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Subject: Last Starfighter criticisms (non-spo - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 17-Jul-84 01:32:59 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 17 01:32:59 1984
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inmet!wkb    Jul 10 10:34:00 1984

The Last Starfighter was a decent movie but it definitely 
wasn't great.  The special effects are good but they look a little TOO
computer generated.  Here are a few faults that bothered me:

The bad guys weren't evil enough.  They were certainly ugly but I
could care less who controlled the universe.  The "good guys" also
seemed neutral too me.

There wasn't enough action.  The climactic battle only lasted 5
minutes.  With all the build up, I was disappointed with how short
the space fighting was (with only one good part.)  Maybe with the
high cost of the computer generated scenes they ran out of money.

A too obvious Star Wars rip-off: the Darth Vader-like escape from
the ship by the big bad guy (setting up (on no) a sequel.)

Grig, the alien navigator, reminded me too much of Roddy McDowell's
ape character.  He had the same expressions and the exact same alien
cuteness.  He just wasn't an original idea for a character.

In spite of all this, I enjoyed parts of The Last Starfighter.  I
just don't think it belongs in the same category (or even the same
sentence) as Star Wars.

				Warren Berger
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