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pogonrudie:
Speaking of Barker, has anyone seen that new film based on one of his short stories, The Midnight Meat Train? I watched it the other day knowing nothing going on, and I was pleasantly surprised. Clever, well-shot stuff with a great left-field ending. If anybody has Fear.net OnDemand on their cable service, that's how I watched it.
Nodaisho:
--- Quote from: Johnny C on 03 Oct 2009, 00:00 ---look i didn't read the thread past khar's excellent post about the fact that basically money makes you complacent BUT i swear to god none of you better have dissed john carpenter because before he got sucky he got awesome and he wrote and sang the theme to Big Trouble In Little China
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I can't hate John Carpenter. I haven't even seen The Thing, but I have seen Big Trouble in Little China, both Escape movies (sure, LA wasn't as good, but the ending was amazing, and it was the first one I saw, it was just ridiculous over the top '90s awesome), and They Live, I just can't hate someone that has made all of those wonderful movies.
Aurjay:
If you liked the Midnight Meat train then read the short story. Its on the internet and goes into more detail about why he does the things he does.
a pack of wolves:
--- Quote from: Nodaisho on 06 Oct 2009, 01:47 ---I can't hate John Carpenter. I haven't even seen The Thing, but I have seen Big Trouble in Little China, both Escape movies (sure, LA wasn't as good, but the ending was amazing, and it was the first one I saw, it was just ridiculous over the top '90s awesome), and They Live, I just can't hate someone that has made all of those wonderful movies.
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If you discount his made for TV films (which I haven't seen, they could be banging for all I know) Carpenter's early career is nothing short of stunning. He starts with Dark Star, then Assault On Precinct 13, Halloween, The Fog, Escape From New York and The Thing. He only has a drop of quality with Christine, which is understandable when you've been knocking out stone cold classics for about a decade, and then doing some genuinely brilliant soundtracks for them to cap it off. Seriously, how many other directors can not only write their own soundtracks but write legitimately classic ones? His reputation as a patchy director is really quite undeserved since it comes only from his admittedly wonky '90s period, so after around 20 years of superb films. But even that produced some fun (Vampires) along with the genuinely awful (In The Mouth Of Madness), and it's worth remembering that he hasn't actually made a film for eight years now.
knives:
--- Quote from: a pack of wolves on 06 Oct 2009, 09:27 ---it's worth remembering that he hasn't actually made a film for eight years now.
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He's actually done some really good teevee work during that time. You should see his episodes of Masters of Horror. Some of the best of that series.
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