tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4633480297352890314.post7915657498579452697..comments2024-03-28T03:28:11.926-11:00Comments on Kinemalogue: Cardboard Science: Some form of super-carrotHunter Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10925220178171355473noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4633480297352890314.post-88319597997092831592018-07-27T14:53:54.981-11:002018-07-27T14:53:54.981-11:00I guess they do use a version of that scene in reg...I guess they do use a version of that scene in regards the backstory of the Norwegian base, don't they? Alright, sure, JC's is better, but one thing I'll always prize about this Thing is that it doesn't involve Wilford Brimley building a spaceship out of helicopter parts and oatmeal cans.<br /><br />Iirc (and I do, as I recently read your review--though you might've mellowed in the intervening years) you're not the hugest fan of the original. And fair enough. Truthfully, it's not even my favorite single-alien-invader-menaces-some-people movie (that was supposed to be this summer's Cardboard Science theme, but then I watched Fantastic Voyage, so, oh well). Anyway, that's one you've reviewed yourself, too. It's a silly film, I guess, but it's certainly got a lot of nerve.<br /><br />Nevertheless, TfAW is still probably the technically best-made of that movement-within-the-movement, whatever that actually means.Hunter Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10925220178171355473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4633480297352890314.post-18715202654025541912018-07-27T13:52:51.142-11:002018-07-27T13:52:51.142-11:00I feel like you're a bit unfair to the remake....I feel like you're a bit unfair to the remake. They also use the "standing on the ice" scene to just as good effect, so that's 1% more faithfulness at least. There really IS a certain aesthetic to TfAW that occasionally gives it that extra oomph that would make anyone from any decade stand up and take notice, and I'm glad somebody did.Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399713449347559869noreply@blogger.com