Thing, The (1982)

Mole · 11-26-04, 02:57 PM

Rented it from Netflix. Believe it or not, I had never seen it before.

I think it's an awesome movie. I like how it puts a lot of attention to detail into how they all stop trusting each other and start going crazy. Really does a good job of adding depth and suspense to the movie.

If you've never seen it, it's about:

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An American scientific expedition to the frozen wastes of the Antarctic is interrupted by a group of seemingly mad Norwegians pursuing and shooting a dog. The helicopter pursuing the dog crashes leaving no explanation for the chase. During the night, the dog mutates and attacks other dogs in the cage and members of the team that investigate. The team soon realises that an alien life-form with the ability to take over other bodies is on the loose and they don't know who may already have been taken over.

I think I'll buy this one. I also rented Van Helsing and THX1138.

The Thing: Awesome
THX1138: Awesome
Van Helsing: Meh

opus512 · 11-26-04, 03:14 PM

That the one with Kurt Russel? Yeah it's a good movie.

Original was good, too.

Van Helsing I rented as well, it was ok. I dug teh shit out of the black and whote opening sequence, too bad they didn't hold that level throughout the movie. The back story was interesting with the whole left hand of God thing and his memory being wiped out, probably to hide all the horrible sins he's commited in his work.

Effects were great, but the weaponry was pure shlock, the friggin' suto crossbow was just too much, it threw the balance of the movie off for me. Was worth the two fiddy rental from the local video store and that's about it.

babystinky · 11-27-04, 12:41 AM

Mole

One of my all time favs. Just the whole mood of the movie, not talked a lot about but one hell of a movie.

Mole · 11-27-04, 06:25 AM

I wanna get the game, I've heard that it's pretty good and does a good job of expanding the story.

ohbeardedone · 11-27-04, 07:42 AM

Right when i started getting into my whole movie craze thing, The Thing is one that started me off. It is indeed a awesome facking movie.

DUKE HARDKNOCK · 11-27-04, 09:26 AM

I like The Thing but I do not like it that they ripped off the spiderheads from DOOM III.

ohbeardedone · 11-27-04, 09:54 AM

1badjedi · 11-27-04, 10:12 AM

the best part was when fat dudes head disconnected and crawled away

oh and the game is kinda cool. tricky controls and some awkward pathfinding but otherwise it's fun to play. it picks up with you being inserted with a team to investigate what happened at the base. i never finished the game tho so i dont know if it gets better or not

oh and it does look pretty thats for sure

Mole · 11-27-04, 10:35 AM

lol, yeah, that part where the dude's head detaches and grows legs and crawls away, I thought, "That looks very familiar."

Cop · 11-27-04, 10:39 AM

One of my favorite movies of all time.

scottg26 · 11-27-04, 09:20 PM

what about Citizen Kane? is that similar?

czorhanz · 11-28-04, 11:42 AM

One of my fav. movies. I have the game also, its awsome. it came with the DVD... SWEET

Cop · 11-28-04, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by scottg26

what about Citizen Kane? is that similar?

Yes, yes, Citizin Kane is just like the Thing. It too monsters bursting out of people, head spiders and gore galore...

scottg26 · 11-28-04, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Cop

Yes, yes, Citizin Kane is just like the Thing. It too monsters bursting out of people, head spiders and gore galore...

Well I havent seen either

11-26-04, 03:14 PM	#2
opus512 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Cherry Capitol of the World, Bitch! Posts: 71,507	That the one with Kurt Russel? Yeah it's a good movie. Original was good, too. Van Helsing I rented as well, it was ok. I dug teh shit out of the black and whote opening sequence, too bad they didn't hold that level throughout the movie. The back story was interesting with the whole left hand of God thing and his memory being wiped out, probably to hide all the horrible sins he's commited in his work. Effects were great, but the weaponry was pure shlock, the friggin' suto crossbow was just too much, it threw the balance of the movie off for me. Was worth the two fiddy rental from the local video store and that's about it. __________________ We're all Nero, and we're all playing cheap plastic Chinese fiddles. When the Rebels become the Tyrants, Revolution takes on a New Meaning. The only truth that I fear is the dominance of opinion over thought, of partisan ideology over compromise, of emotional self righteous morality over intellectual reasoning. "We must always take heed that we buy no more from strangers than we sell them, for so should we impoverish ourselves and enrich them." --- Sir. Thomas Smith, England, 1549.

11-27-04, 12:41 AM	#3
babystinky Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: toronto Posts: 3,886	Mole One of my all time favs. Just the whole mood of the movie, not talked a lot about but one hell of a movie. __________________ Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say,'We see.' Therefore your sin remains.

11-27-04, 06:25 AM	#4
Mole Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: TX. Posts: 36,668	I wanna get the game, I've heard that it's pretty good and does a good job of expanding the story. __________________ I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

11-27-04, 09:26 AM	#6
DUKE HARDKNOCK Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: PLAYTIME IS OVER fires RPG into hijacked school bus Posts: 29,526	I like The Thing but I do not like it that they ripped off the spiderheads from DOOM III. __________________ throws hand grenade into drug baron's mouth, whose head explodes LIKE GRANDMA ALWAYS SAID, NEVER BITE OFF MORE THAN YOU CAN CHEW lights up cigar with burning piece of shrapnel

11-27-04, 10:12 AM	#8
1badjedi Goidel Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: in zeh crack Posts: 50,899 Blog Entries: 13	the best part was when fat dudes head disconnected and crawled away oh and the game is kinda cool. tricky controls and some awkward pathfinding but otherwise it's fun to play. it picks up with you being inserted with a team to investigate what happened at the base. i never finished the game tho so i dont know if it gets better or not oh and it does look pretty thats for sure __________________ Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. It's just that yours is stupid. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.

11-27-04, 07:42 AM	#5
ohbeardedone Unconfirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bull City Posts: 11,960	Right when i started getting into my whole movie craze thing, The Thing is one that started me off. It is indeed a awesome facking movie.

11-27-04, 09:54 AM	#7
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11-27-04, 10:35 AM	#9
Mole Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: TX. Posts: 36,668	lol, yeah, that part where the dude's head detaches and grows legs and crawls away, I thought, "That looks very familiar." __________________ I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

11-27-04, 10:39 AM	#10
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11-27-04, 09:20 PM	#11
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11-28-04, 11:42 AM	#12
czorhanz Subscriber Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: South Florida Posts: 3,552	One of my fav. movies. I have the game also, its awsome. it came with the DVD... SWEET