[School of Movies 2016]
John Carpenter's remake of The Thing from Another World, based on the novel Who Goes There was woefully unappreciated on initial release, for reasons we will go into on this show. It has, over the next three decades become a sci-fi pop-culture classic, unblemished by greedy meddling studios desperate to wring every penny from nostalgia. Even the remake/prequel, while slavishly loyal to the aesthetic and tone of this one and not endeavouring to actually be *about* anything isn't all that bad.
Joshua Garrity of Cane and Rinse and Neil Taylor of GameBurst consider it one of their all-time favourites and in this show you'll find out why it's still so effective.
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Guests:
Neil Taylor of TheKidDogg
Joshua Garrity of Cane and Rinse
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The Desolation of Smaug
An Unexpected Journey
Troll + Troll 2
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Transformers
The Transformers: The Movie
The Iron Giant
The Lego Movie
Guardians of the Galaxy
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes (2001)
Escape + Conquest + Battle For the Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes + Beneath the Planet of the Apes
X-Men: Days of Future Past
The Wolverine
X-Men: First Class
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