I love Brian Blessed's voice, hez soooo enthusiastic about FLASH GORDON & life in general, hez VULTAN!! Hez a lovely man & a true talent!!! Great episode!! 😁😁😄😄👍👍😉😉
Blessed's performance is such a nice homage to the original Vultan, Tiny Lipson, from the 1936 serial. Credit to Blessed for the big scene-chewing fun, but also to casting director Mary Selway, who helped find the PERFECT actors to carry on the legacy of these characters, which had been in the zeitgeist for nearly 50 years. Blessed's Vultan is what happens when the right actor also has genuine affection for the work itself. So rare, but so special.
you have so much film knowledge its amazing :) indeed I couldnt imagine anyone else playing Prince Vultan...he was born to play it and we're so lucky they found him!
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Agree 100%, I'm younger & watched it on a Buffalo television station after school in Toronto in the '60's & despite its age they really are excellent escapism. He's right about Crabbe, his sincerity & lack of irony really sell the crazy goings-on & over the top sets, effects & costumes, plus he's a beautiful Olympian in short shorts & tights, even Zarkoff is in shorts, Ming's daughter openly lusts for Flash, stroking him as they are being pursued (Myrna Loy did the same thing earlier as Fu Manchu's daughter, those evil daughters sure go after what they want, but they can't sully our heroes!). The leads are the weak points in the remake, Blessed's supporting cast are stellar, even Shakespearean 007 Timothy Dalton shows up looking like Robin Hood in green tights & it's Bergman leading man von Sydow who gets gored as Ming, Peter Wyngarde's hammy Klytus, vixen Ornella Muti ("NO, not de bore vorms!"), evil General Kala. Most colourful sci. fi. production since Barbarella, supposedly Star Wars only exists because Lucas couldn't the rights to this.
I love Brian Blessed's voice, hez soooo enthusiastic about FLASH GORDON & life in general, hez VULTAN!! Hez a lovely man & a true talent!!! Great episode!! 😁😁😄😄👍👍😉😉
he really is our national treasure!
Blessed's performance is such a nice homage to the original Vultan, Tiny Lipson, from the 1936 serial. Credit to Blessed for the big scene-chewing fun, but also to casting director Mary Selway, who helped find the PERFECT actors to carry on the legacy of these characters, which had been in the zeitgeist for nearly 50 years. Blessed's Vultan is what happens when the right actor also has genuine affection for the work itself. So rare, but so special.
you have so much film knowledge its amazing :) indeed I couldnt imagine anyone else playing Prince Vultan...he was born to play it and we're so lucky they found him!
SUBSCRIBE if you want to see more outtakes from our "Flash Gordon" feature documentary LIFE AFTER FLASH! (Out Now! www.lifeaftermovies.com)
Support Brian's charity - www.bornfree.org.uk
i love him so much!
WE DO TOO!
LEGEND
YES
Grear video.
glad you enjoyed it!
Agree 100%, I'm younger & watched it on a Buffalo television station after school in Toronto in the '60's & despite its age they really are excellent escapism. He's right about Crabbe, his sincerity & lack of irony really sell the crazy goings-on & over the top sets, effects & costumes, plus he's a beautiful Olympian in short shorts & tights, even Zarkoff is in shorts, Ming's daughter openly lusts for Flash, stroking him as they are being pursued (Myrna Loy did the same thing earlier as Fu Manchu's daughter, those evil daughters sure go after what they want, but they can't sully our heroes!). The leads are the weak points in the remake, Blessed's supporting cast are stellar, even Shakespearean 007 Timothy Dalton shows up looking like Robin Hood in green tights & it's Bergman leading man von Sydow who gets gored as Ming, Peter Wyngarde's hammy Klytus, vixen Ornella Muti ("NO, not de bore vorms!"), evil General Kala. Most colourful sci. fi. production since Barbarella, supposedly Star Wars only exists because Lucas couldn't the rights to this.
that's for such a wonderful comment!
perfectly described.
To be fair Brian describes everything perfectly ha
It was in 10 or 20 episodes or even 12.
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well done