http://wearemoviegeeks.com/2010/02/first-cast-members-confirmed-for-the-thing/ All things movies... as noted by geeks. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:58:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://wearemoviegeeks.com/2010/02/first-cast-members-confirmed-for-the-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-26067 Damion Savitch Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:55:14 +0000 http://wearemoviegeeks.com/?p=44780#comment-26067 I love the Avatar 3D film, particularly the story line, not only it brings a completely new feelings however inspiring ideas of humanity. I heard the New Avatar 2 is comming soon, cannot wait to watch it again...! I love the Avatar 3D film, particularly the story line, not only it brings a completely new feelings however inspiring ideas of humanity. I heard the New Avatar 2 is comming soon, cannot wait to watch it again…!

]]> http://wearemoviegeeks.com/2010/02/first-cast-members-confirmed-for-the-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-24046 Malcolm J. Brenner Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:47:48 +0000 http://wearemoviegeeks.com/?p=44780#comment-24046 Never mind John Carpenter, they won't be able to outdo the scene from the 1956 Howard Hawks original, involving James Arness (as The Thing), a bucket of kerosene and a flare gun, because that was real kerosene and real fire! Awesome f**king filmmaking from the "Let's hope nobody gets killed doing this, one take only, get it right the first time, three cameras rolling" days. Never mind John Carpenter, they won't be able to outdo the scene from the 1956 Howard Hawks original, involving James Arness (as The Thing), a bucket of kerosene and a flare gun, because that was real kerosene and real fire! Awesome f**king filmmaking from the "Let's hope nobody gets killed doing this, one take only, get it right the first time, three cameras rolling" days.

]]> http://wearemoviegeeks.com/2010/02/first-cast-members-confirmed-for-the-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-24038 Duff Smith Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:13:17 +0000 http://wearemoviegeeks.com/?p=44780#comment-24038 Carpenter's "The Thing" was squashed by Spielberg's "ET" at the box office. That doesn't seem right for the masterpiece of the bodysnatcher sub-genre. But, here's where the movie lost some credibility: 1) Copying other organisms apparently involved the instant formation of bone. 2) Guys as familiar with one another as researchers cooped in an Antarctic ice station would know when something's up with one of their dogs or one another. 3) The organism could supposedly infect with the tiniest grains of itself, so why didn't it just sneeze on everyone? If this movie refrains from substituting attention to detail with sheer computerization, and if the story is anything more than the typical horror overstatement of the Power of Evil, there's a chance I'll go to see it. Said my piece. Carpenter's "The Thing" was squashed by Spielberg's "ET" at the box office. That doesn't seem right for the masterpiece of the bodysnatcher sub-genre. But, here's where the movie lost some credibility:
1) Copying other organisms apparently involved the instant formation of bone.
2) Guys as familiar with one another as researchers cooped in an Antarctic ice station would know when something's up with one of their dogs or one another.
3) The organism could supposedly infect with the tiniest grains of itself, so why didn't it just sneeze on everyone?
If this movie refrains from substituting attention to detail with sheer computerization, and if the story is anything more than the typical horror overstatement of the Power of Evil, there's a chance I'll go to see it. Said my piece.

]]> http://wearemoviegeeks.com/2010/02/first-cast-members-confirmed-for-the-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-24037 Duff Smith Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:10:01 +0000 http://wearemoviegeeks.com/?p=44780#comment-24037 Okay, if this movie involves a Norweigian expedition uncovering the dangerous alien, then it's obviously a prequel. According to Wikipedia, that's been proposed before and suspended, so now it's on. I consider the 80's movie worth seeing for the sheer technical brilliance of its pre-computer-animated special effects, despite their disgusting nature... "gross" seems somehow a rightful contrast to the genteel, polite body-snatchers of older movies. There was a dimension of scientific palpability in a panspermian nightmare organism, being discovered in the course of the first ice-penetrating radar surveys. This is the only horror movie that I can legitimately say gave me occassional nightmares for 20 years. Okay, if this movie involves a Norweigian expedition uncovering the dangerous alien, then it's obviously a prequel. According to Wikipedia, that's been proposed before and suspended, so now it's on. I consider the 80's movie worth seeing for the sheer technical brilliance of its pre-computer-animated special effects, despite their disgusting nature… "gross" seems somehow a rightful contrast to the genteel, polite body-snatchers of older movies. There was a dimension of scientific palpability in a panspermian nightmare organism, being discovered in the course of the first ice-penetrating radar surveys. This is the only horror movie that I can legitimately say gave me occassional nightmares for 20 years.

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