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Posted by jlp937 (Member # 1877) on :

My movie of the day today sparked an interesting thought. What films that were made about the future (done during the 80s) do you think were the best. I will help you out and give you a list of the ones that I can think of:

Runaway
Bladerunner
Escape from L.A.(may actually be late 70s)
Flash Gordon
Tron

These are just a few. I am sure that you can come up with others on your own.

Posted by jlp937 (Member # 1877) on :

Idiot alert: I meant FUTURISTIC

Posted by Fat (Member # 2334) on :

I'll take the obvious choice...

Back to the future 1 - 3 of course.
Total Recall(90 but close enough)
Robocop
The Running Man
Mad Max

Posted by StevenHW (Member # 509) on :

Part of Jlp937's list:

quote:
[snip]...
Escape from L.A. (may actually be late 70s)

Escape from L.A. is from 1996.

Perhaps you were thinking of Escape From New York (1981), and made by the same director, John Carpenter?

Posted by Canyoudigit. (Member # 2703) on :

Bladerunner

Posted by stitch_groover (Member # 2895) on :

My fave "furutistic" movie is the one where they race to find the solution to reading disorders. I think it was called "Dyslexia for cure found".

Posted by jlp937 (Member # 1877) on :

Yes thanks Steven, that is the one I was thinking of.

I forgot about Total Recall, I loved that one.

Posted by C.T. (Member # 2903) on :

THE TERMINATOR!
THE WRAITH
BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED
WEIRD SCIENCE

Posted by Bionic Bigfoot (Member # 2490) on :

Bladerunner
Escape From N.Y.
Robocop
Back To The Future II

Posted by stu1984 (Member # 3248) on :

total recall <--------- one of my top 5 fav films [Big Grin]

back to the future
the terminator
the running man
robocop

Im sure there are more but i cant think [Confused]

Posted by The Wizard (Member # 533) on :

Brill, futuristic sci-fi movies... hey you all already listed the best ones [Razz]

Battle Beyond the Stars
Solarbabies aks Solar Warriors
Red Dwarf -ok not a film but it's set 3 million years into the future [Smile]

2010
Aliens
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
The Last Starfighter
Explorers
Slipstream
Trancers

Posted by Hordak (Member # 1772) on :

Both Dune and Aliens looked pretty darned futuristic, they get my votes. Fact I'm not sure artistically if the sets in those 2 have ever been equalled actually.

Yep Dune and Aliens [Smile]

Posted by Devolution (Member # 1731) on :

Devolution here,

Damn you Wizard!!!!

I thought I had Spacehunter to put up there, but I should have realized that I couldn't wait this long to post. Anyway, the best, Aliens, of a movie that isn't named "The Empire Strikes Back" I enjoy the running man too. Tron is good, but I think it's just for nostaglia sake.

We are DEVO

Posted by Nomisdrol (Member # 2688) on :

All these posts and not a single mention of Mad Max 2 aka The Road Warrior. And I thought we had some serious movie fans on this board...

Posted by Nomisdrol (Member # 2688) on :

ps Devo. Technically speaking, Empire Strikes Back is set "a long time ago" and therefore does not qualify as a futuristic film... [Wink]

Posted by Nomisdrol (Member # 2688) on :

...and as I'm in a picky kinda mood, Fat, weren't BTTF 1 & 3 both set in the past...?

Posted by Ronnie (Member # 465) on :

out of all the movies that were mentioned, ALIENS is my favorite. for being 20 years old, it still kicks ***, and the effects are awesome.

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