July 14, 2011
— Ace First up, some conservative entertainment, if you consider perversion and mutilation and murder conservative, and I have it on good authority from the media that it is.
This film is a low-budget independent thing done by a friend of the site. A long time ago I mused that the Grand Guignol theater might be a good setting for a horror movie, and I guess I wasn't alone in this idea.
Called Theater Bizarre, it's getting some attention, including from Film Threat. One of the segments -- it's a horror anthology movie, with multiple stories, like Creepshow or the old Trilogy of Terror -- was directed by Hobo With A Shotgun's DP, so there's some more AoS Lifestyle linkage.
I'm linking the trailer but I have to re-warn with a very special Ultra Gore Macabre Content Horrific Imagery Just Plain Awfulness NSFW Warning. Seriously, this is not for anyone who's not into this kind of thing.
Now comes The Thing prequel, also called... The Thing. I don't know, looks a little bit exactly like the first one, except now we have two chicks and a bunch of Norwegians in it. I sort of like the chick, but I don't think chicks belong in a Thing movie. The first one was notable for not having chicks, and better for it: A bunch of men alone in the cold, with no women, subtracted virtually everything light and sexual and human from the situation, and made it into pure animal survival.
I was underwhelmed when I heard they were doing a prequel and still am.
I know this should get some people interested -- John Carter of Mars, but just called John Carter, I guess because People hate Mars.
I dunno about that one, either. Not as barbaric and swords & laser-ish as I was expecting. Seems a little plodding. Did they want "plodding" in the trailer?
Oh, and did you guys know they're rebooting Spiderman just like eight years after it was booted? So another origin story. No trailer, but there are pictures.
Spiderman has a new costume. The problem with the old one? Not gay enough.
H/t to Norm MacDonald for that joke.
And more geek stuff at Geek Week Online. Including new Hobbit pictures, of the dwarves.*
* I know this sentence sucks; you try writing it. "Including new dwarf pictures from The Hobbit." Including new hobbit dwarf pictures. See? It's a problem.
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Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at July 14, 2011 02:46 PM (EOxFP)
And yeah, I read the short story, too.
Posted by: nickless at July 14, 2011 02:47 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at July 14, 2011 02:48 PM (lGFXF)
Just from the John Carter trailer, it looks like they are actualy going to follow the book... even the narrative with the 'nephew'....
Kudos to Disney... its refreshing to see Hollywood, NOT think they can rewrite a classic story.
Now if we could just get someone to give StarShip Troopers the same respect...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 14, 2011 02:49 PM (NtXW4)
* I know this sentence sucks; you try writing it. "Including new dwarf pictures from The Hobbit." Including new hobbit dwarf pictures. See? It's a problem.
Including New Pictures of dwarves, from the Movie, The Hobbit?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 14, 2011 02:50 PM (NtXW4)
Spiderman has a new costume. The problem with the old one? Not gay enough.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 14, 2011 02:51 PM (c0A3e)
I know you think Hollywood is just out of ideas, but there is a bit more behind all this in their drive to remake everything.
Ace, will you put on the sunglasses?
Posted by: Roddy Piper at July 14, 2011 02:52 PM (aGuwm)
On that note (or not -- I am NOT clicking those links), I've got the tickets for tomorrow morning. Niece sees Harry Potter, I see The Undefeated.
Posted by: arhooley at July 14, 2011 02:52 PM (dvd4C)
Safety Not Guaranteed is in production right now, the first film derived from a YourTheManNowDog meme...
Posted by: CAC at July 14, 2011 02:53 PM (aGuwm)
I don't care for Carpenter's The Thing. The original Hawks' version is a much better film.
Oh thank Cthulhu it's not just me.
If we're talking horror trailers, Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark looks good, if only because for once you have a character who decides that leaving when the creepy shit happens is a good idea.
Posted by: alexthechick at July 14, 2011 02:54 PM (sf+iw)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at July 14, 2011 02:54 PM (lGFXF)
Posted by: Bufophobic Puddingphile at July 14, 2011 02:57 PM (hbAPu)
Posted by: eastvalleyphx at July 14, 2011 02:57 PM (qiOph)
Egad. And yuck.
Posted by: nickless at July 14, 2011 02:58 PM (MMC8r)
Um, yeah. Got about half way through. It was enough.
So pass. It could be fantastic for the genre just like Obama represents a great Fascist, but it's obviously not my thing.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at July 14, 2011 02:58 PM (r4t7/)
Posted by: CanaDave at July 14, 2011 02:59 PM (PC7Q2)
Posted by: alexthedude at July 14, 2011 02:59 PM (hQUfy)
Posted by: Hollywood at July 14, 2011 03:00 PM (hbAPu)
The Thing is a love it or hate it film, no in-between. Carpenter's is fantastic, IMO. Particularly the defibrillator scene.
But that was the glory of late 70s early 80s horror. REAL VISCERAL special effects. Look at Day of the Dead, The Thing, Videodrome, The Fly, Suspira...
Bloated CGI can't compare to it.
Posted by: CAC at July 14, 2011 03:00 PM (aGuwm)
iirc, there is going to be yet another one.
Now seems like a good time to start my current mantra - Oh Captain America please don't suck. Please don't suck. Please don't suck.
Posted by: alexthechick at July 14, 2011 03:01 PM (sf+iw)
Just sit back and enjoy it, Bucky.
Posted by: Captain America in a push up bra and wig at July 14, 2011 03:02 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: BuckIV at July 14, 2011 03:03 PM (AtjNL)
Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 14, 2011 03:03 PM (c0A3e)
It would be nice if during this weekend with the complete shutdown of the 405, a hugh monsoonal pump developed over the southland and we had 53+ straight hours of thunderstorms/hail and flash floods down Melrose ave. and maybe throw in a 6+ mag. shaker on the Elysian Fault line oh... say about midnight on Saturday for extra added hobo doom.
Yeah....that should be about right....
Posted by: Richard at July 14, 2011 03:03 PM (urdky)
Posted by: CanaDave at July 14, 2011 03:03 PM (PC7Q2)
You mean like gay prOn??...that kind of a thing movie?
Posted by: beedubya at July 14, 2011 03:04 PM (AnTyA)
I'm scared he'll turn the dwarves into clowns and silly caricatures of modern cultures and stereotypes.
He got close to turning Gimli into Bud Abbott already.
The dwarves never get a fair shake. They are the most badass of the Tolkien World and they get always overlooked.
/cynical old man voice
Posted by: sifty at July 14, 2011 03:05 PM (ECjvn)
Posted by: Clubber Lang at July 14, 2011 03:06 PM (QcFbt)
Posted by: nickless at July 14, 2011 03:10 PM (MMC8r)
* I know this sentence sucks; you try writing it. "Including new dwarf pictures from The Hobbit." Including new hobbit dwarf pictures. See? It's a problem.
Including New Pictures of dwarves, from the Movie, The Hobbit?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 14, 2011 06:50 PM (NtXW4)
"Including the movie The Hobbit's new dwarf pictures."
or "Pictures, which are new, of the dwarves, which are from the the movie The Hobbit."
or "Dwarves from The Hobbit movie pictures included."
or "Included therein are the new photos of the dwarves from The Hobbit movie."
Posted by: Minuteman at July 14, 2011 03:10 PM (hbAPu)
Yeah, that ghey red, white, and blue one that we all had back in the day.
Posted by: eastvalleyphx at July 14, 2011 03:11 PM (qiOph)
Posted by: wiserbud at July 14, 2011 03:12 PM (3Okgs)
Posted by: and the horse you rode in on at July 14, 2011 03:13 PM (uiroY)
I'd be up for a remake of the The Thing but keep it old school, don't bring in I Pads with 4g and all that shit.
I think that's what kills a lot of these remakes is that they try too hard to relate to the current generation. Just keep it old school and let the actors act.
Posted by: ErikW at July 14, 2011 03:14 PM (2DgU/)
Thank you.
Posted by: chillin the most at July 14, 2011 03:16 PM (6IV8T)
They don't play enough 90's classic pron movies. I miss them, particularly the ones with the jazz/flute pron scores.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 14, 2011 03:16 PM (c0A3e)
Mild Mannered Mormon by day, Starchy Super Assassin by night!
Mitt Romney is: Cornelius, THE STALKER!
With his sidekick, Cornholio!
Only Rebooted Spiderman is able to put them back in the CAN!
Posted by: Hollywood at July 14, 2011 03:19 PM (hbAPu)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 14, 2011 07:16 PM (c0A3e)
Porno music really came into a new era when the Moog synthesizer was introduced. 
Posted by: ErikW at July 14, 2011 03:20 PM (2DgU/)
If you like camp.
Posted by: Dr Spank at July 14, 2011 03:21 PM (Dqb/n)
Thank you.
Posted by: chillin the most at July 14, 2011 07:16 PM (6IV8T)
On phone: Hi, gramma. How 'er you doing. Me? Just fine. Hey, I just called to let you know that the president....yeah, gramma, the president of the United States, is going to starve you to death starting next month. Why? I don't know. All I wanted to do was give you a heads up and tell you to buy a lot of peas.
Posted by: Soona at July 14, 2011 03:23 PM (8a0Fr)
Posted by: Ideas for Lucas in Case He's Listening at July 14, 2011 03:24 PM (hbAPu)
Posted by: Inspector Asshole at July 14, 2011 03:25 PM (W/daS)
Mother aiming to be world's fattest woman earns $90k a year from fans who watch her eating online
Words escape me.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 14, 2011 03:28 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: nevergiveup at July 14, 2011 03:30 PM (7wmOW)
Posted by: nevergiveup at July 14, 2011 03:31 PM (7wmOW)
Posted by: mallory at July 14, 2011 03:31 PM (bYpI/)
I miss The Red Shoe Diaries.
Posted by: alexthechick at July 14, 2011 03:32 PM (sf+iw)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at July 14, 2011 03:32 PM (WRsKZ)
tsk tsk tsk.
excuse me for a moment, won't you?
What?
I SAID "TO GO" YOU STUPID FUCK!!!!!! GET THE FUCKING FRYER GREASE OUT OF YOUR FUCKING EARS AND TRY TO LISTEN ONE TIME, WOULD YOU, YOU STUPID FUCK?!?!?? DAMMIT, why am i cursed to have to interact with these cretins?
Now where was I?
Oh yes.... tsk, tsk, tsk
Posted by: Michelle Obama at July 14, 2011 03:33 PM (3Okgs)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 14, 2011 07:28 PM (c0A3e)
Child neglect? As in, Mommy will be dead within five years and Little Jackie will need a new Mommy?
Posted by: ErikW at July 14, 2011 03:34 PM (2DgU/)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at July 14, 2011 03:37 PM (WRsKZ)
What was the last series I caught on Skinemax? Black Tie Nights? Heck, I don't remember; wasn't Red Shoe Diaries on Showtime?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 14, 2011 03:40 PM (c0A3e)
* I know this sentence sucks; you try writing it. "Including new dwarf pictures from The Hobbit." Including new hobbit dwarf pictures. See? It's a problem.
Including New Pictures of dwarves, from the Movie, The Hobbit?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 14, 2011 06:50 PM (NtXW4)
"Including the movie The Hobbit's new dwarf pictures."
or "Pictures, which are new, of the dwarves, which are from the the movie The Hobbit."
or "Dwarves from The Hobbit movie pictures included."
or "Included therein are the new photos of the dwarves from The Hobbit movie."
Posted by: Minuteman at July 14, 2011 07:10 PM (hbAPu)
Includes pictures of Dennis Kucinich?
Posted by: not the droid you seek at July 14, 2011 03:40 PM (xc/va)
Posted by: sifty at July 14, 2011 03:41 PM (ECjvn)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2011 03:41 PM (TMB3S)
Anyone got the skinny on that? (rim shot)
Thanks, I'll be here all weekend. Seriously, try the fish folks.
Posted by: ASK-21 at July 14, 2011 03:43 PM (rgeOT)
Posted by: Minuteman at July 14, 2011 07:10 PM (hbAPu)
To hell with dwarves anyway. I want to see some hot elf chicks.
Posted by: Soona at July 14, 2011 03:44 PM (8a0Fr)
Posted by: sifty at July 14, 2011 03:44 PM (ECjvn)
Posted by: richard mcenroe at July 14, 2011 03:45 PM (RCTGl)
Hmmmmm, maybe. Lingerie's pretty good.
Posted by: alexthechick at July 14, 2011 03:45 PM (sf+iw)
The most depressing soft porn ever. You don't if you should masturbate or kill yourself.
Posted by: lowandslow at July 14, 2011 03:46 PM (GZitp)
Posted by: richard mcenroe at July 14, 2011 03:48 PM (RCTGl)
Posted by: alexthechick at July 14, 2011 07:32 PM (sf+iw)
David Duchovney reading the intro into a porn scene? Priceless!
Posted by: ErikW at July 14, 2011 03:49 PM (2DgU/)
Posted by: Zardoz at July 14, 2011 03:51 PM (YiTh4)
Posted by: sifty
Yeah, kind of looks that way. Sad. What a waste.
Again, I don't understand why this turkey got greenlit over an original script. The hardcore scifi fan is not going to give it more than a passing 'meh,' and no one else has ever heard of the series. So why did they even bother with calling it Carter of Mars?
Yeah, yeah. No one mines for logic in Hellywood.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 14, 2011 03:53 PM (/9Ezq)
Posted by: huerfano at July 14, 2011 03:53 PM (vwk4n)
This.
The remake will probably be a mix of Alien Resurrection with Alien vs. Predator.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 14, 2011 03:54 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Soona at July 14, 2011 03:54 PM (8a0Fr)
They did. It's called The Internet.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 14, 2011 03:56 PM (/9Ezq)
Posted by: Formula92 at July 14, 2011 03:57 PM (r/BJ0)
John Carpenter's The Thing was great, but it doesn't wear well watching it over again- much of what made it a good movie was the weird / scary shit you didn't quite see coming.
Once you've seen the defibrillator scene, you've seen it.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 14, 2011 04:00 PM (SY2Kh)
And so was Wilford Brimley.
I know Wilford was and Dennehy's in everything so it must be true.
Posted by: lowandslow at July 14, 2011 04:01 PM (GZitp)
Uh, wut? That's the best part!
Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 14, 2011 04:01 PM (3sTIT)
Brian Dennehy was in The Thing.
And so was Wilford Brimley.
Posted by: soothie at July 14, 2011 07:57 PM (Xs7AG)
Wasn't Brian Denehy the anaconda in Anaconda?
Posted by: Soona at July 14, 2011 04:02 PM (8a0Fr)
To all the people in this thread who say they don't like John Carpenter's The Thing, I have one word to say to you:
You are wrong, and you should all fucking die in a fire, but not before your hands are eaten off by a gaping cunt's worth of chest-maw and spider legs pop out of your fucking dumbass heads.
Oh, and the prequel will almost certainly be meh, but I can't hate on Mary Elizabeth Winstead, she bends well.
P.S. Seriously... go eat a bag o' dicks, the lot of you.
Posted by: Dave at Garfield Ridge at July 14, 2011 04:03 PM (gVqQ3)
Why would it have to be "John Carter of Mars"? That was the name of the last book, composed of partial stories.
Since this is the origin, it should be "A Princess of Mars", or perhaps since the first three books form a trilogy, call it "The Warlord of Mars - Episode 1" or somesuch.
What looks more interesting is the themes in that clip. Let me see . . . you have the Red Men of Mars (Native Americans) bemoaning the impending collapse of their ecosystem (Anthropogenic Climate Change) to Captain of Militia John Carter of Virginia (Old White Man With A Sword AND Slaves), who has super powers (The One), and who will eventually save them all (The Waters Begin to . . . Rise). Oh yeah, I have GOT to see how that works out.
Oh, and as all Tolkien Geeks know, the proper plural of "dwarf" is "dwarrows", so "Including new Hobbit pictures of the dwarrows."
Posted by: Sam at July 14, 2011 04:03 PM (V9Tsq)
Posted by: Formula92 at July 14, 2011 04:04 PM (r/BJ0)
Posted by: Formula92 at July 14, 2011 04:08 PM (r/BJ0)
Posted by: Soona at July 14, 2011 04:08 PM (8a0Fr)
Posted by: rogerb
Easy. The suit is a series of shrunken bar-mats sewn together.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 14, 2011 04:09 PM (/9Ezq)
Posted by: eastvalleyphx at July 14, 2011 04:09 PM (qiOph)
Posted by: Jean at July 14, 2011 04:10 PM (/FT0A)
lady chatterly!
Posted by: soothie at July 14, 2011 07:52 PM (25wCj)
Hubby's cousin has named their son "John Thomas" which they insist on calling him. Cracks me up every time. I guess they missed reading even the most famous of Lawrence's works.
Posted by: dagny at July 14, 2011 04:11 PM (LGx0s)
Posted by: The Winter Sea Audiobook at July 14, 2011 04:12 PM (zSQQ8)
Posted by: eastvalleyphx at July 14, 2011 08:09 PM (qiOph)
This time he's going to take the questions and then let Bill Clinton give the answers.
Posted by: Soona at July 14, 2011 04:12 PM (8a0Fr)
Posted by: eastvalleyphx at July 14, 2011 08:09 PM (qiOph)
Should we bring lube? I know he wont be supplying any
Posted by: Red Shirt at July 14, 2011 04:15 PM (FIDMq)
11 am EST.
Oh, and here's this little tidbit a friend sent me:
BREAKING: S&P warns there's a 50% chance it will downgrade U.S. credit rating within 3 months
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 14, 2011 04:16 PM (c0A3e)
Should we bring lube? I know he wont be supplying any
Posted by: Red Shirt at July 14, 2011 08:15 PM (FIDMq)
The worst part is he's gonna be using Michelle's dick.
Posted by: eastvalleyphx at July 14, 2011 04:17 PM (qiOph)
Reuters’ David Cay Johnston: The Premise Of My Debut Column On News Corp’s Taxes Was ‘100 Percent Dead Wrong’
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 14, 2011 04:17 PM (/9Ezq)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 14, 2011 08:16 PM (c0A3e)
Is this assuming a debt limit raise? Or are they trying to influence shit too
Posted by: Red Shirt at July 14, 2011 04:18 PM (FIDMq)
Oh, and as all Tolkien Geeks know, the proper plural of "dwarf" is "dwarrows", so "Including new Hobbit pictures of the dwarrows."
Posted by: Sam at July 14, 2011 08:03 PM (V9Tsq)
Throwing the geek flag on that comment.
Posted by: The Robot Devil at July 14, 2011 04:19 PM (g3OU+)
Wasn't Brian Denehy the anaconda in Anaconda?
No, you're thinking of Denehy playing the Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid.
But you know who was in Anaconda? Ice-T, Owen Wilson, Jennifer Lopez, and Jon Voight. A curious quartet.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 14, 2011 04:19 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: arhooley at July 14, 2011 04:20 PM (dvd4C)
To all the people in this thread who say they don't like John Carpenter's The Thing, I have one word to say to you:
Posted by: Dave at Garfield Ridge at July 14, 2011 08:03 PM (gVqQ3)
That movie scared the living crap out of me. But I'm the biggest wuss on this blog.
Posted by: The Robot Devil at July 14, 2011 04:21 PM (g3OU+)
But you know who was in Anaconda? Ice-T, Owen Wilson, Jennifer Lopez, and Jon Voight. A curious quartet.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 14, 2011 08:19 PM (c0A3e)
There's snakes out there this big!
Posted by: The Robot Devil at July 14, 2011 04:22 PM (g3OU+)
The only notes of interest from this evening's debt ceiling meeting are Boehner telling Obama that the current option doesn't solve the problem and the fact that there is no meeting tomorrow. Obama has given Congress 24-36hrs to discuss options with their conference/caucuses before they go to Plan B. Only the WH and Senate Dems apparently know what that is.
Posted by: '80sBaby at July 14, 2011 04:23 PM (o2lIv)
Posted by: '80sBaby at July 14, 2011 08:23 PM (o2lIv)
thats easy.....
Profit!
Posted by: Red Shirt at July 14, 2011 04:24 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: Dustin at July 14, 2011 04:24 PM (519+h)
Posted by: George Orwell at July 14, 2011 04:25 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: Jean at July 14, 2011 04:25 PM (/FT0A)
Posted by: moviegique at July 14, 2011 04:26 PM (Cepxj)
Posted by: Jean at July 14, 2011 04:27 PM (/FT0A)
Or Sea-Man. lol.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 14, 2011 04:27 PM (c0A3e)
Or Sea-Man. lol.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 14, 2011 08:27 PM (c0A3e)
Mark Trail
Posted by: The Robot Devil at July 14, 2011 04:30 PM (g3OU+)
undertaken exceptional measures to avoid breaching the debt ceiling" p. 3
WTF?
Posted by: eastvalleyphx at July 14, 2011 04:30 PM (qiOph)
JC's The Thing was scary as hell the first couple of times I watched it. But now, it's the relationships between team members that brings me back time & again. The sense of dread and paranoia that oozes from the screen is just frickin' awesome. Then again, I'm a big fan of creepy, nihilistic film.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 14, 2011 04:30 PM (71Fka)
Posted by: Jean at July 14, 2011 04:30 PM (/FT0A)
Posted by: George Orwell at July 14, 2011 04:31 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: George Orwell at July 14, 2011 08:25 PM (AZGON)
Sgt. Rock would be kinda cool. The Wonder Twins would be a huge hit for the gheyness factor. Aquaman?
Posted by: Red Shirt at July 14, 2011 04:31 PM (FIDMq)
So who will be the next comic book character to be resurrected forcibly anal-gang raped in the movies?
That chicken ain't got nothin' on me...
Posted by: Jonah Hex at July 14, 2011 04:32 PM (71Fka)
Posted by: t-bird at July 14, 2011 04:34 PM (FcR7P)
Dennis the Menace.
(What? Too far?)
Posted by: eastvalleyphx at July 14, 2011 04:34 PM (qiOph)
Posted by: George Orwell at July 14, 2011 04:35 PM (AZGON)
Dan Pfeiffer by BreakingNews President Obama will hold a press conference tomorrow at the WH at 11 AM"
"
Posted by: . at July 14, 2011 04:36 PM (k1rwm)
Posted by: t-bird at July 14, 2011 04:36 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: steevy at July 14, 2011 04:38 PM (KjoRv)
(my info about no talks came from twitter breaking news)
Posted by: . at July 14, 2011 04:38 PM (k1rwm)
Posted by: t-bird at July 14, 2011 04:38 PM (FcR7P)
If it isn't obvious, I'm bitter about the Jonah Hex abomination. Great antihero comic book character. I mean really, his personal philosophy is essentially "I'll do whatever it takes to act according to my moral code, even if I have to kill every last man, woman and child in this town to do it".
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 14, 2011 04:39 PM (71Fka)
Posted by: steevy at July 14, 2011 04:40 PM (KjoRv)
I've been praying a lot lately for you two. Steevy did you call your doctor and discuss your feelings with him/her? A lot of times doctors want to know what the family members are thinking. I know someone in the ONT is a nurse so maybe you can stay around for the ONT and that person can give you some advice.
Posted by: . at July 14, 2011 04:42 PM (k1rwm)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 14, 2011 04:43 PM (c0A3e)
anyone going to see harry potter?
I'm taking the Summer Niece to see it tomorrow, while I go see The Undefeated.
Posted by: arhooley at July 14, 2011 04:43 PM (dvd4C)
130 The Thing was a guy in a suit(James Arness),there was bno claymation.
I think he was incorrectly referring to JC's The Thing as the original. The Blairmonster at the end of the film is mostly stop-motion, and it rocks. Love the tentacle searching out the detonator and pulling it into the hole.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 14, 2011 04:44 PM (71Fka)
Arhooley, of course they will use interns to write and argue it.
Posted by: Jean at July 14, 2011 08:27 PM
True, but it's fun to see the lefties fume.
Posted by: arhooley at July 14, 2011 04:44 PM (dvd4C)
Posted by: steevy at July 14, 2011 04:44 PM (KjoRv)
Posted by: steevy at July 14, 2011 04:45 PM (KjoRv)
maybe hire a private duty nurse to look after her during the night and day when you can't be there?
Posted by: . at July 14, 2011 04:46 PM (k1rwm)
(my info about no talks came from twitter breaking news)
No, they're not. Go here.
Posted by: '80sBaby at July 14, 2011 04:48 PM (o2lIv)
You are wrong, and you should all fucking die in a fire, but not before your hands are eaten off by a gaping cunt's worth of chest-maw and spider legs pop out of your fucking dumbass heads.
I'd have to respect you for your opinion to mean anything.
Posted by: nickless at July 14, 2011 04:48 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at July 14, 2011 04:48 PM (btzPD)
Posted by: steevy at July 14, 2011 04:49 PM (KjoRv)
See, I was just thinking that Norwegians don't belong in a Thing movie. What they hell are Norwegians anyway? Are they like the French or something?
Posted by: Kensington at July 14, 2011 04:50 PM (uaEZS)
Watching parents lose their health is awful.
Posted by: Kensington at July 14, 2011 04:53 PM (uaEZS)
Posted by: steevy at July 14, 2011 04:53 PM (KjoRv)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at July 14, 2011 04:54 PM (btzPD)
It's interesting to see how a film's reputation and prominence can improve over time.
Posted by: Kensington at July 14, 2011 04:55 PM (uaEZS)
Posted by: steevy at July 14, 2011 04:57 PM (KjoRv)
Posted by: steevy at July 14, 2011 04:58 PM (KjoRv)
Presumably at least one of them was still human because, if both of them had been consumed by that thing, it would know.
So one of them is not human. Is there any particular evidence to support which one?
The video game version from about ten years ago answers the question, but I don't know if that's considered Thing canon.
Posted by: Kensington at July 14, 2011 04:58 PM (uaEZS)
today she is all down hill and I don't understand.
Posted by: steevy at July 14, 2011 08:49 PM
steevy, there are some things that are hard to understand but they're very common. That is exactly -- I hesitate to tell you -- how my great-uncle regressed. He rallied fantastically right before the end. I thought he was on his way back to health, but it was the opposite. The healthcare workers told me such a spike in a person's apparent well-being just before their descent was common.
Posted by: arhooley at July 14, 2011 04:59 PM (dvd4C)
Now, some of you younger f*cks might not remember or realize this, but the 1982 "Thing" was both a box office disappointment and a critical mediocrity.
Then again, most professional movie critics are failed filmmakers, and ankle-biting leftist cockholster assholes who write their reviews as a way to assuage their jealousy of those who are talented and lucky enough to actually have a career making films.
I've learned to use film critics as an indicator, if they love it, the film's almost guaranteed to be a raging bore, better used as a cure for insomnia.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 14, 2011 05:02 PM (71Fka)
Posted by: steevy at July 14, 2011 05:03 PM (KjoRv)
Posted by: Kensington at July 14, 2011 08:55 PM (uaEZS)
I love to talk about Weekend at Bernie's. It was a lame, poor-performing one-joke comedy and yet it is a cultural touchstone. Everybody knows what "Weekend at Bernie's" means.
Posted by: AmishDude at July 14, 2011 05:03 PM (T0NGe)
Posted by: steevy at July 14, 2011 05:04 PM (KjoRv)
I'm gonna have to pull up the original Campbell story on my Nook. It's been loaded there for awhile, but I've never taken the time to read it.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 14, 2011 05:05 PM (71Fka)
Yeah but does anybody think it's good? It was considered a lame comedy then, and it's still considered a lame comedy now, isn't it?
Or am I wrong about that? I'm not sure I've ever seen it all the way through. People think Terry Kiser gave a great performance, at least, don't they? It can't be easy being a funny corpse.
Posted by: Kensington at July 14, 2011 05:07 PM (uaEZS)
Posted by: steevy at July 14, 2011 05:07 PM (KjoRv)
Posted by: steevy at July 14, 2011 05:08 PM (KjoRv)
Sure but that's the point. It had a huge cultural impact even though it's a forgettable 80s comedy.
Posted by: AmishDude at July 14, 2011 05:09 PM (T0NGe)
Prayers for you and your mom, Steevy.
Have the medical folks checked her for dehydration? I don't know what it's like where you are, but it's hotter than heck here. When someone is medically fragile, they can get dehydrated FAST, and the heat can make that happen even faster.
You mentioned that she hadn't had much to eat or drink the last day, so I thought I'd throw that out there -
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at July 14, 2011 05:10 PM (EOxFP)
Posted by: steevy at July 14, 2011 05:11 PM (KjoRv)
Posted by: Jean at July 14, 2011 05:12 PM (kUxiO)
Posted by: . at July 14, 2011 05:13 PM (k1rwm)
I'm back. Had to take a knee and get some sleep (I work nights, Hawaii time.)
I know us morons are about as a sugar-addicted kid with ADHD who lost his ritalin last week, but found a back entrance to Willy Wonka's Factory, so, if you've any questions/concerns re: VALOur-IT, I'll be in this thread, the ONT (when it gets published) or in the VALOur-IT Thread.
Posted by: Chuck Z at July 14, 2011 05:13 PM (qXWUM)
Posted by: scr_north at July 14, 2011 05:14 PM (cfJTS)
One more Thing........
If you see the TV edit of Carpenter's film with the voiceover narration, run away. It's absolutely horrid.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 14, 2011 05:15 PM (71Fka)
Posted by: steevy at July 14, 2011 05:16 PM (KjoRv)
Posted by: steevy at July 14, 2011 09:16 PM (KjoRv)
well then call him tomorrow and ask him to come and see her and tell him of your concerns. You should call the oncologist too and tell him/her of your concerns too. Just their presence will make the natives pay attention.
Posted by: . at July 14, 2011 05:18 PM (k1rwm)
Posted by: curious at July 14, 2011 05:19 PM (k1rwm)
Yeah, but that's not my point at all regarding The Thing. The Thing has also had a huge cultural impact over time, but it's not a forgettable 80s film. It's a really good film. It just wasn't recognized as such when it was first released.
Plus, it wasn't a box office success like Weekend at Bernie's was.
Posted by: Kensington at July 14, 2011 05:20 PM (uaEZS)
Have him paged if you're unsatisfied. Be a squeaky wheel.
Posted by: Kensington at July 14, 2011 05:22 PM (uaEZS)
Posted by: Kensington at July 14, 2011 05:25 PM (uaEZS)
Posted by: curious at July 14, 2011 09:19 PM (k1rwm)
Is this friend at the blog where they really like you?
Posted by: Papa Editor at July 14, 2011 05:25 PM (FZZ94)
Posted by: curious at July 14, 2011 05:26 PM (k1rwm)
Someone would have to know you to give a damn what you think, son.
Posted by: Dave at Garfield Ridge at July 14, 2011 05:28 PM (gVqQ3)
There's a big difference between a crash and two planes clipping while taxiing.
My favorite Aeroflot joke:
In the West, the drinking rule for pilots is "at least 24 hours from bottle to throttle"
For Aeroflot, pilots are strictly prohibited from drinking within 24 feet of the aircraft.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 14, 2011 05:30 PM (71Fka)
'Evening 'rons & 'nettes!
Posted by: Y-not is on fiber optic, baby! at July 14, 2011 05:31 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: curious at July 14, 2011 09:19 PM (k1rwm)
where did I say "crash"?
Posted by: curious at July 14, 2011 05:31 PM (k1rwm)
That Assad photo: yeah, bullshit. The left side of the room is marble and creates reflections. The right side of the room is carpeted and does not. The table in the middle straddles both and creates both a reflection on the marble and a what(?) shadow on the carpet? A reflection and a shadow that match up perfectly? Oh. And, nothing else on the carpeted side of the room creates a shadow? Not even Assad himself?
Yeah. B.S.
Posted by: Clueless at July 14, 2011 05:32 PM (piMMO)
where did I say "crash"?
Posted by: curious at July 14, 2011 09:31 PM (k1rwm)
You didn't, retard. 209 did.
Posted by: Papa Editor at July 14, 2011 05:34 PM (FZZ94)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 14, 2011 05:36 PM (kUaEF)
Posted by: Y-not is on fiber optic, baby! at July 14, 2011 05:36 PM (5H6zj)
Anyway, if anyone wants a laugh and help generate some political kitteh content that Ace can then steal, I finally started a Facebook group to get my sockpuppet "SGT Dan's Cat" elected President.
Look for "Merlin the Cat for President, 2012", facebook dot com slash groups slash 191541880900165
Posted by: SGT Dan at July 14, 2011 05:37 PM (vfDxP)
Why WOULD you post something that sick?
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 14, 2011 09:36 PM (kUaEF)
See? And they say there's no diversity amongst conservatives. I loved that trailer.
Made me a little hungry.
Posted by: eastvalleyphx at July 14, 2011 05:38 PM (qiOph)
Why WOULD you post something that sick?
I didn't even bother clicking on it. Warnings such as that are designed for people such as me.
Remember Psycho? Remember how you didn't have to see Janet Leigh's guts spill out on the floor to be scared to death for what, 50 years now?
When a Stranger Calls?
Hell, there was a t.v. movie when I was a kid, Let's Scare Jessica to Death, that to this day freaks out my sister when I mention it. And, you know what else? No guts. No gore.
Movies such as Saw and Friday the 13th are cheap and easy. It takes talent to make someone jump out of their skin from mystery and suspense.
Posted by: Clueless at July 14, 2011 05:43 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: mallory at July 14, 2011 05:44 PM (bYpI/)
Same here.
I hate the times of year when they broadcast The Exorcist on tv. I have to avoid the channel so I don't accidentally see the promo.
Posted by: Y-not is on fiber optic, baby! at July 14, 2011 05:46 PM (5H6zj)
hey, I've got an idea for some fun.
Titles of books written by Obama on business.
You know those are coming down the pike, with titles like Leadership, the Obama Way.
How about: Negotiation Tactics for Winning: by Barack Obama
Five Easy Steps to Beating Up on Jews at the Bargaining Table, by Barack Obama
Analysis of Fredo Corleone's Management Style: by Barack Obama
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz at July 14, 2011 05:48 PM (s5aNX)
It's been a while since I've seen the movie- what reason do we have to believe that one of them was infected?
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 14, 2011 05:48 PM (SY2Kh)
I'm right there with ya!
Another movie that wasn't gross and still scares the piss out of me: The Omen. Freaked me the hell out when saw it 20 years ago. Still does.
Posted by: Clueless at July 14, 2011 05:51 PM (piMMO)
Faster than the Speed of Brilliance: From 100 to 0 in 18 Months Flat
Posted by: Clueless at July 14, 2011 05:53 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: sifty at July 14, 2011 05:55 PM (ECjvn)
WTF is up with the plant creature on the lower right-hand corner of the main page?
It's more creepy looking than corn smut.
Posted by: Ed Anger at July 14, 2011 05:55 PM (7+pP9)
In the video game of The Thing, a rescue team reaches the site; you see Childs' body, but not Macready's corpse. Macready shows up near the end of the game to help you fight the final boss. Macready's survival and appearence (in a chopper, no less) are never explained.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 14, 2011 05:55 PM (c0A3e)
Yeah, I actually managed to watch most of the Omen, but it was not pleasant.
I kept thinking how horrifyingly upsetting those Catholickkks were in that movie with their transubstantiation and pope hats. Gave me the creeps, I tell ya!
Posted by: Y-not drags in topic from earlier thread at July 14, 2011 05:57 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Papa Editor at July 14, 2011 05:57 PM (FZZ94)
Posted by: sifty at July 14, 2011 05:58 PM (ECjvn)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at July 14, 2011 05:59 PM (0vDuM)
I must have missed a doozy.
Posted by: Clueless at July 14, 2011 05:59 PM (piMMO)
Is that anything like the Harper Valley PTA?
Posted by: Clueless at July 14, 2011 06:00 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Papa Editor at July 14, 2011 06:00 PM (FZZ94)
My parents owned a small town movie theater, so I got to watch a lot of age-inappropriate movies.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 14, 2011 06:00 PM (SY2Kh)
Even worse - people pay to watch other people eat excessive amounts of shit.
See - Mother aiming to be world's fattest woman earns $90k a year from fans who watch her eating online
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 14, 2011 06:01 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Mandy P. at July 14, 2011 06:02 PM (vGmv/)
I tried to read the book when I was about 13. I remember something about a pig. That's about it. I couldn't read any further.
Posted by: Clueless at July 14, 2011 06:03 PM (piMMO)
I'm ashamed to say that The Planet of the Apes gave me nightmares and I think I was in junior high at the time.
The scariest movie that I can watch and actually enjoy is Poltergeist.
Posted by: Y-not at July 14, 2011 06:04 PM (5H6zj)
Ahhhh nevermind. Two days here and I refuse to get caught up in a flame war.
But seriously, your friend is a flaming homo.
Posted by: eastvalleyphx at July 14, 2011 06:04 PM (qiOph)
Posted by: sifty at July 14, 2011 06:05 PM (ECjvn)
Whatever may have happened in the video game version, the impression I got at the end of the movie is that they killed The Thing, but couldn't be sure it was gone for good. They destroyed all the buildings to deny it the ability to get warm, forcing any potentially remaining traces of it into hibernation so anyone who came in the future wouldn't be exposed.
The movie gave the impression that the remaining two survivors were destined to freeze to death, a fate they accepted. I don't recall any reason (in the movie) to suspect that either one was infected.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 14, 2011 06:07 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: RushBabe at July 14, 2011 06:17 PM (Ew27I)
Starring Vincent Price:
The Tingler
Posted by: Ed Anger at July 14, 2011 10:16 PM (7+pP9)
I begged to go along with my older sisters and cousins when they went to the drive-in to see The Abominable Dr. Phibes. Thought about that movie for years when I couldn't sleep. I can still picture some of the scenes like it was yesterday.
Posted by: RushBabe at July 14, 2011 06:19 PM (Ew27I)
No one is every going to be beautiful enough to play the part of the Princess of Helium. Deja is a character that simply cannot be brought to the screen. Period. Okay, so now that that is completely clarified, let me just mention... Yippee! Hurrah! Woot-Woot! Can't Wait!
Posted by: Errol at July 14, 2011 06:53 PM (d2AYO)
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at July 14, 2011 07:05 PM (8Zpuz)
Posted by: butch at July 14, 2011 07:08 PM (UIbD4)
Posted by: yakima canutt at July 14, 2011 07:12 PM (BNCIG)
Well they talk about it in their last scene. They're sitting there in the cold and say that even if one of them is one of those things, the other one is too tired to do anything further about it. They acknowledge that they're going to freeze anyway, and they say that it's probably for the best, which only makes sense if they're concerned that one of them might be one of those things.
Nothing is concrete. They could be wrong, but given the paranoid nature of the film, it makes sense that they could never be sure.
Posted by: Kensington at July 14, 2011 08:14 PM (uaEZS)
I always found the death scenes in Little Shop very disturbing, especially when it clamps own on Vincent Guardenia and swallows him as he cries out "WAIT A MINUTE!"
Posted by: Kensington at July 14, 2011 08:16 PM (uaEZS)
How about "...including some pictures of dwarves from the movie, "The Hobbit."?
Posted by: Picky at July 15, 2011 01:08 AM (H5kz4)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 15, 2011 01:37 AM (bxiXv)
The thing did have a female
the original was black and white and the monster was James Arnes
The remake with Kurt Russel did not have females
Posted by: leperous at July 15, 2011 07:58 AM (Q6qGS)
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I don't know where you are, Ace, but it's only 5:45 here in Texas.....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at July 14, 2011 02:45 PM (EOxFP)