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The Last Starfighter 25th Anniversary Edition
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"Greetings, Starfighter! You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Kodan Armada." So begins an adventure of galactic proportions in The Last Starfighter. After Earthling Alex (Lance Guest) conquers the Starfighter video game, he is recruited by alien Centauri (Robert Preston) to be part of an elite legion of fighters. Leaving behind his trailer park home for the outer regions of space, Alex becomes the last hope for the beleaguered Star League and hundreds of worlds - including Earth. Loaded with out-of-this-world bonus features and digitally remastered for optimum picture quality, The Last Starfighter 25th Anniversary Edition is the ultimate video game fantasy come true! Starring: Lance Guest, Dan O'Herlihy, Robert Preston, Catherine Mary Stewart, Barbara Bosson, Norman Snow Directed by: Nick Castle
At the time of its original release in 1984, this modestly budgeted sci-fi excursion had the distinction of offering some of the first examples of purely computer-generated animation, an apt (and frugal) special-effects solution for a movie with a plot line rooted in computer games. Both the computer-generated visuals and the arcade game now look quaint, but writer-director Nick Castle's affable, good- hearted adventure holds up nicely, thanks to a clever premise--the title game is actually a test for prospective starship pilots, planted by embattled aliens under siege from an evil invader. When a restless teenager (Lance Guest) racks up an impressive score, he finds himself spirited away to the besieged planet and thrust into the midst of an intergalactic war. Apart from Castle's skill at contrasting his extraterrestrial settings with the mundane details of his hero's earthbound life, the movie gets lift-off from two thorough pros, Robert Preston, who makes the alien recruiter, Centauri, a planet-hopping cousin to The Music Man's Harold Hill, and Dan O'Herlihy, the alien copilot, who suggests a scaly Walter Brennan. Older fans will snicker, but kids and young teens will find this rite of passage absorbing, while their folks will savor Preston's brash charm. --Sam Sutherland
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The Last Starfighter (25th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray]
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At the time of its original release in 1984, this modestly budgeted sci-fi excursion had the distinction of offering some of the first examples of purely computer-generated animation, an apt (and frugal) special-effects solution for a movie with a plot line rooted in computer games. Both the computer-generated visuals and the arcade game now look quaint, but writer-director Nick Castle's affable, good- hearted adventure holds up nicely, thanks to a clever premise--the title game is actually a test for prospective starship pilots, planted by embattled aliens under siege from an evil invader. When a restless teenager (Lance Guest) racks up an impressive score, he finds himself spirited away to the besieged planet and thrust into the midst of an intergalactic war. Apart from Castle's skill at contrasting his extraterrestrial settings with the mundane details of his hero's earthbound life, the movie gets lift-off from two thorough pros, Robert Preston, who makes the alien recruiter, Centauri, a planet-hopping cousin to The Music Man's Harold Hill, and Dan O'Herlihy, the alien copilot, who suggests a scaly Walter Brennan. Older fans will snicker, but kids and young teens will find this rite of passage absorbing, while their folks will savor Preston's brash charm. --Sam Sutherland
"Greetings, Starfighter! You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Kodan Armada." So begins an adventure of galactic proportions in The Last Starfighter. After Earthling Alex (Lance Guest) conquers the Starfighter video game, he is recruited by alien Centauri (Robert Preston) to be part of an elite legion of fighters. Leaving behind his trailer park home for the outer regions of space, Alex becomes the last hope for the beleaguered Star League and hundreds of worlds - including Earth. Loaded with out-of-this-world bonus features and digitally remastered for optimum picture quality, The Last Starfighter 25th Anniversary Edition is the ultimate video game fantasy come true! Starring: Lance Guest, Dan O'Herlihy, Robert Preston, Catherine Mary Stewart, Barbara Bosson, Norman Snow Directed by: Nick Castle
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The Last Starfighter [Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy]
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"Greetings, Starfighter! You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Kodan Armada." So begins an adventure of galactic proportions in The Last Starfighter. After Earthling Alex (Lance Guest) conquers the Starfighter video game, he is recruited by alien Centauri (Robert Preston) to be part of an elite legion of fighters. Leaving behind his trailer park home for the outer regions of space, Alex becomes the last hope for the beleaguered Star League and hundreds of worlds - including Earth. Loaded with out-of-this-world bonus features and digitally remastered for optimum picture quality, The Last Starfighter 25th Anniversary Edition is the ultimate video game fantasy come true! Starring: Lance Guest, Dan O'Herlihy, Robert Preston, Catherine Mary Stewart, Barbara Bosson, Norman Snow Directed by: Nick Castle
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The Last Starfighter
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This is the game The Last Starfighter for the Original Nintendo NES. This game is used and comes as the cartridge only. All of our NES games are cleaned tested and guaranteed to work. Here at NintendosForSale.com we stand by our products and offer a 60 guarantee. If a game does not work within 60 days from the time you receive it we will gladly exchange it for yo
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Star Wars X-Wing Space Combat Simulator
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It is the dawn of rebellion. The Old Republic is gone. The senate has been abolished. The Jedi Knights have been exterminated. Now the emperor seeks to crush the last remaining opposition. Against the overwhelming might of the empire stands a small but growing rebel alliance. What is needed most now are starfighter pilots. Will you join their struggle to end this tyranny? Will you become a hero of the rebellion?
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Starfighter F-104 Flight Simulator Add-On
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The Starfighter F-104 Flight Simulator Add-On gives you the chance to fly one of the fastest and most exciting fighter jets ever created. It features a highly detailed and functional 3D virtual cockpit, with realistic systems tested by real Starfighter pilots and engineers. The aircraft model itself is rebuild to the last detail and shines through its excellent flight dynamics without having a negative impact on the frame rates. Virtual Instructor Pilot guides the user to master the F-104
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The Science Fiction Album
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The Last Starfighter: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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THE LAST STARFIGHTER is about a high school senior who is swept off the planet and dropped into an interplanetary war as the last hope in a fight for freedom. For the LAST STARFIGHTER, composer Craig Safan composed a massive symphonic work. Bold, brassy, heroic, energetic -- and at the core -- strikingly romantic.
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Fantastic Journey
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The Last Starfighter [VHS]
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At the time of its original release in 1984, this modestly budgeted sci-fi excursion had the distinction of offering some of the first examples of purely computer-generated animation, an apt (and frugal) special-effects solution for a movie with a plot line rooted in computer games. Both the computer-generated visuals and the arcade game now look quaint, but writer-director Nick Castle's affable, good- hearted adventure holds up nicely, thanks to a clever premise--the title game is actually a test for prospective starship pilots, planted by embattled aliens under siege from an evil invader. When a restless teenager (Lance Guest) racks up an impressive score, he finds himself spirited away to the besieged planet and thrust into the midst of an intergalactic war. Apart from Castle's skill at contrasting his extraterrestrial settings with the mundane details of his hero's earthbound life, the movie gets lift-off from two thorough pros, Robert Preston, who makes the alien recruiter, Centauri, a planet-hopping cousin to The Music Man's Harold Hill, and Dan O'Herlihy, the alien copilot, who suggests a scaly Walter Brennan. Older fans will snicker, but kids and young teens will find this rite of passage absorbing, while their folks will savor Preston's brash charm. --Sam Sutherland
Contains: feature commentary with director nick castle crossing the frontier: the making of the last starfighter documentary with a look at the groundbreaking computer generated visual effects plus behind-the-scenes footage and production photographs. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 08/12/2003 Starring: Lance Guest Kay E. Kuter Run time: 101 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Nick Castle
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LEGO Star Wars Mandalorian Battle Pack 7914
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A new force has entered the Clone Wars on the side of the Separatists - the Mandalorians! Build up your Mandalorian army and take the battle to the Clone Army with the Mandalorian speeder, blaster turret and four Mandalorian trooper minifigures, each with their own unique weapon.
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Last Starfighter Combat Game [BOX SET]
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"Starfighters of opposing forces clash in space. Laser beams cut through ships as they explode and die. Torpedoes smash into others igniting them in great balls of fire. The two forces are fighting for control of the galaxy and both sides feel the need to win this battle. Your commander sends in reinforcements constantly until finally it is your time. You don your flight suit and climb into your ship then you realize that it's all up to you for you are 'The Last Starfighter.'
Players choose to be pilots for the Rylosians, striving to save the galaxy or pilots of the dread Ko-Dan armada attempting to subjugate the civilized worlds. The Last Starfighter uses a simple system for simultaneous action. Players plan their moves, and plot them on an easy-to-use plotting sheet, hoping to outmaneuver their opponents. Then they execute their moves, get the enemy in their sights and FIRE!
This game includes 78 colorful playing pieces, a 17-x 22-inch map sheet, rulebook, a pad of plotting sheets and 2 dice. Everything you need for a galaxy of fun."
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The Last Starfighter Storybook
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After breaking a record by scoring over one million on the Starfighters video game, Alex is recruited by beings from the planet Rylos to fight in a war to save the universe.
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Who Was the World's First Black Astronaut?
When most people think of the first black astronaut they think of Col. Guion "Guy" Bluford Jr. But there was one astronaut who came before Bluford and has been largely forgotten by history. Maj. Robert H. Lawrence Jr., a distinguished test and fighter pilot, was one of the first to be selected for the Air Force's Manned Orbiting Laboratory Program, which was the precursor to the NASA Space Shuttle Program.
On Dec. 8, 1967, only months after being selected to the prestigious MOL unit, the F-104 Starfighter jet, in which he was a co-pilot, crashed during a training flight at Edwards AFB, Calif.
During the flight Lawrence was performing maneuvers to gather data for use in future manned space flight programs.
At the time, the Air Force had it own objectives for space exploration that differed from NASA's. The MOL pilots had a rigorous standard of aerospace flight education and proficiency equal to the NASA standards.
However Lawrence and the rest of the MOL participants were not officially recognized as "astronauts." The evolution of the MOL and NASA programs, combined with differences in terminology, and the passage of time, delayed appropriate recognition of Lawrence as an astronaut and true aerospace pioneer.
In 1997, the Air Force reviewed the issue and formally recognized Lawrence's status as an "astronaut," qualifying him for an appropriate memorial.
The Astronauts Memorial Foundation quickly and unanimously voted to honor Lawrence, adding his name to the 16 others who gave their lives for America's space program, on the Space Mirror Memorial located at Cocoa Beach. The AMF board felt it appropriate to formally honor Lawrence on the 30th anniversary of his fatal accident.
Although Lawrence never actually flew in space, his contributions to the space program made it possible for the development of space shuttle. He made the ultimate sacrifice and lost his life in the service of the nation and its space program.
About the Author
Virgil W. Magee is the Deputy Director of Media Analysis for Strategic Communications for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's International Security Assistance Force in Kabul, Afghanistan. In his position he is responsible for the identification and analysis of local, regional and global media trends pertaining to multinational ISAF and North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) alliance missions and strategic objectives for 42 partner nation defense and foreign affairs ministerial-level organizations, NATO and United Nations mandated missions.
Has anybody ever seen the early 1970's film, "The Last Starfighter?" If so, what do you think?
Millions of years ago, a great frontier was constructed in the universe to protect the Star League of Planets from its enemies, the evil KO-DAN. But now a defector has given the key to the frontier to the KO-DAN, and starfighters throughout the galaxy are needed to defend the peace. One recruiter, the alien scalawag Centauri (ROBERT PRESTON), visits earth to fill his quota of recruits and finds Alex (LANCE GUEST), an 18-year-old earthling with an extraordinary talent for video game wizardry. Alex is quickly propelled into the regions of outer space to join others from the planets throughout the Star League to fight a war to save the universe. I thought this movie was one of the earliest greatest movies side-by-side with "Big Trouble In Little China." Who agrees and why and who doesn't agree and would like to share their opinions and why don't you like this movie?...
OMgosh, I get to show my advanced age and the advanced wisdom I have acquired here: I saw that movie in the theater when it came out. I thought it was terrific then and reading your synopsis has brought much of it back to me. Wasn't Robert Preston just great in that role? Just a little tongue-in-cheek, but not too much. He was an under-rated actor who was always a top professional in every part he played. I admired him.
The movie had pretty good state of the art special FX, and a good story line, a likeable hero, and even a little romance. Plus the good guys won in the end, so who wouldn't like it? I just wonder how you have seen it recently--on cable or is it for rent? I would like to see it again.
It was interesting that a kid using a skill that already back then was driving parents crazy saves the world. I was young enough then to really dig that part. Ha Ha!
Thanks for the memories!
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