Just finished watching John Carpenter's The Thing. I had forgotten how much I like this movie.

One of the better sci-fi/horror type shows. Check it out if you haven't seen it. Also, read Who Goes There, the short story that it it based on if you have not read it yet (I think that it is by John Campbell, but am not sure).

J

ever see the original "The Thing"....great movie...big favorite of Carpenter's as well.

Charlie

enjoyed the original, haven't seen the re-make.

In the original, didn't they determine that the 'thing' was made of vegetable matter--carrot?

#3 Yes, and the Carrot was played by none other than James Arness.

What was his celery for that pic ?

^ Boooooooooooooooooooooo

One of my all time favorite movie quotes...

"I dunno what the hell's in there, but it's weird and pissed off, whatever it is."

awesome movie. I remember watching it a bunch back in high school at my friend's house...he was the only one who had cable (HBO...and Skinemax)

re 7

Yes, a little humor just before things get really bad.

I thought Kurt Russell (RJ MacReady) had some great lines in the John Carpenter The Thing...........

MacReady: I just wanna get up to my shack and get drunk...

Computer Voice: [moves its chess piece] Checkmate. Checkmate.

[MacReady pours his drink into the computer tower, frying it]

MacReady: Cheating bitch.

MacReady: That's right, Garry. They dig it up, they cart it back to their base. Somehow it gets thawed, it wakes up, probaly not the best of moods, and... I don't know, I wasn't there!

last lines]

Childs: What do we do now?

MacReady: Why don't we just wait here for a little while... see what happens...

a really good remake, but original was the best...

Charlie

Don't worry Charlie, at the rate Hollywood is running out of ideas, they'll probably remake "The Thing" within the next five years or so.

I haven't seen the original, I will have to check it out.

I also like John Carpenters The Fog. The remake was a steaming pile.

J