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I watched The Thing again the other night. It's like the 30th time I've seen it, and it was just as good, if not better. I salute the man Carpenter. And I STILL need to see Dark Star! (and find my copy of In The Mouth Of Madness) |
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Dark Star!!!! HAHA! I love that film! :D |
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I still say the original Thing is much better. but I do agree on Carpenter - the man is Great. |
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Man makes quality films. I appreciate him. |
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My avitar is my tribute to him... in a way |
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They Live is his best work. The matrix ripped it off entirely. |
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I'd be fucking landed with a Carpenter DVD boxset... Ghosts of Mars (2001) Vampires (1998) * Escape from L.A. (1996) * Village of the Damned (1995) In the Mouth of Madness (1995) Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) * They Live (1988) Prince of Darkness (1987) * Big Trouble in Little China (1986) * Starman (1984) * Christine (1983) * Thing, The (1982) * Escape from New York (1981) * Fog, The (1980) Halloween (1978) * Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) Dark Star (1974) I've seen the ones marked with an asterix, some real corkers still missing though... (tv and early work not included) |
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damn i LOVE 'the thing' it never disappoints despite seeing it 20+ times. funny thing is, i own the DVD, and yet everytime it's on TV i find myself watching it.....AGAIN! Evil Q - d00d 'the thing from another world' suXorZ IMO, i sold the DVD the day after i watched it =/. i really expected a lot more, and i marveled at how John Carpenter was inspired to make his movie, after watching the original. They Live made me laugh, more than it scared me. Never seen Dark Star, but i have a feeling a rental is in the near future! |
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The first half of Dark Star is a little slow, but the 2nd half? BAM! great stuff!! :D |
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Carpenter said he didn't base his film on the original - which he never intended to remake, just 're-imagine' - but on the short story that inspired the original, called 'Who Goes There?'. You can read it online at the unofficial Thing website :) |
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hey thanks, reading it now! even the LETTERING for the film was SCARY! damn btw......is that your DREAM Box Set or is that really happening? Ghosts of Mars (2001) Vampires (1998) - seen Escape from L.A. (1996) -seen Village of the Damned (1995) - seen In the Mouth of Madness (1995) Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) They Live (1988) - seen Prince of Darkness (1987) Big Trouble in Little China (1986) Starman (1984) - seen Christine (1983) - seen Thing, The (1982) - seen Escape from New York (1981) - seen Fog, The (1980) - seen Halloween (1978) - seen Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) Dark Star (1974) some of these movies sound famil, some not.....i'm gonna check them out on IMDB! |
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That's my dream boxset :) All his major movies, basically. The novelisation of The Thing is supposed to be pretty cool too, though long out of print. |
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not for long.....35 pages printing RIGHT NOW!!! ahahhah......man i'm gonna love to read this, maybe i'll put on the THING soundtrack to provide the mood! =0) |
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well, essentially, the original Thing really scared me and the remake kind of bored me. the special effects are nicely disgusting, but scary? no. |
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ehhehe....they were disgusting AND scary! IMO i feel bad cos i could sent you the DVD (although it prolly wouldn't have worked on your player) for FREE, gratis..i woulda preferred giving to someone who loved it than selling it back for next to nothing =/ bummah d00d |
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The Thing (Carpenter) is one of my all-time favorites too. It's the only movie that has ever scared me. I saw it when I was 9, and couldn't sleep for weeks without the light on. I had already seen Alien, Excorcist, etc but for some reason, only the Thing scared me. The DVD is great, with a commentary by Carpenter and Kurt Russell that is well worth watching, actually very funny. |
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Assault On Precinct 13 is his masterpiece IMO. One of his few non-horror non-sci fi films. And with some of the most wooden acting this side of Steven Seagal! |
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thats sweet. :) my dvdplayer is region free (although a bit wonky, as it's a very cheap player..)..! |
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Alien didn't scare you!? wow. the facehugger scene jumping on John Hurts face would've been enough for me..! |
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In the Mouth of Madness and The Thing are amongst some of the finest horror films i've seen in the past 15 years. |
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wonderful - yet again i've succeeded in killing a decent thread. |
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actually, i haven't seen single frame by Carpenter (except for the gif up there). i'm amazed. |
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you're a BIT WONKY! hey now that i know that i'll be sure to let you know if i'm unloading some DVD's......one's man trash is another man's treasure. i could really kick myself for not asking you......especially cos you liked it so much.....=/ too bad we can't set up a movie exchange....i bet you have a lot of SCARY stuff i'd like to see....ehhehhe |
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I believe I do, yes.. :) I still haven't found the time to make an index of my dvd's. |
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abOOt how many DVD's do you have? do you think the theatrical release of Alien will have scenes that we haven't seen before. consensus seems to suggest that perhaps it's stuff thats been seen on the DVD? the deleted scenes? i can hardly wait to FINALLY see it on the BIG screen......i think it's released next month! |
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john carpenter rockz! john carpenter: |
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it will probably be the deleted scenes, yes. but maybe they've cleaned up the cocoon scenes - that would be good. I have about 110 dvd's or something. I buy around 7 to 10 new ones a month.. : s |
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Alien: Director's Cut is shorter and has the cocoon scene in it's enterity - so obviously the pacing has been improved and the endless shots of the spaceship cut down a tad. |
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nothing wrong with the pacing in the original, slowmo! |
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well i've NOT seen the DVD of Alien, so i guess i may be in for some surprises.....i'm happy happy for that! oh yea and back to topic THE THING RAWKSSSSSS!!!! *printing is complete* |
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$6 wasn't next to nothing; that's almost 50% of what you paid for it, isn't it? but it would've been nice to give it to qrter.. qrter i can't believe you liked the original so much, but i'm glad.. my favorite carpenter movies are escape from NY, big trouble in little china, and the thing |
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well the best Carpenter is ofcourse.. Dark Star. it is VERY funny and quite moving too. intelligent film. Escape to New York is one of the coolest films - who cares it's dumb in places - it has GODDAMN Snake Plisskin! Assault is good too - quite brutal. Halloween is a classic. the thing that I always forget about Halloween (and immediately am remembered of when watching it) is how great the visuals are. and truely scary. They Live is a classic - it starts so slow, but the timing is great. early on you know something is quite wrong, but it takes forever (in a good way) to get there. after that he seems to kind of slip, although I did like Escape from LA - good ol' Bruce Campbell.. |
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His music's great too..well, from about 76-87 its really good...bit of proto-electronica right there.. |
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indeed! |
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Who did reanimator? That was great! |
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blarrrrrr i just saw Ghost Of Mars over the weekend and i have to say it SuXorZ! the best part about the film was Ice Cube and the Anthrax/Buckethead score! what a pile O crap.....IMO one thing tho....the DVD stated that John Carpenter - and i quote - "has scored ALL 23 of his movies." but thats not true......big mistake on the DVD? or what ??? |
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the thing is my favourite horror movie of all time. no matter how often i see it, it always catches you on suprise. this movie scared the SHIT out of me when i first saw it (i was 13 years of age). i had trouble sleeping a few nights after that. |
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i agree...it was EDGE of your seat SCARY (not just gory).....pee in YO pants scary!! they just don't make them like that anymore......=/ |
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saw the special EDITION of THE FOG a couple days ago.......it was good, but unfortunately NOT as scary as i'd hoped. i really enjoyed the new Documentary on the DVD where JC talked about the problems he encountered making The Fog and how they had to add some stuff to try to make it MORE scary....NOT! |
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I had to turn Ghosts Of Mars off after 25 minutes. It was mind-bogglingly awful. I have They Live and Prince Of Darkness on DVD now, give em a tanning this Sunday methinks (commentaries on each, bliss!). The Fog I've never seen but I heard it was a bit pants. Isn't it based on a James Herbert book? If so that'd be why, that guy sucks. |
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Ah So... I appreciate John Carpenter very much so indeed, "In The Mouth Of Madness" is indeed a stunner, and who can forget "Escape from New York"...there will be no Blade Runner, No Mad Max, and conversly no Terminator, no Matrix no credible post apocalyptic cyber punkish landscape without it as a precedent. |
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flea insisted that I watch Assault on Precinct 13, I was genuinely shocked at this film, well ahead of its time. Vampires is the closest thing to Kathyrine Bigalow's Near Dark, [imo one the ultimate vampire flicks] The Thing is next on the list of wants. |
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I've loved Carpenter films for many years -- he has so many classics... I think I've said this before, but sometimes his execution fails his ideas, which is a shame. But his ideas are real dope, and so is he -- he looks like some backwater hick :D |
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I finally watched 'They Live' last night - loved it, despite the suspect editorial choices/acting skills. This is a director who should not be ignored! A real case of "Hunt everything down to get the full picture" kind of deal. Commentary tomorrow, then on with the rest of his shit! (Aside from Ghosts Of Mars, man alive that sucks!) |
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when he finally puts on the glasses and has a look at the 'real' world - no music, just the sounds of the street. pretty incredible scene - moreso because I knew nothing about this film when I watched it, so I didn't see any of it coming. :) |
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For me, having never seen it before yesterday, it straddled a fine line between being eerie and lacklustre. One problem is a Stephen King story called 'The Ten O' Clock People' - which bears a remarkable resemblence to this film, based on a short story called 'Eight O' Clock in the Morning' (forget the author's name). Honestly, it's quite remarkable some of the similarities. I'd read that first and it was inevitavble I'd be reminded of it while watching. Anyway, William may have a slight point, does kinda give the Matrix a bunk up. |
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ohhhh guess what i picked up this past weekend!!! Escape From New York SPECIAL edition~!! it's a two disc version with a BAD ASS comic in the 'book dvd' i'm telling ya it's very cool!!! Snake says HI..........ssssssssssssss =0) |
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Big trouble in little china rocks!! |
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i was looking for a description of the special features.....here they are!!! SUPPLEMENTS: The 2 disc set features 2 commentary tracks (one thoroughly entertaining track with director John Carpenter and Kurt Russell, a previously recorded commentary where the two chatter away like old friends -- "By the way, both of our ex-wives are in the movie" -- and a new track by producer Debra Hill and production designer Joe Alves) on disc 1. Disc 2 features the complete 10 minute robbery sequence that Carpenter cut from the film (it was meant to be the opening scene and has only been seen in brief clips) with optional commentary by Carpenter and Russell, the documentary Return to Escape From New York, an interactive featurette on the making of the "John Carpenter's Snake Plissken Chronicles" comic book, a still gallery, a trailer montage, the original teasers and trailer, and an accompanying special edition of the first issue of the "Snake Plissken Chronicles" comic book. <<--THIS IS SOO BEAUTIFUL. full color, etc....WOW |
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I probably did have a pont last night... not any more. It's a really superficiial connection we have together, and it's nice that we can get toegether and leave it as that. Adios and happy trails... |
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