EVERYTHING was changed!!!

[RobertScorpio]

The Day The Earth Stood Still, The Forbidden Planet, 2001, Star Wars.

These are so called ‘big events’ in scifi/movie history. I am sure I missed a few here and there (do tell). But these ones, and others I missed, pushed the envelope. But when I think of SCIFI movies that changed the landscape, or moved things forward, does it really end at Star Wars? What are the so called ‘big scif movie’ events post Star Wars that ‘changed’ the landscape? Or, has nothing happened in the past 30+ years….

Rob
Scorpio

 

[sojourner]

Matrix?

 

[Canadave]

Blade Runner.

 

[RobertScorpio]

Matrix?

Yeah..thats a good one. But in twenty years when they look back on scifi movies will Matrix hold up? Hard to say...

Rob

 

[Scout101]

The first one? absolutely. The sequels? no.

big concepts, many of which went straight into pop culture usage. Innovative filming techniques, which were instantly copied left and right, and are fairly common now.

The matrix will hold up as well as any of the others you've mentioned...

 

[RobertScorpio]

The first one? absolutely. The sequels? no.

big concepts, many of which went straight into pop culture usage. Innovative filming techniques, which were instantly copied left and right, and are fairly common now.

The matrix will hold up as well as any of the others you've mentioned...

Yeah..I think you won me over on that. So does it skip from STAR WARS to MATRIX? Anything else in between them? Jurrasic Park perhaps? Blade Runner (as suggested by an earlier post).

Rob

 

[TheArsenal]

I would say Mad Max and Road Warrior heavily shaped how post-apocalyptic futures were portrayed, particularly the clothing.

 

[barnaclelapse]

The Matrix and Blade Runner are definitely two that come to mind. Mad Max would be another, absolutely. You could even argue that the successful reboot of Star Trek through the new film proved that you can indeed strike a balance between old favorites and new ways of relating those old favorites that will leave most people pleased with the overall experience.

 

[RobertScorpio]

The Matrix and Blade Runner are definitely two that come to mind. Mad Max would be another, absolutely. You could even argue that the successful reboot of Star Trek through the new film proved that you can indeed strike a balance between old favorites and new ways of relating those old favorites that will leave most people pleased with the overall experience.

What about SUPERMAN THE MOVIE? Elements of that movie are Scifi and it did provide a blueprint for later SUPERHERO movies...

Rob

 

[The Nth Doctor]

For superheroes, Batman Begins.

If we're counting spy films (because of James Bond), then I would say The Bourne Identity had a huge impact on that genre.

 

[Mr Light]

Harry Potter. Lord of the Rings. POTC was a phenomenon but we haven't seen any copycats yet.

 

[Scout101]

Jurrasic Park could be worth a mention, yeah. The scale and quality of the special effects there were certainly something special, as most people were shocked by it at the time, after seeing shitty puppet or mechanical-style dinosaurs before that. Add in the soundtrack, and it was certainly a big deal at the time.

 

[Scout101]

I don't see Harry Potter as worth mentioning here. The books were a big deal (largely to children, but popular with the adult crowd as well), but the movies really weren't anything special, and didn't break any new ground, through story, filming, or music/special effects.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Agreed on Harry Potter not really mattering. I think Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean, on the other hand, do count.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Alien - brought dark, rusty, uninviting ship environs
Terminator - brought relentless action sci-fi, the "double climax" quite effective in its day and oft imitated
Aliens - brought the gritty gung-ho military sci-fi we sometimes see
T2 - this one is debatable but to me this changed movies because it showed with CG anything was possible

 

[Scout101]

Yes and no. LOTR I could see an argument for, given the pure scope of the thing, filming all at once, 56 hour mega-super special editions and all. Not sure it really changed things, but it was certainly a massive epic in size and production, and perhaps that filtered into other films?

POTC, though, I'm less sure about. Certainly popular, but what new ground did it break? No real changes to the genre, filming techniques, not being copied profusely, so...?

Need to seperate Popularity from Game-Changer.

 

[RobertScorpio]

Yes and no. LOTR I could see an argument for, given the pure scope of the thing, filming all at once, 56 hour mega-super special editions and all. Not sure it really changed things, but it was certainly a massive epic in size and production, and perhaps that filtered into other films?

POTC, though, I'm less sure about. Certainly popular, but what new ground did it break? No real changes to the genre, filming techniques, not being copied profusely, so...?

Need to seperate Popularity from Game-Changer.

agreed...

What about a film like Cloverfield in terms of how to use the Internet and hand/held camera to make a movie and PR it?

Rob

 

[Shawnster]

Definitely Terminator! With one simple phrase it solidified it's place in pop-culture.

"I'll be back!"

 

[Davros]

What about a film like Cloverfield in terms of how to use the Internet and hand/held camera to make a movie and PR it?

Rob

Blair Witch did it first.

 

[RobertScorpio]

What about a film like Cloverfield in terms of how to use the Internet and hand/held camera to make a movie and PR it?

Rob

Blair Witch did it first.

True...

Rob