The 1990s science fiction movie poll

oh shit daryl mitchell is a paraplegic now?!? jeez

i voted TOTAL RECALL on a whim

Galaxy Quest is great but I dunno if anyone would love it who isn't overly familiar with Star Trek

but i also like galaxy quest, 12 monkeys, the fifth element and city of lost children

i've seen cube more times than i'd like to admit.

people all enjoy eXistenZ as OTT camp right?

I'm not sure I'd say it was camp, but definitely an OTT romp. Unless that's your only requirement for camp, in which case THAT'S COOL, BRO. It was on my shortlist, but I voted for City of Lost Children, as I figured it might not get much top vote love.

eXistenZ is not camp.

at least not in the way that, say, Mommie Dearest or Showgirls is camp

i voted TOTAL RECALL because it's awesome.

That's a sad selection of films.

it isn't really! I'm more impressed by it than I expected to be when I started compiling

I am too... but its still bad, especially compared to the 80s

UM SHOULDN'T THE MATRIX (1999) BE ON HEAR.

Iron Giant is my favorite on this list but I don't think it's exactly appropriate.

Oh haha The Matrix is in the "T"s. Sorry.!

Matrix is terrible

matrix is awesome and any other opinion is wilful contrarianism.

eXistenz's greatness lies in the fact that it's a movie set in a videogame and the acting and plotting are as clunky as a typcial videogame cutscene.

cube is dull.

fifth element the most entertaining,

the matrix is great, it's the sequels that are complete shit.

exactly.

fifth element is way too camp and irritating.

^^^ willful contrarianism

GIS multipass flickr OMG

fifth element. surprised not to see more love for it here.

just compared to everything else on the list Fifth Element stands out for me, i don't see how it's irritating, it was a great movie to watch at the cinema.

none of the other movies listed rate more than 8/10 for me personally.

(it was like a technicolour bladerunner flick)

i voted eXistenZ, it's funny as balls.

and deeeeep man.

+ cronenberg's last good film

i mean it has dolph lundgren AND henry rollins AND ice-t.

And it was directed by Robert Longo... The only way it could be more 90s was if Barbara Kruger did the posters.

I've seen everything on this list, but if I had to vote it would be one of these:

The Arrival
12 Monkeys
Dark City
Gattaca
Mimic
Starship Troopers
Strange Days

And if Spaced Invaders is going to be on here, then "Meet the Applegates" should be too.

I would vote for Rocketeer if it was one of the choices.

I was expecting the 90s poll to be thin, but wow. I'm torn between the iron giant and the fucking lawnmower man. maybe total recall. or maybe I'll cast a protest vote for godzilla.

I haven't seen a bunch of reputedly decent films on this list; gattaca, 12 monkeys, ghost in the shell, city of lost children, dark city. estimating what I've seen in the polls list breaks down like:

70's = saw 90% of the movies
80's = saw 75% of the movies
90's = saw < 50% of the movies

haha I debated that one for a minute, xpost to elvis

How about The Truman Show?

that actually happened though I thought

Also, if we're going to include animation then "Memories" should be a choice too.

broke it down to:
City Of Lost Children
Ghost In The Shell
Starship Troopers
The Iron Giant

i love a third of the list

No one's even mentioned Men In Black yet. I didn't even see this until a year or two ago, but found it immensely entertaining

I'll have to make a trip or two to the video store this weekend before I vote.

Men in Black is the shit!! I'm voting for that.

Overall, these are so bad compared to the movies in the 80s science fiction poll.

more GO's:
Akira
Batman Returns (he's a scientist)
CLASS OF 1999
THE FACULTY lulz

lotsa diminishing return sequels without peers equal to their precedents

xpost

Iron Giant. Which I feel may be the sleeper here.

totally missed the 80s poll somehow. also thought Akira came out in 90/91 sorree

starship troopers

lol @ old people bitching about how the 1980s were so much better for science fiction

soon you'll be able to talk about how much this decade sucked!! it's right around the corner!! get excited

this decade did suck!

and continues to do so

lol @ old people bitching about how the 1980s were so much better for science fiction

Ahh, they don't make science fiction movies like that, anymore.

I don’t think I’d vote for it on a best sci-fi poll, but Galaxy Quest is easily the best film on this list in terms of quality.

not sure there's an "easily the best" option under any heading meself tbh, several movies here i love and think are really strong efforts

Considered watching 12 Monkeys the other day (don't think I've seen it since its theatrical release), remembered the plot, revised my consideration.

I do not care about 90% of these but Galaxy Quest is grebt.

A TS: Postman vs. Waterworld might be interesting. But for me it would come down to Olivia Williams vs. Jeanne Tripplehorn, and that would be sad because they are both dear to me. Terrible movies, of course.

so many bad opinions itt

mh, are you saying that you liked Waterworld?

sorry for the monday morning negativity

there are also so many good opinions itt

Galaxy Quest is indeed great

Strange Days is terrible, just like p much every other Kat Bigelow movie

I saw Lawnmower Man *in the theater*. It is also awful.

I think at the time i was still mildly curious about the potential of this newfangled CGI stuff

If you've seen the (yes, completely awful) film The Lawnmower Man but have yet to read the Stephen King short story 'The Lawnmower Man', I would suggest that you do so ASAP. Never has Hollywood more faithfully adapted an existing work. It's almost eerie.

I saw most of these when they came out, and for the most part, not since then. I have to go with my memory of how psyched I was upon exiting the theater I'd vote for Jurassic Park, though I'm baffled as to why T2 is not on the list.