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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999) is a popular American science fiction TV series co-created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller. As the fourth installment in the Star Trek franchise, it originally aired in syndication from January 3, 1993 to June 2, 1999, consisting of 176 episodes across seven seasons. Set in the future, where Earth is part of a United Federation of Planets, the show revolves around Deep Space Nine – a space station situated near a wormhole connecting Federation territory to the Gamma Quadrant on the other side of the Milky Way galaxy. ...

Forever Young (1992) is an American fantasy romantic drama film directed by Steve Miner. In 1939, Captain Daniel McCormick, a United States Army Air Corps test pilot, successfully lands a prototype North American B-25 Mitchell bomber at Alexander Field in Northern California. As he reunites with his longtime friend and scientist Harry Finely, McCormick learns of Finley’s latest experiment: ‘Project B’, which involves cryonic freezing. The next day, as McCormick plans to propose to his girlfriend Helen, she falls into a coma after a car accident and doctors fear for her recovery. Grief-stricken, ...

Director Roland Emmerich released Universal Soldier (1992), a military science-fiction action film set during the end of the Vietnam War. After receiving orders to secure a village, American soldier Luc Deveraux discovers that his squad and some villagers have been killed by his mentally unstable comrade Sgt. Andrew Scott. Scott has also taken two children hostage, prompting Deveraux to try and persuade him that the war is over. However, Scott becomes enraged and kills one of the children in front of Deveraux, then demands that he kill the other as a show of loyalty. Deveraux refuses and stops Scott from harming the ...

Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) is an American comedy-drama film directed by John Carpenter. Nick Halloway, a stock analyst known for avoiding responsibility and connections with others, frequents his beloved Academy Club where he meets Alice Monroe, a TV documentarian, through his friend George Talbot. Their immediate chemistry leads to a steamy encounter in the ladies’ room and plans to meet for lunch on Friday. The next day, still feeling the effects of the previous night’s festivities, Nick attends a meeting at Magnascopic Laboratories where he quickly becomes bored and decides to take a nap. A mishap ...

Poison (1991) is an American science fiction drama horror film, written and directed by Todd Haynes. With three intercut narratives that draw inspiration from the novels of Jean Genet, the movie showcases an emerging ‘queer new wave’ in cinema. The closing credits reveal the names of the three interconnected stories featured in the film. 1. Hero. A news segment in the style of a 1980s tabloid television magazine showcases a seven-year-old who shoots his abusive father before taking flight.

Golden Years (1991) is a seven-part American television miniseries, classified as a science fiction thriller, initially broadcasted on CBS from July 16 to August 22, 1991 as part of its schedule for that year. In a covert US research facility, the eccentric Dr. Richard X. Toddhunter disregards the alarm on the control panel and proceeds with his particle accelerator experiment. As a result, the lab explodes, killing his assistant and exposing 70-year-old janitor Harlan Williams to a green radiation that transforms him physically. However, during the initial investigation, the scientist fails to disclose all the details about the incident.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) is a science fiction action film directed by James Cameron, who also co-wrote the script with William Wisher. The story takes place in a post-apocalyptic Earth of 2029, where a vicious battle rages between Skynet, an evil artificial intelligence, and the human resistance. In a desperate move, Skynet sends back an advanced liquid metal Terminator known as the T-1000 to eliminate resistance leader John Connor in his childhood. To save him, the resistance sends back a reprogrammed T-800 Terminator covered in synthetic flesh. In 1995 Los ...

The American science fiction film, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), was directed by Nicholas Meyer, who also directed the second Star Trek film, The Wrath of Khan. It follows the journey of the starship USS Excelsior under the command of Captain Hikaru Sulu in the year 2293. During their mission, they discover that the Klingon moon of Praxis has been destroyed in a mining accident. The destruction of Praxis and its impact on the ozone layer of the Klingon homeworld causes chaos within the Klingon Empire. As a result, they seek peace with their long-time enemies, the United Federation of ...

The movie Predator 2 (1990) is a science fiction action film written by Jim and John Thomas and directed by Stephen Hopkins. It takes place in Los Angeles ten years after the events of the first film and centers around a police officer who teams up with others to fight against an alien creature known as the Predator. The story is set during a heat wave in 1997 and follows a turf war between Colombian and Jamaican drug cartels. As the police engage in a shootout with these groups, the Predator watches from a distance. ...

Moon 44 (1990), a film from Centropolis Film Productions and directed by Roland Emmerich, takes place in the year 2038. At this point in time, Earth’s natural resources have run dry and major corporations now control the galaxy. These companies constantly battle for rights to mining planets, with the most notable conflict taking place on Moon 44. This particular installation is currently under the control of Galactic Mining Corporation, as other nearby moons have been overtaken by rival Pyrite Defense Company’s battle robots. Due to numerous casualties during training, Galactic Mining cancelled its defense ...

Created by Donald P. Bellisario, Quantum Leap (1989–1993) is an American science fiction television series that debuted on NBC in 1989 and concluded after five seasons in 1993. Starring Scott Bakula as Dr. Sam Beckett, a physicist who unintentionally travels through time during experiments, the show follows his involuntary displacement into the bodies of others to fix historical errors. Along for the journey is Admiral Al Calavicci, played by Dean Stockwell, who appears to Sam as a cigar-smoking hologram and helps him form ...

The Abyss (1989) is an American science fiction film written and directed by James Cameron. In January 1994, the U.S. Ohio-class submarine USS Montana encounters an unidentified submerged object and sinks near the Cayman Trough. As Soviet ships and a hurricane approach, the U.S. government dispatches a SEAL team to Deep Core, a privately owned experimental underwater drilling platform near the Cayman Trough, to use as their base. The team is joined by Dr. Lindsey Brigman, designer of the platform and estranged wife of current foreman Virgil ‘Bud’ Brigman. While investigating Montana, a power outage in their submersibles causes Lindsey to see an unfamiliar ...

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) is an American science fiction film directed by William Shatner and based on the television series created by Gene Roddenberry. Following their ship’s shakedown cruise, the crew of the newly commissioned USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A), including Kirk, Spock, and McCoy, are taking advantage of shore leave at Yosemite National Park. However, their break is cut short as Starfleet Command orders them to rescue a human, a Klingon, and a Romulan who have been taken hostage on Nimbus III – a planet designated for diplomatic ...

Predator (1987) is an American science fiction action film directed by John McTiernan and written by brothers Jim and John Thomas. An alien spacecraft deploys a shuttle to Earth, where Vietnam War veteran Major Alan ‘Dutch’ Schaefer and his military rescue team are tasked with saving a foreign cabinet minister and his aide from insurgents in an unspecified South American country. Accompanying Dutch’s team is CIA officer Al Dillon, despite Dutch’s objections. As they make their way, the team discovers ...

The Running Man (1987), an American dystopian action film directed by Paul Michael Glaser, portrays a world in which the United States has transformed into a totalitarian police state. This drastic shift is the result of a global economic collapse. As a means of controlling its citizens, the government relies heavily on violent television shows. The most popular among them is The Running Man, a game show where convicted criminals are pitted against armed mercenaries known as ‘stalkers’ and must fight for their survival in order to win a pardon and tropical vacation. The story follows Captain Ben Richards, a ...

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994) is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry. Spanning 178 episodes over seven seasons, it originally aired in syndication from September 28, 1987 to May 23, 1994. The third installment in the Star Trek franchise, TNG draws inspiration from its predecessor, Star Trek: The Original Series. It is set in the late 24th century when Earth is a member of the United Federation of Planets and follows the journey of the Starfleet starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) as it explores the Alpha and Beta quadrants of the Milky Way galaxy. The ...

The American science fiction thriller film, The Manhattan Project (1986), follows the story of Dr. John Mathewson who makes a groundbreaking discovery in refining plutonium to high levels of purity. As a result, he is given a laboratory in Ithaca, New York by the US government under the guise of a medical company. Upon his move to Ithaca, John meets real estate agent Elizabeth Stephens and attempts to charm her by inviting her son Paul for a lab tour. However, Paul, a gifted student with a love for science, quickly becomes suspicious when he stumbles upon an impossible patch of five-leaf clover on the premises. Despite John’s confidence in the cover story for ...

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), an American science fiction film, is the fourth installment in the Star Trek franchise based on the TV series. In 2286, a massive cylindrical probe moves through space and emits an indecipherable signal that disables all passing ships. Upon reaching Earth, it manipulates the power grid and creates catastrophic planetary storms that block out the sun. As a result, Starfleet Command issues a distress call and advises against approaching Earth. Meanwhile, on Vulcan, the former officers of USS Enterprise are living in exile with Spock, who is still recovering from his resurrection. To face trial for their actions, they use a ...

The Twilight Zone (1985–1989), an anthology television series that originally aired from September 27, 1985 to April 15, 1989, was the first of three revivals of Rod Serling’s acclaimed 1959-1964 show. Similar to its predecessor, it featured a range of speculative fiction that often involved ordinary characters in extraordinary situations. However, unlike the original, most episodes included multiple self-contained stories instead of just one. Though the voice-over narrations were still present, they were not as consistent as in the previous series. Some episodes had only an opening or closing narration, while ...

2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984) is a United States-produced science fiction film written, shot and directed by Peter Hyams. Acting as a sequel to Stanley Kubrick’s famous 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey and based on Arthur C. Clarke’s novel 2010: Odyssey Two (published in 1982), the movie follows a joint American-Soviet team sent to Jupiter to uncover the reason for the failure of the previous Discovery One mission. In this timeline, nine years have passed since the five crew members, ...