tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post8912262850325487480..comments2024-02-21T20:51:54.249+00:00Comments on The Celluloid Highway: The Thing from Another World (1951)Shaun Anderson [The Celluloid Highway]http://www.blogger.com/profile/18066744649878418309noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-69810964782103086862011-05-29T22:37:10.489+01:002011-05-29T22:37:10.489+01:00Yes exactly...he faints!! The film certainly has a...Yes exactly...he faints!! The film certainly has a good cross section of character types though. I do like Dr. Carrington though, especially when he's strolling about in silk pyjamas and slippers while everyone's fleeing in terror from the giant vegetable!Shaun (The Celluloid Highway)http://sonofcelluloid.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-1124388381694304752011-05-29T22:03:06.558+01:002011-05-29T22:03:06.558+01:00I always saw that as differentiating the character...I always saw that as differentiating the characters from the brawny types to the media types then the scientist type. Scotty being the journalist, he's likely not accustomed to being in the "trenches" so to speak as the other military men have been. I actually thought he was kind of funny, especially his reaction after the monster rips through that room! I haven't seen it in venoms5https://www.blogger.com/profile/13655919099947763891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-48433598653274096722011-05-29T21:53:21.415+01:002011-05-29T21:53:21.415+01:00Many thanks Brian, it really is appreciated. I do ...Many thanks Brian, it really is appreciated. I do think that the incredible make up effects of Carpenter's film, and the wonderfully downbeat ending just nudges it ahead in my affections. But I have a lot of time for the original too.<br /><br />It doesn't help that that 'The Thing' is undermined in the screenplay as well by being constantly referred too as a carrot! The only Shaun (The Celluloid Highway)http://sonofcelluloid.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-18251173176797909472011-05-29T21:40:11.604+01:002011-05-29T21:40:11.604+01:00Excellent write up, Shaun, one of your best, I'...Excellent write up, Shaun, one of your best, I'd say. I have a great fondness for this one and like it equally with Carpenter's version. One of the strengths of the original is its continued power to shock and surprise. The suspense still works all these years later. And the musical score helps this along wonderfully. As a kid, the monster was a disappointment to me, but years later, it venoms5https://www.blogger.com/profile/13655919099947763891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-23687576246951366362011-05-28T16:27:16.859+01:002011-05-28T16:27:16.859+01:00@ Franco - Yes the title sequence is virtually ide...@ Franco - Yes the title sequence is virtually identical. Carpenter's film is a more faithful adaptation of Campbell's short story, which was published in 1938 and thus divested of the socio/political concerns endemic to 50's sci-fi/horror. The emphasis as you point is much more on the isolation, claustrophobia and steadily encroaching terror.<br /><br />@ Rich - The creature is a Shaun (The Celluloid Highway)http://sonofcelluloid.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-714013705170889882011-05-27T15:13:31.658+01:002011-05-27T15:13:31.658+01:00I really enjoy this film. It's resolutely of i...I really enjoy this film. It's resolutely of it's time (especially the Hawksian overlapping dialogue), but manages to rise above the rest of the paranoid 50s efforts despite a poor-looking creature. I prefer Carpenter's version, if only because the mouth-in-the-chest-cavity scene made my wife jump a mile.Rich Flannaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17155636100765113518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-57160193544721612582011-05-26T00:50:07.225+01:002011-05-26T00:50:07.225+01:00Hey, the title sequence is extremely similar to ca...Hey, the title sequence is extremely similar to carpenters! Interesting how this one is all about political stances, while Carpenter's simply concentrates on the suspense and the tension leaving out any political ramifications. Carpenter's is simply about survival. I wonder what sort of twist they are going to give this new remake thats coming up. Excellent review my friend!Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.com