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The Flash
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260 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon, TMDB reviews) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
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| Bluesky * | 55 | 3 | 178 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| TMDB reviews * | 3 | 0 | 0 |
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Flash Gordon is a 1980 science fiction adventure action film, directed by Mike Hodges, starring Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson and Max von Sydow.
- 216 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon, TMDB reviews
- posts span Aug 2, 2019 to Nov 5, 2026
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60 of 260 · most liked firstI needed help getting going this morning. This soundtrack is like splashing hot coffee in your face while on a hot coffee IV. #Queen was on one with this soundtrack. And if you’ve never seen Flash Gordon, you should, it is ridiculous. #vinyl #film
positive · AI labelView post →Flash Gordon (1980) 🎬🖤 Directed by Mike Hodges
neutral · AI labelView post →You could take any of those passing references & find (/imagine) a world behind it. Every line of that original movie suggested a whole universe just beyond the horizon. That's why, despite being basically a derivative Flash Gordon ripoff, it completely captured imaginations everywhere.
neutral · AI labelView post →MANDALORIAN AND GROGU is a Saturday afternoon matinee movie if ever there was one. Favreau wears his influences on his sleeve with Apocalypse Now, Blade Runner, The Muppet movies, and Flash Gordon all poking their heads out. It's a love letter to serial sci-fi. A flawed but fun, goofy summer movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →And of course, Star Wars exists because George Lucas wanted to make a Flash Gordon movie and the rights weren't available. Never underestimate the power of "I want to do something like that."
neutral · AI labelView post →Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 Flash Gordon (1980) By James Sweet
neutral · AI labelView post →AOL Keyword: Toonami. Weekdays: 5-7 PM. 🔥 Now I have the Big O theme song and its amazing Flash Gordon movie energy stuck in my head.
neutral · AI labelView post →I’ve been saying for years that the best way to do a MOTU movie would be to combine Flash Gordon and Krull, which is kind of what they did in like the best way possible. If you liked Masters of the Universe you’ll probably like these too
neutral · AI labelView post →Like Flash Gordon, one reason this movie is great is because it knows exactly what it is. Whatever the hell it is.
positive · AI labelView post →Darcy bought the 4K disc of FLASH GORDON (1980) and it is the *reddest* movie I have ever seen (complimentary)
positive · AI labelView post →The Flash Gordon newspaper comic strip, created by Alex Raymond, premiered on January 7, 1934.
neutral · AI labelView post →A lot of you are mentioning Flash Gordon as a formative hole. I never saw the movie but I’m sure the hole was great.
neutral · AI labelView post →Well, "Masters of the Universe" certainly looks..... generic. If you feel like you've seen this movie before; go rewatch the trailer for "Thor" (2011). The visual style of the old cartoon, which was riffing on that of "Flash Gordon" (1980), too trippy for the modern audience?
neutral · AI labelView post →"NOT THE BORE WORMS!" SATURDAY NIGHT at the Revue, Dumpster Raccoon Cinema is going BACK TO THE BEGINNING celebrating 7 years with our VERY FIRST FILM, gee-whiz sci-fi spectacular FLASH GORDON (1980)! With LIVE PERFORMANCE by @yovska.bsky.social ! ONLY 20 TIX LEFT! revuecinema.ca/films/dumpst...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Flash Gordon newspaper comic strip, created by Alex Raymond, premiered on January 7, 1934.
neutral · AI labelView post →Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 Flash Gordon (1980) By Paul Mann
neutral · AI labelView post →In Flash Gordon, the greatest movie of all time, did they actually ever say why Ming was genociding earth with hot ice
neutral · AI labelView post →Which movie did you love as a kid and still love now? 🎬 I’ll start… ‘Flash Gordon’ 🖤
positive · AI labelView post →Just watching an old DVD of the Flash Gordon movie and my kids saw the old advert for “you wouldn’t steal a car, so don’t pirate DVDs it’s a crime” and I had to explain the entire concept of video piracy
neutral · AI labelView post →The original Captain Marvel and Flash Gordon movie tunics.
neutral · AI labelView post →Think of your favourite hand-painted movie poster, and it was probably done by Renato Cassaro. He did Conan, Dune, Terminator, Flash Gordon, Neverending Story etc etc 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums This is the alternative poster art for "The Sheltering Sky" (Schirokko), 1990 😊
neutral · AI labelView post →Share a film that has significance to you, for whatever reason 🎥 ‘Flash Gordon’ (1980) 🖤
positive · AI labelView post →Today marks the 90th Anniversary of the original FLASH GORDON film serials, starring the definitive live action Flash, Buster Crabbe. For the strip's 90th, we did a storyline cycling through Flash's different incarnations, Crabbe included — presented here for the occasion:
neutral · AI labelView post →my mom is ESL and when she was younger she rented what she thought was Flash Gordon in iceland, which she discovered after finishing the movie that it was Flesh Gordon, the porn parody.
neutral · AI labelView post →Buck Rogers is in the public domain, and Flash Gordon will follow suit in 2029, which gives me 4 years to raise $200,000,000 for a movie I want to produce.
neutral · AI labelView post →What is one movie that never got a sequel but you wish did get a sequel? IMO… ‘Flash Gordon’ (1980) 🖤
positive · AI labelView post →What is a movie that No One in the World could ever make You Hate? For Me: Flash Gordon 1980
positive · AI labelView post →I think Lucas was a legitimate genius from 1972 to 1976. His experience as kid watching Flash Gordon serials convinced him a movie could be BETTER if you throw the audience into the action with no explanation. NEVER any explanation.
neutral · AI labelView post →There are two kinds of 50-somethings: (1) those who watched the "Flash Gordon" movie when they were little, loved it, and still love it; and (2) fuckin' nerds with bad taste.
positive · AI labelView post →The 1980s movie Flash Gordon is ridiculous fun, with a banging soundtrack from Queen, high camp set-design, plenty of eye candy and scenery chewing performances. Perfect for the winter plums.
positive · AI labelView post →Share one of your favorite movie villains 🎬 For me… Ming The Merciless from ‘Flash Gordon’ (1980) 🖤
positive · AI labelView post →This is why Flash Gordon (1980) is totally a Xmas film.
neutral · AI labelView post →Post a film with an excellent soundtrack! 🎶 I’ll start… ‘Flash Gordon’ 🖤
positive · AI labelView post →Any fans of the 1980 Flash Gordon film?
neutral · AI labelView post →A poster for the film by Flash Gordon creator Alex Raymond.
neutral · AI labelView post →Flash by Queen From the movie Flash Gordon
neutral · AI labelView post →#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched The Legacy - quality moustache (and pretty decent horror) Jack Ryan Ghost War - generic spy flick, got an extra star for having Michael Kelly in it Flash Gordon - campy over the top magnificence. Cracking soundtrack. SW: Rise of the Skywalker - tosh and piffle
positive · AI labelView post →The reason 9 year old me saw Flash Gordon in the theater 4 times. I was….confused. Also, that movie was TERRIBLE. My poor mother.
negative · AI labelView post →Off the top of my head Dispatch, AEW in general, Absolute Wonder Woman, Keeping Time, Superman (movie), Fantastic Four (comic), Flash Gordon (NEWSPAPER comic), and Sabrina Carpenter's Man's Best Friend
neutral · AI labelView post →What movie is your comfort food? 🎬 For me... Flash Gordon 🖤⚡
positive · AI labelView post →Whenever I stretch, I sing "Stretch!!! Aha!" to The Flash Gordon theme song by Queen! It's become an inside joke with my son. 😆😂 Such a great film and soundtrack!
positive · AI labelView post →Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 Flash Gordon (1980) ⚡ By Paul Mann
neutral · AI labelView post →I wish someone had done a SECRET WARS film in 1987 adapting the first series with Flash Gordon level effects and acting, a true event comic cinematic experience
neutral · AI labelView post →311. Return of the Jedi is the most successful realization of Lucas’s conception of Star Wars as a Flash Gordon style film serial, in the way it jumps from the Jabba’s Palace adventure to the completely different but tangentially connected Battle of Endor.
neutral · AI labelView post →This morning's background viewing: Flash Gordon (1980). A film where literally every character is being horny on main.
positive · AI labelView post →If I had $1,000 for every iconic ‘80s science-fantasy movie fuelled by cocaine and a Queen soundtrack, I’d have two grand—and still wouldn’t be able to afford the amount of snow on display in any one frame of these films. Not to be coy: the other one is FLASH GORDON, which… I mean, just look at it.
positive · AI labelView post →My original 1980 film ‘Flash Gordon’ collectors cards
neutral · AI labelView post →Took me a while (too long, I'm too old) to realise this was NOT the Flash Gordon movie you were talking about...
neutral · AI labelView post →What happens if George Lucas does get the Flash Gordon rights in the mid-seventies and just makes a straight up Flash Gordon movie?
neutral · AI labelView post →Remembering the great Max von Sydow, born on this day in 1929. The Seventh Seal, Hannah and Her Sisters, Dune, so many magical performances. Here's a little painting I did of him in another cherished film, Flash Gordon. (Available to buy - follow the link.) barnabyedwards.co.uk/shop/art-cul...
neutral · AI labelView post →A spaceship for tonight: War Rocket Ajax with Flash Gordon at the controls making a suicide run under heavy fire at Mingo City, from the 1980 FG movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →I just watched FLASH GORDON last week with my pals @leaf-tilde.itch.io and @dragoncobolt.bsky.social, and HOLY SHIT. What a fucking movie.
positive · AI labelView post →"Death Is Just A New Opportunity": Taika Waititi Addresses What's Going On With His Star Wars Movie, Akira Adaptation, & Flash Gordon Reboot screenrant.com/taika-waitit...
neutral · AI labelView post →Friday night’s spaceship: War Rocket Ajax with Flash Gordon at the controls makes a suicide run under heavy fire at Mingo City, from the 1980 FG movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Angry Red Planet (1959) - Mastodon watch party this Sunday evening!. The Angry Red Planet (1959) is the movie for this Sunday's "[monsterdon](https://wiki.neuromatch.social/Monsterdon)" watch party over on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling! - Just start watching that movie this Sunday, September 21, 2025 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT which is 1am Monday UTC - and follow #monsterdon over on mastodon for live commentary. For example, you can follow that hashtag here:…
neutral · AI labelView post →On this day in 1980, Flash Gordon opened in US cinemas. I cannot adequately express in words how much I adore this movie, so here's a painting I did of Max von Sydow instead. barnabyedwards.co.uk/shop/art-cul...
positive · AI labelView post →Flash Gordon is a very sexy film
positive · AI labelView post →The new He-Man movie is good, actually. Don’t worry, I know nobody is going to agree with me. But it’s very 1980 Flash Gordon and includes many homages to it.
neutral · AI labelView post →Share a movie scene that led to nothing Here’s one… ‘Flash Gordon’ (1980) 🖤
neutral · AI labelView post →“Gordon’s alive?!” Is Flash Gordon a horror film? It’s certainly more than a little bit sci-fi. We cover Dino De Laurentiis’s 1980 cult classic in our latest podcast episode. Please share with your friends – bit.ly/3JzbZ7p
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