the last starfighter

[Daniel1]

awesome-1984-ness on channel 5

takes me back

[DrTre]

Spaceship with the massive testaclons?

[djmck30]

great movie, great music - wore out the vhs tape when I was a kid.

The CGI hasn't aged very well but has an almost retro charm now, and ground breaking at its time (released the year after return of the jedi)

"here i am about to be killed a million miles for nowhere and a gung-ho iguana tells me to relac.."

[Daniel1]

if it works

[Jasandjules]

I think this sort of thing shows just how advanced in terms of special effects Star Wars etc. was.

However, it's a cracking film.....................

[zax]

Jasandjules said:

I think this sort of thing shows just how advanced in terms of special effects Star Wars etc. was.

However, it's a cracking film.....................

It's been a long while (I saw this one when it came out) but wasn't it the first movie with effects generated entirely by computer? Star Wars may have looked better but I guess they were still using "traditional" methods.

[EDLT]

zax said:

Jasandjules said:

I think this sort of thing shows just how advanced in terms of special effects Star Wars etc. was.

However, it's a cracking film.....................

It's been a long while (I saw this one when it came out) but wasn't it the first movie with effects generated entirely by computer? Star Wars may have looked better but I guess they were still using "traditional" methods.

The original original Star Wars trilogy used a lot of models and stuff, they've been re-edited with CGI a couple of times now which is why they look so much better (that singing frog thing in Return of the Jedi, for example)

[Zad]

I think Tron was before Last Starfighter? I remember reading magazine articles at the time and being amazed at how many thousand polygons the hangar scene had, and how it took forever just to render one frame. Ah good old days

[Justayellowbadge]

DrTre said:

Spaceship with the massive testaclons?

Battle beyond the stars, IIRC.

[clonmult]

Justayellowbadge said:

DrTre said:

Spaceship with the massive testaclons?

Battle beyond the stars, IIRC.

Most notable for Sybil Danning and her most impressive of cleavages that seemed to fly that ship of hers on its own.

Last Starfighter was fantastic.

[ofcorsa]

clonmult said:

Justayellowbadge said:

DrTre said:

Spaceship with the massive testaclons?

Battle beyond the stars, IIRC.

Most notable for Sybil Danning and her most impressive of cleavages that seemed to fly that ship of hers on its own.

Last Starfighter was fantastic.

Sybil Danning, Proper vintage bintage

[Gillet]

Love this movie, downloaded it a few weeks ago, pure genius!