We’ve got that Friday Feeling
Friday, February 15th, 2008Pathetic Earthlings… Who Can Save You Now?
Flash Gordon, Sunday 17th February, ITV4
In days gone by, those of us who were weaned on a measly five channels could only pour over the satellite and cable listings in the Radio Times with a mixture of awe and envy. However, with the digital age now offering customers unprecedented variety, it’s often hard to decide what to watch over the weekend – we’re spoilt for choice.
‘Friday Feeling’ is a new feature of the Digital TV blog; we find the time in our busy schedules to scry the forthcoming weekend on our EPGs, and sit around like old philosophers discussing what would make the ultimate weekend viewing experience.
After several hours of reasoned debate and mud slinging, we decided that the absolute pinnacle of televisual entertainment available on British screens this weekend simply has to be the 1980 film adaptation of comic-strip superhero Flash Gordon.
Who can argue with Brian Blessed dressed as a giant hawk-man (”Gordon’s alive?!”, “Squadron 40! DIVE!”), a cameo by Kenny Baker, Timothy Dalton’s torso and the truly epic soundtrack by Queen (John Deacon: bass and synthesizer, Brian May: guitar and synthesizer, Freddie Mercury: lead vocals and synthesizer, Roger Taylor: drums and synthesizer)?
Flash Gordon, starring Max von Sydow as evil slaphead Ming the Merciless touches down on ITV4 at 15:10PM on Sunday afternoon.
February 15th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
“Who are you?”
“Flash Gordon. Quarterback. New York Jets.”
Genius!
February 15th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Classic, I haven’t seen Flash Gordon in years!
A He-Man look-a-like who has to battle an evil emperor named Ming the Merciless, you just can’t make this stuff up!
February 15th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
When the hell does Kenny Baker turn up in Flash Gordon?
February 15th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
‘Flash I love you!, but we’ve only got 15 hours to save the earth!’
I will be turning on, tuning in, and most definitely dropping out to this!
x
February 16th, 2008 at 8:53 am
What are you talking about? Film 4 had American Psycho on Saturday. Surely that wins.
“The mud soup and the charcoal arugula are outrageous here.”
February 18th, 2008 at 8:58 am
According to wikipedia, Kenny Baker makes an appearance and is credited as “Throne room dwarf (yellow)”.
February 19th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
The new on screen BBC 3 Logo is too colourful, it detracts from the viewing experience, im not sure of the logic, we dont really need a logo that bright to tell us which channel we are on, most of us can work it out ourselves.
February 20th, 2008 at 9:42 am
I liked the orange blobs that shouted ‘Threeeeeeee’! Altho they had been around for a while, and I suppose they needed a change. Maybe they’ll resurface somewhere down the line, they’d become pretty iconic.
Still, it could be worse, le Beeb could have hired the deisgn team behind the 2012 Olympics logo…