Forget what you know about John Carpenter's THE THING. It has no place here.
Tranzor has succeeded in taking a modern classic and almost,
almost making it his very own, and I don't use those words lightly. You see, I'm a guy that 9 times out of 10 likes the original version of whatever I see, hear or read. It's a cancerous growth that sometimes just sucks the living fun out of EVERYTHING. :? Yes...I know Carpenter's THE THING is basically a remake of THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD, though it went back to the original source material rather than the B-film from the 50's. Carpenter succeeded so well in the storytelling because he loved what he was doing and had a clear vision of how to make it fresh again.
To his credit, Tranzor's THE THING - LATE NIGHT TV EDIT is like a breath mint on a -40 degree winter night. :-?
He, like myself and at least several others out there, grew up watching many old horror films late night on the weekends. You know the ones
WAY past bedtime and beyond permission granted by over-bearing parents. On those occasions the popcorn would be all ready in a bowl, the sodas chilled to perfection and TV's would be on as loud as the room would keep it from drifting too far into parental ears. Anticiapation of a creepy fun time (and future nightmares) would build while the intro to the movie would begin. And Tranzor manages to recapture this feeling all with a simple but effective menu.
Let me assure you, once PLAY has been pressed you won't want to move a muscle. As I've said earlier, forget what you know about John Carpenter's THE THING. It has no place here. A sense of mystery taken away from years of mulitple viewings has been
immediately restored. More engrossing is the fact you are looking at a "local tv station" transfer of already misused and degraded film material, just like they found it on the last shelf near the garbage bin. And, God bless you for this Tranzor, just when the going gets good.....
COMMERCIAL BREAK!
Promises of clean hair, the newest LP from your favorite band, not to mention some very hungry hippos only make you want to be terrified even more! :???: Once it comes back, you are exactly where you left off; wondering who will survive and what will be left of them?!? :twisted: I could be a "Harry Knowles" and spoil all the fun, but that's like pissing in the wind...
To "borrow" a quote from a famous author;
I have seen the future of true fanedits, and his name is Tranzor.
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