Posted on 07/15/2014 5:38:22 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine
The Last Starfighter Theatrical Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7NaxBxFWSo
The Gunstar is probably my favorite starfighter.
As for being a “knockoff of Starwars,” it actually had more in common with the “Sword in the Stone.”
I loved that movie at the time. It’s a little dated now but it could be remade and people would probably flock to go see it again.
Holy crap I’m OLD! I remember when that movie came out! Great fun! Robert Preston was a hoot in that movie.
For anyone who hasn’t seen it, I would imagine that today it would look REALLY cheesy for first time viewers, but I remember it fondly.
Mark
Paper model of gunstar you can download for free.
http://www.papercraftsquare.com/starfighter-gunstar-starfighter-free-paper-model-download.html
Watch old and new versions of Tron.
“The Last Starfighter”, “The Flight of the Navigator”, “Little Giants” and “The Sandlot” are 4 of my Favorite Movies! Clean and Wholesome.
The Last Starfighter is a good movie, funny, and clean! I would not trust anyone in Horrorwood to do a remake. I had it on VHS. Have to see if I can find one on cd.
Preston was great.
That’s actually lampshaded in the movie. The lizard alien who partners with the main character asks the “recruiter” alien (Preston’s character):
“Up to your old Excalibur tricks again, eh, Centauri?”
Iirc. This was the first movie that used computer graphics for the space ships - no models. Proto-CGI.
I loved that movie at the time. It’s a little dated now but it could be remade and people would probably flock to go see it again.
If someone was to do to this what they did to Tron it could be amazing. And I wonder what every happened to Alex and Maggie, hint, hint...
They have it on blueray at the library near where I work. ;-)
It’s interesting to note the similarity between the Gunstar and the “Babylon 5” Starfury.
You beat me to the comparison.
BTW, I own Tron in both versions. The stories are completely different between TLSF and Tron, but I can see a remake/sequel could be massive fun on the same level. i.e. time has passed, nobody knows what happened back in the day, the hero has been off planet for a long time and the danger has returned
As a side note, every time I go to my dentitst I'm reminded of "Flight of the Nav." because of that weird light that is suspended from the ceiling and can be moved around in any direction and shined in my mouth. It looks like that robot thing in the Navigator.....
BTW, if they are marking the 29th anniversary of the movie, is there any doubt they plan on releasing a “sequel/remake” on the 30th anniversary?
Yep. Another from that period is "Electric Dreams". Great soundtrack, too.
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