…to defend the Frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada.
Apparently Whitta has been working on a reboot of The Last Starfighter, according to EW according to io9. This would still be in that nebulous wonderful preproduction phase where the project can vanish in the mist, and it’s currently without a studio, director, producer, cast, etc. But Gary does have a co-writer that owns at least some of the rights to the IP, so that’s a start!
I don’t know if the world needs a Last Starfighter reboot, but self-loathing kids still dream about blowing stuff up in space, and video games are still a thing. And that Ko-Dan armada isn’t going to go away on its own…
The Last Starfighter scratched that adolescent wish fulfillment itch really well. It doesn’t need to be remade shot-for-shot, but the concept, videogame is real, go to space, kill aliens, come home a hero, totally has legs.
I was never a huge fan of this movie. I mean, I liked it well enough, it certainly pushes all the right buttons for a 13-year-old, but it never seemed like all that much was going on. The enemies never really seemed like much of a threat and the effects were kind of cheesy, always felt like a slightly bigger budget B movie. I liked the characters though, Grig was always a favorite, plus I always had a crush on Catherine Mary Stuart. I wish I liked the movie more, I guess.
Heh. I was 25 when it came out, so a kid, but no longer a kid, really. I enjoyed it but it wasn’t a great movie in the way Raiders of the Lost Ark was great. It was a pretty mediocre movie with a cool plot.
All I’m gonna say is, if you loved The Last Starfighter as a kid (like me!)… treasure your nostalgia. Don’t re-watch it.
And yeah, Armada sucked, mainly because it just ripped off Last Starfighter and didn’t bring anything new or interesting. I kept waiting for the big twist and it… just… never… came.
