The Thing prequel (movie stills)

Ron-P
Ron-P Posts: 8,520
edited October 2010 in Music & Movies
http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/imageGallery/The_Thing
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    edited October 2010
    The Thing is still one of the best horror movies of all time in my book. It had the classic scenes where the CGI was grainy, the bloody flowed like wine, and the stop-motion was awesome! They won't be able to make it better but, they had better be respectful of the original!

    Long live Kurt Russel and his trusty flame-thrower!! :D
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • pmckeealaska
    pmckeealaska Posts: 808
    edited October 2010
    Actually that "original" was a remake of the original 1950's or 60's film, which I always thought was superior to the Kurt Russell remake.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited October 2010
    1951, and it is a good one. But, I still favor the Kurt film.
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  • bsoko2
    bsoko2 Posts: 1,449
    edited October 2010
    The Thing in '51 was James Arnes first movie role. Remember him from the old TV series Gunsmoke. He played Marshal Dillion and in the Thing, he was the Thing. I was 9 at the time and it was one scary movie and in BW.
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  • kuntasensei
    kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
    edited October 2010
    mrbiron wrote: »
    The Thing is still one of the best horror movies of all time in my book. It had the classic scenes where the CGI was grainy, the bloody flowed like wine, and the stop-motion was awesome! They won't be able to make it better but, they had better be respectful of the original!

    Long live Kurt Russel and his trusty flame-thrower!! :D

    Where the CGI was grainy? WHAT CGI? John Carpenter's film used all practical effects. Hell, even that opening credit was done by setting fire to a garbage bag behind a smoke-filled backlit fish tank!

    The Thing is seriously the shining example of why practical effects will always look more realistic than CGI. In my opinion, no computer has come close to accomplishing what Rick Baker did with the creature effects in that movie.
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    edited October 2010
    Where the CGI was grainy? WHAT CGI? John Carpenter's film used all practical effects.

    DAH!....you are absolutely correct. I stand/sit corrected :D
    I guess i need to get myself a bluray copy as my VHS is probably where i am getting "GRAINY" from. OFF TO BB!
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited October 2010
    kuntasensei wrote: »

    The Thing is seriously the shining example of why practical effects will always look more realistic than CGI. In my opinion, no computer has come close to accomplishing what Rick Baker did with the creature effects in that movie.
    So is the original cut of the 1977 Star Wars, imo, the perfect example of real world effects with no CGI.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited October 2010
    To this day, I'm stiff confounded by the sfx of Thing and the original Alien.
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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