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My favorite John Carpenter involved movie is Big Trouble in Little China. I honestly hope it does NOT get that remake that's been floating around, especially with Dwayne Johnson as Jack Burton. Also, the main theme for Assault on Precinct 13 owns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS7k3G_6IjE
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Dec 2, 2016 07:28
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Assault on Precinct 16 doesn't get enough credit. Certainly not his best movie, but it's a lot better than most other people's movies.
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Dec 2, 2016 08:14
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He's the guy who made The Thing, right? Cuz he basically invented body horror outright.
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Dec 2, 2016 08:17
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Veyrall posted:He's the guy who made The Thing, right? The Thing is amazing, but that's incredibly wrong.
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Dec 2, 2016 08:35
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Vampires is one of his best movies but noone ever mentions it.
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Dec 2, 2016 09:01
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banned from Starbucks posted:Vampires is one of his best movies but noone ever mentions it. Because most of his other ones are better.
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yeah, i liked Vampires AND Ghosts of Mars (both were hilarious and felt like they were intentional "gently caress you!"s to Hollywood and film critics in general), but most of his other films were just so much better.Skoll posted:My favorite John Carpenter involved movie is Big Trouble in Little China. I honestly hope it does NOT get that remake that's been floating around, especially with Dwayne Johnson as Jack Burton. The actor that played Wang Chi disagrees and hopes it gets made, in part because they hope they can play the remake's Egg Shen: quote:Interestingly, it’s diversity that Dun cites when he talks about why he might be okay with the possible remake of Big Trouble in Little China. Like Carpenter, Dun isn’t even sure that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s remake will ever happen, as he points out that there have been rumors of a remake for 20 years. However, if it is remade, he says, he’d first and foremost like to play the Egg Shen character this time around as a tribute to Victor Wong, who was his mentor (“The Egg Shen to me in real life”) during their time together on Year of the Dragon, Big Trouble in Little China, and The Last Emperor. As for Johnson playing Jack Burton, Dun sees that as a tribute to the inclusiveness that this film promoted 30 years ago. Frankly, I think I'm just okay with The Rock doing whatever at this point in his acting career. Sally fucked around with this message at 09:15 on Dec 2, 2016 |
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Blind Sally posted:yeah, i liked Vampires AND Ghosts of Mars (both were hilarious and felt like they were intentional "gently caress you!"s to Hollywood and film credits in general), but most of his other films were just so much better. I like it, The Rock rules.
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Skwirl posted:Assault on Precinct 16 doesn't get enough credit. Certainly not his best movie, but it's a lot better than most other people's movies. You can't have liked it that much or you would have known what the title was.  The acting was terrible, but the visuals are awesome, with some great references to Westerns among other genres. Loved the gently caress out of this movie.
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I partially don't think The Rock is a fit for the character, but whatever, they'd destroy everything about the movie anyway doing a remake. Carpenter himself I believe told them to go gently caress themselves and the Wang Chi guy is probably all for it mainly because it's more work. I'd be more supportive if they decided to just do a flat out sequel with new characters and expand the lore so to speak instead of yet another remake.
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Starshark posted:You can't have liked it that much or you would have known what the title was. I'm trying to get in the spirit of the new forum and not double check stuff on google. On a different forum I mentioned how annoying it would be to have the phone number 867-5302, so it's not without precedent.
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Skoll posted:I partially don't think The Rock is a fit for the character, but whatever, they'd destroy everything about the movie anyway doing a remake. Carpenter himself I believe told them to go gently caress themselves and the Wang Chi guy is probably all for it mainly because it's more work. Expanding the lore of Big Trouble in Little China is the worst possible idea. Either remake it with The Rock or whoever, or have Kurt Russel accidently stumble into a mystic battle in Little India or something
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Dec 2, 2016 09:21
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How would you not want to see son of Lo-Pan come to Little China to wreck havoc on Jack Burton and Wang Chi and their kids?
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Dec 2, 2016 09:23
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John carpenter is loving win. He hasn't made a single movie I don't like
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Dec 2, 2016 09:27
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Given the way 2016's been, I spent most of it expecting him to die as I had tickets to see him do a gig in October. Suffice to say, he didn't, he's incredible, and hearing him play Halloween on Halloween was an utter joy. I pretty much love all his stuff (even the bad ones have their moments), though for some reason I've never gotten around to seeing Christine. Obviously, that period between Assault on Precinct 13 to Prince of Darkness was his golden period but one film of his that absolutely does not get enough love or talked about much is In The Mouth of Madness. I wasn't expecting much going in but drat, it was deliriously odd and basically his last truly great film.
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it would have been enough for carpenter to only have made the thing to be considered a god but he also made other good movies as well guy owns
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the thing they live big trouble in little china escape from new york halloween the fog i mean poo poo, what more do you want, the guy also invented kurt russel
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Dec 2, 2016 10:25
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In the Mouth of Madness is pretty underrated imo Has one of my favorite horror movie endings (spoilers obviously) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AUr3BtuRUI Escape from LA is pretty dumb, but the ending is also pretty great achillesforever6 fucked around with this message at 13:34 on Dec 2, 2016 |
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Dec 2, 2016 13:21
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I'm still kinda pissed about escape from LA. They should have stayed small budget and incrementally build their niche audience. Instead they went for big budget mass appeal and f'ed it all up goodbye Snake.
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Fiddler on the Reef posted:I'm still kinda pissed about escape from LA. They should have stayed small budget and incrementally build their niche audience. Instead they went for big budget mass appeal and f'ed it all up goodbye Snake. That surfing scene is gold.
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Escape From LA is seriously weird because it's maybe the most unnecessary sequel ever, and I hope it wasn't intended as serious. Escape From NY is kinda silly but there's enough there to take seriously, and Escape From LA pretty much only works as a joke of a film. The surfing scene, the really awful submarine effects, the clearly personal grudge Carpenter has with LA type people, Snake's superhuman B-Ball skills. It's all funny and watchable it's just impossible to take seriously. My favorite movie of Carpenter's is They Live. It's a slow fuckin' burn but I absolutely adore the concept and it has one of the best fight scenes i've ever seen.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R3OKzT0J2c A serious movie
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Yeah I mean it's cool if you don't like it but it's not the first film. It's definitely supposed to be a joke or a middle finger to the sheer idea of making it.
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Dec 2, 2016 17:40
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Prince of Darkness is a really underrated movie.
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Dec 2, 2016 18:14
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They Live is seriously my favorite movie of all time. John Carpenter's movies have good scores.
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MacheteZombie posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R3OKzT0J2c I love that Kurt actually sank that full court shot, with an eye patch on no less! I can die happy knowing I've seen Carpenter's band play live and have seen most of his movies in the theater as the dark lord had intended.
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OldTennisCourt posted:Prince of Darkness is a really underrated movie. god I haven't seen that in fifteen years, should really watch it again
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ruddiger posted:I love that Kurt actually sank that full court shot, with an eye patch on no less! Sure you're not thinking of Sigourney? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF44YvDVP8Y But if he did, wow, nice.
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Blind Sally posted:Maybe made a movie about shooting monsters on Mars that was arguably better than the DOOM movie, I guess? Ghosts of Mars is a really rewatchable film.
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syscall girl posted:Sure you're not thinking of Sigourney? Nope. Definitely meant Kurt. IMDB posted:Kurt Russell practiced playing basketball between scenes as he wanted to make all of his shots legitimately in the basketball scene later on. He made all of those shots purely on his own talent, even the full-court one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R3OKzT0J2c Carpenter even manages to keep the ball in frame the whole ride there too. 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3_QOVaBA98 Also: OldTennisCourt posted:Prince of Darkness is a really underrated movie.
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Prince of Darkness gets to loopy with logic for me, the anti god lives in the realm of anti matter. I do like the crazy hobo army though, favorite part actually.
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I don't remember what happened in Prince Of Darkness, I think I need to rewatch it. I just remember I think Alice Cooper? being a bad guy for some reason and it really didn't work.
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basic hitler posted:I don't remember what happened in Prince Of Darkness, I think I need to rewatch it. I just remember I think Alice Cooper? being a bad guy for some reason and it really didn't work. It's like Phase IV (1974), but with existential extraplanar evil. And ants.
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basic hitler posted:I don't remember what happened in Prince Of Darkness, I think I need to rewatch it. I just remember I think Alice Cooper? being a bad guy for some reason and it really didn't work. Halloween's Dr. Loomis invites a bunch of college students into his church basement to study Satan, who is actually just a large jar full of liquid. A leak in the jar triggers some horror hijinks. When they try to escape, possessed homeless people, led by Alice Cooper, trap them inside. Science reveals that Satan-in-a-Jar is actually the son(?) of Anti-God and a shared dream warns them that something bad will happen in the year 1999 if they don't thwart Satan-in-a-Jar from summoning Anti-God. It's an incredibly absurd and frightening movie. It's great. Carpenter considers Prince of Darkness, along with The Thing and In The Mouth of Madness, to be part of his unofficial "Apocalypse Trilogy". They really complement each other and are great to watch back to back if you want a thematic movie night. Can't recommend them enough.
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I absolutely adore The Thing and I like In The Mouth Of Madness. I actually went on a carpenter binge where I think I started with They Live and watched everything except ghosts of mars over the course of a day or two. I just remember being kinda bored by Prince Of Darkness but I like carpenter so much i'm gonna give it another go I think.
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Alice Cooper isn't even the bad guy of Prince of Darkness, he's just the hobo king!
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