Flash Gordon: Ming the Merciless (Max Von Sydow)

Comments for death : Flash Gordon: Ming the Merciless (Max Von Sydow).

if Ming The Merciless had lived the Moon would have came crashing down on Earth.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/14/2006 02:34PM by Karl_Eichholtz_13.

It still would have! Blessed just stopped the countdown. If Ming would have lived, he'd be married to someone named "Dale".

(Max Von Sod?!? I don't think so!)

I've just listened to the audio commentary by none other than Brian Blessed.
About Ming's death he recalls:

"I watched him die you know, on a Friday afternoon with all the dwarves sat around me behind the camera drinking tea and cakes, and watched him die with the rocket through his stomach - going "ooh dear, that must be painful", with all this green blood coming out - he could hardly keep his face straight. [...] God it was fun this film!"

Blessed's whole commentary is the most gushing and effusive I've ever heard, he literally loves every aspect of the movie, so he raves about everything and everyone that was involved in it. Hilariously though, the only complimentary things he can say about Sam Jones are that "He's so *pure* looking!" (he says this about 50 times) and "he's six foot three you know!".

At the end, when the Hawkmen form up to read: "Thanks Flash" Brian says :
"That brings tears to my eyes, the whole film is a masterpiece!"

I have to agree - thanks Vultan!

Did he spend the whole commentary SHOUTING as he does?

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