Hey you, get your damn hands off her! Love me some Back To the Future. That counts as Sci-Fi.....right?
Wow, I keep thinking of more. I thought this was the coolest movie when I was a kid: <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YtwCHfmDQ60&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YtwCHfmDQ60&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>
The Thing is my favorite Carpenter film ever and it's not being remade but they are making a prequel about the Swedish camp, believe it's already in production.
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No mention of short circuit and short circuit 2? http://www.fohguild.org/forums/attachments/r****d-rickshaw/81389d1216324627-can-robots-buy-alcohol-83_johnny5.jpg Also Tron, Masters of the Universe, War Games, The computer who wore tennis shoes, Batteries Not Included, Neverending story (although that's more fantasy..), etc 80s was a GREAT sci-fi decade.
My 80's Favs, in no particular order: 80 Empire Strikes Back Flash Gordon (b/c of the awesome soundtrack) Superman II 81 Escape from NY Incredible Shrinking Woman Mad Max Scanners Time Bandits 82 Blade Runner ET Star Trek II Swamp Thing Tron 83 Dead Zone Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn Return of the Jedi Strange Invaders Twilight Zone: The Movie Videodrome 84 Dune Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai Ghostbusters Ice Pirates Last Starfighter Runaway Terminator 85 Back to the Future 1 Lifeforce Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome My Science Project Real Genius Re-Animator Weird Science 86 Aliens Critters The Fly Howard the Duck Maximum Overdrive 87 Batteries Not Included The Curse Innerspace Predator Robocop Spaceballs 88 Alien Nation The Blob Critters 2 Killer Klowns from Outer Space Light Years They Live 89 Abyss Back to the Future Part II Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Ghostbusters II Honey, I shrunk the Kids I've seen that movie about 20 times and I can honestly not recall one element of Science Fiction in it.
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I've seen this movie enough times to realize... they used a different voice for the ship in the final version of the movie. And I feel the need to mention this one... <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0gMfFHmebi0&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0gMfFHmebi0&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>
Sorry, but this list really is not valid without Big Trouble in Little China. And I only mention it because people are really seeming to mix 'sci-fi' and 'fantasy' together. Six Demon Bag, people! Six Demon Bag!! Anyway, like other people have said, in no particular order, the top 80's Sci-Fi movies: Empire Strikes Back Aliens Blade Runner Wrath of Khan The Terminator Predator Total Recall Highlander (really only because the sequels insist it was sci-fi and not fantasy, ugh) E.T. Akira Escape from New York Robocop Back to the Future The Abyss TRON Last Starfighter I am sure there are a lot more... and a lot of other people have had a lot of the same selections.. yes the 80's was great, but the 90's was a great decade also.. it brought us.. C..G.. I... (for better or worse)
I imagine everyone can guess my favorite flick from the era, but really the entire decade was a golden age for science fiction of all kinds. Just look at the different lists here. The quality (and quantity) is truly amazing.
I know what you mean, watching a lot of my favorites again on bluray just made me realize how fertile the 80s was for quality SCIFI.
The Final cut of Blade Runner is essential for the director/crew commentaries alone. It begins and ends in the 80's with Blade Runner.
