The Thing

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The Thing

I saw this movie for the first time yesterday, and I must say it is one of the best Sci-Fi Horrors i've seen in a long time. I liked it alot. The action, the plot, the suspense, the paranoia. Really top-notch stuff. What do you guys think?

All John Carpenter's early stuff owns, especially "The Thing" and "They Live". I'm renting "Assault on Precinct 13" tomorrow.

its not just one of the best Sci-Fi Horrors ever, its one of the best horror movies ever

yeah its a great film and the effects r still realy good

great film...the effects are brilliant and i much prefer them more than most cgi effects today.....i also like the oriiginal b&w movie
other john carpenter films rule such as assualt on precinct 13, halloween, the fog and they live

I dont like assault... but the thing, the fog and halloween rule, the thing definetly being kurt russells best film role ever. And the effects are damn decent for such an old movie.

Originally posted by dean7879
great film...the effects are brilliant and i much prefer them more than most cgi effects today.....i also like the oriiginal b&w movie
other john carpenter films rule such as assualt on precinct 13, halloween, the fog and they live
I agree this movie was great, i loved the story line and all the ways it worked out. but i do believe its effects are dated, for me but still a good movie none the less.

typical youth of today ❌ lol

The Thing rocks!!!!

One of my all time favorites.

Originally posted by thegreatrudini
typical youth of today ❌ lol
I'M not that young, i no kids like to say like it sucks because it looks fake, but all I'M saying is yes it looks bad, but i still found it to be a great movie.

thats whare your wrong major, it looks superb!

Eh..the special effects in "The Thing" are/were way ahead of its time.

^ Exactly. 👆

I prefer their dated-yet-ahead-of-its-time effects to most CGI-infested films out there.

Animatronics are and will always be better than CGI

Originally posted by Cinemaddiction
Eh..the special effects in "The Thing" are/were [b]way ahead of its time. [/B]
Key words "ahead of its time". which was how many years ago. now to me it looks as bad as when they use play do. its looks so fake, but a said i cant blame it its old. but its not like i want them to redo that movie and make it worse.

i saw this movie a while ago and i cant remember much of it. But i can remember it being a movie that i liked alot when i saw it ill have to watch it again i think ✅

Originally posted by Major Knight
Key words "ahead of its time". which was how many years ago. now to me it looks as bad as when they use play do. its looks so fake, but a said i cant blame it its old. but its not like i want them to redo that movie and make it worse.

cgi looks fake sometimes to...u can tell whats done on computer and whats not

Originally posted by Major Knight
Key words "ahead of its time". which was how many years ago. now to me it looks as bad as when they use play do. its looks so fake, but a said i cant blame it its old.

Oh, as opposed to real people with jaws in their stomaches, dogs with alien tentacles, and guys who's heads explode? Gotcha. 😉

It was 1982, FYI, and I'll rephrase that "The Thing" pretty much ushered in the era of explicit special effects, set the standard,and STILL outshines tons of new age special effects. Rob Bottin seems to get forgotten in the SPFX world, since Savini is the name on everyones lips.

Originally posted by dean7879
cgi looks fake sometimes to...u can tell whats done on computer and whats not
your right, but if done right it can look really good.