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My annual "Starman is vastly underrated" thread

Posted on 2/14/18 at 10:07 pm
Posted by TideSaint
Hill Country
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Posted on 2/14/18 at 10:07 pm
This is one of those hidden gems from the 80s that constantly gets overlooked, but it is a great watch and the soundtrack is amazing.
Posted by Lsupimp
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Posted on 2/14/18 at 10:26 pm to
1984 was a huge year at the box office. It got lost in a sea of iconic and big box office films. But it was a very well- received movie .
Posted by TideSaint
Hill Country
Member since Sep 2008
75856 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 10:29 pm to
I wish we could get a sequel based on the son he gave Jenny. He alluded to him being very important.
Posted by randomways
North Carolina
Member since Aug 2013
12988 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 10:33 pm to
I'm waiting for the "Starman vs Predator" movie to get out of development hell.

Edit: More seriously, I haven't seen it in years and remember very little about it, but I do know I watched the whole thing without getting bored or turning it off, so I must have enjoyed it.
This post was edited on 2/14/18 at 10:37 pm
Posted by White Roach
Member since Apr 2009
9454 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 11:13 pm to
I love Starman and I'm not really a fan of sci-fi kind of stuff.

There's some great stuff in that movie. I'd love to see the sequel.
Posted by emanresu
Member since Dec 2009
9367 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 11:22 pm to
quote:

1984 was a huge year at the box office. It got lost in a sea of iconic and big box office films. But it was a very well- received movie .

The true underrated space movie from 1984

Posted by Methuselah
On da Riva
Member since Jan 2005
23350 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 11:23 pm to
It was a very good movie. Some excellent acting all the way around.

Plus, I always found Karen Allen to be pretty damn sexy in it. She had that smoky voice and pretty good looks. I can swear I remember they had a scene of her in the beginning where she was wearing just a shirt and her panties when she was drinking wine and watching old movies of her and her husband. But when I caught a replay (or maybe watched part of it on YouTube) a year or so ago, they didn't seem to have the panty scene.
Posted by TheTideMustRoll
Birmingham, AL
Member since Dec 2009
8906 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 12:33 am to
I was a kid when this came out, but I remember my parents watching it. The only thing of any substance I recall from the movie is, “Red means stop. Green means go. Yellow means go very, very fast.”
Posted by White Roach
Member since Apr 2009
9454 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 2:36 am to
Right! I remember that scene, him resurrecting the deer off of the hunters hood, him walking into the meteor crater in AZ and Karen Allen in her panties watching the old home movies.

Past that, I don't remember much, but I do remember really liking the movie.
Posted by cssamerican
Member since Mar 2011
7120 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 4:00 am to
One of my favorite lines in a movie: watched you very carefully. Red light stop, green light go, yellow light go very fast.
Posted by LuckySo-n-So
Member since Jul 2005
22079 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 6:34 am to
It may not be well-known, but I don't think it has ever been underrated.

Also, I think there was maybe a TV series based on the child?

One of my favorite scenes:

"Dutch Apple Pie!"
Posted by i am dan
NC
Member since Aug 2011
24736 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:17 am to
Love Starman.

"I look like Scott."

Need to watch it again, been a long time. Saw it many times back in the day.
This post was edited on 2/17/18 at 8:00 am
Posted by Green Chili Tiger
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Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:55 am to
Kid
Nap
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Posted by Bankshot
Member since Jun 2006
5375 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 9:54 am to
quote:

Also, I think there was maybe a TV series based on the child?


There was a TV show in the 80's based on the movie, but it was short lived. I thought it was pretty good. Robert Hays, of Airplane! fame, was the lead. I haven't seen the movie in ages, but it was solid.
Posted by Backinthe615
Member since Nov 2011
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Posted on 2/15/18 at 10:43 am to
I make maps
Posted by MorbidTheClown
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Member since Jan 2015
65916 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 10:51 am to
why do earth women always put out for aliens?

Because

Earth Girls Are Easy
Posted by ThuperThumpin
Member since Dec 2013
7313 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 11:22 am to
quote:

I wish we could get a sequel based on the son he gave Jenny. He alluded to him being very important.


There was a short lived tv show about the son and the starman re uniting and trying to find the mother.

LINK
Posted by ThuperThumpin
Member since Dec 2013
7313 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 11:24 am to
Great Movie.

One of my favorites quotes:

Do you seriously expect me to tell the President that an alien has landed, assumed the identity of a dead housepainter from Madison, Wisconsin and is presently tooling around the countryside in a hopped up orange and black 1977 Mustang?
Posted by upgrade
Member since Jul 2011
13028 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 12:21 pm to
quote:

I make maps


Make any money?
Posted by ChewyDante
Member since Jan 2007
16919 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 9:36 pm to
Man, I haven't seen The Last Starfighter since I was a fricking kid.

I'm legitimately curious to see how this would hold up after 20 some odd years and me being an adult watching it.
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