[higgmeister]

The Last Starfighter is worth watching only to see Robert Preston, as the rogue rascal alien Centauri, in such a dynamic and endearing roll at the end of his career.   The plot device of using a digital arcade game as the Excalibur type recruitment challenge really worked for me.   Now it is a quaint peek back at the micro-computing of the Eighties.

Alex: "Store's closed, mister."

Centauri: "I'm not here for cigarettes or bubble gum, my boy.   Can you tell me the name of the person who broke the record on that game over there, and where I might find him?"

Alex: "Alex Rogan, and you're looking at him."

Dan O'Herlihy also did a wonderful job toward the end of his career, as the alien NCO Grig.   Lance Guest did a perfect job as The last Starfighter Alex and his Beta double Alex.   Catherine Mary Stewart, as Maggie, was the perfect supportive girlfriend.

Grig: "I've always wanted to fight a desperate battle against incredible odds."

Grig: "Death is a primitive concept; I prefer to think of them as battling evil - in another dimension!"

[SandRat]

It was actually on cable here yesterday afternoon.