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This was excellent.
I've never seen this. I wonder if there is a close comparison with The Martian?
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I'd go with the Final Cut of Blade Runner since I wasn't born when the Thearetical Cut was shown hence no nostalgia whatsoever. The Director's Cut isn't really cut by the director - which would be the Final Cut - and also got the "happy ending", which I don't see in BR.
I also saw the Workprint version last year and really liked that one too.
Lovely movie.
Just curious, why would they call it the Director's cut if the Director is not choosing what to add or delete?
I guess marketing? It's said to be somewhat green-lit by Scott so is technically eventually correct - although the Final Cut is what Scott wanted to have. Cash-in? Egos? No idea.
Moon is an incredible movie. Do watch it! Haven't seen The Martian but Moon is serious business.
The Thing (1982) I agree. The ending was so superb because you did not have to watch what you knew was going to happen, unless... They miraculously got saved for a sequel, a sliver of a chance if any, which as far as I know, never happened. There was a prequel though not nearly as good. The music for the 1982 version fit like a glove. Not for the squeamish.
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The "sequel" happened in Dark Horse comics 1992 mini series. It wasn't bad at all. I think I interviewed the creative team on that almost 20 years ago.The Thing (1982) I agree. The ending was so superb because you did not have to watch what you knew was going to happen, unless... They miraculously got saved for a sequel, a sliver of a chance if any, which as far as I know, never happened. There was a prequel though not nearly as good. The music for the 1982 version fit like a glove. Not for the squeamish.
I agree with you Huntn.
Thanks!
I might be interested in digging this up. Can you describe it without serious spoilers such as:Was there a graphic novel published (all comic episodes combined in 1 volume), if so title?
Was the sequel based directly on the movie?
Same setting, new setting, was MacReady and Childs there to continue initially?
Found this: http://thething.wikia.com/wiki/The_Thing_from_Another_World_(comic)
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The Thing from Another World is the first of the comic series published by Dark Horse Comics. The series acted as a continuation of the 1982 film The Thing, with three stories (The Thing from Another World, The Thing from Another World: Climate of Fear and The Thing from Another World: Eternal Vows) directly following its events, and a serialized visual novel.
After the destruction of U.S. Outpost 31 by a shape-shifting extraterrestrial creature, survivors MacReady and Childs make it to the Antarctic coastline.
Found this online for $60, naw. A guy on ebay wants $200 for his, lol.
The Thing From Another World and Climate Of Fear
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The misdirection as to the nature of the threat was pretty good. Much of oblivion was filmed in the black sands of Iceland.
And I've only seen it from about 3/4's through. I need to catch the whole thing.
Thanks!
Was there a graphic novel published (all comic episodes combined in 1 volume), if so title?
Was the sequel based directly on the movie?
Same setting, new setting, was MacReady and Childs there to continue initially?
Found this: http://thething.wikia.com/wiki/The_Thing_from_Another_World_(comic)
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The Thing from Another World is the first of the comic series published by Dark Horse Comics. The series acted as a continuation of the 1982 film The Thing, with three stories (The Thing from Another World, The Thing from Another World: Climate of Fear and The Thing from Another World: Eternal Vows) directly following its events, and a serialized visual novel.
After the destruction of U.S. Outpost 31 by a shape-shifting extraterrestrial creature, survivors MacReady and Childs make it to the Antarctic coastline.
Found this online for $60, naw. A guy on ebay wants $200 for his, lol.
The Thing From Another World and Climate Of Fear
I had a chance to read 4 of these sequel issues online and have decided that the story is better if you quit where the movie ends and leave the rest to your imagination.
The comic is not very subtle, there is no time to build any suspense which is usually the way comics work. They rely on action and in this story The Thing makes a lot of appearances, not trying all that hard to hide. It kind of becomes a routine, ehh. If you think about it, if something like this makes it out of the Antartic, to some place like oh, say,Tierra del Fuego, that's probably all she wrote for humanity...this thing could go infect any critter and spread like wildfire.
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Thanks for sharing though.
I think generally speaking it's hard for a comic and what is expected in each issue to compete with a well done movie.
That's the one by David Bowie's son, right? Set to TiVo, I've been wanting to see it for some time now.
The Thing from Another World is amusing since it's also the name of the comic book store chain started by the founder of Dark Horse comics. http://www.tfaw.com
yep. but i didn't even know that myself - thanks for the info.
not going to talk about wheter the ending is a happy one or not - or the whole piece itself - since you haven't but want to watch it. great movie, i enjoy watching it every now and then, perfect pace and lenght, besides all of the other good stuff.
I could never warm to Blade Runner. I guess it saw once too often at college showings, where it was supposed to epitomize artsy/intellectual/high art/cinema.
I fell asleep watching it several times, as I did with 2001: A Space Odyssey.
The blu ray transfer of blade runner is gorgeous, however.
It's hard for me to watch slow paced sci fi anymore. The tunnel runs in Star Wars spoiled me forever.
I fell asleep watching it several times, as I did with 2001: A Space Odyssey.
The blu ray transfer of blade runner is gorgeous, however.
It's hard for me to watch slow paced sci fi anymore. The tunnel runs in Star Wars spoiled me forever.
Yup, Same movie.
I wish Dark Horse still had the Star Wars license. They did some great, great storylines while they did.
I watched All Men Are Brothers the sequel to The Water Margin last night, which was marginally better in that 3 characters completely upstaged David Chiang and Ti Lung with their very bloody demises. I'd probably watch AMAB again only for those scenes.
Pacifi Rim (2013)- outstanding scifi action, impressive effects nicely correagraphed, filmed mostly in a studio. One real location was a shipyard in Germany where one of the Jaegers is shown being built.
Hopefully the sequel will be good too.Pacifi Rim (2013)- outstanding scifi action, impressive effects nicely correagraphed, filmed mostly in a studio. One real location was a shipyard in Germany where one of the Jaegers is shown being built.
Wasn't the Pacific Rim sequel was cancelled again?
It was worth seeing in the theatre for the scale and the feeling that you were piloting the Jaegers, but the most interesting crews were killed super fast and not given enough time to show off. I loved Cherno Alpha and Crimson Typhoon, those Jaegers and their teams really felt like they were representing their respective countries and they were fun. Cherno Alpha looked like a Soviet robot, such a great design. I also thought PR felt like the 3rd movie in a trilogy rather than the first too. Ah well.
Spooky Encounters (1980) Nowhere near as fun or funny as Mr. Vampire, Fight Among The Supers or the ridiculously silly Shaw Brothers vehicle Hex After Hex. Almost mean spirited. Think I'll be taking a long break from any new Sammo Hung (outside of Three Kingdoms Resurrection of the Dragon, The Victim and The Odd Couple.) In fact, I disliked this so much, I've already traded it into Amazon.
It was worth seeing in the theatre for the scale and the feeling that you were piloting the Jaegers, but the most interesting crews were killed super fast and not given enough time to show off. I loved Cherno Alpha and Crimson Typhoon, those Jaegers and their teams really felt like they were representing their respective countries and they were fun. Cherno Alpha looked like a Soviet robot, such a great design. I also thought PR felt like the 3rd movie in a trilogy rather than the first too. Ah well.
Spooky Encounters (1980) Nowhere near as fun or funny as Mr. Vampire, Fight Among The Supers or the ridiculously silly Shaw Brothers vehicle Hex After Hex. Almost mean spirited. Think I'll be taking a long break from any new Sammo Hung (outside of Three Kingdoms Resurrection of the Dragon, The Victim and The Odd Couple.) In fact, I disliked this so much, I've already traded it into Amazon.
Apparently not cancelled http://m.ign.com/articles/2016/01/12/pacific-rim-2-guillermo-del-toro-says-sequel-is-not-cancelled
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Pacific Rim wasn't for me - at all. More like one of those that make you quite a bit agressive in the inside for wasting your time, mostly these are the movies you had some expectations for.
Watched Bug by Friedkin yesterday. Not bad, I did like it and actors were good, but nowhere near his masterpiece(s) imo. Still fascinating piece, Friedkin really takes no prisinors with his flics.
Watched Bug by Friedkin yesterday. Not bad, I did like it and actors were good, but nowhere near his masterpiece(s) imo. Still fascinating piece, Friedkin really takes no prisinors with his flics.
The Martian (2015)- Good movie. Surprised to find this on Amazon for rent. However, not surprising the book is better!
I don't blame them, the movie wins for visuals, but it stays mum on much of knowledge and the mental calculations this astronaut had to work out survival, which I found to be very interesting, like figuring out how to cover a very large distance, and while admitting this kind of stuff fits better in a book. But then it also omitted several significant events, that leaves the reader wondering, how will he overcome the next challenge?
I also forgive the movie with taking liberties with the climax, having to make up for the stuff it glossed over. The book did a better job overall of creating tension and telling the story. If you liked the movie and the technicalities of staying alive to give the story realism/gravity, IMO you must read the book.
I don't blame them, the movie wins for visuals, but it stays mum on much of knowledge and the mental calculations this astronaut had to work out survival, which I found to be very interesting, like figuring out how to cover a very large distance, and while admitting this kind of stuff fits better in a book. But then it also omitted several significant events, that leaves the reader wondering, how will he overcome the next challenge?
I also forgive the movie with taking liberties with the climax, having to make up for the stuff it glossed over.
The book did a better job overall of creating tension and telling the story. If you liked the movie and the technicalities of staying alive to give the story realism/gravity, IMO you must read the book. 
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A Killer's Blues (1990) Not bad tale of a triad killer who wants to go straight and -surprise- cannot. Ti Lung is wonderful in the dramatic department and gets a couple of moments to prove he still had the action chops which made his name two decades earlier. Some of the subplots don't work, but ultimately it was pretty good (I'm not into gang related movies so I watch these for the actors I like and when they aren't on screen it's a tough slog.) But solid confirmation that all of his many dragon tattoos are real (including a back piece I'd never seen before.)
A Profile in Anger (1984) Unhinged, so bad-it's-good, meek man goes vigilante flick from Leung Kar Yan. I remember watching this last Spring, I was wincing and laughing very hard and not always in that order. This hasn't changed. LKY's architect discovers some bad info on a big wig business man and this sets up LKY's life falling to utter poop in this film. None of it is convincing (including the latter part of Chan Wai Man's cameo - I blame his awful perm along with LKY's messy script), but it sure is ridiculous in the most entertainingly awful way possible.
I am considering Monkey King 2 in the cinema, despite the 3D. The CGI worlds and characters along with solid make ups look quite good, and the playful air and fun vibe help too.
A Profile in Anger (1984) Unhinged, so bad-it's-good, meek man goes vigilante flick from Leung Kar Yan. I remember watching this last Spring, I was wincing and laughing very hard and not always in that order. This hasn't changed. LKY's architect discovers some bad info on a big wig business man and this sets up LKY's life falling to utter poop in this film. None of it is convincing (including the latter part of Chan Wai Man's cameo - I blame his awful perm along with LKY's messy script), but it sure is ridiculous in the most entertainingly awful way possible.
I am considering Monkey King 2 in the cinema, despite the 3D. The CGI worlds and characters along with solid make ups look quite good, and the playful air and fun vibe help too.
I had a chance to read 4 of these sequel issues online and have decided that the story is better if you quit where the movie ends and leave the rest to your imagination.
If you think about it, if something like this makes it out of the Antartic, to some place like oh, say,Tierra del Fuego, that's probably all she wrote for humanity...this thing could go infect any critter and spread like wildfire.
I'm 98% sure I've posted this before, but it's a pretty terrific read by Peter Watts:
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/watts_01_10/
It's titled The Things, and it's the '82 movie, told from the perspective of the thing, it's a quick read, just a very short story. I probably don't have to point out, it contains massive movie spoilers
It is, Duncan Jones, it's an outstanding sci-fi film (particularly in the "hard sci-fi" style). Sam Rockwell almost always delivers too.
FWIW, his followup to Moon, Source Code, is very good too.
I watched the following movies yesterday. If you are a runner / ultra-marathoner, I highly recommend them.
Unbreakable: The Western States 100
Desert Runners
Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135
Unbreakable: The Western States 100
Desert Runners
Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135