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No offense, but other than providing another uninformed opinion, you know little of what you speak.

Posted by Audiophilander (A) on March 18, 2005 at 10:36:11

In Reply to: Re: Starman isn't a bad SF film, in spite of its somewhat predictable melodramatic elements, ... posted by patrickU on March 18, 2005 at 09:03:29:

Yes, I really AM serious: John Carpenter's The Thing IS a good film; in fact, it's an EXCELLENT film, and thankfully not a remake of the earlier film!

Granted, you don't like the Carpenter film; that's fine, you'll get no argument from me regarding your tastes in cinema or, arguably, the lack thereof. However, just calling the '82 version a bad film because YOU didn't like it is more of a reflection on your viewpoint than on the film, IMHO. Please note that I didn't say Howard Hawk's production was "bad" even though it was directed by Christian Nyby who, as demonstrated by the link below, was a journeyman director more known for helming Bonanza & Kojak TV episodes than well received films.

The 1950's treatment of this classic suspense story, The Thing from Another World, served it's purpose as a reflection of the U.S. paranoia during the Cold War, nuclear escalation and McCarthyism, BUT it wasn't John W. Campbell's SF novelette "Who Goes There?" Director Carpenter's achievement was in shooting a screenplay that respected the original vision in Campbell's best known tale. That is why, regardless of your SUBJECTIVE dislike of this movie, John Carpenter's The Thing, from Bill Lancaster's fine screenplay, is the better of the two films.

That is MY objective, albeit none-too-humble opinion, but here is another from Absolute Astronomy:

"Who Goes There? has been twice adapted as a motion picture: rather loosely in 1951 as The Thing From Another World and more faithfully in 1982 by director John Carpenter as the film The Thing, from the Bill Lancaster screenplay."

Source:
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/W/Wh/Who_Goes_There.htm

Cheers,
AuPh

• Christian Nyby (Hack or auteur? YOU be the judge.)   (Open in New Window)

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