ctb@ihlpf.UUCP (baumer, c.t.) (07/22/84)
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ihlpf!ctb Jul 22 01:05:00 1984
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i JUST walked in the door, after having seen the last starfighter.
some thoughts....
this movie was FUNNY. not that the plot was funny or anything, but
the move was so poorly made in certain parts, and the dialouge
SOOOOOOOOO hokey, the auideince where
I saw the film was literally laughing (at parts that weren't supposed
to be funny) out loud.
seriously now, you grow up in a trailer park, get swooooped out into
space, save the entire universe, (or something like that) return home
to pick up your girlfriend, and what do you say to your mother, as
you stand there in front of your space ship???
"gott'a go now, ma"
people were ROLLING! everyone was looking at the film in a
'plan 9 from outer space' frame of mind.
what about the climatic ending of the whole damn fight scene,
the "death blossom"??
i was on the floor laughing (so was everyone else). whoever thought
that one up MUST have been pulling our legs. ("i got it, guys, we'll
make it spin around REAL fast, and just shoot every-which-a-way!")
not that i'm the big movie critic or anything, but i think a movie
has a few problems when the whole audience is cracking up during
all the "serious" or "climatic" parts. (when whatchernose looks
up in the sky and yells "i love you, alex" i almost spilled my
drink giggling . i could see the director sitting there with a big megaphone
yelling "emote! emote! give me passion, give me yearning, desire!!")
i'm not condeming or anything, but this movie (as i said) was
HOKEY. at first i thought i was going to see a good movie, but
the VERY FIRST shot told me otherwise. there sits this planet,
only it looks more like a ping-pong ball with green/brown/blue/white
paint spilled on it. if you DO go see the movie, sit there and
think ping-pong ball,ping-pong ball,ping-pong ball,ping-pong ball,
when it starts up. then you'll be in the right frame of mind
(IQ <= height in inches) for the movie.
gotta' go now, ma
ron (replies to: ihnp4!ihdev!rjv)
ps: how come the beta unit was kinda' organic at first, but
a robot later on? did i miss something while i was laughing
at the death blossom?bsw@cbosgd.UUCP (Ben Walls) (07/23/84)
I heartly agree with that entire article, the movie was really BAD. I left the theatre feeling jipped out of four bucks (ya live, ya learn). And what about that part where Centauri (or whatever) comes back to life, the WHOLE audience yelled "OBI WAN!!!!". Talk about hokey. Greeting Starfighter, You have been .... Ben Walls ...cbosgd!bsw