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I have never watched the movie, only heard about it in CD‘s video. I have watched his documentation at least six or seven times now. It is that good.

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Oh, it's worth a watch. The intro sequence (no spoilers, but when you get to the dog scene, you'll know what I mean) is just great, and there's a handful of classic lines I quote to this day. (Sarah Jessica Parker and the Coke question! No VFX needed, it's solid gold on its own merit.)

I honestly don't know how the film holds up today, especially from the eyes of a grown-up watching it for the first time. The overall narrative may or may not earn its keep, I guess. But all those VFX shots were in service of a larger story, and if nothing else I think you'll appreciate them more in context.

Flight of the Navigator wasn’t a good movie then or now. It is an excellent focus for childlike wonder, however.

Somehow that puts me in mind of Explorers (1985).

the alien comedy monolog was hilarious to me as a kid, but I haven't watched Explorers in probably about 30 years.

It’s enjoyable, but the writers basically had a really good idea for the start of a movie and then no idea of how it should develop from there.

Seems fair.

I recall Paul Rubens, jokes about Twisted Sister, morphing spaceships, time travel, Fort Lauderdale Florida (which seemed impossibly alien to this midwesterner), and a lot of pop culture references.

I watched it and will recommend. It's on HighSeasflix.

> HighSeasflix

i searched for HighSeasflix and got 0 results, is that just your way of talking about torrenting?

Arrr me hearty

Only seaworthy ways of browsing the internet can be used to find it.

Most likely torrenting but could also be referring to the practice of using a vpn to access content available in another country on your streaming service of choice but not your home country

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