The Thing From Another World (1951)
 

Any thoughts on the classic Sci-Fi movie?

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well classic comes to mind

i just got it in the mail last night as a matter of fact

shit, this thread reminded me it was on Tv a couple of nights ago...aint seen it in ages.

Great film but this is one case in which the remake is better i.m.o.

None the less classic for sure

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If you look at the start of the thread you will see clearly that i have included the word 'Classic'.

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i see everything...

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i reckon the remake of this movie is the best remake ever made

That big eye is lame, I didn't like that Lord of the Flies or whatever it's called. Lord of the Sword, whatever, it's one of those goblin movies. Can't stand goblin movies, they irritate me. What was the dwarf's name in that? Dildo Bugger? Something like that.

No, I'm just kidding, I liked it okay. What were you guys talking about again?

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I'm pleased to hear it:p

AHHHHHHHH! I finally run into someone who read "Bored of the Rings" COOL!

then you ran into 2 of us.

harvard Lampoon - brilliant parody.

Absolutely. I read it during the stone age when it was first released!

Dildo Bugger? :D

Pick up a paperback book called "Bored of the Rings" is was written somewhere around 1975 or so. Funnier than hell!

The first one (1951)is a real classic!
 

Although the 1983 film is a great remake of the original(1951),I will opt for James Arness' alien, lol! Beve:D I enjoyed all of The LOTR FILMS,BUT THE LAST WAS SUPERB!:cool:

I'm sort of a late-bloomer in terms of watching old classics, horror and otherwise.

Saw The Thing from Another World just last year. For an old film, it was well-made. Enjoyable. John Carpenter's The Thing may have been better than this, but I'm willing to bet that this old classic can still pull it off over the kind of garbage we get today.

I think its really apples and oranges with the original and the remake - I love them both but, they are totally different in feel. The original is so slick and funny and confident, where Carpenter's is dark and sombre and pessimistic. Both really captured a different tone.

I read a funny thing from Carpenter about the remake in a book of interviews where JC said he knew he was screwed when ET came out like six months earlier and became such a huge blockbuster. JC claims that the failure of The Thing was what effectively ended his chance of being a major Hollywood director. Sad really. . . .