The Last Starfighter
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THE LAST STARFIGHTER After finally achieving the high score on Starfighter, his favorite arcade game, everyday teenager Alex Rogan meets the game's designer, Centauri who reveals that he created the game as a training ground for developing and recruiting actual pilots to help fight a war in space. Whisked away from the banality of his trailer park life to a distant alien planet, Alex struggles to use his video game-playing skills to pilot a real ship, with real lives at stake. Craig and guest Co-Host Rob Ervin talk about 80s nostalgia, musical adaptations, life in moderation and the movie ‘The Last Starfighter” on this week’s Matinee Heroes!! Show Notes 1:14 Craig and guest co-host Rob Ervin of the Clubhouse Podcast talk about their recent moderating duties. * 11:04 Craig and Rob discuss "The Last Starfighter" * 38:25 Recasting 50:30  Double Feature 53:32 Final Thoughts * 56:36 A preview of next week's episode "The Goonies" The 80's kids movies continue next week with "The Goonies" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaM2vMbY4_Y&ab_channel=Amblin
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