Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Troy (A) on January 23, 2004 at 12:38:36

In Reply to: Sure! posted by Audiophilander on January 23, 2004 at 11:37:12:

Yes, I recall "Shapes" being on the preachy side. I loved the art direction of both "Shapes" and "Metropolis", but enjoy the scope of the Shapes story more.

I'm familiar with the original Campbell story for "The Thing". I thought the whole cold war/ red scare aspect of the first was much more to the point with the original move, even if the creature was laughable. Carpenter's relied too much on the gratuitous gore and grotesquerie. He should have taken a page from "Alien" where you don't see the creature all that much, but build tension and paranoia by NOT showing it. The original "Bodysnatchers" flick was better because of the social climate of the times too.

Yeah, I read Starship Troopers several times as a teenjager and this movie version also suffers from too much blood and guts and not enough on the fascist , but idylic culture (which was the meat of the book). Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed ST very much (and even got to work on some toy products for it), but I think another much more thoughtful and provocative film could be made from that book. This, coming from a guy that digs "They Live", "The Road Warrior" and "Escape from NY"! Like anyone should listen to me.