Old school, grimy 80s action/sci-fi movies APPRECIATION

[Days of Future Piff]

That grimy, dated 80s era of sci-fi movies was my joint
The practical effects, minature models, creative aliens/monsters/robots, high-tech weapons, spaceships, quotables for days
The ultraviolence in a lot of those movies

They really don't make movies like this anymore.
CGI lowkey messed up the game

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

cgi is cool for some things but a lot of action sequences are just better with practical effects. A lot of these movies still hold up

 

[Geek Nasty]

Too much to mention. there was also all the swords and sorcery flicks from the 80s that were in their prime

 

[Marks]

Even the cheap Malibu Bay video action movies with t*ts and ass were fun lol:


Seeing actual explosions and stunt men


RIP Julie Strain.

 

[Lootpack]

John Carpenter’s atmospheric synths intensify

 

[Days of Future Piff]

cgi is cool for some things but a lot of action sequences are just better with practical effects. A lot of these movies still hold up

Yeah, I feel that.
Terminator 2, Jurassic Park, and the Matrix had it right. This new era of filming whole movies on a greenscreen though is just to me.

Thinking of doing a 90s poll with several of those movies:

Spoiler

Total Recall
Terminator 2
Jurassic Park
Independence Day
Men in Black
The Fifth Element
Starship Troopers
The Matrix

 

[Dave24]