This is my favorite Scorsese movie; my second favorite, also starring Leonardo di Caprio, is Gangs of New York.

This movie is one of the best

On a “somewhat” funny note when I was younger I was fishing and got a hook through my hand! 😩😂. Though wasn’t nearly that big or serious. I did have to go to the ER but was fine…. BTW if you research this storm it did what very few storms do. It strengthened and kinda went the opposite direction they usually go. It strengthened VERY quickly. Sad story but I do like the movie! Thanks Christina! 🎣😉

This was the movie that first made Spielberg a household name, along with John Williams. It was also the first summer blockbuster; prevailing wisdom until then had been that people don't want to go see movies in the summer, so major movies weren't released then. When Jaws broke all previous box office records, that changed. Closing credits were never very long before Star Wars, made two years after Jaws. And I suspect that what Brody has on his stomach is an appendicitis scar, which he knows won't bear comparison to what Quint and Hooper have.

The opening crawl of written narration fading into the background in the Star Wars movies is based on the similar openings of the Flash Gordon serial installments in the thirties and forties. Flash Gordon also inspired the Star Wars concepts of the interplanetary emperor, the city in the sky, and the forest world. The character of Ming the Merciless in the Flash Gordon comic strips was a shameless ripoff of the character of Dr. Fu Manchu in Sax Rohmer's novels, complete with beautiful, rebellious, amoral daughter.

Really appreciate how your understanding of the reality of OCD affected your viewing of this. Among other things! And you're a Rufus fan! (His dad is also in this somewhere) subscribed !

the names of the six their location know only to god Frank William "Billy" Tyne Jr. (Captain), aged 37,Gloucester, Massachusetts Michael "Bugsy" Moran, aged 36,Bradenton Beach, Florida Dale R. "Murph" Murphy, aged 30,Bradenton Beach, Florida Alfred Pierre, aged 32, New York City Robert F. "Bobby" Shatford, aged 30,Gloucester, Massachusetts David "Sully" Sullivan, aged 29,New York City

I always felt the composer got the idea for the music from Goliath's gallop. It seems to match.

Great reaction. I've spent the first forty years of my life not giving that film a try, I've just corrected that mistake, and... that's a classic indeed. Gere and the sublime Debra Winger in this film are officially one of my favorite movie couples ever. Huge chemistry. And that ending is incredibly uplifting. Great directing by Taylor Hackford.

“This is gonna be hard on my little boy” has got to be one of the most soul crushing lines that I’ve ever heard in any movie imo🥺😣😖😨 it gives me chills every freaking time my dude! I even knew what their fates would be going into the movie ffs! I can remember that when I was watching this in the theater all I kept thinking was…for once, I’d rather they didn’t stick to the real story’s ending because HOLY SHIT it’s just such a horrifying and extremely heartbreaking ending… I mean like seriously tho…I cannot, off the top of my head remember ever leaving the theater feeling that damn depressed ffs!

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This movie is TOTAL camp and takes itself as seriously. Some believe that it was meant to compete with Star Wars. It wasn't. While Star Wars did make this movie possible, it was also meant to parody it, as well as the serials that spawned it. Many of the uniforms and outfits are taken right from the Buster Crabbe "Flash Gordon" from 1936. Ming's most especially. It's damn near a piece for piece copy. While many say that this was meant to spawn more movies, it was actually supposed to spawn a TV series, much like the Buck Rogers movie did in 1979. It seems Buck was a bit luckier in their efforts. They at least got two seasons.

There is no such thing as "JJ Star Trek". There might be some movies called Star Trek ... but they are ABOMINATIONS and COPIES OF BETTER MOVIES.

Fav childhood movie

For more of Zefram Cochrane see: Enterprise: Broken Bow and Regeneration, TOS: Metamorphosis and Lower Decks: Grounded. "I can't wait for you to get to Picard". Does she...not like him? I'm pretty sure that this is just Sarek's grandfather: no greats. Vulcans live a long time. Ah, Imzadi. Gotta' love Peter David. Cheers reactions? I'm in.

Great 'laughter through tears' reaction!

The lab assistant was played by an actor with the delightful name of William Hootkins. He also played Porkins, or Red Six, the X-Wing pilot in STAR WARS. That's pretty neat.

'Who directed this movie?' 'Dunno.' 'Who did the special effects?' 'Dunno.' 'Who played Flash Gordon?' 'Dunno.' 'Who played the soundtrack?' '...' 'FLASH! AHAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!'

The He Man toy line and the He Man cartoon show were launched at the same time. I think it was the same year they did the same thing with G.I. Joe- G.I. Joe had actually been around as an 11" action figure since at least the 60s- maybe even the 50s- but was re-invented as a series of 3 1/2" figures which also had a cartoon tie-in. Having a toy line and a cartoon series designed to promote it launched at the same time was a novel concept in 1983, but it was so successful, it became the model for every major toy line launched in the 80s.

Queen also did the music for Highlander

I don't know canon well but I've watched in theaters the original releases of all the Star Wars movies and still believe that Palpatine planted those dreams in Anakin to create a self-fulfilling prophecy of Padme's death at the hands of Anakin. If Palpatine could cloud the Jedi's minds with the dark force, he certainly could have clouded Anakin with his greatest fear of losing his family. That is why in the end Anakin fulfilled the prophecy and destroyed the Emperor to stop Anakin from losing his son.

I don't think you blurred the picture or fooled around with the sound volume quite enough.

Timothy Dalton was the Robin Hood Guy.

When this was released, it was received as a goofy comic book movie, of course. Now it's a cult film, still goofy, but a wonderful example of the "they don't make them like that any more" school. It's fun. Sam Jones did a spread in Playgirl magazine.

The second attack scene is what truly cements this as one of the greatest horror stories. It proves that NOBODY is safe. Not even pets and kids: the ones who usually get away.

I think the Original Flash Gordan played polo rather than American football.

I am glad you got the chance to watch this before the remake ruined it. It truly is an 80’s iconic movie that has been overlooked.

I just realized that when C3PO is first on his own on Tatooine, the motif alluded to is a section of the Rite of Spring. After all this time I feel so dumb (I saw it first in 1977 in theaters the opening week).

Wagner was dead before the Nazis came along or Mr Mustache was even born although he might have gotten along with them. Dolph loved his work.

"You mean, they'll be slaves??" "Let's just say, they'll be satisfied with less." "You'll own nothing and be happy."

Boy Christina, You seem like a real fun loving gal! I’d still to reacting to Masterpiece Theater

Reading some comments and seeing they got the wrong picture about the title: An officer and a gentleman. It doesn't mean you are both, it was about two types of men. Sid was the gentleman Mayo was the officer

And yes, a lot of things are inspired by flash Gordon he of course He man I like Shira to myself of the earliest cereals like I said George Lucas tried to get the rights to Flash Gordon, but he couldn’t so that’s why he made Star Wars instead so imagine if he had gotten in the Flash Gordon movie instead of the right of Flash Gordon, instead of Star Wars, the whole world be different Older than Flash Gordon Syfy is Bumck Rogers the same time as Flash Gordon very good series 2 if you wanna see from the 80s with Gill Gerard Rogers, one of the episodes Buck Rogers all about he’s an astronaut who does deep space probe to try to find life on anothe planets and end up getting frozen and wakes up 500 years in the Future back on earth there’s also a cartoon series of Flash Gordon then in the 80s right after the movie, it was good. It’s all about what happened to flash and Dale and Salkov and their adventures in should say And the TV show Rogers they had on the episodes one of the guys who played Buck Rogers in the old serials and Flash Gordon the old guy who was old back then 80s so he says nice to see you young kid. You had a lot of nice moves so you’re not too bad yourself old man he said I’ve been in this long before you were born Buck Rogers I don’t think so because he’s 500 years old, but he meant himself not character because he played Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon in the movie cereals and he was called Gordon Rogers and that was really fun guys who played Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon in the old movie serials the first movie cereals of Flash Gordon and Buck. Rogers were silent, even no sound at all when they first started, sorry I’m trying to give you context. I know you’re great. I’ve seen some other stuff and you’re very knowledgeable and I think it’s great with the kind of stuff you do so Freddie Mercury pays piano in the movie two and queen, also put money in the movie to finish it didn’t remember at the time we had like I think empire strikes back just come out we came outcompetition and people thought it was too funny too sometimes but it works. Thanks for the fun. I hope I didn’t bore you. I’m just trying to help by the way Star Trek and Star Wars are my favorite franchises which wouldn’t have any of those without Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers until next time.