My wife and I reopened an old movie theater recently as a revival house. We opened with Flash Gordon. Opening night was packed and the audience went nuts. Gordon is indeed alive.
I'd pick Battle Beyond the Stars as my favorite sci-fi movie for 1980. It's so much fun. It really looks surprisingly good for a movie that was made with relatively limited means.
I was so fortunate to have been able to see both BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS & FLASH GORDON when they were both first released in the cinema. If they were rereleased today theatrically, HELL YES I would pay to see them again.
Holy crap Super Fuzz! Remember seeing this as a kid and that music got stuck in my head but had no idea what movie it was, thanks!! Been looking forever for it.
"Super Snooperrrrr.... He's a Super Snooper, he's so super duper!" That's basically the chorus of the theme song. Fun fact is the movie was originally called Super Snooper, I think in Italy it was. Then they changed it to Super Fuzz when it was released in the United states. And it is definitely one of my all-time favorite movies, I still have the DVD of it and watch it in once in a while with my buddies when they stop by.
Oh man I love Super Fuzz! I have it on DVD. I like Terence Hill, he is a great actor and had great comedic timing in those western movies he made with Bud Spencer like the Trinity movies.
Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction are generally all considered to fall under the umbrella of "speculative fiction"; at least in writing classes. There's a lot of overlap on the Venn diagram of elements common to each genre. It's actually pretty rare to find story that is purely in just one category, though the focus might be primarily on one of those things. Star wars is generally thought of of sci-fi, but I've also heard it described as "science fantasy" as the Force is more akin to magic, etc. Something like the Sarlacc (and the prospect of being slowly digested alive over millennia) certainly has a strong horror element, too. Of course, Star Wars was also heavily influenced by samurai films and pulp serials...
Highlander from for five years later has queen back at it doing an awesome soundtrack for an awesome movie Highlander is one of my favorite sci-fi/fantasy movies of the 1980s and as they say, in the film, there can only be one😊
@@movietimelines oh sorry. I’m still going through your back catalog, so I will keep my eyes open so I can find it. Looking forward to your next video.👍
You're absolutely right: Flash Gordon is one of the greatest films of all time, and the Hawkmen's assault on the battle cruiser one of THE great battle sequences. Superman II is also a triumph - still watch on a regular basis. Battle Beyond the Stars is a hoot as well.
Jealous? Be jealous of me! I was 15 when Flash Gordon came out. It was one of the greatest joys of my life, especially since I was familiar with both the serials and the comic strip.
When I saw Flash Gordon for the first time in the theater it took me all of 5 seconds to think, "This should be the next Rocky Horror Picture Show!" It is just that kind of campy fun and I was able to instantly come up with things to say back to the screen. (My date at the time didn't let me do that however!)
Upon reflection, having seen the film at home, multiple times as a kid when it screened on LA’s legendary Z Channel, to my old ass self now, that it is indeed an indelible classic. Flash. He’s a miracle.
In 1980 I was a snarky teen obsessed with Empire Strikes Back. I did see Flash in the theater, but didn't have the appreciation I have for it now. Looking back, it was so clearly NOT a Star Wars clone (at least to me), and that's one of the reasons it's so great. It is refreshingly itself. The costumes, the set design, just fantastic. And a Queen soundtrack is always a plus!
Can I just say I loved your reference in the review of the movie The Return when Raymond Burr was introduced you called him Steve Martin, which was his character's name in the original 1950's Godzilla and Godzilla 1985 U.S. versions. Also calling Jan-Michael Vincent "Airwolf" when he showed up during that clip cracked me up! And Airwolf was one of my favorite shows in the '80s growing up. And IMHO, it's still one of the greatest T.V. theme songs ever!
Fun and awesome as usual. Just a one small thing just between two of us. You forgot to replace "Horror Cultural Significance" with "SF Cultural Significance". 😉
Love this. I've always been a big sci-fi fan for as long as i can remember. When I was a kid, national danish television aired a series of movies they called "Farlig.." (Dangerous).. So there was Farlig Mission (Dangerous Mission) - a movie with Ted Danson called Once Upon A Spy from 1980. Could be classified as sci-fi. They got a shrink-ray at least :) But there was also Farlig Planet (Dangerous Planet) - which was a movie called The Killings at Outpost Zeta - also from 1980. At 10 years old, that movie scared the crap out of me. This is deffinatly a move you missed on your list :) Luckilly it seems to be availble here on youtube. But really love this. Already re-discovered a couple of movies I've completely forgotten. Keep it up :)
@@movietimelinesAwesome - haven't gotten to that one yet. Yeah, I guess it's a matter of classifications, as some of them fall into multiple catagories. I'll check it out soon. :)
Ahh, movies changing a part because of public response, reminds me of Aladdin changing the part of the opening away from "cut off your ear if they don't like your face," 🤣 Great vid Josh!
It’s not everyday that you see James Bond in Flash Gordon. And can I say what a great actor Timothy Dalton is. He’s the only one that has continued acting till this day.
I have been enjoying your 80s horror and sci fi projects, I cant wait for the next one! Thank you for including Xanadu and The Apple in the Sci Fi collection! Being a hug Olivia Newton-John fan and cult movie fan , it made me real giddy! I agree with you Flash Gordon is one of the all time best movies! I got to see Flash Gordon and Xanadu in theatres in the original run but in my defense I was 12 ! Keep up the awesome work!
Great comments, and the picture quality is so good that it makes one want to watch even the silliest offerings - thanks to Blu-Ray? We have a great DVD store in Helsinki that orders anything you want. You may know that Mario Girotti a.k.a. 'Terence Hill', born in Venice, just turned 84 a week ago. And a while ago he was still filming the quite fun priest-detective show 'Don Matteo'. Love the Italian views and language, try it if you can find it showing on some channel, folks. They just replaced the lead with a new priest, but I'll keep watching, just like 'Midsomer Murders'. Btw., sts it's enough for us Europeans to watch U.S. films for local colour, city/nature scenes, different culture habits, food, music, clothes, cars, time period etc. Plot and importance is not always the main thing. Maybe it might be fun to watch some of the massive amount of films and TV shows made around Europe for Americans. Lots of discoveries to be made there. Ciao.
Flash gordon is an underrated underachieving classic. Its just so much fun from beginning to end. The two lead american actors are cute but its all the character actors that make it really pop. The costumes & set designs are wonderful & really give comic book camp. The pacing is perfect. Queens soundtrack is epic. Even the dated SFX still suit teh comic book feel. It was the first film I ever really wanted on Bluray.
Robert Vaughn: "The Man From Uncle", "Teenage Cave Man", "Battle Beyond The Stars". As a boy I was hooked by "The Man From Uncle". I still have a toy radio that pops into a machine gun. And, a toy camera that pops into a pistol.
Lol, i noticed the minor mistake, of the horror cultural significance. Yeah, these are all some pretty memorable films, & Cecil of Goodbadflicks recommended the Return. I think the Apple did a good job of, in a way, predicting what the mainstream music biz would become in the 21st century. Troma was actually founded in 1974, & they had had at least one hit, prior to the Final Countdown, with 1979's Squeeze Play, but yeah, they hadn't really taken off, as a company yet, at that point. Also, wow, was that really Kathy Griffin in Battle Beyond the Stars?? Had no idea she was around back then! That being said, cannot wait for the next 1981 edition of the Horror Project!!
Flash Gordon such a joy to watch for me and a kid. It was always on around Xmas time on cable. I never knew that queen did the soundtrack of the movie until I realized it when I was a bit older cus I was only 4 and 5 when I watched the movie. Years later I found out during a vh1 episode of my generation featuring all the videos of queen that they did the soundtrack of that awesome movie. I knew then I needed to be a fan of the band. Plus of course of the song Bo rhapsody.
Flash by a mile - i'm 47 now but saw it at the pictures when it came out and always been a utter fave. got that excellent Life After Flash doc on bluey as well.
I really wish Flash Gordon had gotten a good sequel or trilogy, though it was like lightning in a bottle and would be hard to replicate. It amazes me that movie wasn't more successful. I remember seeing it with my best friend when it came out, while I was only 6 years old and was just blown away!
Terrance hill and bud spencer where some of the biggest names in europe in the 70 80 90. There is a fastival for them. Bud is unfortunatly gone but terrance is still adenting these festival. They are most influancul in europe espacialy in italy austria and germany. Every one over 20 knows them. Oliver onions made the soundtrack for a lot of there movies and everybody has hered some if them on radio. You realy can not understand how much of cult figursers these two are. They have a videogame. They are very loved. There are most unique movies.
I absolutely love this block, thanks for posting this, Battle Beyond the Stars was one of my favorite films growing up, I would often get it confused with one of the other films that used the same ships and stock footage oddly enough in one of my other favorites Space Raiders. Also Vaughn was also in Magnificent Seven which of course....Final Countdown is also a guilty pleasure along with Hangar 18, and of course how can you not love Sam Jones as Flash Gordon!!!! I'm not sure which I would choose as my favorite from this video, it's close with Flash and Battle. I like how to say IF you are a Time Bandits fan, like who isn't.
"The Apple" wasnt far off the timeline, star search and then, only a handful of years later, american idol debuted. "Kneel before ZOD...snootchie bootchies"
I have to agree with the love for Flash Gordon here, it is such a part of my childhood, along with Superman 2 and every Star Wars movie. Hard to pick a favourite from this list but I would probably go with Superman 2 with Flash in 2nd, a close 2nd, for the year Empire Strikes back is the top.
The Final Countdown deserves more as the great cast is what makes this a good film. Also one of the very few films which was done with the cooperation of the US Navy and the Dept of Defense.
12/5/1980-one of the greatest dates in history. Everything about Flash is great. I'm sure you would have given it more than 5 if you could have. Speaking of nostalgia, I saw Super Fuzz in the theater and your review nailed it. It's good but a little weird because it's foreign. (No disrespect meant, that's just the best way to describe it)
Who arrests Zod in that deleted scene? The North Pole PD? Empire is my favorite of the year. But Flash Gordon is indeed amazing. And it's only Queen's second best movie soundtrack.
his landlady is the fantastic Miriam Margolise - and in fairness Brian Blessed -is exactly the same in every film -interview - moment of his entire life (saw it at the cinema)
When Max von Sydow came on screen you introduced him as Brewmeister Smith, Eh!😅 you are a man of culture as well I see if you know what character and movie that name is from! Did anyone else happen to get that or know what movie he referenced, eh?
Even with it's cult status, Flash Gordon is still criminally under-rated, IMO. And, each of the original trilogy Star Wars movies was killer, too, of course.
I’m gonna say even though I was just three years old. It was the Empire strikes back. That was my favorite movie from 1980 even though I didn’t see it until it was on television a few years later when I was in kindergarten but which time I had the Empire strikes back lunchbox Best fueling my crush on Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill
Thanks Josh - these lists are really interesting and entertaining. Flash is one I have a love/hate relationship with. Not really due to the film itself but as a kid it was on TV every year on my birthday (or the weekend next to it). So it became this thing to me. That said soundtrack is amazing and I wish Queen did more films than this and highlander!
I wish we had better access to reviews back in the 80's. I paid for Ice Pirates, Cyborg, King Kong Lives and The Last Jedi. Okay, that last one came a bit later but where you guys before I bought my ticket??
My wife and I reopened an old movie theater recently as a revival house. We opened with Flash Gordon. Opening night was packed and the audience went nuts. Gordon is indeed alive.
Never, ever say to Brian Blessed that Flash Gordon is dead
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Awesome; congrats!! Show "Suspiria" for Halloween. The 1977 one, of course.
"FLYING BLIND ON A ROCKET CYCLE?" Is my favorite Brian Blessed reading in Flash Gordon even better than "DIVE!" 😊
'bah! hand me the remote control! :D
Lol, same
Super Fuzz !!!! I remember watching that movie as a kid on HBO !!! You're correct, it was on all the time! I love this movie, too !
Movie fact: The pile of cocaine on Tony Montana’s desk is a 1:12th scale recreation of the pile of cocaine on the set of The Apple.
I love how Jasoned is a verb now
Can we start using Michaeled as a verb now for any stalker looming in the shadows? lol
@@shanniswatching Yes! I'm game for that
I'd pick Battle Beyond the Stars as my favorite sci-fi movie for 1980. It's so much fun. It really looks surprisingly good for a movie that was made with relatively limited means.
I was so fortunate to have been able to see both BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS & FLASH GORDON when they were both first released in the cinema. If they were rereleased today theatrically, HELL YES I would pay to see them again.
I also saw Flash Gordon in 1980. I was 8. I’m told I exited the theater singing the theme song. Flash! Ah-ahhh! Lol
Both are among my favorite films!
@@davidhelvering 😅🤣😂
yes they are both, brilliant films.. MUCH better than today's trash.
John Sayles never won an Oscar
Cheesy and Campy is what makes Flash Gordon so fun to watch!
Flash Gordon is a favourite of mine too, loved it as a kid and still love it now. Met Sam Jones at a convention once and he was super nice.
Holy crap Super Fuzz! Remember seeing this as a kid and that music got stuck in my head but had no idea what movie it was, thanks!! Been looking forever for it.
"Super Snooperrrrr.... He's a Super Snooper, he's so super duper!" That's basically the chorus of the theme song. Fun fact is the movie was originally called Super Snooper, I think in Italy it was. Then they changed it to Super Fuzz when it was released in the United states. And it is definitely one of my all-time favorite movies, I still have the DVD of it and watch it in once in a while with my buddies when they stop by.
Wow. Horror, sci fi, hard rock/metal. 1980 was an AMAZING year.
Kudos to you for The Last Dragon reference during the Super Fuzz segment. I see ya Josh😉👍
lol. it's another of my favorite films of all time.
@@movietimelines Same here!
Oh man I love Super Fuzz! I have it on DVD. I like Terence Hill, he is a great actor and had great comedic timing in those western movies he made with Bud Spencer like the Trinity movies.
Wow Josh, before now I never realized how much schi-fi movies impacted the horror genre, who knew? 😆😜
I mean they are brother Genre
Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction are generally all considered to fall under the umbrella of "speculative fiction"; at least in writing classes. There's a lot of overlap on the Venn diagram of elements common to each genre. It's actually pretty rare to find story that is purely in just one category, though the focus might be primarily on one of those things. Star wars is generally thought of of sci-fi, but I've also heard it described as "science fantasy" as the Force is more akin to magic, etc. Something like the Sarlacc (and the prospect of being slowly digested alive over millennia) certainly has a strong horror element, too. Of course, Star Wars was also heavily influenced by samurai films and pulp serials...
@@AMortalDefiant I was making a joke about the rating cards.
"The ability to turn 🎉into a dummy and back." Lmao. Love the commentary.
Ahh Flash Gordon. Damn fine film, so quotable. Definitely a GOAT.
Gordon's aliiive?!
This guy has a very good grasp of pop culture spanning many decades. I get most of the references, but the older ones I'm really impressed.
thank you!
I am impressed you got through the whole Battle Beyond the Stars review without saying "boobs"
Highlander from for five years later has queen back at it doing an awesome soundtrack for an awesome movie
Highlander is one of my favorite sci-fi/fantasy movies of the 1980s and as they say, in the film, there can only be one😊
ah yes, i remember that now, brain may did the star fleet music too
I loved Battle beyond the stars when I was a kid. It's been a very long time since I watched it though 😊🐾 💜
I’m surprised he didn’t say John Boy Walton for him there
@@williamcurry4868 I thought the same. And also not calling Timothy Dalton James Bond.
it's worth a rewatch!
i called him john boy in another video, so i figured i should switch it up.
@@movietimelines oh sorry. I’m still going through your back catalog, so I will keep my eyes open so I can find it. Looking forward to your next video.👍
You're absolutely right: Flash Gordon is one of the greatest films of all time, and the Hawkmen's assault on the battle cruiser one of THE great battle sequences.
Superman II is also a triumph - still watch on a regular basis.
Battle Beyond the Stars is a hoot as well.
"Flash Gordon" is almost perfect as far as movies go. Same with "Creepshow"
Jealous? Be jealous of me! I was 15 when Flash Gordon came out. It was one of the greatest joys of my life, especially since I was familiar with both the serials and the comic strip.
When I saw Flash Gordon for the first time in the theater it took me all of 5 seconds to think,
"This should be the next Rocky Horror Picture Show!"
It is just that kind of campy fun and I was able to instantly come up with things to say back to the screen. (My date at the time didn't let me do that however!)
Flash Gordon is probably my favorite sci-fi movie of 1980 as well.
Upon reflection, having seen the film at home, multiple times as a kid when it screened on LA’s legendary Z Channel, to my old ass self now, that it is indeed an indelible classic. Flash. He’s a miracle.
I remember the Z channel. :)
Superman II was fantastic! I loved it!
In 1980 I was a snarky teen obsessed with Empire Strikes Back. I did see Flash in the theater, but didn't have the appreciation I have for it now. Looking back, it was so clearly NOT a Star Wars clone (at least to me), and that's one of the reasons it's so great. It is refreshingly itself. The costumes, the set design, just fantastic. And a Queen soundtrack is always a plus!
Xanadu should have won every Oscar that year.
And unfortunately it ended up ruining Michael Beck's film career after that!
Can I just say I loved your reference in the review of the movie The Return when Raymond Burr was introduced you called him Steve Martin, which was his character's name in the original 1950's Godzilla and Godzilla 1985 U.S. versions.
Also calling Jan-Michael Vincent "Airwolf" when he showed up during that clip cracked me up! And Airwolf was one of my favorite shows in the '80s growing up. And IMHO, it's still one of the greatest T.V. theme songs ever!
Fun and awesome as usual. Just a one small thing just between two of us. You forgot to replace "Horror Cultural Significance" with "SF Cultural Significance". 😉
The final countdown is funny with that Marine in Blues..., We would be wearing Camo...,
Cool timeline though thanks
YES, Flas Gordon will always be #1 bay bay!
Love this. I've always been a big sci-fi fan for as long as i can remember. When I was a kid, national danish television aired a series of movies they called "Farlig.." (Dangerous).. So there was Farlig Mission (Dangerous Mission) - a movie with Ted Danson called Once Upon A Spy from 1980. Could be classified as sci-fi. They got a shrink-ray at least :) But there was also Farlig Planet (Dangerous Planet) - which was a movie called The Killings at Outpost Zeta - also from 1980. At 10 years old, that movie scared the crap out of me. This is deffinatly a move you missed on your list :) Luckilly it seems to be availble here on youtube. But really love this. Already re-discovered a couple of movies I've completely forgotten. Keep it up :)
check out the Horror version of the '80s Project : 1980 vol. 9 for the coverage of Killings at Outpost Zeta!
@@movietimelinesAwesome - haven't gotten to that one yet. Yeah, I guess it's a matter of classifications, as some of them fall into multiple catagories. I'll check it out soon. :)
Ahh, movies changing a part because of public response, reminds me of Aladdin changing the part of the opening away from "cut off your ear if they don't like your face," 🤣 Great vid Josh!
Awesome! But if only you prioritized the 80s Horror movies project more. I would love to see a video each week!
Until the MCU kicked in, Superman II featured the best comic book battle on screen I had seen up to that point.
It’s not everyday that you see James Bond in Flash Gordon. And can I say what a great actor Timothy Dalton is. He’s the only one that has continued acting till this day.
BRIAN BLESSED WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A QUIET WORD IN YOUR EAR!!!!
(For BRIAN BLESSED, all-caps IS basically whispering.)
I loved the final countdown
Hay, Hanger 18 was special to me, as it was one of the first movies I ever went to the theater by myself to see 😁
This was so much fun to watch! I still love (and own) Xanadu, Galaxina, The Apple and Flash Gordon.
I love Olivia Newton John and Xanadu ! I also love Battle Beyond the Stars and Flash Gordon!
Out of the blue depressing
Hey, that's life man. As Clerks would say
Thx for these reviews, good list of favs to watch
I have been enjoying your 80s horror and sci fi projects, I cant wait for the next one! Thank you for including Xanadu and The Apple in the Sci Fi collection! Being a hug Olivia Newton-John fan and cult movie fan , it made me real giddy! I agree with you Flash Gordon is one of the all time best movies! I got to see Flash Gordon and Xanadu in theatres in the original run but in my defense I was 12 ! Keep up the awesome work!
Great comments, and the picture quality is so good that it makes one want to watch even the silliest offerings - thanks to Blu-Ray? We have a great DVD store in Helsinki that orders anything you want. You may know that Mario Girotti a.k.a. 'Terence Hill', born in Venice, just turned 84 a week ago. And a while ago he was still filming the quite fun priest-detective show 'Don Matteo'. Love the Italian views and language, try it if you can find it showing on some channel, folks. They just replaced the lead with a new priest, but I'll keep watching, just like 'Midsomer Murders'. Btw., sts it's enough for us Europeans to watch U.S. films for local colour, city/nature scenes, different culture habits, food, music, clothes, cars, time period etc. Plot and importance is not always the main thing. Maybe it might be fun to watch some of the massive amount of films and TV shows made around Europe for Americans. Lots of discoveries to be made there. Ciao.
Flash gordon is an underrated underachieving classic. Its just so much fun from beginning to end. The two lead american actors are cute but its all the character actors that make it really pop. The costumes & set designs are wonderful & really give comic book camp. The pacing is perfect. Queens soundtrack is epic. Even the dated SFX still suit teh comic book feel. It was the first film I ever really wanted on Bluray.
so many british legends in this batch. Brian Blessed, Terence stamp & Miriam margolyes. All amazingly still alive. Gordons alive!
Very nice!
I was wondering when you were gonna drop another of these.
"Trooper please" 🤣
It's Flash Gordon.
Robert Vaughn: "The Man From Uncle", "Teenage Cave Man", "Battle Beyond The Stars". As a boy I was hooked by "The Man From Uncle". I still have a toy radio that pops into a machine gun. And, a toy camera that pops into a pistol.
Dude, I don't want to brag but I saw "Flash Gordon" the day it opened in theaters! 😊
Gordon is ALIVE!!!
YOU GO Bruce Leroy!
I saw Battle Beyond the Stars in the movies-excellent film! Most SW cash grabs were forgettable, but this was really the 7 Samurai in space
Love this! Do 81-98. Gotta get the views!!
Lol, i noticed the minor mistake, of the horror cultural significance. Yeah, these are all some pretty memorable films, & Cecil of Goodbadflicks recommended the Return. I think the Apple did a good job of, in a way, predicting what the mainstream music biz would become in the 21st century. Troma was actually founded in 1974, & they had had at least one hit, prior to the Final Countdown, with 1979's Squeeze Play, but yeah, they hadn't really taken off, as a company yet, at that point. Also, wow, was that really Kathy Griffin in Battle Beyond the Stars?? Had no idea she was around back then! That being said, cannot wait for the next 1981 edition of the Horror Project!!
Flash Gordon such a joy to watch for me and a kid. It was always on around Xmas time on cable. I never knew that queen did the soundtrack of the movie until I realized it when I was a bit older cus I was only 4 and 5 when I watched the movie. Years later I found out during a vh1 episode of my generation featuring all the videos of queen that they did the soundtrack of that awesome movie. I knew then I needed to be a fan of the band. Plus of course of the song Bo rhapsody.
I recall watching Super Snooper in the 80s, although it was called Super Cop and aired continuously in the afternoons on HBO.
Can't go wrong with Flash Gordon either 😅🐾💜
I loved Xanadu when it came out and saw it twice in a week!
I loved it when it was released, but now I really only like the ELO tunes.
Flash by a mile - i'm 47 now but saw it at the pictures when it came out and always been a utter fave.
got that excellent Life After Flash doc on bluey as well.
100% with you on Flash. Have loved it since the beginning.
You are spot on with your number one movie!
I really wish Flash Gordon had gotten a good sequel or trilogy, though it was like lightning in a bottle and would be hard to replicate. It amazes me that movie wasn't more successful. I remember seeing it with my best friend when it came out, while I was only 6 years old and was just blown away!
Flash Gorden was cool because I used to Watch the old Serials as a kids in the early mid 60's
Superman II but it’s def Battle Beyond the Stars from this block
Terrance hill and bud spencer where some of the biggest names in europe in the 70 80 90. There is a fastival for them. Bud is unfortunatly gone but terrance is still adenting these festival. They are most influancul in europe espacialy in italy austria and germany. Every one over 20 knows them. Oliver onions made the soundtrack for a lot of there movies and everybody has hered some if them on radio. You realy can not understand how much of cult figursers these two are. They have a videogame. They are very loved. There are most unique movies.
I used to watch flash Gordon a lot as a kid
I absolutely love this block, thanks for posting this, Battle Beyond the Stars was one of my favorite films growing up, I would often get it confused with one of the other films that used the same ships and stock footage oddly enough in one of my other favorites Space Raiders. Also Vaughn was also in Magnificent Seven which of course....Final Countdown is also a guilty pleasure along with Hangar 18, and of course how can you not love Sam Jones as Flash Gordon!!!! I'm not sure which I would choose as my favorite from this video, it's close with Flash and Battle. I like how to say IF you are a Time Bandits fan, like who isn't.
"The Apple" wasnt far off the timeline, star search and then, only a handful of years later, american idol debuted. "Kneel before ZOD...snootchie bootchies"
Last dragon. Nice
I have to agree with the love for Flash Gordon here, it is such a part of my childhood, along with Superman 2 and every Star Wars movie. Hard to pick a favourite from this list but I would probably go with Superman 2 with Flash in 2nd, a close 2nd, for the year Empire Strikes back is the top.
Superman II is easily my favorite.
The Final Countdown deserves more as the great cast is what makes this a good film. Also one of the very few films which was done with the cooperation of the US Navy and the Dept of Defense.
12/5/1980-one of the greatest dates in history. Everything about Flash is great. I'm sure you would have given it more than 5 if you could have. Speaking of nostalgia, I saw Super Fuzz in the theater and your review nailed it. It's good but a little weird because it's foreign. (No disrespect meant, that's just the best way to describe it)
never heard of that movie the apple before in my life
Who arrests Zod in that deleted scene? The North Pole PD?
Empire is my favorite of the year. But Flash Gordon is indeed amazing. And it's only Queen's second best movie soundtrack.
lol. yeah. whose jurisdiction would that even be?
@Movie Timelines missed opportunity for a Santa Claus crossover.
@@movietimelines Santa runs a tight ship up there!
18:58 ish - That's Miriam Fucking Margolyes! I must see this movie!
5/10. I love the ELO songs in Xanadu!
his landlady is the fantastic Miriam Margolise - and in fairness Brian Blessed -is exactly the same in every film -interview - moment of his entire life (saw it at the cinema)
YAY! THE TUBES!
I loved "The Final Countdown" when I was a kid. I really liked "Megaforce" as a kid too, so.....
Looking forward to the 80s project Heartwarming Sports Films edition
When Max von Sydow came on screen you introduced him as Brewmeister Smith, Eh!😅 you are a man of culture as well I see if you know what character and movie that name is from! Did anyone else happen to get that or know what movie he referenced, eh?
Man, this last batch was kinda rough, with the exception of Superman.
really? this was one of my favorite batches out of the whole series!
Xanadu played B Fest back in Feb and it was a blast to watch with a bunch of sleep deprived B Film fans.
Even with it's cult status, Flash Gordon is still criminally under-rated, IMO. And, each of the original trilogy Star Wars movies was killer, too, of course.
I’m gonna say even though I was just three years old. It was the Empire strikes back. That was my favorite movie from 1980 even though I didn’t see it until it was on television a few years later when I was in kindergarten but which time I had the Empire strikes back lunchbox
Best fueling my crush on Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill
Thanks Josh - these lists are really interesting and entertaining.
Flash is one I have a love/hate relationship with. Not really due to the film itself but as a kid it was on TV every year on my birthday (or the weekend next to it). So it became this thing to me. That said soundtrack is amazing and I wish Queen did more films than this and highlander!
FLASH! (AHH AHHHH) Defender of the Universe. - Or the defender of the Speed Force. I choose the latter
I wish we had better access to reviews back in the 80's. I paid for Ice Pirates, Cyborg, King Kong Lives and The Last Jedi. Okay, that last one came a bit later but where you guys before I bought my ticket??
Like how you left the Horror significance on the score cards
If only I can find Flash Gordan
I felt up my land lady by accident. Not kidding.
You would think in a movie with a 20 million dollar budget the script would be finished before the filming starts ;)
I already own the ones I want from this episode but I'm sure I'll have to buy ones from the next episode.
find out in one week!
@@movietimelines looks like there is a remastered flash Gordon 4k so you win again. Every episode another Blu ray.
Lived near Wight Patterson and I assure you that hangar 18 is real and it likely had an extraterrestrial in it.
What the producers did to Superman II is outragous,,,, Dorner did a fantastic job and the Dorner Cut is absolutely far superiour
Soooooo . . . the Apple is a Sci-Fi version of Cop Rock?
The soundtrack to Flash is great. The intro sound is iconic. But for me, the Highlander soundtrack by also Queen, was better.