The Last Starfighter - The Series

[terry78]

http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/461935-the-last-starfighter-heads-to-television


Yes, it's coming.

 

[Teelie]

I thought I'd read about this happening months ago but maybe it was only a rumor then. Now it's a reality. They should keep the video game angle though. I thought that part was an interesting way to recruit new pilots.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Why not. Interesting concept, the movie was meh, has lots of potential.

 

[Sithborg]

Dropping the video game recruitment? GTFO

 

[Siby]

Great news! I loved the movie and was blown away by the special effects when it first came out.

Not having the video game angle is a silly move because that differentiated it from other scifi movies of the same type.

 

[Pink Ranger]

To me, using the video game recruitment plot device is a no brainer. What better way to identify the best possible starfighters on Earth than to distribute a gaming app?

 

[Lead Cenobite]

How can they drop the video game aspect? The whole movie's premise rested on "what if your favorite arcade game was a recruitment tool to an intergalactic starfighter squadron and you just got the high score?". It was essentially a video game come to life. And what better time to use that concept than now, when video games are visually and physically realistic as they are? They actually use video game-like simulations for training in the military so as Pink Ranger pointed out, it makes perfect sense.

It bugs me when core elements of stories are tossed aside these days in remakes, reboots, and sequels because they're seen as passé. It's the most important element of the whole damn thing. If you don't like it, why bother making it at all? Why make a superhero movie when you're ashamed of the concept of superpowers or colorful costumes, or a Hellraiser movie if you hate sadomasochism? It's freakin' stupid.

 

[Lord]

Just watched the original for the first time, and dropping the video game aspect is a terrible choice for this, without it, there realy isn't anything original and creative in the franchise.

 

[the dmg]

Dropping the video game recruitment? GTFO

This.

I loved this movie growing up. I'm interested in how it turns out, but missing that element is disappointing.

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

You have not been recruited by the Star League to fight on the boarder against the Kodan armada