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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? |
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Hoeku |
Posted: November 17th, 2003, 3:22pm |
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New ThE ReAL fOLk blUES?!...
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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... |
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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. |
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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.
*** out of **** |
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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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Balt |
Posted: February 26th, 2005, 1:14am |
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The original stuck as true to the source material as it could... The budget and production wouldn't allow for it to fully be realized, however. So they made it "JUST ANOTHER MONSTER" movie, instead of what it really was.
They wanted the FRANKENSTEIN appeal once they realised they couldn't pull off what they wanted to pull off, it just couldn't be done back in that time.
Don't bash the original, without the proper facts... The original is still fantastic, just not as visual and story driven as it's remake counterpart is.
Also, most of Carpenters work is fantastic... however, there are times when he really didn't do the right casting or maybe enough directing.
Assult on Precinct 13 comes to mind, LOL~ brilliant movie, even more so for the time, but the acting is terrible by and large and the women, WOW! What the fuck was thaT? I've seen Jimmy Lego's do better acting on hack nite at the deep end comedy club in south denton. LOL~
That girl couldn't act worth goat nuts to cheese.
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Old Time Wesley |
Posted: February 26th, 2005, 5:14pm |
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LocationOntario, Canada Posts2908 Posts Per Day 0.38 |
I enjoyed Ghosts of Mars, I believe it's John Carpenter. i had to order the film from an American off of E Bay because Canada is such a dvd deprived country. It took me 2 years to finally get all 3 Crow films, I mean get with the system here.
Anyways I have never seen The Thing, The Blob yes but never the thing. Weird. |
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Scoob |
Posted: February 28th, 2005, 4:00am |
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LocationUK Posts583 Posts Per Day 0.08 |
I enjoyed Carpernter's early films like "ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13", the acting was awful and the dialouge sucks like Balt has pointed out, but it is still a hell of a lot better then the crap we have nowadays. "The FOG" I think was great, "PRINCE OF DARKNESS", classic to me, "HALLOWEEN 1-3" I think are brilliant. Part if this has to be the crew he worked with, Dean Cundey worked miracle on photagraphy and is now the best in the business.
I'm not too keen on Carpenter's higher budgeted flicks, they don't have the same edge to them.
"MOUTH OF MADNESS" wasn't too bad, I enjoyed that one, but I can't even watch "GHOSTS OF MARS", that just has no Carpenter feel about it at all IMO. |
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Old Time Wesley |
Posted: February 28th, 2005, 4:14am |
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LocationOntario, Canada Posts2908 Posts Per Day 0.38 |
Accept for the fact that he directed it and is proud of it, other than that... It has no Carpenter feel.
I think in my opinion that people don't like it because there's another rapper in it, not you but some people, when you read there thoughts on certain films you almost get the idea that they may be a bit racist.
I got that from a review on a script of mine that was set heavily around a black character.
You may know your John Carpenter films but just be happy they haven't made 30 sequels to it and leave it at that.
I seen this website somebody on here posted called fanfic.com and oh my godit's a god forsaken epidemic there are hundreds of fanfics for just a single series like Star Trek and those don't even include the ones here |
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Scoob |
Posted: February 28th, 2005, 4:31am |
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LocationUK Posts583 Posts Per Day 0.08 |
It has no Carpenter feel to it, nor does most of Carpenter's higher budgeted work.
The fact a rapper is in it makes no difference whatsoever in my opinion, in fact I like Ice Cube and I have one heck of a rap collection.
So I hope you dont mean im rascist for picking a flaw in a film, I've just been to a Snoop Doggy Dogg concert so even being labled within that context makes me a little unhappy with how I perhaps put my point across.
I don't like "GHOSTS OF MARS" because the feel of Carpenter's early films is not there at all. The production levels are too high, it is just not what Carpenter is good at in my opinion. The music is not at all right, how can you be terrified by rock music or whatever it is playing during a murder scene? It appeals to the younger viewer maybe, and perhaps I am completly wrong on this. But I didn't like it.
But I appreciate people do like it, and it is just my view I posted. I know Carpenter like's it, I heard he is planning a sequal. I love John Carpenter films, he is my complete inspiration, but if it sucks in my opinion, I will say it does.
As for other actors, or rappers, you can't hate the people that act, you have to hate the script they are given. I think Busta Rhymes did a great job in HALLOWEEN 8 but his character was poor. I think LL COOL J did a really good job in HALLOWEEN 7, probably one of the most likebale in the film. Maybe loads more, but I don;t keep score of blacks or whites in films. When I write, I don't even mention skin color unless i'm going to use a stereotypical character, for whatever uses then they will be used.
Maybe I'm making more of this then what it was, but this is just my view.
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Scoob |
Posted: February 28th, 2005, 4:36am |
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LocationUK Posts583 Posts Per Day 0.08 |
Apologies for my last post, I got the complete wrong end of the stick. It's been a bizarre night to say the least, I completly read your post wrong, Wes, and i do apologize.
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FSKessler |
Posted: February 28th, 2005, 12:19pm |
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LocationKansas City, Mo Posts93 Posts Per Day 0.01 |
Assault On Precinct 13 (bad acting or not), Halloween, The Thing, In the Mouth of Madness and Prince of Darkness are all brilliant films. I agree that Carpenter has made as many missteps (Village of the Damned, Escape from LA, Ghosts of Mars, Christine) as solid steps in the right direction, but overall he's good director who sometimes has to lower his standards (talent-wise) to get his movies made. I even enjoyed THEY LIVE for its poor acting and over the top dialogue (what else could you expect from a film starring Roddy Piper). I agree that some of his major budget stuff (like Starman...tooo corny) is weak...it seems his films SUFFER from a better grade of talent, heh heh.
Ghost of Mars was, by the way, what came out of failed deal to adapt a British roleplaying game called The Mutant Chronicles. After the script was written, Carpenter lost the rights to the game. He altered a few things (very few things...I'm surprised he didn't get sued) and made the film anyway, on an indie budget. Who knows what it could've been had he not lost the rights? It was originally supposed to star Jet Li (in the Ice Cube role) and have a budget of $45+ million. Instead we got...that piece of crap.
Anyway...just thought I'd chime in. |
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Old Time Wesley |
Posted: February 28th, 2005, 1:50pm |
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LocationOntario, Canada Posts2908 Posts Per Day 0.38 |
Jet Li, thank god they lost the rights than. Because Jet Li in all of his roles that I've seen is about as interesting as a rotten apple.
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MacDuff |
Posted: February 28th, 2005, 3:34pm |
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Been Around I should be writing...
LocationBeautiful BC Posts745 Posts Per Day 0.10 |
Hmmm..I did not know that about Ghosts Of Mars.
I still rank In The Mouth Of Madness in my top 10 movies of all times. Fantastic film. |
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