May 28, 2004
Just a friendly reminder...
In case you all had forgotten, and as I have been so recently reminded:
This fight scene in "They Live" is something else. Good Grief.
Posted by John Campea at May 28, 2004 03:12 AM
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Posted by: dmiller23462 at May 28, 2004 05:06 AM
I used to love Carpenter. They Live, Escape from New York, Prince of Darkness. But as the years passed, I thought less of him. He made so many crap movies. Nowadays, even if I watch his old films, I tend to find them less enjoyable. His recent crap has influenced the enjoyment of the films I used to love...
Posted by: PlutiNick at May 28, 2004 11:14 AM
What? JC is by far one of my favorite directors. Even Ghosts of Mars had that campy, extra cheesy quality to it that made me enjoy big daddy mars and ice cubes horrible performances.
one thing i love about him is that he does his own music for most of the films. i especially enjoyed the short films on "Body Bags" and there were a lot of cool cameos.
they live is awesome; also one of my favorite movies. anyone else catch the south park tribute on the "Cripple Fight" episode? Its almost a scene for scene account.
Posted by: Tracy at May 28, 2004 12:46 PM
Hey Day-vuhl here,
Since we're on the topic, here's an old review I wrote when I saw "Ghosts of Mars" those many years ago. -- okay.. maybe 4.
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The General Bloody Mess:
On the now colonized Mars, a team of police officers are moving a notorious
murderer from point A to point B for some reason that, for the sake of plot,
would seem relatively unimportant. While at pickup point 'A' they discover the
colony is deserted and stumble on a pack of Manson offspring who cut themselves
and sever others' heads and scream "aaaurrrgg" into the sky for kicks.
The Specific Bloody Mess:
My favorite part about John Carpenter flicks occurs in the trailers: Guaranteed,
the narrator will always say something to the effect of: "The Master of
Terror…" blahblah. This, mind you, is complete bullock but it gives
the movie that much more of an excuse to be a little more ridiculous as it throws
horror and gore residue at you in no particular fashion or order. Ever see 'They
Live'? You're not allowed to "enjoy" a John Carpenter film until you've
seen it. We know it's bad, but the guy directed Jack Burton while he trekked
through Little China.. If you don't know what that sentence meant, your knowledge
of B-movies is depressingly low...
Okay, and on we go…
The Ghosts of Mars is this red-ish (everything affiliated with Mars has to
be red, you see) warpy looking spirit that gets into people (through the ear
- isn't this great?) and completely turns them into psychotic freaks who can't
get enough of lumbering around and lobbing off the heads of the "un-psychotic".
They suddenly get really cool looking MadMax costumes and shove pointy things
through their face and such. This spirit had been locked away deep within Mars,
but had been accidentally released and began possessing people. The people were
the "invaders"; the spirit thing was just getting rid of them.
These people-turned-psychos have swarmed the
nearby colony where the prisoners were being held
and killed everyone faster than you can say
"Beijing" (did I say that?).
The prisoners survived though simply because.. well, umm.. they were locked
in the prison - pretty deep, huh? The rest of the movie involves the police getting the
prisoners, befriending them to help in the fight against the possessed folks,
and survive travelling from the compound to the train to evacuate the
area. Not before pulling off the obligatory mini-nuclear bomb explosion as they
flee the scene in a high-speed something-or-other.
Now that I'm typing this all out, I'm starting to realize how much silly John
Carpenter cheese I was thrown in such a short amount of time. Quite impressive,
even though this stuff really can't be considered a true cinematic piece of
art, but who cares?
If you are looking for a "Hitchcock-ian" work, then this isn't where
to look. But, if you'd be a fan of this type of cinema nonsense, then this show
gets ranked much higher than the '6' I'm giving it. This is one of those "it
should be ranked on a scale all its own" movies.
What Was Good?
Technically, nothing really. It was just silly. The person who made the make-up
and costumes though, did a great job - pretty sick some of them - they looked
like they came out of the movie "The Cell", but that's fine.
If schlock is your forte, this is a smorgasbord.
What Was Bad?
Well, small plot holes, like: If the spirit was the original being on the planet,
then who trapped them beneath the surface? Wow, I'm so smart. I don't think
I'm allowed to question movies like this.
The leader of the fun-loving demon-cult never said a line - he just screamed
at the sky/ground/someone's head/nothing at all. It was fairly annoying, but
after a while, I grew to find it funnier than all get out.
Overall:
Andrew O'Hehir of SALON.COM put it best:
"I guess John Carpenter the careless purveyor of
slime and hokum is the only John Carpenter we've
got, and that's better than none at all."
I have not the better words. --dave
Posted by: Day-vuhl at May 28, 2004 01:20 PM
"The Fog"!!!! That movie was awesome as well....Forgot about that one...
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Posted by: scat lover at October 30, 2004 05:12 PM
That movie is one of my all-time John Carpenter fav's.....Used to love John Carpenter, no matter what he made, until that "Ghosts of Mars" bullshit.....That sucked ass....
"They Live" was absolutely terrifying to me the first time I saw it (I was like 10 or something)....Love it, got the DVD and watch it again every once in awhile....Great show...
"I have come to chew bubble gum and kick ass....I'm all out of bubble gum"