In the grand heirarchy of high camp, The Rocky Horror Picture Show is at the top. Flash Gordon is directly beneath it. In many ways, Flash is both as good and as bad as moviemaking gets. The battle between Jones and Dalton on the deadly, spike-ridden, tilting platform hovering over a 50-mile drop is as tense as fight scenes get. The football-inspired fight in Ming's throne room is otherwise. A must-see on DVD for purists and superhero freaks. He will save every one of us!

The new "Savior of the Universe" DVD edition includes Flash Gordon archival material, including a featurette on comic artist Alex Ross, screenwriter Lorenzo Semple Jr., and the first episode of the 1936 Flash Gordon serial.