The 1990s science fiction movie poll

+ cronenberg's last good film

i mean it has dolph lundgren AND henry rollins AND ice-t.

And it was directed by Robert Longo... The only way it could be more 90s was if Barbara Kruger did the posters.

I've seen everything on this list, but if I had to vote it would be one of these:

The Arrival
12 Monkeys
Dark City
Gattaca
Mimic
Starship Troopers
Strange Days

And if Spaced Invaders is going to be on here, then "Meet the Applegates" should be too.

I would vote for Rocketeer if it was one of the choices.

I was expecting the 90s poll to be thin, but wow. I'm torn between the iron giant and the fucking lawnmower man. maybe total recall. or maybe I'll cast a protest vote for godzilla.

I haven't seen a bunch of reputedly decent films on this list; gattaca, 12 monkeys, ghost in the shell, city of lost children, dark city. estimating what I've seen in the polls list breaks down like:

70's = saw 90% of the movies
80's = saw 75% of the movies
90's = saw < 50% of the movies

haha I debated that one for a minute, xpost to elvis

How about The Truman Show?

that actually happened though I thought

Also, if we're going to include animation then "Memories" should be a choice too.

broke it down to:
City Of Lost Children
Ghost In The Shell
Starship Troopers
The Iron Giant

i love a third of the list

No one's even mentioned Men In Black yet. I didn't even see this until a year or two ago, but found it immensely entertaining

I'll have to make a trip or two to the video store this weekend before I vote.

Men in Black is the shit!! I'm voting for that.

Overall, these are so bad compared to the movies in the 80s science fiction poll.

more GO's:
Akira
Batman Returns (he's a scientist)
CLASS OF 1999
THE FACULTY lulz

lotsa diminishing return sequels without peers equal to their precedents

xpost

Iron Giant. Which I feel may be the sleeper here.

totally missed the 80s poll somehow. also thought Akira came out in 90/91 sorree

starship troopers

lol @ old people bitching about how the 1980s were so much better for science fiction

soon you'll be able to talk about how much this decade sucked!! it's right around the corner!! get excited

this decade did suck!

and continues to do so

lol @ old people bitching about how the 1980s were so much better for science fiction

Ahh, they don't make science fiction movies like that, anymore.

Iron Giant doesn't really belong here as much as it belongs in a, I don't know, truly incredible family films of all time thread.

I still voted for it though and now 12 Monkeys isn't returning my calls.

also LOL @ Tom including BICENTENIAL MAN in the list.

I don't remember DEEP IMPACT but the title makes it sound like a TREMEMDOUS PORNO.

The 80s was better for sci-fi than the 90s, and I am not old.

Dark City
eXistenZ
Johnny Mnemonic
Fifth Element
Iron Giant

Did we do a 70s scifi movie poll yet because I am ITCHING to vote for ZARDOZ in SOMETHING.

The film here that is prperly bordeline is Pi, by the way.

xpost - there was totally a 70s one. Don't think anyone's done the 60s yet, however.

"properly borderline"

Dark City

head says yes to 80s list being better, but then that list still had a runaway (ah Runaway, starring Tom Selleck, could've made it) winner, and an adult sci-fi winner at that. fifth element and starship troopers (most likely to win here, if not kids flick Iron Giant) are jokier and teenier, post-modern thing i guess.

i watched city of the lost children again recently and it is still so creepy.

terminator 2 not on here, though i wouldn't have voted for it anyways

Twelve Monkeys
Total Recall
Dark City
Pi
T2
Predator 2
Demolition Man
Ghost in the Shell

more or less in that order

Tempted to vote for Strange Days, but will probably vote for The Iron Giant instead.

T2 is better than half of these

Strange Days wasn't bad.

i think i remember strange days but i think i am conflating it with the television miniseries "wild palms" for some reason

i actually just have a vague blur memory of liam neeson and halle berry running around in times square and some kind of video helmet

erm, Ralph Fiennes

haha, and, erm, Angela Bassett

apparently all white people AND all black people look alike to me

the 90s was actually a good decade for sci-fi miniseries actually. maybe.

the 90s was? the 90s were

total recall
12 monkeys
13th floor
dark city

need to see johnny mnemonic.

city of lost children was pretty tight but kind of bummed me out IIRC.

I can't believe people are non-jokingly saying they liked Johnny Mnemonic.