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kopio

Had planned to rewatch #VForVendetta on the 5th, I missed it by a day.

Micro-reviews:
V for Vendetta - Perfect.

#TheThing 1982 - Great chilly first-half.

The Thing 2011 - It comes with the disadvantage of its audience already know that practically everyone will die, thus it does very little to introduce and establish characters and relationships.

#SnakesOnAPlane - If you can accept it as what it is, it is a great movie.

#movies#letterboxd#lastfourwatched
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Ishambard

So, because I had some time, I decided I would check out the #PS2 game #TheThing

I knew this was a rough and disappointing game before I started, but man...
I think the ambition was way too high here, the squad and trust mechanics and not knowing who is The Thing is not executed in a fashion that works. Each named NPC, if they are the Thing, will mutate after set check points and predictably.

The games true biting points are that it is glorified escort missions for engineers, the only class that matters, though medics help. Larger Thing creatures need to be killed with fire, and the flamethrower is a miserable weapon to use. You will more likely drain your own health until you get a handle on how the flame based weapons work. Also, smaller enemies that can be killed with gunfire seem to be infinitely spawning at points, just drain resources. Thankfully, the shotgun is pretty overpowered

It's quite uninspiring and dull. Honestly, a remaster won't save this.

The cover for the PS2 game The Thing. It features a handful of people in artic gear running towards the foreground. In the background, blended in the sky is a mutated person.
Our heroes are standing in a snowy cave by the UFO that the thing was trying to make during the ending portion of the film.
The main character and enemy soldiers are battling one of the things creatures. There are a couple of soldiers with flamethrowers trying to burn the Thing monster as the plater uses an automatic rifle.
A clean sweep of RetroAchievements for The Thing on PS2 It shows that the game was beaten in 1 day and 2 hours and completed on the 26th October.
#RetroGaming#VideoGames
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kurtsh

I hate horror movies. But I love science fiction.

Meanwhile, every one of my friends tell me I have to watch "The Thing". Now there's this great documentary.

Dammit, am I gonna have to watch this Thing? 😂

"The Sci-fi Flop That Became a Masterpiece" - Beghast
youtube.com/watch?v=d3IoscPsAk

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