I know why the 1980's were the highpoint of Sci-Fi filming (and indeed films in total). Because it was prior to the great screenwriter massacre of 1991.
You see in January of 1991 all the best screenwriters in Hollywood got on a bus to go down to Tijuana to watch the cockfighting and take their minds off Kuwait. Lots of tequilla shots (and Bolivian marching powder) were consumed along the way and someone had the bright idea of sharing with the bus driver. The resulting plunge over a cliff and firey bus explosion removed every ounce of writing talent in Hollywood and we've had to suffer from remakes and TV-show conversions ever since.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
