Comments on: Kid-watchable 1980s Science Fiction Films

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By: LK

LK — Sat, 14 Oct 2017 02:24:53 +0000

No one mentioned “Starman” with Jeff Bridges. I loved that movie and one of my kids enjoyed it as well.
Short Circuit
Space Camp
Witch Mountain
The Last Starfighter
Wargames

For fantasy you’d have to add Labrynth.

I would add a caution to Back to the Future; it’s more violent than kids are used to these days.

By: Li D

Li D — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 12:33:51 +0000

Its only sort of scifi in the alternative reality sense, but the short film BabaKiueria is brilliant and should be watched by all children in Australia imo.
Shame its virtually unknown.
Actually it might interest you Greg, from an ethnographic perspective.
Its sorta similar to the great Darkest Austria film, which im guessing you have seen, given your African interest.
Lol at the adults who climb snowy mountains and slide down em over and over again like little kids on a slippery dip.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 01:26:16 +0000

In The Explorers, it starts with three earth kids, one being a genius who tinkers, and they discover stuff, and eventually build a space ship that puts them in contact with three alien kids, but they don’t know they are kids … they just know they are aliens. Until the alien kids’ parents call them back in from playing! So, apparently, different, but roughly similar concept.

BOLD

By: Christopher Winter

Christopher Winter — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 01:09:37 +0000

Test: Italics?

By: Christopher Winter

Christopher Winter — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 23:03:00 +0000

No, per the description of Explorers at the IMDB, it’s not the same at all.

Oh, I almost forgot. The Silencer and the Sky (2007) has no rating on the IMDB. Here’s the description given: “A lost and estranged ex-military sniper turned mercenary for an unscrupulous company finds solace, hope, and possibility in choosing to protect a deaf child during a mission to assassinate her, making him a rogue agent determined to find safety for his new counterpart, while delivering a very important invention for a friend indebted to him for protecting his family in a past war.”

That one could have some violence in it.

By: Christopher Winter

Christopher Winter — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 22:57:27 +0000

OK, most of the SF titles are rated PG-13. Only The Andromeda Strain is rated G. The PG rating goes to Explorers (1985), Fantastic Voyage (1966), Logan’s Run (1976), Tron (1982), Tron: Legacy (2010), & WarGames (1983). The Dune miniseries is unrated, probably the TV equivalent of PG-13.

Among fantasy films, Jason and the Argonauts (1963), The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958), and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Arthur Lubin, dir., 1944) are Approved. (Note that the latter has a different director; the version on my previous list is from Turkey.) The PG rating goes to The Dark Crystal (1982), Dragonslayer (1981), Krull (1983), Legend (1985), and Willow (1988). Dragonslayer has a brief nude scene, but I doubt most kids would mind it.

By: Christopher Winter

Christopher Winter — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 21:49:10 +0000

10,000 BC (Roland Emmerich, dir., 2008)
The Abyss (1989)
Aeon Flux (2005)
The Andromeda Strain (1971 version)
Cocoon (1985)
The Day after Tomorrow (2004)
Divergent (2014)
Dune (either 1984 version, or the 2004 miniseries)
Enemy Mine (1985)
Explorers (1985)
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
Gravity (2013)
Independence Day (1996)
Interstellar (2014)
Jupiter Ascending (2015 — maybe not for younger kids, because of the opening)
Logan’s Run (1976)
The Martian (2015)
Project Almanac (2015)
The Silencer and the Sky (2007)
Stargate (1994)
Tobor the Great (1954)
Tron and Tron: Legacy (1982 & 2010, respectively)
WarGames (1983)
Waterworld (1995)

Since I seconded Time Bandits, which I consider fantasy, I’ll also add:

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Nuri Ergun, dir., 1971)
The Dark Crystal (1982)
Dragonslayer (1981)
The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Krull (1983)
Ladyhawke (1985)
Legend (1985)
The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
Warm Bodies (2013)
Willow (1988)

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 21:39:01 +0000

In reply to Christopher Winter.

Excellent suggestions. I’ll be adding several to the appropriate list!

I don’t know about Warm Bodies though…

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 21:36:52 +0000

In reply to Christopher Winter. That might be the Explorers (see the pic at the top of the post). I loved "THEM!" as a kid. It is from the 50s, so I'll include that on the 50s list.