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Great movie - 1984 was something else
posted by Howard BurnsSTAFFMOD on February 21, 2017 at 8:55 PM
Loved this one since I first saw it in theaters. It's obviously dated (I'm assuming the effects team worked on Tron as well, very similar style) but to me that's a good thing. Great characters, cool story, and the film is just loads of fun. Come to think of it, 1984 might be my favorite year for movies with stuff like Ghostbusters, Gremlins, Temple of Doom, Neverending Story, Karate Kid, Romancing the Stone, Terminator, Beverly Hills Cop...list goes on and on. One of the best times I can recall for pure entertaining popcorn fare at the cinema.
Reply by Fluke Skywalker
on March 2, 2017 at 9:15 AM
Agreed. Great movie year; particularly that Summer. You had TOD open May 23rd. Star Trek III June 1st. Then Gremlins and Ghostbusters both opened on June 8th! Just a mind-bogglingly packed Summer.
Reply by tmdb67572229
on March 2, 2017 at 9:22 AM
Yes this movie was a lot of fun. Loved Robert Preston and Dan O'Herlihy in this. Also loved the score.
Never thought computer animation would get much farther along than this. Boy was I wrong!
Reply by AmazoniaNOTAmazon
on October 3, 2019 at 5:31 AM
Hi Everybody ! You're right about 1984. I also noticed it was a great year for movie fans. Here is a small list of the best movies that came out in 1984
Reply by Innovator
on October 3, 2019 at 9:23 AM
Yeah. I loved this movie. Oh did you know you can play the game in the movie? Rouge Synapse made a version of it using the assets from the movie, as well as published plans for the arcade cabinet. I'd like to have this in my home someday.
http://www.roguesynapse.com/games/last_starfighter.php
Reply by Knixon
on February 23, 2021 at 8:40 PM
I do believe that's a Heathkit HERO-1 "robot" right after we see "Beta" starting to "develop" in Alex's bed...