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Babe Magnet posted:deep down, aren't we all things It's that or a person or a place. I feel bad I've never watched The Thing. For some reason I was always under the impression it was a bad movie to avoid. Was it a poorly reviewed movie when it came out? Krispy Wafer has a new favorite as of 05:36 on Sep 12, 2015 |
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Krispy Kareem posted:It's that or a person or a place. It's a really fun movie for its era. If you're an ADHD kid it might not hit all the buttons that Transformers does but it's a legit classic.
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Sep 12, 2015 05:30
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Krispy Kareem posted:It's that or a person or a place. Man you really need to see The Thing
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Sep 12, 2015 05:36
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Okay, so, if we're all going to dive into ThingTalk, we should also mention The Thing, the 2002 video game sequel to the movie The Thing (which also happens chronologically after The Thing (2010), which makes the full trilogy The Thing, The Thing, and The Thing). Anyway, in The Thing (video game) Macready turns up alive at the end of the game and helps the player escape, which means that he's not a Thing, and if Childs was he smoked that sucker. Also, yes, Krispy Kareem, you should absolutely watch John Carpenter's The Thing. Holy god that is one horror flick that holds up to the test of time.
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Sep 12, 2015 05:40
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Krispy Kareem posted:It's that or a person or a place. It had the misfortune of being released in the 80's in the midst of other barf bag films like The Toxic Avenger, The Exorcist and Cannibal Holocaust. People didn't know how to handle the gore and it got lost in the controversy.
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Sep 12, 2015 05:46
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Baba Yaga Fanboy posted:Okay, so, if we're all going to dive into ThingTalk, we should also mention The Thing, the 2002 video game sequel to the movie The Thing (which also happens chronologically after The Thing (2010), which makes the full trilogy The Thing, The Thing, and The Thing). Anyway, in The Thing (video game) Macready turns up alive at the end of the game and helps the player escape, which means that he's not a Thing, and if Childs was he smoked that sucker. You find Childs' dead body, fully human, where the movie's last scene took place.
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Sep 12, 2015 05:53
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oldpainless posted:Man you really need to see The Thing Okay okay, I'll watch it this weekend. I mean, I enjoy John Carpenter movies (watched Christine just last night) and I like Kurt Russell. Again, I have no idea why I haven't seen it except I remember reading bad reviews about it back when I still cared what movie critics said about movies.
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Sep 12, 2015 05:55
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cheerfullydrab posted:Was there ever any resolution of that? What was the controversy? I recognise the line from somewhere, but I can't think of it being connected to any huge crazy arguments.
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Sep 12, 2015 05:56
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Krispy Kareem posted:Okay okay, I'll watch it this weekend. It did get bad reviews but most agree its a classic now.
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Sep 12, 2015 06:00
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Strom Cuzewon posted:What was the controversy? I recognise the line from somewhere, but I can't think of it being connected to any huge crazy arguments. I googled it, and apparently it's a very famous quotation that people cannot remember where it came from
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Sep 12, 2015 10:00
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cheerfullydrab posted:Was there ever any resolution of that? Pretty sure it's either Robocop 1 or 2
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Sep 12, 2015 10:01
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speshl guy posted:It had the misfortune of being released in the 80's in the midst of other barf bag films like The Toxic Avenger, The Exorcist and Cannibal Holocaust. People didn't know how to handle the gore and it got lost in the controversy. Such a clever troll to include The Exorcist, made in 1973 and one of the most highly regarded horror movies in history, in your list of "80's barf bag films". Go gently caress yourself (crucifix optional). nthing the call to watch Carpenter's Thing, though. In addition to being a good horror movie it also features some of the best practical effects in history.
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Sep 12, 2015 10:39
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Professor Shark posted:I googled it, and apparently it's a very famous quotation that people cannot remember where it came from The most logical explanation I heard was that it was from a 1980s play that made it to Broadway and started being used in textbooks. There are instances of similar phrases that crop up earlier, and so might have been the original source, but that particular one would explain why it keeps cropping up among certain demographics while not being able to remember where they got it.
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Sep 12, 2015 10:50
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I dunno, my first reaction is that it's from Dr Strangelove, and a lot of people seem to think the same way based on my googling. Is it?
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Sep 12, 2015 10:56
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its not from anything
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Sep 12, 2015 15:40
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scary ghost dog posted:its not from anything That's the beauty of it!
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speshl guy posted:It had the misfortune of being released in the 80's in the midst of other barf bag films like The Toxic Avenger, The Exorcist and Cannibal Holocaust. People didn't know how to handle the gore and it got lost in the controversy. Those movies all own though? Maybe not Animal Holocaust but the other two for sure.
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Sep 12, 2015 15:54
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It's from Catch 22. Yossarian says it to Major Major Major Major in like chapter 8 about how to get out of the army.
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Sep 12, 2015 17:22
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Frostwerks posted:Those movies all own though? Maybe not Animal Holocaust but the other two for sure. Toxic Avenger loving rules, yeah
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Sep 12, 2015 18:04
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I actually kinda like animal holocaust if it wasn't for all the animal death. e: it has an amazing soundtrack too.
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Sep 12, 2015 18:21
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Also it's the first time someone did the whole "found footage" thing. I remember being surprised at how different it was from what I expected when I saw it.
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Sep 12, 2015 19:34
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Strom Cuzewon posted:What was the controversy? I recognise the line from somewhere, but I can't think of it being connected to any huge crazy arguments. That's actually the controversy. Everybody recognizes the line from somewhere, but it isn't from anything anyone can find.
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Sep 12, 2015 19:45
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Krispy Kareem posted:Okay okay, I'll watch it this weekend. One of the first things I learned about movie reviews is that it doesn't matter if the movie gets a bad or a good review. If you are familiar with a reviewer's likes and dislikes, their pet peeves and such, reading their review can tell you with like 95% certainty if you'll like the movie or not. Doesn't matter if they hate the movie or love it. Being familiar with the reviewer is enough to translate their verdict into a recommendation pro or con. It's why I'm sad Danish reviewer Ole Michelsen retired. He was very much an arthouse fan, but he reviewed everything. It blew my mind when he gave the first Matrix 4 "hats" but he was right. It's very much a "ramashang" movie, but it delivers on everything. I wonder if he actually was still around when the sequels came out.
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Sep 12, 2015 23:50
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For whatever reason, I don't usually read movie reviews until after I've seen it. I guess sometimes it helps me make sense of things? I still miss reading what Roger Ebert has to say. I bet he would've loved Mad Max 
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Sep 12, 2015 23:55
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Krypt-OOO-Nite!! posted:Also it's the first time someone did the whole "found footage" thing. Yeah it was pretty shocking for the time, I agree with the animal death stuff - from what I've read they legit killed some animals on film & even used real carcasses for some of the human mutilation scenes.
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Crow Jane posted:For whatever reason, I don't usually read movie reviews until after I've seen it. I guess sometimes it helps me make sense of things? I don't really either to be honest. But if I'm in doubt, I'll check out a review from a familiar reviwer and know for sure. Here's a simulation of Ole Michelsen (from a demo scene produciton, he provides the actual voice) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-KjY2NVB7g
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Sep 12, 2015 23:58
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Aphrodite posted:That's actually the controversy. Everybody recognizes the line from somewhere, but it isn't from anything anyone can find. I'm safe, because I know I was misremembering it. I was thinking of Null Rod from M:tG "But it doesn't do anything" "No - it does nothing"
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cheerfullydrab posted:Was there ever any resolution of that? I remember someone posting a movie clip that had a young Burgess Meredith looking like a mad scientist saying the line. I thought that was satisfying for everyone.
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Sep 13, 2015 09:13
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Do you have a link to that? Not that I'm doubting you, I just REALLY want to hear the line because I've been wracking my brain for 2 days. I found a forum where a few posters insisted that the line was part of a psychology experiment where participants were given the line and asked if they knew it/ where do you know it from 
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Sep 13, 2015 11:21
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0533831/ It's from this episode of the show.
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0533831/ Well, that's as may be, but I refuse to believe that .999 = 1  
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0533831/ And before anyone asks, a short YT clip of the scene in question (near the end) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWlMNltHIYI
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Crow Jane posted:For whatever reason, I don't usually read movie reviews until after I've seen it. I guess sometimes it helps me make sense of things? Some reviewers have very surprising views. I remember Barry Norman admitting that he really enjoyed the first Mortal Kombat movie and even giving it his "pick of the week" clip segment at the end of that week's episode of Film xx.
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Snapchat A Titty posted:One of the first things I learned about movie reviews is that it doesn't matter if the movie gets a bad or a good review. If you are familiar with a reviewer's likes and dislikes, their pet peeves and such, reading their review can tell you with like 95% certainty if you'll like the movie or not. Doesn't matter if they hate the movie or love it. Being familiar with the reviewer is enough to translate their verdict into a recommendation pro or con. Because we didn't have internet, cable, or decent books when I was a kid I'd read the Sunday paper supplements, one of which was TV WEEK. In the back they had reviews of all the movies being shown that week with the year released, main actors, 1-4 stars, and a brief synopsis. I read the gently caress out of that to the point now that I have encyclopedic knowledge of every movie released up to 1988. They also reviewed MTV music videos. It was a weird time when everyone needed someone to tell them whether something was good enough to watch. I think The Thing got 1 star. The reviewer thought the original was better. But I'm watching that poo poo. Right now. EDIT: they're trying to shoot the dog. Aww...
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Det er ikke en bikkje, det er en slags ting! Det imiterer en bikkje, det er ikke virkelig!
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Krispy Kareem posted:It was a weird time when everyone needed someone to tell them whether something was good enough to watch. Now people just scroll down to the bottom for the score then post in the comments that the reviewer is wrong and also a human being.
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Sep 14, 2015 02:35
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Krispy Kareem posted:Because we didn't have internet, cable, or decent books when I was a kid I'd read the Sunday paper supplements, one of which was TV WEEK. In the back they had reviews of all the movies being shown that week with the year released, main actors, 1-4 stars, and a brief synopsis. I read the gently caress out of that to the point now that I have encyclopedic knowledge of every movie released up to 1988. They also reviewed MTV music videos. It was a weird time when everyone needed someone to tell them whether something was good enough to watch. I also saw the original The Thing and it was just like every other movie you see on MST3K. Kurt Russell The Thing is legit good.
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syscall girl posted:I also saw the original The Thing and it was just like every other movie you see on MST3K. Kurt Russell The Thing is legit good. It was good. Great special effects. Everyone also seemed surprisingly okay with killing everyone else as quickly as possible. Which is something you look for in arctic polar explorers. Now I wonder how many other great movies I've avoided just because of movie reviews. Apparently there are a whole lot of Adam Sandler movies I've never bothered to watch. When did Winford Brimley get infected? He seemed the most anti-Thing guy on the base right up to the point where they stuck him in that cabin.
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Jedit posted:Some reviewers have very surprising views. I remember Barry Norman admitting that he really enjoyed the first Mortal Kombat movie and even giving it his "pick of the week" clip segment at the end of that week's episode of Film xx. The first Mortal Kombat movie owns, though?
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Krispy Kareem posted:When did Winford Brimley get infected? He seemed the most anti-Thing guy on the base right up to the point where they stuck him in that cabin. He got infected offscreen when he was locked in that shack. You can see a noose in the background of one of his later appearances.
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