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> It also had the misfortune of trying to compete with two other huge sci-fi blockbusters in the summer of 1982: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.

I miss when "summer blockbuster" meant something other than the 40th Marvel comic movie and the 20th DC comic movie.

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> the 40th Marvel comic movie

This is exactly how they lost me. I have no idea which ones I've seen and which I haven't, because from the title or a little blurb, they tend to smudge together. So rather than watching repeats, I just quit.

Even if you didn't watch repeats, it's like watching repeats

Blade Runner totally got hammered by those three.

Wow, '82 was a year for sci-fi:

E.T.

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

TRON

Blade Runner

The Road Warrior

...and Fantasy:

Raiders of the lost Ark ('81 release, but stayed in the theater for 80 weeks)

Conan The Barbarian

The Secret of NIMH

The Last Unicorn

Beastmaster

I saw Blade Runner and Road Warrior as a double feature. Blade Runner was pretty but Road Warrior was the one that kind of blew my mind. No way you kill the protagonist's dog and blow up his car half way into the film!

Road warrior being mad max for other parts of the world?!

Mad Max 2.

Thank you.

The dark Chrystal

Okay, I remember typing that one in under fantasy, but it's clearly not there. I'm getting old...

Yeah, I must be getting old. The whole "super hero" thing never resonated with me — not even as comic books. I'm okay with full-on fantasy like "Lord of the Rings" but this real-world + magic thing always felt ... disingenuous?

That is just preference.

Maverick and Elvis were leading the box office for a while and still going strong, just like old times.

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