Class of '82

There's a special section in my DVD collection called "class of '82". For some reason, that film season (82-83) produced an impressive line-up of some of the best sci-fi & fantasy films ever! "Blade Runner*."Tron"."E.T." "The Dark Crystal"."Star Trek II: "The Wrath of Khan".I even throw in the mix "Conan the Barbarian". Man, THAT was a good year and I was JUST the right age!
apparently, after that, the industry was so spent that it took until "Terminator II" for a really good fantasy movie to come out again.(And after that we had to wait until "Gattaka" and "Dark City".

(* actually I "blade runner" is not yet in my collection due to "doublepurchasephobia": that's the completely rational fear that the "no-extra-features" DVD you bought will be followed in the foreseeable feature by a deluxe 4 disc megaset you just gotta have!).
(*One of the things I certainly would like to be erased from my memory, is the "geek-debate" with a friend of mine, about which movie was more "realistic": "Blade Runner" or "the Temple of Doom"? Flying Police cars existing only in a designer's fantasy, or mine cars that we know exist but defy gravity nonetheless? Yeah,I know:pathetic!)