The Thing - Sci Fi 10pm
08 March 2008, 09:40 PM
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The Thing - Sci Fi 10pm
Just thought I'd mention this is on tonight. One of the best horror films ever made and has kept its "fear factor" long after Alien has lost its edge with numerous sequels (although awesome in itself)
Before CGI made sci-fi horror cheap and "a bit ****" this stands out with excellent monster effects.
Hopefully the sequel/remake won't suck *****.
PS - anyone seen the South Park episode where they take off The Thing - funny as.
Before CGI made sci-fi horror cheap and "a bit ****" this stands out with excellent monster effects.
Hopefully the sequel/remake won't suck *****.
PS - anyone seen the South Park episode where they take off The Thing - funny as.
08 March 2008, 09:52 PM
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1980's, great music and great films. No doubt others will disagree, it is Scoobynet after all 
Back to The Thing, if it is the one I am thinking of it is so horrible it is well worth another viewing
Back to The Thing, if it is the one I am thinking of it is so horrible it is well worth another viewing
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09 March 2008, 12:01 PM
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09 March 2008, 01:05 PM
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Superb horror/sci-fi from the master himself. The ending justy leaves you hanging and onew of the few remakes better (by far) than the original The Thing from Another World.
Check out The Fog as well - Carpenter is a genius.
Check out The Fog as well - Carpenter is a genius.
09 March 2008, 01:13 PM
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Unfortunately he went crazy and has not done a good movie since (not that i can remember) and the rumours of a new Thing movie and remake of Escape from New York just **** me off.
09 March 2008, 01:23 PM
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The original was good but would the remake have been as good without the special effects (which would have been very hard in 1951)?
Unfortunately he went crazy and has not done a good movie since (not that i can remember) and the rumours of a new Thing movie and remake of Escape from New York just **** me off.
Unfortunately he went crazy and has not done a good movie since (not that i can remember) and the rumours of a new Thing movie and remake of Escape from New York just **** me off.
The special effects (such as they are) do not make the film, carpenter is the master of suspense. I do my best to put my critique of the special effects on hold and try to remember when they where made and keep budget in mind, especially on the older films and concentrate on the direction, acting and srtory oyherwise they would be pretty unwatchable in a lot of cases.
The original was supposed to be a shocker in its day and pretty much was i am sure
The remake is full of suspense and some gore but not too much and heavily mixed in with the suspense, i love the sequenbce when they are testing the blood samples, most of the suspects are tied together as the samples are checked and on then starts to change ans they hurridly try to seperate them, the effects are poor by todasys standards but the story, acting and suspense are spot on and make that scene (a lot like Alien and how that works from that POV) and even in the end you do not know if either of them are what they appear.
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09 March 2008, 01:35 PM
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The special effects (such as they are) do not make the film, carpenter is the master of suspense. I do my best to put my critique of the special effects on hold and try to remember when they where made and keep budget in mind, especially on the older films and concentrate on the direction, acting and srtory oyherwise they would be pretty unwatchable in a lot of cases.
The original was supposed to he a shocker in its day.
The remake is full of suspence and even in the end you do not know if either of them are what they appear.
The original was supposed to he a shocker in its day.
The remake is full of suspence and even in the end you do not know if either of them are what they appear.
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09 March 2008, 01:41 PM
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FANTASTIC, and why he (Carpenter) is the master
Kurt Russell played a blinder, one of his best performances, next to Snake Plisskin in New York of course
Ah, John Carpenter again.
09 March 2008, 02:53 PM
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Yep I agree its a classic
Along with Escape from NY and The Fog
Never bothered with Escape from LA, nor the remake of The Fog
Probably wont bother with the remakes of Escape or The Thing either
The original Alien is still as suspenseful as it was the day it was released, and to me has never aged one bit
Along with Escape from NY and The Fog
Never bothered with Escape from LA, nor the remake of The Fog
Probably wont bother with the remakes of Escape or The Thing either
The original Alien is still as suspenseful as it was the day it was released, and to me has never aged one bit
10 March 2008, 11:53 AM
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The South Park episode is called Lice Capades
Cartman is Mac and they are doing the blood test scene to see who is infected with head lice
Why hasn't Carpenter made any good films since Escape and The Thing. Ghosts of Mars is the last one I can remember and its awful.
Cartman is Mac and they are doing the blood test scene to see who is infected with head lice
Why hasn't Carpenter made any good films since Escape and The Thing. Ghosts of Mars is the last one I can remember and its awful.
10 March 2008, 12:00 PM
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I quite liked it, it has grown on me, initially i though it pants but having seen it a few times - not bad!
10 March 2008, 12:16 PM
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Yep I agree its a classic
Along with Escape from NY and The Fog
Never bothered with Escape from LA, nor the remake of The Fog
Probably wont bother with the remakes of Escape or The Thing either
The original Alien is still as suspenseful as it was the day it was released, and to me has never aged one bit
Along with Escape from NY and The Fog
Never bothered with Escape from LA, nor the remake of The Fog
Probably wont bother with the remakes of Escape or The Thing either
The original Alien is still as suspenseful as it was the day it was released, and to me has never aged one bit
Not too sure if the Thing is a remake or a sequel
10 March 2008, 03:03 PM
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Ah, thanks! Seen that one, didn't get the reference to The Thing though when i watched it, tsh tsh!
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well here's the trailer.......... The Thing 2011
not all of us are human.......
17 October 2011, 10:41 AM
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very few of us in fact
titanic/war of the worlds/hitchhikers guide/time machine/Andromeda strain/day earth stood still, all terrible
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17 October 2011, 01:51 PM
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Quite like War of the Worlds - apart from the machines being here all the time, that was stupid.
The Thing isn't a remake, its a prequel. Its the story of the Norweigan base.
The Thing isn't a remake, its a prequel. Its the story of the Norweigan base.
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The new film will end up with a couple of Norwegians chasing a dog in a helicopter. Im guessing that one dies in a fireball and that the other is shot through the eye with a pistol.....
18 October 2011, 10:42 AM
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Well this is what I have wondered - how do they end it?
Its like, we know how it ends. I guess the lead bird will have her "F you too" moment and two other guys probably just go off chasing the dog.
Its like, we know how it ends. I guess the lead bird will have her "F you too" moment and two other guys probably just go off chasing the dog.