{"id":530688,"date":"2022-12-23T16:00:24","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T13:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/5-overlooked-science-fiction-movies-that-still-hold-up\/"},"modified":"2022-12-23T16:00:24","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T13:00:24","slug":"5-overlooked-science-fiction-movies-that-still-hold-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-overlooked-science-fiction-movies-that-still-hold-up\/","title":{"rendered":"#5 Overlooked Science Fiction Movies That Still Hold Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3cd9548fc89\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-overlooked-science-fiction-movies-that-still-hold-up\/#%E2%80%9C5_Overlooked_Science_Fiction_Movies_That_Still_Hold_Up%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;5 Overlooked Science Fiction Movies That Still Hold Up&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-overlooked-science-fiction-movies-that-still-hold-up\/#The_Arrival_the_one_with_Charlie_Sheen\" >The Arrival (the one with Charlie Sheen)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-overlooked-science-fiction-movies-that-still-hold-up\/#Sky_Captain_and_the_World_of_Tomorrow\" >Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-overlooked-science-fiction-movies-that-still-hold-up\/#2010_The_Year_We_Make_Contact\" >2010: The Year We Make Contact<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-overlooked-science-fiction-movies-that-still-hold-up\/#THX_1138\" >THX 1138<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-overlooked-science-fiction-movies-that-still-hold-up\/#The_Iron_Giant\" >The Iron Giant<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C5_Overlooked_Science_Fiction_Movies_That_Still_Hold_Up%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;5 Overlooked Science Fiction Movies That Still Hold Up&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<!-- UNCACHED CONTENT --><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-794963\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/multimedia-video-tv-screens-remote.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Closeup of a TV remote in a person's hand, with at TV screen showing multimedia options in the background.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/multimedia-video-concept-on-tv-set-1439344193\">Proxima Studio\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a> fiction films don\u2019t always age well, what with rapidly evolving special effects and a limited amount of rubbery stuff we can put on people to make them look like aliens. But, even if our current wallpapers looks more futuristic than sci-fi films of yesteryear, many were overlooked at the time and still work (for the most part).<\/p>\n<p>Many of the following films did not shock the world by any means when they came out, and didn\u2019t perform well at the box office, no matter how much popcorn people bought. Still, they\u2019re solid entries in the genre and tend to only get mentioned when idiots like me put them in lists like this.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Arrival_the_one_with_Charlie_Sheen\"><\/span><em>The Arrival<\/em> (the one with Charlie Sheen)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"GOc01_Ty1eQ\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/GOc01_Ty1eQ\/hqdefault.jpg');\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"lty-playbtn\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"lyt-visually-hidden\">Play Video<\/span><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/lite-youtube>\n<p>Sometimes when a movie doesn\u2019t do well with audiences, producers in the future have no issue with releasing another movie of the same name in the same genre. It\u2019s a big middle finger to the previous one. So you\u2019ve likely heard of <em>Arrival<\/em> with Amy Adams, but maybe not <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Arrival-Charlie-Sheen\/dp\/B008Y5LUPC\/?tag=lsmedia-13346-20\">the one with Charlie Sheen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Even though it\u2019s Charlie Sheen and he\u2019s playing a guy named Zane, the movie\u2019s decent, I swear. He discovers a radio transmission from space, and soon finds out that aliens are starting to redecorate Earth to their liking. No ground is being broken here, but the film works as a simple 90s sci fi thriller that follows its plot to a logical conclusion, with some amusing gadgetry and special effects that still hold up. Perhaps it would have done better if they got rid of the \u201cThe.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sky_Captain_and_the_World_of_Tomorrow\"><\/span><em>Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"5D-aYfrthJc\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/5D-aYfrthJc\/hqdefault.jpg');\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"lty-playbtn\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"lyt-visually-hidden\">Play Video<\/span><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/lite-youtube>\n<p>Old-fashioned adventure stories are hard to come by, and this one feels almost feels like an 1930s sci-fi serial, the kind of movie a kid would imagine after attending a World\u2019s Fair. Gigantic flying robots attack Manhattan (would be a good name for a musical), and scientists are mysteriously dis<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earing, all of which points to the enigmatic\u00a0Dr. Totenkopf, voiced by the long-dead at that point Laurence Olivier.<\/p>\n<p>Sky Captain (Jude Law) and Polly Perkins (Gwyneth Paltrow) set off. The movie is nostalgic and adventurous, filled with planes and zeppelins in a sepia-colored film that looks like an old photograph come to life. Director\u00a0Kerry Conran initially created a six-minute version on his Macintosh, and it later caught the attention of a producer who financed the full-length feature. Meanwhile, no producer is interested in all the garbage I made on my old Macintosh. Unbelievable!<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2010_The_Year_We_Make_Contact\"><\/span><em>2010: The Year We Make Contact<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"Gyf8QWoL7T0\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Gyf8QWoL7T0\/hqdefault.jpg');\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"lty-playbtn\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"lyt-visually-hidden\">Play Video<\/span><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/lite-youtube>\n<p>Is there a sequel that had more pressure on it than <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/2010-Year-We-Make-Contact\/dp\/B000GOUXPW\/?tag=lsmedia-13346-20\"><em>2010<\/em><\/a>? Few are aware this films exists, and yet it\u2019s shockingly decent considering what it had to live up to. <em>2010<\/em> is far more pragmatic and straightforward than its famous poet brother, but it offers a respectably entertaining and logical conclusion to the original story. That said, if you\u2019re a person who enjoys the mystery of <em>2001<\/em> and doesn\u2019t want the story to keep going, feel free to avoid it.<\/p>\n<p>A joint Soviet-American expedition sets off to Jupiter to investigate the fate of the crew in the last film, all while the two superpowers are on the brink of nuclear war back home. What transpires is a smart 80s sci-fi movie that no one will hail as a masterpiece (and it\u2019s not), but offers solid special effects with cogent explanations for that other film we all pretend to understand.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"THX_1138\"><\/span><em>THX 1138<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"4hLXOVCZr-8\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/4hLXOVCZr-8\/hqdefault.jpg');\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"lty-playbtn\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"lyt-visually-hidden\">Play Video<\/span><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/lite-youtube>\n<p>If <em>2010<\/em> was outshone by its predecessor, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/THX-1138-George-Lucas-Directors\/dp\/B075755PNP\/?tag=lsmedia-13346-20\"><em>THX 1138<\/em><\/a> lost out to the space opera that George Lucas followed it with. There are no <em>THX 1138<\/em> Robert Duvall toys last time I checked. But the film crosses all of the bases in a proper dystopian story, replete with minimalistic sets and creepy sounds and characters trying to escape it all.<\/p>\n<p>Mankind lives in vast underground cities controlled by computers where free will is outlawed as a result of forced medication.\u00a0But when THX 1138 (Robert Duvall) and LUH 3417 (Maggie McOmie) miss a dose, they wake up and realize those names are terrible. Then to make things worse, they fall in love, and the robot police are none too happy about it. The film is light on plot but retains a unique vision, and this being a Lucas film, the vehicles still look fantastic.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Iron_Giant\"><\/span><em>The Iron Giant<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"doSJxiYp9yo\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/doSJxiYp9yo\/hqdefault.jpg');\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"lty-playbtn\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"lyt-visually-hidden\">Play Video<\/span><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/lite-youtube>\n<p>As a kid when I was new in town, I really could have used a giant robot to pal around with like <em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Iron-Giant-Jennifer-Aniston\/dp\/B008PZYODG\/?tag=lsmedia-13346-20\">The Iron Giant<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>and every kid who sees this film will want one of their own. Based on\u00a0Ted Hughes\u2019 Cold War fable, the film takes place in 1957 as a giant robot crash-lands near a small town in Maine and become friends with a\u00a09-year-old boy. Of course, the government wants to be friends with the robot too, and problems ensue.<\/p>\n<p>With elements of <em>E.T.<\/em> and <em>My Neighbor Totoro<\/em>, <em>The Iron Giant<\/em> is a charming story that\u2019s part adventure and coming of age tale. 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