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AllenVanAllen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-23-09 04:32 AM
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17. The original is a classic
Edited on Sun Aug-23-09 04:33 AM by AllenVanAllen



and I think Carpenter's is more os a sequel.



You're right, if you haven't seen it, you have to check it out.
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  -I love 'John Carpenter's The Thing'...such a great movie. Danger Mouse  Aug-23-09 12:32 AM   #0 
  - I love the ending.  Swede   Aug-23-09 12:34 AM   #1 
  - I love endings like that. Leave you guessing. What happens next? It's up to you.  Danger Mouse   Aug-23-09 12:35 AM   #2 
  - A fine film that only could have been made in the early eighties.  leeroysphitz   Aug-23-09 12:35 AM   #3 
  - True. It's quite the gorefest.  Danger Mouse   Aug-23-09 12:37 AM   #4 
  - They'd screw it up with too much CG. That movie was a character study.  bluesbassman   Aug-23-09 12:38 AM   #5 
  - I just saw a preview for some polar movie (Whiteout?), and my first thought was  petronius   Aug-23-09 12:52 AM   #6 
  - I don't really see how it can be done any better.  Danger Mouse   Aug-23-09 01:01 AM   #7 
  - The one I LOVED, and don't dare watch again,  Tangerine LaBamba   Aug-23-09 01:01 AM   #8 
  - Haven't yet seen it, but I think I might have to check it out...  Danger Mouse   Aug-23-09 01:12 AM   #9 
     - You HAVEN'T??????  Tangerine LaBamba   Aug-23-09 01:13 AM   #10 
        - Adrienne Barboobies fan?  REP   Aug-23-09 01:22 AM   #11 
           - I love The Thing  Lorax7844   Aug-23-09 01:40 AM   #12 
  - Doc getting his arms ripped off was the shit!  AllenVanAllen   Aug-23-09 02:08 AM   #13 
  - The original movie made in the 1950s was the best.  RebelOne   Aug-23-09 03:54 AM   #14 
  - The original is a classic  AllenVanAllen   Aug-23-09 04:32 AM   #17 
  - I love both, the the remake is better, imo, and far closer to the short story it's based on.  Forkboy   Aug-23-09 01:34 PM   #24 
  - One of the best movies ever made. Carpenter is a genius film-maker and story-teller.  Rabrrrrrr   Aug-23-09 04:03 AM   #15 
  - I really like that movie - Carpenter made that for little money, like  old mark   Aug-23-09 04:21 AM   #16 
  - A friend of mine from college is married to John Carpenter. She was a little  mnhtnbb   Aug-23-09 06:38 AM   #18 
  - I terrified some poor little kid with that film.  jobycom   Aug-23-09 07:28 AM   #19 
  - I watch The Thing once a year...  TommyO   Aug-23-09 07:32 AM   #20 
  - the original was even better.  mgcgulfcoast   Aug-23-09 07:33 AM   #21 
  - I hear that a lot, but I just don't get it.  Orrex   Aug-23-09 09:26 AM   #23 
  - It is my favorite horror movie of all time  Frank Cannon   Aug-23-09 07:49 AM   #22 
  - I think it's arguably the best horror movie ever made.  Forkboy   Aug-23-09 01:35 PM   #25 
  - yeah, that movie is pretty good.  nickinSTL   Aug-23-09 03:09 PM   #26 
  - "You've gotta be fucking kidding!" - Palmer  Ikonoklast   Aug-23-09 03:39 PM   #27 
  - The movie was creative horror FX gold.  AllenVanAllen   Aug-23-09 05:39 PM   #28 
  - A great psychological thriller  PVnRT   Aug-24-09 06:32 AM   #29 
  - I love that moviem and (I know this will sound f*ed up) it is the reason I wanted to go  eyepaddle   Aug-24-09 12:41 PM   #30 
 

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