More or less that is. There is a disclaimer at the beginning that tells the audience, that this has nothing to do with the "real" Flash Gordon. Something I only realized when I got the DVD that I bought blindly on ebay. I thought two Gordon movies for the price of one, is excellent. But that is not the reason, I only gave it a weak rating. Nor the fact that this was actually meant to be a porn movie did influence my vote. You can still see the bad cutting away from some scenes, though it seems those explicit scenes might be "lost" forever due to cuts the director had to make, because of an impending lawsuit back when they released it.No, the movie did age badly and while some humor still works, most of it doesn't. I love the passion (no pun intended) that they showed (there is also an audio commentary), but the performances just don't cut it and the story is too paper thin to really work. I guess you can watch it once out of curiosity, but you might not have the strength to watch it through

The beauty of Flesh Gordon is that it has no pretensions to seriousness. Much soft porn of the 70's was so mind-bogglingly asinine that lots of us nearly gave up sex. Flesh is so totally different, being funny, that it remains in my memory from the time I saw it in the Mid-70's. I still remember Dr Jerkoff unveiling his spaceship shaped like a giant erect phallus with the words "Fortunately I was able to complete the design before the Sex-ray took effect". The word 'Penisaurus' has passed into the vocabulary of Britain now, as an insult, obviously. The rapist robots with their little spring willys still linger in my memory. If I had seen it alone I would probably have walked out, but as a teenage miscreant with a friend it was hysterical. If you are not offended by the sight of breasts and enjoy a laugh watch it with some friends and a beer or two. Excellent fun.

An underrated classic of adult humor. If you can find it in the original x-rated version, it's worth a watch. The campiness just drips from every scene and if you're an old fan of the Buster Crabbe serials, there is much to laugh at here as old cliches get "blown" away.One thing I rarely see mentioned is the Harreyhausen-esque special effetcs..the skeleton soldiers were a delight, albeit lifted from the old Jason and the Argonauts film (at least stylistically).The climax (sorry) with the stop-motion monster parodies both Flash and King Kong.Dig through the credits to find Rick Baker and contemplate on how far he has come and, for SF fans, the early Bjo Trimble, long associated with the original Star Trek series and SF Fandom (Hiya Beej..grin).Watch this back to back with the (other) modern Flash Gordon movie for a riotous evening with friends who like cheesy (but way fun) films.

Okay, so for this movie to be really funny there are one or two things that you need to consider before one can really enjoy it. First of all this is not a movie to be taken seriously. Obviously it was made at a time when special effects weren't that special so there are some scenes that are hilarious for that very reason. Also, the acting is completely over the top, which is fine considering that the whole plot is ridiculous and the writing is atrocious. But it is still great.I have to suggest that you watch this movie with a group of your close friends. If you have some people that can laugh at how insane this movie is, it makes 100 times better. Watching it alone you'll probably just shut it off before the sex rays even hit and you have to give it a chance after that.