Comments on: The Friday Afternoon Movie: Dark Star

By: Glenn

Glenn — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:51:44 +0000

without Darkstar there would have been no Alien films; I recall an interview (my addled brain can’t remember who with) where they said that during the making of it they realised how hard is was to make a really scarey alien, and started wondering what would make a really nasty alien…. rest is history!

By: Stelios

Stelios — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:51:55 +0000

The only good thing about this film is the resulting 8-bit home computer game. I had it for my Amstrad CPC 464 and it was great. Ok, so maybe it was sort of ELITE-light but it was still entertaining. There are lots of emulators around, give it a try.

By: Ben Catmull

Ben Catmull — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:58:44 +0000

I love deadpan humor and I love this movie.

By: Masha

Masha — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:48:40 +0000

But but…its so funny! Or at least I think so.
Its funny because its depressingly familiar –
That scene with the guy (forget his name) desperately stuck in the lift with the lift music tinkling on – and the tickling alien – and above all that cynical bomb -

By: Carrie Cleaver

Carrie Cleaver — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:41:26 +0000

This is fabulous. Just like the rest of your mag. Keep up the good stuff!

By: malpertuis

malpertuis — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:35:21 +0000

I love you, Ross.

Pinback’s journals are legendary. Thank you.

By: Mer

Mer — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:33:33 +0000

Hooray! You read my mind, dearie. For the love of O’Bannon (an Irish ballad title if ever I heard one) I was gonna email you begging you to make Dark Star the Friday Afternoon Movie. But then I thought… too much Carpenter? Hmm…

But you and I both know. One can never have enough pre-90s Carpenter.

And seriously, O’Bannon’s hilarious in this. Watching Sgt. Pinback, you recognize the amazing humor in stuff like Return of the Living Dead and Total Recall.

Ugh. I’m so bummed he’s gone.

By: sonya

sonya — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:58:47 +0000

alien: http://www.megavideo.com/?v=YVCC6YY4

xo to coilhouse, you make my days!