Sci-Fi Box Office Bombs That Are Actually Worth Watching

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Making movie magic isn't cheap, and some films live or die based on their box office receipts. But does not making money mean they suck? Not always! These sci-fi bombs are the bee's knees.
#Scifi #HiddenGems #StarshipTroopers
Dredd | 0:00
Titan A.E. | 1:07
Starship Troopers | 2:16
Tron | 3:18
Idiocracy | 4:30
Strange Days | 5:32
Sunshine | 6:20
Dark City | 7:24
The Thing | 8:23
The Abyss | 9:11
Annihilation | 10:00
Donnie Darko | 11:06
Children of Men | 11:41
Blade Runner | 12:35
Voiceover By: Alex Mitts
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  • @Looper
    @Looper14 күн бұрын

    What movies would you recommend for this list?

  • @malachai333

    @malachai333

    14 күн бұрын

    fantasy movies from the early 80's

  • @sosadagod6963

    @sosadagod6963

    14 күн бұрын

    Dredd was a 3D movie. Sooo good with the 3d effect on and a duby

  • @lppoqql

    @lppoqql

    13 күн бұрын

    Titian A.E just have horribly bad character design. Their problem is with their art director and style.

  • @sosadagod6963

    @sosadagod6963

    13 күн бұрын

    @@lppoqql hmm, never seen, ill watch, that was my first ever xbox360 game

  • @KadeemG61
    @KadeemG6114 күн бұрын

    It’s a damn shame we’ll never get a sequel to Dredd.

  • @sopcannon

    @sopcannon

    14 күн бұрын

    You know there was 2 Dredd movies? One with Sylvester Stallone.

  • @AoKodo

    @AoKodo

    14 күн бұрын

    @@sopcannonit was a shit movie, I know I was there.

  • @sultanabran1

    @sultanabran1

    14 күн бұрын

    i thought they were both awesome movies.

  • @SciFiDude79

    @SciFiDude79

    14 күн бұрын

    @@sopcannon Yes, two movies, completely unrelated other than being completely different adaptations of a great British comic. Judge Dredd was directed by Danny Cannon, who is a huge fan of the comics and wanted to make a faithful adaptation, but Sylvester Stallone was full of himself and insisted on rewriting the script, despite not ever having read a single Dredd comic. He misunderstood the property and thought it should be a comedy. Also, the producers were paying him too much for him to not remove his helmet, which is a staple of the JD comics, so that enraged a lot of fans. Still, I think it's a fun movie. I was a teenager when it came out and it was my introduction to the world of Dredd. Dredd, on the other hand, is a hard hitting no nonsense faithful adaptation of the comic directed by Pete Travis. And, unlike Stallone, star Karl Urban was completely in character the whole time. The rest of the cast is on point too, particularly Lena Headey as the main villain. It's a really underrated film.

  • @ViktorSarge

    @ViktorSarge

    13 күн бұрын

    yeah Dredd is such an awesome film, even for someone who never cared about the comics.

  • @1972LittleC
    @1972LittleC14 күн бұрын

    Idiocracy is looking like a documentary every day in the US...

  • @ZenCorvus

    @ZenCorvus

    12 күн бұрын

    People don't know their gender

  • @seanbrazell7095
    @seanbrazell709514 күн бұрын

    Starship Troopers killed it upon its video/dvd/blue ray releases.

  • @Otis151
    @Otis15114 күн бұрын

    Children of Men is worth the watch for the scale and cinematography alone.

  • @giorgiopalmas7934
    @giorgiopalmas793414 күн бұрын

    Dredd kicks ass in 3D.

  • @archibaldsalyards926
    @archibaldsalyards92613 күн бұрын

    How was "Equilibrium" not on this list? One of my favorite Sci-Fi future films. And it has Christian Bale!

  • @lesleydoughty3895
    @lesleydoughty389514 күн бұрын

    Tron and Blade Runner are two of my favourite films.

  • @doomlordkaka
    @doomlordkaka14 күн бұрын

    i remember when starship troopers was being advertised. it looked incredible. but the ad was done to blurs song 2, which never appeared in the movie, which caused a lot of negative publicity that the movie wasnt what it was advertised to be. but i saw it at the cinemas and have been a fan ever since.

  • @basslin3r

    @basslin3r

    14 күн бұрын

    but thats super common? most trailers have songs that are never in the movie..

  • @kmoecub

    @kmoecub

    14 күн бұрын

    The movie wasn't even remotely related to the novel. It's generous to say that it was a poor extension of a single paragraph of the novel. It did look good though.

  • @Anurag-xe2jp

    @Anurag-xe2jp

    14 күн бұрын

    @@kmoecub It's better than the novel. The novel was influential but a product of its time

  • @davidconner-shover51

    @davidconner-shover51

    14 күн бұрын

    @@kmoecub It seemed to have the propagandist air from Starship Troopers, but the plot came directly from another novel. I wish I could remember the title and author, the book is no longer in my collection

  • @starshiptrooper2354
    @starshiptrooper235414 күн бұрын

    Most of all of them are classic greats

  • @theauntofdragons

    @theauntofdragons

    11 күн бұрын

    I was "too young" to watch these in theatres. I watched them as a teen online. I'm curious, why did these flop in theaters? I'm not trying to be argumentative. Honestly, why didn't people show up?

  • @KuyaAccordionista
    @KuyaAccordionista14 күн бұрын

    They may not have done well at the box office by those who seem what “box office success” is, but each of these sci-fi movies are classics! Starship Troopers, Blade Runner, Dark City, The Abyss, Tron, and all the others. 👏🏽

  • @bazzer124

    @bazzer124

    14 күн бұрын

    Perhaps you should read Heinlein's "Starship Troopers" before you call the film a sci-fi classic. The adaptation is pretty lousy. Cheers....

  • @M32Mirach

    @M32Mirach

    13 күн бұрын

    ​@@bazzer124 lol what sort of fascist are you?

  • @jamesbrice6619

    @jamesbrice6619

    13 күн бұрын

    ​@bazzer124 the adaptation is very different. It's a great movie. You could use the same argument against the movie The Shining. It's nothing like the book and I considered it a failure

  • @bazzer124

    @bazzer124

    13 күн бұрын

    @@jamesbrice6619 point taken, but It's all subjective. One usually expects a film adaptation to closely follow the story line of a book, but then there's that "artistic license" thing Hollywood is famous for. Cheers....

  • @FixerUK
    @FixerUK14 күн бұрын

    All I can say of one movie off this list is "That bear!". Unforgettable.

  • @tepidtuna7450
    @tepidtuna745014 күн бұрын

    This is why 'dumb' movies make so much money, they appeal broadly. Works of cinematic art bore the mainstream but appeal critically. I guess it's tough to be in the movie production business.

  • @RadoLex
    @RadoLex14 күн бұрын

    Dark City 👍🙂👍

  • @stepheng1523

    @stepheng1523

    14 күн бұрын

    Im so glad i saw that movie knowing nothing about it going in. Blew my mind

  • @Dumapower1996

    @Dumapower1996

    13 күн бұрын

    ​@@stepheng1523 same didn't know anything about it. Loved it.

  • @abnurtharn2927
    @abnurtharn292714 күн бұрын

    The reason Annihilation failed is probably that the latter part of the movie dont make any sense .

  • @radomirkorac-uu3nk
    @radomirkorac-uu3nk14 күн бұрын

    Deep Rising (1998). Great movie!

  • @Myh582
    @Myh58214 күн бұрын

    Blade runner was amazing

  • @jfess1911
    @jfess191114 күн бұрын

    Starship Troopers is an over-the-top satire, but few of the reviewers at the time realized this.

  • @kmoecub

    @kmoecub

    14 күн бұрын

    It's a piece of crap that took the name of a great novel and threw away the rest of a great story.

  • @SciFiDude79

    @SciFiDude79

    14 күн бұрын

    Director Paul Verhoeven loves over-the-top satire. And gratuitous violence. It's a fun movie that's definitely miles away from the book, which I have read. But, I think both are great for different reasons. The fact that the movie became a cult classic and spawned an entire franchise of DTV movies and other media speaks to how good it really is.

  • @YolandaAnneBrown95726
    @YolandaAnneBrown9572614 күн бұрын

    I loved Strange Days since I worked at a theater showing it in 1995. And I loved Dark City even more, especially the Director's Cut, which I highly recommend for first time watchers.

  • @rjb7569
    @rjb756914 күн бұрын

    Wasn't aware of some of these. Crisp, rapid moving reviews. Good job.

  • @destodelvita112
    @destodelvita11213 күн бұрын

    I love this list, it is spot on!

  • @ajh6354
    @ajh635413 күн бұрын

    Loved almost every one of these. Saw none of them at the theater.

  • @Ilnath
    @Ilnath14 күн бұрын

    Decent mentions also include: Europa Report (2013) The Last Days on Mars (2013) Impostor (2001) Pandorum (2009) Prospect (2018) Alien raiders (2008) World Invation battle los angeles (2011)

  • @garrettpeck4437
    @garrettpeck443714 күн бұрын

    I'm happy to say I did see a number of these at the theater: Starship Troopers, Idiocracy, Sunshine, Dark City, The Thing, The Abyss, and Blade Runner. Not my fault they flopped! The others I've seen and enjoyed, except for Annihilation, which is very high on my "need to see" list.

  • @TheSektor13
    @TheSektor1314 күн бұрын

    Amazing list, a lot of these movies are among my favourites.

  • @invaderjae
    @invaderjae13 күн бұрын

    All these movies are SO good. Sunshine is one of my favorites though. And Titan A.E. was just such a underrated movie with a great soundtrack.

  • @rodrickscott5683
    @rodrickscott568310 күн бұрын

    Sunshine was an awesome movie! 👌 Great list!

  • @kbrdft
    @kbrdft14 күн бұрын

    Idiocracy is a sleeper for eugenics. It just took this long for eugenics to be popular again.

  • @thewebstylist
    @thewebstylist13 күн бұрын

    The Thing special effects ahead of their time indeed. I’ll be checking out Sunshine and Dark City

  • @fisherfilms1111
    @fisherfilms111114 күн бұрын

    Hi I love your videos

  • @bbowman105
    @bbowman10513 күн бұрын

    This list reads like a top ten of my favorite films!

  • @Phornax7
    @Phornax713 күн бұрын

    The 13th Floor is underrated and worth a watch IMO

  • @chrisp1653

    @chrisp1653

    13 күн бұрын

    Absolutely. I love that movie. It almost makes me want to take a long drive and see what's out there.

  • @justinseymour4341
    @justinseymour434114 күн бұрын

    I’m a big fan of starship troopers is good

  • @hermanturnip3984
    @hermanturnip398413 күн бұрын

    Annihilation is a fun movie, but it shared nearly nothing with the books, which bummed me out. Was hoping to see the tower, the lighthouse, and the pursuit to the reef and the dive underwater.

  • @kierenmoore3236
    @kierenmoore323614 күн бұрын

    BR 2049 and Dredd are two of my favourite movies. So much to love about both.

  • @djlowtek
    @djlowtek12 күн бұрын

    Idiocracy isn't a movie, it's a prophecy

  • @bbowman105
    @bbowman10513 күн бұрын

    Sunshine received no marketing in the US and was only in the theaters a week or so. Then they delayed the release of it on DVD or BluRay. It is exceptional, though, with a very intense final act.

  • @jimyoung1011
    @jimyoung101114 күн бұрын

    I enjoyed every one of those that i watched.

  • @jamesjimbob71
    @jamesjimbob7113 күн бұрын

    dredd, starship troopers and the thing are all great films

  • @BrianaCunningham
    @BrianaCunningham14 күн бұрын

    Dredd was great! I definitely recommend it.

  • @Gor85
    @Gor8514 күн бұрын

    Dredd 2012 looks pretty good. I don't think I watched first one. I think I watched Titan A.E. It was really long ago. I remember parts I think. Starship troopers is pretty cool.Strange Days too.The Thing is great movie. Donnie Darko looks pretty good. Children of Men seems pretty good. Blade Runner 2049 seems pretty good too. I understand why people loved and still do upbeat sci-fi. Good video

  • @fookusamatube
    @fookusamatube14 күн бұрын

    Both Blade Runner rule!!!

  • @briannastultz1468
    @briannastultz146814 күн бұрын

    I love Starship Troopers. It’s a cult classic even though it’s so dumb.

  • @JJ-bc1te
    @JJ-bc1te13 күн бұрын

    Funny that movies can be regarded as classic and realistically be ranked in top 200 movies ever yet be failure. Abyss , The Thing , and Children of Men are all spoke so highly of

  • @hungfao
    @hungfao14 күн бұрын

    Great list. Haven't seen 'Annihilation'. Looks like I should.

  • @CIMAmotor

    @CIMAmotor

    13 күн бұрын

    To be honest, I thought it was confusing and boring.

  • @abeljacobvarghese3199
    @abeljacobvarghese319914 күн бұрын

    Donnie Darko and Annihilation🔥

  • @nothingelse1520
    @nothingelse152013 күн бұрын

    I found that people out of the UK liked Children of Men, but people in the UK hated it "a low budget BBC-esque special where everything moves crazy fast to cover up nothing is happening" I thought it was a great film

  • @MikiaStorm
    @MikiaStorm14 күн бұрын

    Deep Impact, Cloud Atlas & Galaxy Quest should be on this list.

  • @deadon4847

    @deadon4847

    14 күн бұрын

    Deep Impact wasn't a bomb, Deep Impact grossed over $349.5 million worldwide on an $80 million production budget, becoming the sixth highest-grossing film of 1998.

  • @MikiaStorm

    @MikiaStorm

    14 күн бұрын

    @@deadon4847 I know however it seems to be forgotten and overshadowed by Armageddon. So while it didn't bomb monetarily, it really feels like it did.

  • @markkoops2611
    @markkoops261113 күн бұрын

    Starship Troopers Did Not Bomb. It's an absolute classic

  • @legionandsons8763
    @legionandsons876314 күн бұрын

    What about 30 days of night? That's got more of a cult following than half of the movies in this video.

  • @lifediversified8932
    @lifediversified893214 күн бұрын

    9 monkeys mars attacks brainscan existenz event horizon (obviously) spaceballs fifth element (don't know if it bombed) brass teapot the box downsizing mama the thing 2011 dreamcatcher velvet buzzsaw (gotta watch) mimic butterfly effect (2011) project almanac timer in time palm springs chain reaction heavy metal spectral (loved it) there are lots of other videos here on this topic to give you more movie ideas. i made a list called off-beat films recently on imdb that kinda fits with this theme but not limited to sci-fi.

  • @BobSure_AKA_PotatoSmasher
    @BobSure_AKA_PotatoSmasher13 күн бұрын

    Fox saw "Idiocracy" before it's release and said: "holy 💩, this will hit too close to home for some." Bury it. We are becoming Idiocracy. Watch this movie TODAY and see how many themes apply to us now.

  • @1992disney
    @1992disney13 күн бұрын

    If I were you, I'd replace Titan A.E. with Treasure Planet.

  • @fr1day2
    @fr1day214 күн бұрын

    Dredd never got a sequel is a crime! Sentence: Lifetime in Iso-cube.

  • @CIMAmotor

    @CIMAmotor

    13 күн бұрын

    Drokk!

  • @AshtonRogers-se1zj
    @AshtonRogers-se1zj14 күн бұрын

    Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story! .... ...oh! Sci-fi!? Well it's half science fiction. The second half. The "fiction" half. 😁

  • @crystalweible152
    @crystalweible15214 күн бұрын

    I guess I am old. I own'em all.🤣

  • @michaelmartin4874
    @michaelmartin487411 күн бұрын

    Soldier with Kurt Russell should be number 1.

  • @hdready999
    @hdready99910 күн бұрын

    Dredds bigger problem was The raid...

  • @whedonite81
    @whedonite8114 күн бұрын

    I think Donnie Darko is overrated. But the rest of this list, except two I haven't seen. I 100% agree with!

  • @sultanabran1
    @sultanabran114 күн бұрын

    gattaca was a good movie.

  • @WeskerLogan
    @WeskerLogan13 күн бұрын

    didnt starship troopers do gang busters on dvd?

  • @noorazhar2209
    @noorazhar220914 күн бұрын

    John Carter... Great movie But it flop..😢 I think when Marvel do a next movie, they can slot in "Warlord of Mars" too

  • @giorgiopalmas7934

    @giorgiopalmas7934

    14 күн бұрын

    Should have used the book title JOHN CARTER OF MARS.

  • @kmoecub
    @kmoecub14 күн бұрын

    I guess that Starship Troopers is worth watching if you're interested in learning about how to not make a film that is a reasonably decent adaptation of a classic American Science-Fiction novel.

  • @lcmk57
    @lcmk5714 күн бұрын

    Not saying it's not worth watching. But if the action in Dredd was actually "gripping " it wouldn't have bombed. The fast and j. Wick franchises prove that's all you need

  • @sheldonwheaton881
    @sheldonwheaton88114 күн бұрын

    Buckaroo Banzai?

  • @stepheng1523
    @stepheng152314 күн бұрын

    Need to re-watch starship troopers. Was too young when it came out, satire went over my head and i just thought it was some fasci bullshit

  • @O4FUXACHE
    @O4FUXACHE13 күн бұрын

    And how much creative bookkeeping was used by the studios to grab a few dollars worth of tax deductions on these "losses" ?

  • @Achrafu1
    @Achrafu114 күн бұрын

    i'm shocked the thing and blade runner bombed but fast and furious didn't. tells you all about the human brain.

  • @snowatom
    @snowatom14 күн бұрын

    If they were only available for digital purchase in Denmark (Europe) on Apple. For some odd reason many movies (Starship Troopers) is not available for purchase. Wonder why they don’t want my money.

  • @sopcannon

    @sopcannon

    14 күн бұрын

    Sail the seven seas.

  • @tobynormoyle637
    @tobynormoyle6373 күн бұрын

    Considering all the strife in the US these days I am really surprised Strange Days has not seen a resurgence. But I suppose it is too balanced to appeal to either side. I still do not understand why Children of Men gets so much praise, it is one of the most boring movies I have ever seen. Take that and Annihilation off this list and it would be near perfect!

  • @ryanackley3109
    @ryanackley310912 күн бұрын

    Some don’t age well. But they become cult classics.

  • @archibaldsalyards926
    @archibaldsalyards92613 күн бұрын

    Is it just me, or is there a Pink Floyd homage in "Children Of Men?"... I won't explain, because if you get it, you got it.

  • @danlove12k
    @danlove12k11 күн бұрын

    The abyss was not a flop 😅

  • @randolphwh9551
    @randolphwh955114 күн бұрын

    How starships failed man glad it had sequels alot

  • @elijahmodnar1
    @elijahmodnar114 күн бұрын

    SOLARIS-2002

  • @bazzer124
    @bazzer12414 күн бұрын

    As a Heinlein fan, I found "Starship Troopers" to be a ridiculously inferior adaptation of the book, heavy on camp with an unexciting, weak in plot. Think of GWTW leaving out the Civil War. That's how vapid and inane the movie was. Cheers....

  • @Otis151
    @Otis15114 күн бұрын

    concur. great films that cou'dve used more marketing budget and evangelism from the folks who greenlit the film. "I'll pay for it to be made, but i dont get it and am too proud to admit i have no idea what im doing. lets cut our losses and throw the creators under the bus."

  • @fredschmitt456
    @fredschmitt45614 күн бұрын

    Dredd didn't deserve any box office success, as it sucked (even though I love Karl Urban). Reminds me to watch the original Sly movie again!

  • @user-dm2nx4yu5o
    @user-dm2nx4yu5o12 күн бұрын

    I actually don’t understand the need to include how much a movie made or even cost…

  • @RudolfSikorsky
    @RudolfSikorsky13 күн бұрын

    I have seen all of them and liked most of them but Annihilation was total joke.

  • @mikehemphill2173
    @mikehemphill217314 күн бұрын

    Um, Annihilation is a bad movie made from a bad book. Don't watch it, don't read it...or its two sequel books.

  • @adrisan6296
    @adrisan629614 күн бұрын

    Annihilation was actually a horrible movie. Without a doubt, one of worst movies I've ever watched.

  • @omar168
    @omar16812 күн бұрын

    Look at Starship Troopers as a fascist propaganda movie, it is brilliant as that

  • @lapprentice
    @lapprentice13 күн бұрын

    Let's just say the mass has terrible taste. Hence they like McDonald's and cheap, brainless, PG-13 "action" movies.

  • @kimballin1115
    @kimballin111513 күн бұрын

    Y'all running out of stuff to talk about . ...damn

  • @ANJING_SITUMORANG
    @ANJING_SITUMORANG14 күн бұрын

    Idiocracy is nice documentary movie

  • @yehtoon4237
    @yehtoon423714 күн бұрын

    Mojo you aught to John Carter on your list.

  • @Jaime.Lannister
    @Jaime.Lannister12 күн бұрын

    Really? No Predestination (2014)

  • @yaniargirov5399
    @yaniargirov539914 күн бұрын

    from this movies only donnie darko was stupid bullshit...the other movies are TOP

  • @mongul305
    @mongul30514 күн бұрын

    watch this with a nice cup of LIBERTEA!!!🫡

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