(September 22, 2011 at 4:15 pm)frankiej Wrote: My collection of 58 zombie films agrees with that.
If I hadn't have already given you a Rep Bump (I was the first by the way), I'd give you one right now JUST for that!!
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 If I hadn't have already given you a Rep Bump (I was the first by the way), I'd give you one right now JUST for that!!
It has taken me quite a while to build a collection like that...Especially on a students income
Cunt
 RE: The Thing
September 22, 2011 at 4:46 pm
(This post was last modified: September 22, 2011 at 4:47 pm by Cyberman.)
Just to clarify: the new version of The Thing is not a remake, despite using the same title; rather it's a prequel of sorts (that link to thethingmovie.net describes it as a prelude). It will tell the story of what happened right up to the point where Cameron's 1982 remake begins.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
(September 22, 2011 at 4:46 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Just to clarify: the new version of The Thing is not a remake, despite using the same title; rather it's a prequel of sorts (that link to thethingmovie.net describes it as a prelude). It will tell the story of what happened right up to the point where Cameron's 1982 remake begins. I was not aware of this. Some of the scenes in the trailer appear to be nearly identical to the original. But hey, cool. Looking forward to it, regardless. 
I first got wind of this new version a few weeks ago. The Carpenter classic (oops, my bad; I spelled it 'Cameron' in my earlier post) was on telly - had been on for over an hour actually. As it had been ages since I'd seen it, I thought I'd refresh my memory via the wikipedia entry, and when I saw one of those disambiguation things for The Thing (2011) my heart sank, as I imagine yours did when you first heard of it. It was when I checked up on it that I found it was going to be a prequel. This is the first time I saw the trailer though.
Interestingly enough, I learned that in 2004, John Carpenter himself had revealed how he might pull off a sequel using the original cast - at least, the two still standing at the end. He would have used the idea of extreme frostbite to explain the rather advanced ages.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
 RE: The Thing
October 13, 2011 at 2:03 am
(This post was last modified: October 13, 2011 at 2:04 am by Epimethean.)
Two extra points here.
One, Carpenter's version was a remake, albeit a kick-ass, take no prisoners one. Two, the original short story upon which The Thing is based, "Who Goes There," came out in in the 30's and is a damned scary read, especially by the standards of its time. http://www.lacunalethe.com/wgt.pdf I'm a huge horror buff. When Candyman came out, I made myself stand in the mirror in a dark bathroom and say his name three times. I didn't sleep that night. It was great. I'll admit that Paranormal Activity scared me, but then, so did The Exorcist. Event Horizon's a damned good flick, too.
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 (September 22, 2011 at 4:14 pm)Cinjin Wrote: Zombie movies are inherently awesome! Zombieland
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
-- Homer Simpson God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion. -- Superintendent Chalmers Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things. -- Ned Flanders Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral. -- The Rev Lovejoy 
The story was cool. The first movie was just camp. The second one bored me, too many puppets. (Given the state of CGI in that day, puppets were the only way to go, I think, but still...) I'll see the new one just because.
No scary movie in existence has scared me as much as courage the cowardly dog. Back in the day, I ruined a lot of good pants because of that show.
If I die and god is real, im so screwed.
(October 13, 2011 at 2:46 am)IATIA Wrote:(September 22, 2011 at 4:14 pm)Cinjin Wrote: Zombie movies are inherently awesome! When I think of zombieland it hardly even registers as a zombie film to me. It was pretty good, but the genre is filled with far superior films. Cunt
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