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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.
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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Please reblog for a larger sample size and a more cursed cake!
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#movies#polls#the last starfighter#last starfighter#80s movies#nick castle#lance guest#robert preston#chris hebert#kay e. kuter#dan mason#requested#have you seen this movie poll
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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.
#Arrow Video#Arrow Video 4K#Arrow Video Limited Edition#Arrow Video UHD#The Last Starfighter#Last Starfighter#ShannonJ286#NaughtyGirl286#4k#4k ultra#4k ultra hd#bluray#blu-ray#blu ray#physical media
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I love The Last Starfighter!!!
The Last Starfighter (1984)
Dir: Nick Castle
DP: King Baggot
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Happy Black History Month, Star Wars homies!
#Black History Month#public opinion#Star Wars#Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace#Star Wars Episode II: Attack of The Clones#Star Wars: Clone Wars#Star Wars: The Clone Wars#Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of The Sith#Star Wars: Starfighter#Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi#Star Wars: The Old Republic#Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back#Star Wars Episode VI: Return of The Jedi#Star Wars: Aftermath#Star Wars: The Mandalorian#Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens#Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi#Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker#Star Wars: Sana Starros#Mace Windu#Nial Declann#Lando Calrissian#Koth Vortena#Quarsh Panaka#Saw Gerrera#Sana Starros#Rae Sloane#Finn#Reva Sevander#Greef Karga
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THE LAST STARFIGHTER (1984)
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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)
#inktober#inktober 2024#the last starfighter#the last starfighter fanart#alex rogan#alex rogan fanart#digital art#just woke up from a nap and realised i had to post this lol#anyway such a charming and fun film#love alex <3 all the characters are pretty cute#i love the clone shenanigans#also just the vibes of the trailer park... when they all gather around to watch him beat the game... so nice#nice to do a digital portrait again too#anyway song of the day is the pressure of life (takes the weight off the body) by fun boy three#have recently becoke quite obsessed with band sooooo good#both of their albums are phenomenal but the album that song is from (waiting) is like so perfect.#the other one is too but waiting is defo my fave#pls listen to all of it and dont get dismayed by the miss marple theme song cover at the beginning lol#edit: apparently they dont have that fb3 song on insta stories so i had to put our lips are sealed instead 😓#still a great song though and off the same album 👍
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THE LAST STARFIGHTER dir. Nick Castle Released: July 13th, 1984
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The Last Starfighter (1984) Hitchhiker
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Various comic books adapted or inspired by movies.
#comic book#comic books#1980s movies#1980s#eighties#eighties ruled#eighties rule#jaws 2#the dark crystal#house 2#predator#fright night#dune#david lynch dune#blade runner#for your eyes only#the last starfighter#back to the future#time bandits
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⭐ Strike a taunt, Star! ⭐
As promised in my previous Star Tower post, here is a handful of taunt frames I've drawn of yours truly! The second one in particular is a completely original pose I came up with myself, though here are the references for the first, third and fourth ones! 💙✨
#⭐ Star's Art ⭐#Star Tower#Pizza Tower#Pizza Tower AU#Sprite Art#Coolness#(INTENSE TAUNT SOUND EFFECT)#It feels nice to finally post these! I've had the first three sitting around since the third quarter of last year#The fourth one was just drawn yesterday and I thought I could post all four taunts I had drawn as a set#There's absolutely more I intend to draw... though I thought this would make for a fine starter!#Most of the other Star Tower taunts will all be referencing some form of arcade-related media#Though the only exceptions are the first three shown here which were drawn to test out the taunt styles#It was CRUCIAL that I drew Star doing the one Peppino taunt because that one is my ultimate favorite#My fellow Starfighters on tumblr may recognize the second one as being the figurehead for a weekly holiday...#S U P E R S T A R S A T U R D A Y#Also! As for the Pac-Man maze background featured in these... you'll be seeing it again sometime soon 👀
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