she looks great, lance has changed quite a bit..
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
NowhereGirl,
You have no idea how many hours I spent at the arcade mastering video games waiting for a Centauri to show up when I broke a high score. After watching "Star Wars" and "The Last Starfighter" it was only natural that I would be the next chosen one. Good Movie too.
Posted by xchazx (Member # 7158) on :
awesome movie.
i remember when it was first released. it was a surprise hit. i'd like to see this again, maybe when my kids are a little older.
Posted by KISSMAD (Member # 4412) on :
They are remaking this movie, Starfighter (2010). It's not going to be the same without Catherine Mary Stewart.
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Posted by jdocster (Member # 5752) on :
Nowheregirl.
I've seen this movie like 50 times. I love this movie!
Valley,
if that's a pic of your game in your house then I bow to you my friend... Posted by Muffy Tepperman (Member # 1551) on :
I don't remember this one at all.......and I recently just bought it at Goodwill last week......I loved Catherine in Night and Mischief!
Posted by 80'sRocked (Member # 6979) on :
quote:Originally posted by Valley: After watching "Star Wars" and "The Last Starfighter" it was only natural that I would be the next chosen one. Good Movie too.
Valley, I am jealous....arcades, movie theaters, beautiful cars.....you live like a king!
Posted by jdocster (Member # 5752) on :
quote:Originally posted by Muffy Tepperman: I don't remember this one at all.......and I recently just bought it at Goodwill last week......I loved Catherine in Night and Mischief!
You've gotta watch it...
Posted by journey (Member # 7316) on :
I remember really loving that movie when I was a kid. I made my parents take me to see it twice. It was running on cable recently and I caught it. It hasn't aged very well and seeing it now just reinforced what a poor Star Wars knockoff it was. On the other hand, I think I like Cloak & Dagger and The Monster Squad even better now.
Posted by JAYLEE (Member # 6345) on :
If you listen to the audio commentary, you will learn that it wasn't a "poor star wars knockoff", and that they actually tried to veer away from that when making the movie. It was also the first movie to use cgi of that scale, although that part obviously did not age well!
Posted by NowhereGirl (Member # 465) on :
right you are jaylee. i was thinking the same thing.. i payed close attention when they spoke about this on the dvd...they were very intent on not making another star wars flick. all other movies had used minatures and puppets ...the last starfighter was digital.
i disagree that the movie has aged poorly.
Posted by ISIS (Member # 1780) on :
I saw Mischief at the movies with my high school boyfriend, his brother and sister and a bunch of our friends. I had never seen Catherine Mary Stewart before that...but everyone I was with thought I looked exactly like her...and they were freaking out when we came out of the movies-they were going up to people who came out of the movie-and were asking them if I looked like the girl in the movie-I was so embarrassed, and they were goofing around asking me when did I do a movie. I actually did look alot like her when I was in high school.
So, it was so funny to me when I bought the Last Starfighter a few years ago...I got it for my son, because I thought he'd like it, since he loves Star Wars stuff....the first thing he said...was oh my god....that girl looks just like you...and it was Caterine Mary Stewart. It was kind of weird, because I thought it too, there was some scene where she was getting in the bed of a truck, and I thought...wow...it looked like me.
But, when I saw her in Nighthawks I never thought we looked alike. Then I watched a movie with her and Rob Lowe...it was called Dead Silent, it was good. But she was older in it, and I didn't think we looked anything alike then.
It is great to see a current picture of her. I like that hair style on her.
My high school boyfriend use to look alot like Lance Guest-when he was in the movie Halloween 2-but Lance absolutely has changed a ton. My friend has met Lance Guest a bunch...and I have seen candid current pictures of him....he goes to alot of the convention things.
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Posted by logan5 (Member # 1467) on :
Last Starfighter was great until they went into space. I thought the dynamic on earth was really well done. I can still recall thinking as a kid that the space scenes would've looked much better and felt more exciting if they'd used models. I used to think that the ships looked like paintings.
Posted by JAYLEE (Member # 6345) on :
quote:Originally posted by logan5: Last Starfighter was great until they went into space. I thought the dynamic on earth was really well done. I can still recall thinking as a kid that the space scenes would've looked much better and felt more exciting if they'd used models. I used to think that the ships looked like paintings.
I have to agree! But you gotta give them props for trying something new!
Posted by Nick (Member # 404) on :
In my recent trip, I went to the Starbrite Stalite trailer park place and the owner told me that the filmmakers have been trying to convince her to let them use the place as the location in the new version...
Posted by jdocster (Member # 5752) on :
Ooh... A new version huh? Hmmmm...
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
I love the part where Alex comes back to earth and interacts with his beta self.
"I'll have it all figured out by the time we reach the frontier."
"-Whats that?"
"The frontier!"
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Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
Welcome to Silver Lake! Oh and for Cameron Dye fans it was cool to see him in a different albeit small role.
Nick, are you serious that the Starbrite Starlite trailer park is still there?
Posted by journey (Member # 7316) on :
quote:Originally posted by logan5: Last Starfighter was great until they went into space. I thought the dynamic on earth was really well done. I can still recall thinking as a kid that the space scenes would've looked much better and felt more exciting if they'd used models. I used to think that the ships looked like paintings.
That's pretty much my feeling as well. All the space stuff is what didn't age well for me.
Posted by Nick (Member # 404) on :
quote:Originally posted by Valley: Nick, are you serious that the Starbrite Starlite trailer park is still there?
Well, the place is there. The trailers themselves were only there for the movie, but the park store with the starfighter game is still there... I actually stood where Alex does to play the game...
I just knocked up a quick comparison pic here Posted by Kash (Member # 297) on :
quote:Originally posted by Nick: In my recent trip, I went to the Starbrite Stalite trailer park place and the owner told me that the filmmakers have been trying to convince her to let them use the place as the location in the new version...
Ahh the good life... no seriously, thats a great gig, where to next?
Posted by Nick (Member # 404) on :
Lol -- It was my 40th birthday present to myself. We went up through Arizona, route 66 to LA and then up the coast stopping at a whole bunch of locations along the way.
You'll see the fruits of this when the new locations engine is up. I'll be using these locations to "get the ball rolling" so to speak and then we'll see if others want to run with the ball and get the majority of these 80s movies locations identified and photographed,as many of them are disappearing forever Posted by jdocster (Member # 5752) on :
It's gonna be nice Nick! Posted by HeadRusch (Member # 3755) on :
I dont think Lance has aged very badly, he's middle-aged heavy is all...but its that Larry Fine haircut he's rocking that seriously needs to go
As for the FX in this movie, I take issue with folks who say the effects "dont age well". Look, what *does* age well besides Wine and Stock Certificates?
The space FX give the movie its charm, the same way TRON wouldn't be TRON if they remade the whole thing using modern CGI. See: STAR WARS.
Hell in another few years kids will go "Why is that guy standing outside playing a videogame and not sitting on his couch". "no no, those were ARCADE games, son...."
Posted by jdocster (Member # 5752) on :
quote:Originally posted by HeadRusch: As for the FX in this movie, I take issue with folks who say the effects "dont age well". Look, what *does* age well besides Wine and Stock Certificates?
Heheee... Posted by JAY LEE (Member # 6345) on :
Well, FX in movies like ALIENS and PREDATOR aged pretty well!
And I commend them for trying on the CGI the way they did, George Lucas is probably crying/gobbling himself to sleep every night, that he didn't do it first! But seriously, it doesn't look that great now. All the make up/special fx still looks good though!
Posted by Te-em (Member # 5958) on :
I don't like CGI, but this movie is an exception. It was made very early and I think it's supposed to look like an arcade game. I like this movie, even though I don't think I know anyone else who likes it (except my friend who likes only the CGI effects).
I don't think it's supposed to be like Star Wars either . . . and I'm not sure Star Wars is the first movie of this kind. Well, there is Battlestar Galactica (unless that actually was after Star Wars; sometime during the 70's at least).
Posted by THX1138 (Member # 7418) on :
I believe this was the first movie which CGI was used. Totally, hit it's target audience, ME~! Freakin' AWESOME. I have to buy this movie on DVD format.
Posted by Nick (Member # 404) on :
THX -- wait for Blu-ray! I have this on HD-DVD and it was just awesome -- The colors and detail were just streets ahead of the DVD... Posted by 80'sRocked (Member # 6979) on :
Just bumped this for titomxtz.
Posted by Nick (Member # 404) on :
quote:Originally posted by Valley: I love the part where Alex comes back to earth and interacts with his beta self.
Hey, just a random factoid: I always thought that Alex's alter-ego was a beta unit... until I realised that it was actually baiter... He baits the enemy, see? Posted by aTomiK (Member # 6575) on :
Just watched this the first time after some 20 years. Good movie with nice old school special effects.
I also have the comic book
Posted by 80'sRocked (Member # 6979) on :
This was on cable tonight and I recorded it. Haven't seen it since I was a kid. Can't wait to watch it again soon!
Posted by 80'sRocked (Member # 6979) on :
Just watched this tonight and it was cheesier than I remembered. I still like it though. The old school cgi is of course a bit dated as some of you posted....it is from 1984! I think it was very good for the time. I do agree with some of you that it got kinda corny when they got to the outer space stuff, but I can live with it. At least it didn't get as bad as it did in Explorers! That movie got real bad once they entered space. Glad I recorded it and now have it on dvd because I will watch it again.
Posted by JAY LEE (Member # 6345) on :
Yeah, THE EXPLORERS had so much potential... and then it just snapped! Can't believe Joe Dante would f**k up like that!
Posted by Kash (Member # 297) on :
Great movie, cool comic aTomiK.
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
I had to dig up this awesome thread started by Ronnie. I just saw where "The Last Starfighter: 25th Anniversary Edition" was get released on Blu-ray. I'm in!
Oh...release date is August 4th
Posted by J2ME (Member # 5728) on :
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced that they will bring 'The Last Starfighter: 25th Anniversary' to Blu-ray on August 4th. This former HD DVD high definition exclusive title will be presented in 1080p VC-1 accompanied by a 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack.
Extras for this release include:
* Feature Commentary with Director Nick Castle and Production Designer Ron Cobb * Heroes of the Screen * Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter * Image Gallery * BD Live Download Center * Theatrical Trailer * Teaser Trailer
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it has lance guest (jaws 4 & halloween 2) and catherine mary stewart (from night of the comet & mischief).
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