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re: "The Thing (1982)" VS "Alien" ??
Posted on 5/1/13 at 9:54 pm to Walking the Earth
Posted on 5/1/13 at 9:54 pm to Walking the Earth
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she's all alone with everybody else dead and it's just her and the alien
Come on bro what about Jones?
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Posted on 5/1/13 at 9:57 pm to tigerfan in bamaland
She left his poor arse when she ran into the alien blocking the escape pod. Jones had to stare down the alien all by his lonesome.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 9:58 pm to Walking the Earth
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Jones had to stare down the alien all by his lonesome.
He was probably down to 5 or 4 lives at that point.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 9:59 pm to tigerfan in bamaland
still made it to the sequel. damn that jones is good.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 10:08 pm to Alan Garner
Alien
I am now going to rewatch Alien tonight cause of this thread
I am now going to rewatch Alien tonight cause of this thread
Posted on 5/1/13 at 10:09 pm to ASAP
Alien
I'm not that crazy about The Thing.
I'm not that crazy about The Thing.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 10:11 pm to dawgdayafternoon
The thing because I can rewatch it like no other movie.
This post was edited on 5/1/13 at 10:14 pm
Posted on 5/2/13 at 12:08 am to ASAP
Interesting. Both are remakes of a sort. Alien is a modern version of It, the Terror from Beyond Space, where a rocketship landed on Mars, and while there picked up a hitchhiker who started whacking crew members one by one when the ship was headed back to Earth. The alien was a big guy in an ugly suit, like the original Thing.
The Thing was a remake, with John Carpenter sticking more closely to the source book, Who Goes There. The special effects were not there yet to create a shape shifting alien when the first version was filmed in 1951. Carpenter's version was a study in paranoia.
The Thing was a remake, with John Carpenter sticking more closely to the source book, Who Goes There. The special effects were not there yet to create a shape shifting alien when the first version was filmed in 1951. Carpenter's version was a study in paranoia.
Posted on 5/2/13 at 1:18 am to DelU249
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Tough call. I can't choose.
Same here. Both movies are awesome. I can't decide.
Posted on 5/2/13 at 1:50 am to tigerfan in bamaland
From a holy sh#t angle, you'd think getting mouthraped by a giant spider and giving explosive chest birth to a screeching baby xenomorph would carry the day on all-time creepouts.
But The Thing was creepier. Can't say it's better, but it's fersure creepier.
But The Thing was creepier. Can't say it's better, but it's fersure creepier.
Posted on 5/2/13 at 5:55 am to Backinthe615
Both are some of my favorite movies but the Thing is one of my top 10 and is my favorite horror movie.
I really love that movie.
I really love that movie.
Posted on 5/2/13 at 6:15 am to dawgdayafternoon
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Alien
I'm not that crazy about The Thing.
This
Posted on 5/2/13 at 6:18 am to ASAP
When they are testing everyone's blood in The Thing, it's so tense and awesome. and funny
Posted on 5/2/13 at 8:00 am to putt23
The Thing for me.
Posted on 5/2/13 at 8:09 am to ASAP
If the question were Aliens Vs The Thing then I wouldn't be able to choose, but as it stands now I would go with
The Thing.
The Thing.
Posted on 5/2/13 at 8:10 am to drjett
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The Thing was a remake, with John Carpenter sticking more closely to the source book, Who Goes There. The special effects were not there yet to create a shape shifting alien when the first version was filmed in 1951. Carpenter's version was a study in paranoia.
The Thing From Another World is actually really good.
This is a tough call, and I could switch on another day. Right now, today, I'll choose Alien. Though I'll say that the blood testing scene in Thing was fricking great. Just so tense and suspenseful.
Posted on 5/2/13 at 8:14 am to CocomoLSU
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The Thing From Another World is actually really good
That has to be one of my favorite black and white horror movies along with Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
Posted on 5/2/13 at 8:17 am to TigersRuleTheEarth
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That has to be one of my favorite black and white horror movies along with Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
I believe I saw it in color. Came on super late one night when I was in college, and I happened to caatch it at the beginning. And I sat in my bed and watched the whole damn thing.
Posted on 5/2/13 at 8:32 am to CocomoLSU
Was that the one with Donald Sutherland? If so, that was the second version.
Kevin McCarthy starred in the original, which had a "happy" ending.
Kevin McCarthy starred in the original, which had a "happy" ending.
Posted on 5/2/13 at 8:38 am to drjett
Like others, I enjoyed both, but I will say I prefer Alien. Just a better movie IMO.
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