Questions tagged [john-carpenter]
Prolific American director, born 1948, whose work includes several SF and horror films.
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What distinguishes a Master from a Goon?
In the movie John Carpenter's Vampires, the slayer Jack Crow and his crew separate the monsters they hunt into two categories- masters and goons, however the movie itself is rather vague on how one ...
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What was the origin of the famous movie quote "all out of bubble gum"?
In John Carpenter's They Live we hear the famous line
I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I'm all outta bubble gum.
It obviously made it into the general vernacular, but was ...
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Ending of John Carpenter's The Thing
In the ending of John Carpenter's classic 1982 sci-fi horror film The Thing, is
Of course, it is not said or confirmed explicitly within the film. Is there evidence outside the film that ...
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Has Stephen Moffat ever mentioned John Carpenter or the film They Live as being influential?
In the Impossible Astronaut the Dr discovers the Silence, an alien race, have been living amongst and influencing humanity without our knowledge or being able to see them.
In the John Carpenter film ...
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Why didn't The Thing (1982) fare better at the box office?
The horror sci-fi movie The Thing, directed by John Carpenter and released in 1982, is generally regarded as a very good movie in its genre, having been named the scariest movie of all time by the ...
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Has John Carpenter commented on The Thing (2011)?
And/or did he in any way collaborate with the 2011 movie?
Did he endorse it/the script or anything about it in any way?
Has he publicly commented on it in any way?
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What SF&F movies are referenced in this gif?
This adorably badass gif is the work of Truck Torrence, aka 100% Soft
Obviously, the whole thing is a reference to John Carpenter's They Live, and it appears that all the references are to Carpenter ...
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Is John Carpenter's The Thing influenced by At the Mountains of Madness?
The plot of both stories, a group of scientists uncover an alien being which ends up wreaking havoc on their encampment.
In At the Mountains of Madness, we don't see the devastation caused by the ...
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How is The Thing's memory stored, transferred and integrated?
In John Carpenter's "The Thing", the creature assimilates Blair and tries to build a UFO from scrap.
I understand that the DNA of the creature takes over that of the host, but how is complex ...
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In "They Live", could the human collaborators see through the illusions?
In They Live, the world is filled with hidden messages, as well as aliens and alien technology hidden from normal human sight. The rebels had "Hofmann lenses" available as sunglasses and contact ...
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