The Thing & Christine A Double Feature fan edit

The third one in the Carpenter Double Feature trilogy


The last one for now in these series, after that i go further with David Cronenberg.


Like i said earlier there are some plans to do later this year something with the movies:


Village of the Damned
The Ward
Prince of Darkness
They Live
Mouth of Madness
Vampires


But that's it, there are no plans to do something with the rest of it


The Thing:


Well, i was really blown away by that movie, the special effects, the whole atmosphere it was all great
But the question is: can i cut this in one hour?
Of course , i can cut it in 5 minutes but i don't think there is much of a story
I don't know, i see what i can do but i think we have a running time that is probably longer
I see what i come up with


Christine:


After he was fired by the making of Firestarter Carpenter was hired for this movie
Well, this movie is a masterpiece in style, i love the King book and what Carpenter makes of this one was for me splendid
Camerawork, Music, it's all fantastic


I began to work on this by the end of the week and i think we have a nice DF when it's ready

Are you keeping the original titles or going for something new? I think The Thing could be renamed Outpost or Frozen Terror and for Christine maybe you could rename it Fury or something like that since the car is a Plymouth Fury

For this one i keep the original titles
Mostly i give it some other title but i think for this one the original titles works the best

maniac51 said:

For this one i keep the original titles
Mostly i give it some other title but i think for this one the original titles works the best

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Sounds good, both of those titles fit the movies perfectly anyhow

A little update in this:

I have for the Thing a cleaned up edit of 76 minutes
Without credits and music i do that later.

By the end of the week i hope i have the same cut with Christine

All the cuts are coming up in the next update

Update of the cuts The Thing:


- Credits are cut, the openings logo John Carpenter's "The Thing" is much sooner
- I trimmed the chase with the chopper and the dog
- MacReady playing a game is cut, also some pursuits of the group
- After the Norwegian is shot i cut the scenes after that like the burning chopper
- I cut out a scene of Bennings and Doc Copper
- The Trip to the Norwegian camp is trimmed
- After they found the burned body the trip back is cut
- I cut out some pursuits of the group
- When Blair examines The Thing there are a few trims after that
- The Trip to the flying saucer is cut
- When Bennings is burned i cut some dialogue
- Taking Blair to the cabin after he goes nuts is cut
- Discussing who is taken the blood is trimmed, Windows going nuts is cut
- Fuchs examine the papers of Blair is trimmed
- When Norris gets a heart attack i trimmed one scene with the defibrillator
- When MacReady does the blood serum test there are some trims in that whole scene
- Blowing up the camp is trimmed
- Childs and MacReady at the end is cut


Total running time of this cut is 74 minutes  



That's it, at the moment i am busy with Christine, that goes well, so this third feature of Onkel John
is again a pleasure to work on


The cuts of Christine are coming up

The cuts of Christine:


- Credits are cut, other credits with a audio recut of Bad to the Bone of GEORGE THOROGOOD (Trimmed)
- Arnie and Dennis driving to school is cut
- The scene with Repperton and Arnie is trimmed
- Buying Christine from Lebay is trimmed
- Arnie discussing the car with his parents some of the dialogue is cut
- Taking the car to Darnell some of the dialogue of Darnell is cut
- Driving back home is cut
- Dennis discussing Christine with Arnie's Mother is trimmed
- Dennis checking up on Christine is cut
- The introduction of Leigh Cabot is later in this edit, first scene in school library with Dennis
- Fixing up Christine is trimmed
- Playing Football is trimmed
- Arnie visits Dennis at the hospital is trimmed
- Outdoor cinema scene with Arnie and Leigh is trimmed
- Arnie and Leigh visiting Darnell's garage after destroying Christine by Repperton and his gang is trimmed
- Some trims with Arnie and his parents after that
- Revenge of Christine on that fat fuck Moochie is a little trimmed
- Second visit of Arnie to the hospital is cut (Dennis)
- Cuts in Dialogue between Junkins and Arnie
- Phone conversation with Arnie and Leigh is cut
- Some cuts in dialogue between Arnie and Dennis in Christine on new years eve
- The Battle between Christine and the Bulldozer is a little trimmed
- Ending with Junkins, Leigh and Dennis is cut


That's it, this cut is now around the 74 minutes, a lot of trims and a few scenes cut


The exact running time is coming up, i must work on some credits and music but i think in the next update this edit is ready

I'm glad to see a lot of the cuts in the Christine cutlist, the movie always felt kinda bloated.

I finished this cut

Total run time is 148 minutes   (74 minutes The Thing)  (74 Minutes Christine)   Cut: 71 minutes

Some music overdub of other Carpenter tracks.
Well, have fun with it and let me know what you think of it;-)

Although this cut was ready there were when i saw it on my screen some minor problems with the audio of the thing
So i recut this segment at the moment and when i see the possibility to release this it will happen