1982: best year EVER

[Shat Happens]

Blade Runner. TRON. ET. And, of course, Star Trek II.

We sf fans wouldn't be here without them.

SF in general wouldn't be what it is without them, at least in movies and tv.

 

[1001001]

Moving to SFF

 

[Shat Happens]

what's SFF?

 

[sojourner]

The proper forum.

 

[Sindatur]

what's SFF?

Science Fiction and Fantasy

 

[davejames]

People always talk about 1982, but for me it was only really TWOK and The Thing that I really cared about from that year (much as I admire Blade Runner, I've just never been able to love it as much as others).

For me it was actually 1984 that was the most special: Ghostbusters, Terminator, Temple of Doom, Gremlins, and Star Trek III. And heck, I'd probably throw Romancing the Stone in there too.

 

[Pingfah]

Blade Runner. TRON. ET. And, of course, Star Trek II.

We sf fans wouldn't be here without them.

SF in general wouldn't be what it is without them, at least in movies and tv.

You forgot The Thing, probably one of the top 3 sci-fi horrors ever made.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

On the fantasy side of things, 1982 also had Conan the Barbarian.

 

[Tom]

A lot of memorable movies! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_in_film

 

[ManOnTheWave]

Back in 2012, the Alamo Drafthouse ran showings of numerous 1982 films opening on their anniversaries. Got to see The Road Warrior, Star Trek II, Poltergeist, and Fast Times at Ridgemont High all on the big screen. I missed out on Conan the Barbarian, The Secret of NIMH, TRON, and The Dark Crystal.

I watched Blade Runner and The Thing at home.

 

[TemporalFlux]

1982 was also the debut of the He-man and the Masters of the Universe toy line; the cartoon followed starting in 1983.

 

[Shazam!]

For me it was actually 1984 that was the most special: Ghostbusters, Terminator, Temple of Doom, Gremlins, and Star Trek III. And heck, I'd probably throw Romancing the Stone in there too.

I see your 1984 and raise you 1986:

Aliens
Big Trouble in Little China
Blue Velvet
"Crocodile" Dundee
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Flight of the Navigator
The Fly
The Golden Child
Highlander
Labyrinth
Little Shop of Horrors
The Mission
The Money Pit
Platoon
Short Circuit
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
¡Three Amigos!
Top Gun
The Transformers

To name a few...

 

[Nerys Myk]

Damn, I went to a lot of movies in the 80s.

 

[Tulin]

People always talk about 1982, but for me it was only really TWOK and The Thing that I really cared about from that year (much as I admire Blade Runner, I've just never been able to love it as much as others).

For me it was actually 1984 that was the most special: Ghostbusters, Terminator, Temple of Doom, Gremlins, and Star Trek III. And heck, I'd probably throw Romancing the Stone in there too.

Yep - we're going through each film this year, as the date arrives, doing a thirty years viewing.

WONDERFUL year and GREAT memories!

Add in

The Last Starfighter
Conan The Destroyer
The Neverending Story
Dune
Starman
Repo Man
Greystoke
The Philadelphia Experiememt
Red Dawn
2010
Bucakroo Banzai
Dreamscape
CHUD
1984
Nightmare on Elm Street
Supergirl


and that's without the just great 80's films like

Beverly Hills Cop
The Karate Kid
Splash
Footloose
This Is Spinal Tap
Police Academy
Revenge of The Nerds
Electric Dreams



Uuuuummmmm............yeah.

I think 1984 wins HANDS DOWN!!!!!

 

[davejames]

As many great scifi movies as there has been since then, there's just something about those 80s movies that makes them seem a bit more magical I think. Probably because of the heavy reliance on models and puppets and old school, often hand-animated visual effects (think the proton streams from Ghostbusters), which were so much bolder and more colorful than the kind of generic, computerized look that came later with CGI.

 

[Push The Button]

Saw The Wrath of Khan four times that summer. Now, my wife and I might see a movie in an actual theater once a year.

It was a great year for movies. Ah, you're only young once, I suppose.

Actually, our last three theater visits were all Trek related, the two JJ films and the TNG Best of Both Worlds screening.

 

[Tosk]

Let's just all agree that growing up on '80s movies was fuckin' awesome.

 

[cylkoth]

For me it was actually 1984 that was the most special: Ghostbusters, Terminator, Temple of Doom, Gremlins, and Star Trek III. And heck, I'd probably throw Romancing the Stone in there too.

I see your 1984 and raise you 1986:

Aliens
Big Trouble in Little China
Blue Velvet
"Crocodile" Dundee
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Flight of the Navigator
The Fly
The Golden Child
Highlander
Labyrinth
Little Shop of Horrors
The Mission
The Money Pit
Platoon
Short Circuit
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
¡Three Amigos!
Top Gun
The Transformers

To name a few...

People always talk about 1982, but for me it was only really TWOK and The Thing that I really cared about from that year (much as I admire Blade Runner, I've just never been able to love it as much as others).

For me it was actually 1984 that was the most special: Ghostbusters, Terminator, Temple of Doom, Gremlins, and Star Trek III. And heck, I'd probably throw Romancing the Stone in there too.

Yep - we're going through each film this year, as the date arrives, doing a thirty years viewing.

WONDERFUL year and GREAT memories!

Add in

The Last Starfighter
Conan The Destroyer
The Neverending Story
Dune
Starman
Repo Man
Greystoke
The Philadelphia Experiememt
Red Dawn
2010
Bucakroo Banzai
Dreamscape
CHUD
1984
Nightmare on Elm Street
Supergirl


and that's without the just great 80's films like

Beverly Hills Cop
The Karate Kid
Splash
Footloose
This Is Spinal Tap
Police Academy
Revenge of The Nerds
Electric Dreams



Uuuuummmmm............yeah.

I think 1984 wins HANDS DOWN!!!!!

What's remarkable, is the variety offered during both these years. Space opera, fantasy, superhero, action adventure. While the last 2 years have given us space opera (Prometheus, Trek, Ender's Game) and of course, super-heroics, it feels, at least to me, a little more... blander now (hoards of teen sparkling vampires and werewolves) than those 2 lists show.
Perhaps it's just the haze of nostalgia making it seem better than the present.

 

[Push The Button]

1982 also had Airplane II, where we not only see Shatner in a great over-the-top performance, but (as far as I know) the only big-screen appearance of the pre-refit Enterprise (prior to the recent rescreenings or other special events, of course). My cousin and I were so into Trek at the time, we both applauded when it came onscreen.

 

[publiusr]

1979-1982--some of the greatest years in film. Much can be written about that era--the feeling of that period.