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[challenge entry] Thursday March 29th 1912 - I do not care for the way Oates keeps looking at me..

From the Retro Sci-Fi: The Sequel challenge. See all 370 entries (closed)

(, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 14:00, archived)
# Epic!!
*Clicked!*

:D
(, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 14:01, archived)
# yay!
I was watching that the other night, was trying to convince the missus what a classic it was.. she doesn't share my love for sci-fi :(
(, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 14:04, archived)
# 1982 was a great year for movies.
The Thing, Blade Runner, Poltergeist, Wrath of Khan, First Blood & Tron.
(, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 14:10, archived)
# After watching the Shining at the weekend
The missus asked me to download further classic horror films

Tonight: The Thing :)

I shall report back to let you know if she was convinced or not
(, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 14:19, archived)
# My good lady was only interested in the welfare of the dogs.
2/5 "Too much blokey paranoia" was her final review.
(, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 14:31, archived)
# I mainly enjoy the ominous bass notes in the opening scenes.
Duh-duh. Duh-duh.
(, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 14:36, archived)
# It's perfection.
All of it.

But I fear that the prequel will bombard us with CG tentacles that don't actually appear to be in the same room as the actors..
.. no matter how hard they try in post production.
(, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 14:56, archived)
# True
Unless Rob Bottin works himself into exhaustion again by working seven days a week for over a year, it's not going to be the same.

The effects in The Thing surpass 99% of all CGI effects I've ever seen, which is not bad considering the film is almost 30 years old.
(, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 15:20, archived)
# haha
*as the head sprouts legs and starts walking out of the room.

"I sincerely hope you are joking!"
(, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 14:06, archived)
# I will never go there.
(, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 16:40, archived)