This 90s Sci-Fi Movie Was A Famous Flop (But It Deserves A Reboot)

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For years now, the Hollywood remake has been primarily the territory of shoddy cash-ins on the success of beloved works of cinema. What if the movie industry saved its full reboots, remakes, and reimaginings for solid ideas whose first attempts at big-screen success went spectacularly awry?

When a big movie flops at the box office, it tends to prompt a ton of discussion surrounding the reasons for its failure. One fascinating landmark moment in nineties cinema prompted so much discussion before, during, and after its tremendous failure, that the full accounting of its real-world impact is far more fascinating than the film itself.

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Waterworld takes place hundreds of years into the future, in a post-apocalyptic world where the sea level has risen to just below average airplane cruising altitude. Every landmass known to man has long since been absorbed into the sea, leaving what remains of humanity to struggle to survive on floating barges made of scrap. Some survivors hold out hope for a mythical patch of dry land that exists somewhere in the distance.

Kevin Costner portrays The Mariner, a taciturn drifter who gets dragged into protecting a pair of women from brutal pirates. Mariner is charged with the safety of Enola, a woman who has a supposed map to dry land tattooed on her back. These heroes must outwit their enemies, take dangerous risks and experience the world as it once was in the hopes of finding a new world for humanity to flourish in. Great premise, a ton of good ideas here, shame about the final product.

By now, the tale of Waterworld's behind-the-scenes disaster is a minor Hollywood legend. Though the budget would hardly worry the