as a kid i was sad when... - Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) Discussion

[–] gerwalk 17 years ago

LOL. I saw the movie when I was 7 and cried when Cowboy died. I happened to be a big fan of The A-Team at the time.....

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[–] haisaid 17 years ago

Agreed! At age 7, I was abruptly introduced to the concept of mortality when Space Cowboy died.

Why, oh why didn't he fight more?

This film ruled!

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[–] ganda1f 17 years ago

Oh man, I was the same! I saw this film during a midday screening when I was seven or so, and the Cowboy dying just shocked the bejeezus outta me. I sat there for the rest of the film with tears in my eyes.

After a diet of Knight Rider, A-Team and Battlestar Galactica, this film introduced me to the idea that sometimes the good guys get killed.

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[–] Misanthropic_Humanist 17 years ago

holy *beep* me too! I was incredibly sad when he died and refused to watch the A Team again for many years

"There's no point in being grown-up if you can't act childish, sometimes." - The Doctor (Tom Baker)

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[–] fektthis 11 years ago

battlestar galactica had a few deaths. the a-team not so much. not even the bad guys got shot on that thing.

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[–] ORIONSAINT 17 years ago

What are you people talking about? This film is three years before the A-team.

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[–] dannydavies 17 years ago

yes it was 3 years b4 the a team, but cowboy was the han solo of the film.

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[–] gammalord 17 years ago

Since he didn't go into any details. It might be that he saw the movie at age seven on television during the time the A-Team was airing.

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[–] paladinohio 17 years ago

I actually have a friend that at the time said "GP did a better Han Solo than Harrison Ford did." Meaning GP was truer to the cowboy image than HF was.

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[–] poofta1970 17 years ago

I was more effected by the death of the Nestor which has it's arm cut off.

Sybil Danning nearly turned me straight.

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[–] hungwel 17 years ago

I was quite upset when gelt was blown out of the sky. I liked him the best!

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[–] chrisdaco2 14 years ago

Lizard mans death always got to me. He was my favorite!

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[–] thomasbryant2 13 years ago

Yep, that made me sad. But when Gelt went down, I was sadder.

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[–] mrn87 13 years ago

Gelt was the best character by far.

I loved his speech about eating snakes. That stuck with me for years and is the main reason I am not a highly paid assassin. And when they buried him with a meal I was a mess. Me snd mate couldn't stop talking about it in school the next day.

And St Exmin was really cool aswell. I'm not sure I understood why she was so fascinating tome at the time but a recent rewatch made it clear.

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[–] Al_Truist80 13 years ago

Sador's death had me in tears. He only wanted to live forever!:(

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[–] philoj 8 years ago

When I saw this as a kid, I was really upset when Cowboy died. Watching it again today, I was really moved when Gelt died and Shad had a full meal buried with him to honor their bargain ("That was our arrangement - a meal and a place to hide")

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[–] Woodyanders 13 years ago

Me too.

I'm a totally bitchin' bio writer from Mars!

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[–] masterjedi-2 12 years ago

Actually, I think that he knew that he wasn't coming back. He said farewell to the Akira woman that he befriended and I think they both knew that he was going off to die. Cowboy was honorable enough to go help his outnumbered comrades, despite the fact that he didn't want to fight (but he came anyway). His ship was basically a lightly-armed freighter and wasn't a match for the TEN nukes that were thrown in his direction by Sador. But at least he took out a couple of fighters before he bought it. And he went out with class.

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[–] bjlevine 12 years ago

Nobody got upset when Sybil Danning's character went out? Am I the only straight guy on this board?

"Oh no...they sent the wrong Spock!"

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[–] fmvd2000 11 years ago

I the time i thought she was kind of haggerd looking a nasty looking skank not nearly as cute as Holly Marshall, Dynagirl or Penny Robinson

But they should sent a call out to recruit more Space Valkyrie

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[–] jay_guevara-1 11 years ago

LOL... When this came on TV almost 30 years ago, I watched the scene where Cowboy's ship crashed and in the naive optimism of a 7 year old, I thought "He just might be still alive amongst that wreckage..."

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[–] fluffset 11 years ago

just watch this! Feel nothing when everyone die, what am I, a human or not? I'm 20 year's old so maybe I'm tough guy, good movie from 80's innit?

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[–] Fenris Fil 11 years ago

When I was a kid, I was sad for Cowboy, Gelt and even Nell. Can't remember if I cried but I was under 10 (not sure exactly when I saw it) so probably. Funnily enough though I don't think I would have cared if Shad had died. Lol. Goodnight Johnboy.

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