The Last X-Vector Fighter [Super-Fun-Pak Comix]

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The Last X-Vector Fighter [Super-Fun-Pak Comix]

Super-Fun-Pak Comix by Ruben Bolling for November 11, 2024 | GoComics.com

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3 weeks ago , edited 2 weeks ago

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Oh really? I’ve always heard about that movie but never seen it or looked up the plot.

It is also similar to Ender’s Game, in a way.

Greetings, Starfighter! You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the Frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan Armada.

Still enjoyable to watch. I mean you can't judge it by today's standards but it is fun.

3 weeks ago , edited 3 weeks ago

Also mostly the plot of Ernest Cline's Armada, with a megaton of unsufferable 'tude and pointless 80's references sprinkled on it. Those references include "the last Starfighter", of course. It's terrible.

The podcast "372 pages we'll never get back" with Mike and Connor from MST3K/rifftrax did its second season on it. Kind of a book club with books they assume they're going to hate (mostly). First season was Ready Player One, from Cline too, so they chose this one next because they were astonished that Armada could be considered *the bad one* compared to RP1.

3 weeks ago

Indeed! I fell in love with that move back in the day. Luckily, Alex at least got to directly pilot the Starfighter -- but our alien freedom-fighters in the comic strip are sadly only looking for remote controlled drone pilots.

3 weeks ago

It was also the opening of Stargate Universe.

3 weeks ago

Loved that movie as a kid! I have an anniversary edition DVD of it *somewhere*, because my VHS copy broke in the mid 90's from rewinding too much

Also FutureMan

As long as we're throwing out media with similar plots

3 weeks ago

The story of one of my favourite books growing up, only you can save mankind

3 weeks ago

Isnt that also the plot of Ender's Game?

3 weeks ago

Yeah but the gov't was in on it. Here, it's literally just some alien dudes fishing for easy brainwashable recruits. Sort of like the Three Body Problem, but more realistic

3 weeks ago

The book or this post?

3 weeks ago

This is what I first thought of lol