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In Reply to: RE: Another vote for Alien. Anybody else like The Thing? posted by grantv on December 20, 2010 at 12:16:47
I presume you mean the Carpenter remake? I love the special effects - they were all done pre-CGI and show the skill of Hollywood SPFX guys (before they were replaced by computer nerds).
Be sure to get the Blu-Ray version of The Thing. It looks fantastic, even after all these years. There's a great doco on the extras detailing how they did the special effects.
BTW, I also think Alien is far better than Aliens. Have you got the Aliens Blu-Ray box set? Again, fabulous. A gazillion hours of extras.
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I do recall when I first saw it (the first few times) I thought the special effects were amazing. Saw a snip of it recently and it didn't appear as much so. But thanks to your push I think I will buy it on BlueRay. I own maybe 30 movies total, not a collector type, so that's saying something about the movie. :) I'll have to buy Alien also.
We haven't been replaced yet. Most of the key artists from John Carpenter's The Thing are still in the business doing makeup effects. Most of them are good friends of mine
Please tell them that the 'head melting off the body and turning into a spidery-thing' is the coolest SPFX I've ever seen!
Very cool.
Tell them that some guy named Grant in BC Canada really appreciates the work they did and do. :)
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