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Some years are magical, where movies are concerned.
You just get some peak years that are unsurpassed.
For me, it was 1982. It seemed like the "new" classics were just pouring in every week.
Blade Runner.
ET.
The Thing.
Mad Max II-The Road Warrior.
All of these movies really stood out. Blade Runner and The Thing may have bombed then, but they certainly redeemed themselves later on.
They changed the way certainly formulas were used, and pushed the envelope to its limit.
The Thing was so alien and horrific, and the physical effects so out there, most audiences couldn't take it, but I loved it. As one character said: "Ya gotta be ****ing kidding!"
This was Pre-CG. If you wanted a alien with eight spider legs, you had to build it and make it work. That made it so real to me, I really got into it. The movie was so bleak, unforgiving. No happy ending here, 'cause they all died in the end. Even the soundtrack was so grim.
Blade Runner got me back to the early 70s, when grim SciFi was producing gems like POTA, Soylent Green and the Omega Man. No glitzy space ships here. Androids being exploited by humanity, the "imperfect" humans themselves left behind on Dying Earth. Remember, Deckard was still on Earth because he had failed the physical to go Off-World.
Rutger Hauer stealing the show with his unusual style, and his breathtaking monologue (the best parts of which were his own improv). Ford tackling such a non-heroic character. One of the few times he really took a chance (Mosquito Coast being the other).
Mad Max II. Rawer, harder, grimmer, with a wicked sense of humour. Post-Apocalypse at its best. Each stunt was real, 22 stuntmen were hurt making this. No SPFX, it was all real. This one was for the bad boys. This movie didn't sugarcoat anything.
And ET?
Well, in 1982 two wrinkled old creatures battled it out for most popular, and what can I say? Gandhi didn't win.
1982 was a terrific year.
Need more convincing?
Wrath of Khan? Star Trek getting back in stride and kicking butt. The death of Spock (which should have been left like that, it was a logical way to go), great acting,....
I nominate this year for best Genre Movie Year ever!!!!
You just get some peak years that are unsurpassed.
For me, it was 1982. It seemed like the "new" classics were just pouring in every week.
Blade Runner.
ET.
The Thing.
Mad Max II-The Road Warrior.
All of these movies really stood out. Blade Runner and The Thing may have bombed then, but they certainly redeemed themselves later on.
They changed the way certainly formulas were used, and pushed the envelope to its limit.
The Thing was so alien and horrific, and the physical effects so out there, most audiences couldn't take it, but I loved it. As one character said: "Ya gotta be ****ing kidding!"
This was Pre-CG. If you wanted a alien with eight spider legs, you had to build it and make it work. That made it so real to me, I really got into it. The movie was so bleak, unforgiving. No happy ending here, 'cause they all died in the end. Even the soundtrack was so grim.
Blade Runner got me back to the early 70s, when grim SciFi was producing gems like POTA, Soylent Green and the Omega Man. No glitzy space ships here. Androids being exploited by humanity, the "imperfect" humans themselves left behind on Dying Earth. Remember, Deckard was still on Earth because he had failed the physical to go Off-World.
Rutger Hauer stealing the show with his unusual style, and his breathtaking monologue (the best parts of which were his own improv). Ford tackling such a non-heroic character. One of the few times he really took a chance (Mosquito Coast being the other).
Mad Max II. Rawer, harder, grimmer, with a wicked sense of humour. Post-Apocalypse at its best. Each stunt was real, 22 stuntmen were hurt making this. No SPFX, it was all real. This one was for the bad boys. This movie didn't sugarcoat anything.
And ET?
Well, in 1982 two wrinkled old creatures battled it out for most popular, and what can I say? Gandhi didn't win.
1982 was a terrific year.
Need more convincing?
Wrath of Khan? Star Trek getting back in stride and kicking butt. The death of Spock (which should have been left like that, it was a logical way to go), great acting,....
I nominate this year for best Genre Movie Year ever!!!!
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