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Post by Doomsday on Mar 7, 2018 18:30:20 GMT -5
That song made me laugh out loud.
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Post by Wyldstaar on Mar 7, 2018 20:15:42 GMT -5
My local (if an hour away can be construed as local) Alamo Drafthouse put a new arcade cabinet in their lobby beside the Galaga and TMNT games that were already there this week. The game? A real-life version of Starfighter from The Last Starfighter (1984)! Somebody went all-out with this thing, too. It is exactly like the game in the movie. It's hard as hell to play, due to the fact that enemies can come at you from any angle in space.
It's there as part of their ramp-up to Ready Player One, in which they're playing a series of films selected by Ernest Cline which inspired the film version. This includes The Last Starfighter, which seems to be a favorite of his, since it's the primary basis of his second novel- Armada.
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Post by Frizzo the Clown on Mar 8, 2018 15:45:25 GMT -5
My local (if an hour away can be construed as local) Alamo Drafthouse put a new arcade cabinet in their lobby beside the Galaga and TMNT games that were already there this week. The game? A real-life version of Starfighter from The Last Starfighter (1984)! Somebody went all-out with this thing, too. It is exactly like the game in the movie. It's hard as hell to play, due to the fact that enemies can come at you from any angle in space. It's there as part of their ramp-up to Ready Player One, in which they're playing a series of films selected by Ernest Cline which inspired the film version. This includes The Last Starfighter, which seems to be a favorite of his, since it's the primary basis of his second novel- Armada. While reading Armada, The Last Starfighter was literally the first thing I thought of. |
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Post by Doomsday on Mar 8, 2018 23:00:48 GMT -5
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Post by Neverending on Mar 9, 2018 2:54:39 GMT -5
lol. Yeah. Studio wants a $50 million opening. They trippin’. $30-40 million is what I always expected. |
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Post by Doomsday on Mar 9, 2018 3:32:44 GMT -5
It’s a movie that had a built-in fanbase that got more and more turned off with each preview that was released.
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Post by Jibbs on Mar 9, 2018 18:34:48 GMT -5
Can't go wrong with Streep.
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Post by Neverending on Mar 12, 2018 13:22:24 GMT -5
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Post by Fanible on Mar 12, 2018 15:08:42 GMT -5
Probably should give it a little more time. It only had like 10 reviews when you posted that. It's now at 75%, but with only 16 reviews, that doesn't mean much. |
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Post by Neverending on Mar 12, 2018 15:23:22 GMT -5
Probably should give it a little more time. It only had like 10 reviews when you posted that. It's now at 75%, but with only 16 reviews, that doesn't mean much. It screened at SXSW this weekend. Reviews should start pouring in. |
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Post by Fanible on Mar 12, 2018 15:27:39 GMT -5
Probably should give it a little more time. It only had like 10 reviews when you posted that. It's now at 75%, but with only 16 reviews, that doesn't mean much. It screened at SXSW this weekend. Reviews should start pouring in. Right. That was my point. |
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