Dale said: “Flash! Stop trying to shoot musical notes!”
Are either of the guys with beards Dr. Zarkov? There are too many guys with beards in the Flash Gordon universe.
Looks like a city collapsing in the background: is it the plague of sound, or the usual shoddy Mongo architecture? (Ming gets all sorts of kickbacks from the construction industry).
But I thought in space no one can hear you scream?
Mr. Beard-Wielding has one Mighty Wurlitzer there. In 1974, my uncle had one that looked just like it, except with only one keyboard and row of effects tabs.
“The Plague of Sound” seems a rude thing to call the Queen soundtrack to Fl’ash. FLASH! Aaaa-aaa!
@Francis Boyle: tight pants can be time-consuming to remove, and in the disease-ridden jungles of Mongo, when you gotta go, you gotta go.
My first encounter with Flash was the Filmation cartoon. Speaking of plagues of sound, I still get a nostalgic buzz from the (often recycled) music and sound effects from those SFnal Filmation cartoons. [1]
After the Zarkov-tossing atrocity, the Minikin People became Flash Gordon’s sworn enemies. The Minikins would never rest until their two crushed brethren had been avenged…
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January 13th, 2021 at 9:48 am
When Flash tells you to “Zarkov!” you know about it.
January 13th, 2021 at 10:14 am
Dale said: “Flash! Stop trying to shoot musical notes!”
Are either of the guys with beards Dr. Zarkov? There are too many guys with beards in the Flash Gordon universe.
Looks like a city collapsing in the background: is it the plague of sound, or the usual shoddy Mongo architecture? (Ming gets all sorts of kickbacks from the construction industry).
January 13th, 2021 at 11:27 am
@Bruce: Both the guys with beards are Zarkov. “You’ll never play Louie Louie again, goddammit!”
January 13th, 2021 at 12:03 pm
Was Flash always so baggy in the pants department? I’ve always imagined him as more of a tight trousers kinda guy.
January 13th, 2021 at 1:38 pm
Andrew Lloyd Webber has that effect on me as well.
January 13th, 2021 at 4:42 pm
How do you pronounce Fl’ash?
January 13th, 2021 at 5:12 pm
@Fred: the convention has been, for the last twenty years, that skiffy names with apostrophes to make them look futuristic should pronounce the apostrophe as ‘boing’.
https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/apostrophes-in-science-fiction-and-fantasy-names?page=2
So, ‘F-boing-lash’
January 13th, 2021 at 7:15 pm
@Tat: Thanks. That sounds like a jokey Batman villain from the ’60’s. Somebody with a a whip and springs on his feet.
January 13th, 2021 at 11:07 pm
But I thought in space no one can hear you scream?
Mr. Beard-Wielding has one Mighty Wurlitzer there. In 1974, my uncle had one that looked just like it, except with only one keyboard and row of effects tabs.
“The Plague of Sound” seems a rude thing to call the Queen soundtrack to Fl’ash. FLASH! Aaaa-aaa!
Obligatory: GORDON’S ALIVE!
@Bruce: GSS.
January 14th, 2021 at 12:44 am
The soundtrack album to Flash Gordon is the only Queen album I own. True story.
January 14th, 2021 at 1:22 am
@GSS ex-noob: Thank you! I’ll be here all night. (Rocky Mountain time, admittedly).
January 14th, 2021 at 2:27 am
The crowd is ugly at the Emerson Lake & Palmer concert
January 14th, 2021 at 6:05 am
“Do you hear me? For the last time, we’re calling the band “The Plague of Sound,” not “Zarkhov and the Mellotones”!
January 14th, 2021 at 6:30 am
@Francis Boyle: tight pants can be time-consuming to remove, and in the disease-ridden jungles of Mongo, when you gotta go, you gotta go.
My first encounter with Flash was the Filmation cartoon. Speaking of plagues of sound, I still get a nostalgic buzz from the (often recycled) music and sound effects from those SFnal Filmation cartoons. [1]
https://youtu.be/HKFYZTn2_F8
[1] Lest we forget, they also played a major role in the original Star Trek cartoon, for which I forgive them many of their sins.
January 14th, 2021 at 10:13 am
@Bruce: Don’t forget the Space Sentinels!
January 14th, 2021 at 6:06 pm
Play him off, keyboard Affleck
January 15th, 2021 at 4:40 am
I want to read the book we’ve conjured up from this cover. Probably better than the original, and certainly funnier.
January 19th, 2021 at 12:12 pm
After the Zarkov-tossing atrocity, the Minikin People became Flash Gordon’s sworn enemies. The Minikins would never rest until their two crushed brethren had been avenged…