618: Mars Monkey Dance Number

The Incomparable Mothership

Jason Snell

Arts, Tv & Film, Leisure

4.8 • 694 Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2022

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Rocket Surgery takes a time machine back to 1930 for “Just Imagine,” a visionary view of the far future of 1980 that’s three movies in one—and feels like it. Then we jump to the real 1980 where, instead of evil martian twins, we find “Flash Gordon,” quarterback, New York Jets....

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0:00.0	It's not brain science.
0:01.1	It's rocket surgery.
0:02.2	This is Just Imagine, 1930.
0:04.5	And Flash Gordon, 1980.
0:09.0	The incomparable, number 618, June 22.
0:16.1	Welcome back, everybody, to The Incomparable.
0:17.6	I'm your host, Jason Stell.
0:18.9	This is a weird episode, everybody.
0:20.6	It's weird. It's weird. We're taking a trip to the 1980s, but really to the 1930s, but kind of the 1980s.
0:31.7	By way of the 1930s. By way of the 1930s. This is an episode about two films, one from 1930 called Just Imagine, which imagines
0:40.5	the futuristic world of 1980.
0:42.9	And a film from 1980, the futuristic world of 1980, Flash Gordon, based on the movie
0:49.3	serials from the 1930s.
0:52.5	So you see what we did there?
0:56.7	Joining me to talk about these two films are these wonderful people.
0:58.3	Monty Ashley joins us, hello.
1:00.7	Hi, Jason.
1:01.6	I have a question up front.
1:03.0	Is this a rocket surgery episode?
1:04.8	Ah, well, there were rockets in the movies.
1:09.7	We'll see.
1:10.2	I've seen Flash Gordon so many times.
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