Cyborgs, Magic and Aliens: The fantasy and science fiction films of the 90s!

[spacemonkey]

Inspired by the previous "Cheesy movies from the 80s" thread, I decided to start this one, see where our memories take us. Its really interestin to dig up old movie posters, remember what moment of your life you were going through when watching these old films, and simply enjoying the original poster art.

Please try to find the original artwork for the films you dig up. It might be a bit difficult since some of these posters tend to dissapear once the movies leave the theaters, but if you dig hard enough, Im sure youll find em.

Post anything sci-fi/fantasy related from the 90s. From the most obscure straight to video releases, to the big budget summer blockbuster extravaganzas. Its all good.

Heres some that I found to get the ball rolling:

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Free Jack - Damn, I remember seeing this one and loving the concept. Stealing bodies from the past to live in the future. Mick Jagger is on it! And this is when Emilio Estevez was making decent movies...

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Naked Lunch - Holy shit, one of the most incomprehensible movies I ever seen in my whole life! Ok, ok, I remember Peter Weller being addicted to some roach killer dust or something, and once he took it his typewriter would come to life and hed travel to some imaginary wonderland somewhere...but thats about all I can recall. Oh and a guy turns into a giant cockroach. I almost remembered something else...but its gone. Cool movie though!

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Robocop 2 - For me this movie is one of those movies that defines the 90s action film. It has excessive amounts of violence (thanks to a FRank Miller penned script) and two powerful robots fighting each others and destroying the whole freaking city. Love the stop motion animation on this one, to me its flawless.

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Flatliners - A stellar cast makes up this interesting film about going to "the other side". A group of students decide to "kill themselves" to see whats really in store for us after we die. Their plan is that they die for a couple of minutes and then are brought back to life by resucitation methods. Problem is that on the other side...they find more then they can handle.

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Edward Scisssorhands - Whats a 90s thread without a little Tim Burton squeezed in there for good measure? Hell the guy did some of the best 90s movies! Edward Scissorhands was one of his best. Many argue that it is Burtons best film, it certainly is his most personal one. A misunderstood artist, an unfinished creation and a girl and a robot...fall in love. I love the fairtytale atmosphere that Burton gives this film. Gothic and atmospheric, yet with lots of comedy and lightheartedness.

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The Crow - The tragedy that accompanies this movie aside (Brandon Lee was genius on this) the movie itself is a masterpiece of dark, gothic, grimmy cinema. Revenge, true passionate love, death, violence and rock and roll all rolled into one. My favorite thing on this one is how everything is dark and dirty and wet. This city is one filthy place filled with equally filthy characters which the titular Crow wastes no time in wiping out. A highly entertaining, visually interesting revenge tale. Kick ass soundtrack too!

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The Rocketeer - This superhero movie came out just when Hollywood was starting to realize they could make huge amounts of bank from the comicbook medium. This came out right around the time Burtons first Batman flick made film history. This is a lighthearted superhero film, with the hero battling nazis and evil hollywood stars. The scenes where the Rocketeer flies are still great to this day. One of the first comic films (alont with Superman and Batman) to elevate the genre of comic films to higher levels of quality filmaking.

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Total Recall - Another film that defines the 90s action film. Lots of gore, violence and hot women. Arnold has to go to Mars to save the planet, get his girl back and find out what the hell is really going on in his mind. Awesome gory effects, non stop bloodbath and action make this one a genuine gem from the 90s. All thanks to director Paul Veerhovens usual brand of excessive violence seen previously in films like Robocop, and later on in Starship Troopers. Cant wait for this director to step back in the directors chair with a good old fashioned science fiction bloodbath.

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Dragonheart - A little too sweet for my taste, but a fine dragon film non the less. I hold it in second or third place in best dragon movies ever. First one is of course Dragonslayer. But this one has a safe place amongst the best of those...alonside Reign of Fire. Sean Connery doing the voice of the Dragon was a little too much, but oh well, not a bad fantasy film all in all.

[spacemonkey]

A couple more I dug up:

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Photographing Fairies - is one of the best fantasy movies that no one has ever seen! I discovered it thanks to a friend of mine who lend it to me cause she said "you just have to see this movie!" and I couldnt help myself. Once I saw it I was completely mesmerized by it. I only wish it would be out on DVd at some point, cause its a shame its not. Its so freaking good. About a pair of little girls who say they see this magical fairies when they go into a specific part of the forest. Truly awesome movie!

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Super Mario Bros. The Movie - Truly, truly, truly good example of how NOT to do a video game movie. I rewatched this the other day out of nostalgias sake...my god is it cheesy! tacky and just plain bad! The story is beyond stupid...the translation of the ideas from game to film was so badly done! But I guess its amusing in the lowest kind of way.

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The Witches - Not a bad childrens movie, actually Ive been meaning to rewatch this one for the longest time. To see if it still holds up. I remember Angelica Houston turning into one ugly bitch of a witch. ANd a kid who turns into a mouse...thats about it.

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Fire in the Sky - one of those "based on real life" movies about an alien abduction that happens in a little town in the middle nowhere. I liked the performances and drama on this one, and the last 20 minutes are terrafying and intense as hell.

[poopontheshoes7]

The ending of Fire In The Sky used to scare the shit out of me!


Good choices man, Flatliners is an awesome movie and I really love The Rocketeer. The Crow and Edward Scissorhands are among my favorite movies.

[spacemonkey]

I remember seeing Fire in the Sky in theaters and being a bit dissapointed by it because the movie was almost over and we hadnt seen any aliens yet...but damn, those last 20 minutes more then made up for it. We left the theater kind of shaken I remember.

[Homyrrh]

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[spacemonkey]

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Lawnmower Man - I remember seeing this one and being blown away by the effects. I watch it now and they seem so dated and bad! This was when CGI was in its diapers still. The story is pretty decent though. The sequel stunk to kingdom come!

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Highlander II: The Quickening - A lot of people criticize this mvie for being bad, I say its good clean science fiction fun. I know the story is a mess, I know they fucked up the whole Highlander mythology (done by the very guys who created it if you can believe it!) but I still find myself enjoying this one! Theres a "directors cut" out there which supposedly clears up a lot of the gargantuan wholes in the plot, and it has some very cool deleted scenes added in as well. Of course I love the first one best...but this one is fun times as well.

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The Neverending Story II - A lesser sequel to the original classic. The problem here was that they changed everything. The director (Wolfgang Petersen) was a key element in making the original so great. As well as the cast. For some reason that eludes me, Warner Bros. decided to change the whole creative team behind the film. Right down to key actors and characters! What the fuck? Of course it wasnt as big a hit as the first one was...I havent seen it in ages, but I know I didnt enjoy it as much as the first. It was a huge dissapointment for me when I went to the theater to see it all those years ago.

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Captain America - What? Youve never heard of this movie? Thats because its one of the worst comic book movies to ever be conceived! Horrifyingly bad! This movie came from the mind of Albert Pyum a director who had made a decent film with Van Dammes Cyborg in 1989. But this Capt. America movie was such an embarrassment. It goes hand in hand with that equally embarassing low budget Fantastic Four movie that no one has ever seeen, not to be confused with the Jessica Alba ones. This was a time when Marvel Comics couldnt get a decent movie made even if their radioactive spiders depended on it. DC comics was getting Batman and its sequels made...while Marvel was making crap like Captain America. Ugh.

[spacemonkey]

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Hey Homyrrh, can you believe Ive never gotten around to watching Field of Dreams? Its supposed to be such a classic, and its supposed to be so good...but for some reason Ive always avoided it! Maybe I should give it a go...

[jolanar]

Hey Homyrrh, can you believe Ive never gotten around to watching Field of Dreams? Its supposed to be such a classic, and its supposed to be so good...but for some reason Ive always avoided it! Maybe I should give it a go...

If your a man and you don't love Field of Dreams you have no soul! :)

[spacemonkey]

Im going to try and regain my soul by renting this one on the weekend alright?? :)

[xseanymacx]

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[spacemonkey]

Whoa, Im going into 90s sci-fi overload here! It doesnt get anymore 90s the Johnny Mnemonic!

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Johnny Mnemonic - Not a bad science fiction film. Its got a good concept, though Id seen a similar concept before in films like Cyborg. Basically Keanu carries to the cure to some decease thats taking over humanity. I like the visuals when Keanu hooks up to the virtual reality thingy. It gets kind of silly as it goes along, but its entertaining. Crazy but true fact about this movie: Dolph Lundgrens performance as a crazy bloodthirsty priest is one of the best things about it! Take that for whatever its worth.

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JUdge Dredd - big budget science fiction film from the summer of 94! Very much inspired by Blade Runner. A Dark future in which violence has grown so out of proportion that cops are judge jury and executioner all roled up into one. Its got some cool effects and cool action sequences, my favorite one being the one where Dredd and his comedic relief sidekick (in the form of non other then Duece Bigolow Male Jigolow) fly around in this motorbike, the scene in reminiscent of the speeder biker sequence in Return of the Jedi.

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Strange Days - A great film about the last days of the year 1999, when people where supposedly going to go nuts and everything was going to go to hell. Remember those days? When people thought going into the year 2000 was going to be something like the end of the world or something? Hah, this movie played with those themes rather well. One of the best science fiction films of the 90s. And a stellar cast by the way!

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[spacemonkey]

Nice choice of films seanymac, Dark City...damn, that movie is damn near perfect. Its got that dark gothic feel, its got some film noir going for it, plus you mix all that with some telekenisis and you got yourself a fucking cool science fiction thriller!

The Fifth Element - blew me away the first time I ever saw it. I remember the first time I saw that city with all those flying cars and fog filled streets, sky scrapers...so visionary! One of my favorite visuals from that movie is the floating chinese restaurant that Corbin Dallas is eating...right from the comfort of his apartment window! Luc Besson is such a visionary director, I wish hed get off his ass and make more movies like this one today.

[Repo Man]

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Highlander II: The Quickening - A lot of people criticize this mvie for being bad, I say its good clean science fiction fun. I know the story is a mess, I know they fucked up the whole Highlander mythology (done by the very guys who created it if you can believe it!) but I still find myself enjoying this one! Theres a "directors cut" out there which supposedly clears up a lot of the gargantuan wholes in the plot, and it has some very cool deleted scenes added in as well. Of course I love the first one best...but this one is fun times as well.

Totally agree, Highlander 2 gets too much stick. Its a decent movie in its own if you dont think of it too much as a continuation of the first film. Dont know if you've seen the directors cut but i'd advise anyone to steer clear from it as its pretty damn horrible.

Not sure if this bad boy was mentioned yet, could have been in the previous thread.
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I know Nemesis is pretty mediocre in many ways but i always found it pretty cool as its just so gritty and dirty opposed to the usual clean look of a lot of sci-fi. If there was one movie that i'd like to see remade with a proper budget its Nemesis because theres a lot of potential in there.

[spacemonkey]

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Saw this one like five times in the theater when it first came out. Now I see it and I find it a big boring. The creature effects are cool though.

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A friend of mine walked out of Event Horizon because her religious beliefs could not allow her to continue seeing the movie, thats when I knew the movie was good!

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Existense - In many ways a remake of Videodrome, and in many ways not. This one blew me out of the water! Its like videodrome, but instead of dealing with TV/VHS, they dealt with the video game world.

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Virus - Anybody remember this piece of shit? I remember walking out on it, first time I ever did that in a movie! Of course I walked right back in, but I almost stayed completely out cause this movie sucked so bad.

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Soldier - P.W. Andersons worst movie!

[spacemonkey]

Totally agree, Highlander 2 gets too much stick. Its a decent movie in its own if you dont think of it too much as a continuation of the first film. Dont know if you've seen the directors cut but i'd advise anyone to steer clear from it as its pretty damn horrible.

Not sure if this bad boy was mentioned yet, could have been in the previous thread.

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I know Nemesis is pretty mediocre in many ways but i always found it pretty cool as its just so gritty and dirty opposed to the usual clean look of a lot of sci-fi. If there was one movie that i'd like to see remade with a proper budget its Nemesis because theres a lot of potential in there.

Ive never seen Nemesis, will you let me know if its any good? I remember seeing that cover many times but never actually renting it! Whats it about?

[muttly69]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the movie was awesome.

[Repo Man]

A friend of mine walked out of Event Horizon because her religious beliefs could not allow her to continue seeing the movie, thats when I knew the movie was good!

haha! :D

I love Event Horizon, the scene where they finally manage to crack open the video at the bridge is so mental and effective because you cant quite tell what the hells going on but you know its not very pleasant.

Soldier was again a film that i dont mind watching every now and then but gotta agree that its not very good. It had potential to be a pretty cool sci-fi action movie but instead it turned out to be some weird character developement trip where the character doesnt develop at all :confused:

I believe the story of Soldier was meant to be some sort of prequal to Blade Runner or something that takes place in the same universe anyways, theres a few hints to it like the mention of the Tannhauser gate in Kurt Russels characters records.

From imdb:
Todd's service record, displayed on a computer screen, includes the following: - The battles of Tannhauser Gate and Shoulder of Orion...

This was also mentioned in the Wiki article:
It was written by David Peoples, who co-wrote the script for Blade Runner. By his own admission, he considers Soldier to be a "sidequel"/spiritual successor to Blade Runner. It also obliquely references various elements of stories written by Philip K. Dick (who wrote the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, on which Blade Runner is based), or film adaptations thereof.

Who knows what the final story with that is but its fascinating stuff nonetheless and gives me a reason to check the film again one day when im bored out of my mind or drunk enough.

[spacemonkey]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the movie was awesome.

I agree, I remember the excitement I felt when I first saw that movie! It was such a big deal for me. I remember having my issue of Starlog magazine in my hands (I was a geek what can I say! Fuck, I still am!) when I was at school and I felt so special just cause the turtles where on the cover.

I mean I think they did a great job in bringing the turtles to life. And for a kid like me, that was the coolest thing ever. You gotta remember though, this was a time when comic book movies where not an every day thing like they are now. When a comicbook movie was going to come out there was always this fear that it would suck ass.

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[poopontheshoes7]

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Lawnmower Man - I remember seeing this one and being blown away by the effects. I watch it now and they seem so dated and bad! This was when CGI was in its diapers still. The story is pretty decent though. The sequel stunk to kingdom come!

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Highlander II: The Quickening - A lot of people criticize this mvie for being bad, I say its good clean science fiction fun. I know the story is a mess, I know they fucked up the whole Highlander mythology (done by the very guys who created it if you can believe it!) but I still find myself enjoying this one! Theres a "directors cut" out there which supposedly clears up a lot of the gargantuan wholes in the plot, and it has some very cool deleted scenes added in as well. Of course I love the first one best...but this one is fun times as well.

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The Neverending Story II - A lesser sequel to the original classic. The problem here was that they changed everything. The director (Wolfgang Petersen) was a key element in making the original so great. As well as the cast. For some reason that eludes me, Warner Bros. decided to change the whole creative team behind the film. Right down to key actors and characters! What the fuck? Of course it wasnt as big a hit as the first one was...I havent seen it in ages, but I know I didnt enjoy it as much as the first. It was a huge dissapointment for me when I went to the theater to see it all those years ago.

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Captain America - What? Youve never heard of this movie? Thats because its one of the worst comic book movies to ever be conceived! Horrifyingly bad! This movie came from the mind of Albert Pyum a director who had made a decent film with Van Dammes Cyborg in 1989. But this Capt. America movie was such an embarrassment. It goes hand in hand with that equally embarassing low budget Fantastic Four movie that no one has ever seeen, not to be confused with the Jessica Alba ones. This was a time when Marvel Comics couldnt get a decent movie made even if their radioactive spiders depended on it. DC comics was getting Batman and its sequels made...while Marvel was making crap like Captain America. Ugh.


Not gonna lie. Captain America is one of my all time favorite guilty pleasures. I remember seeing on HBO a lot as a kid and I loved it. Found it at a comic book convention this year in Florida. It was a bootleg of course, but worth the 15 bucks:D


Hahahaha.....I'm a sucker arent I?

[muttly69]

Not gonna lie. Captain America is one of my all time favorite guilty pleasures. I remember seeing on HBO a lot as a kid and I loved it. Found it at a comic book convention this year in Florida. It was a bootleg of course, but worth the 15 bucks:D


Hahahaha.....I'm a sucker arent I?

i still have the vhs.

[spacemonkey]

haha! :D

I love Event Horizon, the scene where they finally manage to crack open the video at the bridge is so mental and effective because you cant quite tell what the hells going on but you know its not very pleasant.

Soldier was again a film that i dont mind watching every now and then but gotta agree that its not very good. It had potential to be a pretty cool sci-fi action movie but instead it turned out to be some weird character developement trip where the character doesnt develop at all :confused:

I believe the story of Soldier was meant to be some sort of prequal to Blade Runner or something that takes place in the same universe anyways, theres a few hints to it like the mention of the Tannhauser gate in Kurt Russels characters records.

Who knows what the final story with that is but its fascinating stuff nonetheless and gives me a reason to check the film again one day when im bored out of my mind or drunk enough.

PWA is famous for doing stuff like that. He always references his favorite movies. He is a bit like Tarantino in the sense that he watches a lot of his favorite films, then does his own version of them.

The Best example of this is the recent Resident Evil Extinction. If you see that film you will see heavy influences from all over the place. From Mad Max, to Day of the Dead. In fact, some scenes in Extinction are practically little remakes of scenes from Day of the Dead. Specially that scene where the scientists are trying to "educate" the zombie.

And that whole thing about the military camp...thats straight out of Day of the Dead.

Still, I dont hate him for this, since almost always he gives the films his own little twist.

Still, I havent seen Soldier since that time I saw it in theaters..maybe I should give it a re-watch, but Im pretty sure I hated it. I heard Kurt Russell broke a leg during the shoot, so his in terrible pain while filming some of the sequences and thats why he isnt all that active through out the second half of the film.

But to me, I forgive Anderson for Soldier cause Event Horizon kicks so much ass. Horizon has a lot of deleted scenes that never made it to the film cause they were so gory. Check out the dvd for Anderson talking and showing a lot of the stuff that never made it on to the film. Its very interesting, it would be great to see if some day we get a special extra gory version of Event Horizon.

[xseanymacx]

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Someone had to do it;)

[Repo Man]

Ive never seen Nemesis, will you let me know if its any good? I remember seeing that cover many times but never actually renting it! Whats it about?

Its definately worth a watch if only to add another experience into the collection. Just dont expect a masterpiece or anything as its a pretty low budget movie much like Van Damme's Cyborg ( directed by the same guy i believe ), the world is just a bit less nasty and dead place in Nemesis.

shameless copy&paste from IMDB:

The year is 2027. Alex Rain is a Los Angeles policeman who has been shot-to-pieces in the line of duty in a gunfight with a terrorist organization "The Red Army Hammerheads". Rebuilt with robotic implants, Alex is now more machine than man and is now a cyborg. Alex decides to retire from the LAPD and runs a private business as a data smuggler. But Alex's former boss Police Comissioner Farnsworth and his associates decides to give Alex one last assignment, Alex is to apprehend his former partner Jared who is smuggling data to the Red Army Hammerheads who plot to kill government officials. To force Alex do the assignment, they implant a bomb in his heart. But Alex uncovers a cyborg conspiracy as Cyborgs plot to rule the world and The Red Army Hammerheads are really fighting for humanity and Alex begins to question the assignment

To be fair, i think the story got thrown out somewhere around the 10 minute mark since i recall the film being somewhat confusing but theres action, violence, some nifty stop-motion animation and a bit of nudity involved so its all good. Really need to dig up my old VHS copy of the film and check it out again, been probably a decade or longer since ive seen it.

[muttly69]

Does anyone remember "The Flash" tv series in the early 90's

[spacemonkey]

i still have the vhs.

You guys should try getting that bootleg version of the Fantastic Four movie that never got released. THat should be good for a laugh or two. Ive never seen it myself, but gotta admit curiosity has been eating me inside for all these years, cause Ive seen some picks of it and it looks like at the very least it will be a fun silly incredibly bad flick.

Was it Roger Corman who produced the super cheapy version of Fantastic Four?

[muttly69]

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there's some on youtube

[MidnightAngel]

Some short reviews of films previously posted:

Dark City: That movie has become an instant cult classic. Thank goodness for New Line Cinema which will release the director's cut!

Deep Rising:So cheesy, so badass, so pissed off it's still not released on dvd and /or blu-ray!

Naked Lunch:The first stoner movie of the 90's. Has anyone here owns the Criterion Collection dvd?

Event Horizon:The second best film by Paul WS Anderson i've seen(the first goest to the first Mortal Kombat movie,take that Uwe Boll). I hope Death Race doesn't dissapoint.

Existenz:A far out bio-cyberpunk film! David Cronenberg still amazez me as a filmmaker and most recently with Eastern Promises.

Captain America: I fully support the new Captain America movie that will tie in with the upcoming Avengers movie.

And here are some sci-fi fantasy films from the 90's.

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Anime and sci-fi are the best combination.

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The blockbuster that became the lackbuster ten years ago. Ten years later Cloverfiled arrives in theaters and it delivered even for a film that wasn't so expensive as Godzilla.

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Forget its lame sequels. The first film owns big!

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A re-imagining of Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

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One of Terry Gilliam's best films.

[Smiert Spionam]

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What up!

Grant it, I haven't seen this flick since I was a kid myself, but I remembering it being the tits. I'm sure it's probably pretty awful, but I still think of it fondly.

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P.S. Apparently, Doug Jones (Hellboy, FF2) was one them. Interesting.....

[MisterChristian]

The Dolph Lundgren classic, I Come In Peace :D

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[NathanRomano]

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[bigred760]

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Two movies I remember watching in theaters and loving every minute of them, especially Independence Day - that movie was just freakin' awesome (still is).

[MidnightAngel]

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Lawnmower Man - I remember seeing this one and being blown away by the effects. I watch it now and they seem so dated and bad! This was when CGI was in its diapers still. The story is pretty decent though. The sequel stunk to kingdom come!


It's a decent film but not so badass. Oh my gosh Jeff Fahey the chopper pilot from season four of Lost and the barbecue cook from Planet Terror stars in it! :D Has anyone seen the director's cut?

Here are some more i remember.

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The not so bad sequel of the Alien movies. It's a dark film but personally a good film. It should ended right there.

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The film that killed the Alien franchise. Oh wait i suppose that the two Alien vs. Predator films did killed the Alien and the Predator franchises. A sequel that wasn't meant to be made.

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This movie owns big! Mixing horror with cyberpunk. A must see.

[Le_Big_Mac]

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The only sci-fi/fantasy films of the '90s you'll ever need to see.

[Solomon Grundy]

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[hail2theking]

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Its plot is one part Die Hard and one part Terminator. It's a bit dull in parts but cheesy and trashy all the way.
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this time, it's Die Hard, Terminator and a little bit of Under Siege thrown in. This one's actually much better than the first.
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fairly average scifi/martial arts flick with plenty of action and an over the top performance from John Rhys-Davies
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the only instance where a sequel surpasses the original due to extremely poor special effects, laughably bad dialogue, wacky over the top acting, next to nothing plot and poor quality in just about every department. The only things it doesn't fail at is pyrotechnics and being extremely entertaining in every wrong way.
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bleak, stylish and tense if not a tad bit overrated
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better than average for a Don "the Dragon" Wilson flick. It's got action, a bleak storyline and a climactic showdown between Wilson and a homicidal cyborg played by Chris Penn.
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one of Olivier Gruner's better movies (which isn't really saying much). The production values aren't great but the action is constant and the acting is good.
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a remake of Cyborg on an even lower budget and Vincent Klyn reprising his role as the lead bad guy, aptly named Lucifer. This time around, Klyn comes off as goofy and laughably over the top. His performance, the illogical plot and Ice-T fondling the breasts of a disease infested corpse make Gangland a must see.
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taking off where Class of 1984 left off, Class of 1999 goes from highschool punk drama/thriller to trashy scfi/action flick, replacing social commentary with car chases, gunfights and cyborgs. It's still good fun with John P. Ryan, Patrick Kilpatrick and Pam Grier as the killer cyborg teachers from hell.
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an abundance of fairly well choreographed fight scenes and Bolo Yeung co-starring makes this a decent watch

[MidnightAngel]

The perfect sci-fi film that ended the 90's decade. Sort of.

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It's a horror movie but has also a lot of fantasy and some hi-tech stuff involved. Free Snipes!

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Very overrated film but the greenhouse effect is currently happening.

[MidnightAngel]

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Someone mentioned Nemesis, yes it's a mediocre film even its sequels.

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Nemesis 3:Prey Harder
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[spacemonkey]

What up!

Grant it, I haven't seen this flick since I was a kid myself, but I remembering it being the tits. I'm sure it's probably pretty awful, but I still think of it fondly.

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P.S. Apparently, Doug Jones (Hellboy, FF2) was one them. Interesting.....

Holy shit, thats Warriors of Virtue! Where did that movie dissapear to? I saw that one in theaters years ago, hadnt heard about it till now! I wonder if it still holds up today....

[spacemonkey]

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taking off where Class of 1984 left off, Class of 1999 goes from highschool punk drama/thriller to trashy scfi/action flick, replacing social commentary with car chases, gunfights and cyborgs. It's still good fun with John P. Ryan, Patrick Kilpatrick and Pam Grier as the killer cyborg teachers from hell.

Your post was the one with the most obscure films! That was great, cause there really were a lot of those obscure low budget science fiction films in the 90s! And most of them had to deal with cyborgs! Thanks to the success of big budget films like Terminator 2 and Robocop robots and cyborgs were suddenly incredibly popular, so as a result the straight to video market was flooded with lower budgeted versions of those summer blockbusters.

I love Class of 1999! Thats the one were Pamela Grier has breast that shoot missles out of them! Ha! Priceless! That poster is priceless too, thats the original one! I also remember this poster:

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[spacemonkey]

Heres a couple more you might remember:

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Who remembers Virtuosity? It also starred Jeff Fahey whom we also saw in the other virtual reality movie from this same director Lawnmower Man. In many ways, Virtuosity is kind of a loose/indirect sequel to Lawnmower Man. But its better in many ways.

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Escape from L.A. is a film I like to forget, but that I sometimes revisit out of curiosity to see if I still hate it as much as I did the first time I saw it. I still do. Ill never forgive Carpenter for giving us such a shitty (albeit watchable) sequel to the classic Escape from New York.

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The Arrival - Dont remember much about this one except that the aliens had this weird legs.

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Wing Commander was spectacularly bad. Oh my god this stunk. One of the worst sci-fis of the 90s!

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Species II - I remember one really good scene that left my jaw open, its the scene where this guys head blows up and then it reconstructs itself, pretty nifty fx.

[spacemonkey]

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Screamers - with the little alien robots that travel underneath the sand of the planet. It has Peter Weller in the main role.

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Species - A major hottie turning into a deadly alien? Whats not to like? Well, maybe the endless onslaught of straight to video crappy sequels that this series continues to spawn.

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Memoirs of an Invisible Man - Not carpenters best, but watchable in deed. One of those movies that was a departure for John Carpenter's regular schedule of horror films.

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Honey I Blew the Kid - Can you believe horror veterans Stuart Gordon and Brian Yuzna wrote this family friendly film?! Probably the biggest movie they have ever worked on in their whole lives.

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Ive always been very curious about Wicked City, anybody out there seen it?

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Encino Man - A 90s comedy with a science fiction twist. Two regular every day teenagers (Sean Astin and Pauly Shore) find a cave man in their backyard as they dig to make their new swimming pool. After they thaw him out, the show him the wonders of living in the 90s. Which of course involves ice hockey, going to an amusement park and getting brain freeze from a slurpee.

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Cube - Good example of great science fiction from the 90s. The film is claustrophobic, and paranoid. A group of strangers suddenly find themselves in this structure filled with rooms, as they move from one room to the next they discover that each room has a different way of possibly killing them, they need to use their smarts and their talents to find the "safe" rooms and escape the CUBE. But just what is the Cube? And why are they there?

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Deep Impact - Remember that year where we all thought a meteor was going to blast off out of existense? That end of the world paranoia spawned this movie and the flashy MTV version known as Armageddon.

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Mars Attacks - Theres a lot of Mars Attacks haters out there. Me? I love the movie. Its one of Burtons most off beat films and its highly entertaining if you ask me. We get sight gag after sight gag in this parody of a 1950s invasion flick. Martians are mean motherfuckers, even if they do look stupid. I love the effects, I love the comedy and I love the incredible cast of actors. Everybody shows up here at one point or another! Even Pamela Grier is in it! Danny Devito! Tom Jones! Jack Nicholson! Martin Short! Glenn Close! Natalie Portman! Jack Black! Michael J Fox! Sarah Jessica Parker! Pierce Brosnan! I mean, the list goes on and on....fun stuff.

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Coneheads - Saturday Night Live characters (the coneheads) come to life in this really funny 90s comedy that has Dan Aykroyd as the father of the Conehead family, who crash land on earth and have to quickly adapt to the human way of living. Problem is that the guys back home on Romulak want Conehead to conquer earth and destroy it! One of my favorite 90s films, with a very 90s grunge soundtrack.

[muttly69]

Mars Attacks was awesome!!

[spacemonkey]

Mars Attacks was awesome!!

In deed it was! I laugh so much whenever I see Jack Nicholson playing that wealthy hotel owner who wants to build the giant hotel that looks like a spaceship. He looks absolutely insane!

Hey, heres the sequel to Hell Comes to Frogtown which was a really cheezy science fiction film from the 80s. The sequel crossed over a decade and is now part of the 90s list of science fiction films. Straight to video low budget sci-fi that is. Havent seen this sequel yet. The first one was very goofy, very silly, and again, as in many 80s sci fi/fantasy films the story is about a horny villain who wants the hot human girls, and about the hero going to rescue them from his evil clutches. Heres the poster art for the sequel which strangely enough looks even cheaper then the first film! Theres two more sequels to the frogtown series by the way!

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[MidnightAngel]

Here are some sci-fi movies but based on video games.
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This movie fucking blows down! Imagine a remake of this film directed by Uwe Boll.

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Think of Starship Troopers meets Battlestar Galactica.

[spacemonkey]

Double Dragon has got to be one of the worst video game movies ever made. Right up there with Super Mario Brothers The Movie and Mortal Kombat: Anihalation. Only saving grace was Alisa Millano looking hot as hell in those super short hot pants through out the whole movie.

I posted Wing Commander on the previous page. It blows too. My god was it bad. Its so bad I cant even remember the freaking plot to it! THere was nothing memorable about it!

[spacemonkey]

A couple more 90s sci-fi and fantasy:

This is a royal piece of turd from the 90s:
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Fantasy in the 90s wasnt too popular (not like today anyways) but when it came out it was special! Delicatessen, a really good fantasy film from that decade.
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[Repo Man]

Heres a couple more you might remember:

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Who remembers Virtuosity? It also starred Jeff Fahey whom we also saw in the other virtual reality movie from this same director Lawnmower Man. In many ways, Virtuosity is kind of a loose/indirect sequel to Lawnmower Man. But its better in many ways.

Jeff Fahey in Virtuosity ? How did that happen ? Surely you mean Russell Crowe ? Unless Fahey wasnt credit ofcourse, heck its been a while since ive seen the film.

[spacemonkey]

Holy shit, your right repo man, I hadnt seen this one in such a long time I simply took it for granted that it was Fahey who did the role of Sid6.7 when in fact it was Russel Crow before he was you know...mega famous and all.

Goes to show I havent seen this one in a while, sorry about that! But in my defense I will say that Crowes character is very much like Faheys in Lawnmower Man.

[MidnightAngel]

A couple more 90s sci-fi and fantasy:

This is a royal piece of turd from the 90s:
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Fantasy in the 90s wasnt too popular (not like today anyways) but when it came out it was special! Delicatessen, a really good fantasy film from that decade.
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Mortal Kombat Annihilation was an adaptation of the Mortal Kombat 3 videogame but the film didn't live up to the original and too many characters involved. The Island of Dr. Moreau remake isn't good but the 70's remake rules because it's a near adaptation from H.G. Wells novel. Galaxy Quest is obviously a spoof of Star Trek including the fanboys. Barb Wire is one of the bad comic book movie adaptions ever filmed. Split Second owns! Think of Blade Runner meets Alien. The greenhouse effect scenario was cool! No Escape is very underrated and not the best sci-fi film ever made. Never heard of that movie starring Jesse Ventura. Delicatessen is an excellent movie. a post-apocalyptic black comedy and highly recomended. Did you know that the director of Delicatessen directed Alien Resurrection?

[Repo Man]

Holy shit, your right repo man, I hadnt seen this one in such a long time I simply took it for granted that it was Fahey who did the role of Sid6.7 when in fact it was Russel Crow before he was you know...mega famous and all.

Goes to show I havent seen this one in a while, sorry about that! But in my defense I will say that Crowes character is very much like Faheys in Lawnmower Man.

Yea now that i think of it, Crowe's performance is damn close to Fahey's character towards the end of Lawnmover man but both movies were directed by Brett Leonard so i guess its no surprise. I had actually forgotten he directed both films :eek:.

Ruthger Hauer's Split Second owns by the way! I love that film, sure its a bit dodgy in places ( ok in quite many places ) but somehow its so different and its not so much about the monster but maybe more about characters.

[denkbat]

Delicatessen is an excellent movie. a post-apocalyptic black comedy and highly recomended. Did you know that the director of Delicatessen directed Alien Resurrection?Jean-Pierre Jeunet (also Amelie and City Of Lost Children) deserves to be mentioned by name :)

[spacemonkey]

The Island of Dr. Moreau remake isn't good but the 70's remake rules because it's a near adaptation from H.G. Wells novel.

Yeah, that Island of Dr. Moreau was like a Fiasco. It was directed in part by Richard Stanley, who also made Hardware, which is to me one of the best science fiction films of the 90s. Too bad its nowhere to be seen, except on bootlegs! He also directed Dust Devil which was a strange yet interesting film about a murderous Warlock looking for victims to complete a ritual.

But with Moreau, it seems artistic differences didnt let the project end up the way it was supposed to. Stanley was fired after just four days of shooting and replaced by John Frankenheimer! Lots of bad things happened during the filming of this movie, Marlon Brando was recovering from his daughters recent suicide, Val Kilmer learned that his wife wanted to divorce him by watching TV on the set, an actor broke his leg when he fell of a horse, Frankenheimer had artistic differences and immediately clashed with Brando Kilmer and the Studio...it was a crazy shoot!

I havent seen the original one, gotta get to it!


Galaxy Quest is obviously a spoof of Star Trek including the fanboys. Barb Wire is one of the bad comic book movie adaptions ever filmed.

Makes me laugh every time. Specially when Allan Rickman says: "By Grabthar's hammer... by the Sons of Warvan... you shall be... avenged." Ha~! Cracks me up. It really is one of the best science fiction spoofs ever. Right up there with Spaceballs.


Split Second owns! Think of Blade Runner meets Alien. The greenhouse effect scenario was cool!

Never seen this one, I guess Ill have to check it out based on your enthusiasm for it! I hope it kicks ass. Rutger Hauer rocks on anything he is on.


No Escape is very underrated and not the best sci-fi film ever made. Never heard of that movie starring Jesse Ventura.

Yeah, I remember liking this one when I saw it. Post apocalyptic. Havent seen it in ages, time for a re-watch!

Delicatessen is an excellent movie. a post-apocalyptic black comedy and highly recomended. Did you know that the director of Delicatessen directed Alien Resurrection?

I love Delicatessen. It manages to be a beautiful and even endearing film in spite of the fact that basically, its about cannibalism! Awesome movie, love that look that it has. Love how symbolic it is.

YEah, the director is Jean Pierre Jeunet. He also directed Amelie (which I love!), City of Lost Children (another excellent fantasy film from the 90s) and A Very Long Engagement. He is also one of the reasons why I dont thrash on Alien Resurrection , I never could understand why people hate it so much. I think him directing was one of the elements that gave the movie its special touch.

[spacemonkey]

Yea now that i think of it, Crowe's performance is damn close to Fahey's character towards the end of Lawnmover man but both movies were directed by Brett Leonard so i guess its no surprise. I had actually forgotten he directed both films :eek:..

Yeah, thats basically the reason why I always connect these two movies. It seems Brett Leonard basically took the ideas they developed on Lawnmower Man and took them further in Virtuosity. An indirect continuation of the ideas in Lawnmower Man. This director quickly went down hill, he was responsible for the awful Man Thing movie that came out a couple of years ago. Havent seen his film called Feed, dont know if its good. Its supposed to be really sick and graphic, but I havent had a chance to check it out. Most recently he directed Highlander: The Source. I stopped watching Highlander movies after the god awful fourth installment. I figured they didnt matter anymore. So I havent seen this new one.


Ruthger Hauer's Split Second owns by the way! I love that film, sure its a bit dodgy in places ( ok in quite many places ) but somehow its so different and its not so much about the monster but maybe more about characters.

Damn, I keep hearing good things about this movie...gonna make it a priority to check it out!

[spacemonkey]

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KULL - And thats the last we ever saw of Tia Carrere. And thats the only time Kevin Sorbo got to headline a movie. And thats one lame Conan rip off. I mean, I know Kull was created by the creator of Conan, but the film just reaks. Sorbo was a bad choice to play Kull, they needed somebody beefier.

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[MidnightAngel]

Someonementioned some sci-fi films starring kickboxer Don The Dragon Wilson and i remember this movie.

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Cyborg cops are the new way to combat crime becoming judge, jury and executioner. And one cop dares to do the unthinkable.

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A cyborg task force is the ultimate weapon against crime and terrorism. But what happens when they are theatened to be shut down and they refuse and also fight back against their creators? Sounds similar to the replicants plot in Blade Runner.

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Think of Demolition Man meets Virtuosity. I remember seeing this movie on video in the mid 90's.

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Two words:so lame!

[spacemonkey]

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Two words:so lame!

You got that right! I re-watched this one recently, its really gone beyond bad. I mean, I was so hyped to see this movie and when I went to the movies I was soooo let down.

Now seeing it after all these years, I can defenetly say this movie is one of the worst comic book to film translations Ive ever seen in my life. Right up there with Barb Wire which strangely enough was also a film from the 90s.

I only wish that McFarlane would do a respectable Spawn movie, one thats R, one that treats the character with a certain amount of respect instead of the joke we saw in that 90s version. I mean, just how horrible were those scenes where they go down to that CGI hell??? Oh god that stunk!

The only saving grace, the only thing they got sort of right, was The Clown played by John Lequizamo.

[MidnightAngel]

And another comic book based movie that sucked rock bottom!

http://image.allmusic.com/00/avg/cov200/drv100/v179/v17932xcxym.jpg

Looks like the 90's wasn't a good year for comic book based movies.

[spacemonkey]

Okay, all those who were teenagers through the 90s went through a Full Moon phase...admit it. Hey, Im not gonna deny I enjoyed a couple of them, including those Subspecies films, those were cool. So heres a couple of Full Moon releases from the 90s!

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Doctor Mordrid - For me this is one of the best they ever did. It was supposed to be a "Doctor Strange" movie, based on the popular Marvel Comics character. This was before Marvel went big with X-Men and Spidey. This was when marvel was desperate to make movies. Well, the deal never went through, but they did this movie thats kind of like the Full Moon version of Doctor Strange, not bad, not bad at all. Cheesy as hell yeah, z level entertainment? Yeah. But it was fun.

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[spacemonkey]

And another comic book based movie that sucked rock bottom!

http://image.allmusic.com/00/avg/cov200/drv100/v179/v17932xcxym.jpg

Looks like the 90's wasn't a good year for comic book based movies(except The Crow, Blade and the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie).

Yeah, comic book movies where just getting started...in the mean time we got a bunch of so so comic book movies and a few good ones. The Phantom was kind of ok, I havent seen it in such a long time. I remember lazers coming out of crystal skulls or something....thats about it. I almost remembered something else, but its gone. ;)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/75/Phantompost.jpg

And then there was The Shadow, I dont know about you guys, but I count this one amongst the good ones.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ee/Shadowpost.jpg

[Conz]

Fifth Element has to be the most underrated "blockbuster" of all time. I love that movie

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41TJBKMHXCL._AA240_.jpg

i remember this being shit, yet i always watched it on HBO.

[spacemonkey]

More 90s straight to video sci-fi:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b300/spacemonkey_fg/9012-3.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b300/spacemonkey_fg/9011-3.jpg

And some theatrical releases:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b300/spacemonkey_fg/9018-2.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b300/spacemonkey_fg/902-1.jpg

I aint a Trecky, but I enjoyed "Start Treck VI: The Undiscovered Country" almost as much as I enjoyed "Star Treck II: The Wrath of Kahn".

[spacemonkey]

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b300/spacemonkey_fg/9015-1.jpg

Robocop 3 - Im a huge Robo fan. The first is a classic, no denying it (cant wait to see what that remakes gonna look like!) the second is extremely entertaining with some really good stop motion animation. I worship the second one because of that last fight between the two Robocops. Sadly I cant say I worship the third....it was such an incredible let down. The special effects were so lackluster...that scene where Robocop flies with a jet pack, wow, that was bad.

Its a pity too because I normally love anything that Fredd Dekker directs. He is most famous for two really great horror films, one is Night of the Creeps and the other one is the classic Monster Squad. But why did his Robocop 3 suck so hard? Ill never know...

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k193/hthrun/Hardware%20001/Robocop.jpg

[MidnightAngel]

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b300/spacemonkey_fg/9018-2.jpg
Didn't become a box office hit but it did the unthinkable...taking Titanic out of the 1st place for months since its release.

Robocop 3 was mediocre and sadly the best way to end the Robocop movies. There are plans for a remake.

[spacemonkey]

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b300/spacemonkey_fg/9018-2.jpg
Didn't become a box office hit but it did the unthinkable...taking Titanic out of the 1st place for months since its release.

Robocop 3 was mediocre and sadly the best way to end the Robocop movies. There are plans for a remake.

I know theres a lot of remake haters out there, but honestly, a revival of this franchise through the eyes of a new creative team should be interesting. Weird thing is I heard they wanted to make it 3-D! Not so sure about the 3-D angle of it, though supposedly new cutting edge 3-D technology is supposed to rock the house I still havent experienced this new 3-D thing they keep talking about. I guess Ill experience it once James Camerons Avatar hits theaters. I dont know if the new Journey to the Center of the Earth utilizes this new 3-D technology, I guess Ill go see it out of sheer curiosity. But I would like to see Robocop rise again thats for sure.

[Repo Man]

I quite liked Lost in Space myself, the acting is just weird and doesnt work but all the other ingredients are there. Dont get me wrong though, i dont like it in the same way i enjoy watching movies like Blade Runner or Gladiator or something, Lost in Space is just good ol' silly fun in good spirit.

Robocop 3 was a major letdown and Peter Weller not being in the lead sealed the deal for me basically but where was the violence and other dark tones and themes ? Ok so Lewis died wich gave Robo some motive to do his ( its ? ) thing but other then that the movie could have just as easily been a pilot for a dodgy TV series wich only purpose was to milk out anything that could possibly be milked from an already somewhat tired franchise...But then again isnt that the deal with most sequals ? :rolleyes:

Didnt think much of Trek 6 when i first saw it but as time has gone by ive grown to like it. I think Chris Plummer steals the show, hes such a cool villain.

[spacemonkey]

Robocop 3 was a major letdown and Peter Weller not being in the lead sealed the deal for me basically but where was the violence and other dark tones and themes ? Ok so Lewis died wich gave Robo some motive to do his ( its ? ) thing but other then that the movie could have just as easily been a pilot for a dodgy TV series wich only purpose was to milk out anything that could possibly be milked from an already somewhat tired franchise...But then again isnt that the deal with most sequals ? :rolleyes:


Thing with Robocop 3 was that the company that produced the film (Orion Pictures) went bankrupt and though this movie had been finished by 1991, it wasnt released in theaters until 1993.

I know not having Peter Weller on it was a huge let down for me as well, but he preferred to film Naked Lunch with David Cronenberg. Cant say I blame him for deciding that.

But the main problem with this movie was that they were trying to make Robocop more kid friendly. And thats where the main problem lies with this sequel. How did they do it? Well for starters they toned down the extreme violence from the first two movies. Both of these movies received incredible amounts of criticism for being so violent. But you know what, thats what Robocop is all about! Changing that would change the whole essence of this films.

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii180/cbp20/robocop.gif

And thats exactly what they did. Also, they added the little computer wiz girl just to have a character that KIDS could relate too. A bad move again, this movie made money because it was violent, it was edgy, it was in your face. NOt because Robocop was sweet and had kid friends. Changin all that made the movie flop at the box office and killed the franchise. But hopefuly it will be revived soon! I only hope they make a decent Robo film, not a piece of shit PG-13 rated kid friendly film, which Im almost sure is what they are going to do considering how films are being made today.

[MidnightAngel]

http://image.allmusic.com/00/adg/cov200/drt100/t105/t105171cr49.jpg

Think of a post-apocalyptic/futuristic/punk movie. Not a great movie but the casting is cool. You have Malcolm McDowell and holy shit.........Naomi Watts stars in it! :D It's another comic book based movie from the co-crator of the animated music band Gorillaz.

[spacemonkey]

I saw Tank Girl when it first came out on VHS all those years ago, and remember not liking it much. Maybe I would dig it more now...this movie certainly has legs, its still out there! Whoa, I dont remember Naomi Watts being in it! She must be really young on this movie!

And whatever happened to Tank Girl herself? Lori Petti? She was such an actress of the nineties! Last I remember she was on Point Break as Keanus girlfriend, Free Willy, and In the Army Now, a Pauly Shore comedy from the 90s. After that I havent seen her on anything "major".

Apparently shes doing voice over for Superman and Spider Man cartoons, and she did an episode of Masters of Horror (The Fair Hair Child)...

[Repo Man]

And whatever happened to Tank Girl herself? Lori Petti? She was such an actress of the nineties! Last I remember she was on Point Break as Keanus girlfriend, Free Willy, and In the Army Now, a Pauly Shore comedy from the 90s. After that I havent seen her on anything "major".

Im pretty sure thats what happens to most people who appear in Pauly Shore comedies, they arent seen in anything "major" ever again :p

[FLAME_ON]

Wow... there are a lot of movie from the 90’s that portrayed and examined the future and future technology. That’s really interesting.
Conspiracy? I like to think so.

[sarah1980]

how about this one?? ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/nickknight1228/movie%20posters%202/StarTrekVIII.jpg

[Repo Man]

First Contact actually restored my faith in the Trek films although it uses the rather worn time travelling plot. I thought it was in many ways a really entertaining film and i still love it today. James Cromwell is pretty funny in it and theres a few good laughs to be had at the expense of the crew too. Good old "Fish out of water" scenario never fails. :)

Dont know how this one fits in the thread since IMDB says it came out in 2000 but the back of my DVD box ( yes i have it on DVD and im not afraid to say it! ) claims it came out in 1999. Anywho here we have...

Supernova
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/repoman/Supernova.jpg

Directed by Walter Hill. One of the movies that struggled big time, heres what the wiki article has to say about it.

Though Hill was chiefly responsible for principal photography, Jack Sholder directed some re-shoots, and Francis Ford Coppola was called in to supervise re-editing to try to produce a releasable film. It was reported that the studio, extremely unhappy with Walter Hill's completed product, called in Francis Ford Coppola to "re-edit" the film. "Thomas Lee" was chosen as a directorial pseudonym for release, as the name Alan Smithee had become too well-known as a badge of a film being disowned by its makers.

Wonder how they lured Coppola in to help out with the film. I think the film should have been an Alan Smithee film though, atleast that way the film might have gained some small cult status. Would be interesting to see Walter Hill's original version of the movie.

[Badbird]

Wonder how they lured Coppola in to help out with the film. I think the film should have been an Alan Smithee film though, atleast that way the film might have gained some small cult status. Would be interesting to see Walter Hill's original version of the movie.

I believe at that time Coppola was running United Artists. That's when they tried turning it into a "specialty" division.

Man, like, every movie I was going to mention has been posted already.

Waterworld, Split Second, The Shadow, I Come in Peace... The 90s were pretty much made entirely of awesome and win.

But don't forget:

http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/images/movie/large/Predator_II.jpg

http://website.lineone.net/~birkoff/meganward/images/crash.jpg

http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/images/movie/large/Cutthroat_Island.jpg

http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/images/cd/large/Deep_blue_sea_302066063.jpg

http://www.stargatecinema.com/files/cache/acb5a90e27f57053e48376a9e9f15279.jpg

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg8/adrenalie1031/EndOfDaysMovie.jpg

http://www.monsterlandtoys.com/video/Bad%20Moon.jpg

http://www.monsterlandtoys.com/video/Full%20Eclipse.jpg




Google Image Search for Predator 2:

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[Repo Man]

Rosemary's Baby meets Alien ! Is it Sci-fi ? Is it Horror ? Is it a Thriller or maybe even a Drama ? nah its only...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/repoman/Astronauts.jpg

Been a while ive seen this sucker but i recall it being alright. Its just one of those films that didnt aim very high wich can be said about most run of the mill thrillers of the late 90's/early 2k. Somehow i was left feeling that for the main people involved with it, it was just something to do between projects or something to keep em busy. Still a film worth watching atleast once.

[spacemonkey]

how about this one?? ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/nickknight1228/movie%20posters%202/StarTrekVIII.jpg

Thats my favorite of the new ones. I love that whole thing with The Borg and how they want you to be exactly like them.

[spacemonkey]

First Contact actually restored my faith in the Trek films although it uses the rather worn time travelling plot. I thought it was in many ways a really entertaining film and i still love it today. James Cromwell is pretty funny in it and theres a few good laughs to be had at the expense of the crew too. Good old "Fish out of water" scenario never fails. :)

Dont know how this one fits in the thread since IMDB says it came out in 2000 but the back of my DVD box ( yes i have it on DVD and im not afraid to say it! ) claims it came out in 1999. Anywho here we have...

Supernova
http://media.movieweb.com/prod/z/Q/O/DVLNrMQTTsGzQO_l.jpg

Wonder how they lured Coppola in to help out with the film. I think the film should have been an Alan Smithee film though, atleast that way the film might have gained some small cult status. Would be interesting to see Walter Hill's original version of the movie.

Well, thing is the studio wasnt too happy with the final product that Walter Hill turned in. So what they did was they brought in Francis Ford Coppola to edit a watchable film. He was going to use the pseudonym "Alan Smithee" but since that is pseudonym is so well recognized, they changed it to a lesser known pseudonym "Thomas Lee". Which was the first time ever that a different pseudonym was used other then "Alan Smithee" which is the pseudonym thats always used whenever a director wants to disown a project.

Movie was a fiasco! There was one other director before Walter Hill, his name was Jack Sholder but he left a few days after principal photography began. Walter Hill also walked out and then in stepped Francis Ford Coppola to re-edit the film!

Its no wonder the film is so bad! I remember seeing it in theaters and being greatly dissapointed.

[MidnightAngel]

http://www.stargatecinema.com/files/cache/acb5a90e27f57053e48376a9e9f15279.jpg

The film version is an abomination but it has some neat special effects. Read the novel from Dean Koontz; i liked it a lot! :cool:

And speaking of Dean Koontz.....has anyone seen the Watchers series? Here are some sequels released during the 90's. Very underrated movies but i recomend the novel written by Dean Koontz.

http://image.allmusic.com/00/adg/cov200/drt300/t351/t35172tupga.jpg

Corey Haim co-starred in the first movie.Mark Singer from The Beastmaster stars in the sequel! Sweet!

http://image.allmusic.com/00/adg/cov200/drt300/t344/t34422a5y8t.jpg

This sequel was inspired(or ripped off)a lot from Predator.

http://image.allmusic.com/00/adg/cov200/drt400/t421/t42153jeadp.jpg

Attention Star Wars fanboys; Mark Hamill stars in this film! :eek:

[spacemonkey]

I dont know what it was about those Watchers movies, but I never got around to seeing not even one of them! Maybe its that straight to video feel they got wich screamed "crappy movie" to me. But maybe Ill give the first one a chance, just to see Corey Haim goofing off.

[Lawgick]

I mean I think they did a great job in bringing the turtles to life. And for a kid like me, that was the coolest thing ever. You gotta remember though, this was a time when comic book movies where not an every day thing like they are now. When a comicbook movie was going to come out there was always this fear that it would suck ass.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e2/TMNTMoviePoster.jpg

As opposed to now where it's almost guaranteed to suck ass.:p

[spacemonkey]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/Death_Becomes_Her.jpg/380px-Death_Becomes_Her.jpg

I dont think this ones been mentioned yet, but I just re-watched it yesterday. One of the finest darkcomedy fantasies of the nineties. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, with what was groundbreaking effects back in those days. Still very good by todays standards. And what a cast! Awesome movie, highly recommend it to everyone out there.

[Repo Man]

Hmm i recall Death Becomes Her being more of a showcase for special effects technology back then and pretty weak on the movie side but in all honesty, its been like 10 years since ive seen it so i should probably watch it again.

I think we've pretty much covered the 90's so im eagerly waiting to see what will be our next destination, will it be the 60's or 70's ? some good stuff made back then and both decades could probably be covered in a single thread or will we head forward all the way to the...wait for iiiit...year 2000! ( wich would be pretty exiting too )

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/repoman/nbc_conan_2090_y2k_20060421_2255.jpg

[spacemonkey]

Death Becomes Her did have a showcase of effects, but the story at its core is about people unwilling to accept their mortality. Its about that crisis people reach at a certain point in their lives when they realize they are no longer in their youth. ANd start scattering for ways to look younger. Its got a solid theme at its core, but I agree, the effects took center stage. They were ground breaking for their time thats for sure. I believe this one came out a little bit before even Jurassic Park did. So its one of those first few movies to use CGI in innovative ways. Right up there with T2 and Willow and The Abyss and all that. So its got its importantance in film history.

I thought about doing one about the 70s, but a lot of people here are turned off by anything before the 80s. Fuck it, we should do one about science fiction before the 80s. And it shall include whatever the fuck anyone would want to put in there, thats before the 80s.

Ill get to it!

We'll do the one about the 2000, after that decades over, its still going strong! :)

[MidnightAngel]

There are some movies that still haven't been mentioned!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/68/Backfu3.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/63/Frighteners_ver1.jpg/390px-Frighteners_ver1.jpg

http://image.allmusic.com/00/avg/cov200/drv400/v452/v45289exwkn.jpg

http://image.allmusic.com/00/avg/cov200/drv200/v275/v27574nogiw.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a0/Universalsoldier2.jpg

http://image.allmusic.com/00/adg/cov200/drt800/t836/t83655ehq65.jpg

http://image.allmusic.com/00/adg/cov200/drt600/t664/t66435zete2.jpg

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http://image.allmusic.com/00/adg/cov200/drt500/t542/t54285q138t.jpg

[muttly69]

HA HA goldberge

[spacemonkey]

There are some movies that still haven't been mentioned!
http://image.allmusic.com/00/adg/cov200/drt800/t836/t83655ehq65.jpg


I remember this one being a real rip off of Blade Runner, but I never even remembered it had Angelina Jolie in it! or Jack Palance! Holy shit! I bet Angelina hates this movie! hah hah..

[Repo Man]

I remember this one being a real rip off of Blade Runner, but I never even remembered it had Angelina Jolie in it! or Jack Palance! Holy shit! I bet Angelina hates this movie! hah hah..

Bet shes not too thrilled about Hackers either although the movie does have its small fanbase i'd imagine. Whats the deal with those Universal Soldier films though ? 2, 3 and Return ? Isnt Return like an official sequal to the original whereas the other 2 that dont even have JCVD are like some low budget rip offs or cash ins ? Wonder what the deal is with those.

[spacemonkey]

The deal is that Universal Soldier II and III were TV movies while Return was theatrical.

God, I gotta see if I find more 90s fantasy sci/fi....oh wait...something is popping up:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c6/Kurosawasdreams.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f3/Mr_destiny.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/83/Batman_returns_poster2.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/Intothewestdvd.jpg

TMNT III: Not the worst sequel in the world, Ive seen worse.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/Tmnt3.jpg

Peter Jackson proving he doesnt have to direct only horror movies:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e5/Heavenly_Creatures_Poster.jpg/395px-Heavenly_Creatures_Poster.jpg

Jack Blacks humble beginnings in what has got to be the worst role he ever played:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c9/Tnes3.jpg

[Repo Man]

I love Mr. Destiny, wish i could get it on DVD over here. Hell i wish they would atleast show it again on TV so i could record it with my DVD recorder and burn it on a disc. Seen it several times and never got bored of it, i think i got a 15 year old recorded VHS copy somewhere but i want a frikkin DVD and not that piece of shit VHS with grainy picture and hissy mono sound :(

[MidnightAngel]

http://image.allmusic.com/00/avg/cov200/drv200/v226/v22695rdfxr.jpg

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http://image.allmusic.com/00/adg/cov200/drt500/t567/t56738ey3vh.jpg

[Badbird]

Speaking of Destiny...

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/MG/203665~Destiny-Turns-on-the-Radio-Posters.jpg

Also, cool action and wire kung fu well before The Matrix:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2b/Drive(film)-UK-Cover.jpg/200px-Drive(film)-UK-Cover.jpg

[spacemonkey]

Some flicks that hadnt been mentioned:

An excellent sequel to the original. More gory gooey madness, and a shit load of cameos make this one very memorable! I love all the different types of Gremlins on this one.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/56/Gremlins2poster.jpg

One of the worst movies ever made:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9e/TheAvengers.jpg

Actually this is a very fun movie. And an entertaining pirate flick. Lots of adventure, sword fights, cannons shooting, its a great pirate movie! Too bad it brought down a whole film studio to bankruptcy!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a1/Cutthroat_island_ver2.jpg/405px-Cutthroat_island_ver2.jpg

Weird monster flick, directed by Alex Winters, thats Bill from Bill and Ted for those not in the know. :)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/09/FreakedVHS.jpg

Hudson Hawk, Bruce Willis directed this flick and its actually very very fun. It has some fantasy elements to it. They need to find some stones that Davinci hid in his artwork to start up a machine that turns ordinary metal into gold or something..
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/75/Hudson_hawk_ver2.jpg

Hasnt been mentioned yet. Cool concept, unfortunately, I dont think Arnold ever recovered from this one. After this, it was all downhill for Arnold. But thats not to say this movie is unwatchable. I actually dig it a lot. Movie characters coming out of the screen and jumping into the real world! How awesome is that idea!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0e/Last_action_hero_ver2.jpg/415px-Last_action_hero_ver2.jpg

Death falls in love. The audience barfs.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f5/Meet_Joe_Black-_1998.jpg/200px-Meet_Joe_Black-_1998.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c2/Mighty_joe_young98.jpg

Worst casting choice EVER!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/54/Inspector_Gadget.JPG

[spacemonkey]

A movie everyones almost completely forgotten (and with good reason!)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/31/Wild_wild_west_poster.jpg

Excellent John Carpenter film.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/92/Mouthmadnessposter.jpg

A lesser known Tobe Hooper flick. Not that bad at all...except for the ending which turns to shit in 0.5 seconds.
http://media.movieweb.com/prod/q/E/B/DVAfHCAD3jYqEB_l.jpg

Joe Dante, where are you?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/85/Small_soldiers_movie_poster.jpg/441px-Small_soldiers_movie_poster.jpg

Excellent b-movie that mixes the Frankenstein legend, with time traveling science fiction elements. Directed by Roger Corman himself. ANd stars Raul Julia as Dr. Frankenstein.
http://media.movieweb.com/prod/1/5/b/DV3sj54aRaQ15b_l.jpg

[gorila]

TREMORS
THE 13TH FLOOR
EVENT HORIZON
EXISTENZ

IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS
* I dont know how this last one did, but I can honestly tell you that the old guy in the bike still creeps me out.

[gorila]

error.

[gorila]

error 2. sorry, first time attaching pictures.

[XCoRyX]

Not sure if this bad boy was mentioned yet, could have been in the previous thread.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/repoman/nemesis.jpg

I know Nemesis is pretty mediocre in many ways but i always found it pretty cool as its just so gritty and dirty opposed to the usual clean look of a lot of sci-fi. If there was one movie that i'd like to see remade with a proper budget its Nemesis because theres a lot of potential in there.

I've been trying to watch this one again for years...I remember watching it when I was younger and really diggin' it. Posters kickass too.

The Guyver is one of the tops for me.

[spacemonkey]

I've been trying to watch this one again for years...I remember watching it when I was younger and really diggin' it. Posters kickass too.

The Guyver is one of the tops for me.

Both Guyvers rock! I love the first cause it has so many different creatures, and it has David Gale (Dr. Hill) from the Re-Animator movies as the villain. And Mark Hamill turns into a giant cockroach!

http://media.movieweb.com/prod/e/J/H/DVF58HFNXNfeJH_l.jpg

And Guyver 2: Dark Hero, feels like an episode of the Power Rangers on acid. I like this one a lot too because it dives into the origins of the Guyver unit.

http://media.movieweb.com/prod/3/7/c/DV58J75dlsM37c_l.jpg

By the way, the first Guyver movie is also know as Mutronic!

[spacemonkey]

Anybody remember this cover? I seem to remember the imaging popping out of the box and the lights turning on and off with a florescent green light.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51hbrL5w4RL._SS500_.jpg

[XCoRyX]

This may be my new favorite thread in recent years here...so many memories its insane.

[spacemonkey]

This may be my new favorite thread in recent years here...so many memories its insane.

Thanks man, glad youre enjoying it!

Heres a couple more:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6c/XFilesMoviePoster.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/68/AstronautWife.jpg/406px-AstronautWife.jpg

[Repo Man]

Thanks man, glad youre enjoying it!

Heres a couple more:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6c/XFilesMoviePoster.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/68/AstronautWife.jpg/406px-AstronautWife.jpg

Mentioned Astronauts Wife at the end of the previous page btw ;) ...X-Files on the other hand, who else was totally disapointed by the lack of revelations in the film ? It didnt really answer any questions at all and just raised some new ones. It's still pretty good entertainment though, just that all the build up in the series got wasted as it was almost like an opener for a new season.

[spacemonkey]

YEah, that first movie was more like a set up for a bigger story, which of course will now be expanded upon in the sequel thats about to be released. What always pisses me off is how Scully never gets to see the freaking aliens, she always misses everything!

[Repo Man]

YEah, that first movie was more like a set up for a bigger story, which of course will now be expanded upon in the sequel thats about to be released. What always pisses me off is how Scully never gets to see the freaking aliens, she always misses everything!

Aye, it sort of worked out during the first 4 seasons in most of the key happenings but in the movie i just kinda slapped myself in the face and went "ack! should have known they do this crap again!"... I do wonder what the sequal will be like, the trailers dont look promising but im hoping they save all the cool stuff for the actual film.

[spacemonkey]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f0/Warlock_The_Armageddon_1993_film_DVD_cover.jpg

Title: Warlock: The Armageddon (1993)

Director: Anthony Hickox

Mini Review:

Saw this one last night, had loads of fun with it. Its the sequel to the 1989 fantasy/horror film Warlock. It comes to us from director Anthony Hickox, who also directed films like Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth, Return of the Living Dead III, and the two Waxworks movies.

The storyline for Warlock: The Armageddon, has the Warlock reborn, coming back to try and find five magical stones which can open up a portal and bring Satan himself onto earth, because according to this movie, Satan is "trapped" in hell and he needs these five stones to be released and start the Armageddon, the destruction of humanity and all that stuff. Coming from this director, it doesnt surprise me that the story is very similar to the story seen in Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth. Actually theres many things between Hellraiser III and Warlock: The Armageddon. The premise is basically the same exact one, bringing hell on earth and the destruction of humanity. But theres also a couple of scenes that are very similar in nature, like for example, in Hellraiser III, old Pinhead is trapped inside of a work of art. In fact, if I remember correctly, for most of the movie Pinhead is a work of art, a statue with his face sculptured on it. On Warlock: The Armageddon, theres a sequence in which The Warlock transforms an art collector into a work of art, via some very cheesy computer effects. The effects range from pretty good (the rebirth of The Warlock was pretty decent) to the really crappy (the transformation of an art collector into a sculpture) to the pretty decent (telekenetic battle in the end). So what we get with Warlock: The Armageddon is one of those horror/fantasy movies in which the effects are sometimes decent, and sometimes laughable.

This movies fantasy element is a bit higher then the first one. We have the Warlock himself who is always using his magic powers, flying around, floating, moving things with his mind and we have these characters which are a group of priests who are also really Warlocks (!?!), and they know all about the prophecies about the Warlock coming to free Satan, and they know all about the magical stones and all that. This was a weird angle for me, because can someone explain to me how christian catholic priests also dabble in magic which is strictly forbidden in the bible? I dont know. My advice is, dont question this movies logic too much, just go with the flow of this cheesy movie, and youll have more fun. :) Also, on this movie, everybody uses telekenisis. So at one point in the film, theres this all out battle between the forces of good and evil and everyone is throwing people around with their mental powers. So if you like movies where people are constantly flying through the air like Superman or moving things with the power of their mind, then this is the movie for you.

Theres this whole sequence in which the good priests/warlocks are training their "chosen one" to do battle with the Warlock. And they are teaching him the ways of telekenisis and I dont know if it was just me, but the movie suddenly turned into The Empire Strikes Back, because they have one of the good Warlocks training the kid as if he was Yoda, and the kid is like Luke Skywalker learning how to use the powers by making mistakes. It was a little too much of a rip off. But what are you gonna do?

By the ending of the movie, the kids all pumped up ready to do battle with the evil Warlock. But the Warlock is of course a billion times more powerful. Satan makes yet another appearance in this movie (he also appears in the first one) and I thought it was cool that his appearance was very much influenced by the Hammer Studios film The Devil Rides Out, which has the Devil appear out of hell in these neon colors, nice homage to that classic.

The film gets extremely cheesy with its story, but if your into that sort of thing (like I am) then you should have loads of fun with this one.

Rating: 2 1/2 out of 5

[XCoRyX]

I remember seeing the previews for Warlock:Armageddon all the time when watching the Leprechaun movies due to them being with the almighty B-Movie studio gods Vidmark Entertainment.

Been a while though.

[Repo Man]

Think i still have Warlock 1 and 2 on VHS somewhere, cant wait to get my VHS player back from my bro so i can check them out along with Split Second and Nemesis. Im in dire need of some true cheese! :D

[spacemonkey]

Think i still have Warlock 1 and 2 on VHS somewhere, cant wait to get my VHS player back from my bro so i can check them out along with Split Second and Nemesis. Im in dire need of some true cheese! :D

Ive been having a freaking cheese over dose these past few weeks! Ive seen Spacehunter, Star Crystal, Ice Pirates, Warlocks 1 and 2...and I will continue! Up next for me is an 80s movie called Dead and Buried.

I need to find Split Second and Nemesis! Sadly they arent available on Netflix!

[spacemonkey]

I remember seeing the previews for Warlock:Armageddon all the time when watching the Leprechaun movies due to them being with the almighty B-Movie studio gods Vidmark Entertainment.

Been a while though.

The Leprechaun movies! Those are a series of films that also mesh the worlds of horror and fantasy. In that sense they are very similar to the Hellraiser films which I should also include on these threads.

Heres some fantasy/horror from the 90s:

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Leprechaun - Wow, this ones a mega cheese fest. I actually made a group of my highschool friends see this one in the theaters because I thought it was going to kick ass. Everyone wanted to kill me after we got out of the theater (actually during the movie as well) specially since our other option was Bram Stokers Dracula, a far superior picture. Still, this movie is cheesy fun. I re-watched it a couple of days ago, its actually a fun watch cause the movie is so bad. And watching Jennifer Aniston getting her tooshie dirty in a horror movie was great. Was this her first film role? I believ it was!

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Leprechaun 4: In Space - I remember this one actually being a fun time. It was gorier, slimier and more entertaining (in a cheesy way) then I had expected.

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Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth - Old Pinhead is trapped in an art sculpture (why? who the hell knows, he just looks cool!) and is urgently looking for some idiot to bring him back to reality so he can bring his cenobytes start hell on earth. One thing I remember pretty well, one of the cenobytes has a cd-player stuck to his head!