#the last starfighters

[darkhawk1126]

@carnalreincarnated

“Greetings, Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada…”

Story: Gary Whitta & Jonathan Betuel Music: Chris Tilton & Craig Safan Concept art: Matt Allsopp

Don’t miss the gorgeous music!

[vintagegeekculture]

"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.

[80smovies]

[verdigrisvagabond]

Please reblog for a larger sample size and a more cursed cake!

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[groundrunner100]

Happy Black History Month, Star Wars homies!

[ultrakillblast]

THE LAST STARFIGHTER (1984)

[art--harridan]

[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)

[eighties-o-rama]

Various comic books adapted or inspired by movies.

[karagin22]

The Last Star Fighter

[floridaboiler]

THE LAST STARFIGHTER dir. Nick Castle Released: July 13th, 1984

[80smovies]

[tamara-kama]

I was once taken on a date to this arcade in Mesa, Arizona and I had a really good time.

With the pricing model of a single charge at the door and all the games on free play it was like a party from the time they open to when they close..

It's even bigger now than when I last went!

Downside is it's 4 hours the last time I went.. from about 5-9PM.. that goes by quickly.. haha

[milton-dammers]

The Last Starfighter (1984) Hitchhiker

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