LEWIN%CMU-CS-C@sri-unix.UUCP (06/23/83)
From: DAVID.LEWIN <LEWIN@CMU-CS-C> Hey! Though I thought the remake of "King Kong" was a travesty--except for Jeff Bridges--let's give the man some credit. Di Laurentiis did a fine job with a remake of "Flash Gordon": the casting was good, the direction was just campy enough, Ming was wonderfully evil, the music (by "Queen") was exceptional. Having grown up on the reruns of the Buster Crabbe original, I thought I would hate the remake. I didn't. By the way, does anybody know who did the special effects on the X-rated "Flesh Gordon"? Is there any truth to the story that Larry Niven was one of the financial backers? -------