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I definitely fought one of these angry tentacle trees in the "Expedition to the Barrier Peaks" AD&D module, but I didn't receive any aid from nubile ladies like Aura. In this clip, some weird extraneous plot device compels Aura to strip down to her red corset and short shorts, cover herself in oil (!!!), and rescue Flash from the aforementioned tentacle tree. This is a perfect distillation of everything that makes the SciFi Channel's Flash Gordon great: teensy red costumes, flailing enemies made of rubber, shouted dialog, and at least one extremely toothy monster that literally goes, "Roooorrrww!" Spoilers ahead, weirdos.
I definitely fought one of these angry tentacle trees in the "Also included in this episode are: one scene where Zarkov pretends to get stoned; one scene where the "female scientist" working for Ming is hypnotized by toothpicks stuck in her forehead; one extremely "why am I here" looking Caribbean witch who tries to have an accent and pretends she's in Pirates of the Caribbean; and one scene where Dale cries and acts like a total pussy as usual.
Mostly the plot revolved around Aura's good-guy Deviate brother stealing Ming's stolen water, handing it out to the poor, and then getting blamed when the water (poisoned by Ming) starts killing people. So Flash has to rescue Good Deviate from some Bad Leatherboys who are mad about the water thing, and that's when Flash and Aura tangle with the tangle tree. Eventually the witch, who is apparently acquainted with the tangle tree, gives them the antidote to the poison water. The hypnotized Female Scientist goes on the radio and denounces Ming as the bad guy, he gets mad, then everything is back to normal. Tune in next week for more of Aura's fucking awesome outfits.
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What the christ. I'm more worried about what they're putting in the writers' water at this point.
"so what did you do for this scene?"
"well our special effects budget only allowed for two tubes of ky jelley so we had flash trash around in the mud out in a field while aura rubed herself down with the ky and took off half her costume. to simulate a 'vine monster' we waved tree branches we pulled of a sapling directly in front of the camera while shaking it vigorously and turned the lights down low."
wow...stealing ideas from Star Trek Enterprise?
kinda sad/awesome...
Ed Wood Jr, eat your heart out!
Any chance of non-consenting tentacle sex?
@tetracycloide: Get that production crew some kind of Emmy.
Looks like a soap opera. A really bad/good soap opera, though.
Pity Flash is such a Load most of the time.
It is a credit to the actors in the scene that they actually made it work. No blue screen, cheesy premise, etc., but still fun to watch. Frankly I thought Aura looked h-a-w-t all slimed with ky and in that that outfit. It was almost like an 80's music video. Typically you have to watch pay-per-view to see stuff like that. I think they deserve an award.
Caribbean witch
ROFL, I was sooooo waiting for her to go all VooDoo. Of course she had the requisite white python, natch.
OMFG did I really just see that? I can't stop laughing.
Barrier Peaks!! I love it! Played it in 1980 when it first came out. Went on a camping trip with some friends and played it around the fire.
Sadly, Aura and her tube of KY never showed up. :(
And since it's a week later....
I AM SO GLAD JOE IS DEAD! :)
@lizhenry: I knowz! It's like everything good and everything bad mooshed together with rainbow sprinkles.
@JoeyTheHobo: and the emmy for most obscure rational for gratuitous fan service goes to...
You keep acting like this entire series is like this when it's not. This was actually one of the exceptional episodes---and it still sucked.
@Macloserboy: The whole series IS like this. It is must-watch suckage.
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