Grantbridge Street & other misadventures: Flash Gordon Movie Adaptation by Bruce Jones and Al Williamson.

Thursday, 8 September 2011

Flash Gordon Movie Adaptation by Bruce Jones and Al Williamson.

All together now: " Gordon's alive! "

9 comments:

J. Simmons said...: This is awesome.
Anyone know if there's a black and white version available anywhere?; 8 September 2011 13:44
Anonymous said...: A'Riiiiiiiight!! The Return of PewPew Girl! Love her.
--rd; 8 September 2011 16:57
Joe Jusko said...: Al's adaptation is the only good thing about that film for me! LOL I tried watching it again recently and couldn't get through 20 minutes of it. I've never understood the appeal.; 8 September 2011 18:39
CoryJay said...: Sorry, man, Williamson was great, but this isn't his best by any means. I just don't think he was feeling it; 8 September 2011 20:33
Joe Jusko said...: Pick up a copy of Flesk Publishing's "Al williamson's FLASH GORDON". It collects every Flash story Al ever did (as well as tons of sketches and prelims)in pristine B&W. His work really needs to be appreciated in it's natural state.; 8 September 2011 21:26
CoryJay said...: Yes, the supersaturated color is a big problem with this, but beyond that the figures and faces are all so stiff, lacking Williamson's usual grace and dynamism. I think the over-reliance on panel-bleeds may have been to inject some life into the thing, but is just annoying. The Flash Gordon Mark Schultz wrote for Williamson is much better.; 9 September 2011 20:21
Joe Jusko said...: As this was a licensed property I'm positive time was short. There's probably a lot od Carlos Garzon in this as well. The Schultz book was a vanity project with as much time as Al wanted or needed.; 9 September 2011 21:00
CoryJay said...: That's fine. Even weak Williamson is definitely head and shoulders above, oh, Jim Lee, for instance, at the top of his game.; 10 September 2011 01:39
RAB said...: The way I'd always heard it was that Williamson hated doing this book because he had to draw the characters as the actors who played them in the film rather than the way he knew they looked in his head. Think about it and you should realize how he felt.

That said, I think the movie is beautifully done and for the most part plays it a lot more sincerely than we had any right to expect at the time. But I hated it for years without ever seeing it, judging it purely by reputation, so I sympathize with people who figure it must be trash. (And even more, I totally sympathize with Williamson.); 18 September 2011 06:08

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