The 1980's science fiction movie poll

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how did aliens get no votes? and nobody repped for innerspace either. Oh, we are a failure, aren't we.

El Tomboto, Thursday, 27 March 2008 00:11 (sixteen years ago) link

Blair Brown nekkid

I parsed this incorrectly and it conjured up some very disturbing imagery.

emil.y, Thursday, 27 March 2008 00:13 (sixteen years ago) link

Alien won the first poll, and there are way more options on this poll, so I can understand it.

latebloomer, Thursday, 27 March 2008 01:07 (sixteen years ago) link

how did aliens get no votes? and nobody repped for innerspace either. Oh, we are a failure, aren't we.

Better movies were released in the 1980s and Inner Space is a vast wasteland of suckage.

Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 27 March 2008 01:10 (sixteen years ago) link

I expected three of ILX's top five to put me to sleep. I was right, and I haven't even seen the other two.

Kerm, Thursday, 27 March 2008 02:09 (sixteen years ago) link

good for you! good for you!

latebloomer, Thursday, 27 March 2008 02:10 (sixteen years ago) link

so does anything cool happen towards the end of Blade Runner?

Kerm, Thursday, 27 March 2008 02:12 (sixteen years ago) link

she's a he

latebloomer, Thursday, 27 March 2008 02:14 (sixteen years ago) link

but we did sort of have a renaissance of aliens love, between this and the aliens poll.

honestly, i thought the thing would be #1 or #2.

Jordan, Thursday, 27 March 2008 04:27 (sixteen years ago) link

btw blade runner: the final cut just arrived today from netflix.

Jordan, Thursday, 27 March 2008 04:27 (sixteen years ago) link

honestly, i thought the thing would be #1 or #2.

I thought so too. (I voted for The Quiet Earth though)

Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 27 March 2008 05:13 (sixteen years ago) link

No *batteries not included, no credibility

JTS, Thursday, 27 March 2008 08:57 (sixteen years ago) link

Still, I would have thought Aliens might have gotten at least one vote. I expected a bigger turn out anyway.

Ste, Thursday, 27 March 2008 09:26 (sixteen years ago) link

aliens more likely to get repped in an action poll.

Cosmo Vitelli, Thursday, 27 March 2008 09:34 (sixteen years ago) link

83 votes is not bad for a poll, they rarely get over 100.

ledge, Thursday, 27 March 2008 09:49 (sixteen years ago) link

*batteries not included,

isn't this about old people?

Jordan, Thursday, 27 March 2008 13:47 (sixteen years ago) link

what is it with 80's sci-fi flicks about old people

latebloomer, Thursday, 27 March 2008 13:49 (sixteen years ago) link

do the star trek flicks count as part of this sub-genre?

latebloomer, Thursday, 27 March 2008 14:00 (sixteen years ago) link

this poll was too hard was the problem

n/a, Thursday, 27 March 2008 14:14 (sixteen years ago) link

seriously. so many notable flicks.

latebloomer, Thursday, 27 March 2008 14:15 (sixteen years ago) link

I, for one, couldn't choose.

treefell, Thursday, 27 March 2008 14:16 (sixteen years ago) link

what is it with 80's sci-fi flicks about old people

Cocoon was a hit, ripoffs ensue.
No MAC and me on this poll...so sad.

Sparkle Motion, Thursday, 27 March 2008 14:18 (sixteen years ago) link

tom - 90's poll? :>

Jordan, Thursday, 27 March 2008 14:23 (sixteen years ago) link

predicting Virtuosity for the win

latebloomer, Thursday, 27 March 2008 14:23 (sixteen years ago) link

vs. Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace

Jordan, Thursday, 27 March 2008 14:29 (sixteen years ago) link

watched Robocop last night, and noticed that it featured at least two england footballer lookalikes, David Platt and Wayne Rooney

Ste, Thursday, 27 March 2008 14:30 (sixteen years ago) link

No MAC and me on this poll...so sad.

totally;_;

http://youtube.com/watch?v=8cqqjOUdgAw

latebloomer, Thursday, 27 March 2008 14:31 (sixteen years ago) link

more like Big Mac and me amirite

latebloomer, Thursday, 27 March 2008 14:38 (sixteen years ago) link

yeah I didn't vote - too hard. surprised to see Videodrome place so high and the Thing place so low tho.

Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 27 March 2008 15:48 (sixteen years ago) link

I am pleased that Repo Man came in ahead of E.T..

Daniel, Esq., Friday, 28 March 2008 01:14 (sixteen years ago) link

Oops, forgot:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41SZPWZJT8L._AA280_.jpg

And Alan Rudolph's Endangered Species is either about aliens or black helicopters.

Eazy, Friday, 28 March 2008 01:19 (sixteen years ago) link

Oh, and with a similar poster, it turns out:
http://www.gasolinealleyantiques.com/celebrity/images/Movie/poster-endangered.JPG

Eazy, Friday, 28 March 2008 01:20 (sixteen years ago) link

everything thru the thing (and several after) i would take over any on the 90s list

balls, Friday, 28 March 2008 01:22 (sixteen years ago) link

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/d/d5/Zapped.jpg

I guess 80s teen science fiction is a whole other category.

Eazy, Friday, 28 March 2008 01:58 (sixteen years ago) link

of the top ten, i haven't seen videodrome or they live.
what are they all about and why do i love them>

ian, Friday, 28 March 2008 03:39 (sixteen years ago) link

oh man you need to see both asap, dude

latebloomer, Friday, 28 March 2008 06:25 (sixteen years ago) link

i miss neon grids.

Cosmo Vitelli, Friday, 28 March 2008 06:32 (sixteen years ago) link

Videodrome is maybe DC's finest theorem about the New Flesh, I think of it every time I shoulder past some zombielike texter on the sidewalk

Dr Morbius, Friday, 28 March 2008 14:11 (sixteen years ago) link

They Live is silly as hell but its good. Videodrome is definitely one of Cronenberg's high points and must be seen immediately.

also Zapped! gawd that is some funny shit

Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 28 March 2008 15:53 (sixteen years ago) link

i watched Outland last night. aside from a few silly plot points, it's pretty good! sean connery as wild west sheriff meets modern drugs/unions/corporations plot, set in space.

Jordan, Tuesday, 1 April 2008 17:49 (sixteen years ago) link

six years pass...

man The Hidden is great! can't believe I never saw that before. Deserved at least a vote :(

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 18:41 (nine years ago) link

special lol @ Mrs. Haverchuck from Freaks and Geeks appearing as a stripper

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:58 (nine years ago) link

two years pass...

You guys - there is this straight-to-VHS film from '87 called Death Row Game Show and it is amazing. Baffled that it never got a cult following, the blackly ironic tone is ridic.

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 27 December 2016 04:38 (seven years ago) link

I mean

http://cinapse.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Deathrow-Gameshow-03-Old-DVD.jpg

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 27 December 2016 04:41 (seven years ago) link

seven months pass...

why don't i ask on one more thread -- anyone know this Sokurov '88 film?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_Eclipse

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 3 August 2017 20:12 (six years ago) link


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