The 8 Sci-Fi Movies Of 1982 That Changed Everything

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🗓️ 31 July 2024

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In 1982, eight science fiction films were released within eight weeks of each other: E.T., Tron, Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan, Conan the Barbarian, Blade Runner, Poltergeist, The Thing, and Mad Max: The Road Warrior. Entertainment writer Chris Nashawaty talks to Tonya Mosley about how those movies shaped the genre and the movie industry. His book is The Future Was Now.

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0:19.2	Mosley. In the summer of 1982 my guest, entertainment writer Chris Nuschawati,
0:25.0	was a 13-year-old burgeoning film geek who spent the entire summer that year in movie theaters,
0:30.0	watching eight feature films that would go on to change the face of cinema as we know it.
0:36.0	Movies like Blade Runner, Conan the Barbarian, Poltergeist, and a sweet movie about an alien trying to find his way back home.
0:45.0	E. T. phone home. E.T. phone home.
0:57.0	E. F. Home. E. F. Home.
1:01.0	E. F.T. Phone Home.
1:03.0	What's to call somebody?
1:05.0	Home.
1:06.0	Hmm.
1:07.0	What's all this shit?
1:11.0	E. D. Phone home.
1:15.0	My God, he's talking.
1:17.0	Oh,
1:18.0	E. T. Phone home?
1:22.0	E. D. Phone home. E. D. Phone home.
1:26.0	And no come.
1:30.0	Come.
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