tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post7679129229720218262..comments2024-03-14T19:14:03.059-05:00Comments on Acidemic - Film: Arctic Air Conditioning: 7 Reasons THE THING (2011)Erich Kuerstenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850572368098319317noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-38117076025096864192012-07-04T21:20:51.223-05:002012-07-04T21:20:51.223-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-46361300627685967812012-07-04T11:42:54.486-05:002012-07-04T11:42:54.486-05:00Thanks Katy- CGI doesn't really do it for me ...Thanks Katy- CGI doesn't really do it for me either, it's ruined all those cheap Syfy movies that rely on lazy CGI, but when it's done with a lot of $$, care and effort--as in films of Cameron, Spielberg, etc.--it's pretty great, even if in a totally different way than the old school SFX. <br /><br />The FX here in the 2011 Thing are somewhere between the A-list CGI of Cameron/Spielberg and the B-list of, say, the first versions of Spiderman and Hulk. They're not as bad as Syfy, and the apparent reverence it all has with every incarnation of the 80 Thing is touching.Erich Kuerstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850572368098319317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-14114579709121328772012-07-02T14:59:31.414-05:002012-07-02T14:59:31.414-05:00I had never seen "The Thing" until a cou...I had never seen "The Thing" until a couple months ago.<br /><br />They had shown the original black and white movie - "The Thing from Another World" - on television that weekend, and I figured, "Okay! Why not?"<br /><br />It was right as the prequel thing came out, and watching it, I realized that the prequel must involve the group of Swedes whose burned out base they check out in carpenter's version.<br /><br />I'm skeptical. I like the early Eighties special effects of Carpenter's movie. CGI just doesn't do it for me...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16323871207793126503noreply@blogger.com