These strips are hilarious. They're entertaining. They're amazingly drawn. They're completely over the top in every way. And when I finished Volume 1, I was actually disappointed that Flash's ...

Max Von Sydow's archly evil Ming the Merciless from Flash Gordon has been branded a 'discriminatory stereotype' by the British Board of Film Classification. In a reclassification of the 1980 sci-fi ...

Warning: This story includes major spoilers for the 1980 feature film, Flash Gordon. Taika Waititi reportedly instructed his film crew to watch Flash Gordon before making Thor: Ragnarok, and it shows.

When we first met Ming my mind flew back more than five decades. The first time I encountered the name Ming was in the old “Flash Gordon” comic strips.

He continued: “The character of Ming of course comes from the Flash Gordon comic strips from the 1930s and the serials, and let's just say attitudes towards the acceptability of discriminatory ...

The re-release of the celebrated cult-classic film Flash Gordon from 1980 has added a warning about "discriminatory stereotypes" due to the portrayal of Ming the Merciless.

The BBFC said Ming the Merciless was "coded as an East Asian character due to his hair and make-up" More old movies could have warnings added about racism and stereotypes, after UK film censors ...

And now we can own an authentic likeness of his Flash Gordon figure. In the 1980 movie’s campiest scene, Flash uses his football skills to keep a valuable treasure from Ming.

The re-release of the celebrated cult-classic film Flash Gordon from 1980 has added a warning about "discriminatory stereotypes" due to the portrayal of Ming the Merciless.