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Old 9th March 2015, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Rik View Post
Yeah, as much as I didn't mind that film (I won it in a comp on FB I think), that is the only bit of the article that I don't agree with
To me the beauty of The Thing (Both this and the Hawks version) is the claustrophobia, the small scale of it all, yet it felt huge. The remake/ prequel Thing almost did it but then subjected us to massive CGI monstrosities and the film got worse the longer it went on.

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As for John Carpenter. It's a crying shame he's only directed two films this century no matter what you may think of them.

Personally i love Ghosts of Mars. Yes, it's basically a retread of Assault on Precinct 13 but it's still a fine sci-fi / horror / action movie.

I still haven't seen The Ward (i really must rectify this as it's the only one of his i haven't seen).

If Clint Eastwood can direct the biggest money spinner of his career at age 84 (American Sniper) then surely a great genre film maker like John Carpenter can do the same given the right material at 67.
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