Classic movie as a kid

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arkham1010@reddit

Ahh yes, we look at it as a classic now, but it was obviously a movie made by marketeers.

Star war clone? Check

Tap into cultural zeitgeist? Check

Heavily involve the biggest new fad (Video games)? Check

Cheap to produce and no name actors to need to pay? Check

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BiliViva@reddit

The CGI team for this first showed their tech off to George Lucas in 1978 using the first digitally created X-Wings. Lucasfilm was like "Nah, maybe in the future when this tech develops, though."

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Former_Balance8473@reddit

The Blu-ray of this film deserves an Oscar.

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GenXMentalist@reddit

There’s blue ray? Where did you find it???

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Former_Balance8473@reddit

https://www.amazon.com.au/Last-Starfighter-Lance-Guest/dp/B0025VLELQ

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GenXMentalist@reddit

Sold out…thanks, I’ll keep an eye out

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Former_Balance8473@reddit

I didn't realise that it was limited edition... good luck!

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rhcedar@reddit

I'm sure they are going to remake this at some point. It will suck. You can't re-capture that "80s lightning in a bottle " today.

Updating the CGI might be interesting.

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Turbo-Corgi@reddit

They already did. Kind of. What came out is a series called Future Man.

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rhcedar@reddit

I got more of a "Terminator on acid" vibe from that show. Although, the gamer aspect fits.

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twirlingmypubes@reddit

It'll be some lame social or political commentary, or a forced BK Kids cast that kills the vibe.

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AngryK9_@reddit

You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Kodan Armada.

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Dude-Good@reddit (OP)

Shit got me hyped as a kid hearing that

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NuncErgoFacite@reddit

I've always wanted to fight a desperate battle against incredible odds!

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Old_Introduction7236@reddit

Bonus points if you played the NES game.

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Restless-J-Con22@reddit

I LOVED this film. One of the first movies I saw that made me realise Hollywood adventure movies were good and not "rubbish" as my parents insisted

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TransMan1990@reddit

I own this movie. Bought it on Apple!

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I got this on blu-ray recently and it's an excellent copy of the film, and the film holds up surprisingly well, even the CGI that looks a lot like a '90s video game. It's a good kind of artificial, and everything around it is done very well too. I remember watching this at somebody's house in like 1985 on cable, and several times in the second half of the movie, this one guy would look over at everybody else, kinda shaking his head and go "ain't that a trip?"

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russellbeattie@reddit

This was the first movie I ever went to see by myself - I was 12 yo! They'd probably call the police from the theater nowadays. I rode the bus to see the matinee and it was awesome.

Thinking back, I have no idea why I went alone. None. I probably saw a commercial on TV and begged to see it I guess. My mom probably gave me the $5 just to shut me up. That would have paid for the matinee movie ticket ($3.50) and bus ride (50¢) with some money left over for popcorn.

Actually, there's no way my mom would have done that. I must have used my birthday money.

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Flybot76@reddit

Neat that you saw it back then but I can't imagine where you're randomly coming up with the thing about "calling the police from the movie theater"; like, for what? Going to the movies isn't illegal for 12-year-olds now or considered 'risky activity' or whatever, lol. Kids aren't really that sheltered everywhere.

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numberjhonny5ive@reddit

Ah, freedom! Loved those moments doing something for the first time. Building that independence! Living in a more rural area, we would ride our bikes to a far off destination, one time it was to an arcade a number of towns away. No one really knew the way, it was much further than we realized, but we found it. We were less focused on the original plan to spend hours playing games with the pending ride home. Still an adventure.

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Oxford-Gargoyle@reddit

This was a pioneer in the use of CGI, ran on a Kray Supercomputer

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Flybot76@reddit

It was the first time I remember seeing something with this much fully-rendered CGI in it. I thought it looked a lot like the game 'Defender' as a movie.

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Breadisgood4eat@reddit

Woah! I didn’t know this!

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PacRat48@reddit

Greetings Starling. You have been recruited to defend against Zuhl and the Kodan Armada

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deacon090@reddit

"I don't leak, you leak remember?" that line had me in stitches as a little kid. May not even be this movie actually but I think it was.

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Beyond_Re-Animator@reddit

Still have a thing for Catherine Mary Stewart!

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Cooterboone@reddit

Saw it as a double feature with Dune.

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GenXGamerGrandpa76@reddit

I bought this on Bluray. I still wish this would happen to me.

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the4seas@reddit

Is this streaming anywhere? Its been ages since I've seen it.

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HK-Admirer2001@reddit

The trailer was so good. Seeing the actual movie was a let down. The trailer was released during the golden age of arcade.

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RScottyL@reddit

Available on 4K:

The Last Starfighter 4K Blu-ray (4K Ultra HD)

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MoogProg@reddit

Such high praise for The Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven, then everyone forgets this masterwork.

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Wetschera@reddit

If there ever was a movie that needed a sequel then it’s this one.

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QuantumQuatttro@reddit

I still think about how the alien whipped out an iPhone and showed a the kid a slide show of his vacation photos 😂

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cobrakai15@reddit

I’ve seen that, Beastmaster, and The Neverending Story so many times and I’ll watch them many more I suppose.

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RolandOfGilead@reddit

With the popularity of PvP online games, I feel like this is ripe for a re-boot or re-imagining.

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Rab1dus@reddit

I came here to say this. I'm not a fan of remakes but this is one movie that the concept and modern CGI could make very compelling. Hell, they could promote a team to real Star Fighters.

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OGREtheTroll@reddit

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ArghNooo@reddit

We die.

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twirlingmypubes@reddit

I still think of that line. A LOT.

Nowhere in the history of movies was a more ballsy thing said.

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HurricaneSalad@reddit

One of the most badass villain deaths in movie history.

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JamesT3R9@reddit

Now this is a movie that should be made into a series.

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tamhenk@reddit

Ha. I put this on for my 7 year old a few weeks ago.

He loved it.

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0Pretendica0@reddit

I'm not really a fan of remakes, but this is one that I think would be a great movie to remake today. The whole concept of a video game is a recruiting tool for an intergalactic war is something that I think would go over really well with today's audiences. The only problem is kids don't really play arcade games anymore, they're all playing console or pc gaming. Maybe if they were doing VR, and then all the controls on the ship were the same as the VR setup, but in real life. That could work...

Anyway, I think i would great with today's CGI.

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runningoutofwords@reddit

re:View - The Last Starfighter

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Aggravating_Salt7679@reddit

I'm still waiting for #2.🤔💯

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Contranovae@reddit

Such an underrated film, it only lacked in set dressing.

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centuryeyes@reddit

"What the shit?!"

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karrahbooo@reddit

The poster reminds me of David Lynch's Dune

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Jocks_Strapped@reddit

its been too long since I've seen this and i need to make my wife watch it

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Tralfaz1138@reddit

This came out around when I graduated high school. As a video game player and sci-fi nerd I really enjoyed this. I generally hate reboots of 80s movies, but I wouldn't be sad to see them do a sequel or reboot of this since the concept was great.

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