MST3K - Favorite Moments - The Starfighters

Probably the most boring movie ever made.
A lot of flying, take-offs, landings, more flying, refueling, flying, landing, take-offs, more refueling, and... well, you get the idea.
This movies only claim to fame is that it features a young Robert Dornan - former Republican congressman from California.
Hot steamy refueling action - not for the faint of heart!

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[Longknife]

....Did anything fucking happen?

I mean wtf these are the "favorite moments" and I didn't see crap happen as far as plot goes.

[auritone]

@Longknife No, nothing happens in this movie at all!

It is probably one of the most action- and plotless movie ever!

Sheer brilliance! :)

[jetblack99]

This movie is like a feature-length infomercial for the F-104. Dull does not begin to describe it. I have a theory that this film may be a relic of the PR campaign waged by both Lockheed and the Air Force to burnish the F-104's rep in the wake of a rash of fatal crashes and a massive multinational bribery scandal over the sale of the Starfighter in Europe. The USAF was probably eager to draw attention to how cool the F-104 looked instead of it's mediocre combat abilities.

[textthing]

I expect the X35 is next up for similar treatment...

[thegoodlifeonlybettr]

"Oh you are so the only girl around."

[simon887887]

Idiots.

[craigbyrne131]

@Longknife No nothing happens at all... The only redeeming part is the poopie suit part.. I mean I died laughing to the point of tears becasue I was on the verge of suicidal bordem, if MST3K want commenting on this movie I might of killed my self. This movie is on Hulu with about 5 commericals, I dare anyone to try and find a sustainable plot in this movie.

[Shadowlynk]

@jetblack99 Wow. The repetitive scenes about how aircraft are just so perfect and errors are only because of human mistakes or lack of training (no Senator, ignore that TAC accident tally, we've only had one this year!), and the scenes about dealing with all the European reps that genuinely want to see the plane... the movie suddenly makes sense, and is all the more sad and pathetic for it.

[LouistheHedgehog]

@jetblack99 Like I said, I'd go on but I ran out of room. A big problem was the incredibly small wings. What were they thinking? At least they learned that speed isn't everything.

[jetblack99]

@LouistheHedgehog The Skunkworks produced a number of truly great aircraft, but the F-104 was not one of them. It could indeed go super-fast in a straight line, but to achieve that it sacrificed range, payload, and especially low-speed maneuverability (for dogfighting and landing, for example) due to high wing-loading of the tiny wings. It was also so operationally unsafe that the Luftwaffe lost 30% of theirs to accidents, and the Canadians lost 50%. Neat-looking plane, but a total deathtrap.

[LouistheHedgehog]

@jetblack99 But there were at least a few good aspcets of the F-104. It was the first combat fighter that could exceed Mach 2, and was designed by the legendary Kelly Johnson, head of Lockheed's Skunkworks which also previously designed the F-80 (america's first fighter jet) and eventually went onto designing the SR-71 (america's Mach 3 spy plane). I'd go on but I'm running out of avaiable characters.

[Theatreninja100]

fill your pants and do a crazy dance poopy suit!

[Fukkutah]

So AVATAR was a re-make after all :)