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"Barbarella" or "Flesh Gordon"?

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Poll Question: Which of these two campy movies do you prefer?
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    Posted: October 01 2021 at 12:46
A poll about two campy SF-movies. Mark that this is not about "Flash Gordon" but "Flesh Gordon". Take your pick.

I love both movies, by the way, and have seen them many times.

Here the trailers (warning, nudity in one of them):






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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Logan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 01 2021 at 12:48
I have only seen Flesh Gordan once (at least in full), and have seen Barbarella many times.  I really love Barbarella and it is very quotable for me.
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I don't know if I've ever seen Barbarella all the way through. I did see Flesh Gordan many years ago. 
From what I remember it was pretty hilarious. 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote verslibre Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 01 2021 at 14:37
Barbarella is a stone classic, but I admit that, while knowing of it, I've never watched Flesh Gordon! Must change that.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote JD Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 01 2021 at 15:30
Man, it's been forever since I watched either. I remember really liking Barbarella. In fact I still have my original DVD of it. I'll have to dig out the Flesh Gordon and give it a go. Then I'll come back and vote proper.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote suitkees Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 01 2021 at 16:00
Oh good, I first read "Flash Gordon", so it is good that you stressed that it was about Flesh Gordon... Rather funny film, but by way not as good as Barbarella!

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Atavachron Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 01 2021 at 16:53
Barbarella was always on a double bill in S.F. in the '70s with one of my faves, Ralph Bakshi's Wizards, though the two have nothing in common except a loose association in Heavy Metal subculture (the magazine, not the music).  

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Logan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 01 2021 at 17:22
I have paired Barbarella with the animated Heavy Metal film, and with Zardoz.  With Darkstar would be good.

Another very campy film with some sci-fi-ish elements that I love is the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

I don't know if anyone here has seen CQ:



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Hi,

Barbarella was more fun to watch ... and later FG was mostly show off crap to help start the gouging of the audiences for their money on something that was meaningless, but was more fun in the old days on as a radio drama, where your imagination could run riot instead of being manipulated. FG, btw, was not even sexy ... and the implications of Barbarella's story is far more interesting than the hero bs in FG.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Psychedelic Paul Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2021 at 08:08
Brabarella for the movie and Flash Gordon for the Queen soundtrack. Smile

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote JD Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2021 at 08:30
Ok, gotta go with Barbarella on this one. I think Flesh Gordon is just a little too low brow when compared to Barbarella. And my god...Jane Fonda is just stunning !
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote AFlowerKingCrimson Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2021 at 08:50
I've only seen Barbarella which I thought was ok(not nearly as bad as its reputation would have you believe). Flesh Gordon sounds like it could be an x rated movie. ;)
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Which got the best music score
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I had no clue Flesh Gordon was a real movie. xD
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Cristi Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2021 at 10:57
I've never seen Flesh Gordon, and now having seen that trailer, I don't intend to. LOL
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Psychedelic Paul Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2021 at 11:01
Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

I've never seen Flesh Gordon, and now having seen that trailer, I don't intend to. LOL

Me neither. Flesh Gordon sounds like a bad porn movie parody along the same lines as "Shaving Ryan's Privates", although I don't believe Meg Ryan appears in the movie. Embarrassed
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Cristi Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2021 at 11:03
Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

I've never seen Flesh Gordon, and now having seen that trailer, I don't intend to. LOL

Me neither. Flesh Gordon sounds like a bad porn movie parody along the same lines as "Shaving Ryan's Privates", although I don't believe Meg Ryan appears in the movie. Embarrassed

well, it seems you have seen more than me. LOL
Also Meg Ryan was not in Saving Private Ryan. So I don't know what you are talking about. Confused
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote JD Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2021 at 12:01
^It's a goof on the name Ryan.
Shaving Ryan's Privates...Meg Ryan, Get it now?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Cristi Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2021 at 12:05
Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

^It's a goof on the name Ryan.
Shaving Ryan's Privates...Meg Ryan, Get it now?

that's it?! Confused
alright then. Ermm
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