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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-27-09 11:50 PM
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John Carpenters The Thing.
a nice clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liS2csDM25Y

still love this movie.
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leeroysphitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-27-09 11:58 PM
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1. You have fabulous taste in filth.
Was anybody in the world cooler than Kurt Russell in the early 80s?
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-28-09 12:01 AM
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2. he had some good roles back then, loved him as Snake too and he could wear that facial hair.
Edited on Sat Mar-28-09 12:01 AM by AlCzervik
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leeroysphitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-28-09 12:05 AM
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4. Yeah he could, not to mention the eye patch.
Edited on Sat Mar-28-09 12:06 AM by leeroysphitz
Kind of weird how the roles dried up in the 90s. He really was pretty cool. I still laugh whenever I see him in Used Cars.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-28-09 12:08 AM
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5. i saw Grindhouse not too long ago, he was good in it and it made me forgive him for
playing a Guliani like Character in Poseidon, he made Guliani look like hero. I think Grindhouse house may have gotten panned but i really enjoyed it.
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Frank Cannon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-28-09 09:29 AM
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11. Kurt Russell was the gold standard of coolness in the early 80s
His tough guy characters always reflected a wit and intelligence that the other big action stars at the time could never deliver.

And his Rudy Russo role is a comedy classic.

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Frank Cannon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-28-09 12:04 AM
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3. Love it. Love it. Love it.
My favorite horror movie of all time. Even though I've seen it many times and know what's going to happen in almost every scene, it still creeps me the hell out.
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-28-09 12:09 AM
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6. It's one of those movies that are timeless.
I don't know how many times I've watched it.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-28-09 12:11 AM
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7. my daughter wathed it with me this summer, she was cool and oh it's not scary until the dogs
and then the couch. Now she's a fan.
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Tom Kitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-28-09 03:12 AM
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8. It's a great movie but
not one I watch very often... I pretty much know it by heart by being absorbed by it the three or four times I've watched it. I bought the dvd a few years ago and still haven't watched it (I kinda dislike dvds, though, same way I didn't like cds until five years after lps were gone)

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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-28-09 03:53 AM
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9. I couldn't get past the dog scene
I tried but it was just too much for me.
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-28-09 05:46 AM
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10. James Arness as the giant carrot monster in the original
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ACTION BASTARD Donating Member (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-29-09 04:19 PM
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12. One of the greatest remakes ever made. It destroyed the orginal in everyway.
Tom Cruise can go shit in the ocean.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-29-09 04:54 PM
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14. only because...
he owns it.
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sammythecat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-29-09 04:41 PM
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13. I liked that movie too n/t
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