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He’ll Save Every One Of Us!! Columbia, Neal Moritz & Breck Eisner Want To Put FLASH GORDON Back On The Big Screen!!

Published at:  May 20, 2008 7:37:54 PM CDT

I am – Hercules!!


Director Breck Eisner (“Sahara”), producer Neal Moritz (“I Am Legend”) and Columbia Pictures want the big-screen rights to “Flash Gordon,” according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Hey, boys: If you score those rights, think real hard about bringing back the Queen song too. SciFi left it out of its TV version and viewers fled as they would flee from hatchet-wielding bees.

Read all of the Hollywood Reporter’s story on the matter here.



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  • May 20, 2008 3:34:41 PM CDT

    flashhhhhhh ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

    by jeanluc dickhard

  • May 20, 2008 3:35:53 PM CDT

    Viewers fled because it WAS AN AWFUL SHOW

    by laudnergomez

  • May 20, 2008 3:36:14 PM CDT

    GORDON'S ALIVE?!?!

    by chrth

    As long as it isn't based on that craptacular Skiffy series, I'm on board

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  • May 20, 2008 3:37:21 PM CDT

    also a Highlander Remake,

    by jeanluc dickhard

    coming soon has the info

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  • May 20, 2008 3:37:23 PM CDT

    Flash Gordon is an awful Sci-Fi TV show.

    by squashua

    So proclaims Squash Gordon, Saviour of the Universe.

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  • May 20, 2008 3:37:27 PM CDT

    Please bring back Timothy Dalton

    by 20 inch pythons

  • May 20, 2008 3:38:41 PM CDT

    Buck Rogers is next, right Twikki?

    by squashua

    bedebedbedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebedebed

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  • May 20, 2008 3:38:53 PM CDT

    without the song, theres utterly no point.

    by obscura

    it might sound shallow, but its seriously important. and dont get some shitty band like fall out boy to cover it or there will be riots!

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  • May 20, 2008 3:40:04 PM CDT

    I saw Flash Gordon many times as a youngster....

    by cuthbert84

    ...but the "screening-which-cannot-be-topped" occurred at the New Beverly in Hollywood last December. Hosted by Edgar Wright with Timothy Dalton himself in attendance (who hadn't seen the film in 20 years and never in the U.S.) was the best of the best. No new version could ever beat that experience.

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  • May 20, 2008 3:40:27 PM CDT

    The sci fi series was shit

    by zootlewurdle

    That's why people fled. If it does get remade, you gotta have Brian Blessed as Prince Vultan or it's just not worth watching!

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  • May 20, 2008 3:41:19 PM CDT

    LOOKS LIKE A JOB FOR RUSSEL T DAVIES!

    by the marquis de side 3

    now that he's leaving Dr Who. I mean, it's got a "QUEEN" soundtrack of all things, and a name like "FLASH GORDON" is so gay porn =0p

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  • May 20, 2008 3:41:30 PM CDT

    hatchet weilding bees

    by napoleon park

    one of the best things Herc ever wrote.

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  • May 20, 2008 3:42:21 PM CDT

    Indeed, I hated the series - but the movie was the bomb.

    by -=shin=-

  • May 20, 2008 3:43:58 PM CDT

    Make it period

    by lujho

    Set it in the 30s - or at least give the costumes and space stuff a retro 30s Alex Raymond type feel. If it's just Flash running around in a black leather jacket or X-Men costume then blah. Tonally, A Flash Gordon movie should be like Star Wars (for obvious reasons). Forget ultra camp, forget Nu-Battlestar style grim and gritty, just make it good old serial-style adventure with agood script and a lick of modern vfx paint.

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  • May 20, 2008 3:44:10 PM CDT

    Flying blind on a rocket cycle?!

    by clumzor

    Yeah, the one from the 80s really was
    a blast. If they do a new one they need to film it from the soundtrack up. Maybe get Dragonforce or someone like that to do the score.

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  • May 20, 2008 3:46:32 PM CDT

    LOOKS LIKE A JOB FOR ANYONE BUT SCIFI CHANNEL

    by the marquis de side 3

    it was hard to even look at, the TV "Flash". every episode looked like a Vancouver backyard. it's shows like these that really wane the Vancouver image. shows like "X-FILES" used the area better. also, how hard is it to get good actors? the theater is FULL of them. hope whoever runs the new production doesn't go the route of hiring pretty faces. SHOW US SOME ACTING CHOPS! "FLASH GORDON" is really old school cliffhanger matinee adventure stuff (kind of how SKY CAPTAIN tried but made it cold and empty), and no matter who takes over, they've got to really embrace that style, and REALLY REALLY have fun with it =0)

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  • May 20, 2008 3:49:02 PM CDT

    LOOKS LIKE A JOB FOR TROJAN!

    by the marquis de side 3

    oh yeah, and we expect Flash to get laid at least a few times during the film. so many sexy alien chicks, so little time... =0p

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  • May 20, 2008 3:52:17 PM CDT

    This is about as good an idea...

    by fassbinder79

    ...As making an Indiana Jones movie 19 years later and putting in tons of CGI in the place of good/solid old fashioned tangible special effects.


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  • May 20, 2008 3:52:30 PM CDT

    Thank the Lord Flash Gordon's back!

    by clone-o-mat

    Now we can definitely confirm that there are only 6 movie ideas in the history of existence.

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  • May 20, 2008 3:53:48 PM CDT

    I know this sounds crazy but for the role of Flash...

    by iammrmonkey!

    ..i'd love it to go to Brad Pitt. Yeah, i know he's too old for it but still...

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  • May 20, 2008 3:55:25 PM CDT

    Unlike the 1980 version...

    by nnnuts

    I hope he gets to wear the crimson and be the fastest man alive

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  • May 20, 2008 4:00:33 PM CDT

    Instead Of Remaking Movies All The Time...

    by fassbinder79

    ...Can't hollywood do a homage to a certain kind of film.

    Lucas has said that both THX and SW were homages to FG.

    Why not do what Lucas did?

    I know people are writing the scripts.

    Maybe these studio execs should get their thumbs out of their ass and stop spending 185 milllion on one movie and spending that amount on several and give struggling screenwriters a chance.

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  • May 20, 2008 4:00:56 PM CDT

    no subject

    by groothewarrior

    so tell me more about this man...Houdinni!

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  • May 20, 2008 4:01:41 PM CDT

    Amazes Me...

    by boggycreekbeast

    how these producers and Hollywood types continue to FORCE stuff down our collective necks when we've been to that table over and over already! Flash, Highlander, and tomorrow's remake report, as expected as sunrise and sunset!

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  • May 20, 2008 4:02:05 PM CDT

    What do you mean, "Flash Gordon approaching"??!!?

    by fico

  • May 20, 2008 4:02:19 PM CDT

    flash gordon's awesome

    by larrythecableguy

    can't wait!

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  • May 20, 2008 4:02:35 PM CDT

    Most young people don't even know who Flash Gordon is

    by fassbinder79

    This is going to flop like Speed Racer and for much of the same reason. Come up with something new for a change Hollywood.

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  • May 20, 2008 4:02:37 PM CDT

    Variety says: Leo is Flash!

    by decypher44

    HAHA. Just kiddin.

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  • May 20, 2008 4:03:39 PM CDT

    Next thing you know we'll be seeing a remake of Smokey And The B

    by fassbinder79

    You're not fooling anyone Hollywood.

    STOP THE FUCKING REMAKES.

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  • May 20, 2008 4:06:35 PM CDT

    Animate it!

    by turtle_z

    Thats right! Animate it! Give us some of that old style 30's cartoon strip joy. Do it like A Scanner Darkly and give us something that touches the source. I just had a rant about original ideas on the Highlander Remake post, but this is Flash Gordon! He's a constant, like Batman or Superman. But give us something new. A taste of the past wrapped up in all your hi-tech trimmings. One of the best bits about the 80's flash was the intro titles with all the old comic strip Flash on it. Gimme that! GIMME!

    Reply to Talkback

  • And I watched the entire Knight Rider TV movie a few months back. By the way, I liked it better before Indy and Michael Knight were deadbeat dads.

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  • May 20, 2008 4:07:50 PM CDT

    Turtle_Z

    by fassbinder79

    An animated Flash Gordon could be cool in an old style. That could be cool actually and different enough to make it worthwhile.

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  • May 20, 2008 4:08:45 PM CDT

    Turtle_Z

    by fassbinder79

    It should be 2D with Brad Bird directing.

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  • May 20, 2008 4:17:58 PM CDT

    Only if it's a continuation of the original

    by picardsucks

    With Sam Jones as Flash, Brian Blessed as Vultan, Max Von Sydow as Ming, Dalton as Prince Baron. Shia as young "Lighting Arden" Dale Arden's son who has blond hair like Flash and call's himself Lighting. NO FUCKING REMAKE SEQUAL WITH SAME CORNY FUN!!!

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  • May 20, 2008 4:21:13 PM CDT

    I don't think the lack of song was why viewers fled.

    by flickchick85

  • May 20, 2008 4:25:21 PM CDT

    Give the fucking thing to Lucas...

    by biggusdickus

    It's what he's always wanted, isn't it?Oh and there's only one person who can ever, EVER be Vultan - Brian Blessed"GORDON'S ALIVE?!?"

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  • May 20, 2008 4:27:56 PM CDT

    LYING BITCH!

    by doctorwho?

    Timothy Dalton Rules

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  • May 20, 2008 4:28:26 PM CDT

    fleeing viewers

    by disgustipitated

    Yes...the viewers fled because the show stunk not because the theme to the 1980 film version was left out. It was NOT Flash Gordon in any way other than in name. People really need to be aware and/or remember that Flash Gordon has been around since almost the beginning of the 20th century in the form of a comic strip which was a response to Buck Rogers. Both were made into Saturday afternoon serials starring Larry "Buster" Crabbe. Then you have the TV series from the 50s. Then the 1980 film starring Sam Jones(I know most of the AICN guys already know all this...or they should). The song by Queen is iconic, but it's not a necessity for a successful film version of Flash (note: the 1980 film is one of my top ten favorite films of all time, so believe me I'm not bashing it). I'd like to see the new film made into a period piece and be faithful to the original comic strip.

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  • May 20, 2008 4:32:07 PM CDT

    Another classic offered to the butcher of Hollywood

    by violator90

    A remake of this classic film is just asking for a Bayformer-style backlash. I won't see if if they make it.

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  • May 20, 2008 4:41:05 PM CDT

    What do you mean, "Flash Gordon approaching"??!!?

    by brassai2003

    On a hawkman rocketcycle, shall I inform his majesty?
    Imbecile! The emperor will shoot you for interrupting his wedding with this news....fire when Gordon's in range.

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  • That's complete rubbish man. The previous Indy films may have pre-dated CGI, but they were still laden with visual as opposed to practical special effects. Matte paintings, comped in models and effects, time-lapse photography, stop-motion animation even, tons of rotoscoping. Or did you think the spectral lights and ghosts flying out of the Ark and lighting up the Nazis like Xmas lights were done practically?

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  • May 20, 2008 4:48:49 PM CDT

    Dispatch war rocket Ajax To bring back Timothy Dalton

    by sirbroiler

    Timothy Dalton w

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  • May 20, 2008 4:51:21 PM CDT

    I am of age Green Father!

    by doctorwho?

    Tree stump smack down

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  • May 20, 2008 4:54:20 PM CDT

    Timothy Dalton as Ming!

    by pops freshemeyer

    Why don't they do a Defenders of the Earth movie? Oh wait, because it would suck. Nevermind...

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  • May 20, 2008 4:58:17 PM CDT

    Dispatch war rocket Ajax To bring back Timothy Dalton Take 2

    by sirbroiler

    I meant to say - Timothy Dalton would kick ass as MING!!!

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  • May 20, 2008 5:13:32 PM CDT

    Breck...

    by digitalbeachwar

    is such a fucking asshole.

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  • May 20, 2008 5:13:52 PM CDT

    Come on, people, the Flash Gordon movie was horrible...

    by blackmantis

    It's fun to watch in a campy it's so bad kind of way, but it's really a hunk of shit.

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  • May 20, 2008 5:15:28 PM CDT

    No thanks.

    by killdozer

  • May 20, 2008 5:15:32 PM CDT

    SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT AS FLASH

    by anna valerious

    That would make so much sense. That, and have Will Kemp as Prince Barin. Oh hell, that'd be hot... Although now that Sommers is at Paramount for the time being and Halmi fucked up the series, maybe it's a good thing that it's with other people...

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  • May 20, 2008 5:15:46 PM CDT

    If the Scifi show hadn't been called Flash Gordon

    by oisin5199

    More people might have given it a chance. I actually didn't think it was that bad. It got much better by the season's end. And the whole notion of racial purity and friendly fascism was developed quite well. It just wasn't Flash Gordon, but Flash Gordon-type characters shoehorned into a scifi story. I don't think it was any worse or campy than any of the Stargate shows.

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  • May 20, 2008 5:17:21 PM CDT

    I prefer FLESH GORDON, personally

    by xevoid

    Now that was some good porn. All I remember was some woman strapped a dildo to some dudes face and then rode it. Hot.
    One thing you turds might find interesting is that the late William Hootkins, who was Porkins in Star Wars (Yes, the Porkins who was shot over the Death Star while diving with Luke) was the assistant to the scientist Zarkon (or whatever his name was) in Flash Gordon. I interviewed him many years ago, and it was his second role after Star Wars. Hootkins complained that in nearly every movie he was in he DIED. In Flash Gordon he was left behind as the earth started to be destroyed. Thought you might want to know, you turds.

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  • May 20, 2008 5:26:21 PM CDT

    It cannot be worse than . . .

    by tommyshag

    . . .the shitty TV series. Make it campy but cool and you'll have a winner. Got to use the Queen theme at the very least.

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  • May 20, 2008 5:34:09 PM CDT

    what about a FLESH GORDON

    by teddy_duchamp

    remake! complete with his spaceship shaped like a giant cock n balls

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  • May 20, 2008 5:35:43 PM CDT

    William Hootkins

    by wormie1

    Was also the sleazy bent cop in Batman, sent Indy after the Ark, was a weapons dealer in Superman IV, and was, I recall, pretty funny in that lame Biggles movie.

    Anyhoo, Flash needs a big-budget epic (non-camp, this time). The recent TV show was unwatchable.

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  • May 20, 2008 5:53:41 PM CDT

    SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT for FLASH!

    by spud mcspud

    Anna Valerious, that sounded so stupid - and yet so RIGHT! So long as it's the SWS that can do comedy, mid-level drama (ie not so intense) and decent action - ie the SWS in BULLETPROOF MONK, that idea could really fly. Fuck it, give it camp cameo value and cast Dalton as Ming! Give the character of Aura some kick - I'd love to see Scarlet Jo doing it, but she ain't really an actress - and we need a cool Dale Arden who can kick ass - Erica Durance, maybe? That kind of chick. Give the whole thing to Stephen Sommers, tell him "Like THE MUMMY, not so MUMMY RETURNS and NOWHERE NEAR AS OTT AS VAN FUCKING HELSING!!", and watch it fly. Shit, this ain't STAR WARS - it needs energy, fun, action, a bit of camp, a kick-ass soundtrack (DRAGONFORCE covering FLASH?!? I'm there with leather studded bells on!) and most of all A KICK-ASS ADVENTURE SCRIPT. Forget darkness, seriousness, and any pretence at being something else - MAKE IT A PROPER REMAKE!!!

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  • May 20, 2008 5:57:21 PM CDT

    CAST THE REMAKE WITH MY NAME IS EARL!!!

    by spud mcspud

    Prince Vultan = Randy

    Aura = Joy

    Dale Arden = Catalina

    Ming The Merciless = Burt Reynolds

    Zarkov = Crab Man Darnell

    Flash = Earl Hickey

    Klytus = Giovanni Ribisi

    MY NAME IS FLASH!

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  • May 20, 2008 6:03:03 PM CDT

    I saw this for the first time the other day

    by clockworker

    it was needless to say, deliciously campy

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  • May 20, 2008 6:03:40 PM CDT

    Put the 1980 version back on the big screen!

    by kevred

    Do they really think they can make a more entertaining version than that one? No way. Some people hate it, but most love it. The problem with stuff today is that it tries so hard not to be uncool that it ends up being bland and safe.The Queen Flash (maybe a good nickname for it?) was crazy, goofy, confident, colorful, a little sleazy, and it was a hell of a lot of fun for it. It was what the new Speed Racer wants to be. It was glam rock on the screen, baby!Now tell me anything, ANYTHING, these people put up on the screen today will make people talk the way I just did, 28 years from now.I rest my case.

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  • May 20, 2008 6:20:04 PM CDT

    hire lorenzo semple you fucktards

    by bacci40

    if anyone here has watched the two geezers on youtube, then you will know that despite his age, lorenzo still knows what it takes to make a popular movie...the man should be hired as a script consultant

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  • May 20, 2008 6:22:00 PM CDT

    and the only prop with the 80 version is

    by bacci40

    they dubbed flash...the guy was good looking, but couldnt act worth beans...greatest soundtrack ever...and max von sydow was never more villanous

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  • May 20, 2008 6:39:55 PM CDT

    Of the hour ... yes.

    by geekgasm

    Its all about Queen.

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  • May 20, 2008 6:48:52 PM CDT

    Bring Back Ornella Muti

    by j_difool

    in Spandex.
    A lot of people "don't get" the 1980 Flash Gordon. That's fine. Hate it if you must.
    But, to paraphrase the recent AICN review of Kingdom of the Crystal Meth, THAT film was "lightning in a bottle." It was a wild sci-fi comic book as Fellini would have made it.
    Anyone who is thinking of following that act is clearly one of the many who "don't get" that film. Cuz it can't be done.
    So fucking get original already, or find yourselves a different day job, Cundalini !

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  • May 20, 2008 6:52:27 PM CDT

    Seann William Scott for Flesh Gordon!

    by theonecalledshoe

    There ya go... remake that series. As for the other series just re-release the original on dvd with digital style special effect.

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  • May 20, 2008 6:54:18 PM CDT

    If your name is Breck

    by j_difool

    Eisner, please go to the back of the line and suck a cock. Just checked the IMDB on this ho:
    The Crazies, Creature from the Black Lagoon, and now Flash. What qualifies this turkey to make anything other than sandwiches ?

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  • May 20, 2008 6:58:02 PM CDT

    What does it take

    by j_difool

    to be a producer in this fucking town?
    I'd give a vote to any asshole on this board over the likes of fucktards like Neil "I AM LEGEND" Moritz.
    I literally want to throw shit on these people.

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  • May 20, 2008 7:04:08 PM CDT

    raw_bean

    by fassbinder79

    I was talking about swinging CGI monkeys for christ sake.

    Back in the day they would have used real ones.

    That shit is killing movies right now.

    I'm tired of the CGI and i'm not ashamed to say it.

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  • May 20, 2008 7:07:56 PM CDT

    DO NOT FUCK UP MING!!!!!!

    by drath

    It's not the lack of the campy Queen song that drove us away from Sci-Fi's Flash, it was the lame-ass white Ming! Even if you don't have the guts to make Ming Asian, the mandarin qualities of his costumes should never be thrown out and for God's sake KEEP THE BEARD!!! Also the show went to hell for the lack of good space ships, the worm-hole instead of rockets approach, the terrible cast, the lazy writing, the stupid squawking HAWKMEN WITHOUT WINGS, the cheap looking sets, the terrible lighting, the fact that no Flash Gordon at all was better than this shit and the incredibly depressing observation that some people were actually supporting it because they didn't know any better.....there were a lot bigger reasons than the Queen theme song not being there. Alas, modern movie composers cannot produce pulp fantasy scores anymore, not even John Williams writes movie themes as good as his old ones (I defy anyone to name theme that even comes close to Star Wars or Indiana Jones or Superman or even Elfman's Batman or Silvestri's Back to the Future march). That's the kind of thing Flash needs, and probably nothing that a modern composer would poop out would be anywhere as good as Queen's song even though it was camp. Look no further than the "determined not to ever have a memorable musical theme" Marvel movies to see how fucked up things are in this area.

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  • May 20, 2008 7:09:10 PM CDT

    I saw Flash Gordon in the theater

    by buffywrestling

    for my birthday party as a wee child. Good fun!Ä

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  • May 20, 2008 7:19:05 PM CDT

    lack of song was certainly why i fled.

    by smoke monster loves kate

    duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh FLASH! AHHH AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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  • May 20, 2008 7:19:35 PM CDT

    I saw Flash Gordon in the theater with your mom.

    by smoke monster loves kate

  • May 20, 2008 8:30:53 PM CDT

    Nothing Will Ever Beat The Cocaine Disco Camp 80s Version

    by laserpants

    Its like the best cocaine disco camp 80s sci fi movie evar! Killer soundtrack too! Its like one long face melter w/ spacey parts too!

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  • May 20, 2008 8:55:31 PM CDT

    Herc, the reason fans bailed

    by the_fredo

    was because it was a shitty-ass show.


    I gave it a chance through meeting Ming, Night Shift Manager of the Universe. I couldn't take any more after that. Then they went and made the Hawkmen horrible.


    Get it right or don't do it.

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  • May 20, 2008 9:05:39 PM CDT

    I don't like what I'm thinking...... But Chris Klein

    by damien chowder

    may be getting phone calls right now.... I betcha.

    What I have I just done....?!

    Better him than Ashton Ketchup...
    Who is also getting phone calls.

    Oh my god...

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  • May 20, 2008 9:19:29 PM CDT

    What happened to the Stephen Sommers remake?

    by big dumb ape

    For crying out loud, if you were going to hand the property off to someone who would do it over the top and try to do something that touched on the original Alex Raymond comic strip BUT was willing to tip it's hat to the crazy-assed nature of the 80s movie AND was going to go all psycho and over the top in his own way, Sommers was the man for the job. Hell, when he was announced as developing a big budget, live action FLASH GORDON that's one time I actually said "You know, that might work." I would have preferred to see him working on THAT instead of G.I. JOE...

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  • May 20, 2008 9:22:17 PM CDT

    And Ornella Muti in spandex is a very, very, VERY good thing!

    by big dumb ape

    We need more actresses dressed that way and more movie moments like that. She can get up out of her seat and into mine and straddle my joystick while I'm trying to drive the spaceship any ol' time!

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  • May 20, 2008 9:29:34 PM CDT

    do it like Raiders......

    by j2talk

    if they are going to do FlashGordaon they need to do the way Lucas/Spielberg made Raiders as aHomage to the pupl films.....NOT as a CAMP Movie....

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  • May 20, 2008 9:40:14 PM CDT

    Bryan Singer the whole thing. i.e. F*ck it up.

    by damien chowder

  • May 20, 2008 9:48:14 PM CDT

    BRING ME...THE BORE WORMS

    by sir loin

    No way they'll ever top the DeLaurentiis one, EVER. You idiot Gen-Y-pleasing Hollywood pinheads have NO idea what's going on in filmdom, do ya? LOL.

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  • May 20, 2008 9:59:48 PM CDT

    Well BD Ape...

    by anna valerious

    He may be at Paramount now, but I wouldn't rule him out entirely. And if he puts a lot of his stable of actors in it (Like he's doing with "G.I. Joe"), that would be excellent.

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  • May 20, 2008 10:12:51 PM CDT

    Cripes the recycling is neverending, isn't it?

    by fiester

    Just sad.

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  • May 20, 2008 10:21:39 PM CDT

    Didn't the remake get a 2nd season?

    by punto

    I thought it was cool.. Reminded me of Xena (especially the "visiting exotic new tribes of people who live within walking distance of each other" thing), except instead of beaing about "empowering women" it's about "empowering the bone-headed white guy". Screw the cop, the scientist, the journalist and the female warrior, flash, with his boyish good looks and high school education, will walk in a save the day!

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  • May 20, 2008 10:27:28 PM CDT

    Who here didn't play the shit out of the soundtrack?

    by hawaiian organ donor

    "Later. I like to play with things a while before annihilation.""Forget it Ming. Dale's with me!""Klytus! Are your men on the right pills? Maybe you should execute their trainer!""Impetuous boy. Oh well, who wants to live forever? Diiiiiiiiive!"I enjoyed the campy goodness as much as the next guy but what in the fuck were Max Von Sydow, Topol and Brian Blessed doing mixed up in this mess?

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  • May 20, 2008 11:16:44 PM CDT

    These people don't sound like they are good at

    by inwosuxred

    the movie making. I am indiferrent to this idea until I see a reason not to be. Klytus was pretty cool. Blah blah blah.

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  • May 20, 2008 11:16:55 PM CDT

    Lack of the Queen theme was the LEAST of the Scifi versions prob

    by paul t. ryan

    And no punto, it did not get a second season. Thank the Horse God.

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  • May 20, 2008 11:17:15 PM CDT

    "I knew you were up to something though I confess I hadn't thoug

    by excaliburffolkes

    "Does anyone ever trust her twice?"

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  • May 21, 2008 12:03:56 AM CDT

    Will this mean McConaughey as Flash?

    by laserbrain

    As much of a clusterfuck as this film is destined to be, I'd be pretty happy if Eisner tapped his Sahara lead for the role.

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  • May 21, 2008 12:06:14 AM CDT

    Oh, yeah, and while I'm here...

    by laserbrain

    "Deespatch War Rocket Ajax to breeng back hees boh-dee" =D

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  • May 21, 2008 12:10:16 AM CDT

    If McConaughey as Flash would pull him FAR away...

    by flickchick85

    from the Captain America movie, I'll be all for it. Seriously, get that guy away from Cap. I really hope that was just a terrible casting rumor, b/c I've liked Marvel's casting decisions thus far.

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  • May 21, 2008 12:39:24 AM CDT

    ummm

    by blckmgk13

    I know this sounds ridiculous but I talked to an ex of mine about two weeks ago (she works as a graphic artist in Vancouver) and she was talking about how she is already working on Flash Gordon. I didn't ask more about it because I didn't really care, but to see that it is only a rumour when I know for a fact that she is working on it is kind of interesting.

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  • May 21, 2008 12:40:56 AM CDT

    RAP MUSIC will save both of these remakes

    by mace tofu

    and changing the lead actors to black because both Flash Gordon and Highlander didn't have enough black people in them. Toss in some Rap and hip-hop and pimp up the look and you'll have box-office gold. Obama said he would be proud to see a Black Flash in America. Time for a change. Time for some more remakes.

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  • May 21, 2008 1:01:30 AM CDT

    On my knees in prayer

    by stunt_lime

    I've been both anticipating and dreading this news. I'm a big fan of Flash Gordon and hope that they can pull it off. (SciFi can't pull anything off, so I'm not worried as some are that it won't transfer well... It's just got be done by the right group of people.) I've got my fingers crossed.

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  • May 21, 2008 1:03:43 AM CDT

    Bring back Buster Crabbe!

    by ricky retardo

    Flash needs to be played by a real man. Even if though dead, his rotting corpse would still be better than the wimpy girly boys who pass for actors these days.

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  • May 21, 2008 2:11:26 AM CDT

    DAMN YOU, George Lucas!

    by motoko kusanagi

    Damn you to hell!

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  • May 21, 2008 2:14:12 AM CDT

    Never mind the Queen song...

    by 11dayempire

    Why not get Queen to score the new film as they did with the first one? It's not as if they'd need Freddie. Oh, and get Brian Blessed back too: "Gordon's ALIVE???!!!"

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  • May 21, 2008 2:45:33 AM CDT

    Anna Valerious...

    by big dumb ape

    First of all, nice to meet you. Hope you and Velkan are having a fun time in the great beyond! You said in your post: "He may be at Paramount now, but I wouldn't rule him out entirely. And if he puts a lot of his stable of actors in it (Like he's doing with "G.I. Joe"), that would be excellent."I actually posted about Sommers for 2 reasons. First, on IMDB his former listing for being involved with FLASH GORDON has long since disappeared, and its been replaced instead with WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE -- which is not listed as being in active development with Speilberg producing. Second, I live here in Hollywood and awhile back I was hanging out at Universal Studios and I took the lot tram ride at the theme park, and as the tram approached THE MUMMY section (which used to be the old SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN spinning tunnel), I noticed another intersting thing. About a year ago on the ride the tram car mounted TV monitors would kick in and it would be Sommers saying something like, "Hi, I'm Stephen Sommers. Director and Writer of the MUMMY films and Universal's upcoming big budget FLASH GORDON." But now that's been yanked as well. So my guess is he's totally off the project at this point -- in fact, this news piece basically indicates that Eisner is looking to direct this.Which brings up something no one's really talked about yet either: for crying out loud, am I the only one who thought SAHARA was an utter piece of crap? I know one thing: as a fan of the old Buster Crabbe serials, the Alex Raymond comic and the 80s movie for all its glorious wackiness, I'm not looking at SAHARA and rubbing my hands together and thinking, "Oh yeah! The amazingly talented visionary (cough! cough!) who brought this piece of crap to life is just who I want to tackle FLASH GORDON next!"

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  • May 21, 2008 3:01:42 AM CDT

    Doc Savage would be a better choice for remake

    by dingbatty

  • May 21, 2008 3:39:14 AM CDT

    Flash! Uuughhh!

    by mascan42

  • May 21, 2008 3:56:41 AM CDT

    Update not remake

    by poopipepunisher

    Looking forward to the new Flash Gordon, but I hope they stay away from doing an Origins version. We all know how Flash and his motley crew saved every one of us from Mings diabolical plans, the 80’s camp top fun movie is on the TV every Christmas, so why don’t they move on and have Flash & Dale have a different adventure (there’s a lot of source material from the old Republic series). But bring back Brian Blessed, you can just imagine the opening of the new trailer ‘GORDONS ALIVE!’ being bellowed down your lug hole, I would be so there.

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  • May 21, 2008 4:10:33 AM CDT

    I vote for a DOC SAVAGE film.

    by mace tofu

    Pal's version was cool when I was a kid but it could use a remake. Flash works as-is and a remake wouldn't really add anything new.

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  • May 21, 2008 4:54:11 AM CDT

    It will work if THIS TIME

    by lemming

    They do what they should have done with the series and make it fantastical. Mongo can be another dimension, sure, but make it so the 'Moons of Mongo' are floating islands in nether with different terrains. You can have an infinite number of them and there's your adventures.

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  • May 21, 2008 5:47:14 AM CDT

    Release the Ajax, to retrieve his body!

    by david cloverfield

    Please for the love of god don't make this gritty, realistic.

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  • May 21, 2008 6:15:30 AM CDT

    If they must remake this

    by lost jarv

    and I hope not, because lightening never strikes in the same place twice, then they need to find the same blend of American actors that cannot act and high end British/ European thesps. In what other film do you get RSC actors like Brian Blessed, The creator of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, A Blue Peter Presentor, A future James Bond, THE FUCKING EXORCIST, The fiddler on the roof dude, and others mangling some of the worst dialogue ever put on screen. Flash, I love you but we only have 14 hours to save the earth! Or "Say something to distract me..." "When I saw you sitting in the restaurant, you were so pretty""You're just saying that to distract me"

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  • May 21, 2008 7:33:24 AM CDT

    Dive!

    by sott68

  • May 21, 2008 9:09:04 AM CDT

    another AICN first

    by arcadiands

    in this talkback we had our first reference to Buster Crabbe. Well done, TBers.
    Also, 10 years from now, this decade will be looked upon as a wasteland of movies. This one summer will not make up for years of rehash, reimage, and reboot.

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  • May 21, 2008 9:56:21 AM CDT

    Dan Dare (Pilot of the Future), I tells ya...

    by snookeroo

    after all, Flash Gordon's already been done right.

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  • May 21, 2008 10:37:27 AM CDT

    You know Brendan Fraser will be Flash, right?

    by hesiod2k7

    I think this could work very well, if they do it right.

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  • May 21, 2008 11:06:18 AM CDT

    Brendan Fraser - Flash

    by david cloverfield

    That's awesome, but he may be too old. Maybe and older flash remembering Mongo, his football glory years and the 80's in a bleak 2008, wishing to go back.

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  • May 21, 2008 11:32:42 AM CDT

    If I remember how Stephen Somers wanted Flash...

    by moshmasterd

    He wanted his Flash to be a "David Robinson type" AKA Military/Sports hero.

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  • May 21, 2008 2:29:17 PM CDT

    I Lovee the 1980 Flash

    by kevinwillis.net

    It's in my top five movies of all time. One of the top. Often the first. But it was also lightening in a bottle. Can't make that movie again. Shouldn't try. But shouldn't be stupid, like the Sci-Fi series, either.

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  • May 21, 2008 4:24:31 PM CDT

    Ben Browder for Flash!

    by bswise

    Get the leather pants ready.

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  • May 21, 2008 4:43:54 PM CDT

    Flashs new uniform

    by abominable snowcone

    will be all black leather, like X-men and GI Joe and everything else, and half of us will commit suicide and will not be shamed for doing so

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  • May 21, 2008 9:20:31 PM CDT

    I love the Sam Jones one so much

    by cherryvalance

    I wish it had had a sequel. But I guess they have to remake everything. Maybe they can get Naveen Andrews to play him. ;)

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  • May 22, 2008 12:42:24 AM CDT

    80's FLASH...Blew my mind...

    by doctorwho?

    ...when I was 11 yrs old just as much as Raiders of the Lost Ark and Star Wars did...not as if it's in the same league as those films...but I left the theatre walking oon air. I consider it a classic. It's part of that unique era of Big Trouble In Little China, Buckaroo Banzai larger than life, fantasy "quirkyness". Great to see the love. Lots of younger cats think it's not cool without black on black color schemes, piercings,goatees and Nu Metal. Queen owns you all!

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  • May 22, 2008 2:17:42 AM CDT

    get over the Queen song already

    by bigbenalpha

    It only works in context of the high camp of the movie it was in - and don't get me wrong, I loved it. It was the icing on the camp cake. But imaging if Tim Burton had used the theme from the 1960's Batman series or the BIFFPOWs in the fight scenes. It would have been a disaster.

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  • May 22, 2008 3:19:36 AM CDT

    Jake Gyllenhaal will be FLASH!

    by big dumb ape

    Because after his studly performance as the PRINCE OF PERSIA he'll be in high demand to top line big budget, big action franchises.And yes, I'm saying that mockingly (inserting finger into mouth to commence gag reflex now...)

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  • May 22, 2008 7:47:36 AM CDT

    "I never knew what my father was...

    by docpazuzu

    ...until he let Klytus put the bore worms on me."

    That, my friends, is the single greatest line of cinematic dialogue in the history of the universe.

    The 1980 Flash Gordon is a once in a lifetime treat. Nothing will ever be as gloriously stupid and wonderful ever again. Oh, and Ornella Muti in Flash Gordon made me feel funny in my pants when I was 12. Good times, good times.

    "From this day on, let every breed of Mongo live together, in peace."

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  • May 22, 2008 10:36:12 AM CDT

    Non-Camp this time, please

    by lang the cat

    If you got John Favreau to direct, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa for Ming, Chris Pine as Flash, you might have a good start. Megan Fox or Jordana Brewster as Dale. Maybe get Zhang Ziyi as Ming's Daughter. Treat it as a very steampunk style adventure and you might have something worth using the Queen soundtrack on. No Flash as a football player. Make him a world class pentathlete so he has the skills to challenge Ming. Use some of the techniques for Sky Captain. Make Paul Giamatti Prof. Zarkov, that might be fun.

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  • May 22, 2008 11:06:25 AM CDT

    owen wilson 4 flash...

    by rico old buddy

    stiller as barin jack black as vultan and will ferrel as ming. Done and done

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