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I've spent the past couple days going over what was actually released in 2020... and well, there's literally nothing notable.

Sure, ok, the pandemic smashed a lot of releases and pushed many to 2021 but there's simply not enough actually released in 2020... we had, like, erm... Underwater, Tenet, Sputnik, The Invisible Man... nothing really of any quality to even warrant a shortlist to be totally honest.

And to show how bad 2020 actually was... The New Mutants, the 13th movie of the X-Men franchise was released, and I didn't even know until 15 minutes ago that it had even been filmed let alone actually released.

I guess if I was pushed to give an answer to 2020... probably Bill & Ted Face The Music simply due to there being nothing else to pick from.


For the first time... after 70 years worth of movies in this list, a list that I've been running for what, 6 or 7 years now, and 2020 gave us nothing.
Bad year.



You can't make a rainbow without a little rain.
I've spent the past couple days going over what was actually released in 2020... and well, there's literally nothing notable.

Sure, ok, the pandemic smashed a lot of releases and pushed many to 2021 but there's simply not enough actually released in 2020... we had, like, erm... Underwater, Tenet, Sputnik, The Invisible Man... nothing really of any quality to even warrant a shortlist to be totally honest.

And to show how bad 2020 actually was... The New Mutants, the 13th movie of the X-Men franchise was released, and I didn't even know until 15 minutes ago that it had even been filmed let alone actually released.

I guess if I was pushed to give an answer to 2020... probably Bill & Ted Face The Music simply due to there being nothing else to pick from.


For the first time... after 70 years worth of movies in this list, a list that I've been running for what, 6 or 7 years now, and 2020 gave us nothing.
Bad year.

Instead of adding a sub-par movie, were there any new TV shows that might be worth mentioning?
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Apart from the odd rerun of IT Crowd and Father Ted or if the Snooker is on, I never watch TV tbh, GBG



You can't make a rainbow without a little rain.
Apart from the odd rerun of IT Crowd and Father Ted or if the Snooker is on, I never watch TV tbh, GBG

Oh. I watch a lot of TV, but only what's on cable TV. I've missed a lot of recent shows because I don't pay for streaming services like Netflix, Prime, etc. I was hoping maybe there was something new worth buying on DVD.



Getting a shortlist together for this year's top Rodent Pick
Like 2020, it's been a little light on the ground for all movies. Let's hope 2022 works out better.

So far I got...

Free Guy
Godzilla Vs Kong
Justice League: The Snyder Cut. Yes, I'm counting this as it is a totally different movie to the studio bilge that was churned out in 2017.

Anyone wanna throw any gems out for me to consider for 2021?



The trick is not minding
Obviously Dune.

Though I haven’t seen them yet, there’s Voyagers and Chaos Walking that came out earlier this year. And of course, The Tomorrow War.
Hm. I’m going to have to check my list (yes, I keep a list of movies that come out yearly that I track so I can watch them, have been since 2006).

I’ll get back to you shortly.



Fantastic movie



Well, 2021 was better than 2020, still a little slim on the pickings though...
But you know what...

As both a middle finger to studio interference, and in memory of Autumn:

Rodent's 2021 Sci-Fi & Futuristic-Fantasy Movie 2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League



1950
The Flying Saucer
1951
The Day The Earth Stood Still
1952
Untamed Women
1953
Invaders From Mars
1954
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
1955
The Quatermass Xperiment
1956
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers
1957
Invasion Of The Saucer-Men
1958
The Blob
1959
Journey To The Center Of The Earth
-
1960
The Lost World
1961
Mysterious Island
1962
La Jetée
1963
The Nutty Professor
1964
First Men In The Moon
1965
Planet Of The Vampires
1966
Fantastic Voyage
1967
Jules Verne’s Rocket To The Moon
1968
Planet Of The Apes
1969
Doppelgänger
(Journey To The Far Side Of The Sun)
-
1970
Scream And Scream Again
1971
The Andromeda Strain
1972
Solaris
1973
Westworld
1974
Dark Star
1975
The Stepford Wives
1976
Logan’s Run
1977
Star Wars
1978
Superman: The Movie
1979
Alien
-
1980
The Empire Strikes Back
1981
Scanners
1982
Blade Runner
1983
Return Of The Jedi
1984
The Terminator
1985
Back To The Future
1986
Aliens
1987
RoboCop
1988
Alien Nation
1989
The Abyss
-
1990
Total Recall
1991
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1992
Freejack
1993
Jurassic Park
1994
Death Machine
1995
Species
1996
Independence Day
1997
Event Horizon
1998
Deep Rising
1999
Galaxy Quest

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2000
Pitch Black
2001
Evolution
2002
Signs
2003
Dreamcatcher
2004
Godsend
2005
Doom
2006
Children Of Men
2007
The Mist
2008
Cloverfield
2009
Moon


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2010
Monsters
2011
Super 8
2012
Dredd
2013
World War Z
2014
Guardians Of The Galaxy
2015
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
2016
Star Trek Beyond
2017
War For The Planet Of The Apes
2018
A Quiet Place
2019
Glass
-
2020
Bill & Ted Face The Music
2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League



1950
The Flying Saucer
1951
The Day The Earth Stood Still
1952
Untamed Women
1953
Invaders From Mars
1954
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
1955
The Quatermass Xperiment
1956
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers
1957
Invasion Of The Saucer-Men
1958
The Blob
1959
Journey To The Center Of The Earth
-
1960
The Lost World
1961
Mysterious Island
1962
La Jetée
1963
The Nutty Professor
1964
First Men In The Moon
1965
Planet Of The Vampires
1966
Fantastic Voyage
1967
Jules Verne’s Rocket To The Moon
1968
Planet Of The Apes
1969
Doppelgänger
(Journey To The Far Side Of The Sun)
-
1970
Scream And Scream Again
1971
The Andromeda Strain
1972
Solaris
1973
Westworld
1974
Dark Star
1975
The Stepford Wives
1976
Logan’s Run
1977
Star Wars
1978
Superman: The Movie
1979
Alien
-
1980
The Empire Strikes Back
1981
Scanners
1982
Blade Runner
1983
Return Of The Jedi
1984
The Terminator
1985
Back To The Future
1986
Aliens
1987
RoboCop
1988
Alien Nation
1989
The Abyss
-
1990
Total Recall
1991
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1992
Freejack
1993
Jurassic Park
1994
Death Machine
1995
Species
1996
Independence Day
1997
Event Horizon
1998
Deep Rising
1999
Galaxy Quest

-
2000
Pitch Black
2001
Evolution
2002
Signs
2003
Dreamcatcher
2004
Godsend
2005
Doom
2006
Children Of Men
2007
The Mist
2008
Cloverfield
2009
Moon


-
2010
Monsters
2011
Super 8
2012
Dredd
2013
World War Z
2014
Guardians Of The Galaxy
2015
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
2016
Star Trek Beyond
2017
War For The Planet Of The Apes
2018
A Quiet Place
2019
Glass
-
2020
Bill & Ted Face The Music
2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Shame, no sunshine( 2007) , no prometheus and alien covenant??



Quick bump...

2022 shortlist:

Avatar: The Way Of Water (awaiting release)
Nope
Prey
Everything, Everywhere, All At Once
The Batman



Oh man, need to catch up on this list and keep it going...

Better late than never... two in one shot


2022:
Prey




Surprising good movie. I was concerned about the new trope of a 30lb teenager with no experience beating a Predator but the movie manages to not cross that Mary Sue line.
Not as good as the first two Predator movies, but definitely better than Pred 3 and 4.


2023:
Godzilla Minus One



Took the movie-going world by storm by showing how to make a proper Godzilla movie and showing up the recent Hollywood attempts.
Hopefully Hollywood learns from Toho's example, but they probably won't




2023:
Godzilla Minus One



Took the movie-going world by storm by showing how to make a proper Godzilla movie and showing up the recent Hollywood attempts.
Hopefully Hollywood learns from Toho's example, but they probably won't
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Fantastic movie! I'm so glad it won an Oscar tonight.


I just watched Scream and Scream Again, as I'm a big Christopher Lee fan and had never heard of it. I really liked how unapologetically bizarre the whole thing was. Going from the jogger in the "hospital", to a dystopian Soviet-esque regime assassination, to the victim of a serial killer in England. Few movies have the guts to be that disjointed. Still, it manages to come together and (shockingly) has a good ending.



I really like the list... with one exception. And it isn't Nutty Professor. Absolutely nothing else of merit came out that year.


But Dream Catcher? I know you said there would be some stinkers, but Dream Catcher terrible in a way that doesn't even seem relevant. It's like King's greatest hits shoved in s blender with 'Alien'.


Why not X2? Terminator 3? I'd even take Paycheck over Dream Catcher.


Seriously though, thank you for the recommendations. I'll add a lot of these to my watch list.



Fantastic movie! I'm so glad it won an Oscar tonight.


I just watched Scream and Scream Again, as I'm a big Christopher Lee fan and had never heard of it. I really liked how unapologetically bizarre the whole thing was. Going from the jogger in the "hospital", to a dystopian Soviet-esque regime assassination, to the victim of a serial killer in England. Few movies have the guts to be that disjointed. Still, it manages to come together and (shockingly) has a good ending.



I really like the list... with one exception. And it isn't Nutty Professor. Absolutely nothing else of merit came out that year.


But Dream Catcher? I know you said there would be some stinkers, but Dream Catcher terrible in a way that doesn't even seem relevant. It's like King's greatest hits shoved in s blender with 'Alien'.


Why not X2? Terminator 3? I'd even take Paycheck over Dream Catcher.


Seriously though, thank you for the recommendations. I'll add a lot of these to my watch list.
thanks for the reply...

I think with some picks, like Dreamcatcher for instance, I went with underseen or underrated rather than just go for the shoe-ins like I did with Aliens in 1986 and RoboCop in 1987.
Some movies, though kinda janky, still deserve a little love, and Dreamcatcher I think is definitely one of those.

I mean, talking of 1986... it came down to either Aliens, or TerrorVision... but I went with the must-see on that one, over the one that's a guilty pleasure. TerrorVision is one of those so-bad-it's-good movies.

1987 was between RoboCop and Predator, though we all know Robo takes that fight for me
Let me know though, @stillmellow if you do get to any of these how you feel about them
Be nice to see some feedback on my picks from someone who has watched them for the first time based from a recommendation I made

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@rambond asking about The Mist over Sunshine... sorry it took so long to reply... yeah, like I've said, it's a case of choosing one over the other in terms of must-see or a favourite, over a technically brilliant movie... or going for something that really deserves a bit of love.
In which case, The Mist gets a bit of a bad rap from time to time so if my list gets people watching it, all the better