Tag: Flash Gordon

Hood’s Army: Earth Invaded

by Derelict Space Sheep on March 28, 2020 in 42 Word Retrospectives • 0 Comments

Hood’s Army: Earth Invaded

by Nathan Elliott (Dragon Books, 1986)

Uncomplicated and fast-moving, this first book of Elliott’s middle-grade SF trilogy recalls the action machismo of Flash Gordon (with touches of Robin Hood). There’s nothing subtle about the invasion narrative or male-minded response. The robot AMOS, however, offers a point of uniqueness.

Flash Gordon (1980)

by Derelict Space Sheep on January 12, 2019 in 42 Word Retrospectives • 0 Comments

Flash Gordon

dir. Mike Hodges (1980)

Terribly scripted and more kinky than camp, with lavish costumes, cut-price model work, Queen’s SF rock soundtrack, and a bizarre mixture of quality actors and utter hams, tongue-in-cheek space opera Flash Gordon makes history as the most expensive B movie ever made.