Thursday, March 20, 2008
The Last Starfighter - The Sequel
Apparently someone is creating a sequel to that seminal 80's classic movie of love, humanity, deception, courage, and alien-deposited videogames, The Last Starfighter.The Last Starfighter Sequel - Rumor
The Last Starfighter Sequel - Possible Confirmations
Okay. So it's not exactly like they have much to live up to. Sure, I have a tender place in my heart for the movie from my youth that let us all believe that our mad gaming skillz could make us uniquely qualified to save the entire universe from destruction. But here's a handful of reasons that conceit just wouldn't work in 2008:
#1 - Space Combat Games? No longer popular. I Know This. Maybe if it was "The Last Space Marine," or "The Last Master Chief" it would work.
#2 - Arcade Machines? Sadly, ancient history. A new, high-tech arcade machine appearing ANYWHERE would certainly arouse suspicion.
#3 - The alien super-game-tech of 1984 wouldn't be half as impressive as a computer capable of running Crysis at full detail.
#4 - The other folks in the trailer park are too busy trying to 5-star Green Grass and High Tides in Rock Band to watch you hit a high score on some weird space game.
#5 - Piloting a star-fighter from inside a cockpit? Retro. These days its all remotely-piloted vehicles anyway.
Okay, so I guess that's why a remake wouldn't work. I guess maybe with the sequel they can do something else related to video games. I could try and come up with a plot, but in my current state of mind, everything I think of that strikes me as remotely cool would be a total rip-off of Ender's Game. But hey, it would be kinda cool to have an army of kids in a tournament remotely saving the universe on their XBoxes without ever knowing it...
(Oh, and Hat Tip to TooMad for the link!)
- posted by The Rampant Coyote @ 4:00 AM (Permalink)
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Remembering the movie, that Starfighter game was pretty much abandoned. Every scene with him playing it he was entirely alone, no one around. :)
Purely for nostalgia reasons I would love a last starfighter game.
Oh, also - try doing real time remote control of a fighter at 5 light seconds. :)
Purely for nostalgia reasons I would love a last starfighter game.
Oh, also - try doing real time remote control of a fighter at 5 light seconds. :)
> But hey, it would be kinda cool to have an army of kids in a tournament remotely saving the universe on their XBoxes without ever knowing it...
Wild. I swear I had exactly this train of thought while daydreaming yesterday:
1. If someday the military goes to remote control of fighter planes, etc.
2. Might it make sense to heavily recruit champion gamers?
3. Might they organize big gaming tournaments for recruiting?
4. Might they then do an Ender's Game scenario and have the contestants (well, the better ones) actually fighting real battles without knowing it?
Wild. I swear I had exactly this train of thought while daydreaming yesterday:
1. If someday the military goes to remote control of fighter planes, etc.
2. Might it make sense to heavily recruit champion gamers?
3. Might they organize big gaming tournaments for recruiting?
4. Might they then do an Ender's Game scenario and have the contestants (well, the better ones) actually fighting real battles without knowing it?
see they also remade Lost Boys and are doing a sequel to War Games???
I dont quite know what to think...
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I dont quite know what to think...
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