I recently bought the DVD of the Thing (prequel) and I noticed in the bonus that one of the sfx-person was wearing a "Nostromo" t-shirt !
Pretty funny how connections can be made through movies !

I had that pointed out to me,I'm not observant and hadn't noticed myself lol

I think the film is ace.

Helen

Keen eye spotting the Nostromo t-shirt Svenza.

I hadn't even realised the prequel was out on DVD yet! I'll be adding it to my collection now... Still preferred the John Carpenter original though.

Cheers.

John.

You are so right John Hun,the original is the best

Helen

Hi Helen

Yeah, I'm a big fan of most of Carpenters early stuff. Don't get me wrong though I still enjoyed last years prequel. Not a bad effort & stuff like this can turn out a whole lot worse... AVP being a prime example. LOL!

All the best.

John.

Same here John.

Did you like the fog from the 80s?

Helen

What about Escape from New York with the awesome sexy Kurt Russell lol

Helen

LOL! Yeah, that's one of my favourites too... But not quite for the same reason.

Escape from LA is best forgotten though.

My other Carpenter favourites are Assault On Precinct 13, The Fog ... & even Big Trouble In Little China beleive it or not!

Cheers.

John.

You have good taste John,I love Big Trouble In Little China

I wasn't keen on,oh what's it called, was it Vampires?

Helen

Escape and the thing were awesome movies but he made one movie still creeps me out to this day... Prince of Darkness.

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oh man i remember PoD was i was younger, man that was creepy. alice cooper's bit role in there hehehe.

Old kurt would make a great Solid Snake if they ever got a metal gear film off the ground. I loved escape from NY and the thing. Got the thing on bluray. I was not so keen on the prequel but it was not too bad. I can see there being a follow up taking place after the original now though.

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I loved big trouble in little china, a classic film. I dont remember the fog but the newer film 'the mist' is good. I found the ending very shocking.

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I thought 'The thing' prequel was an utter mess and filled with "WTF did you do that for?" and "That made no sense at all" bits.
I didn't like the overuse of CGI and adding 'action' parts purely to show off the CGI monster. Did the film makers not watch John Carpnters version? Did they not understand the 'less is more' concept? Did they not grasp the fact that paranoia and NOT knowing who the creature was, was what made the film so great?

Wait....What was this thread about again? Oh yeah - the tshirt. Nope I didn't notice it, but that is pretty funky.

You know me Venger I'm always going off topic lol

Helen

Lol you should get a topic derailment box. Everytime you derail a topic you have to put £1 in it. By the end of the month you will be broke but when you break that sucker open you could take yourself, paul and sis on holiday lol. Or supply us newbies with spat armour

Lol, we love you really, your a nice distraction. (Disclaimer: i do not approve, support, endorse topic derailment. It should be frowned upon and anyone caught doing it should be locked in a cell with a facehugger for company. Right, that's my ass covered )

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Did not notice the T-shirt but did see that in the word thing they used the exact same letters as the 3rd and 5th in alien

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I didn't notice about the fonts !
Good point.

Regarding the thing, I miss the old-fashioned way of building monsters (like in Alien btw) and what is also missing was the strong paranoia feeling. Otherwise I have already watched it 4 times !

Prince of Darkness is indeed VERY creepy and Big trouble in little china has a special atmosphere... I always hoped the would make a sequel ! I really like Kurt Russel, he is an excellent actor !

He's very sexy too lol

Helen

I leave it to yours

Big Trouble in Little China..Fantastic...so many in jokes and timing looks. Very Funny and also Smart.

Original The Thing best by far to the prequal. Computer graphics are not a match for real models and animatronics IMO

The FOG good too and of course Dark Star

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Well this thread has moved along. Good to see so many other Carpenter fans on here.

Hicks, I'm with you on the special effects. CGI has its place but clever, professional quality modelling & animatronics still have it hands down for creatures etc.
Don't know how I forgot about Dark Star! His college dissertation, or similar, if I recall correctly. Another classic & hilarious stuff! The original Halloween is worth a mention too.

Got to say I've never seen Prince of Darkness. I think he originally directed this under a pseudonym (??). Sounds like it's worth checking out though.

I didn't like Vampires & thought Ghosts of Mars was terrible but has anyone here seen another of his later films, They Live? If so what do you reckon?

Cheers.

John.

P.S; Helen, if I see Kurt on hols in Skiathos later in the year I'll tell him you said Hi!

I thought they live was agood concept but kinda hokey. Its been years since ive seen POD but i put that right in the same category as Hellraiser (not a carpenter film) Just left me with a very creepy feeling. Oh and Im watching Alien on IFC right now. Back to topic

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Thanks. I'll probably get hold of a copy of They Live to check out at some point.

John.

'They live' starring 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper. The inspiration for Duke Nukem! It's a cool film.
'Halloween' in my opinon is the greatest horror film ever made.