The Last Starfighter vs. The Black Hole

[starbuck]

which movie is better.

The Last Starfighter

The Black Hole

[UTVols2]

Wow, I have never seen either one.

[starbuck]

old early 80's movies.

The Last Starfighter is miles ahead in my opinion. short version of the story, kid in a hole in the wall trailer park plays the video game Starfighter. He breaks the record. come to find out that the video game is really a recruiting tool for a distant planet in a War and looking for pilots for their Starfighters. kid gets recruited, taken away, isn't convinced it is the right thing for him to do.

for it's time it was a pretty good movie. now it holds a nostalgic place but is still watchable

[Shooter]

Agreed starbuck. the last starfighter is a classic.

[starbuck]

seems to be a sequel to Starfighter in the works

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1196243/

and this was the first movie to really use CGI. here is the original trailer
YouTube - The Last Starfighter Theatrical Trailer

[starbuck]

seems that, if you look on IMDB, they are planning to do a sequel to The Last Starfitgter. btw, it was the first movie to really use CGI.
here is the original trailer
YouTube - The Last Starfighter Theatrical Trailer

[Shooter]

http://themovieblog.com/2008/02/the-...l-in-the-works


Well it looks like The Last Starfighter (an 80?s staple) is about to get a sequel 20 years on ala Tron. We get the scoop thanks to a cinemablend exclusive!

I?ve heard vague rumblings in recent years that a sequel might be in the works, and now it looks like it?s actually happening. It is currently on the production schedule for a company called George Paige and Associates, and they list it as being distributed by Warner Brothers and Universal Pictures. Tonight I got an email from a scooper going by the name of ZondoDon, who claims that not only is it on the schedule, it?s about to start shooting next month.

He adds: ?It involves original director Nick Castle, writer Jonathan Betuel and actor Lance Guest. It?s your basic Son of the Starfighter storyline and actually sounds pretty cool.? A teenage Guest starred in the original movie, so if they really are pursuing a Son of the Starfighter plot, it makes sense that they?d want him back? assuming of course any of Zondo?s scoop is true.

The Last Starfighter was a great idea for a film. With so many people growing up with video games and with the genre bigger than ever, the film makes almost more sense now than it did when it was originally released. I am not sure I understand a sequel, but I always like to think that one day my Virtua Fighter skills will gain the attention of an alien race? so I am on board to keep the dream alive.

[MikMo]

To me, the better flick was The Black Hole. Only downfall of it was the campy aspect...had it taken a more serious tone, it would have been an all time classic. A remake of this movie would kill.