Ep. 223: The Last Starfighter

About this episode

The episode discusses the film The Last Starfighter and its themes, characters, and trivia.

Zo visits some old friends at a trailer park. It seems like a normal place with kids running amok, teenagers fooling around and senior citizens looking for someone to fix their TV's so that they can watch their soap operas. Alex is just the guy the guy that they need: a recent high school graduate who is this neighborhood's handyman. Zo noticed that Alex is also fantastic at the Starfighter videogame. Zo had tried the game himself and isn't really good at it, but Alex is a genuine prodigy. Unfortunately, there's not much that anyone can do with the skills of "Best Videogame Player" in the mid 1980's. It's not like you can play this Starfighter game to train to pilot an actual spaceship right? . . . Right? 00:04:50 Opening Credits for The Last Starfighter starring Lance Guest, Robert Preston, Dan O'Herlihy and Catherine Mary Stewart 00:14:53 Favorite Parts of the 1984 film The Last Starfighter 00:50:51 Trivia from the fantasy videogame space adventure - The Last Starfighter 00:59:58 Critics' Thoughts on Nick Castle The Last Starfighter

People in this episode

Host: Alonzo Richardson

Topics covered

• videogames
• film review
• 1980s cinema
• The Last Starfighter
• trivia
• handyman

Keywords

• The Last Starfighter
• videogame
• 1984 film
• Lance Guest
• trivia
• film review
• handyman

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Last Starfighter

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