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Post subject: Favorite John Carpenter movies Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 11:53 am |
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Since there's nothing else going on today, what are your favorite John Carpenter movies? Mine in no particular order are(actually all of them, but for the sake of the topic, my favorites):
Halloween
Escape from New York
The Fog
Big Trouble in Little China
Starman
The Thing
Prince of Darkness - Alice Cooper even makes an appearance!
They Live - "I came here to chew bubblegum & kick ass, and I'm all out of bubblegum!"
In the Mouth of Madness - Sam Neill in a Lovecraftian-type tale.
Escape from L.A. - Yeah, it's basically a remake of New York, but it's Snake Plissken!
Vampires
Robert K. Live from Austin 
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Post subject: Favorite John Carpenter movies Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 11:57 am |
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They Live - with Rowdy Roddy Pipper!!
Halloween
Escape from New York
In the Mouth of Madness
The Thing
I like most everything he has done, but those are probably my favorites.
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Post subject: Favorite John Carpenter movies Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 1:27 pm |
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Post subject: Favorite John Carpenter movies Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 3:42 pm |
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Post subject: Favorite John Carpenter movies Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 4:39 pm |
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Starman
The Thing
Big Trouble in Little China
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Bill Johnson
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Post subject: Favorite John Carpenter movies Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 4:53 pm |
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Halloween
Escape from New York
The Fog
Starman
The Thing
Starman was quite a departure for him at that time and was a very enjoyable movie. Might just have to go find it and watch it again.
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Post subject: Favorite John Carpenter movies Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 4:55 pm |
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MILFbait wrote: Big Trouble in Little China
I'm still waiting for the sequel, Little Trouble in Big China.
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Post subject: Favorite John Carpenter movies Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 5:58 pm |
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Nothing beats Halloween!
Escape from New York fairly close though. The Fog is a "fun" little ghost story if you ignore some of the more obvious plot holes.
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Post subject: Favorite John Carpenter movies Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 6:13 pm |
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I love "THEY LIVE"! One of the longest fight scenes in all of cinema.
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Post subject: Favorite John Carpenter movies Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 1:30 pm |
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Big Trouble in Little China
Not just one of John Carpenter's best movies, one of the best movies EVER made! 
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Post subject: Favorite John Carpenter movies Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 4:52 pm |
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Post subject: Favorite John Carpenter movies Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 6:41 pm |
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Gerry wrote: Watching Assault on Precinct 13 again. Man this is Carpenter firing on all cylinders . . . . Love it.
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Post subject: Favorite John Carpenter movies Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 6:41 pm |
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Gerry wrote: Watching Assault on Precinct 13 again. Man this is Carpenter firing on all cylinders . . . . Love it.
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Post subject: Favorite John Carpenter movies Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 7:09 pm |
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Love it
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Post subject: Favorite John Carpenter movies Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 7:47 pm |
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Watching Rodriguez interview Carpenter on his El Rey network right now. What a great interview series.
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Post subject: Favorite John Carpenter movies Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 10:50 pm |
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I got the recent bluray of Precinct 13. Ice cream truck scene just wrecked me.
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Post subject: Favorite John Carpenter movies Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 1:44 am |
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Fraxon! wrote: Big Trouble in Little ChinaNot just one of John Carpenter's best movies, one of the best movies EVER made!  This is true.
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Post subject: Favorite John Carpenter movies Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 1:46 am |
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Li'l Jay wrote: I got the recent bluray of Precinct 13. Ice cream truck scene just wrecked me. It's out on Blu? Yeah, I remember watching that scene and wondering how he got past the MPAA at the time.
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Post subject: Favorite John Carpenter movies Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 2:32 am |
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The Thing is my favourite of his movies.
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Post subject: Favorite John Carpenter movies Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 5:50 am |
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MILFbait wrote: Li'l Jay wrote: I got the recent bluray of Precinct 13. Ice cream truck scene just wrecked me. It's out on Blu? Yeah, I remember watching that scene and wondering how he got past the MPAA at the time. Yes, Shout Factory did a collector's edition that came out late 2013. Commentary track by Carpenter on it. That one and Rolling Thunder made for a creepy, 1970's violence year last year. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/Assaul ... PDKIKX0DER
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Post subject: Favorite John Carpenter movies Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 9:09 am |
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Halloween still is the pinnacle to me. What could have been a generic slasher movie gets elevated to icon status thanks to direction, acting and that creepy music.
Assault On Precinct 13 (essentially a western done in a modern ghetto) is also very effective. I work in an old rundown precinct that dates back to the 1800s (it was once a farmhouse) and it is slated to close one day. I just remarked the other day that it would make a great setting for a horror film.
When people walk into this precinct who may have once worked there twenty, thirty years ago they are shocked it has not changed. It will always be a dump.
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Post subject: Favorite John Carpenter movies Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 2:37 pm |
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JohnG wrote: Halloween still is the pinnacle to me. What could have been a generic slasher movie gets elevated to icon status thanks to direction, acting and that creepy music. The thing is, there wasn't such thing as "generic slasher" yet -- Halloween was one of the rare birds that essentially created a genre, and also did it the best it's ever been done all in one whack. The slasher didn't improve much from anything Halloween did. Almost every bloody teen horror film for the next generation seemed to be a combination of elements that were present in either Texas Chainsaw or Halloween.
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