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3 days ago · "The Last Starfighter" was a pioneering step in the advancement of integrated computer graphics, accomplished by a small crew at Digital Productions using a Cray X-MP supercomputer.
3 days ago · The Last Starfighter tells the story of Alex Rogan (Lance Guest), a classic ‘80s teenager-who-looks-about-25 who is simply hoping to go to college. Living in the Starlite Starbrite trailer park ...
2 days ago · Excalibur Test: Inside Digital Productions – interview with sci-fi author Greg Bear on Digital Productions, the company responsible for the CGI in The Last Starfighter. Bear was able to see the computer effects being created first hand and the huge Cray X-MP computers needed to bring them to life (7 mins)
1 day ago · It was unexpected. Anyway, from here The Last Starfighter is an enjoyable romp, despite some obvious aging issues, but none are really about the content, it’s more about the graphics and cheesier elements, yet there’s a lot of fun here. The film championed early 80s CGI work and they freely admit in the special features that they knew they ...
3 days ago · The Last Starfighter, 1984. Directed by Nick Castle. Starring Lance Guest, Robert Preston, Kay E. Kuter, Catherine Mary Stewart, Dan O’Herlihy, and Dan Mason. SYNOPSIS: A video game whizzkid ...
3 days ago · The Last Starfighter transformed from a Cult Classic to Timeless Sci-Fi. It’s hard to believe that 40 years have passed since the release of “The Last Starfighter.”. The 1984 sci-fi adventure captured the imaginations of moviegoers and remains a beloved cult classic. Directed by Nick Castle, the film introduced us to a world where playing ...
4 days ago · The Last Starfighter, early drafts of which were called Antares Recruit. Betuel did 14 drafts before Castle was satisfied. 27 minutes of CGI were created by Digital Productions, who estimated that using computer animation required only half the time and between a third to half of the cost of traditional special effects, though time still ran out and some things weren’t finished.
