Microsoft does Flash Gordon

April 11, 2006 10:05 AM

Microsoft did a video ad based on a Flash Gordon film. It may have been for one of their server lines. The ad is a howl. Where can a copy be downloaded?
posted by Raybun to computers & internet (4 answers total)

it's Visual Studio 2005, and it's still here.
posted by stupidcomputernickname at 10:45 AM on April 11, 2006

Thanks stupidcomputernickname.
posted by Raybun at 11:37 AM on April 11, 2006

Just for the record, the footage used in that ad is from the very first Flash Gordon serial, titled — aptly enough — Flash Gordon, which a fellow could pick up from Amazon if he were inclined to cheap laughs. (Of course, his wife might not find it as funny and might stop watching after the third episode...)
posted by jdroth at 1:16 PM on April 11, 2006

There's a little Max Von Sydow action in there from the movie too.
posted by DonnieSticks at 2:07 PM on April 11, 2006