1991 Part 2- Terminator 2, The Rocketeer, Until the End of the World, Naked Lunch and Bill and Ted

     The number one movie of 1991 was Terminator 2. Arnold Schwarzenegger was still the king of Hollywood. Terminator 2 is basically the same story as the first Terminator, but updated for the 90's. Robots were no longer clunky. They were now liquid and could shapeshift. Terminators can be influenced by the innocence of a child. No longer were they only killers but could be protectors. This movie was less gory and less like a sci-fi horror film but more of an action thriller with a bit of humor. Nuclear war wasn't necessarily in our future. We had hope that we could change the future. This movie was number one not only because of the awesome CGI effecrs, but because of the positive message of hope. 

    Terminator 2 wasn't the only science fiction movie to come out that year. The Rocketeer, a fun "diesel punk" science fiction movie came out. Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey brought a bit of light surrealism when evil robot clones of Bill and Ted kill them, sending them to the afterlife. They must return to the world of the living so that they can compete in the Battle of the Bands and save the future. 

Naked Lunch is a strange Cronenburg movie about talking butthole bugs starring Robocop's Peter Weller. Until the End of the World is a great indie sci-fi movie about memory recording and man's obsession with technology and obsession with staying in the past. The characters aren't able to move forward untl they let go of their gadgets.