Comments | sexion8: The Thing

sexion8

The Thing

Sep 28, 2006 00:28

Excuse me for a second.

NOBODY IS BRINGING SEXY BACK. SEXY NEVER WENT ANYWHERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. YOU PEOPLE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO LOOK.

Now that that's out of the way, I would like to dedicate this next post to my irrepressible friend wirrrn whose love for horror is only surpassed by his love for bugs and insects--which, to me amounts to the same ( Read more... )

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skyblade September 28 2006, 07:59:17 UTC

At least it wasn't The Fly. Then again, The Thing probably thrived on paranoia, not justshock value.

It is funny how when girls are younger, they're like "Why doesn't this hot older guy want to hang with me? I''m totally mature" and grow up to think "Yeah, that older guy? Was right to avoid me."

sexion8 September 28 2006, 08:25:57 UTC

See, The Fly was just visually gross whereas The Thing seared my very soul with evil. You could tell Brendel Fly didn't really want to kill anyone, but inevitably had to succumb, wheras The Thing not only wanted to kill you, it STUDIED WAYS HOW TO DO IT.

You know, even back then I was leery of older people paying attention to me. I think it was from growing up around my mom pounding dire warnings in my head that anyone...anyone at all...could snatch me up and take me out to the desert. She never told me what would happen out in the desert, but she always used her lowered, creepy voice, so didn't really have to.

wirrrn September 29 2006, 05:46:58 UTC

Hey,

See, The Fly was just visually gross

-Cronenberg's FLY was also reasonably entomologically correct, and had some great dialogue. The "Insect Politics" speech is one of my favouritge movie moments.

-I still, to this day, have not seen TOOTSIE. Dustin Hoffman in drag is too terrifying, even for me!

:points to THING icon: *g*

sexion8 September 29 2006, 05:59:50 UTC

Jeff Goldblum really rocked that character. I was more sympathetic to Brendel Fly than frightened.

No, you have to watch TOOTSIE! It's hilarious!

*pointedly ignores icon*

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garrisononcrack September 28 2006, 10:38:35 UTC

The Tootsie trailers were pretty damn disturbing to me when I was a wee one...

sexion8 September 28 2006, 17:19:48 UTC

Man, I loved Tootsie. Dustin Hoffman looked like one of my aunts and who didn't admire the beauteous Jessica Lange?

garrisononcrack September 28 2006, 19:25:44 UTC

I think they wanted Dustin Hoffman to look like everyone's aunt. That was the lure in the movie.

sexion8 September 28 2006, 19:31:11 UTC

Yeah, but the aunt I'm referring to is exceptionally ugly. Do all aunts look like that? The only aunts I've known besides my own was named Jonie, who was my best friend's aunt.

She looked nothing like TOOTSIE. She had long blonde hair, wore daisy dukes, and bought us rum that we drank in the garage when my best friend's mom wasn't home. She was definitely not ugly.

Now, MRS. DOUBTFIRE. That bitch was plain scary.

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Awesome angryerik September 28 2006, 12:02:12 UTC

Great intro to a twisted adulthood. That thing really was like a macabre onion blossom. Makes me wanna see it again. My kids like that movie.

A least you're an honest girl, confessing and all. I kinda expected your mom was gonna bust you as soon as you got in the house.

Probably wouldn't have gone as well. She'd be lecturing you at 1:30 and you'd be picturing tentacles.

Re: Awesome sexion8 September 28 2006, 17:26:13 UTC

I've never watched it since, nor do I have any wish to.

Your...your kids? Liked it? *boggle*

My confession wasn't so much honesty as pure cowardice. My friends were havin g a sleepover to watch Texas Chainsaw Massacre the next weekend and, you know, I'll be damned. I took great comfort in telling them I couldn't go due to restriction and not any wussiness on my part.

I would've welcomed a 1:30 am lecture, trust me. Because in the aftermath of such traumatization, all you really want is your mommy, whether she's yelling at you or not.

wirrrn September 28 2006, 12:08:10 UTC

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sexion8 September 28 2006, 17:33:00 UTC

I love this movie! Just talking about it makes me want to watch it tonight again! You *have* to watch it again, dude! Then try Carpenter's THE FOG and PRINCE OF DARKNESS as well...

I am never...repeat, NEVER...in my life EVER watching The Thing again. What are you trying to do? Break my mind completely?

I haven't seen The Fog, but have a pretty good idea of the shenanigans going on inside THE FOG. Stephen King buff, remember? He wrote a short story similar in context, but included prehistoric monsters as a twist.

Did see PRINCE OF DARKNESS, though. Considering my delicate sensibilities when it comes to horror, I was rather disappointed that we didn't really get to see Satan. Just, like, a hairy hoof step out of the mirror.

But the woman getting pulled back in the mirror as she desperately stretches out her hand for help freaked me out. I mean, what's going to happen to her down there in Hell? Nothing remotely pleasant, that's for damn sure.

wirrrn September 29 2006, 05:19:27 UTC

Hey,

I watched THE THING again last night. Your turn! I'm sure you're mind won't break...just twist a little...

PRINCE OF DARKNESS is ace. Very Lovecraftian, which is why we only see Anti-God's claws start to pop out of the mirror... Dennis Dunn was great as the Gay Comic Relief as well, as was Alice Cooper as the Street Psycho...

THE FOG is, if anything, actually *creepier* than THE THING. And it has undead, vengeful lepers in it, not prehistoric monsters like THE MIST. You should totally see it (btw- under no circumstances be tempted to watch the absolutely godwaful 2006 remake, one of the worst films I've ever seen)...

sexion8 September 29 2006, 06:03:03 UTC

I steadfastedly refuse to watch THE THING again. I actually feel that would be worse than when Ripley had to go back and fight Aliens again.

I'll make Pineapple watch THE FOG with me sometime soon. Now that I'm more mentally equipped to deal with classic horror, I'm sure I'll like it.

Well...maybe not LIKE it. But I definitely won't be a gibbering wreck at the end of it. Maybe not. I hope not.

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gravedirt September 28 2006, 12:23:08 UTC

This post was beautiful. The sheltering, Catholic mom. The innocence of linking arms with your friends and singing down the street. Video games that cost a quarter. The Wonder Woman change purse. Ice cream Drumsticks. Comic book posters on your walls. Sneaking into a theater. Your ponytail. Shoes and clothes on in bed. Boring grown-up words. Hidden coloring books. Screaming in the theater. Escaping evil killer dogs at 1am.

The details like that make this beautiful. Wow.

sexion8 September 28 2006, 17:57:37 UTC

And I didn't remember even half those details until I started typing--then the memories just poured forth. Crazy.

And therapeutic. But not enough for me to watch THE THING again and "face my demons" as my loved ones always suggest. Because...no.

You're the best friend a girl can have on her f-list, Alyson! You're always so generous with the compliments. :)