11/27 - 20 Questions to Guess the Next Movie

[PsypherPunk]

Amused to see MST3K: The Movie on that list - it actually fulfills most of the criteria (but not based on a book).

[MontyServo]

Amused to see MST3K: The Movie on that list - it actually fulfills most of the criteria (but not based on a book).

is This Island Earth based on a book?

[David]

I also like seeing Time Chasers there.

[mrbasehart]

OK, I did a power search on imdb with the search terms SCI-FI, 1990's, PG-13, USA ORIGIN:


   4. Arrival, The (1996) 6.0/10 (6166 votes)
      ...aka Shockwave (1996)
   5. Astronaut's Wife, The (1999) 4.7/10 (10208 votes)
  13. Fire in the Sky (1993) 6.1/10 (2398 votes)
  15. Freaked (1993) 4.9/10 (1517 votes)
      ...aka Hideous Mutant Freekz (1993)
  16. Gattaca (1997) 7.6/10 (36196 votes)
  34. RoboCop 3 (1993) 3.1/10 (6445 votes)
  45. Universal Soldier: The Return (1999) 3.0/10 (4851 votes)
      ...aka Universal Soldier IV (1999) (USA: informal alternative title)
  46. Waterworld (1995) 5.4/10 (25969 votes)
  47. Wild Wild West (1999) 4.0/10 (26245 votes)

That's what I've got so far...

[ColinBlair]

The one that jumped out to me was The Island of Dr Moreau.

Val Kilmer, you don't get more literary than H.G. Wells, tanked at the box office, human antagonist

edit: Oh, and wouldn't having Marlon Brando be the definition of a good Rifftrax?

[Pak-Man]

Hey what ruled out Armageddon again?

[BathTub]

Island of Dr M again...

[MontyServo]

Hey what ruled out Armageddon again?

Box Office hit

[kodiakthejuggler]

OK, I did a power search on imdb with the search terms SCI-FI, 1990's, PG-13, USA ORIGIN:


   4. Arrival, The (1996) 6.0/10 (6166 votes)
      ...aka Shockwave (1996)
   5. Astronaut's Wife, The (1999) 4.7/10 (10208 votes)
  13. Fire in the Sky (1993) 6.1/10 (2398 votes)
  15. Freaked (1993) 4.9/10 (1517 votes)
      ...aka Hideous Mutant Freekz (1993)
  16. Gattaca (1997) 7.6/10 (36196 votes)
  17. Godzilla (1998) 4.4/10 (29769 votes)
  25. Lost in Space (1998) 4.6/10 (18764 votes)
      ...aka LS (1998) (USA: promotional abbreviation)
  34. RoboCop 3 (1993) 3.1/10 (6445 votes)
  37. Space Truckers (1996) 4.5/10 (1876 votes)
  45. Universal Soldier: The Return (1999) 3.0/10 (4851 votes)
      ...aka Universal Soldier IV (1999) (USA: informal alternative title)
  46. Waterworld (1995) 5.4/10 (25969 votes)
  47. Wild Wild West (1999) 4.0/10 (26245 votes)

That's what I've got so far...

We can rule out The Arrival, Godzilla, and Wild Wild West since they don't take place in the future.

[mrbasehart]

Island isn't set in the future.

[SmilinJackRoss]

The good ones on that list don't fit the clues.

I would attempt to narrow down which movies in that list from Jacky-Ross fit the situation etc....

We've pretty much been told it's one of those 49 movies I listed.  Come along, Monty.

[David]

Waterworld was officially stricken, and I don't think robocop 3 or wild wild west are books.

[PlayMSTie]

Looked up "Gattaca." There doesn't seem to have been a book.

[mrbasehart]

Wild Wild West isn't set in the future either...D'Oh!

  5. Astronaut's Wife, The (1999) 4.7/10 (10208 votes)
 13. Fire in the Sky (1993) 6.1/10 (2398 votes)
 15. Freaked (1993) 4.9/10 (1517 votes)
     ...aka Hideous Mutant Freekz (1993)
 16. Gattaca (1997) 7.6/10 (36196 votes)
 34. RoboCop 3 (1993) 3.1/10 (6445 votes)
 45. Universal Soldier: The Return (1999) 3.0/10 (4851 votes)
     ...aka Universal Soldier IV (1999) (USA: informal alternative title)
 46. Waterworld (1995) 5.4/10 (25969 votes)

Does this list look right to anyone else?

[PsypherPunk]

Wow. Yeah. And MST3K is technically set "in the not too distant future"