Movie Monday: Flash Gordon (1980) (E309)

About this episode

The episode discusses the 1980 cult classic film Flash Gordon with various guests contributing their insights.

For December’s Movie Monday, I chose a film that’s as camp as Christmas. Mike Hodges’ 1980 cult classic space fantasy Flash Gordon starring Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Topol, Max von Sydow, Ornella Muti, Timothy Dalton, Brian Blessed, Mariangela Melato, Peter Wynguarde, with music by Queen and Howard Blake. This episode features contributions from: (in order of appearance) James V. West ( https://www.jvwest.art ) Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (podcast, blog) Karl Rodriguez of The GMologist presents… (podcast, YouTube) Goblin’s henchman (podcast, blog) and the UmberBulk of the Southwest Sofa Crew James and Judy of the South Pacific Sofa Joe Richter of Hindsighless (podcast) Find the Movie Monday Letterboxd list here https://letterboxd.com/the39thman/list/movie-monday-1/ The movie to kick off 2026 is dark fantasy action comedy The Golden Child from 1986. Directed by Michael Ritchie and starring Eddie Murphy. That episode will air on January 26th, so please send your submissions by the 24th if you’d like to be included in the show. Also, be sure not to miss the new podcast I’m involved with, entitled With Wife and I. My wife, Isla, suggested we take turns to choose…

People in this episode

Guests: James V. West, Jason Connerley, Karl Rodriguez, Joe Richter, Goblin S Henchman, James And Judy

Topics covered

• Flash Gordon
• 1980 film
• camp
• space fantasy
• cult classic

Keywords

• Queen
• Howard Blake
• The Golden Child
• dark fantasy
• Eddie Murphy

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Byzantium, Flash Gordon, The Golden Child

Books & works: Flash Gordon, E309, The Golden Child, Near Dark

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