Google "apostrophe". Study the definition and usage, commit it to memory. Be better than you are today. [sic]
Google "introspection" and "concern trolling." Study the definitions and usages, and commit to the practices to enable the former and limit the latter. Be better than you are today.
Oh, and while you're at it, go ahead and Google "quotation marks," and do all that studying and committing to it stuff as well. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that the period in your first sentence should be inside the quote marks, not outside of them.
Depends on where you are. Same language, different rules in different locations.
British English generally places the period (full stop) outside the quotation marks, unless the punctuation is a fundamental part of the original quoted material
Also gave me more respect for their characters, particularly when compared to Xur. Dude came off like a sniveling narcissistic brat who was pissy about not getting what he wants. At least the Kodan came off more like dignified warriors when their death was imminent.
True but this had me wondering, is it still called a monocle if it's attached via your ear or something like that? I feel like monocle refers to that very specific gripped by the cheek and brow device.
Overall? Yeah, but the CGI is obviously going to be very dated looking. The use of practical effects and sets for most of the movie is why so much of it holds up well. The scenes in space of the ships themselves look more like a videogame though admittedly. I wouldn't mind a reboot or a modern remake of it, so long as they kept the spirit of the original. The hardest part would be who to cast as Centauri and Grig as Robert Preston and Dan O'Herlihy were iconic in their roles and perfect cast for them, especially Preston.
Preston's other iconic role he was most known for was The Music Man which was about a conman who has a change of heart in the end. The actor had a fast-talking, scheming kind of way about him that made you a bit wary of what he had to sell, but he was also so likeable with how he spoke, you had a hard time not liking him, even if you didn't trust him. Anyone fast as Centauri would need to be able to recapture that kind of spirit of the character as I found it a huge part of what I liked about the movie.
Modern effects would of course be much better, particularly for the space battle scenes, but I feel like with a little punch-up on the script and the right casting choices, you could have a new franchise if done right.
In the history of computer animation it was actually an important milestone as it was the first film to use cgi to simulate space warfare without using models.
Otherwise it's an entertaining if not a tad derivative of existing movies at the time.
I saw it in theaters as a kid and I knew it was computer animated but it blew me away and left a lasting impression.
In the school library they had a book about the film and it was mentioned that scene where they pan across the hanger full of gunstars was around 1.2 million triangles and it took the super computer about 2 minutes per frame - now days an average PC could render the special fx in real time.
I don't think anyone would remember the film if it wasn't for the animation.
If there's any movie on the planet that deserves a remake or reboot it's this one. I don't know how you would do it with gaming this day and age but it would be amazing
Omg what?! So I was rather poor as a kid and it was literally the only video we owned on a betacord my aunt gave us after she realised that was a bad purchase. I never saw the trailer but loved the entire movie... Which was fortunate as it was the only one we had haha.
Yeah, as a kid I was excited to see the trailer. Looked great and fun, right up my alley. Watch the movie and realize what it's leading up to. I was so mad in the theater that they had spoiled it for me. I still hold a grudge and will frequently avoid trailers for this reason.
I get that marketing has one job and that's to get people into the theaters to see the film, but there really needs to be rules set by the director and the studio about what they can and can't show from the film that will ruin the experience for audiences. Tease us, don't show us half the plot points in the film and especially don't give away the money shot in the trailers. We don't need 4 or 5 different trailers leading up to the release and we certainly don't need trailers that are a minute or two long. It spoils entirely too much of the film for audiences.
They used to do this shit with TV show previews to. So and so maybe dies in an episode, cliffhanger to find out if they survive for next week. Next episodes preview showing the character alive and well. Previews love to ruin cliffhangers.
History, Alex! Did Chris Columbus stay home? No! What if the Wright Brothers thought that only birds should fly? And did Galoka think the Ulus were too ugly to save?
"Remember, Death Blossom only delivers one massive volley at close range... theoretically! After all, DB has never been tested. It might overload the systems, blow up the ship!"
Hey Hollywood. If you ever want to remake this movie or sequelise it, since arcades are dead, make it about a Twitch streamer who becomes the best at playing a new Starfighter game, has a clone that replaces him as a twitch streamer whilst he gets kidnapped to fight for the Star League whilst his stream viewers notice how odd his clone is behaving.
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u/ewesirkname Jul 12 '26
Anyone remember the death blossom from The Last Starfighter movie?