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Flash Gordon (1980) · Verbal Diorama

• 1:36
  Hi
• 1:37
  everyone,
• 1:37
  I'm
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  Em
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  and
• 1:38
  welcome
• 1:38
  to
• 1:38
  Verbal
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  Diorama,
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  episode
• 1:39
  296,
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  Flash
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  Gordon.
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  This
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  is
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  the
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  podcast
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  that's
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  all
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  about
• 1:45
  the
• 1:45
  history
• 1:45
  and
• 1:45
  legacy
• 1:46
  of
• 1:46
  movies
• 1:46
  you
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  know
• 1:47
  and
• 1:47
  movies
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  you
• 1:48
  don't.
• 1:48
  That's
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  for
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  every
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  one
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  of
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  us.
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  Stand
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  for
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  every
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  one
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  of
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  us.
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  She
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  saves
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  with
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  a
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  mighty
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  hand
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  Every
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  man,
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  every
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  woman,
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  every
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  child.
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  It's
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  the
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  mighty
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  M.
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  Verbal
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  Diorama.
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  Flash
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  Whatever.
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  Welcome
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  to
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  Verbal
• 2:03
  Diorama.
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  Whether
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  you
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  are
• 2:04
  a
• 2:04
  regular
• 2:04
  returning
• 2:05
  listener,
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  whether
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  you
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  are
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  a
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  brand
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  new
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  listener
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  to
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  this
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  podcast,
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  whether
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  you're
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  just
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  a
• 2:09
  visitor
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  from
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  the
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  planet
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  Mongo,
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  thank
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  you
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  for
• 2:11
  being
• 2:11
  here.
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  Thank
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  you
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  for
• 2:12
  choosing
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  to
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  listen
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  to
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  this
• 2:13
  podcast.
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  I
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  am
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  so
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  happy
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  to
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  have
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  you
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  here
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  for
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  the
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  history
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  and
• 2:17
  legacy
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  of
• 2:18
  of
• 2:18
  Flash
• 2:18
  Gordon.
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  This
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  is
• 2:20
  an
• 2:20
  episode
• 2:20
  that's
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  a
• 2:21
  long
• 2:21
  time
• 2:21
  coming
• 2:21
  to
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  this
• 2:22
  podcast,
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  I
• 2:23
  believe.
• 2:23
  I
• 2:24
  actually
• 2:24
  thought
• 2:24
  about
• 2:25
  doing
• 2:25
  this
• 2:25
  episode
• 2:25
  several
• 2:26
  years
• 2:26
  ago
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  and
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  I
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  wanted
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  to
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  wait,
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  to
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  be
• 2:29
  honest,
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  I
• 2:30
  wanted
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  to
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  wait
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  until
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  a
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  special
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  occasion.
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  And
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  whilst
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  I
• 2:35
  did
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  consider
• 2:36
  doing
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  it
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  for
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  the
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  300th
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  episode,
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  which
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  is
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  coming
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  soon,
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  I
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  decided,
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  you
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  know
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  what?
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  I
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  want
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  to
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  predate
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  the
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  300th
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  episode
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  extravaganza
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  with
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  Flash
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  Gordon.
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  So
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  that
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  is
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  what
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  I
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  am
• 2:48
  doing.
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  And
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  on
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  that
• 2:49
  topic,
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  huge
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  thanks
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  to
• 2:51
  everyone
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  who
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  listens
• 2:51
  to
• 2:52
  this
• 2:52
  podcast,
• 2:52
  who
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  supports
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  this
• 2:53
  podcast,
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  and
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  who
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  has
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  continued
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  to
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  do
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  so
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  over
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  the
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  last
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  six
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  years
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  and
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  now
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  296
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  episodes.
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  You
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  will
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  find
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  out
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  more
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  about
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  what's
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  happening
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  for
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  the
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  300th
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  episode
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  in
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  a
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  little
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  bit,
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  but
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  huge
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  thank
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  you
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  for
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  your
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  support.
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  It
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  means
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  so
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  much
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  to
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  a
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  small
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  indie
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  podcast
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  with
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  a
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  host
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  who
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  does
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  everything
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  on
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  own
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  to
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  have
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  people
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  who
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  regularly
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  support
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  and
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  listen
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  to
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  this
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  podcast.
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  So
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  huge
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  thank
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  you.
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  And
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  we're
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  going
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  from
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  last
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  week's
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  episode
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  on
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  Sister
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  act
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  and
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  a
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  blessed
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  time
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  with
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  his
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  Holiness
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  the
• 3:31
  Pope,
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  enjoying
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  some
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  gospel
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  infused
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  hymns,
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  to
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  actual
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  Brian
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  Blessed
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  and
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  some
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  rock
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  infused
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  science
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  fiction
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  of
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  the
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  highest
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  order.
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  I'm
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  not
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  gonna
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  dilly
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  dally
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  with
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  this
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  one.
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  It's
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  time
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  to
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  dive.
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  Sorry,
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  Brian,
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  you
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  do
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  it.
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  Into
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  the
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  history
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  and
• 3:49
  legacy
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  of
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  the
• 3:51
  science
• 3:51
  fiction
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  space
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  opera.
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  No,
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  not
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  that
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  one.
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  This
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  one.
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  Here's
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  the
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  trailer
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  for
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  Flash
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  Gordon.
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  American
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  football
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  hero
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  Flash
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  Gordon
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  is
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  skyjacked
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  aboard
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  Dr.
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  Hans
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  Zof's
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  rocket
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  ship,
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  along
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  with
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  travel
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  agent
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  Dale
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  Arden.
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  The
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  threesome
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  are
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  drawn
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  into
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  the
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  influence
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  of
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  the
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  planet
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  Mongo,
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  ruled
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  by
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  Emperor
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  Ming
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  the
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  Merciless.
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  The
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  evil
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  Ming
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  has
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  been
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  testing
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  Earth
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  with
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  unnatural
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  disasters
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  and
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  deeming
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  our
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  world
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  a
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  threat
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  to
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  his
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  rule.
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  He
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  also
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  intends
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  to
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  take
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  Dale
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  as
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  his
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  concubine,
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  attempts
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  to
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  execute
• 5:26
  Flash
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  and
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  intends
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  to
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  destroy
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  Earth.
• 5:29
  Flash
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  must
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  avoid
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  the
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  amorous
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  attentions
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  of
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  Ming's
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  daughter
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  and
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  unite
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  the
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  warring
• 5:34
  kingdoms
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  of
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  Mungo
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  to
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  rescue
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  Dale
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  and
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  save
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  every
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  one
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  of
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  us.
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  Let's,
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  as
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  always,
• 5:41
  run
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  through
• 5:41
  the
• 5:41
  cast.
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  We
• 5:42
  have
• 5:42
  Sam
• 5:43
  J.
• 5:43
  Jones
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  as
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  Flash
• 5:44
  Gordon,
• 5:45
  Melody
• 5:46
  Anderson
• 5:46
  as
• 5:46
  Dale
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  Arden,
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  Max
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  von
• 5:49
  Sydow
• 5:49
  as
• 5:49
  Emperor
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  Ming
• 5:50
  the
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  Merciless,
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  Topol
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  as
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  Hans
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  Zharkov,
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  Onela
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  Muti
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  as
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  Princess
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  Aura,
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  Timothy
• 5:57
  Dalton
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  as
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  Prince
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  Baron,
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  Brian
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  Blessed
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  as
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  Prince
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  Fultan,
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  Peter
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  Wingard
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  as
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  General
• 6:04
  Cloitus,
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  Mariangela
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  Mulatto
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  as
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  General
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  Carla
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  and
• 6:09
  Richard
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  O'Brien
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  as
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  Vico.
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  Flash
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  Gordon
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  has
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  a
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  screenplay
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  by
• 6:14
  Lorenzo
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  Semple
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  Jr.
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  An
• 6:16
  adaptation
• 6:17
  by
• 6:17
  Michael
• 6:17
  Allen,
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  was
• 6:18
  directed
• 6:19
  by
• 6:19
  Mike
• 6:20
  Hodges
• 6:21
  and
• 6:21
  was
• 6:21
  based
• 6:22
  on
• 6:22
  characters
• 6:22
  created
• 6:23
  by
• 6:23
  Alex
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  Raymond.
• 6:25
  In
• 6:26
  the
• 6:26
  summer
• 6:26
  of
• 6:26
  1980,
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  a
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  long
• 6:28
  awaited
• 6:28
  space
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  opera
• 6:29
  movie
• 6:29
  was
• 6:29
  released.
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  A
• 6:30
  huge
• 6:30
  success.
• 6:31
  That
• 6:32
  movie
• 6:32
  was
• 6:32
  the
• 6:33
  Empire
• 6:33
  Strikes
• 6:34
  Back,
• 6:34
  the
• 6:34
  sequel
• 6:34
  to
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  one
• 6:35
  of
• 6:35
  the
• 6:35
  biggest
• 6:35
  movies
• 6:36
  of
• 6:36
  the
• 6:36
  70s,
• 6:37
  Star
• 6:37
  Wars.
• 6:38
  A
• 6:38
  few
• 6:39
  months
• 6:39
  later,
• 6:39
  in
• 6:40
  December
• 6:40
  1980,
• 6:41
  another
• 6:42
  space
• 6:42
  opera
• 6:42
  movie
• 6:43
  came
• 6:43
  out
• 6:43
  with
• 6:44
  a
• 6:44
  dashing
• 6:44
  hero,
• 6:45
  a
• 6:45
  beautiful
• 6:46
  princess,
• 6:47
  various
• 6:47
  creatures
• 6:48
  and
• 6:48
  alliances
• 6:49
  made
• 6:49
  to
• 6:50
  overthrow
• 6:50
  an
• 6:50
  emperor.
• 6:51
  I'm
• 6:51
  sure
• 6:52
  many
• 6:52
  people
• 6:52
  at
• 6:52
  the
• 6:52
  time
• 6:53
  thought,
• 6:53
  what
• 6:54
  was
• 6:54
  this
• 6:55
  Star
• 6:55
  wars
• 6:55
  clone?
• 6:56
  Except
• 6:57
  what
• 6:57
  many
• 6:57
  moviegoers
• 6:58
  didn't
• 6:58
  realize
• 6:59
  was
• 7:00
  Star
• 7:00
  wars
• 7:01
  was
• 7:01
  the
• 7:01
  clone.
• 7:02
  Flash
• 7:02
  Gordon
• 7:03
  was
• 7:03
  the
• 7:03
  original,
• 7:04
  the
• 7:04
  one
• 7:05
  who
• 7:05
  inspired
• 7:06
  it
• 7:06
  all.
• 7:07
  The
• 7:07
  story
• 7:07
  of
• 7:07
  Flash
• 7:08
  Gordon
• 7:08
  doesn't
• 7:09
  start
• 7:09
  with
• 7:09
  Flash
• 7:09
  Gordon.
• 7:10
  It
• 7:10
  starts
• 7:10
  with
• 7:11
  Anthony
• 7:11
  Rogers,
• 7:12
  the
• 7:12
  lead
• 7:13
  of
• 7:13
  the
• 7:13
  short
• 7:13
  stories
• 7:14
  Armageddon
• 7:15
  2419
• 7:16
  AD
• 7:16
  and
• 7:16
  the
• 7:17
  Air
• 7:17
  Lords
• 7:17
  of
• 7:17
  Han
• 7:18
  in
• 7:18
  1928.
• 7:19
  The
• 7:20
  character
• 7:20
  was
• 7:20
  renamed
• 7:21
  Buck
• 7:21
  Rogers
• 7:22
  in
• 7:22
  1929,
• 7:23
  and
• 7:23
  the
• 7:23
  comic
• 7:24
  series
• 7:24
  he
• 7:24
  starred
• 7:25
  in,
• 7:25
  set
• 7:25
  in
• 7:26
  the
• 7:26
  futuristic
• 7:26
  25th
• 7:27
  century,
• 7:28
  featured
• 7:28
  prominently
• 7:29
  in
• 7:29
  US
• 7:30
  newspapers,
• 7:31
  becoming
• 7:31
  one
• 7:31
  of
• 7:31
  the
• 7:32
  most
• 7:32
  successful
• 7:32
  comic
• 7:33
  strips
• 7:33
  in
• 7:33
  the
• 7:33
  country.
• 7:34
  Of
• 7:35
  course,
• 7:35
  Buck
• 7:35
  Rogers
• 7:36
  inspired
• 7:36
  a
• 7:37
  slew
• 7:37
  of
• 7:37
  clones
• 7:38
  Many
• 7:38
  of
• 7:38
  which
• 7:39
  just
• 7:39
  didn't
• 7:39
  come
• 7:40
  close
• 7:40
  to
• 7:40
  his
• 7:40
  success,
• 7:41
  except
• 7:42
  for
• 7:42
  one
• 7:43
  which
• 7:43
  surpassed
• 7:44
  Buck
• 7:44
  Rogers
• 7:44
  in
• 7:45
  every
• 7:45
  respect
• 7:46
  in
• 7:46
  his
• 7:47
  debut
• 7:47
  in
• 7:47
  1934.
• 7:50
  Originally,
• 7:51
  King
• 7:51
  features
• 7:51
  Syndicate
• 7:52
  had
• 7:52
  attempted
• 7:52
  to
• 7:52
  get
• 7:53
  the
• 7:53
  rights
• 7:53
  to
• 7:53
  the
• 7:53
  John
• 7:54
  Carter
• 7:54
  of
• 7:54
  Mars
• 7:55
  stories
• 7:55
  by
• 7:55
  Edgar
• 7:56
  Rice
• 7:56
  Burroughs.
• 7:57
  Failing
• 7:58
  that,
• 7:58
  they
• 7:58
  enlisted
• 7:59
  one
• 7:59
  of
• 7:59
  their
• 7:59
  staff
• 7:59
  artists,
• 8:00
  Alex
• 8:01
  Raymond,
• 8:01
  to
• 8:01
  create
• 8:02
  a
• 8:02
  science
• 8:03
  fiction
• 8:03
  comic
• 8:03
  strip
• 8:04
  similar
• 8:04
  to
• 8:05
  Buck
• 8:05
  Rogers,
• 8:06
  following
• 8:06
  the
• 8:07
  adventures
• 8:07
  of
• 8:07
  Flash
• 8:08
  Gordon,
• 8:08
  a
• 8:08
  handsome
• 8:09
  polo
• 8:09
  player
• 8:09
  and
• 8:09
  Yale
• 8:10
  University
• 8:10
  graduate,
• 8:11
  and
• 8:12
  his
• 8:12
  companions
• 8:12
  dale
• 8:13
  Arden
• 8:13
  and
• 8:13
  Dr.
• 8:14
  Han
• 8:14
  Zharkov.
• 8:15
  The
• 8:15
  story
• 8:15
  begins
• 8:16
  with
• 8:16
  Earth
• 8:16
  threatened
• 8:17
  by
• 8:17
  a
• 8:17
  collision
• 8:17
  with
• 8:18
  the
• 8:18
  planet
• 8:18
  Mongo,
• 8:19
  where
• 8:19
  they
• 8:19
  come
• 8:19
  into
• 8:20
  conflict
• 8:20
  with
• 8:20
  Ming
• 8:21
  the
• 8:21
  Merciless,
• 8:21
  Mongo's
• 8:22
  evil
• 8:22
  emperor.
• 8:23
  Known
• 8:24
  for
• 8:24
  their
• 8:24
  vivid,
• 8:24
  colorful
• 8:25
  depictions
• 8:25
  of
• 8:25
  the
• 8:26
  future,
• 8:26
  it
• 8:26
  was
• 8:27
  a
• 8:27
  stark
• 8:27
  contrast
• 8:28
  to
• 8:28
  Buck
• 8:28
  Roger's
• 8:29
  black
• 8:29
  and
• 8:29
  white
• 8:30
  illustrations.
• 8:31
  The
• 8:31
  Flash
• 8:31
  Gordon
• 8:32
  comic
• 8:32
  strip
• 8:32
  became
• 8:32
  one
• 8:33
  of
• 8:33
  the
• 8:33
  most
• 8:33
  popular
• 8:33
  American
• 8:34
  comic
• 8:34
  strips
• 8:35
  of
• 8:35
  the
• 8:35
  1930s
• 8:36
  and
• 8:36
  ran
• 8:37
  as
• 8:37
  a
• 8:37
  Sunday
• 8:37
  strip
• 8:38
  from
• 8:38
  1934
• 8:39
  until
• 8:39
  2003
• 8:40
  and
• 8:41
  a
• 8:41
  daily
• 8:41
  strip
• 8:41
  from
• 8:42
  1940
• 8:42
  to
• 8:43
  1944
• 8:44
  and
• 8:44
  1951
• 8:45
  to
• 8:45
  1992.
• 8:47
  Reprints
• 8:47
  of
• 8:47
  the
• 8:48
  Sunday
• 8:48
  strip
• 8:48
  was
• 8:48
  syndicated
• 8:49
  by
• 8:49
  King
• 8:50
  feature
• 8:50
  syndicate
• 8:50
  from
• 8:51
  2003
• 8:52
  until
• 8:52
  2023,
• 8:54
  when
• 8:54
  Flash
• 8:54
  Gordon
• 8:55
  was
• 8:55
  relaunched
• 8:56
  with
• 8:56
  a
• 8:56
  new
• 8:56
  daily
• 8:57
  and
• 8:57
  Sunday
• 8:57
  strip.
• 8:58
  In
• 8:59
  April
• 8:59
  1935,
• 9:00
  the
• 9:00
  strip
• 9:00
  was
• 9:01
  adapted
• 9:01
  into
• 9:01
  the
• 9:01
  Amazing
• 9:02
  Interplanetary
• 9:03
  Adventures
• 9:03
  of
• 9:03
  Flash
• 9:04
  Gordon,
• 9:04
  a
• 9:05
  26
• 9:05
  episode
• 9:06
  weekly
• 9:06
  radio
• 9:07
  serial
• 9:07
  with
• 9:08
  Flash
• 9:08
  Gordon
• 9:09
  voiced
• 9:09
  by
• 9:09
  Gail
• 9:10
  Gordon.
• 9:11
  The
• 9:11
  series
• 9:11
  ended
• 9:12
  in
• 9:12
  October
• 9:12
  1935.
• 9:14
  That
• 9:14
  same
• 9:15
  month,
• 9:15
  in
• 9:15
  October
• 9:16
  1935,
• 9:17
  the
• 9:17
  further
• 9:18
  interplanetary
• 9:18
  Adventures
• 9:19
  of
• 9:19
  Flash
• 9:19
  Gordon
• 9:20
  debuted
• 9:20
  as
• 9:21
  a
• 9:21
  daily
• 9:21
  show
• 9:22
  airing
• 9:22
  60
• 9:23
  episodes,
• 9:23
  ending
• 9:24
  in
• 9:24
  February
• 9:25
  1936.
• 9:27
  Flash
• 9:27
  Gordon
• 9:28
  is
• 9:28
  regarded
• 9:29
  as
• 9:29
  one
• 9:29
  of
• 9:29
  the
• 9:29
  best
• 9:30
  illustrated
• 9:30
  and
• 9:31
  most
• 9:31
  influential
• 9:32
  of
• 9:32
  American
• 9:32
  adventure
• 9:33
  comic
• 9:33
  strips.
• 9:34
  Alex
• 9:34
  Raymond
• 9:35
  was
• 9:35
  considered
• 9:35
  one
• 9:36
  of
• 9:36
  the
• 9:36
  most
• 9:36
  famous
• 9:36
  science
• 9:37
  fiction
• 9:37
  artists
• 9:37
  of
• 9:38
  all
• 9:38
  time,
• 9:38
  and
• 9:39
  his
• 9:39
  artistry
• 9:39
  and
• 9:40
  rich
• 9:40
  imagination
• 9:41
  led
• 9:41
  to
• 9:42
  Flash
• 9:42
  Gordon
• 9:43
  becoming
• 9:43
  a
• 9:43
  movie
• 9:44
  serial
• 9:44
  in
• 9:44
  1936
• 9:46
  starring
• 9:46
  Buster
• 9:47
  Krab
• 9:47
  as
• 9:47
  Flash
• 9:48
  Gordon.
• 9:48
  After
• 9:49
  Universal
• 9:50
  took
• 9:50
  the
• 9:50
  gamble
• 9:50
  and
• 9:51
  spent
• 9:51
  a
• 9:51
  large
• 9:51
  amount
• 9:52
  of
• 9:52
  money
• 9:52
  to
• 9:53
  make
• 9:53
  the
• 9:53
  serials
• 9:54
  a
• 9:54
  reality,
• 9:55
  Buster
• 9:56
  Krab
• 9:56
  was
• 9:57
  not
• 9:57
  only
• 9:58
  an
• 9:58
  Olympian,
• 9:58
  winning
• 9:59
  an
• 9:59
  Olympic
• 9:59
  bronze
• 10:00
  medal
• 10:00
  in
• 10:00
  1928
• 10:01
  for
• 10:01
  the
• 10:01
  1500
• 10:02
  meter
• 10:02
  freestyle
• 10:03
  and
• 10:04
  an
• 10:04
  Olympic
• 10:04
  gold
• 10:05
  medalist
• 10:06
  winning
• 10:06
  in
• 10:06
  1932
• 10:07
  for
• 10:08
  the
• 10:08
  400
• 10:08
  meter
• 10:09
  freestyle
• 10:09
  swimming
• 10:10
  event,
• 10:10
  he
• 10:11
  also
• 10:11
  starred
• 10:11
  as
• 10:12
  Tarzan
• 10:12
  in
• 10:13
  1933.
• 10:14
  He
• 10:14
  was
• 10:14
  Flash
• 10:15
  Gordon
• 10:15
  in
• 10:15
  1936,
• 10:16
  1938
• 10:17
  and
• 10:18
  1940,
• 10:19
  and
• 10:19
  also
• 10:19
  Flash
• 10:20
  Gordon's
• 10:20
  rival
• 10:21
  Buck
• 10:21
  Rogers
• 10:22
  in
• 10:22
  1939.
• 10:23
  The
• 10:24
  first
• 10:24
  1936
• 10:25
  serial
• 10:25
  was
• 10:26
  13
• 10:26
  chapters
• 10:27
  and
• 10:27
  aired
• 10:27
  exclusively
• 10:28
  in
• 10:28
  US
• 10:28
  theaters,
• 10:29
  usually
• 10:29
  before
• 10:30
  the
• 10:30
  main
• 10:30
  feature
• 10:31
  always
• 10:32
  ending
• 10:32
  on
• 10:32
  a
• 10:32
  cliffhanger
• 10:33
  so
• 10:33
  viewers
• 10:33
  would
• 10:34
  return
• 10:34
  the
• 10:34
  next
• 10:35
  week.
• 10:35
  Two
• 10:36
  sequels
• 10:36
  followed
• 10:37
  Flash
• 10:37
  Gordon's
• 10:38
  Trip
• 10:38
  to
• 10:38
  Mars,
• 10:39
  which
• 10:39
  was
• 10:39
  15
• 10:39
  chapters
• 10:40
  in
• 10:40
  1938
• 10:41
  and
• 10:42
  Flash
• 10:42
  Gordon
• 10:42
  Conquers
• 10:43
  the
• 10:43
  Universe,
• 10:43
  which
• 10:44
  was
• 10:44
  12
• 10:44
  chapters
• 10:45
  in
• 10:45
  1940.
• 10:46
  It
• 10:47
  cost
• 10:47
  a
• 10:47
  reported
• 10:48
  $350,000
• 10:50
  to
• 10:50
  make.
• 10:50
  And
• 10:51
  like
• 10:51
  the
• 10:51
  1980
• 10:52
  movie
• 10:52
  I'm
• 10:52
  Coming
• 10:53
  to
• 10:53
  Cragg
• 10:54
  dyed
• 10:54
  his
• 10:54
  dark
• 10:55
  hair
• 10:55
  blonde
• 10:55
  for
• 10:55
  the
• 10:56
  role.
• 10:56
  Sets
• 10:57
  and
• 10:57
  props
• 10:57
  from
• 10:58
  Universal
• 10:58
  films
• 10:59
  like
• 10:59
  Frankenstein,
• 11:00
  Dracula,
• 11:01
  Bride
• 11:01
  of
• 11:02
  Frankenstein,
• 11:03
  Dracula's
• 11:03
  Daughter,
• 11:04
  and
• 11:04
  even
• 11:05
  the
• 11:05
  1923
• 11:06
  silent
• 11:06
  movie
• 11:06
  the
• 11:06
  Hunchback
• 11:07
  of
• 11:07
  Notre
• 11:07
  Dame
• 11:08
  all
• 11:08
  appeared
• 11:09
  in
• 11:09
  Flash
• 11:10
  Gordon.
• 11:10
  To
• 11:10
  keep
• 11:11
  costs
• 11:11
  low
• 11:13
  for
• 11:13
  syndication
• 11:13
  to
• 11:14
  TV
• 11:14
  in
• 11:14
  the
• 11:14
  1950s,
• 11:15
  the
• 11:15
  serial
• 11:15
  was
• 11:16
  renamed
• 11:16
  Space
• 11:17
  Soldiers
• 11:17
  so
• 11:18
  as
• 11:18
  not
• 11:18
  to
• 11:18
  be
• 11:18
  confused
• 11:19
  with
• 11:19
  the
• 11:19
  newly
• 11:19
  made
• 11:20
  live
• 11:20
  action
• 11:21
  TV
• 11:21
  series
• 11:22
  Flash
• 11:22
  Gordon,
• 11:23
  which
• 11:23
  aired
• 11:23
  between
• 11:24
  1954
• 11:25
  and
• 11:25
  1955
• 11:26
  starring
• 11:27
  Steve
• 11:27
  Holland.
• 11:28
  There
• 11:28
  was
• 11:28
  also
• 11:29
  an
• 11:29
  animated
• 11:29
  series
• 11:30
  from
• 11:30
  1979
• 11:31
  to
• 11:31
  1982
• 11:32
  also
• 11:33
  called
• 11:33
  Flash
• 11:33
  Gordon
• 11:34
  and
• 11:34
  sometimes
• 11:35
  called
• 11:35
  the
• 11:35
  New
• 11:35
  Adventures
• 11:36
  of
• 11:36
  Flash
• 11:36
  Gordon.
• 11:37
  And
• 11:37
  there
• 11:37
  was
• 11:37
  also
• 11:38
  Flash
• 11:38
  Gordon,
• 11:39
  the
• 11:39
  Greatest
• 11:39
  Adventure
• 11:40
  of
• 11:40
  all,
• 11:40
  an
• 11:41
  animated
• 11:41
  TV
• 11:42
  movie
• 11:42
  in
• 11:42
  1981.
• 11:44
  Flash
• 11:44
  also
• 11:45
  shows
• 11:45
  up
• 11:45
  as
• 11:45
  a
• 11:45
  main
• 11:46
  character
• 11:46
  in
• 11:46
  Defenders
• 11:47
  of
• 11:47
  the
• 11:47
  Earth,
• 11:48
  the
• 11:48
  animated
• 11:48
  series
• 11:49
  from
• 11:49
  1986,
• 11:50
  where
• 11:50
  he
• 11:50
  teams
• 11:51
  up
• 11:51
  with
• 11:51
  fellow
• 11:51
  King
• 11:52
  features
• 11:52
  heroes
• 11:53
  the
• 11:53
  Phantom
• 11:53
  and
• 11:53
  Mandrake
• 11:54
  the
• 11:54
  Magician.
• 11:55
  Flash
• 11:56
  had
• 11:56
  another
• 11:56
  animated
• 11:57
  series
• 11:57
  in
• 11:57
  1996
• 11:59
  and
• 11:59
  a
• 11:59
  live
• 11:59
  action
• 12:00
  series
• 12:00
  from
• 12:00
  2007
• 12:01
  to
• 12:02
  2008
• 12:03
  starring
• 12:03
  Eric
• 12:04
  Johnson
• 12:04
  as
• 12:05
  Stephen
• 12:05
  Flash
• 12:06
  Gordon.
• 12:06
  There
• 12:07
  was
• 12:07
  an
• 12:07
  even
• 12:07
  more
• 12:08
  adult
• 12:08
  adaptation
• 12:09
  in
• 12:09
  1976
• 12:10
  called
• 12:11
  Flesh
• 12:11
  Gordon.
• 12:12
  I'm
• 12:13
  not
• 12:13
  going
• 12:13
  to
• 12:13
  elaborate
• 12:14
  on
• 12:14
  what
• 12:15
  that's
• 12:15
  about
• 12:15
  because
• 12:16
  this
• 12:16
  is
• 12:16
  a
• 12:16
  family
• 12:16
  friendly
• 12:17
  show
• 12:18
  video
• 12:18
  game
• 12:18
  wise.
• 12:19
  In
• 12:19
  1986,
• 12:20
  there
• 12:20
  was
• 12:20
  Flash
• 12:20
  Gordon
• 12:21
  for
• 12:21
  the
• 12:21
  Amstrad
• 12:21
  CPC,
• 12:22
  Commodore
• 12:23
  64,
• 12:23
  ZX
• 12:24
  Spectrum
• 12:24
  and
• 12:25
  MSX.
• 12:26
  But
• 12:27
  the
• 12:28
  1936
• 12:29
  serial
• 12:29
  was
• 12:30
  special
• 12:30
  and
• 12:30
  it
• 12:30
  did
• 12:31
  something
• 12:31
  rather
• 12:32
  extraordinary.
• 12:33
  It
• 12:33
  may
• 12:34
  have
• 12:34
  been
• 12:34
  kitsch,
• 12:35
  campy
• 12:35
  and
• 12:36
  full
• 12:36
  of
• 12:36
  cliches,
• 12:37
  but
• 12:37
  it
• 12:38
  pioneered
• 12:38
  the
• 12:39
  cliches.
• 12:40
  Almost
• 12:40
  every
• 12:41
  plot
• 12:41
  device
• 12:42
  used
• 12:42
  by
• 12:42
  more
• 12:43
  modern
• 12:43
  science
• 12:43
  fiction
• 12:44
  can
• 12:44
  be
• 12:44
  traced
• 12:45
  back
• 12:45
  to
• 12:45
  Flash
• 12:46
  Gordon,
• 12:46
  a
• 12:47
  dashing
• 12:47
  all
• 12:47
  American
• 12:48
  hero,
• 12:49
  damsel
• 12:49
  in
• 12:49
  distress,
• 12:50
  cliffhangers,
• 12:51
  last
• 12:51
  minute
• 12:52
  rescues,
• 12:52
  someone
• 12:53
  not
• 12:53
  being
• 12:53
  dead
• 12:54
  after
• 12:54
  all,
• 12:54
  repressed
• 12:55
  sexuality,
• 12:56
  a
• 12:56
  galactic
• 12:57
  despot,
• 12:58
  multiple
• 12:58
  beautiful
• 12:59
  space
• 12:59
  princesses,
• 13:00
  control
• 13:01
  rooms
• 13:01
  with
• 13:01
  elaborate
• 13:02
  consoles,
• 13:03
  death
• 13:03
  rays
• 13:03
  used
• 13:04
  as
• 13:04
  superweapons,
• 13:05
  ray
• 13:05
  guns,
• 13:06
  the
• 13:06
  mad
• 13:06
  Scientist
• 13:07
  Ally,
• 13:07
  love
• 13:08
  triangles,
• 13:09
  love
• 13:09
  quadrangles,
• 13:10
  arena
• 13:11
  combat,
• 13:12
  characters
• 13:12
  frozen
• 13:13
  in
• 13:13
  suspended
• 13:13
  animation,
• 13:14
  mind
• 13:15
  control,
• 13:15
  multiple
• 13:16
  species
• 13:16
  living
• 13:17
  harmoniously.
• 13:18
  It
• 13:18
  had
• 13:19
  it
• 13:19
  all.
• 13:19
  It
• 13:20
  influenced
• 13:20
  Star
• 13:21
  Trek,
• 13:21
  Battlestar
• 13:22
  Galactica,
• 13:23
  Doctor
• 13:23
  who,
• 13:24
  and
• 13:24
  most
• 13:24
  famously,
• 13:25
  Star
• 13:25
  Wars.
• 13:26
  And
• 13:26
  I'm
• 13:26
  coming
• 13:26
  to
• 13:26
  that.
• 13:27
  It
• 13:27
  would
• 13:27
  also
• 13:28
  ironically
• 13:29
  influence
• 13:29
  The
• 13:29
  Buck
• 13:30
  Rogers
• 13:30
  TV
• 13:31
  series
• 13:31
  from
• 13:31
  1979
• 13:32
  to
• 13:33
  1981.
• 13:35
  Even
• 13:35
  though
• 13:35
  the
• 13:35
  original
• 13:36
  1936
• 13:37
  Flash
• 13:37
  Gordon
• 13:38
  serial
• 13:38
  wasn't
• 13:39
  the
• 13:39
  most
• 13:39
  elegant
• 13:40
  production,
• 13:40
  it
• 13:41
  stood
• 13:41
  out
• 13:41
  from
• 13:41
  other
• 13:42
  modern
• 13:42
  TV
• 13:43
  shows,
• 13:43
  thanks
• 13:44
  in
• 13:44
  part
• 13:44
  to
• 13:44
  its
• 13:44
  excellent
• 13:45
  casting
• 13:46
  and
• 13:46
  of
• 13:46
  course
• 13:46
  the
• 13:47
  screenwriter's
• 13:48
  excellent
• 13:48
  adaptation
• 13:49
  of
• 13:49
  the
• 13:49
  concept
• 13:50
  created
• 13:50
  by
• 13:50
  Alex
• 13:51
  Raymond.
• 13:52
  Due
• 13:52
  in
• 13:52
  part
• 13:52
  to
• 13:53
  financial
• 13:53
  constraints,
• 13:54
  but
• 13:54
  primarily
• 13:54
  to
• 13:54
  subpar
• 13:55
  screenplays
• 13:56
  and
• 13:56
  the
• 13:56
  perception
• 13:57
  of
• 13:57
  science
• 13:57
  fiction
• 13:58
  as
• 13:58
  juvenile
• 13:59
  entertainment,
• 14:00
  no
• 14:00
  subsequent
• 14:01
  serials
• 14:02
  were
• 14:02
  ever
• 14:02
  able
• 14:03
  to
• 14:03
  surpass
• 14:04
  or
• 14:04
  even
• 14:04
  come
• 14:05
  close
• 14:05
  to
• 14:05
  matching
• 14:06
  Flash
• 14:06
  Gordon.
• 14:07
  But
• 14:07
  the
• 14:07
  swashbuckling
• 14:08
  hero
• 14:09
  led
• 14:09
  space
• 14:09
  opera
• 14:10
  seemed
• 14:10
  the
• 14:10
  perfect
• 14:11
  thing
• 14:11
  for
• 14:11
  the
• 14:11
  big
• 14:11
  screen.
• 14:12
  And
• 14:12
  in
• 14:12
  the
• 14:13
  60s,
• 14:13
  Dino
• 14:14
  de
• 14:14
  Laurentiis,
• 14:15
  fresh
• 14:15
  from
• 14:15
  producing
• 14:16
  the
• 14:16
  adaptation
• 14:16
  of
• 14:17
  Barbarella,
• 14:18
  acquired
• 14:18
  the
• 14:18
  rights
• 14:19
  to
• 14:19
  make
• 14:19
  Flash
• 14:19
  Gordon,
• 14:20
  with
• 14:20
  a
• 14:21
  desire
• 14:21
  for
• 14:21
  Italian
• 14:22
  director
• 14:22
  Federico
• 14:23
  Fellini
• 14:24
  to
• 14:24
  direct.
• 14:25
  Now,
• 14:25
  the
• 14:25
  name
• 14:26
  Dino
• 14:26
  De
• 14:26
  Laurentiis
• 14:27
  might
• 14:27
  not
• 14:27
  mean
• 14:28
  much
• 14:28
  to
• 14:28
  modern
• 14:29
  cinemagoers.
• 14:30
  He
• 14:30
  died
• 14:30
  in
• 14:31
  2010,
• 14:31
  aged
• 14:32
  91.
• 14:33
  But
• 14:33
  he
• 14:33
  was
• 14:33
  instrumental
• 14:34
  to
• 14:34
  Italian
• 14:35
  cinema
• 14:36
  as
• 14:36
  well
• 14:36
  as
• 14:36
  Hollywood
• 14:37
  cinema.
• 14:38
  He
• 14:38
  was
• 14:38
  a
• 14:38
  Hollywood
• 14:39
  mogul,
• 14:39
  in
• 14:39
  all
• 14:40
  senses
• 14:40
  of
• 14:40
  the
• 14:40
  word.
• 14:41
  Dino
• 14:42
  De
• 14:42
  Laurentiis
• 14:43
  had
• 14:43
  arrived
• 14:43
  in
• 14:43
  Hollywood
• 14:44
  from
• 14:44
  his
• 14:44
  native
• 14:44
  Italy
• 14:45
  at
• 14:45
  the
• 14:45
  start
• 14:45
  of
• 14:46
  the
• 14:46
  70s
• 14:46
  with
• 14:47
  big
• 14:47
  ambitions.
• 14:48
  He
• 14:48
  produced
• 14:49
  over
• 14:49
  500
• 14:50
  films
• 14:50
  in
• 14:50
  his
• 14:51
  lifetime,
• 14:52
  with
• 14:52
  38
• 14:52
  of
• 14:53
  them
• 14:53
  receiving
• 14:53
  Academy
• 14:54
  Award
• 14:54
  nominations
• 14:55
  and
• 14:56
  one,
• 14:56
  La
• 14:56
  Strada,
• 14:57
  winning
• 14:58
  the
• 14:58
  Academy
• 14:58
  Award
• 14:59
  for
• 14:59
  Best
• 14:59
  Foreign
• 14:59
  language
• 15:00
  film
• 15:00
  in
• 15:00
  1954.
• 15:02
  He
• 15:02
  was
• 15:02
  mostly
• 15:03
  known
• 15:03
  for
• 15:03
  producing
• 15:03
  or
• 15:04
  executively
• 15:05
  producing
• 15:05
  movies
• 15:06
  like
• 15:06
  Barbarella,
• 15:07
  danger,
• 15:08
  Diabolic,
• 15:09
  the
• 15:09
  1976
• 15:10
  King
• 15:10
  Kong
• 15:10
  remake,
• 15:11
  Serpico,
• 15:12
  Death
• 15:13
  Wish,
• 15:13
  and
• 15:14
  Three
• 15:14
  Days
• 15:14
  the
• 15:14
  Condor.
• 15:15
  He'd
• 15:16
  continued
• 15:16
  to
• 15:16
  produce
• 15:17
  after
• 15:17
  Flash
• 15:17
  Gordon,
• 15:18
  including
• 15:19
  cult
• 15:19
  favorites
• 15:20
  like
• 15:20
  Conan
• 15:21
  the
• 15:21
  Barbarian,
• 15:22
  Conan
• 15:22
  the
• 15:22
  Destroyer,
• 15:23
  Red
• 15:23
  Sonja,
• 15:24
  David
• 15:24
  Lynch's
• 15:25
  Dune,
• 15:26
  Halloween
• 15:26
  2,
• 15:27
  Evil
• 15:27
  Dead
• 15:27
  2,
• 15:28
  and
• 15:28
  army
• 15:28
  of
• 15:28
  Darkness.
• 15:29
  He
• 15:30
  also
• 15:30
  produced
• 15:30
  the
• 15:31
  first
• 15:31
  Hannibal
• 15:31
  Lecter
• 15:32
  film,
• 15:32
  Manhunter.
• 15:33
  And
• 15:33
  while
• 15:34
  he
• 15:34
  wasn't
• 15:34
  involved
• 15:35
  in
• 15:35
  Silence
• 15:35
  of
• 15:35
  the
• 15:35
  Lambs,
• 15:36
  he
• 15:36
  was
• 15:37
  with
• 15:37
  the
• 15:37
  follow
• 15:37
  ups
• 15:38
  Hannibal
• 15:39
  and
• 15:39
  Red
• 15:39
  Dragon
• 15:40
  and
• 15:40
  the
• 15:40
  prequel
• 15:41
  Hannibal
• 15:41
  Rising.
• 15:42
  And
• 15:42
  a
• 15:42
  lot
• 15:42
  of
• 15:42
  the
• 15:43
  roles
• 15:43
  that
• 15:43
  he
• 15:43
  took
• 15:44
  were
• 15:44
  also
• 15:44
  uncredited
• 15:45
  as
• 15:45
  well.
• 15:46
  La
• 15:46
  Strada,
• 15:47
  the
• 15:47
  only
• 15:47
  of
• 15:48
  his
• 15:48
  films
• 15:48
  to
• 15:48
  win
• 15:48
  an
• 15:48
  Academy
• 15:49
  Award,
• 15:49
  would
• 15:50
  be
• 15:50
  directed
• 15:51
  by
• 15:51
  Federico
• 15:52
  Fellini.
• 15:53
  Fellini
• 15:53
  would
• 15:54
  option
• 15:54
  the
• 15:54
  rights
• 15:54
  for
• 15:55
  Flash
• 15:55
  Gordon
• 15:55
  from
• 15:55
  Dino
• 15:56
  De
• 15:56
  Laurentiis,
• 15:57
  but
• 15:57
  ultimately
• 15:57
  wouldn't
• 15:58
  make
• 15:58
  the
• 15:58
  film.
• 15:59
  He
• 15:59
  would
• 15:59
  have
• 16:00
  a
• 16:00
  character
• 16:00
  named
• 16:00
  after
• 16:01
  him
• 16:01
  in
• 16:01
  the
• 16:01
  1980
• 16:02
  movie
• 16:03
  as
• 16:03
  a
• 16:03
  nod
• 16:03
  to
• 16:04
  him.
• 16:04
  George
• 16:05
  Lucas
• 16:06
  famously
• 16:07
  wanted
• 16:07
  to
• 16:07
  get
• 16:07
  the
• 16:07
  rights
• 16:08
  to
• 16:08
  Flash
• 16:08
  Gordon
• 16:08
  in
• 16:08
  the
• 16:09
  1970s,
• 16:10
  but
• 16:10
  Dino
• 16:10
  de
• 16:10
  Laurentiis
• 16:11
  wouldn't
• 16:12
  give
• 16:12
  them
• 16:12
  to
• 16:12
  him.
• 16:13
  So
• 16:13
  George
• 16:14
  Lucas
• 16:14
  went
• 16:15
  off
• 16:15
  to
• 16:15
  make
• 16:15
  his
• 16:16
  own
• 16:16
  Flash
• 16:16
  Gordon,
• 16:17
  which
• 16:17
  he
• 16:17
  called
• 16:18
  Star
• 16:18
  wars.
• 16:19
  And
• 16:19
  the
• 16:19
  rest,
• 16:20
  as
• 16:20
  they
• 16:20
  say,
• 16:20
  is
• 16:20
  history.
• 16:21
  In
• 16:22
  the
• 16:22
  meantime,
• 16:22
  De
• 16:22
  Laurentiis
• 16:23
  hired
• 16:23
  Nicholas
• 16:24
  Roeg
• 16:24
  to
• 16:25
  make
• 16:25
  Flash
• 16:25
  Gordon.
• 16:26
  Roeg
• 16:27
  was
• 16:27
  most
• 16:27
  well
• 16:27
  known
• 16:27
  for
• 16:28
  directing
• 16:28
  Don't
• 16:28
  look
• 16:29
  now
• 16:29
  and
• 16:29
  the
• 16:29
  man
• 16:29
  who
• 16:30
  Fell
• 16:30
  to
• 16:30
  Earth.
• 16:31
  Roeg,
• 16:32
  a
• 16:32
  fan
• 16:32
  of
• 16:32
  the
• 16:32
  comic
• 16:32
  strip,
• 16:33
  would
• 16:33
  spend
• 16:34
  a
• 16:34
  year
• 16:34
  in
• 16:34
  pre
• 16:34
  production
• 16:35
  working
• 16:35
  with
• 16:36
  Michael
• 16:36
  Allen
• 16:37
  on
• 16:37
  the
• 16:37
  script
• 16:38
  with
• 16:38
  longtime
• 16:38
  friend
• 16:39
  of
• 16:39
  De
• 16:39
  Laurentiis,
• 16:40
  Danilo
• 16:40
  Donati
• 16:41
  as
• 16:41
  the
• 16:41
  production
• 16:42
  designer
• 16:42
  and
• 16:43
  costume
• 16:43
  designer.
• 16:44
  At
• 16:44
  that
• 16:45
  point,
• 16:45
  several
• 16:45
  movies
• 16:46
  were
• 16:46
  being
• 16:46
  mooted,
• 16:47
  sets
• 16:47
  were
• 16:48
  being
• 16:48
  built,
• 16:48
  and
• 16:49
  Mike
• 16:49
  Hodges
• 16:50
  was
• 16:50
  lined
• 16:50
  up
• 16:50
  to
• 16:51
  direct
• 16:51
  the
• 16:51
  sequel
• 16:52
  to
• 16:52
  Flash
• 16:53
  Gordon.
• 16:53
  And
• 16:54
  that's
• 16:54
  an
• 16:54
  important
• 16:54
  point
• 16:54
  that
• 16:54
  I'm
• 16:55
  going
• 16:55
  to
• 16:55
  come
• 16:55
  to.
• 16:55
  So
• 16:55
  they
• 16:56
  were
• 16:56
  originally
• 16:57
  talking
• 16:57
  about
• 16:58
  Nicholas
• 16:59
  Rogue
• 16:59
  to
• 16:59
  direct
• 17:00
  the
• 17:00
  first
• 17:00
  movie
• 17:01
  and
• 17:01
  Mike
• 17:02
  Hodges
• 17:02
  to
• 17:02
  direct
• 17:03
  the
• 17:03
  sequel.
• 17:04
  But
• 17:05
  Dino
• 17:05
  Darentis
• 17:06
  wasn't
• 17:07
  happy
• 17:07
  with
• 17:08
  the
• 17:08
  work
• 17:08
  that
• 17:08
  Nicholas
• 17:09
  Roeg
• 17:09
  was
• 17:09
  doing.
• 17:10
  He
• 17:10
  wanted
• 17:11
  something
• 17:11
  fun
• 17:11
  and
• 17:12
  playful
• 17:12
  that
• 17:13
  could
• 17:13
  start
• 17:13
  a
• 17:13
  franchise,
• 17:14
  rather
• 17:14
  than
• 17:15
  the
• 17:15
  idea
• 17:15
  that
• 17:15
  they
• 17:16
  were
• 17:16
  working
• 17:16
  with,
• 17:16
  which
• 17:17
  was
• 17:17
  Ming
• 17:17
  the
• 17:18
  Merciless
• 17:18
  chasing
• 17:19
  Flash
• 17:19
  and
• 17:19
  Dale
• 17:20
  across
• 17:20
  the
• 17:20
  galaxy
• 17:21
  just
• 17:21
  so
• 17:21
  he
• 17:22
  could
• 17:22
  procreate
• 17:22
  with
• 17:23
  Dale.
• 17:24
  The
• 17:24
  budget
• 17:24
  ballooned
• 17:25
  and
• 17:25
  Nicholas
• 17:26
  Rogue
• 17:26
  would
• 17:26
  end
• 17:27
  up
• 17:27
  leaving
• 17:27
  the
• 17:27
  project.
• 17:28
  De
• 17:29
  Laurentiis
• 17:29
  even
• 17:29
  asked
• 17:30
  Sergio
• 17:30
  Leone
• 17:31
  if
• 17:31
  he
• 17:31
  would
• 17:31
  be
• 17:32
  interested
• 17:32
  in
• 17:32
  directing
• 17:33
  Flash
• 17:33
  Gordon.
• 17:34
  Leone
• 17:34
  was
• 17:34
  a
• 17:35
  fan
• 17:35
  of
• 17:35
  the
• 17:35
  comic
• 17:35
  strip,
• 17:36
  but
• 17:36
  declined
• 17:36
  because
• 17:37
  he
• 17:37
  wasn't
• 17:37
  happy
• 17:38
  with
• 17:38
  the
• 17:38
  script
• 17:38
  that
• 17:38
  had
• 17:38
  been
• 17:39
  completed
• 17:39
  thus
• 17:40
  far.
• 17:41
  De
• 17:41
  Laurentiis
• 17:42
  went
• 17:42
  back
• 17:43
  to
• 17:43
  Mike
• 17:43
  Hodges,
• 17:44
  though,
• 17:44
  and
• 17:44
  instead
• 17:45
  of
• 17:45
  him
• 17:45
  directing
• 17:46
  the
• 17:46
  sequel,
• 17:47
  persuaded
• 17:47
  him
• 17:47
  to
• 17:48
  take
• 17:48
  on
• 17:48
  the
• 17:48
  first
• 17:49
  movie,
• 17:49
  with
• 17:50
  De
• 17:50
  Laurentiis
• 17:51
  persuading
• 17:51
  a
• 17:51
  reluctant
• 17:52
  Hodges
• 17:52
  that
• 17:53
  he
• 17:53
  was
• 17:53
  the
• 17:53
  man
• 17:53
  for
• 17:53
  the
• 17:54
  job.
• 17:54
  By
• 17:55
  the
• 17:55
  time
• 17:55
  Hodges
• 17:56
  joined
• 17:56
  the
• 17:56
  movie,
• 17:57
  Dino
• 17:57
  De
• 17:57
  Laurentiis
• 17:58
  had
• 17:58
  restructured
• 17:59
  everything,
• 17:59
  asking
• 18:00
  his
• 18:00
  King
• 18:00
  Kong
• 18:01
  collaborator,
• 18:02
  Lorenzo
• 18:02
  Semple
• 18:03
  Jr.
• 18:03
  To
• 18:03
  write
• 18:04
  a
• 18:04
  new
• 18:04
  script
• 18:05
  more
• 18:05
  in
• 18:05
  line
• 18:05
  with
• 18:05
  Flash
• 18:06
  Gordon's
• 18:06
  comic
• 18:07
  strip
• 18:07
  roots
• 18:08
  and
• 18:08
  had
• 18:08
  allowed
• 18:09
  Danilo
• 18:09
  Donati
• 18:10
  free
• 18:10
  reign
• 18:11
  over
• 18:11
  the
• 18:11
  design
• 18:11
  of
• 18:12
  sets
• 18:12
  and
• 18:12
  costumes,
• 18:13
  which
• 18:13
  were
• 18:13
  as
• 18:14
  creative
• 18:14
  as
• 18:15
  they
• 18:15
  were
• 18:15
  extravagant.
• 18:16
  Semple
• 18:17
  had
• 18:17
  previously
• 18:18
  worked
• 18:18
  with
• 18:18
  Dino
• 18:19
  De
• 18:19
  Laurentiis
• 18:19
  on
• 18:20
  Three
• 18:20
  Days
• 18:20
  of
• 18:20
  the
• 18:20
  Condor
• 18:21
  and
• 18:21
  Hurricane
• 18:22
  and
• 18:22
  was
• 18:23
  most
• 18:23
  well
• 18:23
  known
• 18:23
  for
• 18:24
  his
• 18:24
  writing
• 18:24
  work
• 18:24
  on
• 18:25
  the
• 18:25
  pilot
• 18:25
  and
• 18:26
  first
• 18:26
  four
• 18:26
  episodes
• 18:27
  of
• 18:27
  the
• 18:27
  1960s
• 18:28
  Batman
• 18:28
  series
• 18:29
  and
• 18:29
  the
• 18:30
  1966
• 18:31
  Batman
• 18:31
  feature
• 18:31
  film.
• 18:32
  Which
• 18:32
  is
• 18:32
  understandable
• 18:33
  when
• 18:33
  you
• 18:33
  compare
• 18:34
  the
• 18:34
  campy
• 18:34
  tones
• 18:35
  of
• 18:35
  both
• 18:36
  Batman
• 18:36
  of
• 18:36
  the
• 18:36
  1960s
• 18:37
  and
• 18:38
  Flash
• 18:38
  Gordon.
• 18:39
  Casting
• 18:40
  was
• 18:40
  underway
• 18:40
  for
• 18:40
  the
• 18:41
  movie,
• 18:41
  with
• 18:41
  notably
• 18:42
  both
• 18:42
  Arnold
• 18:43
  Schwarzenegger
• 18:43
  and
• 18:44
  Kurt
• 18:44
  Russell
• 18:44
  under
• 18:45
  consideration
• 18:45
  for
• 18:46
  Flash.
• 18:47
  Newcomer
• 18:47
  Sam
• 18:48
  J.
• 18:48
  Jones
• 18:48
  was
• 18:49
  noticed
• 18:49
  by
• 18:49
  Dino
• 18:50
  De
• 18:50
  Laurentiis
• 18:51
  mother
• 18:51
  in
• 18:51
  law
• 18:52
  after
• 18:52
  he
• 18:52
  was
• 18:52
  a
• 18:52
  contestant
• 18:53
  on
• 18:53
  the
• 18:53
  Dating
• 18:54
  Game.
• 18:54
  He
• 18:55
  had
• 18:55
  previously
• 18:55
  shot
• 18:56
  some
• 18:56
  saucy
• 18:57
  photos
• 18:57
  for
• 18:58
  the
• 18:58
  centerfold
• 18:58
  of
• 18:58
  Playgirl
• 18:59
  under
• 19:00
  the
• 19:00
  pseudonym
• 19:01
  Andrew
• 19:01
  Cooper
• 19:02
  iii.
• 19:03
  Safe
• 19:03
  to
• 19:03
  say
• 19:04
  those
• 19:04
  pictures
• 19:05
  were
• 19:05
  found
• 19:05
  and
• 19:06
  republished
• 19:06
  after
• 19:07
  Flash
• 19:07
  Gordon
• 19:08
  under
• 19:08
  Jones
• 19:09
  real
• 19:09
  name.
• 19:11
  Jones
• 19:11
  audition
• 19:12
  process
• 19:12
  lasted
• 19:12
  10
• 19:13
  months
• 19:13
  and
• 19:14
  30
• 19:14
  days
• 19:14
  of
• 19:15
  screen
• 19:15
  tests
• 19:15
  before
• 19:15
  it
• 19:16
  was
• 19:16
  confirmed
• 19:16
  he
• 19:17
  had
• 19:17
  the
• 19:17
  part.
• 19:18
  He
• 19:18
  had
• 19:18
  to
• 19:18
  dye
• 19:19
  his
• 19:19
  dark
• 19:19
  hair
• 19:19
  blonde
• 19:20
  and
• 19:20
  wear
• 19:20
  blue
• 19:20
  contact
• 19:21
  lenses,
• 19:21
  but
• 19:22
  the
• 19:22
  lenses
• 19:22
  ended
• 19:23
  up
• 19:23
  causing
• 19:23
  issues,
• 19:24
  so
• 19:24
  he
• 19:24
  didn't
• 19:25
  use
• 19:25
  them.
• 19:26
  Model
• 19:26
  Dale
• 19:27
  Haddon
• 19:27
  was
• 19:27
  originally
• 19:28
  cast
• 19:28
  as
• 19:28
  Dale
• 19:29
  Arden,
• 19:29
  but
• 19:29
  she
• 19:29
  was
• 19:30
  fired
• 19:30
  by
• 19:30
  Dino
• 19:31
  De
• 19:31
  Laurentiis,
• 19:31
  who
• 19:31
  called
• 19:32
  the
• 19:32
  replacement
• 19:33
  Melody
• 19:33
  Anderson
• 19:34
  mere
• 19:34
  days
• 19:35
  before
• 19:35
  filming
• 19:36
  started.
• 19:36
  Anderson
• 19:37
  was
• 19:37
  in
• 19:37
  New
• 19:38
  York
• 19:38
  with
• 19:38
  a
• 19:38
  friend
• 19:38
  when
• 19:39
  De
• 19:39
  Laurentiis
• 19:39
  called
• 19:40
  her
• 19:40
  and
• 19:40
  asked
• 19:41
  her
• 19:41
  to
• 19:41
  get
• 19:41
  on
• 19:41
  an
• 19:41
  immediate
• 19:42
  plane
• 19:42
  to
• 19:42
  London.
• 19:43
  She
• 19:43
  did
• 19:44
  negotiated
• 19:45
  the
• 19:45
  contract.
• 19:45
  On
• 19:45
  her
• 19:46
  arrival
• 19:46
  her
• 19:47
  blonde
• 19:47
  hair
• 19:47
  was
• 19:47
  dyed
• 19:48
  brown.
• 19:48
  She
• 19:48
  had
• 19:49
  a
• 19:49
  costume
• 19:49
  fitting
• 19:49
  and
• 19:50
  started
• 19:50
  filming
• 19:51
  the
• 19:51
  next
• 19:51
  day.
• 19:52
  This
• 19:52
  was
• 19:53
  a
• 19:53
  cast
• 19:53
  of
• 19:53
  relative
• 19:54
  newbies
• 19:54
  alongside
• 19:55
  thespians
• 19:56
  and
• 19:56
  established
• 19:57
  award
• 19:58
  nominated
• 19:58
  actors.
• 19:59
  The
• 19:59
  cast
• 20:00
  was
• 20:00
  rounded
• 20:00
  out
• 20:00
  with
• 20:00
  a
• 20:00
  variety
• 20:01
  of
• 20:01
  British
• 20:01
  and
• 20:02
  Italian
• 20:02
  stars
• 20:03
  as
• 20:03
  well
• 20:03
  as
• 20:04
  Israeli
• 20:04
  actor
• 20:04
  and
• 20:05
  singer
• 20:05
  Topol,
• 20:06
  who
• 20:06
  was
• 20:06
  most
• 20:06
  well
• 20:07
  known
• 20:07
  for
• 20:07
  his
• 20:07
  role
• 20:07
  in
• 20:08
  Fiddler
• 20:08
  on
• 20:08
  the
• 20:08
  Roof,
• 20:09
  for
• 20:09
  which
• 20:09
  he
• 20:09
  won
• 20:09
  the
• 20:09
  Golden
• 20:10
  Globe
• 20:10
  for
• 20:10
  Best
• 20:10
  Actor
• 20:11
  and
• 20:11
  was
• 20:12
  nominated
• 20:12
  for
• 20:12
  the
• 20:12
  Academy
• 20:13
  Award
• 20:13
  for
• 20:13
  Best
• 20:14
  Actor
• 20:14
  as
• 20:14
  well.
• 20:15
  Topol
• 20:16
  would
• 20:16
  constantly
• 20:16
  sing
• 20:17
  on
• 20:17
  set
• 20:17
  and
• 20:17
  was
• 20:18
  the
• 20:18
  consummate
• 20:18
  entertainer.
• 20:19
  Also
• 20:20
  starring
• 20:20
  in
• 20:20
  this
• 20:21
  movie
• 20:21
  is
• 20:21
  the
• 20:22
  legendary
• 20:22
  Brian
• 20:23
  Blessed,
• 20:23
  who
• 20:24
  probably
• 20:24
  loves
• 20:24
  this
• 20:24
  movie
• 20:25
  more
• 20:25
  than
• 20:25
  anyone
• 20:26
  else
• 20:26
  in
• 20:26
  the
• 20:26
  world.
• 20:27
  There
• 20:27
  are
• 20:27
  so
• 20:28
  many
• 20:28
  interviews
• 20:28
  of
• 20:29
  him
• 20:29
  just
• 20:29
  singing
• 20:29
  the
• 20:29
  praises
• 20:30
  of
• 20:30
  Flush
• 20:30
  Gordon
• 20:31
  and
• 20:31
  how
• 20:31
  much
• 20:32
  he
• 20:32
  loves
• 20:32
  Flash
• 20:32
  Gordon
• 20:33
  and
• 20:33
  how
• 20:33
  much
• 20:33
  he
• 20:33
  loves
• 20:33
  the
• 20:34
  fans
• 20:34
  as
• 20:34
  well.
• 20:35
  He
• 20:35
  is
• 20:35
  a
• 20:35
  genuine
• 20:36
  delight
• 20:36
  to
• 20:36
  behold.
• 20:37
  Blessed
• 20:38
  watched
• 20:38
  the
• 20:38
  Buster
• 20:39
  Crab
• 20:39
  serials
• 20:40
  as
• 20:40
  a
• 20:40
  child
• 20:40
  and
• 20:41
  when
• 20:41
  he
• 20:41
  play
• 20:41
  acted
• 20:42
  them
• 20:42
  out
• 20:42
  with
• 20:42
  friends,
• 20:43
  he
• 20:43
  always
• 20:44
  played
• 20:44
  Voltan.
• 20:45
  So
• 20:45
  to
• 20:45
  him
• 20:45
  playing
• 20:46
  Voltan
• 20:46
  in
• 20:46
  the
• 20:46
  movie
• 20:47
  was
• 20:47
  a
• 20:47
  literal
• 20:48
  childhood
• 20:48
  dream
• 20:48
  come
• 20:49
  true.
• 20:49
  He
• 20:50
  even
• 20:50
  tried
• 20:50
  to
• 20:50
  get
• 20:50
  the
• 20:51
  production
• 20:51
  to
• 20:51
  hire
• 20:52
  Buster
• 20:52
  Krab
• 20:52
  to
• 20:53
  be
• 20:53
  Flash
• 20:53
  Gordon's
• 20:54
  father
• 20:54
  in
• 20:54
  the
• 20:54
  movie,
• 20:55
  but
• 20:56
  that
• 20:56
  didn't
• 20:56
  end
• 20:56
  up
• 20:57
  happening.
• 20:58
  Max
• 20:58
  Von
• 20:58
  Sydow
• 20:59
  had
• 20:59
  been
• 20:59
  in
• 20:59
  Ingmar
• 21:00
  Bergman's
• 21:00
  the
• 21:01
  Seventh
• 21:01
  Seal
• 21:01
  in
• 21:01
  1957
• 21:03
  and
• 21:03
  he
• 21:03
  had
• 21:03
  starred
• 21:04
  in
• 21:04
  several
• 21:04
  other
• 21:05
  Bergman
• 21:05
  films
• 21:06
  over
• 21:06
  the
• 21:06
  years.
• 21:07
  He
• 21:07
  was
• 21:07
  also
• 21:08
  Academy
• 21:08
  Award
• 21:09
  nominated
• 21:09
  and
• 21:10
  he
• 21:10
  brings
• 21:10
  real
• 21:11
  gravitas
• 21:11
  as
• 21:12
  well
• 21:12
  as
• 21:12
  a
• 21:12
  cheeky
• 21:13
  side
• 21:13
  eye
• 21:13
  to
• 21:13
  the
• 21:14
  role
• 21:14
  of
• 21:14
  Ming
• 21:14
  the
• 21:14
  Merciless.
• 21:15
  His
• 21:16
  performance
• 21:16
  would
• 21:16
  end
• 21:16
  up
• 21:17
  so
• 21:17
  iconic
• 21:18
  that
• 21:18
  when
• 21:18
  Von
• 21:18
  Sydow
• 21:19
  passed
• 21:19
  away
• 21:19
  in
• 21:20
  2020
• 21:20
  aged
• 21:21
  90,
• 21:22
  many
• 21:22
  of
• 21:22
  the
• 21:22
  obituaries
• 21:23
  highlighted
• 21:24
  his
• 21:24
  role
• 21:24
  in
• 21:24
  Flash
• 21:25
  Gordon.
• 21:25
  He
• 21:26
  had
• 21:26
  been
• 21:26
  a
• 21:26
  fan
• 21:26
  of
• 21:26
  the
• 21:26
  comic
• 21:27
  strip
• 21:27
  as
• 21:27
  a
• 21:27
  child
• 21:28
  and
• 21:28
  so
• 21:28
  of
• 21:29
  course
• 21:29
  he
• 21:29
  wanted
• 21:29
  to
• 21:29
  play
• 21:30
  the
• 21:30
  role.
• 21:30
  This
• 21:31
  is
• 21:31
  also
• 21:31
  an
• 21:31
  actor
• 21:32
  who
• 21:32
  starred
• 21:32
  in
• 21:32
  Conan
• 21:33
  the
• 21:33
  Barbarian
• 21:34
  and
• 21:34
  Dune.
• 21:34
  He
• 21:35
  wasn't
• 21:35
  afraid
• 21:35
  of
• 21:36
  science
• 21:36
  fiction
• 21:36
  or
• 21:37
  fantasy
• 21:37
  roles
• 21:38
  and
• 21:38
  according
• 21:38
  to
• 21:39
  others
• 21:39
  in
• 21:39
  the
• 21:39
  cast,
• 21:39
  he
• 21:40
  was
• 21:40
  extraordinarily
• 21:41
  kind
• 21:41
  and
• 21:42
  gracious
• 21:42
  on
• 21:42
  set,
• 21:43
  happy
• 21:43
  to
• 21:43
  learn
• 21:44
  from
• 21:44
  Brian
• 21:44
  Blessed
• 21:45
  how
• 21:45
  to
• 21:45
  use
• 21:46
  his
• 21:46
  hands
• 21:46
  to
• 21:46
  elaborate
• 21:47
  Ming's
• 21:47
  behavior.
• 21:48
  And
• 21:48
  as
• 21:49
  for
• 21:49
  the
• 21:49
  future
• 21:49
  Bond
• 21:50
  Timothy
• 21:50
  Dalton,
• 21:51
  it
• 21:51
  was
• 21:51
  simply
• 21:52
  just
• 21:52
  a
• 21:52
  paycheck.
• 21:53
  All
• 21:54
  of
• 21:54
  the
• 21:54
  major
• 21:54
  cast
• 21:55
  were
• 21:55
  signed
• 21:55
  for
• 21:55
  multi
• 21:56
  picture
• 21:56
  deals
• 21:56
  because
• 21:57
  this
• 21:57
  was
• 21:57
  always
• 21:57
  envisaged
• 21:58
  as
• 21:58
  a
• 21:58
  franchise
• 21:59
  from
• 21:59
  the
• 21:59
  get
• 21:59
  go
• 22:00
  that
• 22:00
  didn't
• 22:01
  happen
• 22:01
  for
• 22:01
  reasons
• 22:02
  I'll
• 22:02
  come
• 22:02
  to.
• 22:02
  But
• 22:03
  Dino
• 22:03
  De
• 22:03
  Laurentiis
• 22:04
  was
• 22:04
  nothing
• 22:04
  if
• 22:05
  not
• 22:05
  unconventional
• 22:06
  when
• 22:07
  casting
• 22:07
  the
• 22:07
  Hawkman.
• 22:08
  He
• 22:08
  saw
• 22:08
  the
• 22:09
  Welsh
• 22:09
  rugby
• 22:09
  team
• 22:10
  and
• 22:10
  told
• 22:10
  Mike
• 22:10
  Hodges
• 22:11
  he
• 22:12
  wanted
• 22:12
  number
• 22:13
  nine,
• 22:13
  number
• 22:14
  five,
• 22:14
  number
• 22:14
  four
• 22:15
  and
• 22:15
  number
• 22:15
  one.
• 22:16
  Hodges
• 22:17
  had
• 22:17
  to
• 22:17
  tell
• 22:17
  him
• 22:17
  they
• 22:18
  couldn't
• 22:18
  just
• 22:18
  cast
• 22:18
  rugby
• 22:19
  players
• 22:19
  as
• 22:19
  hawk
• 22:20
  men
• 22:20
  and
• 22:20
  they
• 22:21
  wouldn't
• 22:21
  probably
• 22:21
  want
• 22:21
  to
• 22:22
  be
• 22:22
  dangling
• 22:22
  on
• 22:22
  wires
• 22:23
  for
• 22:23
  six
• 22:23
  months
• 22:24
  either.
• 22:24
  Hodges,
• 22:25
  as
• 22:25
  the
• 22:25
  director,
• 22:26
  wanted
• 22:26
  to
• 22:26
  keep
• 22:27
  a
• 22:27
  very
• 22:27
  chilled,
• 22:28
  light
• 22:28
  hearted
• 22:28
  set.
• 22:29
  But
• 22:29
  on
• 22:29
  a
• 22:30
  Dino
• 22:30
  De
• 22:30
  Laurentiis
• 22:31
  film,
• 22:31
  the
• 22:32
  person
• 22:32
  really
• 22:32
  in
• 22:33
  charge
• 22:33
  is
• 22:34
  always
• 22:34
  Dino
• 22:35
  De
• 22:35
  Laurentiis.
• 22:36
  He
• 22:36
  and
• 22:36
  production
• 22:37
  and
• 22:37
  costume
• 22:37
  designer
• 22:38
  Danilo
• 22:38
  Donati
• 22:39
  were
• 22:39
  close,
• 22:40
  and
• 22:40
  Hodges
• 22:40
  soon
• 22:41
  realized
• 22:41
  the
• 22:41
  only
• 22:42
  way
• 22:42
  to
• 22:42
  shoot
• 22:42
  what
• 22:43
  he
• 22:43
  wanted
• 22:43
  to
• 22:43
  shoot
• 22:44
  was,
• 22:44
  was
• 22:44
  to
• 22:45
  keep
• 22:45
  everything
• 22:45
  relaxed.
• 22:46
  Donati
• 22:47
  would
• 22:47
  provide
• 22:47
  costumes
• 22:48
  and
• 22:48
  props
• 22:49
  and
• 22:49
  Hodges
• 22:49
  would
• 22:50
  shoot
• 22:50
  with
• 22:50
  what
• 22:50
  he
• 22:51
  was
• 22:51
  given.
• 22:51
  It
• 22:52
  would
• 22:52
  lead
• 22:52
  to
• 22:52
  filming
• 22:53
  that
• 22:53
  wasn't
• 22:53
  necessarily
• 22:54
  under
• 22:54
  the
• 22:54
  director's
• 22:54
  immediate
• 22:55
  control,
• 22:56
  but
• 22:56
  it
• 22:56
  would
• 22:56
  lead
• 22:57
  to
• 22:57
  a
• 22:57
  set
• 22:57
  full
• 22:58
  of
• 22:58
  improvisation
• 22:59
  and
• 22:59
  that
• 22:59
  sense
• 22:59
  of
• 23:00
  fun
• 23:00
  and
• 23:00
  freedom
• 23:01
  would
• 23:01
  translate
• 23:01
  into
• 23:02
  the
• 23:02
  finished
• 23:02
  movie.
• 23:03
  It
• 23:03
  wasn't
• 23:04
  always
• 23:04
  fun,
• 23:04
  though.
• 23:05
  Two
• 23:05
  weeks
• 23:06
  into
• 23:06
  shooting,
• 23:06
  Hodges
• 23:07
  left
• 23:07
  the
• 23:07
  production
• 23:08
  frustrated
• 23:09
  with
• 23:09
  De
• 23:09
  Laurentiis
• 23:10
  being
• 23:10
  so
• 23:10
  hands
• 23:11
  on
• 23:11
  and
• 23:11
  so
• 23:11
  open
• 23:12
  with
• 23:12
  his
• 23:12
  dissatisfaction
• 23:13
  with
• 23:13
  the
• 23:14
  crew.
• 23:14
  Hodges
• 23:15
  would
• 23:15
  take
• 23:15
  a
• 23:15
  meeting
• 23:16
  with
• 23:16
  De
• 23:16
  Laurentiis
• 23:17
  and
• 23:17
  set
• 23:17
  ground
• 23:17
  rules
• 23:18
  on
• 23:18
  private
• 23:18
  discussions
• 23:19
  going
• 23:19
  forward.
• 23:20
  And
• 23:20
  Hodges
• 23:21
  return
• 23:21
  to
• 23:21
  set.
• 23:22
  He
• 23:23
  worked
• 23:23
  out
• 23:23
  a
• 23:23
  system
• 23:23
  of
• 23:24
  suggesting
• 23:24
  ideas
• 23:24
  to
• 23:25
  De
• 23:25
  Laurentiis
• 23:25
  in
• 23:26
  the
• 23:26
  early
• 23:26
  evening.
• 23:27
  De
• 23:27
  Laurentiis
• 23:28
  would
• 23:28
  say
• 23:28
  he
• 23:28
  would
• 23:28
  think
• 23:28
  about
• 23:29
  it
• 23:29
  and
• 23:29
  then
• 23:29
  the
• 23:30
  next
• 23:30
  morning
• 23:30
  come
• 23:30
  to
• 23:30
  set
• 23:31
  with
• 23:31
  the
• 23:31
  same
• 23:32
  idea,
• 23:32
  which
• 23:32
  Hodges
• 23:33
  would
• 23:33
  then
• 23:33
  agree
• 23:34
  with.
• 23:34
  And
• 23:34
  that
• 23:35
  was
• 23:35
  how
• 23:35
  the
• 23:35
  director
• 23:36
  actually
• 23:36
  got
• 23:37
  stuffed
• 23:37
  done.
• 23:38
  Scenes
• 23:38
  improvised
• 23:39
  include
• 23:40
  the
• 23:40
  memorable
• 23:40
  football
• 23:41
  fight
• 23:41
  sequence,
• 23:41
  which
• 23:42
  was
• 23:42
  never
• 23:42
  in
• 23:42
  the
• 23:42
  original
• 23:43
  script.
• 23:44
  Sam
• 23:44
  J.
• 23:44
  Jones
• 23:45
  had
• 23:45
  noted
• 23:45
  that
• 23:45
  the
• 23:46
  Faberge
• 23:46
  style
• 23:47
  eggs
• 23:47
  being
• 23:47
  carried
• 23:47
  by
• 23:48
  one
• 23:48
  of
• 23:48
  the
• 23:48
  alien
• 23:48
  races
• 23:49
  resembled
• 23:50
  an
• 23:50
  American
• 23:50
  football.
• 23:51
  He
• 23:52
  wondered,
• 23:52
  since
• 23:52
  his
• 23:52
  character
• 23:53
  was
• 23:53
  supposed
• 23:53
  to
• 23:54
  be
• 23:54
  this
• 23:54
  great
• 23:54
  American
• 23:55
  football
• 23:55
  star,
• 23:56
  whether
• 23:56
  he
• 23:56
  should
• 23:57
  find
• 23:57
  a
• 23:57
  way
• 23:57
  to
• 23:57
  play
• 23:57
  with
• 23:58
  them.
• 23:58
  The
• 23:59
  actor
• 23:59
  and
• 23:59
  the
• 23:59
  crew
• 23:59
  then
• 24:00
  spent
• 24:00
  some
• 24:00
  time
• 24:00
  planning
• 24:01
  it
• 24:01
  out
• 24:01
  and
• 24:02
  they
• 24:02
  ended
• 24:02
  up
• 24:02
  with
• 24:02
  one
• 24:02
  of
• 24:02
  the
• 24:03
  most
• 24:03
  memorable
• 24:03
  scenes
• 24:04
  in
• 24:04
  the
• 24:04
  movie,
• 24:04
  elevated
• 24:05
  even
• 24:05
  further
• 24:06
  by
• 24:06
  Queen's
• 24:07
  music,
• 24:07
  which
• 24:07
  I'm
• 24:07
  also
• 24:08
  going
• 24:08
  to
• 24:08
  come
• 24:08
  to.
• 24:08
  The
• 24:09
  fight
• 24:09
  was
• 24:09
  supposed
• 24:10
  to
• 24:10
  be
• 24:10
  serious,
• 24:10
  but
• 24:10
  Hodges
• 24:11
  insisted
• 24:11
  it
• 24:11
  was
• 24:12
  comedic
• 24:12
  and
• 24:12
  fun
• 24:13
  and
• 24:13
  it
• 24:13
  added
• 24:13
  to
• 24:13
  the
• 24:14
  tonal
• 24:14
  mashup
• 24:14
  of
• 24:14
  the
• 24:15
  finished
• 24:15
  film,
• 24:15
  which
• 24:16
  is
• 24:16
  in
• 24:16
  part
• 24:17
  comedy,
• 24:17
  part
• 24:18
  horror
• 24:18
  and
• 24:18
  part
• 24:19
  overtly
• 24:19
  sexual.
• 24:20
  And
• 24:20
  the
• 24:21
  tone
• 24:21
  kind
• 24:21
  of
• 24:21
  makes
• 24:21
  sense
• 24:22
  when
• 24:22
  you
• 24:22
  realize
• 24:22
  they
• 24:23
  had
• 24:23
  English
• 24:23
  crew
• 24:24
  and
• 24:24
  Italian
• 24:25
  crew
• 24:25
  and
• 24:25
  there
• 24:26
  was
• 24:26
  a
• 24:26
  language
• 24:26
  barrier
• 24:27
  and
• 24:27
  both
• 24:27
  thought
• 24:28
  what
• 24:28
  they
• 24:28
  were
• 24:28
  doing
• 24:29
  was
• 24:29
  correct.
• 24:30
  Flash
• 24:31
  and
• 24:31
  Dale,
• 24:31
  as
• 24:32
  the
• 24:32
  two
• 24:32
  straight
• 24:32
  roles
• 24:33
  in
• 24:33
  the
• 24:33
  movie,
• 24:33
  were
• 24:34
  the
• 24:34
  hardest
• 24:34
  to
• 24:34
  do
• 24:35
  since
• 24:35
  Mostly
• 24:36
  everyone
• 24:36
  else
• 24:36
  was
• 24:36
  hamming
• 24:37
  it
• 24:37
  up
• 24:37
  and
• 24:37
  having
• 24:37
  a
• 24:38
  great
• 24:38
  time.
• 24:39
  Sam
• 24:39
  J.
• 24:39
  Jones
• 24:40
  took
• 24:40
  his
• 24:40
  role
• 24:40
  as
• 24:41
  Flash
• 24:41
  extremely
• 24:42
  seriously,
• 24:43
  reading
• 24:43
  the
• 24:43
  comic
• 24:44
  strips
• 24:44
  to
• 24:44
  understand
• 24:45
  the
• 24:45
  character.
• 24:46
  So
• 24:46
  much
• 24:46
  so
• 24:46
  that
• 24:47
  when
• 24:47
  the
• 24:47
  first
• 24:47
  assistant
• 24:48
  director
• 24:48
  suggested
• 24:49
  Flash
• 24:49
  hit
• 24:49
  someone
• 24:50
  over
• 24:50
  the
• 24:50
  head
• 24:50
  with
• 24:50
  a
• 24:50
  bar,
• 24:51
  Jones
• 24:52
  replied
• 24:52
  that
• 24:52
  Flash
• 24:53
  would
• 24:53
  never
• 24:53
  do
• 24:53
  that.
• 24:54
  Flash
• 24:55
  may
• 24:55
  not
• 24:55
  be
• 24:55
  the
• 24:55
  brightest
• 24:56
  star
• 24:56
  in
• 24:56
  the
• 24:56
  galaxy,
• 24:57
  but.
• 24:57
  But
• 24:58
  he
• 24:58
  was
• 24:58
  a
• 24:58
  man
• 24:58
  with
• 24:59
  integrity.
• 25:00
  Flash
• 25:00
  Gordon
• 25:01
  had
• 25:01
  a
• 25:01
  budget
• 25:01
  of
• 25:02
  $27
• 25:02
  million,
• 25:03
  which
• 25:03
  was
• 25:03
  almost
• 25:04
  three
• 25:04
  times
• 25:04
  the
• 25:05
  original
• 25:05
  Star
• 25:06
  Wars.
• 25:06
  The
• 25:07
  greatest
• 25:07
  special
• 25:07
  effects
• 25:08
  and
• 25:08
  creative
• 25:08
  teams
• 25:09
  from
• 25:09
  all
• 25:09
  around
• 25:09
  the
• 25:09
  world
• 25:10
  were
• 25:10
  assembled,
• 25:11
  so
• 25:11
  there
• 25:11
  was
• 25:11
  no
• 25:11
  lack
• 25:12
  of
• 25:12
  skill
• 25:12
  either.
• 25:13
  Filming
• 25:13
  commenced
• 25:14
  at
• 25:14
  Shepperton
• 25:14
  Studios,
• 25:15
  occupying
• 25:16
  all
• 25:16
  available
• 25:16
  areas
• 25:17
  at
• 25:17
  the
• 25:17
  big
• 25:17
  facility,
• 25:18
  eventually
• 25:19
  spilling
• 25:20
  over
• 25:20
  into
• 25:20
  a
• 25:20
  disused
• 25:21
  aviation
• 25:21
  hangar
• 25:22
  in
• 25:22
  Weybridge,
• 25:23
  Surrey,
• 25:23
  due
• 25:23
  to
• 25:24
  the
• 25:24
  enormous
• 25:24
  amount
• 25:24
  of
• 25:25
  sets
• 25:25
  required.
• 25:26
  Make
• 25:26
  no
• 25:27
  bones
• 25:27
  about
• 25:27
  it.
• 25:28
  While
• 25:28
  we
• 25:28
  may
• 25:28
  look
• 25:29
  back
• 25:29
  and
• 25:29
  see
• 25:29
  a
• 25:29
  cheesy,
• 25:30
  vibrant,
• 25:30
  campy
• 25:31
  adaptation,
• 25:32
  Flash
• 25:32
  Gordon
• 25:33
  was
• 25:33
  a
• 25:33
  lavish
• 25:34
  production
• 25:34
  with
• 25:35
  some
• 25:35
  of
• 25:35
  cinema's
• 25:35
  greatest
• 25:36
  talents
• 25:36
  both
• 25:37
  in
• 25:37
  front
• 25:37
  and
• 25:38
  behind
• 25:38
  the
• 25:38
  camera,
• 25:39
  including
• 25:39
  talent
• 25:40
  from
• 25:40
  Star
• 25:41
  Wars.
• 25:41
  Gilbert
• 25:42
  Taylor
• 25:42
  was
• 25:42
  a
• 25:43
  cinematographer
• 25:43
  on
• 25:44
  Star
• 25:44
  wars
• 25:44
  and
• 25:45
  also
• 25:45
  on
• 25:45
  Flash
• 25:46
  Gordon.
• 25:46
  And
• 25:47
  many
• 25:47
  of
• 25:47
  the
• 25:47
  same
• 25:47
  individuals
• 25:48
  who
• 25:48
  worked
• 25:48
  on
• 25:48
  the
• 25:49
  special
• 25:49
  effects
• 25:49
  for
• 25:49
  Star
• 25:50
  wars
• 25:50
  also
• 25:51
  contributed
• 25:51
  to
• 25:52
  the
• 25:52
  visual
• 25:52
  effects
• 25:52
  for
• 25:53
  Flash
• 25:53
  Gordon.
• 25:54
  The
• 25:55
  production
• 25:55
  being
• 25:55
  filmed
• 25:56
  in
• 25:56
  England
• 25:56
  meant
• 25:56
  that
• 25:56
  legendary
• 25:57
  Italian
• 25:58
  costume
• 25:58
  designer
• 25:58
  Danilo
• 25:59
  Donati
• 26:00
  couldn't
• 26:00
  utilize
• 26:01
  the
• 26:01
  Italian
• 26:01
  costume
• 26:02
  houses
• 26:02
  he
• 26:03
  originally
• 26:03
  worked
• 26:03
  with.
• 26:04
  So
• 26:04
  instead
• 26:05
  he
• 26:05
  had
• 26:05
  the
• 26:05
  costumes
• 26:06
  made
• 26:06
  at
• 26:06
  the
• 26:07
  Theatre
• 26:07
  of
• 26:07
  the
• 26:07
  Primitive
• 26:08
  Future,
• 26:08
  a
• 26:08
  British
• 26:09
  costumia
• 26:10
  that
• 26:10
  had
• 26:10
  fabricated
• 26:10
  and
• 26:11
  supplied
• 26:11
  costumes
• 26:12
  for
• 26:12
  music
• 26:12
  videos,
• 26:13
  film
• 26:13
  and
• 26:13
  television,
• 26:14
  including
• 26:15
  Adamant's
• 26:16
  regal
• 26:16
  suit
• 26:16
  for
• 26:16
  the
• 26:17
  Prince
• 26:17
  Charming
• 26:17
  music
• 26:18
  video.
• 26:19
  Star
• 26:19
  wars
• 26:20
  had
• 26:20
  been
• 26:20
  rather
• 26:21
  monochromatic.
• 26:22
  It
• 26:22
  was
• 26:22
  set
• 26:22
  in
• 26:22
  space
• 26:23
  with
• 26:23
  lots
• 26:23
  of
• 26:24
  greys
• 26:24
  and
• 26:24
  blacks.
• 26:25
  Flash
• 26:26
  Gordon
• 26:26
  was
• 26:27
  going
• 26:27
  to
• 26:27
  be
• 26:27
  the
• 26:27
  complete
• 26:27
  opposite.
• 26:28
  Bold
• 26:28
  and
• 26:29
  colorful.
• 26:29
  Donati
• 26:30
  used
• 26:31
  color
• 26:31
  everywhere,
• 26:32
  from
• 26:32
  the
• 26:32
  costumes
• 26:33
  to
• 26:33
  the
• 26:33
  sets
• 26:34
  and
• 26:34
  props.
• 26:35
  Millions
• 26:35
  of
• 26:35
  bugle
• 26:36
  beads
• 26:36
  were
• 26:36
  used
• 26:37
  to
• 26:37
  create
• 26:37
  the
• 26:37
  elaborate
• 26:38
  shimmer
• 26:38
  of
• 26:38
  the
• 26:39
  costumes.
• 26:40
  Thousands
• 26:40
  were
• 26:40
  used
• 26:40
  for
• 26:41
  Ming's
• 26:41
  elaborate
• 26:42
  chest
• 26:42
  emblem
• 26:42
  alone.
• 26:43
  While
• 26:44
  the
• 26:44
  inhabitants
• 26:44
  of
• 26:45
  Mongo
• 26:45
  have
• 26:45
  lavish
• 26:46
  designs,
• 26:47
  the
• 26:47
  costumes
• 26:47
  for
• 26:47
  the
• 26:48
  humans
• 26:48
  were
• 26:48
  plain
• 26:49
  in
• 26:49
  comparison,
• 26:50
  with
• 26:50
  lots
• 26:50
  of
• 26:50
  khaki
• 26:51
  white
• 26:51
  T
• 26:51
  shirts
• 26:52
  and
• 26:52
  muted
• 26:53
  colours.
• 26:54
  Not
• 26:54
  so
• 26:54
  for
• 26:54
  Ming,
• 26:55
  who
• 26:55
  is
• 26:55
  bathed
• 26:56
  in
• 26:56
  bright
• 26:56
  reds,
• 26:57
  pinks
• 26:57
  and
• 26:57
  golds
• 26:58
  with
• 26:58
  his
• 26:58
  army
• 26:59
  also
• 26:59
  in
• 26:59
  pink
• 27:00
  and
• 27:00
  red.
• 27:00
  Cloitus
• 27:01
  and
• 27:01
  Carla
• 27:02
  are
• 27:02
  in
• 27:02
  black
• 27:03
  leather
• 27:03
  with
• 27:03
  gold
• 27:03
  embellishments,
• 27:04
  as
• 27:04
  are
• 27:05
  all
• 27:05
  the
• 27:05
  secret
• 27:05
  police.
• 27:06
  Ming's
• 27:07
  daughter,
• 27:07
  Princess
• 27:08
  Aura,
• 27:08
  also
• 27:09
  predominantly
• 27:09
  wears
• 27:10
  gold,
• 27:10
  pink
• 27:11
  and
• 27:11
  red.
• 27:12
  Dale
• 27:12
  wears
• 27:12
  red
• 27:13
  when
• 27:13
  she
• 27:13
  is
• 27:13
  announced
• 27:13
  to
• 27:14
  be
• 27:14
  Ming's
• 27:14
  new
• 27:14
  bride,
• 27:15
  then
• 27:15
  white
• 27:16
  the
• 27:16
  night
• 27:16
  before
• 27:16
  her
• 27:17
  wedding,
• 27:17
  before
• 27:17
  borrowing
• 27:18
  a
• 27:18
  slave
• 27:18
  girl's
• 27:19
  gold
• 27:19
  dress,
• 27:20
  being
• 27:20
  captured
• 27:21
  and
• 27:21
  wearing
• 27:21
  a
• 27:21
  two
• 27:22
  tone
• 27:22
  teal
• 27:22
  and
• 27:23
  pink
• 27:23
  dress,
• 27:23
  which
• 27:23
  is
• 27:24
  Gorgeous,
• 27:24
  by
• 27:24
  the
• 27:25
  way,
• 27:25
  before
• 27:25
  ultimately
• 27:26
  getting
• 27:26
  married
• 27:27
  in
• 27:27
  black,
• 27:27
  which
• 27:28
  may
• 27:28
  be
• 27:28
  some
• 27:29
  sort
• 27:29
  of
• 27:29
  sign
• 27:29
  that
• 27:29
  this
• 27:30
  marriage
• 27:30
  won't
• 27:30
  be
• 27:31
  the
• 27:31
  best
• 27:31
  for
• 27:31
  her.
• 27:32
  All
• 27:32
  outfits
• 27:33
  are
• 27:33
  completed
• 27:34
  with
• 27:34
  either
• 27:34
  crowns,
• 27:35
  headdresses
• 27:36
  or
• 27:36
  helmets.
• 27:37
  Prince
• 27:38
  Baron
• 27:38
  probably
• 27:39
  has
• 27:39
  the
• 27:39
  least
• 27:39
  glamorous
• 27:40
  costume,
• 27:40
  with
• 27:40
  a
• 27:41
  green
• 27:41
  tunic
• 27:41
  and
• 27:41
  tights
• 27:42
  to
• 27:42
  blend
• 27:43
  into
• 27:43
  the
• 27:43
  forests
• 27:43
  of
• 27:44
  Arboria.
• 27:45
  Prince
• 27:45
  Voltan
• 27:46
  has
• 27:46
  a
• 27:46
  black
• 27:46
  and
• 27:47
  gold
• 27:47
  leather
• 27:47
  armor
• 27:48
  piece,
• 27:48
  along
• 27:48
  with
• 27:49
  all
• 27:49
  his
• 27:49
  Hawk
• 27:49
  men.
• 27:50
  The
• 27:50
  Hawkman
• 27:51
  costume
• 27:51
  wings
• 27:51
  were
• 27:52
  so
• 27:52
  heavy
• 27:52
  the
• 27:52
  actors
• 27:53
  couldn't
• 27:53
  sit
• 27:53
  and
• 27:54
  they
• 27:54
  had
• 27:54
  to
• 27:54
  lie
• 27:54
  on
• 27:55
  their
• 27:55
  stomachs
• 27:55
  between
• 27:56
  takes.
• 27:57
  Max
• 27:57
  von
• 27:57
  Sydow
• 27:58
  also
• 27:58
  struggled
• 27:59
  with
• 27:59
  his
• 27:59
  elaborate
• 28:00
  costumes
• 28:00
  for
• 28:00
  Ming
• 28:00
  the
• 28:00
  Merciless,
• 28:01
  which
• 28:01
  weighed
• 28:02
  over
• 28:02
  70
• 28:03
  pounds
• 28:03
  and
• 28:03
  he
• 28:03
  could
• 28:04
  only
• 28:04
  stand
• 28:04
  in
• 28:04
  them
• 28:05
  for
• 28:05
  a
• 28:05
  few
• 28:05
  minutes
• 28:05
  at
• 28:06
  a
• 28:06
  time.
• 28:06
  But
• 28:07
  this
• 28:07
  isn't
• 28:07
  a
• 28:07
  movie
• 28:08
  of
• 28:08
  just
• 28:08
  primary
• 28:08
  actors
• 28:09
  decked
• 28:09
  out
• 28:09
  in
• 28:09
  elaborate
• 28:10
  costumes.
• 28:11
  No.
• 28:11
  All
• 28:12
  of
• 28:12
  Ming's
• 28:12
  dignitaries
• 28:13
  and
• 28:13
  representatives
• 28:14
  in
• 28:14
  his
• 28:15
  throne
• 28:15
  room,
• 28:16
  all
• 28:16
  his
• 28:16
  slaves,
• 28:17
  all
• 28:17
  his
• 28:17
  armies,
• 28:18
  they
• 28:19
  are
• 28:19
  all
• 28:19
  as
• 28:19
  elaborately
• 28:20
  dressed
• 28:20
  as
• 28:21
  everyone
• 28:21
  else's,
• 28:22
  including
• 28:22
  little
• 28:23
  people,
• 28:23
  complete
• 28:24
  with
• 28:24
  rigid
• 28:24
  sequin
• 28:25
  tunics
• 28:25
  and
• 28:25
  headpieces.
• 28:26
  This
• 28:27
  movie
• 28:27
  is
• 28:28
  gorgeous.
• 28:29
  And
• 28:29
  there
• 28:29
  is
• 28:29
  so
• 28:30
  much
• 28:30
  flesh
• 28:30
  on
• 28:31
  show
• 28:31
  as
• 28:31
  well,
• 28:32
  mostly
• 28:32
  with
• 28:32
  the
• 28:32
  female
• 28:33
  characters.
• 28:34
  Luckily,
• 28:34
  Ornella
• 28:35
  Nutty
• 28:35
  was
• 28:35
  a
• 28:35
  model
• 28:36
  as
• 28:36
  a
• 28:36
  teenager,
• 28:37
  and
• 28:37
  I
• 28:37
  can
• 28:38
  imagine
• 28:38
  her
• 28:38
  being
• 28:38
  the
• 28:39
  sexual
• 28:39
  awakening
• 28:40
  for
• 28:40
  a
• 28:40
  lot
• 28:40
  of
• 28:41
  people,
• 28:41
  but
• 28:42
  everything
• 28:42
  looks
• 28:43
  beautiful
• 28:43
  on
• 28:44
  her.
• 28:45
  Speaking
• 28:46
  of
• 28:46
  beauty,
• 28:47
  Flash
• 28:47
  Gordon
• 28:48
  is
• 28:48
  the
• 28:48
  rare
• 28:48
  sci
• 28:49
  fi
• 28:49
  movie
• 28:49
  that
• 28:49
  doesn't
• 28:50
  just
• 28:50
  show
• 28:50
  dark
• 28:51
  black
• 28:51
  skies.
• 28:52
  Everything
• 28:53
  has
• 28:54
  color.
• 28:54
  They
• 28:55
  weren't
• 28:55
  sure
• 28:55
  how
• 28:55
  to
• 28:55
  do
• 28:56
  the
• 28:56
  skies
• 28:56
  until
• 28:56
  the
• 28:57
  special
• 28:57
  effects
• 28:57
  team
• 28:58
  came
• 28:58
  up
• 28:58
  with
• 28:58
  a
• 28:59
  way
• 28:59
  of
• 28:59
  forming
• 28:59
  clouds
• 29:00
  by
• 29:00
  injecting
• 29:01
  colors
• 29:01
  into
• 29:01
  saline
• 29:02
  water
• 29:02
  and
• 29:02
  slowing
• 29:03
  the
• 29:03
  footage
• 29:03
  down.
• 29:04
  Traditional
• 29:05
  matte
• 29:05
  paintings
• 29:06
  were
• 29:06
  used
• 29:06
  as
• 29:06
  backgrounds
• 29:07
  and
• 29:07
  scale
• 29:08
  models
• 29:08
  created
• 29:09
  by
• 29:09
  model
• 29:09
  makers
• 29:09
  Martin
• 29:10
  Boa
• 29:10
  and
• 29:10
  Bill
• 29:11
  Pearson,
• 29:11
  who'd
• 29:12
  previously
• 29:12
  worked
• 29:13
  on
• 29:13
  Alien.
• 29:14
  Miniature
• 29:14
  sets
• 29:15
  were
• 29:15
  also
• 29:15
  used.
• 29:16
  Ming's
• 29:16
  palace
• 29:17
  was
• 29:17
  a
• 29:17
  20
• 29:17
  foot
• 29:17
  tall
• 29:18
  model
• 29:18
  against
• 29:18
  a
• 29:19
  massive
• 29:19
  blue
• 29:19
  screen.
• 29:20
  It
• 29:20
  took
• 29:21
  about
• 29:21
  three
• 29:21
  days
• 29:22
  to
• 29:22
  prepare
• 29:22
  the
• 29:22
  Ajax
• 29:23
  sequence
• 29:23
  and
• 29:23
  put
• 29:24
  everything,
• 29:24
  including
• 29:25
  dozens
• 29:25
  of
• 29:26
  hanging
• 29:26
  Hawkmen,
• 29:27
  in
• 29:27
  place.
• 29:28
  Brian
• 29:28
  Blessed
• 29:29
  put
• 29:29
  in
• 29:29
  his
• 29:29
  own
• 29:29
  special
• 29:30
  effects,
• 29:30
  going
• 29:31
  pew,
• 29:31
  pew,
• 29:31
  pew.
• 29:32
  As
• 29:32
  he
• 29:32
  shot
• 29:33
  his
• 29:33
  bazooka.
• 29:34
  He
• 29:34
  had
• 29:34
  to
• 29:34
  be
• 29:34
  reminded
• 29:35
  that
• 29:35
  they
• 29:35
  add
• 29:35
  the
• 29:36
  sounds
• 29:36
  in
• 29:36
  post
• 29:36
  production,
• 29:37
  and
• 29:37
  because
• 29:38
  of
• 29:38
  this,
• 29:38
  they
• 29:38
  had
• 29:38
  to
• 29:39
  take
• 29:39
  another
• 29:39
  day
• 29:39
  to
• 29:40
  reset
• 29:40
  and
• 29:40
  refilm.
• 29:42
  Originally,
• 29:43
  Ming
• 29:43
  causes
• 29:43
  Flash
• 29:44
  to
• 29:44
  hallucinate
• 29:45
  that
• 29:45
  Dale
• 29:45
  had
• 29:45
  turned
• 29:46
  into
• 29:46
  an
• 29:46
  attacking
• 29:46
  spider.
• 29:47
  Flash
• 29:48
  sees
• 29:48
  an
• 29:48
  image
• 29:48
  of
• 29:49
  Dale
• 29:49
  as
• 29:49
  a
• 29:49
  monster
• 29:50
  who's
• 29:50
  about
• 29:50
  to
• 29:50
  eat
• 29:51
  him.
• 29:51
  Melody
• 29:52
  Anderson
• 29:52
  was
• 29:52
  covered
• 29:53
  in
• 29:53
  green
• 29:53
  body
• 29:54
  paint,
• 29:54
  had
• 29:54
  vampire
• 29:55
  teeth
• 29:55
  and
• 29:55
  a
• 29:56
  headpiece
• 29:56
  that
• 29:56
  weighed
• 29:56
  about
• 29:57
  25
• 29:57
  pounds
• 29:58
  with
• 29:58
  real
• 29:59
  glass
• 29:59
  eyeballs
• 30:00
  and
• 30:00
  blood
• 30:00
  dripping
• 30:01
  from
• 30:01
  her
• 30:01
  mouth
• 30:02
  after
• 30:02
  she'd
• 30:02
  been
• 30:02
  in
• 30:03
  makeup
• 30:03
  for
• 30:03
  four
• 30:03
  hours.
• 30:04
  And
• 30:04
  on
• 30:05
  set
• 30:05
  for
• 30:05
  another
• 30:05
  six,
• 30:06
  the
• 30:06
  director
• 30:06
  came
• 30:07
  in
• 30:07
  and
• 30:07
  said,
• 30:07
  this
• 30:08
  is
• 30:08
  wonderful,
• 30:08
  but
• 30:09
  we
• 30:09
  can't
• 30:09
  use
• 30:09
  this.
• 30:10
  It
• 30:10
  has
• 30:10
  absolutely
• 30:11
  nothing
• 30:11
  to
• 30:11
  do
• 30:12
  with
• 30:12
  the
• 30:12
  script.
• 30:13
  The
• 30:13
  highly
• 30:14
  saturated
• 30:14
  vivid
• 30:15
  colors
• 30:15
  of
• 30:15
  Flash
• 30:15
  Gordon
• 30:16
  would
• 30:16
  mean
• 30:16
  that
• 30:16
  nothing
• 30:17
  could
• 30:17
  be
• 30:17
  hid
• 30:17
  in
• 30:18
  darkness.
• 30:19
  And
• 30:19
  this
• 30:19
  would
• 30:19
  be
• 30:19
  an
• 30:20
  issue
• 30:20
  when
• 30:20
  you
• 30:20
  had
• 30:20
  no
• 30:21
  way
• 30:21
  of
• 30:21
  hiding
• 30:21
  wires.
• 30:22
  Most
• 30:23
  of
• 30:23
  Flash
• 30:23
  Gordon's
• 30:23
  effects
• 30:24
  were
• 30:24
  practical
• 30:25
  in
• 30:25
  camera
• 30:25
  effects,
• 30:26
  including
• 30:27
  animatronic
• 30:27
  and
• 30:28
  puppet
• 30:28
  work,
• 30:28
  prosthetic
• 30:29
  makeup
• 30:30
  and
• 30:30
  practical
• 30:30
  creature
• 30:31
  costumes.
• 30:32
  Even
• 30:32
  Ming's
• 30:33
  ring
• 30:33
  power
• 30:33
  was
• 30:33
  a
• 30:33
  light
• 30:34
  projection.
• 30:35
  It
• 30:35
  also
• 30:35
  used
• 30:35
  false
• 30:36
  perspective
• 30:36
  to
• 30:36
  create
• 30:37
  scale
• 30:37
  illusions.
• 30:39
  And
• 30:39
  the
• 30:39
  movie
• 30:40
  may
• 30:40
  end
• 30:40
  a
• 30:40
  little
• 30:41
  anticlimactically
• 30:42
  with
• 30:42
  Ming
• 30:42
  impaled
• 30:43
  and
• 30:43
  then
• 30:43
  disappearing
• 30:44
  as
• 30:44
  his
• 30:44
  ring
• 30:45
  disseminates
• 30:45
  him.
• 30:46
  But
• 30:46
  that
• 30:46
  wasn't
• 30:47
  going
• 30:47
  to
• 30:47
  be
• 30:47
  the
• 30:47
  original
• 30:48
  ending.
• 30:49
  The
• 30:49
  movie
• 30:49
  was
• 30:49
  going
• 30:50
  to
• 30:50
  end
• 30:50
  with
• 30:50
  Flash
• 30:51
  crushing
• 30:51
  the
• 30:51
  wedding
• 30:52
  and
• 30:52
  Ming
• 30:52
  turning
• 30:53
  into
• 30:53
  a
• 30:53
  variety
• 30:54
  of
• 30:54
  creatures
• 30:55
  to
• 30:55
  fight
• 30:55
  Flash,
• 30:56
  the
• 30:56
  Hawkman
• 30:57
  and
• 30:57
  the
• 30:57
  Arborians
• 30:58
  in
• 30:58
  an
• 30:59
  epic
• 30:59
  final
• 30:59
  battle.
• 31:00
  But
• 31:01
  they
• 31:01
  simply
• 31:01
  ran
• 31:01
  out
• 31:02
  of
• 31:02
  time
• 31:02
  to
• 31:02
  film
• 31:02
  it.
• 31:03
  So
• 31:03
  that
• 31:03
  ending
• 31:03
  was
• 31:04
  pulled
• 31:04
  and
• 31:04
  we
• 31:05
  got
• 31:05
  what
• 31:05
  we
• 31:05
  got
• 31:06
  instead.
• 31:07
  After
• 31:07
  the
• 31:07
  movie
• 31:08
  finished,
• 31:08
  17
• 31:09
  weeks
• 31:09
  of
• 31:09
  principal
• 31:09
  photography
• 31:10
  at
• 31:10
  Christmas
• 31:11
  1979,
• 31:12
  everyone
• 31:13
  went
• 31:13
  on
• 31:13
  a
• 31:13
  two
• 31:14
  week
• 31:14
  break
• 31:14
  and
• 31:15
  everyone
• 31:15
  was
• 31:16
  expected
• 31:16
  back
• 31:17
  after
• 31:17
  that
• 31:17
  break
• 31:17
  to
• 31:18
  carry
• 31:18
  on,
• 31:18
  do
• 31:19
  reshoots
• 31:19
  and
• 31:19
  do
• 31:20
  post
• 31:20
  production
• 31:21
  work.
• 31:21
  But
• 31:21
  quite
• 31:22
  famously,
• 31:23
  one
• 31:23
  person
• 31:23
  did
• 31:24
  not
• 31:24
  return.
• 31:25
  In
• 31:26
  the
• 31:26
  recent
• 31:26
  documentary
• 31:27
  Life
• 31:27
  After
• 31:28
  Flash,
• 31:28
  Sam
• 31:29
  J.
• 31:29
  Jones
• 31:29
  is
• 31:30
  remarkably
• 31:30
  down
• 31:31
  to
• 31:31
  earth,
• 31:31
  no
• 31:31
  pun
• 31:32
  intended,
• 31:32
  humble
• 31:33
  and
• 31:33
  gracious
• 31:34
  about
• 31:34
  the
• 31:34
  role
• 31:34
  of
• 31:34
  Flash
• 31:35
  and
• 31:35
  how
• 31:35
  grateful
• 31:36
  he
• 31:36
  is
• 31:36
  to
• 31:36
  the
• 31:36
  movie,
• 31:37
  to
• 31:37
  the
• 31:37
  cast
• 31:37
  and
• 31:38
  crew,
• 31:38
  and
• 31:38
  to
• 31:38
  the
• 31:39
  fans.
• 31:40
  Now,
• 31:40
  if
• 31:40
  you
• 31:41
  are
• 31:41
  a
• 31:41
  fan
• 31:41
  of
• 31:41
  this
• 31:41
  movie,
• 31:42
  I'd
• 31:42
  highly
• 31:43
  recommend
• 31:43
  that
• 31:43
  documentary.
• 31:44
  It's
• 31:44
  on
• 31:44
  Amazon
• 31:45
  prime
• 31:45
  here
• 31:45
  in
• 31:45
  the
• 31:45
  uk.
• 31:47
  But
• 31:47
  the
• 31:47
  Sam
• 31:48
  J.
• 31:48
  Jones
• 31:48
  of
• 31:48
  today
• 31:49
  isn't
• 31:49
  the
• 31:49
  Sam
• 31:49
  J.
• 31:50
  Jones
• 31:50
  of
• 31:50
  1980.
• 31:51
  The
• 31:52
  Sam
• 31:52
  J.
• 31:52
  Jones
• 31:52
  of
• 31:53
  1980
• 31:53
  was
• 31:53
  cocksure
• 31:54
  and
• 31:54
  arrogant.
• 31:55
  And
• 31:56
  pretty
• 31:56
  much
• 31:56
  after
• 31:57
  he
• 31:57
  touched
• 31:57
  down
• 31:57
  in
• 31:57
  London
• 31:58
  for
• 31:58
  filming,
• 31:59
  that's
• 31:59
  when
• 31:59
  the
• 32:00
  problems
• 32:00
  started.
• 32:01
  He
• 32:02
  got
• 32:02
  into
• 32:02
  fights.
• 32:03
  At
• 32:03
  one
• 32:03
  point
• 32:03
  he
• 32:04
  was
• 32:04
  in
• 32:04
  the
• 32:04
  hospital
• 32:04
  with
• 32:05
  a
• 32:05
  big
• 32:05
  scrape
• 32:05
  on
• 32:05
  his
• 32:06
  face
• 32:06
  and
• 32:06
  Dino
• 32:07
  De
• 32:07
  Laurentiis
• 32:08
  barged
• 32:08
  into
• 32:08
  the
• 32:08
  operating
• 32:09
  room
• 32:09
  to
• 32:09
  make
• 32:10
  sure
• 32:10
  they
• 32:10
  fixed
• 32:11
  his
• 32:11
  face
• 32:11
  so
• 32:11
  as
• 32:11
  not
• 32:12
  to
• 32:12
  leave
• 32:12
  a
• 32:12
  visible
• 32:13
  scar.
• 32:14
  Jones
• 32:14
  also
• 32:15
  arrived
• 32:15
  late
• 32:15
  to
• 32:15
  set
• 32:16
  and
• 32:16
  had
• 32:16
  arguments
• 32:17
  with
• 32:17
  Dino
• 32:17
  De
• 32:17
  Laurentiis
• 32:18
  about
• 32:18
  money.
• 32:19
  Jones
• 32:20
  representatives
• 32:21
  suggested
• 32:21
  he
• 32:22
  walk
• 32:22
  off
• 32:22
  the
• 32:22
  film,
• 32:23
  effectively
• 32:23
  holding
• 32:24
  the
• 32:24
  film
• 32:24
  to
• 32:24
  ransom
• 32:25
  if
• 32:25
  he
• 32:25
  didn't
• 32:25
  get
• 32:26
  his
• 32:26
  way.
• 32:27
  After
• 32:27
  Flash
• 32:27
  Gordon
• 32:28
  wrapped,
• 32:28
  Jones
• 32:29
  was
• 32:29
  not
• 32:29
  invited
• 32:30
  to
• 32:30
  take
• 32:30
  part
• 32:30
  in
• 32:30
  reshoots
• 32:31
  and
• 32:31
  additional
• 32:32
  dialogue
• 32:32
  recording
• 32:33
  sessions
• 32:33
  and
• 32:33
  was
• 32:34
  replaced
• 32:34
  by
• 32:34
  a
• 32:34
  stand
• 32:35
  in
• 32:35
  and
• 32:35
  voice
• 32:36
  actor.
• 32:36
  Luckily,
• 32:37
  most
• 32:37
  of
• 32:38
  his
• 32:38
  filming
• 32:38
  had
• 32:38
  finished
• 32:39
  and
• 32:39
  he
• 32:39
  could
• 32:39
  be
• 32:39
  filmed
• 32:40
  from
• 32:40
  the
• 32:40
  back
• 32:40
  for
• 32:41
  the
• 32:41
  Hawkman
• 32:41
  attack
• 32:42
  scene.
• 32:42
  This
• 32:43
  means
• 32:43
  that
• 32:43
  some
• 32:43
  of
• 32:43
  Jones's
• 32:44
  voice
• 32:44
  work
• 32:45
  in
• 32:45
  the
• 32:45
  movie
• 32:46
  is
• 32:46
  actually
• 32:46
  dubbed.
• 32:47
  How
• 32:47
  much
• 32:48
  exactly
• 32:49
  is
• 32:49
  not
• 32:49
  fully
• 32:49
  known.
• 32:50
  Some
• 32:51
  people
• 32:51
  say
• 32:51
  5
• 32:51
  to
• 32:52
  10%.
• 32:52
  Jones
• 32:53
  himself
• 32:54
  says
• 32:54
  it's
• 32:54
  more
• 32:54
  like
• 32:55
  90%.
• 32:56
  The
• 32:56
  vocal
• 32:56
  stand
• 32:57
  in
• 32:57
  was
• 32:57
  anonymous
• 32:57
  for
• 32:58
  many
• 32:58
  years,
• 32:58
  but
• 32:59
  is
• 32:59
  now
• 32:59
  widely
• 32:59
  recognized
• 33:00
  as
• 33:00
  being
• 33:01
  Peter
• 33:01
  Marinka.
• 33:02
  But
• 33:02
  there's
• 33:02
  no
• 33:03
  actual
• 33:03
  proof
• 33:03
  it
• 33:04
  was
• 33:04
  him.
• 33:04
  And
• 33:05
  whoever
• 33:05
  it
• 33:05
  was
• 33:06
  is
• 33:06
  attempting
• 33:06
  to
• 33:06
  do
• 33:07
  a
• 33:07
  Sam
• 33:07
  J.
• 33:08
  Jones
• 33:08
  impression
• 33:09
  rather
• 33:09
  than
• 33:09
  use
• 33:10
  their
• 33:10
  real
• 33:10
  voice.
• 33:11
  It
• 33:11
  left
• 33:11
  the
• 33:12
  marketing
• 33:12
  for
• 33:12
  the
• 33:12
  movie
• 33:13
  without
• 33:13
  its
• 33:14
  actual
• 33:14
  Flash
• 33:14
  Gordon,
• 33:15
  and
• 33:15
  instead
• 33:16
  Max
• 33:16
  Von
• 33:16
  Sydow
• 33:17
  was
• 33:17
  heavily
• 33:18
  focused
• 33:18
  on
• 33:18
  the
• 33:18
  promotional
• 33:19
  material
• 33:20
  instead.
• 33:21
  Speaking
• 33:22
  of
• 33:22
  Max
• 33:22
  Von
• 33:22
  Sydow,
• 33:23
  this
• 33:24
  is
• 33:24
  the
• 33:24
  perfect
• 33:24
  way
• 33:24
  to
• 33:24
  segue
• 33:25
  into
• 33:25
  the
• 33:25
  obligature
• 33:26
  Keanu
• 33:26
  reference
• 33:26
  of
• 33:27
  this
• 33:27
  episode.
• 33:28
  And
• 33:28
  if
• 33:28
  you
• 33:28
  don't
• 33:28
  know
• 33:28
  what
• 33:29
  that
• 33:29
  is,
• 33:29
  it's
• 33:30
  where
• 33:30
  I
• 33:30
  try
• 33:30
  and
• 33:31
  link
• 33:31
  the
• 33:31
  movie
• 33:31
  then
• 33:31
  a
• 33:31
  featuring
• 33:32
  with
• 33:32
  Keanu
• 33:33
  Reeves
• 33:33
  for
• 33:33
  no
• 33:33
  reason
• 33:34
  other
• 33:34
  than
• 33:34
  he
• 33:34
  is
• 33:35
  the
• 33:35
  best
• 33:35
  of
• 33:35
  men.
• 33:36
  And
• 33:36
  really
• 33:36
  the
• 33:36
  easiest
• 33:37
  way
• 33:37
  to
• 33:37
  link
• 33:37
  Keanu
• 33:38
  to
• 33:38
  this
• 33:38
  movie
• 33:39
  is
• 33:39
  through
• 33:40
  Max
• 33:40
  Von
• 33:40
  Sydow,
• 33:41
  who
• 33:41
  was
• 33:41
  the
• 33:42
  Bill
• 33:42
  and
• 33:42
  Ted
• 33:42
  of
• 33:43
  his
• 33:43
  day
• 33:44
  because
• 33:44
  he
• 33:45
  famously
• 33:45
  challenged
• 33:46
  Death
• 33:46
  to
• 33:46
  a
• 33:47
  game
• 33:47
  of
• 33:47
  chess
• 33:47
  in
• 33:48
  the
• 33:48
  Seventh
• 33:48
  Seal,
• 33:49
  which
• 33:49
  technically
• 33:50
  Bill
• 33:51
  and
• 33:51
  Ted
• 33:51
  also
• 33:52
  challenged
• 33:52
  Death
• 33:52
  to
• 33:53
  a
• 33:53
  variety
• 33:53
  of
• 33:54
  games
• 33:54
  in
• 33:54
  Bill
• 33:54
  and
• 33:54
  Ted's
• 33:55
  Bogus
• 33:55
  Journey.
• 33:56
  And
• 33:56
  so
• 33:56
  that
• 33:56
  is
• 33:57
  the
• 33:57
  easiest
• 33:57
  way
• 33:57
  to
• 33:57
  link
• 33:58
  Keanu
• 33:58
  to
• 33:58
  this
• 33:59
  movie.
• 33:59
  And
• 34:00
  I
• 34:00
  can't
• 34:00
  talk
• 34:00
  about
• 34:00
  this
• 34:01
  movie
• 34:01
  without
• 34:01
  talking
• 34:02
  about
• 34:02
  the
• 34:03
  astonishingly
• 34:04
  good
• 34:05
  soundtrack.
• 34:07
  The
• 34:07
  production
• 34:07
  team
• 34:08
  Flash
• 34:08
  Gordon
• 34:09
  made
• 34:09
  initial
• 34:09
  contact
• 34:10
  to
• 34:10
  ask
• 34:11
  whether
• 34:11
  Queen
• 34:12
  would
• 34:12
  score
• 34:12
  the
• 34:12
  film
• 34:13
  in
• 34:13
  late
• 34:13
  1979.
• 34:15
  But
• 34:15
  Dino
• 34:15
  de
• 34:15
  Laurentiis
• 34:16
  actually
• 34:17
  wasn't
• 34:17
  aware
• 34:18
  of
• 34:18
  who
• 34:18
  Queen
• 34:19
  was,
• 34:19
  since
• 34:20
  he
• 34:20
  didn't
• 34:20
  listen
• 34:21
  to
• 34:21
  rock
• 34:21
  music.
• 34:22
  His
• 34:22
  first
• 34:22
  question
• 34:23
  on
• 34:23
  learning
• 34:23
  of
• 34:24
  the
• 34:24
  collaboration
• 34:25
  was,
• 34:25
  who
• 34:26
  are
• 34:26
  the
• 34:26
  Queens?
• 34:27
  The
• 34:28
  first
• 34:28
  choice
• 34:28
  for
• 34:28
  Mike
• 34:29
  Hodges
• 34:29
  had
• 34:29
  apparently
• 34:30
  been
• 34:30
  Pink
• 34:30
  Floyd,
• 34:31
  who
• 34:31
  used
• 34:31
  an
• 34:32
  image
• 34:32
  of
• 34:32
  Charles
• 34:32
  Middleton
• 34:33
  as
• 34:33
  Ming
• 34:33
  the
• 34:33
  Merciless
• 34:34
  from
• 34:34
  the
• 34:34
  30s
• 34:35
  Flash
• 34:35
  Gordon
• 34:35
  serials
• 34:36
  to
• 34:36
  advertise
• 34:37
  their
• 34:37
  concert
• 34:37
  at
• 34:38
  Sacramento
• 34:38
  sound
• 34:39
  factory
• 34:39
  in
• 34:39
  1968.
• 34:42
  Pink
• 34:42
  Floyd's
• 34:43
  dark
• 34:43
  side
• 34:43
  of
• 34:43
  the
• 34:43
  Moon
• 34:44
  was
• 34:44
  actually
• 34:45
  playing
• 34:45
  on
• 34:45
  the
• 34:46
  set
• 34:46
  when
• 34:46
  Queen
• 34:47
  came
• 34:47
  to
• 34:47
  visit.
• 34:48
  The
• 34:48
  band
• 34:49
  was
• 34:49
  shown
• 34:49
  a
• 34:49
  clip
• 34:49
  of
• 34:50
  the
• 34:50
  finished
• 34:50
  movie
• 34:50
  and
• 34:51
  Brian
• 34:51
  May
• 34:51
  would
• 34:52
  go
• 34:52
  on
• 34:52
  to
• 34:52
  say,
• 34:52
  quote,
• 34:53
  we
• 34:53
  wanted
• 34:54
  to
• 34:54
  do
• 34:54
  something
• 34:54
  that
• 34:55
  was
• 34:55
  a
• 34:55
  real
• 34:55
  soundtrack.
• 34:56
  It's
• 34:56
  a
• 34:57
  first
• 34:57
  in
• 34:57
  many
• 34:57
  ways,
• 34:58
  because
• 34:58
  a
• 34:58
  rock
• 34:58
  group
• 34:59
  has
• 34:59
  not
• 34:59
  done
• 34:59
  this
• 34:59
  type
• 35:00
  of
• 35:00
  thing
• 35:00
  before,
• 35:01
  or
• 35:01
  else
• 35:01
  it's
• 35:02
  been
• 35:02
  toned
• 35:02
  down
• 35:03
  and
• 35:03
  they've
• 35:03
  been
• 35:03
  asked
• 35:03
  to
• 35:04
  write
• 35:04
  mushy
• 35:04
  background
• 35:05
  music,
• 35:05
  whereas
• 35:06
  we
• 35:06
  were
• 35:06
  given
• 35:07
  the
• 35:07
  license
• 35:07
  to
• 35:07
  do
• 35:07
  what
• 35:08
  we
• 35:08
  liked,
• 35:08
  as
• 35:09
  long
• 35:09
  as
• 35:09
  it
• 35:09
  complemented
• 35:10
  the
• 35:10
  picture.
• 35:12
  And
• 35:12
  Queen
• 35:13
  were
• 35:13
  very
• 35:13
  hands
• 35:13
  on
• 35:14
  with
• 35:14
  the
• 35:14
  soundtrack,
• 35:15
  with
• 35:15
  each
• 35:15
  member
• 35:15
  of
• 35:15
  the
• 35:16
  band
• 35:16
  writing
• 35:16
  distinctive
• 35:17
  tracks
• 35:18
  for
• 35:18
  it.
• 35:18
  It
• 35:19
  was
• 35:19
  the
• 35:19
  band's
• 35:19
  idea
• 35:19
  to
• 35:20
  use
• 35:20
  snippets
• 35:20
  of
• 35:20
  dialogue
• 35:21
  to
• 35:21
  give
• 35:21
  a
• 35:21
  sense
• 35:22
  of
• 35:22
  narrative
• 35:22
  and
• 35:22
  structure
• 35:23
  to
• 35:23
  the
• 35:23
  album.
• 35:24
  And
• 35:24
  it
• 35:24
  was
• 35:24
  Freddie
• 35:25
  Mercury
• 35:25
  who
• 35:26
  designed
• 35:26
  the
• 35:26
  distinctive
• 35:27
  Flash
• 35:27
  Gordon
• 35:28
  logo
• 35:28
  for
• 35:28
  the
• 35:28
  album
• 35:29
  sleeve.
• 35:30
  Queen's
• 35:30
  work
• 35:31
  on
• 35:31
  Flash
• 35:31
  Gordon
• 35:32
  was
• 35:32
  kept
• 35:32
  secret
• 35:33
  so
• 35:33
  as
• 35:33
  to
• 35:33
  not
• 35:34
  overshadow
• 35:34
  the
• 35:34
  film's
• 35:35
  December
• 35:35
  1980
• 35:36
  premiere.
• 35:37
  The
• 35:37
  soundtrack
• 35:38
  was
• 35:38
  released
• 35:38
  less
• 35:38
  than
• 35:38
  six
• 35:39
  months
• 35:39
  after
• 35:40
  their
• 35:40
  1980
• 35:41
  album
• 35:41
  The
• 35:41
  Game,
• 35:42
  which
• 35:42
  featured
• 35:43
  hits
• 35:43
  like
• 35:43
  Another
• 35:44
  One
• 35:44
  Bites
• 35:44
  the
• 35:44
  Dust
• 35:45
  and
• 35:45
  Crazy
• 35:45
  Little
• 35:45
  Thing
• 35:46
  Called
• 35:46
  Love.
• 35:46
  Flash
• 35:47
  Gordon
• 35:47
  was
• 35:48
  one
• 35:48
  of
• 35:48
  two
• 35:48
  film
• 35:48
  soundtracks
• 35:49
  that
• 35:49
  Queen
• 35:49
  produced
• 35:50
  along
• 35:50
  with
• 35:51
  Highlander,
• 35:51
  and
• 35:52
  they
• 35:52
  took
• 35:52
  the
• 35:52
  making
• 35:52
  of
• 35:52
  the
• 35:53
  Flash
• 35:53
  Gordon
• 35:53
  soundtrack
• 35:54
  so
• 35:54
  seriously
• 35:55
  they
• 35:55
  delayed
• 35:56
  their
• 35:56
  proposed
• 35:57
  greatest
• 35:57
  hits
• 35:57
  album
• 35:58
  for
• 35:58
  a
• 35:58
  year.
• 35:59
  Flash's
• 36:00
  Theme
• 36:00
  was
• 36:01
  the
• 36:01
  only
• 36:01
  single
• 36:02
  to
• 36:02
  be
• 36:02
  released
• 36:02
  from
• 36:02
  the
• 36:02
  album
• 36:03
  under
• 36:03
  the
• 36:03
  title
• 36:04
  Flash.
• 36:04
  The
• 36:05
  album
• 36:05
  reached
• 36:05
  number
• 36:06
  10
• 36:06
  here
• 36:06
  in
• 36:06
  the
• 36:06
  UK
• 36:07
  charts
• 36:07
  and
• 36:07
  number
• 36:08
  23
• 36:08
  in
• 36:08
  the
• 36:09
  US,
• 36:09
  and
• 36:10
  it
• 36:10
  would
• 36:10
  go
• 36:10
  gold
• 36:10
  here
• 36:11
  in
• 36:11
  the
• 36:11
  UK
• 36:11
  too.
• 36:12
  Queen
• 36:13
  would
• 36:13
  also
• 36:13
  receive
• 36:14
  a
• 36:14
  BAFTA
• 36:14
  nomination
• 36:15
  for
• 36:15
  Best
• 36:15
  Original
• 36:16
  Music
• 36:16
  alongside
• 36:17
  Howard
• 36:17
  Blake,
• 36:18
  who
• 36:18
  worked
• 36:18
  on
• 36:18
  the
• 36:19
  Flash
• 36:19
  Gordon
• 36:19
  score.
• 36:20
  Blake
• 36:20
  was
• 36:21
  only
• 36:21
  given
• 36:21
  10
• 36:21
  days
• 36:22
  to
• 36:22
  finish
• 36:22
  the
• 36:22
  orchestral
• 36:23
  score.
• 36:23
  He
• 36:24
  fell
• 36:24
  ill
• 36:24
  with
• 36:24
  pneumonia
• 36:25
  due
• 36:25
  to
• 36:25
  the
• 36:25
  exhaustion
• 36:26
  and
• 36:27
  then
• 36:27
  the
• 36:27
  movie
• 36:27
  didn't
• 36:28
  even
• 36:28
  use
• 36:28
  the
• 36:28
  majority
• 36:29
  of
• 36:29
  his
• 36:29
  work.
• 36:30
  But
• 36:31
  this
• 36:31
  is
• 36:31
  an
• 36:31
  absolutely
• 36:32
  stonking
• 36:32
  soundtrack
• 36:33
  and
• 36:33
  so
• 36:33
  unique.
• 36:34
  I
• 36:34
  actually
• 36:35
  listened
• 36:35
  to
• 36:35
  it
• 36:36
  before
• 36:36
  I
• 36:36
  started
• 36:37
  preparing
• 36:37
  this
• 36:37
  episode
• 36:38
  because
• 36:38
  it
• 36:38
  is
• 36:38
  genuinely
• 36:39
  that
• 36:39
  good.
• 36:40
  Thrash's
• 36:40
  Theme
• 36:41
  might
• 36:41
  have
• 36:42
  been
• 36:42
  the
• 36:42
  first
• 36:42
  Queen
• 36:43
  song
• 36:43
  that
• 36:43
  I
• 36:44
  ever
• 36:44
  listened
• 36:44
  to
• 36:44
  when
• 36:45
  I
• 36:45
  was
• 36:45
  a
• 36:45
  child.
• 36:46
  And
• 36:46
  so
• 36:46
  really
• 36:46
  this
• 36:47
  movie
• 36:47
  introduced
• 36:48
  me
• 36:48
  to
• 36:48
  Queen
• 36:49
  in
• 36:49
  six
• 36:49
  so
• 36:49
  many
• 36:50
  ways.
• 36:50
  Flash
• 36:51
  Gordon
• 36:51
  was
• 36:52
  released
• 36:52
  on
• 36:52
  5th
• 36:53
  December
• 36:53
  1980
• 36:54
  in
• 36:54
  the
• 36:54
  US
• 36:54
  and
• 36:55
  topped
• 36:55
  the
• 36:55
  box
• 36:55
  office
• 36:56
  in
• 36:56
  its
• 36:56
  first
• 36:56
  week.
• 36:57
  It
• 36:57
  dropped
• 36:58
  50%
• 36:58
  in
• 36:58
  its
• 36:58
  second
• 36:59
  week
• 36:59
  and
• 36:59
  by
• 37:00
  its
• 37:00
  fourth
• 37:00
  weekend
• 37:00
  of
• 37:01
  release
• 37:01
  in
• 37:01
  the
• 37:01
  US
• 37:02
  it
• 37:02
  was
• 37:02
  being
• 37:02
  pulled
• 37:03
  from
• 37:03
  major
• 37:03
  markets.
• 37:05
  Of
• 37:05
  course
• 37:05
  it
• 37:05
  didn't
• 37:06
  help
• 37:06
  that
• 37:06
  its
• 37:06
  star
• 37:07
  player,
• 37:07
  Flash
• 37:08
  himself,
• 37:09
  wasn't
• 37:09
  on
• 37:09
  the
• 37:09
  promotional
• 37:10
  circuit.
• 37:11
  A
• 37:11
  few
• 37:12
  days
• 37:12
  after
• 37:12
  its
• 37:12
  release
• 37:13
  on
• 37:13
  8
• 37:14
  December
• 37:14
  1980,
• 37:15
  the
• 37:15
  awful
• 37:16
  news
• 37:16
  of
• 37:16
  John
• 37:17
  Lennon's
• 37:17
  assassination
• 37:18
  outside
• 37:18
  his
• 37:19
  apartment
• 37:19
  in
• 37:19
  New
• 37:19
  York
• 37:20
  City
• 37:20
  broke.
• 37:21
  The
• 37:21
  following
• 37:22
  day,
• 37:22
  during
• 37:22
  Queen's
• 37:23
  concert
• 37:23
  at
• 37:23
  London's
• 37:24
  Wembley
• 37:24
  arena,
• 37:25
  they
• 37:25
  paid
• 37:25
  tribute
• 37:26
  to
• 37:26
  Lennon
• 37:26
  by
• 37:27
  playing
• 37:27
  a
• 37:27
  version
• 37:27
  of
• 37:28
  imagine.
• 37:29
  On
• 37:29
  10
• 37:30
  December
• 37:31
  1980,
• 37:31
  Flash
• 37:32
  Gordon
• 37:32
  was
• 37:32
  released
• 37:33
  in
• 37:33
  the
• 37:33
  UK
• 37:34
  and
• 37:34
  despite
• 37:34
  being
• 37:35
  released
• 37:35
  three
• 37:35
  weeks
• 37:36
  before
• 37:36
  the
• 37:36
  end
• 37:36
  of
• 37:36
  the
• 37:37
  year,
• 37:37
  just
• 37:38
  before
• 37:38
  a
• 37:38
  bitter
• 37:39
  winter
• 37:39
  and
• 37:39
  a
• 37:39
  recession,
• 37:40
  Flash
• 37:41
  Gordon
• 37:41
  became
• 37:42
  the
• 37:42
  third
• 37:42
  highest
• 37:43
  grossing
• 37:43
  movie
• 37:44
  of
• 37:44
  1980
• 37:45
  in
• 37:45
  the
• 37:45
  UK.
• 37:46
  It
• 37:46
  also
• 37:46
  performed
• 37:47
  well
• 37:47
  in
• 37:47
  Italy
• 37:48
  due
• 37:48
  to
• 37:48
  two
• 37:48
  prominent
• 37:49
  Italian
• 37:50
  actors.
• 37:51
  On
• 37:52
  its
• 37:52
  27
• 37:52
  million
• 37:53
  dollar
• 37:53
  budget,
• 37:53
  Flash
• 37:54
  Gordon
• 37:54
  would
• 37:54
  gross
• 37:55
  $27.1
• 37:56
  million
• 37:57
  domestically
• 37:57
  in
• 37:57
  the
• 37:58
  US
• 37:58
  and
• 37:56
  $19.4
• 37:59
  million
• 38:00
  internationally,
• 38:01
  for
• 38:02
  a
• 38:02
  total
• 38:02
  worldwide
• 38:03
  gross
• 38:03
  of
• 38:00
  $46.5
• 38:03
  million.
• 38:06
  It
• 38:06
  received
• 38:07
  positive
• 38:07
  reviews
• 38:08
  overall.
• 38:08
  Currently
• 38:09
  sits
• 38:09
  at
• 38:09
  83%
• 38:10
  on
• 38:10
  Rotten
• 38:10
  Tomatoes,
• 38:11
  with
• 38:11
  a
• 38:12
  consensus
• 38:12
  of
• 38:13
  campy
• 38:13
  charm
• 38:14
  and
• 38:14
  a
• 38:14
  knowing
• 38:14
  sense
• 38:14
  of
• 38:15
  humor
• 38:15
  help
• 38:15
  to
• 38:15
  overcome
• 38:16
  a
• 38:16
  silly
• 38:16
  plot
• 38:17
  involving
• 38:17
  a
• 38:18
  space
• 38:18
  faring
• 38:18
  ex
• 38:18
  football
• 38:19
  player,
• 38:19
  his
• 38:20
  adoring
• 38:20
  bevy
• 38:20
  of
• 38:21
  groupies
• 38:21
  and
• 38:21
  a
• 38:22
  super
• 38:22
  villain
• 38:22
  named
• 38:23
  Ming
• 38:23
  the
• 38:23
  Merciless.
• 38:24
  Now
• 38:25
  obviously
• 38:25
  in
• 38:26
  Rotten
• 38:26
  Tomatoes.
• 38:26
  Original
• 38:27
  reviews
• 38:27
  are
• 38:28
  mixed
• 38:28
  with
• 38:28
  contemporary
• 38:29
  critical
• 38:29
  reviews,
• 38:30
  but
• 38:30
  it
• 38:30
  celebrated
• 38:31
  its
• 38:31
  40th
• 38:32
  anniversary
• 38:32
  in
• 38:33
  2020
• 38:33
  with
• 38:34
  many
• 38:34
  retrospective
• 38:35
  reviews
• 38:36
  praising
• 38:36
  the
• 38:36
  movie
• 38:36
  for
• 38:37
  its
• 38:37
  iconic
• 38:37
  sets,
• 38:38
  costumes
• 38:39
  and
• 38:39
  for
• 38:39
  being
• 38:39
  something
• 38:40
  so
• 38:40
  completely
• 38:40
  different
• 38:41
  to
• 38:41
  the
• 38:41
  dark,
• 38:42
  moody
• 38:42
  comic
• 38:42
  book
• 38:43
  adaptations
• 38:43
  we
• 38:43
  would
• 38:44
  later
• 38:44
  get.
• 38:45
  Sanjay
• 38:46
  Jones's
• 38:46
  performance
• 38:46
  was
• 38:47
  overwhelmingly
• 38:47
  criticized,
• 38:48
  but
• 38:49
  you
• 38:49
  know
• 38:49
  Flash
• 38:50
  is
• 38:50
  supposed
• 38:50
  to
• 38:50
  be
• 38:51
  a
• 38:51
  bit
• 38:51
  of
• 38:51
  a
• 38:51
  himbo.
• 38:53
  The
• 38:53
  lack
• 38:53
  of
• 38:54
  Universal's
• 38:54
  marketing
• 38:55
  attempts
• 38:55
  also
• 38:56
  extended
• 38:56
  to
• 38:56
  award
• 38:57
  nomination
• 38:57
  campaigns.
• 38:58
  Despite
• 38:59
  this,
• 38:59
  Flash
• 39:00
  Gordon
• 39:00
  was
• 39:00
  nominated
• 39:01
  for
• 39:01
  three
• 39:01
  baftas
• 39:02
  for
• 39:02
  Best
• 39:02
  Costume
• 39:03
  Design,
• 39:03
  Best
• 39:03
  Original
• 39:04
  Film
• 39:04
  Music
• 39:04
  and
• 39:05
  Best
• 39:05
  Art
• 39:05
  Design,
• 39:06
  as
• 39:06
  well
• 39:06
  as
• 39:07
  three
• 39:07
  Saturn
• 39:07
  Awards
• 39:08
  for
• 39:08
  Best
• 39:08
  Costumes,
• 39:09
  Best
• 39:09
  Science
• 39:09
  Fiction
• 39:10
  Film
• 39:10
  and
• 39:11
  Best
• 39:11
  Supporting
• 39:11
  Actor
• 39:12
  for
• 39:12
  Max
• 39:12
  Von
• 39:13
  Sydow.
• 39:14
  It
• 39:14
  would
• 39:14
  win
• 39:14
  none
• 39:14
  of
• 39:15
  them,
• 39:15
  but
• 39:15
  it
• 39:15
  also
• 39:16
  wouldn't
• 39:16
  win
• 39:16
  Worst
• 39:17
  Actor
• 39:17
  at
• 39:17
  the
• 39:17
  inaugural
• 39:18
  Golden
• 39:18
  Raspberry
• 39:19
  Awards
• 39:19
  for
• 39:19
  Sam
• 39:20
  J.
• 39:20
  Jones
• 39:20
  either.
• 39:22
  Now,
• 39:23
  Dino
• 39:23
  De
• 39:23
  Laurentiis,
• 39:24
  as
• 39:24
  hopefully
• 39:25
  I've
• 39:25
  put
• 39:25
  across,
• 39:25
  was
• 39:26
  a
• 39:26
  man
• 39:26
  with
• 39:26
  grand
• 39:27
  ambitions,
• 39:27
  and
• 39:27
  that
• 39:28
  led
• 39:28
  to
• 39:28
  his
• 39:28
  vision
• 39:29
  for
• 39:29
  Flush
• 39:29
  Gordon.
• 39:30
  His
• 39:30
  plan
• 39:31
  was
• 39:31
  allegedly
• 39:32
  to
• 39:32
  buy
• 39:33
  Hollywood
• 39:33
  studios
• 39:34
  and
• 39:34
  film
• 39:35
  three
• 39:35
  Flash
• 39:35
  Gordon
• 39:36
  movies
• 39:36
  back
• 39:36
  to
• 39:37
  back
• 39:37
  with
• 39:37
  the
• 39:38
  second.
• 39:38
  According
• 39:38
  to
• 39:39
  Brian
• 39:39
  Blessed,
• 39:40
  based
• 39:40
  on
• 39:40
  the
• 39:40
  second
• 39:41
  movie
• 39:41
  serial,
• 39:42
  Flash
• 39:42
  Gordon's
• 39:43
  Trip
• 39:43
  to
• 39:43
  Mars,
• 39:43
  where
• 39:44
  Flash
• 39:44
  Gordon
• 39:44
  meets
• 39:45
  the
• 39:45
  Clay
• 39:45
  Men
• 39:46
  and
• 39:46
  other
• 39:46
  people
• 39:46
  on
• 39:47
  Mars
• 39:47
  when
• 39:47
  Ming
• 39:48
  has
• 39:48
  set
• 39:48
  up
• 39:48
  a
• 39:48
  base.
• 39:49
  But
• 39:49
  Ming
• 39:50
  died
• 39:50
  in
• 39:50
  the
• 39:50
  first
• 39:50
  movie,
• 39:51
  didn't
• 39:51
  he?
• 39:52
  No,
• 39:52
  because
• 39:53
  Ming's
• 39:53
  evil
• 39:54
  advisor
• 39:54
  Clytus
• 39:55
  was
• 39:55
  actually
• 39:56
  one
• 39:56
  of
• 39:56
  many
• 39:57
  Ming
• 39:57
  clones,
• 39:58
  thus
• 39:58
  allowing
• 39:59
  both
• 39:59
  Max
• 39:59
  Von
• 39:59
  Sydow
• 40:00
  and
• 40:00
  Peter
• 40:01
  Wingard
• 40:01
  to
• 40:01
  return
• 40:02
  to
• 40:02
  their
• 40:02
  villainous
• 40:03
  roles.
• 40:04
  But
• 40:04
  after
• 40:04
  Flash
• 40:05
  Gordon
• 40:05
  released
• 40:06
  and
• 40:06
  flopped,
• 40:06
  Sanjay
• 40:07
  Jones
• 40:07
  sued
• 40:08
  Dino
• 40:08
  De
• 40:08
  Laurentiis
• 40:09
  for
• 40:09
  breach
• 40:09
  of
• 40:09
  contract,
• 40:10
  demanding
• 40:11
  that
• 40:11
  De
• 40:11
  Laurentiis
• 40:12
  honour
• 40:12
  his
• 40:12
  option
• 40:13
  for
• 40:13
  two
• 40:13
  further
• 40:13
  Flash
• 40:14
  Gordon
• 40:14
  films.
• 40:15
  Sadly,
• 40:16
  Jones
• 40:16
  lost,
• 40:16
  and
• 40:17
  while
• 40:17
  they
• 40:17
  could
• 40:17
  have
• 40:17
  easily
• 40:18
  recast
• 40:18
  Flash,
• 40:19
  the
• 40:19
  original
• 40:20
  just
• 40:20
  didn't
• 40:20
  do
• 40:20
  the
• 40:21
  business
• 40:21
  they
• 40:21
  expected
• 40:22
  and
• 40:22
  the
• 40:22
  sequels
• 40:23
  were
• 40:23
  never
• 40:23
  made.
• 40:25
  A
• 40:25
  new
• 40:25
  Flash
• 40:25
  Gordon
• 40:26
  has
• 40:26
  been
• 40:26
  in
• 40:26
  the
• 40:26
  works
• 40:27
  since
• 40:27
  20th
• 40:27
  Century
• 40:28
  Fox
• 40:28
  hired
• 40:29
  J.D.
• 40:29
  payne
• 40:29
  and
• 40:30
  Patrick
• 40:30
  McKay
• 40:31
  to
• 40:31
  write
• 40:31
  a
• 40:31
  script
• 40:31
  in
• 40:32
  2014,
• 40:33
  with
• 40:33
  Matthew
• 40:33
  Vaughan
• 40:34
  in
• 40:34
  line
• 40:34
  to
• 40:34
  direct.
• 40:35
  This
• 40:35
  adaptation
• 40:36
  was
• 40:36
  mooted
• 40:37
  till
• 40:37
  2018,
• 40:38
  with
• 40:38
  Disney
• 40:39
  then
• 40:39
  buying
• 40:40
  20th
• 40:40
  Century
• 40:40
  Fox
• 40:41
  and
• 40:41
  obtaining
• 40:42
  the
• 40:42
  rights
• 40:42
  to
• 40:42
  the
• 40:42
  material.
• 40:44
  An
• 40:44
  animated
• 40:45
  film
• 40:45
  was
• 40:45
  then
• 40:45
  in
• 40:45
  the
• 40:45
  works
• 40:46
  with
• 40:46
  Taika
• 40:46
  Waititi,
• 40:47
  who
• 40:47
  had
• 40:47
  taken
• 40:48
  inspiration
• 40:48
  from
• 40:49
  Flash
• 40:49
  Gordon
• 40:49
  for
• 40:50
  Ragnarok
• 40:51
  in
• 40:51
  line
• 40:51
  to
• 40:51
  direct,
• 40:52
  but
• 40:52
  in
• 40:52
  2019
• 40:53
  the
• 40:53
  animated
• 40:53
  version
• 40:54
  was
• 40:54
  cancelled.
• 40:55
  In
• 40:55
  2021
• 40:56
  it
• 40:57
  was
• 40:57
  revived
• 40:58
  but
• 40:58
  this
• 40:58
  time
• 40:58
  as
• 40:59
  a
• 40:59
  live
• 40:59
  action
• 41:00
  remake.
• 41:00
  But
• 41:01
  I
• 41:01
  put
• 41:01
  this
• 41:01
  to
• 41:01
  Hollywood,
• 41:02
  an
• 41:02
  animated
• 41:03
  version
• 41:03
  of
• 41:03
  Flash
• 41:04
  Gordon
• 41:04
  would
• 41:04
  be
• 41:05
  pretty
• 41:05
  perfect
• 41:06
  and
• 41:06
  would
• 41:06
  mean
• 41:07
  many
• 41:07
  of
• 41:07
  the
• 41:07
  original
• 41:08
  cast
• 41:08
  who
• 41:08
  are
• 41:08
  still
• 41:09
  with
• 41:09
  us
• 41:09
  could
• 41:10
  reprise
• 41:10
  their
• 41:10
  roles.
• 41:11
  So
• 41:12
  what
• 41:12
  I'm
• 41:12
  saying
• 41:12
  is,
• 41:12
  does
• 41:12
  anyone
• 41:13
  have
• 41:13
  Brian
• 41:13
  Blessed's
• 41:14
  number?
• 41:15
  Despite
• 41:15
  the
• 41:16
  plans
• 41:16
  for
• 41:16
  a
• 41:16
  remake,
• 41:17
  Flash
• 41:17
  Gordon
• 41:18
  has
• 41:18
  never
• 41:18
  really
• 41:18
  left
• 41:18
  our
• 41:19
  screens.
• 41:19
  From
• 41:20
  Star
• 41:20
  Wars,
• 41:21
  Star
• 41:21
  Trek,
• 41:21
  Guardians
• 41:22
  of
• 41:22
  the
• 41:22
  Galaxy,
• 41:23
  Ragnarok,
• 41:24
  even
• 41:24
  arguably
• 41:25
  Disney's
• 41:25
  ill
• 41:25
  fated
• 41:26
  John
• 41:26
  Carter
• 41:27
  owes
• 41:27
  a
• 41:27
  debt
• 41:27
  to
• 41:28
  Flash
• 41:28
  Gordon.
• 41:29
  Despite
• 41:29
  Flash
• 41:29
  Gordon
• 41:30
  actually
• 41:31
  owing
• 41:31
  a
• 41:31
  debt
• 41:31
  to
• 41:32
  John
• 41:32
  Carter.
• 41:33
  Everything
• 41:34
  takes
• 41:34
  inspiration
• 41:34
  from
• 41:35
  everything
• 41:35
  else
• 41:35
  and
• 41:36
  a
• 41:36
  new
• 41:36
  Flash
• 41:36
  Gordon
• 41:37
  probably
• 41:37
  would
• 41:38
  go
• 41:38
  some
• 41:38
  way
• 41:38
  to
• 41:38
  fix
• 41:39
  the
• 41:39
  issues
• 41:39
  of
• 41:40
  the
• 41:40
  original.
• 41:41
  Ming
• 41:41
  the
• 41:42
  Merciless
• 41:42
  has
• 41:42
  often
• 41:43
  been
• 41:43
  attributed
• 41:43
  to
• 41:43
  the
• 41:44
  so
• 41:44
  called
• 41:44
  Yellow
• 41:45
  Peril
• 41:45
  xenophobia
• 41:46
  along
• 41:46
  with
• 41:47
  Fu
• 41:47
  Manchu
• 41:48
  and
• 41:48
  Marvel's
• 41:48
  the
• 41:48
  Mandarin
• 41:49
  and
• 41:50
  coded
• 41:50
  as
• 41:50
  an
• 41:50
  East
• 41:51
  Asian
• 41:51
  character
• 41:51
  with
• 41:52
  his
• 41:52
  hair
• 41:52
  and
• 41:52
  makeup
• 41:53
  despite
• 41:54
  Max
• 41:54
  von
• 41:54
  Sydow
• 41:55
  not
• 41:55
  portraying
• 41:56
  him
• 41:56
  with
• 41:56
  yellow
• 41:56
  face.
• 41:57
  Times
• 41:58
  have
• 41:58
  changed
• 41:58
  when
• 41:58
  it
• 41:58
  comes
• 41:59
  to
• 41:59
  depictions
• 41:59
  of
• 41:59
  discriminatory
• 42:00
  racial
• 42:01
  stereotypes.
• 42:02
  So
• 42:02
  Much
• 42:02
  so
• 42:02
  the
• 42:03
  BBFC,
• 42:03
  the
• 42:03
  board
• 42:04
  in
• 42:04
  charge
• 42:04
  of
• 42:04
  UK
• 42:05
  film
• 42:05
  ratings,
• 42:06
  recently
• 42:06
  reclassified
• 42:07
  Flash
• 42:07
  Gordon
• 42:08
  as
• 42:08
  a
• 42:08
  12A
• 42:09
  due
• 42:10
  to
• 42:10
  these
• 42:10
  outdated
• 42:11
  stereotypes.
• 42:12
  A
• 42:12
  new
• 42:12
  version
• 42:13
  would
• 42:13
  have
• 42:13
  to
• 42:13
  go
• 42:13
  some
• 42:14
  way
• 42:14
  to
• 42:14
  recategorize
• 42:15
  Ming,
• 42:15
  but
• 42:16
  sometimes
• 42:16
  that's
• 42:17
  where
• 42:17
  these
• 42:17
  remakes
• 42:18
  can
• 42:18
  actually
• 42:18
  excel.
• 42:20
  Flash
• 42:21
  Gordon
• 42:21
  is
• 42:21
  one
• 42:22
  of
• 42:22
  the
• 42:22
  ultimate
• 42:22
  science
• 42:23
  fiction
• 42:23
  and
• 42:23
  fantasy
• 42:23
  cult
• 42:24
  classics
• 42:24
  with
• 42:24
  many
• 42:25
  famous
• 42:25
  fans
• 42:25
  including
• 42:26
  Taika
• 42:27
  Waititi,
• 42:27
  Mark
• 42:28
  Millar,
• 42:28
  Robert
• 42:29
  Rodriguez,
• 42:29
  Quentin
• 42:30
  Tarantino,
• 42:31
  Edgar
• 42:31
  Wright
• 42:32
  and
• 42:32
  the
• 42:32
  late
• 42:32
  Stan
• 42:33
  Lee.
• 42:33
  From
• 42:34
  the
• 42:34
  original
• 42:34
  comic
• 42:34
  strip
• 42:35
  in
• 42:35
  the
• 42:35
  1930s
• 42:36
  to
• 42:36
  the
• 42:36
  modern
• 42:37
  day
• 42:37
  adaptations
• 42:38
  and
• 42:38
  spin
• 42:38
  offs,
• 42:39
  Flash
• 42:39
  Gordon
• 42:39
  has
• 42:40
  inspired
• 42:40
  countless
• 42:41
  filmmakers,
• 42:41
  TV
• 42:42
  producers
• 42:43
  and
• 42:43
  comic
• 42:43
  book
• 42:43
  creators
• 42:44
  to
• 42:44
  create
• 42:45
  amazing
• 42:46
  and
• 42:46
  imaginative
• 42:47
  stories
• 42:47
  and
• 42:48
  has
• 42:48
  left
• 42:48
  an
• 42:48
  indelible
• 42:49
  mark
• 42:49
  on
• 42:50
  pop
• 42:50
  culture.
• 42:51
  We're
• 42:51
  still
• 42:51
  talking
• 42:51
  about
• 42:52
  Flash
• 42:52
  Gordon
• 42:53
  and
• 42:53
  the
• 42:53
  fans
• 42:54
  still
• 42:54
  love
• 42:54
  Flash
• 42:55
  Gordon
• 42:55
  because
• 42:56
  Flash
• 42:56
  Gordon
• 42:57
  is
• 42:57
  a
• 42:57
  good
• 42:57
  movie
• 42:58
  and
• 42:58
  it
• 42:58
  looks
• 42:59
  great
• 42:59
  on
• 42:59
  Blu
• 43:00
  Ray.
• 43:00
  Unfortunately,
• 43:01
  I
• 43:01
  haven't
• 43:02
  actually
• 43:02
  seen
• 43:02
  it
• 43:03
  in
• 43:03
  4K
• 43:03
  yet.
• 43:05
  Sam
• 43:05
  J.
• 43:05
  Jones
• 43:06
  appears
• 43:06
  playing
• 43:06
  himself
• 43:07
  in
• 43:07
  Seth
• 43:07
  MacFarlane's
• 43:08
  2012
• 43:09
  comedy
• 43:09
  Ted,
• 43:09
  with
• 43:10
  the
• 43:10
  characters
• 43:10
  of
• 43:10
  Ted
• 43:11
  and
• 43:11
  John
• 43:11
  being
• 43:12
  fans
• 43:12
  of
• 43:12
  Flash
• 43:12
  Gordon
• 43:13
  and
• 43:13
  the
• 43:13
  movie's
• 43:14
  reference
• 43:14
  several
• 43:15
  times
• 43:15
  throughout
• 43:15
  that
• 43:15
  film.
• 43:16
  He
• 43:16
  also
• 43:17
  appears
• 43:17
  in
• 43:17
  the
• 43:17
  sequel
• 43:18
  Ted
• 43:18
  Too
• 43:19
  in
• 43:19
  Life
• 43:20
  After
• 43:20
  Flash.
• 43:20
  He
• 43:20
  is
• 43:21
  remarkably
• 43:21
  honest
• 43:22
  about
• 43:22
  his
• 43:22
  attitude
• 43:23
  back
• 43:23
  then
• 43:23
  and
• 43:24
  the
• 43:24
  mistakes
• 43:24
  he
• 43:24
  made.
• 43:25
  He
• 43:25
  called
• 43:26
  Dino
• 43:26
  De
• 43:26
  Laurentiis
• 43:27
  to
• 43:27
  apologize
• 43:27
  for
• 43:27
  his
• 43:28
  behavior
• 43:28
  and
• 43:29
  De
• 43:29
  Laurentiis
• 43:30
  accepted
• 43:30
  his
• 43:30
  apology.
• 43:32
  Brian
• 43:32
  Blessed's
• 43:33
  performance
• 43:34
  as
• 43:34
  Prince
• 43:34
  Boltan
• 43:35
  became
• 43:35
  a
• 43:36
  pop
• 43:36
  culture
• 43:36
  icon
• 43:37
  when
• 43:37
  the
• 43:37
  veteran
• 43:38
  stage
• 43:38
  and
• 43:38
  screen
• 43:38
  actor
• 43:39
  uttered
• 43:40
  the
• 43:40
  immortal
• 43:41
  line
• 43:41
  Gordon's
• 43:42
  alive.
• 43:43
  Which
• 43:44
  40
• 43:44
  years
• 43:44
  later
• 43:44
  remains
• 43:45
  the
• 43:45
  most
• 43:45
  repeated,
• 43:46
  reused
• 43:47
  and
• 43:47
  recycled
• 43:48
  quotation
• 43:48
  from
• 43:49
  both
• 43:49
  this
• 43:49
  film
• 43:50
  and
• 43:50
  Blessed's
• 43:51
  entire
• 43:51
  career.
• 43:52
  He
• 43:52
  is
• 43:52
  more
• 43:53
  than
• 43:53
  happy
• 43:53
  to
• 43:53
  repeat
• 43:53
  the
• 43:54
  line
• 43:54
  and
• 43:54
  does
• 43:55
  so
• 43:55
  often.
• 43:56
  Blessed
• 43:56
  is
• 43:57
  a
• 43:57
  genuine
• 43:57
  blessing
• 43:58
  and
• 43:58
  he
• 43:58
  adores
• 43:59
  this
• 43:59
  movie
• 44:00
  and
• 44:00
  its
• 44:00
  everlasting
• 44:01
  legacy.
• 44:01
  He
• 44:02
  often
• 44:02
  tells
• 44:02
  stories
• 44:03
  from
• 44:03
  the
• 44:03
  set,
• 44:04
  including
• 44:04
  the
• 44:04
  time
• 44:05
  when
• 44:05
  the
• 44:05
  late
• 44:05
  Queen
• 44:05
  Elizabeth
• 44:06
  II
• 44:06
  told
• 44:07
  him
• 44:07
  that
• 44:07
  Flash
• 44:08
  Gordon
• 44:08
  was
• 44:08
  a
• 44:08
  particular
• 44:09
  favorite
• 44:09
  Christmas
• 44:10
  movie
• 44:10
  she
• 44:11
  would
• 44:11
  watch
• 44:11
  with
• 44:11
  her
• 44:12
  grandchildren.
• 44:13
  I
• 44:13
  can
• 44:13
  just
• 44:13
  imagine
• 44:14
  her
• 44:14
  doing
• 44:14
  a
• 44:14
  Gordon's
• 44:15
  alive.
• 44:16
  Cinema
• 44:17
  owes
• 44:17
  a
• 44:18
  huge
• 44:18
  debt
• 44:18
  of
• 44:19
  gratitude
• 44:19
  to
• 44:19
  Flash
• 44:19
  Gordon.
• 44:20
  But
• 44:20
  cinema
• 44:21
  also
• 44:21
  owes
• 44:21
  a
• 44:22
  huge
• 44:22
  apology
• 44:23
  to
• 44:23
  Flash
• 44:23
  Gordon
• 44:24
  as
• 44:24
  well.
• 44:24
  Both
• 44:25
  the
• 44:25
  original
• 44:25
  comic
• 44:26
  strip
• 44:26
  and
• 44:26
  the
• 44:26
  serials
• 44:27
  and
• 44:27
  this
• 44:27
  movie.
• 44:28
  It
• 44:29
  shaped
• 44:29
  so
• 44:29
  much
• 44:29
  of
• 44:30
  science
• 44:30
  fiction
• 44:30
  and
• 44:30
  fantasy,
• 44:31
  and
• 44:31
  yet
• 44:32
  so
• 44:32
  many
• 44:32
  discredit
• 44:33
  this
• 44:33
  movie
• 44:33
  for
• 44:33
  its
• 44:34
  cheesy,
• 44:34
  campy,
• 44:35
  colorful
• 44:36
  version
• 44:36
  of
• 44:36
  Mongo.
• 44:37
  Without
• 44:38
  Flash
• 44:38
  Gordon,
• 44:38
  we
• 44:38
  wouldn't
• 44:39
  have
• 44:39
  Star
• 44:39
  Wars.
• 44:40
  George
• 44:40
  Lucas
• 44:41
  has
• 44:41
  acknowledged
• 44:41
  that
• 44:42
  Flash
• 44:42
  Gordon
• 44:42
  was
• 44:43
  a
• 44:43
  significant
• 44:43
  influence.
• 44:44
  How
• 44:44
  could
• 44:44
  it
• 44:45
  not
• 44:45
  be?
• 44:45
  Look
• 44:46
  at
• 44:46
  any
• 44:46
  level
• 44:46
  and
• 44:47
  they're
• 44:47
  very
• 44:47
  similar.
• 44:48
  Maybe
• 44:49
  Ning
• 44:49
  was
• 44:49
  going
• 44:49
  to
• 44:49
  turn
• 44:50
  out
• 44:50
  to
• 44:50
  be
• 44:50
  Flash's
• 44:51
  father
• 44:51
  too.
• 44:51
  Which
• 44:52
  would
• 44:52
  mean
• 44:52
  his
• 44:52
  feelings
• 44:53
  for
• 44:53
  Princess
• 44:53
  Aura
• 44:53
  are
• 44:54
  interesting
• 44:55
  to
• 44:55
  say
• 44:55
  the
• 44:55
  least.
• 44:55
  But
• 44:56
  hey,
• 44:56
  that
• 44:56
  also
• 44:57
  happened
• 44:57
  in
• 44:57
  Star
• 44:57
  wars,
• 44:58
  so
• 44:58
  samesies.
• 45:00
  Flash
• 45:00
  Gordon
• 45:01
  may
• 45:01
  not
• 45:01
  be
• 45:01
  to
• 45:01
  everyone's
• 45:02
  taste,
• 45:02
  but
• 45:02
  it
• 45:03
  succeeds
• 45:03
  at
• 45:04
  doing
• 45:04
  what
• 45:04
  it
• 45:04
  sets
• 45:04
  out
• 45:05
  to
• 45:05
  do.
• 45:06
  It
• 45:06
  wanted
• 45:06
  to
• 45:06
  create
• 45:07
  a
• 45:07
  lowbrow
• 45:08
  action
• 45:08
  adventure
• 45:09
  that
• 45:09
  doesn't
• 45:09
  take
• 45:09
  itself
• 45:10
  too
• 45:10
  seriously.
• 45:11
  And
• 45:11
  it's
• 45:11
  not
• 45:12
  only
• 45:12
  a
• 45:12
  space
• 45:12
  opera,
• 45:13
  but
• 45:13
  a
• 45:13
  full
• 45:14
  blown
• 45:14
  rock
• 45:14
  opera.
• 45:15
  And
• 45:15
  it
• 45:16
  does
• 45:16
  this
• 45:16
  to
• 45:16
  a
• 45:16
  spectacular
• 45:17
  level.
• 45:18
  It
• 45:19
  really,
• 45:19
  truly
• 45:20
  is
• 45:20
  in
• 45:21
  the
• 45:21
  realest
• 45:21
  sense,
• 45:22
  a
• 45:22
  spectacle.
• 45:23
  Does
• 45:24
  it
• 45:24
  completely
• 45:24
  make
• 45:24
  sense
• 45:25
  on
• 45:25
  a
• 45:25
  character
• 45:25
  level
• 45:26
  to
• 45:26
  trust
• 45:26
  the
• 45:26
  guy
• 45:26
  who
• 45:26
  captured
• 45:27
  you
• 45:27
  in
• 45:27
  a
• 45:27
  rocket
• 45:27
  and
• 45:28
  flew
• 45:28
  you
• 45:28
  into
• 45:28
  space?
• 45:29
  No.
• 45:30
  And
• 45:30
  how
• 45:30
  can
• 45:31
  that
• 45:31
  man
• 45:31
  survive
• 45:31
  a
• 45:32
  memory
• 45:32
  draining
• 45:32
  machine
• 45:33
  just
• 45:33
  by
• 45:33
  reciting
• 45:33
  Shakespeare?
• 45:35
  He
• 45:35
  probably
• 45:35
  can't.
• 45:36
  Should
• 45:37
  you
• 45:37
  be
• 45:37
  talking
• 45:37
  about
• 45:38
  the
• 45:38
  kids
• 45:38
  you're
• 45:38
  going
• 45:38
  to
• 45:39
  have
• 45:39
  with
• 45:39
  the
• 45:39
  woman
• 45:39
  you've
• 45:40
  known
• 45:40
  for
• 45:40
  about
• 45:40
  a
• 45:40
  day
• 45:41
  or
• 45:41
  48
• 45:42
  hours
• 45:42
  at
• 45:42
  the
• 45:42
  most?
• 45:43
  Probably
• 45:44
  not.
• 45:44
  And
• 45:45
  should
• 45:45
  the
• 45:45
  most
• 45:45
  powerful
• 45:46
  emperor
• 45:46
  in
• 45:46
  the
• 45:46
  galaxy
• 45:47
  be
• 45:47
  killed
• 45:47
  by
• 45:47
  the
• 45:47
  end
• 45:48
  of
• 45:48
  the
• 45:48
  spaceship?
• 45:49
  Highly
• 45:50
  unlikely.
• 45:51
  And
• 45:51
  what
• 45:51
  is
• 45:51
  hot
• 45:52
  hail
• 45:52
  exactly?
• 45:53
  How
• 45:53
  does
• 45:53
  the
• 45:53
  hail
• 45:54
  become
• 45:54
  hot
• 45:55
  when
• 45:55
  hail
• 45:55
  is
• 45:55
  cold?
• 45:56
  So
• 45:56
  many
• 45:57
  questions.
• 45:57
  But
• 45:58
  I
• 45:58
  care
• 45:58
  about
• 45:58
  none
• 45:59
  of
• 45:59
  these
• 45:59
  things.
• 46:00
  Because
• 46:00
  where
• 46:00
  this
• 46:00
  movie
• 46:01
  shines
• 46:01
  is
• 46:02
  aesthetically,
• 46:03
  it's
• 46:04
  stunningly
• 46:04
  beautiful
• 46:05
  to
• 46:05
  look
• 46:05
  at.
• 46:05
  The
• 46:06
  costume
• 46:06
  design
• 46:06
  is
• 46:07
  absurdly
• 46:07
  good.
• 46:08
  It's
• 46:08
  a
• 46:08
  sexy
• 46:09
  fever
• 46:09
  dream
• 46:10
  of
• 46:10
  a
• 46:10
  movie
• 46:10
  that
• 46:11
  stands
• 46:11
  alone.
• 46:12
  The
• 46:12
  practical
• 46:13
  creature
• 46:13
  work
• 46:13
  is
• 46:14
  memorable.
• 46:14
  The
• 46:15
  death
• 46:15
  scenes
• 46:15
  are
• 46:15
  pretty
• 46:15
  horrifying,
• 46:16
  but
• 46:17
  the
• 46:17
  matte
• 46:17
  paintings
• 46:17
  and
• 46:18
  model
• 46:18
  work
• 46:18
  are
• 46:18
  terrific.
• 46:19
  This
• 46:20
  movie
• 46:20
  means
• 46:20
  more
• 46:20
  to
• 46:20
  me
• 46:21
  than
• 46:21
  I
• 46:21
  ever
• 46:21
  realized.
• 46:22
  But
• 46:22
  memories
• 46:22
  of
• 46:22
  watching
• 46:23
  it
• 46:23
  as
• 46:23
  a
• 46:23
  kid
• 46:24
  just
• 46:24
  came
• 46:24
  flooding
• 46:25
  back
• 46:25
  to
• 46:25
  me
• 46:25
  of
• 46:26
  how
• 46:26
  much
• 46:26
  I
• 46:26
  wanted
• 46:27
  to
• 46:27
  be
• 46:27
  Princess
• 46:27
  Aura
• 46:28
  and
• 46:28
  wear
• 46:29
  her
• 46:29
  beautiful
• 46:29
  dresses.
• 46:31
  And
• 46:31
  I
• 46:31
  just
• 46:31
  want
• 46:31
  to
• 46:31
  recommend
• 46:32
  again
• 46:32
  the
• 46:32
  documentary
• 46:33
  Life
• 46:33
  After
• 46:33
  Flash.
• 46:34
  Sam
• 46:34
  J.
• 46:35
  Jones
• 46:35
  came
• 46:35
  across
• 46:36
  as
• 46:36
  nothing
• 46:36
  but
• 46:36
  a
• 46:37
  humble
• 46:37
  and
• 46:37
  lovely
• 46:37
  person
• 46:38
  who
• 46:38
  just
• 46:39
  listened
• 46:39
  to
• 46:39
  his
• 46:39
  greedy
• 46:39
  advisors
• 46:40
  rather
• 46:40
  than
• 46:41
  his
• 46:41
  own
• 46:41
  gut.
• 46:42
  He
• 46:42
  accepts
• 46:43
  his
• 46:43
  behavior
• 46:43
  at
• 46:43
  the
• 46:43
  time
• 46:44
  was
• 46:44
  awful
• 46:44
  and
• 46:45
  that
• 46:45
  he
• 46:45
  squandered
• 46:45
  a
• 46:46
  potentially
• 46:46
  good
• 46:46
  career,
• 46:47
  but
• 46:48
  he
• 46:48
  regularly
• 46:48
  attends
• 46:49
  conventions
• 46:49
  and
• 46:50
  he
• 46:50
  loves
• 46:50
  meeting
• 46:51
  fans.
• 46:51
  He
• 46:52
  seems
• 46:52
  like
• 46:52
  a
• 46:52
  great
• 46:52
  guy
• 46:53
  to
• 46:53
  meet
• 46:53
  and
• 46:53
  chat
• 46:54
  to
• 46:54
  and
• 46:54
  in
• 46:54
  many
• 46:55
  ways
• 46:55
  is
• 46:55
  the
• 46:56
  perfect
• 46:56
  Flash
• 46:57
  Gordon.
• 46:58
  Flash
• 46:58
  Gordon
• 46:58
  was
• 46:59
  simply
• 46:59
  always
• 46:59
  meant
• 47:00
  to
• 47:00
  be
• 47:00
  a
• 47:00
  one
• 47:00
  and
• 47:01
  done,
• 47:01
  and
• 47:01
  it's
• 47:02
  the
• 47:02
  most
• 47:02
  perfect
• 47:03
  one
• 47:03
  and
• 47:03
  done.
• 47:03
  It
• 47:04
  balances
• 47:04
  the
• 47:04
  bombast
• 47:05
  of
• 47:05
  its
• 47:05
  visuals
• 47:06
  and
• 47:06
  soundtrack
• 47:07
  with
• 47:07
  the
• 47:08
  kind
• 47:08
  of
• 47:08
  blandness
• 47:09
  of
• 47:09
  its
• 47:09
  leading
• 47:09
  actor,
• 47:10
  but
• 47:10
  there's
• 47:10
  a
• 47:10
  balance
• 47:11
  there.
• 47:12
  Flash
• 47:12
  Gordon
• 47:13
  may
• 47:13
  be
• 47:13
  45
• 47:13
  years
• 47:14
  old
• 47:14
  this
• 47:14
  year,
• 47:14
  but
• 47:15
  while
• 47:15
  the
• 47:15
  chances
• 47:15
  of
• 47:16
  seeing
• 47:16
  a
• 47:16
  remake
• 47:16
  anytime
• 47:17
  soon
• 47:17
  are
• 47:18
  probably
• 47:18
  a
• 47:18
  little
• 47:19
  bit
• 47:19
  dead
• 47:19
  right
• 47:19
  now,
• 47:20
  this
• 47:20
  movie
• 47:21
  is
• 47:21
  there.
• 47:21
  It's
• 47:22
  fun,
• 47:22
  it's
• 47:22
  crazy
• 47:23
  and
• 47:23
  silly.
• 47:24
  And
• 47:24
  you
• 47:24
  know
• 47:25
  what?
• 47:26
  Gordon's
• 47:26
  alive.
• 47:27
  Sorry,
• 47:28
  Brian,
• 47:28
  you
• 47:28
  do
• 47:29
  it.
• 47:29
  Gordon's
• 47:30
  alive.
• 47:31
  He
• 47:32
  loves
• 47:32
  it.
• 47:32
  You've
• 47:32
  just
• 47:32
  got
• 47:32
  to
• 47:33
  let
• 47:33
  him
• 47:33
  do
• 47:33
  it.
• 47:33
  He.
• 47:33
  He's
• 47:34
  happy
• 47:34
  now.
• 47:35
  Thank
• 47:35
  you
• 47:35
  for
• 47:35
  listening.
• 47:35
  As
• 47:36
  always,
• 47:36
  I
• 47:36
  would
• 47:36
  love
• 47:36
  to
• 47:36
  hear
• 47:36
  your
• 47:37
  thoughts
• 47:37
  on
• 47:37
  Flash
• 47:37
  Gordon
• 47:38
  and
• 47:38
  thank
• 47:38
  you
• 47:39
  for
• 47:39
  your
• 47:39
  continued
• 47:40
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• 47:40
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• 47:40
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• 47:40
  podcast.
• 47:41
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• 47:42
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• 47:42
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• 47:42
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• 47:42
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• 47:42
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• 47:42
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• 47:43
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• 47:43
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• 47:45
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• 47:45
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• 47:46
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• 47:46
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• 47:46
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• 47:47
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• 47:47
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• 47:49
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• 47:50
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• 47:51
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• 47:51
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• 48:04
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• 48:04
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• 48:05
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• 48:07
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• 48:07
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• 48:07
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• 48:08
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• 48:08
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• 48:10
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• 48:18
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• 48:19
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• 48:19
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• 48:19
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• 48:19
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• 48:19
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• 48:20
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• 48:20
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• 48:21
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• 48:21
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• 48:21
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• 48:22
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• 48:22
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• 48:22
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• 48:23
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• 48:29
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• 48:29
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• 48:30
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• 48:30
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• 48:30
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• 48:30
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• 48:38
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• 48:39
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• 48:40
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• 48:42
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• 48:43
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• 48:43
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• 48:45
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• 48:57
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• 49:03
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• 49:04
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• 50:18
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• 50:19
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• 50:21
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• 50:22
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• 50:23
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• 50:23
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• 50:23
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• 50:24
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• 50:24
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• 50:24
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• 50:24
  Gordon's
• 50:25
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• 50:26
  Can
• 50:26
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• 50:26
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• 50:26
  us
• 50:27
  the
• 50:27
  line
• 50:27
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• 50:27
  Flash
• 50:28
  Gordon?
• 50:28
  Because
• 50:28
  I
• 50:28
  know
• 50:28
  the
• 50:29
  Mexican
• 50:29
  Flash.
• 50:29
  You
• 50:29
  want
• 50:30
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• 50:30
  life
• 50:30
  of
• 50:30
  Flash
• 50:30
  Gordon.
• 50:31
  Gordon's
• 50:32
  alive.
• 50:37
  Gordon's
• 50:38
  alive.
• 50:39
  Gordon's
• 50:40
  alive.
• 50:43
  Here's
• 50:43
  some
• 50:44
  gin.
• 50:44
  Gordon's
• 50:45
  alive.
• 50:46
  Gordon's
• 50:47
  alive.
• 50:57
  Gordon's
• 50:58
  alive.
• 50:58
  You're
• 50:58
  thinking
• 50:59
  about
• 50:59
  that
• 51:01
  now.
• 51:01
  In
• 51:01
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• 51:02
  news
• 51:02
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• 51:02
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• 51:02
  the
• 51:02
  polls
• 51:03
  continue
• 51:03
  to
• 51:04
  slide
• 51:04
  for
• 51:04
  Gordon
• 51:05
  Brown.
• 51:05
  And
• 51:06
  some
• 51:06
  people
• 51:06
  are
• 51:07
  saying
• 51:07
  he's
• 51:07
  dead
• 51:08
  and
• 51:08
  buried.
• 51:09
  But
• 51:09
  I
• 51:09
  think
• 51:09
  the
• 51:10
  opposite.
• 51:10
  I
• 51:11
  say
• 51:11
  Gordon's
• 51:12
  al.
• 51:15
  Hey,
• 51:16
  darling,
• 51:18
  I
• 51:18
  have
• 51:18
  been
• 51:19
  asked
• 51:19
  by
• 51:19
  the
• 51:19
  public,
• 51:20
  would
• 51:20
  I
• 51:20
  say
• 51:20
  Gordon's
• 51:21
  alive?
• 51:21
  Ready?
• 51:22
  Gordon's
• 51:22
  alive.
• 51:25
  Please,
• 51:26
  please,
• 51:26
  Mr.
• 51:26
  Bless,
• 51:27
  say
• 51:27
  Gordon's
• 51:28
  alive.
• 51:29
  Gordon's
• 51:30
  alive.
• 51:31
  Gordon's
• 51:32
  alive.
• 51:34
  Gordon's
• 51:34
  alive.
• 51:35
  By
• 51:35
  the
• 51:36
  way,
• 51:36
  I
• 51:36
  haven't
• 51:36
  said
• 51:37
  it,
• 51:37
  have
• 51:37
  I?
• 51:37
  To
• 51:37
  you
• 51:38
  all.
• 51:38
  I've
• 51:38
  got
• 51:38
  to
• 51:38
  say
• 51:39
  it
• 51:39
  to
• 51:39
  you.
• 51:39
  Everybody
• 51:40
  wants
• 51:40
  me
• 51:40
  to
• 51:41
  say
• 51:41
  it,
• 51:41
  don't
• 51:41
  they?
• 51:42
  Gordon's
• 51:43
  Alay.
• 51:47
  One
• 51:47
  of
• 51:47
  our
• 51:47
  greatest
• 51:48
  peacetime
• 51:48
  prime
• 51:49
  ministers
• 51:49
  has
• 51:50
  died.
• 51:50
  But
• 51:51
  don't
• 51:51
  worry,
• 51:52
  Gordon's
• 51:53
  alive.
• 51:57
  Gordon's
• 51:58
  alive.
• 51:59
  Bye,