Quoted from rendevous CGI didn't exist when Carpenter made TT. They had to act and use bits of sticks and gooh. Bloody thing still scares the bejasus outta me.

God forbid that actors have to act!

Catch the behind the scenes footage and making of documentary of The Exorcist.  It was pretty amazing.


Phil

I'm on a toilet break. And I didn't break the toilet, this time.

God forbid is right. I've seen plenty of movies where they try to act. And fail miserably.

I'd like to solely blame Americans for this. But I can't. The rest of us like Eire, England and the rest of Europe are just as guilty. And if anyone makes me watch Home And Away again I may just have to kill something I love. Like my television. Or fridge. Yeah, I'm gonna take it out on my fridge, the big white buzzing cold barstard.

I got the special edition of The Exorcist a coupla year ago, P/DB. The one where it starts in Iraq.

I love Max Von Sydow's line to a Will Friedkin lacky "Where are the guns located today?".

R ox

Back. To FFC and Marlon and co. Be good...

Quoted from ReaperCreeper I wouldn't go as far as to call it "incoherent." It was a better "Lovecraft" film than any other film actually based on his work! And he actually kept that surreal feeling throughout the film instead of doing a cop-ou tlike most films. It was Carpenter's tribute to a great writer and I really enjoyed it. Prince of Darkness was a great movie, but I like In The Mouth of Madness just as much, really. Though maybe I'm biased because I'm a Lovecraft junkie. But I did get the feeling some years ago that Carpenter was not as good as he was before as a filmmaker. --Julio

I loved In the Mouth of Madness as well. I love horror films that bend your psyche a little bit.

Julio's probably right. Not seen PoD since I was very drunk one night. Essentially I ain't seen it, even though I was in the room.

Carpenter ain't as good as he was. He's made some dogs of movies. But, he made some great ones too. Be good if he came back with a killer one soon. Who knows. He may...

Hope so. We always got hope, and that's the problem occasionally.

Er, back to my AN thread.

R ox

Quoted from rendevous Be good if he came back with a killer one soon. Who knows. He may...

Just as long as he never makes the "Escape From Earth" he planned on making for about 5 seconds. But, seriously, he and The Hair have to do a movie again before Russell loses his hair and/or The Crypt Keep--John Carpenter bites it.

"It is set in a Norwegian camp and chronicles how the shape-shifting alien was first discovered and overcame the inhabitants of that camp."

Sounds exactly like the original.  As someone already said, we know all the norweigans are killed by the Thing, except for the guys in the helicopter, who are killed by Kurt Russell and friends.  Seems a bit short on suspense.

Carpenter's version had some incredible moments, though.  No CGI, and that's why it holds up so well today.  They really pulled off some groundbreaking stuff in that movie.  And it balanced suspense with the gore.

This prequel, well, I don't exactly have high hopes for it.  But you never know.

Some set reports suggest that the prequel is going to be about 80% practical effects with 20% CGI, done by the team that did District 9, mostly to make motion more fluid with the practical effects, like del Toro did with Pan's Labyrinth.  Also, we know the fates of the Norwegian,s but not the other characters brought into the mix (the archaeologist, the emergency team dispatched), so there is some tension to be mined.  Will it be good?  Time will tell, but it doesn't appear as though this is a movie intended to capitalize on a not-very-successful film from 30 years ago.  I believe they are trying to make a reverent prequel that could be seen as a companion piece to Carpenter's.  They could, of course, totally screw that up, but I think this movie deserves a shot before dismissing it.

I wish Carpenter would come back and reboot the reboot of Halloween.  That'd be something.  We all know it's going to happen too.  There is no way, not after the last abomination Zombie gave the world, they can continue the franchise.  Give it back to Carpenter and let us see what he can do.

Quoted from BoinTN Time will tell, but it doesn't appear as though this is a movie intended to capitalize on a not-very-successful film from 30 years ago.

Aren't we forgetting that it opened in the box office the same week as E.T.?

Granted, it wouldn't have been huge with fans at the time anyway, but nothing killed its original success more than that.

Time for me to weigh in.

I won't talk much about Carpenter's fims. I won't need to. If I started in on that, you might as well flip on over to his IMDB page. I re-watch his films frequently. I would say other than Michael Mann  and David Cronenberg, he's the most influential filmmaker to me. I could go on forever in a scene by scene breakdown of Halloween and The Fog, Escape From New York...Christine too, for that matter. So could a few other folks I'm sure. I'd sure like to see the panaglide come back into vogue.

Anyway, I probably will see The Prequel to The Thing (which, if the want a title, it should be The Thing Thawed Out or The Thing Unleashed   or just take a quick look at what they do with that dumb, but successful franchise of The Fast and The Furious and fool with the title in that fashion. You know, Droppin the 'the and call it Thing

In any case, I, too, have my doubts. Like I said, I'll still check it out, but I think it was a bad idea to begin with. It's the problem with prequels. Sure, it can be somewhat entertaining as last year's Wolverine, but the suspense factor was weakened due to four characters - Logan, Creed, Stryker and Cyclops- go on to fight another day. The supporting characters that gain interest - Gambit, Deadpool/Wade Wilson, are near cameos.

It's not having the luxury of Indiana Jones and The Temple Of Doom where you know Indiana Jones won't die, but Wille or Short Round? They are in danger! They weren't even around for Raiders!

And that will be the major hurdle "Thing" is going to have. Everyone dies. Yes, two Swedes Norwegians escape to kill the Thing Wolf-Dog- but they die in the first five minutes of the 1982 movie.I would have rather have seen a sequel of some kind (which almost happened, when it was planned several years ago as a SyFy channel miniseries?) or perhaps I might warm up (not by much) to another remake of The Thing.

I'm curious what will happen if "The Thing..The Untold Story" makes some cash. Can they do a sequel ?

Don't think about it. You will go mad.
How do I know?

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Right. You barstards are keeping me up.

Nothing new there. I was just watching the Ting again and MacReady and the helicopter and the Dog and the Norweiganians etc,

And then ya ballocks pooped inta me head. Thank god fer typos I say.

There is so much material to work with, with this film. Hollywood is always begging for good stories, told well.

Kids, that is the reason the likesa me is here.

Get yerself a good story. The likesa me and Rob would love a new film about The Thing, if it was done right, and was vaguely close as the greatness of the original.

If not, don't bloody bother. And if you do foist shite on us under the veil of associating with The Thing we will come round your house and harrass you at all hours. You shite for ruining our fun.

We know where you live. A great nothern English saying.

Ahem. I rant. So I stop. Now I shall watch the rest of The Thing. Nobody spoil for me. Yes? Good. Behave. And have fun.

Re out. Xo

Not a bad looking poster. The movie will still suck though.

Completely agree, ED. This is a remake in prequel-clothing.

I think it looks awesome!  I've always loved the Kurt Russel flick...must have seen it at least 15 times in its entirety.

I'm looking forward to this remake.