Some 80’s Sci-Fi Flicks
The cold weather is coming in slowly. More and more of those evenings are getting boring and lonely. It’s time you grab your boots and mittens, print that list below, and walk to the nearest rental!
On a snowy morning, out of boredom and some sort of weird passion for the old science fiction movies, I’ve put up a list of my favorite Sci-Fi Movies of the 80’s. I know there’s a million of them I haven’t posted, there was shovelling I had to attend to…
To start off, two Classics by John Carpenter.
The Thing (1982)
An alien spaceship crashes in the Antarctic thousands of years ago. The Ship’s creature crawls out and freezes. Years later, it starts to assimilate humans and finds it’s way to an American research station. The crew fights off the parasitic alien, only to find out the task is way harder than expected…
Kurt Russell stars in this remake by John Carpenter of a 1951 classic called The Thing from Another World. This grotesque remastering is worth renting, and in my opinion even worth buying. Maybe not for the faint hearted.
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Big Trouble in Little China doesn’t really fit in the Sci-Fi Flicks. When I was just a kid, the Kung-Fu action mixed with the Fantasy and magic had me glued to the television. I watched it again and again, and to this day, it’s still one of my favorites, since it was produced in the 80’s, I had to put it somewhere in this list.
Starring Kurt Russell once again, Big Trouble in Little China is the story of Jack Burton, an all-American trucker who gets himself a load of cash at some card game. He gives a ride to his friend, who doesn’t have enough to pay up his debt, He then gets himself entangled in a century old supernatural battle in Chinatown. A pleasant classic, with some humorous scenes, probably a good movie for anyone.
Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira (1988)
Obviously one of the best Science Fiction movies of the 80’s, Akira is a Japanese Anime that was very popular. Even for the movie fanatics who usually don’t watch anime, Akira proves to be a very good movie, and a very good addition to any movie collection.
In a futuristic Neo-Tokyo, Kaneda, a bike gang leader, goes after the rescue of his friend Tetsuo. Testuo is involved in a secret governmental project called Akira. As the story goes along, the events start up Testuo’s destructive supernatural powers, draging the two friends in a chaotic tale of blood and violence.
Robocop (1987) & The Terminator (1984)
I actually had trouble choosing between Robocop and The Terminator, both extremely good robot trilogies (not including Terminator Salvation), both indulged in action and American testosterone, it was a though choice. I finally chose to post both in the same paragraph, for simplicity.
The Terminator will always be The Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as the badass minigun slinging indestructible robot from the future. The trilogy embraces the tale of war between humans and machines, crazy car chases, explosions, robots bashing on robots. Everything a Sci-Fi fan would enjoy.
In my opinion, the second one; Terminator 2: Judgment Day is the best out of the three, Arnold stars as the good guy, the bad guy is a liquid metal robot, the soundtrack is pretty cool too.
Im still planning on checking out the fourth one soon enough!
Not as known as The Terminator, Robocop was still a very good robot/cyborg movie for it’s time.
After Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) is brutally killed, an agency rebuilds his body with steel and weaponry, they entitle him Robocop. He proves to be very effective against criminals and unfortunately attracts the attention of a super villain. The sequels are enjoyable if you liked the first one, but with a long list, I would stick to only the original stuff.
Of course, those robots may not be Transformers but, they still pack a punch and a lot of fun.
David Cronenberg’s The Fly (1986)
Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum) passionate scientist who works on teleportation. Seth uses himself as the guinea pig for his attempt at teleportation, he succeeds, with a small side effect. A normal housefly was accompanying him in the teleporter. The scientist then begins to transform slowly into a 6 foot aberration. A journalist (Geena Davis) was documenting his research witnesses the horrific transformation.
More to come…