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BijouBob8mm	Re: John Carpenter's THE THING	#21	[-]
Feb 14 06 6:36 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I was VERY glad to see that material included on the DVD. In fact, I think this DVD should serve as a template as to how DVDs should be. Great bonus stuff, reasonable price. Also well done was the special edtion of THE HOWLING, which also included deleted stop-motion material.
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John M Short	Re: that HOWLING SE	#22	[-]
Feb 15 06 11:53 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Joe Dante's THE HOWLING is one of my very favorite movies. But I have some carps about the dvd. For one thing, it was shot in 1:66, and has been matted on the dvd because MGM has some idiotic ideas about releasing movies in 1:66. The LD was correctly framed. Also, and this is minor, but there are bits and pieces that have been edited out of the commentary, ported over from the LD. Dante answers, in a pretty cool way, some comments that Dennis Dugan made about this film...those are gone. The coolest thing missing on the dvd, from the LD, was a copy of the original script which had all of Dante's notes and sketches; that was really cool. And I guess my biggest complaint was...where was John Sayles? And where was Rob Bottin?? These guys were infinitely more responsible for the quality of the film than, say, Robert Picardo! I guess a great movie, that also looks great, and a cool doc just aren't enough, lol! You just can't please some people.
porta	thing	#23	[-]
Feb 24 06 11:16 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I watched this for the first time proper last night and was blown away by it. Great horror, and the special effects are awesome - they certainly still hold up today like someone already mentioned on this thread. After reading through this highly entertaining thread i thought i'd check out IMDB's board, only to find a thread entitled 'Homo's in the movie'. Needless to say I clicked straight but onto this site. I'd like to apologise for straying and I can assure everyone that it won't happen again.
notredamehesamightybozo	Re: thing	#24	[-]
Feb 25 06 3:40 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I did not care for Carpenter's film. I felt that it was way over the top in the special effects department. A little restraint here would have boosted my opinion. Stick with a good story line and you do not have to blow us away with bizarre sfx. Not that it was a total waste. The supporting actors were good and there was a wonderful claustrophoic atmosphere that showed the desperation of the characters. The special effects were, in fact well done, just over done. I'm sorry, but Kurt Russell is such a waste. Other than "Silkwood" and the TV bio "Elvis", he just doesn't cut it. He has to be in over the top roles to be effective. He was good in "Sky High", but you get the idea.
jimrnemeth	Re: thing	#25	[-]
Feb 25 06 11:51 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* I'm sorry, but Kurt Russell is such a waste I enjoy Russell very much in two comedies: Overboard and Captain Ron, although CR does fall more into your "over the top" classification. Jim N
blackbiped	Re: thing	#26	[-]
Feb 25 06 1:56 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I think he's great in SOLDIER. It's remarkable how much inner turmoil he's able to express through his eyes and body language. Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way.
oldmanster	Re: thing	#27	[-]
Feb 25 06 3:22 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I like Russell in several films, including this one (also, Soldier, Tombstone, Escape from New York, Sky High, and the other comedies mentioned above). He's getting a little long in the tooth to play the stoic, lantern-jawed hero type. I doubt we'll see him in those kinds of roles from now on. ... Reed
Rakshasa	Re: thing	#28	[-]
Feb 26 06 8:45 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I JUST watched this film with a buddy who was in town for the weekend. He said he had never seen the whole flick, so it was like he was seeing it for the first time. He loved it. It's amazing, but as many times as I've seen Carpenter's The Thing, I STILL forget what's going to happen next. Great film, great DVD, and Kurt Russell is AWESOME. I agree that the Carpenter/Russel commentary track is great fun.
ryanbrennan	Re: thing	#29	[-]
Feb 26 06 6:32 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Don't forget Russell in EXECUTIVE DECISION, an overlong but very underrated action film.
oldmanster	Re: thing	#30	[-]
Feb 26 06 7:58 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Perhaps most notable for the ugly death of Steven Seagal. Half the audience gasped when that happened; the other half cheered. ... Reed
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ryanbrennan	Re: thing	#31	[-]
Feb 27 06 1:48 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* Perhaps most notable for the ugly death of Steven Seagal. Half the audience gasped when that happened; the other half cheered. I guess we could call that a SPOILER? I'd comment that it was surprising and works to great effect. Say no more.
oldmanster	Re: thing	#32	[-]
Feb 27 06 3:56 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well, some people might call it a SPOILER. I call it an early Thanksgiving. ... Reed
wellspacedout	Re: thing	#33	[-]
Mar 11 06 9:33 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I Was recommended by a blonde babe at a second hand video store to buy this film i was surprised because it was the first John carpenter film i saw with such exspressed effects which were awesome, i love the atomsphere of the film i dont know how Carpenter does it with his films but they get a unique atmosphere with the fitting dark music too, i really rate this film as top stuff. Michael Arnold Travis: Would you like some soup, sir? Homeless person: No thanks, son. I don't take solids.
BijouBob8mm	Re: thing	#34	[-]
Mar 13 06 1:26 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* I Was recommended by a blonde babe at a second hand video store to buy this film i was surprised because it was the first John carpenter film i saw with such exspressed effects which were awesome. A blonde babe who likes this? You should have immediately offered to take her to dinner. (You know, just as a "thank you" for such excellent customer service.) Just caught Kurt Russell in the extended version of STARGATE over the weekend. Forgot how entertaining it had been.
wellspacedout	Re: thing	#35	[-]
Mar 20 06 1:23 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Ha ha thats so true i mean how often do you meet a girl anyhow who loves the Genre? maybe its just my bad luck, but dinner yea i was with my ex that time too before i was married if i'd have known we'd split sure i'f of taken her for the full course :P DAn she even said she like dthe pure gore in the effects too, how often does a babe comment like that? maybe i'd of been her dinner :P
WadeVC	Re: John Carpenter's THE THING	#36	[-]
Apr 11 06 3:53 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	This is one of the very few remakes that I thought exceeded the original while at the same time sticking close to the original. As a whole, I am not a big fan of "remakes", and prefer the classics/originals...but John Carpenter and "The Thing" is a rare exception. Geeze....I even have the PS2 game!
wellspacedout	Re: John Carpenter's THE THING	#37	[-]
Apr 11 06 7:30 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I totally agree with you wade i too dont usually like remakes but i also think it surpassed the original, this film doesnt rely on sex bad language or b****t like many new films so it can be said its pure horror & atmosphere from start to finish, Music suited the film too.
moviemonsters	Re: John Carpenter's THE THING	#38	[-]
Apr 12 06 7:55 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The original had a lot going for it too, for a low budget effort it has some nice dialog and characters and some menacing scenes. It's nothing like as entertaining as the remake though, hard to believe that Ghosts of Mars came from the same hand. Great atmosphere, I never get bored of this film. www.movie-monsters.co.uk
Ebola13	Re: John Carpenter's THE THING	#39	[-]
Jun 8 06 3:30 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I remember this film as one of the scariest from my childhood and it still holds up all these years later. Carpenter has not always had success and in my opinion a few of his films have been rather...eerrr...terrible? Hate to say it but its true. (Remember Ghosts of Mars?) The Thing (carpenter) on the other hand is, at least in my mind, one of the best SCI-FI Horror movies ever made. Its just a dark, suspenseful, and down right creepy movie. Carpenter created a feeling mystery and suspense that never lets up throughout the entire film. The acting is solid all the way through - Russell (who is not one of my favorite actors) is wonderful along side Brimley, Dysart and Moffet. The special effects are awesome and still hold up after all these years. A good special effects team can out due a good CGI team any day when it comes to small monster and gore effects....and lets face it... fake blood and latex just look more realistic. The fact that the movie came out five years after I was born and that it was one of the first sci-fi/horror movies I can remember watching has a lot to do with my loving the film. Hell the music alone still creeps me out.
The Mighty Kraken	Re: John Carpenter's THE THING	#40	[-]
Jun 11 06 8:27 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I was 11 when this came out, and had made a super-8 film called "Revenge of the Birds" (a sequel to a certain Hitchcock picture - try and guess which one) for a local filmmaking contest. The prize was movie tickets. I and my filmmaking friend Scott were up against a true epic by some older kids, a group of four who'd made a Jekyll and Hyde sort of picture about a kid scientist regularly turning into a kid scientist wearing a rubber mask. Of course, they won the first prize: two movie tickets each. We came in second out of two, winning one ticket apiece. But there was a mix-up in the envelopes, and we got the 8 movie tickets. The moment we realized it, we bolted. Long story short (too late, I know), I went to see The Thing four times with those tickets. Then I went again. I loved it then and I love it now. Someone earlier mentioned that the movie came out a couple of months after ET; in point of fact, if I recall correctly, it came out a week earlier and did great box-office... until ET, an even uglier alien with even worse eating habits, took the world by storm, and The Thing's box office plummeted. I did what I could, but I guess it wasn't enough.
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