  • Flash Gordon (film), a 1980 science fiction film
  • Flash Gordon (soundtrack), an album by Queen, the soundtrack album of the 1980 film
  • Defenders of the Earth, a 1980s animated television series featuring Flash Gordon
  • Flash Gordon (video game), a 1986 computer game for Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC by Mastertronic
  • Flash Gordon (1996 TV series), a 1996 animated television series
  • Flash Gordon (2007 TV series), a 2007 live action television series from the Sci Fi Channel
  • Flash Gordon (pinball), a pinball machine produced by Bally
  • Māhū

    Māhū in traditional Hawaiian or Kanaka Maoli and Tahitian or Maohi cultures are third gender persons with traditional roles within Kanaka Maoli and Maohi society, similar to Tongan fakaleiti and Samoan fa'afafine and analogous to the Neapolitan femminiello.

    In modern-day Hawaiʻi it is a commonly used slang word for transvestite and transgender persons.

    References and sources

  • Eisenman, Stephen F., (1999). Gauguin's Skirt. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 978-0500280386.
  • External links

  • "Kumu Hina" - Award-winning 2015 PBS/Independent Lens documentary about an extraordinary Native Hawaiian who is both a proud and confident māhū, or transgender woman, and an honored and respected kumu, or teacher, cultural practitioner, and community leader.
  • Interview with Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) Mahu: Hinaleimoana Wong
  • A book of interest is 'O Au No Keia: Voices from Hawai'i's Mahu and Transgender Communities, by Andrew Matzner (2001).
  • Cocoa Chandelier
  • Like a Lady in Polynesia
  • MH

    MH or mH may refer to:

    Places

  • Maharashtra, a state of western India, by ISO 3166-2
  • Marshall Islands, by ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code and postal symbol
  • Montserrat, by FIPS PUB 10-4 territory code
  • County Meath, Ireland, by code
  • Mahalle, (abbreviated mh. on maps) a Turkish residential district
  • Science, technology and Internet

  • .mh, the Internet country code top-level domain for Marshall Islands
  • Malignant hyperthermia
  • Mental health
  • Manufactured housing, a factory built housing under the HUD Code
  • Megahenry (MH), an SI unit of inductance
  • Millihenry (mH), an SI unit of inductance
  • MH Message Handling System, an email client
  • Metal halide lamp
  • Modified Huffman coding, a facsimile coding in computing
  • Mohs hardness scale
  • Mount Hood Railroad
  • MH, a symbol for a silt of high plasticity in the Unified Soil Classification System
  • Organizations

  • Machine Head (band), a heavy metal band
  • Malaysia Airlines, by IATA airline designator
  • Manitoba Hydro, the Crown corporation that supplies electricity to the province of Manitoba
  • Șelimbăr

    Șelimbăr (German: Schellenberg; Hungarian: Sellenberk) is a commune in central Romania, in the county of Sibiu in Transylvania, to the east of the county seat Sibiu. The village of Șelimbăr is the site of the Battle of Șelimbăr.

    The commune is composed of four villages:

  • Bungard (German: Baumgarten; Hungarian: Bongárd) - 382 inhabitants
  • Mohu (German: Moichen; Hungarian: Móh) - 543 inhabitants
  • Șelimbăr - 2859 inhabitants
  • Veștem (German: Westen; Hungarian: Vesztény) - 1483 inhabitants
  • Natives

  • Toma Dordea, Romanian academician and electrical machines specialist (from Bungard)
  • Notes

    Coordinates: 45°46′N 24°12′E / 45.767°N 24.200°E / 45.767; 24.200

    Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Flash Gordon

    by: Talib Kweli

    Talib Kweli Flash Gordon Lyrics
    [Intro]
    Yeah
    Kweli in the house
    Dave West is what I'm talkin' about, you know?
    Yea yea yea yo yea yo yea yea yea yo yea yo Yea yea yea yooohh yooohh
    [Verse]
    Make a joy for noise until the lord people have flawed
    Cause the pen is mightyer than the sword
    Leavin' the floor
    Cause my words cut deeper than a tissue massage
    I got hooks and lines that sink y'all like the fishermens ride
    I'm on mission for god he blessed me to spit it this hard
    A lot of niggaz star shit but they don't finish the job
    I'm like Minister Farrakhan or an african that finish' the marathon
    The pain in my voice is *?*
    No matter what playin' 'em on I carry on
    Even if the dawn is over head I carry on
    Then a Flash Gordons scar on my face is a *?*
    Passports splash with blood from the battle I last fought in
    I want to cash all in
    Or I start breakin' like glass *?* put The Blast on 'em like my last tourin'
    Or fast forward just to catch what I said
    Yo I say some shit like that just to mess with your head, come on
    [Chorus]
    Grabbin' the black steel, bowh
    In the hour of chaos
    We ain't rapper till they pay us, is that real?
    We got babies
    We got bills
    Put your hands up in the air if you know how I feel
    And let it out (let it out)
    Get it out (get it out)
    Work it out (work it out)
    Sweat it out
    [Hook]
    I don't know
    If you know
    My history I do it big
    Like Notorious did
    Get all the play like this accordin' the kid
    Gangster like knock out never little *?* all in his *?*
    Crazy like the little hand on the seven, the big hand on the six
    JayLo, yo
    Whether you all in the mix or if you stay low
    Everybody say hoooo hoooo hoooo hoooo
    [Hook]
    I don't know
    If you know
    My history you don't know me
    Chop the game till it's blue like a varicose vein
    And I can't remember the last time I felt this terrible pain
    And the whole shit blew up
    Was it for vain ?
    They'll be lookin' through the rubble like they searchin' for Hussein
    I'm lookin through the club I'm really searchin for who's sane
    The music got everyone crazy and who to blame
    People pair think there'll be some uglyness up their hair
    End up in intensive care with a *?* stare, you know?
    [Chorus]
    Grabbin' the black steel, bowh
    In the hour of chaos
    We ain't rapper till they pay us, is that real?
    We got babies
    We got bills
    Put your hands up in the air if you know how I feel (feel it)
    And let it out (let it out)
    Get it out (get it out)
    Work it out (work it out)
    Sweat it out
    [Hook]
    I don't know
    If you know
    My history you don't know me
    It's the black hand bustin' the tek
    Gettin' it wet without bustin' a sweat
    Swingin' for the upper deck
    It's the black man cuttin' the check
    The nigger's the boss
    The niggers want to test if they addicted to laws
    I spit on the floor
    The right hook will get at ya jaw
    Make to track my baby mama when I'm hittin' it raw
    I rap through:
    Wars and tours and whores on the floors I did it for force
    so I spit at all the shit that I saw
    I party with supermodels who wanna take of they clothes
    The ones who smokin' cocain so they don't fuck up they nose
    I walked the slums of Soweto and the streets of Havanna
    Takin' pictures with kids who never seen a camera
    From the land of the alabama since the night in the cally
    Bumpin' gangster music like a freedoms song in the rally
    Out the back of yo' *?* give you the skitty like Ally McBeal
    It's the black steel, Brooklyn know the deal, what?!
    [Chorus]
    Grabbin' the black steel, bowh
    In the hour of chaos
    We ain't rapper till they pay us, is that real?
    We got babies (yeah)
    We got bills (yeah)
    Put your hands up in the air if you know how I feel (come on)
    And let it out (let it out)
    Get it out (get it out)
    Work it out (work it out)
    Sweat it out
    [Hook] - repeat 4X with various adlibs
    I don't know
    If you know
    My history you don't know me




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