SpineTic Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 https://thethingexpanded.com/ The Ultimate The Thing Fan Experience: Join a year of online events culminating in the ultimate companion documentary with your name in the credits PLUS exclusive physical merch. Ends Sept 2nd at midnight. conan09279, RedRaven and Ken Aldred 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRaven Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 If I were to catalog the movies over the last 30 years which I have rewatched most often, John Carpenter's Thing would be at or near the top of that list. Funny enough, another of his movies would be near the top as well (Big Trouble in Little China). Ken Aldred, Bosco685 and SpineTic 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Took ages for it to get deserved recognition as one of the greatest (science-fiction) horror films of all time. Couldn’t quite believe what I was watching when I saw it at the cinema back in 1982. Truly groundbreaking. RedRaven, chrisco37 and SpineTic 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRaven Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 On 8/12/2024 at 9:21 AM, Ken Aldred said: Took ages for it to get deserved recognition as one of the greatest (science-fiction) horror films of all time. Couldn’t quite believe what I was watching when I saw it at the cinema back in 1982. Truly groundbreaking. The isolation of the setting combined with the group paranoia absolutely draws the viewer directly into the movie. To this day I still get tense from the start to the end of this masterpiece. And thank JC for that very non Hollywood ending. SpineTic and Ken Aldred 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 (edited) On 8/12/2024 at 3:32 PM, RedRaven said: The isolation of the setting combined with the group paranoia absolutely draws the viewer directly into the movie. To this day I still get tense from the start to the end of this masterpiece. And thank JC for that very non Hollywood ending. Absolutely. Pure nihilism and bleakness. Watched it first time on a bitterly cold December day. Appropriate atmospherics. Unsurprisingly, I have the Blu-ray. Edited August 12 by Ken Aldred RedRaven and SpineTic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
