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@cheetahman91 Good to know. The Mike Flanagan Netflix series (loosely based on the same novel) is also pretty damn good. The remake is awful but weirdly fascinating in the way it completely undercuts every single thing that was good about the original — it's fast paced, obvious and loaded with crappy in-it-for- the-paycheck acting, signposted jump scares and lousy CGI.

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@LN78 @JohnnyShoulder I wasn't really sold on «Predator 2» after my rewatch two years ago. I didn't dislike it and I was never bored, but it didn't particularly grab me either. Alonso and Blades were solid, but Glover's «loose cannon», gritty cop got a bit tiresome for me. Might have just been my mood at the time; may give it another shot later.

I didn't even know that Darabont had written an Indy screenplay! I have to track that one down. I have a sneaking suspicion that many of Lucas' films works in spite of, rather than because of, George Lucas, at least for me. Whenever he's given free reign to indulge his whims, the result is rarely something I enjoy.

Nor did I know that there was a comic for Alien3 released ahead of the finished movie. Fascinating! I knew that the making of it was a complete fustercluck, but I'm in the dark as to exactly what went down. Must see if there's a tell-all kind of book on the subject I can add to my reading list.

@FuriousMachine I think are some YouTube videos about the wooden planet if you search for it.

That must have been a thing back then, as I seem to remember reading something similar for Bram Stoker's Dracula. I was too young to see the films in the cinema, so the comic book was a way to experience it.

my regular Shout/Scream Factory blu ray of Pumpkinhead arrived earlier today by Fed Ex. Glad i