Stargate (1994)
Around 1978, Roland Emmerich, a film school student in Munich, screened a documentary about who built the Great Pyramids of Giza and why. The documentary incorporated ideas from Erich von Daniken’s book, “Chariots of...
Category: Science Fiction
The Avengers (1998)
What is it that makes a good action film? Isn’t it the combination of good acting, directing, script, action set-pieces, costumes, and special effects? If that’s the case, The Avengers is a good film, right? That...
Westworld (1973)
An amusement park/resort is created in another world called Delos, where there are various “worlds” people can stay in and feel as if they are there. Participate in an orgy in Romanworld, have a...
Virus (1999)
The crew of a tug boat take refuge from a storm in a seemingly abandoned Russian ship. Terror erupts when they find themselves besieged by a mutating and murderous alien life form intent on...
Independence Day (1996)
In the 1990s, it seems that if you’re given a budget over $100 million, the rule of thumb is to put 90% of it into special effects, while whatever paltry sum is left should...
Small Soldiers (1998)
The son of a small toy store owner (Smith) wants to make his father (Dunn) a profit while he’s away so he decides to stock some new toys early. These new toys are action figures which...
Lost in Space (1998)
Lost in Space is a motion picture version of the popular 1960s TV series of the same name about a family who get lost while seeking a gateway to an inhabitable planet for the people...
Deep Impact (1998)
Note to Hollywood: would you PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stop bombarding us with the same old “Earth is about to be destroyed so please watch two hours of people hugging and crying because they’re all...
Time Bandits (1981)
A young boy (Warnock) jumps into a time hole with six dwarves who have stolen the Supreme Being’s (Richardson, Rollerball) map for time travel locations. They then proceed to go from age to age, including meeting...
Sphere (1998)
Michael Crichton began writing “Sphere” in 1969 as a conceptual follow-up idea after his best-selling novel, “The Andromeda Strain”. He liked sci-fi stories where aliens wouldn’t resemble humans in any way. Whereas “The Andromeda...