So important for so many reasons! There may not be any big names in this film. A few of the cast go onto bigger things. All the budget for this film went on a totally new idea. Something that would go on to become a standard term in science fiction films. CGI - Computer Generated Imagery. All the spaceships, planets, stars and meteors are all computer generated.
No-one had ever done anything like this before. All the images were generated by the Cray 2 super computer. The only other people using this computer at the time were NASA. The main thing that let the fantastic computer visuals down were the very bad practical explosions.
Centauri's car (a poorly disguised De Lorean) which seems to be much bigger inside than outside, stealing an idea from Doctor Who. Admittedly this film does borrow heavily from things like Star Wars, but all films were borrowing from Star Wars back then. I would be interested to know how Wil Wheaton fitted into this film, all his scenes are cut. The Starfighter arcade game features a nicely disguised Atari symbol on the side of the cabinet.
I do like the scenes with the Beta Unit, learning how to become Alex. The plot as such is thin on the ground, but all in all the film is something you watch just to kick back and kill some time. Enjoy this and realize without this movie things like Toy Story, Shark Tale, A Bugs Life would never exist. A piece of movie history to watch and enjoy. Overdue a remake or sequel.
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