Posted on 07/08/2021 7:03:34 PM PDT by Texan4Life
September 7th, 2021 is the scheduled released date for the 4K UHD Universal Pictures release of 1982's The Thing by John Carpenter.
“The 1982 version, though, IMHO, is one of THE greatest monster movies of all time.”
Agree. Besides being true to the original novella ‘Who goes there?” the special effects were something I’ve yet to see matched by any CG. I enjoyed the black and white movie as a kid, but John Carpenter’s version was next level sci-fi horror.
The original black-and-white version from the 50s was one of my favorite horror movies when I was a kid. Interesting that James Arness, Marshal Dillon from gunsmoke, played the carrot creature in the original version of the thing.
Some other favorites from my childhood:
Them!
The Beast from Twenty Thousand Fathoms
20 Million Miles to Earth
And - the inspiration for Ridley Scott’s “Alien” - It: The Terror From Beyond Space.
Honorable mention: War of the Worlds, Planet of the Apes, and ANY of the Hammer Studios Dracula films with Christopher Lee…
Wiki: US Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen%E2%80%93Scott_South_Pole_Station
During the summer the station population is typically around 150. Most personnel leave by the middle of February, leaving a few dozen (39 in 2021) “winter-overs”, mostly support staff plus a few scientists, who keep the station functional through the months of Antarctic night. The winter personnel are isolated there between mid-February and late October. Wintering-over presents notorious dangers and stresses, as the station population is almost totally isolated. The station is completely self-sufficient during the winter, and powered by three generators running on JP-8 jet fuel. An annual tradition is a back-to-back viewing of The Thing from Another World (1951), The Thing (1982), and The Thing (2011) after the last flight has left for the winter.
A Tour of the S. Pole Station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bNRNqaKxZ8
Music Room: 5:50
The Thing Mention: 6:46
James Cameron directed “ Aliens”; Ridley Scott directed “Alien”.
Carpenter wasn’t involved with either of those.
I love Scotty.
Chuckle… An annual tradition in the antArctic, is watching monster movies about the antarctic… I love it.
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