ugh
http://io9.com/5659983/they-live-remake-might-ditch-the-infamous-alien-sunglasses
― StanM, Monday, 11 October 2010 15:39 (thirteen years ago) link
seriously though, i mean, john carpenter actually directed B horror movies in the 60s!
erm, carpenter didn't direct his first feature film until 1974 (Dark Star) and didn't make a horror movie until 1978 (Halloween)
― Ward Fowler, Monday, 11 October 2010 15:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Well, yes but he did direct short films; they are technically movies (and not tv)
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Monday, 11 October 2010 15:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Whatever the case, he had ideas, man
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Monday, 11 October 2010 15:51 (thirteen years ago) link
oh fer sure, i mean halloween alone is a game changer
― Ward Fowler, Monday, 11 October 2010 15:55 (thirteen years ago) link
― Ward Fowler, Monday, October 11, 2010 11:46 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
why didn't you just say "until 1978 (Oct. 31)" if you're trying to be so accurate
― cathy: ACK-er (s1ocki), Monday, 11 October 2010 17:41 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― soon to be major motion picture starring john wayne (latebloomer), Monday, 11 October 2010 17:43 (thirteen years ago) link
dbl lol
the 'funny' 'thing' is, until the carpenter movie halloween wasn't really 'celebrated' here in the uk - and it took ET to really popularise trick or treating. i love seeing our supermarkets full of spooky crap, so god bless you john carpenter
― Ward Fowler, Monday, 11 October 2010 20:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Amazed to find that this movie received such negative reviews when it was released.
Watched the film last night and really was struck by how skilled and confident Carpenter was when he made his great 80s films. What the heck happened after They Live?
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 07:27 (thirteen years ago) link
He still had one more great one in In The Mouth Of Madness, but yeah, ever since it's been pretty dire. Even his lauded material for the "Masters of Horror" series was basically shitty.
― Ian Curtis danced like a tortured chicken DO U SEE (Phil D.), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 10:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Love it.
― ENBB, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 11:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I think what happened is that Carpenter got old but, like so many of his peers (Romero, Craven, et al.) , no longer had the vision or energy to make something great on a low-budget. So many of his later movies are like half-assed big-budget aspirants hampered by their limited resources. I mean, I can only guess how much more "Escape from LA" cost than "Escape from NY," and the difference between those two says it all, really.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 11:57 (thirteen years ago) link
the great aspect of this film is really all in the casting and the characterization. you've got a bunch of dudes who are already bored and trapped by their situation, some of whom clearly don't like each other already and some of whom are power-tripping or misanthropic or weak-willed, others who are utter pros and smart as hell. it's essentially '12 Angry Men' vs a super fucked-up alien.
― omar little, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 22:59 (thirteen years ago) link
YES!
― ENBB, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 22:59 (thirteen years ago) link
this film is perfect
― in my world of suggest bans (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 23:06 (thirteen years ago) link
the making-of featurette on the DVD is probably the best one of those I have ever seen (except for maybe Tron)
― in my world of suggest bans (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 23:07 (thirteen years ago) link
The Thing: A 140,000-Year-Old Organism Discovered in Antarctica's Ice-Shrouded Lake Vostok
An ancient living laboratory of our planet's past in Antarctica may have provided a preview of what we can expect to find deep below the barren surface of Mars and in the ice-shrouded seas of Jupiter's Europa. Two of the world's leading experts on life at the lower temperature extremes, Buford Price of the University of California, Berkeley and Todd Sowers of Penn State observed that microbes colonizing life appear to have two levels of metabolism: a survival metabolism in which they remain alive but become dormant until exposed to nutrients or higher temperatures, or, a maintenance metabolism for steady sustained growth.The team observed that some organisms in permafrost appear to have "protein repair enzymes that maintain active recycling of certain amino acids needed for cell repair for at least 30,000 years." They added that the "extremely low expenditures of survival energy enable microbial communities in extreme environments to survive indefinitely."In the Antarctic's ancient ice-bound Lake Vostok they reported that nitrifying bacteria with low but active metabolisms have been found encased in liquid veins at minus 40 degrees F for more than 140,000 years. And, it takes about 108 years for carbon to turn over in the cells.They projected from their conclusions that life moving so slowly that it appears to be frozen, dormant, or undectable may survive in the cold, icy and "cosmically radioactive conditions of outer space."
The team observed that some organisms in permafrost appear to have "protein repair enzymes that maintain active recycling of certain amino acids needed for cell repair for at least 30,000 years." They added that the "extremely low expenditures of survival energy enable microbial communities in extreme environments to survive indefinitely."
In the Antarctic's ancient ice-bound Lake Vostok they reported that nitrifying bacteria with low but active metabolisms have been found encased in liquid veins at minus 40 degrees F for more than 140,000 years. And, it takes about 108 years for carbon to turn over in the cells.
They projected from their conclusions that life moving so slowly that it appears to be frozen, dormant, or undectable may survive in the cold, icy and "cosmically radioactive conditions of outer space."
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 22 April 2011 01:48 (thirteen years ago) link
so fuckin awesome
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 22 April 2011 02:17 (thirteen years ago) link
It's also just...comforting, in a cosmic sense. I love knowing that life exists in such complexities.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 22 April 2011 02:39 (thirteen years ago) link
I adore Lake Vostok. Did not realize it was only discovered in '96!
― last name ever, first name gjetost (Jon Lewis), Friday, 22 April 2011 02:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Ready or not, here comes the prequel...
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-35t-TUq0_Bw/ThwUBZKMD0I/AAAAAAAAAG4/8bQP8nDGttQ/s640/the-thing-teaser-poster.jpg
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 01:22 (twelve years ago) link
fucking swedes
― Ask The Answer Man (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 01:24 (twelve years ago) link
Terrible poster.
― that mustardless plate (Bill A), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 07:33 (twelve years ago) link
Norwegians. And yeah, terrible poster. Doesn't the tagline directly contradict that image?
― Millsner, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 07:36 (twelve years ago) link
IT'S NOT HUMAN. NEARLY THOUGH. ONLY HAND TO GO. BRB.
― that mustardless plate (Bill A), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 07:42 (twelve years ago) link
There was a (pretty great) computer game that already told the story of what happened before the events of The Thing.. I wonder if that story's been discarded?
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 09:44 (twelve years ago) link
"from the producers of Dawn of the Dead"
no need to say more.
― Marco Damiani, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 10:10 (twelve years ago) link
x-post - If it's the one I'm thinking of, I loved that game.
I'm not ready for this.
― (。◕‿‿◕。) (ENBB), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 10:12 (twelve years ago) link
I just find interesting how all these awful remakes (no wait, they're calling them reimaginings), for all their excess and ultra graphic violence, look like highly sanitized, disinfected versions of the original movies.
― Marco Damiani, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 10:25 (twelve years ago) link
will this have model work? (this will not have model work)
― thomp, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 10:37 (twelve years ago) link
yeah that games talked abt upthread iirc
― just sayin, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 11:17 (twelve years ago) link
I am nothing if not consistent
Love this movie and enjoyed the game a lot too tbh.
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:19 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― (。◕‿‿◕。) (ENBB), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 11:21 (twelve years ago) link
― Marco Damiani, Wednesday, July 13, 2011 10:25 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark
^ this
Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a great example of this
― Rachel Puppetry (latebloomer), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 15:03 (twelve years ago) link
it's 100% gorier than the original but it still can't replicate the low-budget sleaziness
― Rachel Puppetry (latebloomer), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 15:07 (twelve years ago) link
The wikipedia entry for this sounds vaguely encouraging, though. They WILL use animatronics for a lot of it. And they're going with a deliberately slow pace, to match the 1982 version. I dunno, this could be pretty rad as long as somebody gets to pour bourbon into a computer
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
Why is it being pushed as a prequel? "Three days before the astonishing events of the original film... exactly the same thing happened!"
― ledge, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 15:15 (twelve years ago) link
IGNORE ME
― ledge, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 15:16 (twelve years ago) link
I dunno, this could be pretty rad as long as somebody gets to pour bourbon into a computer
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, July 13, 2011 8:11 AM (4 minutes ago)
J&B scotch iirc
― it's a meme i made and i like (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 15:16 (twelve years ago) link
Ha I should have remembered that, I love J&B
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 15:20 (twelve years ago) link
They WILL use animatronics for a lot of it. And they're going with a deliberately slow pace, to match the 1982 version
this is all PR bullshit
― a man is only a guy (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
Oh yeah? Dish, dish!
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
Xp You're all PR bullshit
― BIG HOOBA aka the stankdriver (Phil D.), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
j/k
the makers of these remakes/"reboots"/reimaginings ALWAYS say this kind of thing. "We love the original movie because it's so perfect - we are going to be very faithful to the tone and spirit of the original" yadda yadda. It's part of the schtick.
― i hate it when rats eat my bushels (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, all these remakes all go filter-happy in an effort to recreate the original scuzzy visuals, with the result being this surreal disconnect between reality and some TV commercial version of reality.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
hey shakey you know who else says that kind of thing? your mom. she reimagined my schtick last weekend, though, was pretty awesome
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
*cries*
― i hate it when rats eat my bushels (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
*does the knucks with imaginary friends*
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
Wellllll here's the trailer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uHzlAjpDSEM
― Rachel Puppetry (latebloomer), Thursday, 14 July 2011 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, July 13, 2011 8:43 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark
^ this this this, more than anything, this. fucking hate the tendency in contemporary horror to make everything look like a fucking audi commercial with added "grit".
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 14 July 2011 22:12 (twelve years ago) link