In Hindsight

One of last week's blog posts linked to an essay about The Secret of NIMH on Aint It Cool. That article was part of a series about... well, read this list and see if you can guess what the movies have in common.

Blade Runner

Conan the Barbarian

Creepshow

The Dark Crystal

E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

John Carpenter's The Thing

Poltergeist

Porky's

The Road Warrior*

Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan

Tron

Clicking the above titles will lead you to an Ain't It Cool essay or an imdb listing for each film. Now, here's the jaw-dropper... all of these movies were released in the same year! Did those of us who were going to the movies in '82 know we were in some kind of genre utopia? Incredible!

*Mad Max II was released in the U.S. as The Road Warrior in 1982.