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Post by astropoug on May 17, 2022 15:04:20 GMT 10
1980s: Aliens, ET, Alf, Metroid, Mac & Me, Star Trek 2, 3, and 4, Galaga, Predator, Howard the Duck, The Thing
1990s: Independence Day, X-Files, Men In Black, Spice World (there is an alien scene in the movie), Duke Nukem 3D, Quake II, Space Jam, The Fifth Element, Half-Life
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Post by John Titor on May 18, 2022 0:44:50 GMT 10
one word Xfiles
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Post by 10slover on May 18, 2022 7:48:47 GMT 10
80s, 90s & 00s were obsessed with aliens it seems
The peak was in the 90s but it was still super huge in the 00s
Then it fell off in the early 10s
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Post by astropoug on May 18, 2022 8:31:42 GMT 10
80s, 90s & 00s were obsessed with aliens it seems The peak was in the 90s but it was still super huge in the 00s Then it fell off in the early 10s Meh, the 00s didn’t really have any big alien movies the same way the 80s and 90s did. I mean, 1996-1998 especially was obsessed with aliens. Independence Day, Men In Black, and Space Jam were all huge movies, not to mention the peak of X-Files. It seemed aliens were the next big craze in pop culture after dinosaurs. The 00s in general wasn’t big for sci-Fi the same way the 80s and 90s were. The 00s were obsessed with realism. Shooters went from Doom, Quake, and Half-Life to fucking Call of Duty and Battlefield. Escapist movies were usually either fantasy magic stuff like Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, or, like the 2010s, superhero movies. Whereas the 80s and 90s were obsessed with futurism. But the 80s was more lighthearted and family-friendly in tone, which shows in things like Alf and ET. Whereas the 90s were edgier and more cynical. Which shows in stuff like Independence Day and Half-Life.
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Post by astropoug on May 18, 2022 8:33:20 GMT 10
Remember all the advertisements and commercials for Independence Day? It was in every magazine, every TV channel, and, the 1996-1997 school year, everybody was talking about the movie.
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Post by astropoug on May 18, 2022 9:43:12 GMT 10
I've done a bit of research, and yeah, I think it's definitely the 90s. Because especially in 1996-1997, X-Files was at its peak, and there was a lot of UFO/conspiracy-related stuff. Roswell's 50th anniversary also received a good bit of attention.    Honestly I miss when conspiracy theories were this kind of goofy shit. Now it's all alt-right QAnon shit.
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Post by 10slover on May 18, 2022 10:11:53 GMT 10
80s, 90s & 00s were obsessed with aliens it seems The peak was in the 90s but it was still super huge in the 00s Then it fell off in the early 10s Meh, the 00s didn’t really have any big alien movies the same way the 80s and 90s did. I mean, 1996-1998 especially was obsessed with aliens. Independence Day, Men In Black, and Space Jam were all huge movies, not to mention the peak of X-Files. It seemed aliens were the next big craze in pop culture after dinosaurs. The 00s in general wasn’t big for sci-Fi the same way the 80s and 90s were. The 00s were obsessed with realism. Shooters went from Doom, Quake, and Half-Life to fucking Call of Duty and Battlefield. Escapist movies were usually either fantasy magic stuff like Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, or, like the 2010s, superhero movies. Whereas the 80s and 90s were obsessed with futurism. But the 80s was more lighthearted and family-friendly in tone, which shows in things like Alf and ET. Whereas the 90s were edgier and more cynical. Which shows in stuff like Independence Day and Half-Life. Just war of the worlds alone was to the 2000s what independence day was to the 90s Space/Sci-Fi/Alien movies weren't the biggest genre in the 00s but they were still one of the top 10 most popular genres And also they were all super over-the-top, while space movies in the 10s were more conceptual and scientific
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Post by astropoug on May 18, 2022 10:27:54 GMT 10
The part about how 2010s sci-fi movies are more scientific than earlier ones is true. I think immediately of Interstellar and The Martian.
However, the biggest sci-fi films of the 2010s were actually superhero ones like Guardians of the Galaxy, which I guess is the replacement for 00s over-the-top sci-fi.
I guess you're right that sci-fi wasn't irrelevant in the 2000s, but my point was that sci-fi was LESS relevant compared to the 80s and 90s. With the exception of Avatar in 2009 and Revenge of the Sith in 2005, sci-fi movies didn't top the box office charts of any other 2000s year, whereas they topped the box office charts in most years of the 80s and 90s (1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1998, and 1999).
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Post by astropoug on May 18, 2022 10:29:43 GMT 10
I also find it interesting how 2008/2009 seemed to have the most big sci-fi movies of all the 2000s years.
Makes sense, they were easily the most futuristic 2000s years.
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Post by Telso on May 19, 2022 21:54:21 GMT 10
I guess you're right that sci-fi wasn't irrelevant in the 2000s, but my point was that sci-fi was LESS relevant compared to the 80s and 90s. Maybe movies, but video games about aliens and general sci-fi were absolutely huge in the 2000s, with franchises like Halo, Mass Effect, BioShock, Deus Ex, Portal and Dead Space all having their start then, which IMO more than makes up for that.
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Post by astropoug on May 20, 2022 4:59:06 GMT 10
I guess you're right that sci-fi wasn't irrelevant in the 2000s, but my point was that sci-fi was LESS relevant compared to the 80s and 90s. Maybe movies, but video games about aliens and general sci-fi were absolutely huge in the 2000s, with franchises like Halo, Mass Effect, BioShock, Deus Ex, Portal and Dead Space all having their start then, which IMO more than makes up for that. This is true. Halo in particular is one of the most iconic franchises of the 2000s. And even looking at other sci-Fi franchises in the 2000s, a lot of them were still doing well. Metroid Prime is one of the best GameCube games. The best Star Wars games mostly came out of the 2000s. Half-Life 2 received critical acclaim and is one of the most innovative games of the 2000s. You also failed to mention Ratchet and Clank, one of my favorite video game franchises. That is totally sci-Fi/alien themed.
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Post by astropoug on May 31, 2022 19:55:54 GMT 10
10slover I agree that War of the Worlds was the Independence Day of the 00s, though that is to be expected, given how the original War of the Worlds was itself an influence on Independence Day.
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Post by John Titor on Jun 1, 2022 0:30:36 GMT 10
100% the 90s just for X-files alone lol
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