Best Fantastic Movie of 1982?

[CountDeMoney]

His humour will not be everyone's cup of tea,

You got that right.

I remember when I came home from the theater, and my sister told my Mom how I was crying a little when Spock died, and she was all like, "Don't worry, they'll figure out a way to bring him back."

[Martinus]

The Wrath of Khan and his Shiny Prosthetic Pectorals was awesome swashbuckling fun at the time but looks terribly dated now.  Bladerunner and The Thing do not.  Slight edge to to The Thing, as the Bladerunner has some slow moody parts that The Thing does not.

I just watched Bladerunner last night (never seen it before  ) and yeah it quite holds up if you discount the fact that technological progress went into a different direction (we dont have video phone booths, we have mobiles,etc).

[grumbler]

I just watched Bladerunner last night (never seen it before  ) and yeah it quite holds up if you discount the fact that technological progress went into a different direction (we dont have video phone booths, we have mobiles,etc).

Which version did you see?  There are five (!) versions that have been released.  The 117-minute version from 2007 is the best, IMO.  It is known as the "25th Anniversary Edition."

[Ed Anger]

I just watched Bladerunner last night (never seen it before  ) and yeah it quite holds up if you discount the fact that technological progress went into a different direction (we dont have video phone booths, we have mobiles,etc).

Which version did you see?  There are five (!) versions that have been released.  The 117-minute version from 2007 is the best, IMO.  It is known as the "25th Anniversary Edition."

Polish 'Beet' Edition.

[Scipio]

ET was crap.  ET remains crap.  Benevolent aliens are bullshit, unless they are Vulcans, and thus motivated by self-interest.

I voted for Khan, but it was a near thing.  On some other day, I may vote for BladeRunner.

[grumbler]

Polish 'Beet' Edition.

The Polish title actually translates as "TaterRunner."

[Scipio]

And for the record, if we're talking 1982 releases, Khan kicks BladeRunner's ass all over the place.  The 1982 release of BladeRunner is a hot mess, and not in a good way.

[grumbler]

Khan was fun enough when it first came out, but had no legs (like all Star Trek movies).  I wouldn't turn on a TV to watch it today.

Conan had everything Khan had, plus better-looking chicks dressed in less.

[Scipio]

Khan was fun enough when it first came out, but had no legs (like all Star Trek movies).  I wouldn't turn on a TV to watch it today.

Conan had everything Khan had, plus better-looking chicks dressed in less.

Nonsense.  Conan had only one scenery chewer- Khan was full of them.  Also, Khan had better music and better effects.

[jimmy olsen]

Conan's music was much better.

[Razgovory]

The Wrath of Khan and his Shiny Prosthetic Pectorals was awesome swashbuckling fun at the time but looks terribly dated now.  Bladerunner and The Thing do not.  Slight edge to to The Thing, as the Bladerunner has some slow moody parts that The Thing does not.

I just watched Bladerunner last night (never seen it before  ) and yeah it quite holds up if you discount the fact that technological progress went into a different direction (we dont have video phone booths, we have mobiles,etc).

I think they did have those, for a short period of time.  Wasn't successful.

[grumbler]

Also, Khan had better music and better effects.

Disagree about the music, agree about the effects.  Khan's weren't good enough to be an asset, while Conan's were bad enough to be an asset.

[Martinus]

Which version did you see?  There are five (!) versions that have been released.  The 117-minute version from 2007 is the best, IMO.  It is known as the "25th Anniversary Edition."
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Director's cut.

[grumbler]

Director's cut.

That's a good version, though the director (Scott) didn't like it because it wasn't actually done by him. 

IIRC, the DC still left out most of the evidence that Decker himself was a replicant.  The girl was a replicant in the DC, wasn't she?

I do recall that the DC got rid of the voiceovers.  That was important.

[Ideologue]

Speaking of which, this poll was inspired by SF-Debris' reopsting of their Star Trek II Review:
http://sfdebris.com/startrek/film2.asp

I actually like that guy's reviews a fair bit. His humour will not be everyone's cup of tea, but he is pretty good in analyzing movie/tv show plots IMO. He recently pulled a lot of his older reviews from YouTube and now re-releases them piecemeal, slightly edited, and with a few new reviews in between.

Yeah, SF Debris's good people.