The Last Starfighter
Man, I just got done watching this movie
again after all these years. I remember
actually watching it in the theaters on its first run back in 84. My family loved it as much as I did. I remember coming out the theater pumped
about the movie. I think every kid that’s
played a space fighter game wanted to go up in a real ship and fight bad guy
aliens. This movie showed us what would
happen in that situation.
This movie certainly brings back
memories of a better time for me.
-Wil Wheaton?: I’ve read that Wil Wheaton had a few scenes
filmed, but the director deleted them from the final cut. I guess it was to make room for the added
scenes of the Beta Alex. You can still see Wil in a few shots, check them out here. He's in the red shirt.
-Beta Alex: I remember loving the concept of the android Alex
replacing the real one as he goes on his mission. I loved every minute of the “fish out of
water” story of this android. I read that test audiences loved the Beta character
so much that they added more scenes with the character after filming completed.
-Sequel preparing?: The movie clearly ends with an open-ended
conclusion. The main villain gets away,
and it ends with the main hero training other fighters to join the war. It is completely open for another movie…and
not a remake. How about one 25 years
later? I have to wonder why there never
was a sequel made to the movie, considering it was at least a modest hit.
-The Score: It is pretty good, if a little bit too
Indiana Jones in some parts.
-Early CGI: For the 80s, the CGI is pretty amazing. And, it lends itself to the VG feel that the
early portion of the movie was trying to convey.
-The StarCar: I loved that car, and I remember wanting
one. While it isn’t as epic as the time
machine in Back to the Future, it was a cool car.
-Robert Preston as Centauri: He’s like the grandfather to the main
character. Centauri is a bit of a
trickster/conman. While he likes Alex,
he’s always putting on over on the character the whole time. Preston
passed away a few years after filming this movie.
-I keep hearing about a remake to this
movie, but I’d prefer a sequel instead.
How about a story about Alex coming home and wanting to retire, but a
new enemy shows up and he has to recruit a new group of gamers from today’s
hardcore gaming world?
It could work.
Guilty. Guilty. Guilty.
Why did every sci-fi movie have a floating holographic head in it in the 80s? It looks goofy today.
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See what happens when you get the special at Waffle
House?
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Can you get ESPN on that thing?
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