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vintagegeekculture · 4 months ago
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"Greetings, Starfighter. You have been selected by the Star League to defend the Frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan Armada."
Happy 40th Anniversary to the Last Starfighter (1984) directed by John Carpenter protégé Nick Castle.
Beginning as a scifi update of Arthurian Legend, with an arcade machine instead of a sword from a stone, the Last Starfighter is about a kid in a trailer park who discovers that a video game he achieved a high score on was actually an Excalibur-esque test to determine if who could make it as a real life star pilot, and is recruited to defend an interstellar civilization.
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It's amazing how much of this movie stands out in the memory. Grig, the starfighters' "gung ho iguana" sidekick, played by warm character actor Dan O'Herilhy (the main villain of Halloween III: Season of the Witch). Rylos, the planet where men and women alike have male pattern baldness. The silent, sober menace of the Ko-Dan barbarians contrasted against the Caligula-esque madness of Xur. The fact that it was set in a trailer park, where the palpable hopelessness and desperation (but also joy and community) were in contrast to the bucolic suburbia seen in most 80s movies. "Death Blossom." There are so-called "better" movies that nobody remembers as well as this.
Called a "Star Wars ripoff," there are actual Star Wars movies that weren't as good as this.
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verdigrisvagabond · 8 months ago
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Please reblog for a larger sample size and a more cursed cake!
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haveyouseenthismovie-poll · 3 months ago
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skooodles · 1 year ago
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naughtygirl286 · 1 year ago
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We picked up our first Arrow Video 4K remaster the Limited Edition UHD The Last Starfighter it was a bit pricey for like $60+ for it so I don't think we'll be buying alot of these Arrow Video 4K remasters becasue of the cost it will have to depend on the movie but I did pick up this one. which I'm happy with and if you haven't seen the movie I would recommend you give it a watch.
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kingsnorthportfolio · 2 years ago
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datasoong101 · 8 months ago
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I love The Last Starfighter!!!
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The Last Starfighter (1984)
Dir: Nick Castle
DP: King Baggot
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80smovies · 9 months ago
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groundrunner100 · 10 months ago
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Happy Black History Month, Star Wars homies!
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ultrakillblast · 1 year ago
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THE LAST STARFIGHTER (1984)
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art--harridan · 2 months ago
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[Image description: A digital painting of Alex Rogan from the film The Last Starfigher. It is a head shot of Alex with a disbelieving expression on his face, mouth slightly open. You can just see the start of his starfighter outfit on his shoulders. His skin and clothing is painted in warmer colours while his hair is partially in cooler ones. There's harsh rim lighting around his hair, and some of his shoulders. The style of portrait is done with a lot of colour-blocking and hatching textures. The background is a light blue, with shooting star shapes littered about. These shapes look like the logo of the Starlite Starbrite in Alex's trailer park.]
Inktober - Day 4 (Exotic)
Film - The Last Starfighter (Nick Castle, 1984)
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karagin22 · 7 days ago
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The Last Star Fighter
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floridaboiler · 1 year ago
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THE LAST STARFIGHTER dir. Nick Castle Released: July 13th, 1984
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milton-dammers · 4 months ago
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The Last Starfighter (1984) Hitchhiker
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movieposters1 · 4 months ago
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eighties-o-rama · 3 months ago
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Various comic books adapted or inspired by movies.
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