What do you say about this fab-fashion free-association, with one go-go boot in “The Avengers,” and one calfskin glove in a fish bowl full of hallucinogens?
Roy and I grope our way through an elaborately booby-trapped funhouse during last night’s discussion of “The Final Programme” (1973). As always, the viewers toss us a rope, even as they yank the rug out from under us in the comments section. It’s all exquisitely-tailored jackets and altered states here:
Next time, we’re back to Friday, as we tackle another heavily design-driven film, Dino De Laurentiis’ primary-colored spectacle, after Alex Raymond’s classic comic strip, “Flash Gordon” (1980). Sam J. Jones and Melody Anderson are bolstered by a flamboyant supporting cast, including Brian Blessed, Timothy Dalton, Topol, Ornella Muti, Mariangela Melato, Peter Wyngarde, and Max von Sydow – the best possible choice in resurrecting Ming the Merciless. Oh yes, and the music is by Queen!
Our special guest will be Jon Haag, whose lair is an amorphous catacomb of sci-fi and ‘70s pop culture memorabilia. If you haven’t thought about something for 50 years, chances are The Haag has it.
“Flash,” like “Superman” and “Popeye,” came along at a time when big budget, big screen adaptations of two-dimensional comic heroes was still a fresh idea. Its legacy proved to be no flash in the pan.
We strike an uneasy alliance on Mongo, on the next Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner. Camp it up in the comments section, as we livestream on Facebook, this Friday evening at 7:00 EST!
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