October 2020 – Around the World in 80s Movies Podcast

Saturn 3 (1980) | Stanley Donen

October 30, 2020October 29, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

In the future, Earth is a polluted wasteland. People have resorted to drugs and promiscuity while relying on off-world food production systems for salvation. Research chemists Major Adam (Kirk Douglas), his young assistant/lover Alex (Farrah Fawcett), and their dog Sally are the sole residents of the subterranean Experimental Food Research Station on Saturn’s third moon, […]

Outland (1981) | Peter Hyams

October 22, 2020October 23, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Sometime in the future, humans establish a mining operation on Io, a volcanic moon orbiting Jupiter, a week’s distance from the nearest space station. The mining base is currently shattering records for productivity. Sean Connery is William T. O’Niel (Sean Connery), in his second week of a one-year stint as the federal district marshal of […]

Total Recall (1990) | Paul Verhoeven

October 16, 2020October 15, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Set on Earth of the future, where we’ve already mastered the ability for space travel to through the solar system, and even set up colonies on Mars, Total Recall surrounds a lowly construction worker named Douglas Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger), who has recently been plagued by a recurring dream of being on Mars. His doting wife […]

They Live (1988) | John Carpenter

October 9, 2020October 8, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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This sci-fi actioner stars “Rowdy” Roddy Piper (yes, the ex-pro wrestler) as Nada, a drifter desperately in need of a decent job. He lands a temp job at a construction site, but strange doings in the church across the street cause him to investigate, and after the place is raided he discovers what looks like […]

V: The Final Battle (1984) | Richard T. Heffron

October 2, 2020October 1, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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In this three-part TV miniseries sequel, the Resistance is fending off the pressing Visitors, who continue to fool the people of Earth by controlling the media, while depleting the planet of precious water and rounding up humans for food. The resistance scientists hope, hoping to find a weakness in the overpowering Visitor defenses that will […]