A post

It's been almost a month since my last post. I said I would be trying to do a post a week. Do you feel neglected? Have I been neglecting you? Yeah. I have. Too bad for you. I don't need you. Who puts in all the work on this blog? Me. Who comes up with unique points of view and interesting topics to discuss? Me. I'm doing everything here and you have the audacity to feel neglected? I don't have to impress you.




I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! Come back, I didn't mean it. Without you there is no RC4. It's all about you. That's why I do this. Don't leave me!

Now that that's over with, let's do a movie review. From the 80's!

Coming out in 1984, The Last Starfighter's premise is simple. A video game is made to simulate piloting a real ship. A guy named Alex who beats the high score gets brought by an alien to a space station so he can pilot the real thing. All the other pilots die and therefore he becomes "the
title." I mean, "The Last Starfighter."

I would assume that a movie like this would be something I could really get into but I found it to be sub-par. The acting is acceptable from an 80's perspective. The concept is so good that at this point in time it would be considered cliche. I also thought the music was great.

When it comes to sci fi movies, arguably the most important aspect is special effects. I'll sit through a movie with a story I don't feel like even following (Chronicles of Riddick), with characters I don't care about (Chronicles of Riddick), played by actors that don't impress me (Chronicles of Riddick). If it looks as good as say, I don't know, Chronicles of Riddick, then I can overlook everything else. But RC4, this movie was made in the 80's. My response is that Star Wars was made in the 70's. Star Wars looked way better and it was made before. No excuses.

A really cool aspect of sci fi movies is the aliens in them. The Last Starfighter fails completely. It's got these cool octopus guys that love to fight. Sounds awesome, right? There are only two and they both die. Not so awesome. The bad guys have some cool aliens that look like brown rock reptile guys. They also have interstellar hitmen that look kinda cool. The good guys, post-cool octopus guys, get the short end of the stick. They got Centauri who looks like a human unless he takes his face off which only happens twice, Grig who looks somewhat like a humanoid anklyosaurus who has a cooky personality, and a whole mess of people who have receding hairlines. Even the women. Lame. Just Lame.

There are typical 80's attempts at humor. Some are really funny. Some are not. The concept of an old lady with a shotgun never made me laugh. The little kid who has a bunch of Playboys got me think more of "how did he get those?" and "what is his mom doing about this situation?" Oh, By the way. The kid sees his brother and his brothers girlfriend kiss and then says "diarrhea" in disgust. In a later scene he is looking at a Playboy. Either he is an innocent little kid who still thinks girls are icky or he is a perverted little kid with a stash of porno mags. Pick one or the other.

All in all, I'm glad I did not ask for the movie on DVD. I really want to watch Chronicles of Riddick for some reason.