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The Last Starfighter--The Musical!

Posted by samzenpus on from the death-blossom-mode dept.

nomadic writes "Yes, seriously. Some people have decided to remake everyone's favorite obscure 1980's Star Wars ripoff into musical form. Definitely sounds like a Troy McClure role..."

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  1. Obscure? by NMerriam · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I thought the Last Starfighter was a pretty groundbreaking film -- IIRC, it was the first film to have totally computer-generated space sequences.

    I can't help but think it would make a pretty kickass space sim, now that we have the GPU power to render in real-time even higher quality than they had originally. The one arcade game I remember didn't compare well to the classic Star Wars 3D polygon arcade game in terms of sheer fun (damn that game was fun).

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  2. Re:Come on... by 1u3hr · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I'm glad you liked it. But come on. You know it really was a ripoff of Star Wars.

    And how was Star Wars original in any way?

  3. I watched it 5 times in a month! :-P by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Still, the story differs a lot from Starwars. In starwars, Luke is the descendant of a race of supernatural warriors.

    In Last Starfighter, the guy is simply a good space pilot because he trained (read: videogame addict :-P )

    Some elements were kinda unrealistic, but I still liked the movie. Maybe because it portrays the fantasy of every teenager: You play videogames, and now you have the chance to save the universe.

    (somehow reminds me of typical teen fantasies in anime shows like Love Hina, Tenchi, Chobits etc - is that why these shows are favorites? fulfilling a secret fantasy?)