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.

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!

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

• Ghostbusters from Ivan REITMAN
• Gremlins from Joe DANTE
• Karate Kid from John G. AVILDSEN
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom from Steven SPIELBERG
• The Neverending Story from Wolfgang PETERSEN
• Romancing the Stone from Robert ZEMECKIS
• Beverly Hills Cop from Martin BREST
• The Killing Fields (AMAZING FILM) from Roland JOFFÉ
• Body Double from Brian DE PALMA
• Starman from John CARPENTER
• Broadway Dany Rose from Woody ALLEN
• Terminator from James CAMERON
• Double Trouble from Enzo BARBONI
• Birdy from Alan PARKER
• Once upon a Time in America from Sergio LEONE
• A Passage to India from David LEAN
• The Draughtsman's Contract from Peter GREENAWAY
• Blood Simple from Joel and Ethan COEN
• Amadeus from Milos FORMAN
• Paris, Texas from Wim WENDERS
• A Nightmare on Elm Street from Wes CRAVEN
• Spinal Tap from Rob REINER
• Stranger Than Paradise from Jim JARMUSCH
• The Natural from Barry LEVINSON

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

I do believe that's a Heathkit HERO-1 "robot" right after we see "Beta" starting to "develop" in Alex's bed...