The Last Starfighter Review - Off The Shelf Reviews

[@psymongodden]

So many great lines in this film... My fave... "Sorry.....I didn't mean to step on your...... whatever that is" great review guys... And may there never be a sequel.

[@AarenJable]

Thank you guys.

[@edmonlessley4932]

11 years old again remembering this old flick. Thanks guys.

[@LeanderNadeltanz]

There is a line in this movie, that literally saved my life!!! That particular line is a brief chat between Alex and Centauri, after he was fixing his vehicle. Alex insists that he is just a kid in a trailer park - and Centauri said: "If that's what you think, then that's all you'll ever be!" I was watching this movie with my older daughter, who really is into all of those classic 80s sci-fi and Fantasy-stuff I grew up with as a kid. When Centauri said this in the movie, I suddenly bursted out into tears. My daughter asked me why - and I quickly replied, that I was remembering something... Why I cried? I struggle with a heavy depression since my early childhood. I don't know why, but ever since I was a child, I always felt sad and totally out of place. Lost. Since I am a father of two, it got better, but it still haunts me every now and then. And I fucking hate it! There is no romantic or cool aspect about it. I hate being so powerless and being condemned to wait for something that won't come or happen. Some people might think a depression is some kind of longing you get, while attending a sunset at the beach. No, it is not. It is a fucking freezing rain. And what takes the most power is to hide my depression, especially in front of my children. They sense that I am sad and even my younger daughter asked me, why I am such a sad man, but I try my best not to show it... But this line changed something in me. When Centauri said "If that's what you think, then that's all you'll ever be!" - I started thinking about myself and how I see myself as a part of society. Do i think that I am a depressive person? What do I want to be? Who do I want to be? I started thinking and my honest answer is - I want to be light and happy, a loving dad, a good husband, a friend and someone to rely to. Not a depressive person anymore! That changed my life!!!

[@Atreyu-2]

I've been soaked by that freezing rain too many times to count. Yet the sun shines and dries me out. Good on you lad...yes, it does get better

[@yuescloset]

I love this movie! My fave line is from Centauri after he fixed his "car", Alex insist he's just as kid in a trailer park and Centauri replied "If that's what you think, then that's all you'll ever be!" Mike drop!

[@LogicallyInsane8]

OHHH YESSSS !!! I've been waiting a long time for you guys to revisit and review this timeless classic movie. Thank you so much. 😁

[@deus_ex_felis]

great selections these last few weeks lads, love ya!

[@andrewblanchard2398]

09:20 to 09:26 CENTAURI'S car shows up in the background of BACK TO THE FUTURE part 2 in 2015

[@DroosterH]

Just a heads up, the full movie has been uploaded on KZbin. Perfect quality. If you haven't seen this gem rectify that mistake right now!

[@Private-Hudson]

From a 13-year-old when this classic came out, the computer graphics very much like Tron blew our minds. What a great time and what a great film. As always lads top review. Did anyone notice when Alex get's the tag put on his lapel at 15.38 it was the inside board of a casio digital watch?. Death blossom baby.😛😛

[@mariolopez3728]

One of those films you can watch hundreds of times, memorize all the lines and still never get tired of watching it. Always makes me feel like a kid again every single time I watch it!

[@MrDman21]

I like how Commander Krill has that headset on with the eyepiece like a Saiyan. I wonder if the creators of Dragonball Z were fans of this movie 🤔

[@starbrand3726]

Great underrated movie. So glad you guys are talking about it. Years after this movie, Lance Guest had a small role in the CBS TV series Jericho. Sadly he really didn't get much work. Fun Fact: Granny also played the big head alien in the original Star Trek pilot The Cage back in 1965. And Wesley Crusher himself Will Wheaton of Star Trek The Next Generation fame was also in The Last Starfighter as the friend of Louis, Alex's little brother. Not even sure if he actually makes an appearance on screen but he's credited.

[@kimrice394]

Great Movie! Perfect storm of story/ director/cast! Absolutely has that home town feel. Watching this and Enemy Mine is good for the soul! I feel some of the acting here is just perfect. Such believably characters.

[@kylemoore7746]

I'm voting for a 12 Episode Series titled "The Last Starfleet" with Alex's younger brother now in his late 40s and Alex's son early 20s. A big chunk of the series is them finding and gathering the potential starfighters from other planets while running from a new enemy who is hunting them down. Maybe Alex was killed or is missing, but sent one final message to his son to find his brother, as the brother is experienced enough from the arcade game but also somehow has knowledge of the whereabouts of potential recruits for building a fleet of starfighters. Yeah. Something like that. Or maybe a little less Star Wars esque as I'm proofreading my comment.

[@citizensamurai]

Get a caffeine source established, block off a weekend and make it on AI man!

[@badnoozva757]

And don't forget Purple Rain was out at the same time! I remember going to the theater to see Last Starfighter, and my sister went to see Purple Rain at the same time.

[@brianoneil9662]

Oh, now you're dragging me back to my days as a young Army private stationed in West Germany. This played in our barracks cinema and I watched it 4 times. Me and my friends loved it. Granted, we only payed $1 to see it, so we didn't contribute much to the box office.

[@ChicaLocaGB]

You guys do all the best movies, and do them justice, thanks! I always remember the alien who speaks before Alex gets his translator.... kaytar kaytar... it means come with me lol

[@92Raider-art]

Thank you so much for reminding me about this amazing movie. I forgot how much I love this movie. Being a 90s kid. I saw it just a couple of years ago and it's now one my favourite 80s flicks of all time

[@chaddelk3605]

Thanks for the review, guys! The Last Starfighter is one of my favorites.

[@DeltaAssaultGaming]

Can’t believe they haven’t made a remake of this yet, with how big video games are now.

[@Otokichi786]

Are you sure that's a good idea? Hollyweird is obsessed with THE MESSAGE, gender- and race-swapping like it's a real life "Twister" game.;) Leave almost-Classic movies alone. 'Disney will get it"!? No, no, no, a thousand times NO!

[@mrg3241]

Given the mass appeal of the original script (everyday lad gets invited to save the world in a sprawling space epic), and if you consider how far CGI has evolved , there is no better candidate than this movie for a reboot in my opinion. Instead of a remote arcade machine you got the massive online world of video-gaming to work with.

[@supoa9489]

It's an obscure movie with a small cult following that's why

[@dominicharris5851]

​@@Otokichi786Is the "woke" in the room with you right now? Sit down, take your medication and piss off.

[@yuescloset]

I was lucky to find a paperback of this movie in a booksale and the book beautifully expounded the story. The relationship between the Rylan Ambassador and his son Xur, the frustrations of the Ko-Dan with this Rylan upstart, Centauris' desperation to get Alex to accept his "gift to be a Starfighter" and many more. But what I love is how the Rylans view other sentient species as immature, and we find out that Earth was going to become a member of the League when its inhabitants stopped fighting with each other and have matured. Also the Beta unit! He couldnt stop whining and cursing Centauri for dropping him to work in a backwater planet! The gunstars? They are antique warships and that the starfighters are relics of their violent past, that's why they are recruiting because Rylans lost the ability or "gift of doing battle". Victory or Death!

[@stillhammered3060]

What a crazy coincidence. I am finally seeing this movie on the big screen this coming Tuesday at the Drafthouse. I always regretted I didn't see this as a kid in the 80's when it came out. I plan on kicking back and enjoying a piece of my childhood a pizza and several alcoholic beverages, lol.

[@oldskoolraver1974]

Sooo,when I was a kid, I had a computer (not a console) called an Atari 800XL. One of the games I had (cassette loaded mind) was The Last Starfigher, but,it was glitched, it took ages to load,and as soon as you died, the game crashed,so it had to be reloaded if you wanted to play again…. I played this game soooo much. Cheers geezers.

[@cruddddddddddddddd]

My junior high science teacher was a pretty big nerd. He told me he'd written a sequel novel to this, which concerned the return of the petulant villain - the Revenge (or Return) of Xur, I think he said it was called. I love this film, though - my dad recorded it off the TV on vhs (how we used to rewatch all my favorite films). Good review

[@TheBeird]

Seen this just the once when I was a kid. My auntie had it on VHS and, since I was a big Star Wars nut, the cover intrigued me. Had a lens, and I remember liking it but not much else. Shame it wasn’t bigger but you know what? Be thankful it didn’t get big enough to be exploited and diluted by needless follow ups. Things are special when they’re finite. This flick will always have its integrity, and when someone discovers it, it’ll be all the more special. As though it was made just for them, turning up when needed

[@phoenixshroud]

Another awesome review guys! 👊👊

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

17:46 that was a better Robert Preston impression than I was expecting, Gary.

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

Also, now I can't get the idea that the Death Blossom is the starfighter equivalent of the gun kata from Equilibrium.

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

Okay, for the sequel, go with the concept of Airheads: The Lone Starfighters

[@quarkbent9165]

Ah, what a heartwarming bit of popcorn sci-fi. Thanks for sharing the review, guys :)

[@AubreyTheKing]

I remember this as a kid! Scared the hell out of me too lol what a classic! GREAT REVIEW BOYS!!!

[@JD.78]

The Last Starfighter is a movie i've always loved since i first watched it way back in the 80's when i was a kid, it's a guilty pleasure and a comfort movie of sorts. The concept is fantastic and is as relevant today as it was upon release, if not more so. Love this movie. Cheers for the stellar review guys, good stuff indeed.

[@mrnaughtycat]

The master spy getting executed was scary for a family movie

[@shallendor]

The last Starfighter and Buckaroo Banzai are 2 films that NEED a sequel! "We Die" is the best scene in the whole film! Robert Preston tends to steal every scene and movie he is in! He is one of my favorite actors of all time!

[@slapwagon]

shelf life!

[@troillmainn]

I've loved this movie ever since my dad rented it for me on VHS waaay back in the day😀 Watched it again a year or two ago and though it's impact has lessened through the years, the nostalgia alone was enough for me to have a great time revisiting it🙂

[@DavyDredd14]

Hopefully, sometime Gary & Iain will Review the ropey, yet highly entertaining : Flash Gordon (1980) !

[@barnoscarsson6741]

It is worth noting the CG effects were rendered on a nitrogen-cooled Cray supercomputer. It was cutting edge technology at the time, and had the computing power of a modern laptop.

[@emirlsanchos6302]

You have to give it to Commander Krill. Where most villains would curse the hero, rambling about how their plan should've been foolproof, Krill figured "Oh well. We done screwed up. It was fun while it lasted" and was willing to do the honorable thing by going down with the ship, accepting his fate.

[@miikasuominen3845]

Loved it back then.

[@citizenVader]

The first movie I had the pleasure of choosing for the youth club in school as a teenager in the eighties

[@pascalkortland7808]

Bedankt

[@citizensamurai]

I lost count of the number of genuine blockbusters in your list of films that came out around the release of "Starfighter". I wonder how this would have fared in a year w/ less competition. Very much appreciate how you guys don't talk over each other - it's a lost art, you two cobble harmoniously.

[@3fingerroll]

great show guys , you should clip the section at 2.15 as a KZbin short

[@Gumblina1]

The cabin in the woods 😊😂 ❤

[@warrenpickersgill9055]

Brilliant Review Lad's 👏

[@CopiousTurtle]

I love this movie as well. I know we all have remake and requel fatigue (deservingly so), but I’ve said for years the two remakes that would get me in a theater seat is this and a well cast Police Academy remake. I might have to add Revenge of the Nerds to that list as well. I always loved this movie and had no idea about some of the actors and what this movie faced during its theatrical run. Thank you for the memories and the new information about this movie. Now to go find my DVD of this and give it another rewatch!

[@metroidxme6470]

Who said "I'm not DeLorean" at 10:07?

[@erikbjelke4411]

Dan O'Herlihy is a GREAT example of what a good actor who takes a role seriously can do for a part. He gave Grig real, convincing alien mannerisms and movements and sounds. He made the role more than just "a guy in a funny mask," and crafted a genuine character, a steady mentor and warm friend for Alex. Without an actor who took that part as seriously as he did in that role, the movie would have been nowhere near as good. Note that, when I say he took the part seriously, I don't mean he wasn't funny it. Rather, he committed to bringing the role to life in a real way, instead of phoning it in because this is all ridiculous. Robert Preston did likewise, taking the role of Centauri seriously but clearly having a blast playing "The Music Man IN SPACE!"

[@citizenVader]

It was just a period with a unique experience in science fiction. Although there were a lot of knock-offs capitalizing on Star Wars, the imaginations of the writers back then were still bold and dared to make a stand-alone gem here and there. Enemy mine, Inner space, Flight of the navigator, The Fly, The Thing, Tron, The Abyss, Terminator, The Philadelphia Experiment, Short Circuit, Explorers, Cocoon, Close Encounters Of the third kind, Krull, and Starman to name a few.. it's hard to match again..

[@manw3bttcks]

The tech innovation in this movie is they used supercomputer time to render the CG parts

[@Cwibacca]

Thanks, guys. I am looking forward to seeing how you feel about one of my favourite films.

[@unchainedwiththecapt]

I saw this one at the theater. Rewatched it about a week ago. Still great.

[@tylertheleper8468]

I saw this movie at a friend's house when I was a kid. We quit watching it because I wanted to see the new Mario game... Mario 64. Very strange memory LOL.

[@aaronjustice9020]

There are a lot of similarities with the novel enders game. Especially regarding the crisis of conscience about killing aliens in reality versus the simulation games. Enders game came out a year after but I'm sure the novel was in the world around the same time as this movie. Wonder if they had an effect on each other.

[@curtrogers1715]

Excellent reaction guys I love Movie. I hope they do make a sequel or whatever from this movie did a great job with What. They had a time. Thanks for the fun until next time.

[@capitalcitygoofball1987]

I love this film. Directed by the original Michael Myers, co-starring Dan O'Herlihy of Halloween 3 and Lance Guest of Halloween 2. As much as I love the movie, and I'll catch hell for this, wouldn't mind seeing updated CGI. Yeah yeah. I wouldn't ever say that about Tron but here we are. And when the hell are the writers of Rogue One going to get that sequel off the ground?

[@MuckMan_Movies]

One of my childhood favourites

[@useyourillusiongnr]

finally movie Thursday!! Thank you guys!! 👍

[@lloydhendric1281]

The Even Laster Starfighters (2027)

[@Bat-Twenty-Two]

Keep it simpler, a single "s" at the very end. Like Alien(s).

[@antoniog4671]

Never heard of this movie, but I'm glad I clicked on this review 😄

[@tacobellalugosi2527]

One of favorite movies I’ve seen when I was 7 years old back in the 80’s I mean action. Space. Aliens. Video games what’s there not to like about this movie .

[@G_Elektrik]

Many aspects against this movie, videogames was nothing like is today, and fell in the comparision with star wars, but over time it grew a cult following and is cool it have a chance to come back in a modern way

[@ASSLEVANIA]

Holy hell, I remember being a child and getting kinda wigged out by the spooky alien face, but I completely forgot about the friggin pod-person in the bed! That’s pretty disturbing even now all these years later!

[@bobjordan69]

Oooh, and Years later, Spielberg made a movie about a gamer who lives at a trailer park! (granted nearly everyone in RPO is a gamer who lives in a trailer park but still…)

[@JulianSandz]

Good choice bros 👍👍

[@robertbarron283]

Loved the hell out of this film growing up and I always will

[@ManDuderGuy]

He gets high on you and the space he invades. He gets by on you.

[@GeoffreyWare]

I loved this movie when it came out, although I was emotionally scarred by the beta unit changing into Alex, all wet and nasty... And the bounty hunter was also scary, like a cross between Sloth from the Goonies and a hammerhead shark...

[@Emulous79]

I guess banging his head on the floor in Halloween II turned him into a genius.

[@yahnatanlevi6894]

I'm looking forward to the sequel the last starfighters

[@noneed4me2n7]

One my dad took me to as a kid. Perfect for a ten year old.

[@aaronjustice9020]

Have you guys ever peeped Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon? If not you are missing out and you will both love it, I'm confident.

[@davedennison7386]

Yes!! a great film even if his co-pilot looked like a poo...always tickled me n my brother when we were kids...thanks lads..I'll watch this when I get home from work..

[@mattmidgley4275]

Such a fun review…… we die 😂👊

[@CP-lq7fq]

Hello. I'm welcome to be here.

[@ronanderson6837]

I always loved this movie

[@andrewblanchard2398]

the following movies have never gotten sequels because of multiple reasons THE LAST STARFIGHTER NIGHT OF THE COMET KILL BOTS / CHOPPING MALL

[@AdrianMendoza23]

Iain I need that shirt.

[@jmcgonnell]

its almost a prototype for the matrix.

[@ryanedwards7487]

DEATH BLOSSOM! My favorite Assassin technique from Guild Wars and my favorite joke from this movie. My roommates in college also had a "Death Blossom Black Ball" in college. They disliked this movie so much they could ban a movie by just saying death blossom. Oh good times...

[@vixercrouchrichter]

THE BRIEFING ROOM BEFORE THEY LAUNCH AND ATTACK. ARE IDENTICAL TO THE STARWARS BRIEFING ROOM BEFORE THEY ATTACK THE FIRST DEATH STAR. SAME OLD GUY BRIEFING THEM WITH THE FUNNY HAIR.

[@oldrestless]

Hell yeah

[@ethanbnyc]

fucking love you guys

[@laramiebear2595]

Love you beautiful bearded beasts❤ please review Jug Face (2013). Stay groovy ❤

[@danielrees6884]

Well I think the next videos you guys should do. Is top gun and top gun maverick. What you say?

[@OffTheShelfReviews]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZnKpJ6lZ8eosJY Top Gun review - we will probably review Maverick sometime down the line :D

[@Atreyu-2]

1984 was about the most banging year ever for movie releases......challenge me on that? I mean, be serious now. 1984 was a dime piece....it was Tits.

[@KingSidJames]

The bloody unfinnished beta unit scared the bollocks off me as a kid!

[@federalagenciesarecourtesans]

I finally gave up on arcade games.

[@Atreyu-2]

Maggie was HOT AF

[@UnCreativeDeconstructionism]

*Turn Up*

[@JoeyD_3636_]

Yo

[@NucleaRaptor]

>everyone cheering when Alex beats the game lmfao, I legit turned to my bro and said verbatim "Normies don't give a shit about high scores, what the fuck is this?" In a movie with literal aliens in it, it's by far the most unrealistic and immersion-shattering scene. I love it.

[@downeykids]

Adults didnt like it. Kids did. Now we are adults.

[@AceVoorhees]

⛄ 🔪

[@ThreadBomb]

Do you think Centauri was a deliberate Doctor Who rip-off?

[@BrolinBrolinBrolin]

One of the best! ChatGPT wrote me a killer sequel/reboot that would make you cry

[@cherylsaliens5451]

😊Hey dudes,uh wait, Hey Mates! Watch ya'll every review, years now. I'm a Houston Texan BAP black American princess. Medically retired teacher, down South in TX's gulf coast We call them *Nice 'family style' trailer parks* Manufactured Homes. It has no negative stigma 😂 or stigmata...those homes have everything including foundations some look like the inside of a 90s yacht room 🤔I guess that IS kinda oddly rich? Right,Southern homes don't all look like Antebellum plantations from DJANGO

[@flashgordon6238]

Hmmm, Last Starfighter -video game player set in a trailer park. Ready Player One, video gamer from a trailer park?

[@Gumblina1]

Nobody renew 😊😅

[@Gumblina1]

Renew

[@promnightdumpsterbaby9553]

I was very disappointed by this film. 😔 the concept is epic-the execution is shit. And i LOVE classic film.

[@christopherhudspeth6823]

Zzzzs click "We die" If you guys didn't point that scene out, we couldn't be friends anymore