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The Thing (currently 1706 views) |
the goose |
Posted: November 17th, 2003, 2:50pm |
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New Yippie-kay-ay.
LocationLondon Posts297 Posts Per Day 0.04 |
THE THING
Starring: Kurt Russell, A.Wilford Bramley and Keith David.
Directed by: John Carpenter.
This is a classic 1982 Sci-Fi Horror. In the winter of 82 at a research station in Antartica where a 12 man research team finds an alien being that has been thawed out and is unleashed causing havoc as it changes forms for the various members of the team.
I thought this was 100/100 10/10 5/5. MY FAVOURITE EVER FILM! The greatest.
So what did you guys think? |
| "We don't make movies for critics, since they don't pay to see them anyhow."
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Hoeku |
Posted: November 17th, 2003, 3:22pm |
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I have NEVER seen the film the whole way through. Always caught it from different points and never seen the whole thing. But what i did see of it entertained me and kept me on the edge of my seat. So, so far I must say that i like what i've seen and would probably agree with you if i had seen it all (except for the greatest film bit). But there ya go... |
| Its a god damn shame, please somebody explain why they sent these bad boys 2 play a grown mans game... |
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the goose |
Posted: November 18th, 2003, 2:34pm |
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New Yippie-kay-ay.
LocationLondon Posts297 Posts Per Day 0.04 |
Hell, the script's on the site, download it dude-have a party. |
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FSKessler |
Posted: November 18th, 2003, 3:03pm |
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LocationKansas City, Mo Posts93 Posts Per Day 0.01 |
THE THING, along with Ridley Scott's ALIEN, is the greatest scifi/horror film ever made, and a testament to Cold War paranoia. John Carpenter does a masterful job of both disgusting and scaring us as we watch...and are unable to look away.
5 out of 5. |
| FS (Scott) Kessler "Get excited Motherf**ker!" - Rocco in The Boondock Saints |
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Darth Vader |
Posted: November 29th, 2003, 2:26pm |
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THE THING...
It is a masterpiece indeed!
What I always wonderd is, would you know it when The Thing has taken you over?
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FSKessler |
Posted: December 5th, 2003, 3:43pm |
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LocationKansas City, Mo Posts93 Posts Per Day 0.01 |
Yeah, I'm pretty sure you're dead and it just assumes your appearance. |
| FS (Scott) Kessler "Get excited Motherf**ker!" - Rocco in The Boondock Saints |
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the goose |
Posted: December 5th, 2003, 4:12pm |
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New Yippie-kay-ay.
LocationLondon Posts297 Posts Per Day 0.04 |
I am an expert on the thing. There are two ways to find out who's the thing:
1. Stick a blowtorch up his @$$
2. Do Dr.Cooper's blood test.
Hey, what about the ending. Who thought MacReady was the thing and Childs wasn't in my script "Thing versus Predator" that's what I thought. It should be posted soon. |
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R.E._Freak |
Posted: December 11th, 2003, 12:37pm |
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The effects, even though they are twenty years old, stand up better than some of the CGI stuff they're making today. |
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the goose |
Posted: December 11th, 2003, 2:16pm |
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New Yippie-kay-ay.
LocationLondon Posts297 Posts Per Day 0.04 |
Yep. |
| "We don't make movies for critics, since they don't pay to see them anyhow."
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Gaara |
Posted: February 8th, 2004, 11:20am |
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New I had an itch on my face...so I scratched it
LocationSunderland, England Posts161 Posts Per Day 0.02 |
What I like about The Thing (apart from the gore, that bloke having his arms bit off made me laugh till I pissed) was that it was more true to the original source material than the 1950's Thing From Another Planet, as the original story on which it was based was about a shape shifting alien and the paranoia the people felt as they didn't know who was human and who was an alien killing machine.
All in all a good movie by John Carpenter unlike his more recent pile-o-crap Ghosts of Mars.
**** out of ***** |
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thenewpulp |
Posted: February 8th, 2004, 12:53pm |
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I enjoyed the film a lot but I think it had violence for the sake of violence in it, which can be enjoyable but not to a certain extent. Although its just another Carpenter/Russell classic like Escape from New York and L.A, Elvis, and Big Trouble in Little China.
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the goose |
Posted: February 15th, 2004, 8:29am |
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New Yippie-kay-ay.
LocationLondon Posts297 Posts Per Day 0.04 |
I think the violence is just right, it's better than over violent crap like friday the 13th or all the halloweens apart from number one. |
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FSKessler |
Posted: February 15th, 2004, 11:03am |
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LocationKansas City, Mo Posts93 Posts Per Day 0.01 |
The best thing (no pun intended) about THE THING is the sense of claustrophobia that Carpenter created. This film is far better than either of those crappy Snake Plissken movies...c'mon!
I also feel that the original HALLOWEEN is far and away one of the top 5 horror films of all time. |
| FS (Scott) Kessler "Get excited Motherf**ker!" - Rocco in The Boondock Saints |
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Scoob |
Posted: February 25th, 2005, 9:10pm |
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LocationUK Posts583 Posts Per Day 0.08 |
This is one of my favourite horror films of all time. I love John Carpenter films, mainly his early ones, and this is an outstanding lesson in what horror should be.
The music, the atmosphere, the characters, the effects even to this day are outstanding.
Classic. |
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Scott_Fortner |
Posted: February 25th, 2005, 10:56pm |
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The Thing is truly a masterpiece, scary and just well scary... If you get the chance, get the game, its really good .... |
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