Last Action Heroes: How 1990s Blockbusters Swapped Thugs for Thinkers

Science fiction stories have always mirrored their own eras. They’re a time capsule as much as they are a vision of the future, and few decades offer as rapid a change on screen as the sci-fi films of the 1990s.
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Science fiction stories have always mirrored their own eras. They’re a time capsule as much as they are a vision of the future, and few decades offer as rapid a change on screen as the sci-fi films of the 1990s.

Caution: This article contains plot points from Total Recall, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Universal Soldier, Alien 3, Demolition Man, Johnny Mnemonic, Independence Day, Men in Black, The Fifth Element, Starship Troopers, Alien Resurrection, Armageddon, Deep Impact, The Wild Wild West, and – phew – The Matrix, and in some cases reveals the ending. 

Read by Rebecca Davis and written by Katherine McLaughlin. Theme song by Lofi Geek. 

David Fincher’s Imagi-Movies interview: https://mossfilm.wordpress.com/2012/10/13/alien-3-fincher-talks/ 

Paul Verhoeven’s Interview Magazine interview:
https://www.jigsawlounge.co.uk/film/reviews/paul-verhoeven-interview/ 

Lily Wachoski’s Netflix Film Club interview: ​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adXm2sDzGkQ&feature=emb_title 


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Last Action Heroes: How 1990s Blockbusters Swapped Thugs for Thinkers
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