A couple of weeks ago, I was invited to a housewarming party. There was a lot of people there, and we were also swimming in the amount of chicken we could have to eat. There was roast chicken, even more roast chicken, KFC, macaroni and cheese, and then there was more chicken. We were able to stuff ourselves, schmooze for a long time, and then settle in for the night with a great movie – Flash Gordon.

Now, first, this description comes from watching it on laserdisc – a technology I don’t remember ever seeing before (it supposedly was the first DVD), but it looked awesome, so I went with it. We watched this movie on an epic large projection TV, and in complete darkness. The movie was full of 80s-ness, and the soundtrack was done exclusively by Queen. So I was thinking, “This should be good”. We then sat down for the rest of the night engaging in MST3K-ing comments of the movie, as it was suitable for these comments. If you don’t believe me, I’ve left a snippet of the movie at the end here for you to feast your 80s eyes on.

Also, with the sets, bad green-screening, and having Timothy Dalton in it (yes – James Bond), it contained all the elements of a worthy epic bad movie. Enjoy!