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It's all in the reflexes.
>>63461454
God I love this guy. Solder was his best movie hands down.
>>63461712
The Thing was his best. Let's be honest. But yeah I'll watch anything he's in.
I wish he had done a full-on Indiana Jones type series.
>>63461736
Those practical effects still scare the fuck out of me. I can't watch it to the end.
>You are now aware that Jack Burton was not the true protagonist of BTiLC, but actually Wang was
>You are now aware that the movie brilliantly fools you into thinking otherwise
>You are now aware that the movie is a testament to the disconnect between narrative structure and scripting/direction
>>63461772
Fucking pussy.
>>63461736
I don't know how or why bit Solder was a really comfy movie. Especially when he's holding that kid with one arm at the end.
>>63461802
I know, but it's definitely a testament to how fucking good they made that shit look.
>>63461850
Yeah, I'll give you that.
But seriously man it's just a movie.R-right?
Escape from LA.
>>63461882
When I was a kid I thought that spider head might live under my bed. Not kidding
>>63461801
The whole movie is a weird clusterfuck that I can't figure out, but something is "off."
>>63461801
Actually it's just racism. Chinese people (or most Asians) I've watched it with thing Wang is all up in that.
And my white friends are like of fuck yeah Snake Plisskin.
mfw no negroes to cheer for
Before we get going, I just want to establish:
>The Things by Peter Watts is a shitty fanfiction, is not canon, and was not made or endorsed by anyone on the original crew of the 82 film
>The alcohol at the end of the movie is not gasoline in a bottle, that's a fucking stupid theory and if you believe it you're honestly a retard
>The special effects in the 2011 film were by-and-large vastly practical, everyone who made it wanted it to be so especially the director; the producers of the film hired another company to digitally cover all of the practical effects with 100% CGI
>Said practical effects:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBzpT7VmSaU
>Makers of said practical effects talking about why their work was covered up and why Hollywood producers want the 'video game' look:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdDwrY5KpvI
>Don't ever read The Thing comics that came out after the movie; pic related is Childs
>>63462037
But it was gasoline.
>>63462037
Why do people still make excuses for the 2011 The Thing?
It didn't warrant being made, at all. CGI or practical effects, it was a waste of time and effort to even do it.
>>63462031
Racism isn't a real thing, and it certainly doesn't apply here. Fuck off with your l*beral bullshit. If you want to rephrase what you're saying in a meaningful way, i.e., one that doesn't resort to l*bshit political framing, I'd be willing to talk.
kek "it's just racism". boy i can tell that undergrad degree really "taught you how to think"
>>63462037
It's too late, I've already read those comics. Weird shit, right there.
Thoughts on Harbinger Down?
I gave it a shot after hearing it was like a love note to The Thing but was ultimately let down. There was only one time the creature was genuinely unsettling
>>63462106
Just felt like a rehash with CGI desu. Neither good nor bad, just boring. Zero shock value.
>>63462106
>>63462328
Your feelings on the matter are irrelevant. The film itself is irrelevent. The CGI situation, however, is. It continues to plague Hollywood to this day.
>>63461454
I was always dismissive of this movie for years...
Until I actually sat down and watched it from start to finish.
Carpenters funnest flick. Just fucking great.
>>63462292
I found it pretty bad. The direction and was bad, the acting was bad, and even the effects were a let down.
I give them credit for making it for only 350,000 dollars, which didn't even cover the effects, but it was pretty lame. It reminded me of a sci-fi channel original from the 90's.
BEHOLD!
I am your new Jack Burton.
Better in every way. You just know the remake is going to be a billion times better than the original.
>>63462542
My decision to see it rests solely on who gets cast as lo pan
>>63461454
>I just drive as fast as I can see, it's like I used to say to my ex-wife, it's all in the reflexes
Such a based hero.
>>63461801
I love how confused Jack gets as some of the crazier shit starts happening while all the Chinese people don't give a fuck. That giant monster attack in the underground is particularly great.
>It won't come back, but we have to keep moving
>WHAT WON'T COME BACK? WHAT WAS THAT?
>>63462622
If they were smart, they would get Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa.
>>63462771
Maybe a 6. There are creative people out there, it's just a matter of them creeping into Hollywood to get their work made.
Pic related was made using the director's dad's royalty money from when he made movies. Sooner or later a guy like Kosmatos is going to bust into Hollywood and I think that once we get one bizarre movie succeeding we'll get experimentation out the ass. Surely even the Chinese are going to bored of the current state of affairs sooner or later.
>>63461712
>Solder
GOAT anderson
fuck the haters
>>63462090
No, it was normal alcohol. Even the script says so. Mac gave it to Childs to test him. Childs never, ever fucking trusted Mac. Ever. Childs was also covering up a good part of his body with new clothes - his jacket was dark in every single scene except that one. He was still an imperfect copy.
You'll also remember: Mac is fond of chess. If you watch the chess game, the losing move is an impossible one. The computer really is a cheating bitch. He beats the computer by giving it a drink and shorting it out.
He beats the thing by giving it a drink and exposing it.
>>63461454
based kurt
"I'm going to kill them all sir."
>>63463170
Honestly The Thing might be my favourite movie of all time; great performances, great writing, great effects, great setting, great everything.
I still get chills when Mac says "Nobody trusts anybody now, and we're all very tired", then rewinds and records over it.
>>63462141
Autist stormfag detected
>>63462771
It's not that they're out of ideas, but that they're scared of throwing money at a project and it bombs. So rather than take that risk, they turn to things that people already like.
> There will never be a Big Trouble saturday morning cartoon spin off complete with talking big rig.
>>63462031
It's not really racism, the movie is designed like that. Jack Burton is basically the stereotype of an American Action movie (or Western) hero; he's loud, brash, acts before thinking, and thinks he's knows the answer to everything. If you're used to watching American movies, you assume he's the hero because that's how he acts. But he's actually the comic relief, and that's what makes his character so brilliant. He's clueless and incompetent because he's in the wrong genre. Wang is the one that actually knows what he's doing, and the movie doesn't hide it at all, most people just don't realize it because of tropes.
>>63461712
Captain Ron 2 WHEN
>>63463420
point out racism to me under a microscope. quantify it, if it's such a real thing. pro-tip: be careful how you answer because i will demonstrate how your methodology indicates you know nothing of science.
GOAT poster. I have this shit framed.
>>63463707
Are you serious.
I find it hilarious that cult classic movie threads only show up when the movie is put on Netflix. Youngfag worthless faggots who only watch what is put before them by the Internet streaming gods.
>>63463784
>thinks it's funny that cult movies become popular when they become more available
wow, you're a real smart guy
>thinks he's better than everyone for seeing it before them
you're literally hipster tier
>>63463729
I like your taste. I had a co-worker who had this
framed in her office. She was an incurable Russell fan.
>>63463378
I agree 100%. Everything just came together really really well.
>>63463707
You have predilection towards your own race, feel safer around them and don't think much of an out of the ordinary behaviour.
Around other races you feel uncomfortable. Stereotypes come to mind without much prompting, if any. You insult them based on their skin colour, eyes, way of dress, language, cultural rituals.
It sounds like you're the one who got the shitty education, anon. Racism has been real for a long time.
>>63464159
>way of dress, language, cultural rituals
Not him but those things are culture not race.
>>63464159
No as of the sociological and anthropological reforms in the last decade.
Modern SJWs would have you believe that skin colour is all it takes for race to be a thing. But I'm tanned as fuck, with dark hair and eyes, and not black, hispanic or any variance of them. I just have those traits.
People have come up to me and apologised for shit, like that whole white apology thing where they'd go to blacks and say sorry for slavery. I had to tell them I was white.
One girl broke down crying and started begging me to stop. I asked what she meant and she said she couldn't believe that I'd warped my sense of self and that a black man would rather be white. She said I shouldn't idolize Michael Jackson.
This is the world we live in now.
>>63463668
Originally written as Beetlejuice goes Hawaiin.
>>63462542
....why?
>walt disney will never whisper your name on his last breath.
>Kurt Russel....
What are some other great Kurt Russell movies? Preferably on Netflix or Amazon.
Besides The Thing, of course.
>>63464483
Caption Ron
Escape from LA/NY
Soldier
>>63464671
Captain*
fuck did I have a mini stroke?
Based motherfucking Snake Plissken
>>63464671
Thanks, I'll check these out. Anything else?
>>63464879
3000 Miles to Graceland
Anything he did with Carpenter
>>63464879
Watch Unlawful Entry
>>63465321
>Unlawful Entry
Never heard of it, I'll check it out. Thanks!
>>63464483
Tombstone
>>63465714
That movie sucked except for Doc Holliday
>>63461882
sauce on this? i would love to have this as a print.
>>63463378
Why did he rerecord over the tape (BTW The Thing is my favorite horror movie)
>>63465937
literally reddit: the character
>>63462835
the Chinese don't like dialogue heavy movies because they have to deal with subtitles, hence why fast and furious and Jurassic world did so well.
>>63463849
it is a little bit annoying that it gets put on Netflix and then all of a sudden it's everyone's favorite movie, whereas before you couldn't even get them to watch the fucking dvd with you because it looked too "old"
>>63465937
>i don't know anything about movies
>>63462622
James Hong again before he buys the farm.
>>63468701
>Why did he rerecord over the tape
Hedidn't trust it
>>63469093
>stop liking things I like
>>63463729
The Might Struzan did impeccable work here.
>>63468741
How the fuck is he reddit you reddit piece of shit?
>>63469818
if you call someone reddit you're told to go back to reddit
4chan is reddit
reddit is reddit
my life is reddit
everything is reddit
>>63469938
Fuck you I have no idea why that gif made me laugh.
>>63462037
the first 2 issue comic series was bretty gud
>>63469178
i have bad news for you
>>63471545
Fuck you, you made me look, satisfied, dicklicker?!
overboard bros ww@
>>63465321
It's not great, though.
And Russel plays a whiny bitch.
>>63461712
soo it's Soldier actually good or is it /tv/ good, aka barely watchable?
>>63463170
Every single fan theory about the ending of the thing is shit.
The ending is great because it's ambiguous and bleak just leave it at that and enjoy it.
>>63463784
Is this true to any extent? I've never used Netflix so I wouldn't know.
>>63463729
i prefer this one
>>63463465
At least we got the comic co-written by Carpenter
>>63463729
>the poster itself tells you its a fun movie
This thread honestly got me in the mood to rewatch this later tonight.
>>63462037
Do you think they didn't use practical effects because someone stuck their dick in it? I mean, they did give it an awfully tempting hole.
