The Thing From Another World Review!!
The Thing From Another World Review!!
Hello everyone! Time for my first review!
Last night I was fortunate to sit down and watch one of the so called greatest Sci-Fi movies of all time, The Thing From Another World!
However, I'm gonna give a bit of context of how I came to this film.
You guys probably don't know this, but I'm a huge fan of the legendary filmmaker John Carpenter. I loved most of his movies, especially Halloween (Which I might review it, the remake, and the upcoming film.) One of his better films is The Thing, which is a great movie and you should go see it. Hell, I even liked the 2011 Prequel to it. So, the original 1951 film has been on my Watchlist for a while. So, when I saw it was available On Demand, I had to watch it! So, I did! And what did I think?
I kinda liked it but it is not as good as the 80s remake.
So, firstly, what is this film about? Some Men from the Air Force arrive to a base at the North Pole when a unidentifiable ship is there. One thing leads to another and the creature is loose!! What will become of our men? Watch and find out! After this review of course.
As far as story goes, it's the standard fare for 50s Sci-Fi movies, And it isn't exactly that accurate to the original short story "Who Goes There?" Especially with The Thing...Not being able to impersonate others as well, but instead multiplying. The acting is also standard for the time. The Hayes Film Code was in effect as well, which leads to some...odd quotes. ("Holy Cats!") However, I will say that it doesn't affect the viewing experience!
Probably the biggest problem, for me, is the...shall I say...interesting Pseudoscience. Like claiming that Vegetables can have consciousness and the Infamous "Super Carrot" analogy. Outside of that, the film is pretty fine, which an amazing line in the last scene
"Watch the skies, everywhere! Keep looking. Keep watching the skies!"
The Thing From Another World is a perfectly okay 50s Sci-fi film. It's an entertaining watch that is very easy to enjoy. But if you could only see one Thing film, I'd go with John Carpenter's movie.
The Thing From Another World gets a 7.5/10
Now if you excuse me, this Moth's gotta go see another movie for the next review.
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Oh boy...Here we go.
So as a large chunk of you all are aware, the trailer Sonic the Hedgehog dropped today and it has gotten an "interesting" reception.
What did I think about it?
....Oh boy here we go.
Since this is a Sonic movie, it would make sense to talk about Sonic himself. I like the personality and lines they gave him. Hell, I even like the voice. The spindash and fast movements are also pleasing to the eye. But uhhhh, there's a giant, GIANT problem. You guessed it, the design!
I'm probably sounding a broken ass record here, but I just really don't like the design. I don't mind the texture and all that, hell, I even don't mind eyes and hands too much. My biggest problems are the mouth and limb sizes. They are...uncomfortable to look at. Some minor adjustments would help, but I worry it could be too late.
Beyond that though, I liked the rest of the trailer...even if Gangster's Paradise is an odd song for Sonic.
Oh yeah, Eggman is in this.
I think they made a good if a bit of an unconventional choice here. I like the delivery and Jim Carrey does what he does best!
Overall...I dunno about this movie. We'll have to wait and see...
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Today, I would like to commemorate an event which has laid a very profound impact on the internet.
Ten years ago on this day (06/08/09), a forum website called SomethingAwful held a photoshop contest titled “create paranormal images”. The contest would require participants to edit ordinary photographs into creepy-looking images, and then try to pass them off as authentic photos on other paranormal forums.
Two days later, on June 10th, a user by the name Victor Surge would find this thread, and become inspired. He submitted the two pictures above, featuring a tall, faceless monster which would stalk children, who would then disappear. He called his monster “the Slender Man”. After this initial post, Surge and others would expand on the character and the story, creating one of the internet’s most famous monsters. The Slender Man proved to be popular enough to spread to other websites, with 4chan, Deviantart, and TV Tropes all having their own Slender-Mania. On June 20th of that same year, another user on the SomethingAwful forums found the Slender Man, and also wanted to contribute. Noticing nobody had made any videos yet of the monster, he sat down with some of his friends and planned out a video webseries involving a former college film student discovering and unravelling the mysteries surrounding Slender Man; this would become Marble Hornets, one of the first horror-themed ARG’s of the internet.
That all happened ten years ago. Ten years of haunting the darkest corners of the internet, and Slender Man has built up a surprisingly dense resume, for a fictional monster. Several popular webseries, a couple hit games, at least two movies, even inspiring other characters in seperate series like the Silence in Dr Who and the Enderman in Minecraft. And all this within a ten-year period.
I think this just attests to how much humans can be inspired by an idea. From a small handful of edited photographs, we collectively constructed a new monster which lurks in our nightmares, and now it almost seems as natural as the horror mythos he was based on. For better or worse, the Slender Man seems to be here to stay. Happy Birthday, Slendy! Here’s to hoping you continue to be both terrifying and terrific!
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