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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 08:44 PM
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Best movie monster?
I have a special place in my heart for Gamera. The real monsters were always little Japanese boys in even littler pants, however.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 08:44 PM
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1. Giger's Alien
no contest IMO
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 08:45 PM
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2. Yup.
the thing of nightmares.
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 08:47 PM
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3. Now you've got me thinking--"the Thing" in all its various forms was incredible
In John Carpenter's version especially, but let's give Marshall Dillon some credit for his portrayal as well. :D
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 08:48 PM
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4. Yes, and both feature absolute isolation
The Thing is a great flick
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 09:06 PM
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9. ET being the best-known alien film from that year is an appalling tragedy of our times
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 09:11 PM
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13. That was on my short list, too. Carpenter's.
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 12:17 PM
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Yeah, that's the one I was thinking of
that thing bled acid!
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elshiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 08:50 PM
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5. Godzilla or Rodan.
Edited on Mon Oct-20-08 08:51 PM by elshiva
Gamera is turtle for heck's sake!
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 09:08 PM
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10. But he's so useful!
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elshiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 09:11 PM
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12. Sorry I asked.
:hide:
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 08:53 PM
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6. No, no, I gotta vote for The Thing.
Incredible design, grotesque as all hell.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 09:03 PM
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7. Ronald Reagan.
I said it. Anyone who knows me expected it. Is there a prize involved?
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 09:04 PM
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8. You get Bonzo.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 09:09 PM
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11. Monkeycam time!
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 09:16 PM
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14. Two oldies
One bizarre, one just a cool concept and I'm not sure which is which :P

The Monolith Monsters
Kronos

Would Gort on a rampage qualify as a "monster"? ;)
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City of Mills Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 12:17 PM
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24. Hah Kronos was on the other night
Klaatu! Barada! Nikto! Creepy alien robot.
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charlie and algernon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 09:18 PM
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15. Cloverfield Monster
The fucker takes a direct bombing from a Stealth Bomber and reacts by biting a hovering helicopter. And don't bother hiding, it'll drop man-eating parasites to get your ass.
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sohndrsmith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 05:55 AM
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16. Robert Mitchum's Max Cady in Cape Fear. n/t
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 06:07 AM
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17. Alien was my first choice but I'll go with this one:



:scared:
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 11:59 AM
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20. Some great music in that movie!
The Fall's "Hip Priest" and Colin Newman's "Alone"--why should serial killers have such good taste?
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Auggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 06:21 AM
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18. My all-time favorite
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Momus Donating Member (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 06:26 AM
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19. This one actually scared ME when I first saw the film.


Of course, maybe I shouldn't have seen it in my apartment, at 2 am, on acid.
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PassingFair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 12:09 PM
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21. ALWAYS a bad idea....
;)
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 12:14 PM
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22. Kong, the first and foremost.
Only the original movie, please, the sequels all suck.
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City of Mills Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 12:16 PM
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23. The Thing
I can't watch that damn movie :scared:
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 12:54 PM
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27. Both versions are pretty great, with Carpenter's being more to my taste
"Plant man" ridiculousness notwithstanding, there's some great direction in the old movie--covering all those speakers in the discussion scenes must have been no mean feat.
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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 12:21 PM
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25. Ha!
First thing I thought when I saw your subject line:


"Fuckin' Gamera, dude!"
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 12:23 PM
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26. This was one of my favorite TV memories of childhood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pensr7a_Pzk&feature=related
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