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[Bud Brewster]

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I'm rather proud of the posts below. I think they offer interesting comments, as well as impressive images — like this one of the Martian super-city from one of the movies.






I hope the threads will inspire interesting replies.

By the way, I've often wondered if the members of All Sci-Fi actually bothered to read the Featured Threads each day.

However, a few days ago I noticed something very encouraging. The screenshot below shows the number of "views" the Featured Threads have gotten, from a period of about a month ago.





The reason I chose that period was to illustrate the surprising fact that the further back you go, the higher the number of views the Featured Threads have gotten!

The reason this is so surprising is because I thought each day's Featured Threads were only viewed by a few folks within a day of so of being posted . . . and then never looked at again!

But apparently there are a significant number members and "guests" who brows the featured threads on a regular basis, going back for months — and therefore racking up more and more views until (for example) the ones posted four months ago (back on page 3) range from 200 to 600 views each!

So, folks, I guess my worries about the Featured Threads possibly being a waste of my time are unfounded.
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Flash Gordon (1980)

IMDB has several interesting trivia items for this production.
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~ All of the main cast members were signed for multiple films. The first movie didn't do as well as expected, so the sequels were never made.

Note from me: Bad timing: sci-fi fans loved the realistic look of the Star Wars movies and John Williams music. This film was cartoonish, with jarring rock music.

~ Max von Sydow's Ming costume weighed over 70 pounds. He could only stand in it for a few minutes at a time.

Note from me: Great Scott! It a costume, for cryin' out loud, not suit of armor! Why did it weigh so much?

~ In the finished film, George Harris' dialogue as Prince Thun of Ardentia was dubbed. His voice is on the Queen soundtrack album, indicating that the change must have been made fairly late in post-production.

Note from me: He sounds good in the movie, so apparently the dubbing was done skillfully.

~ Sam J. Jones' dark hair was bleached blonde, and Melody Anderson's blonde hair was dyed brown. Flash was supposed to have blue eyes, but Jones couldn't wear the contact lenses.

Note from me: Why didn't they leave Melody's hair blond?

~ Director Mike Hodges, referring to the production problems that plagued the film, once called it "the only improvised $27 million movie ever made."

Note from me: Well, now . . . this explains a lot.

~ According to Sam J. Jones, while filming the tilting-disc fight scene, the actors would get covered in paint by the disc that was spray painted silver. They would have to take extra time between each take to wipe silver paint off their bodies.

Note from me: Poor set design. They used cheap paint . . .

~ For the scene in which Dale turns into a giant spider for a dream sequence, Melody Anderson spent six hours getting painted green, wearing fake eyes and fangs, with a head piece that weighed over 20 pounds. When Mike Hodges came in, he said, "This is wonderful, but we can't use this! It has absolutely nothing to do with the script."

Note from me: I'm sure Miss Anderson was delighted to hear that she'd wasted all that time and effort . . . roll[/size]]
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Earth vs the Flying Saucers (1956)