tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post6595134551380984854..comments2024-02-10T01:22:29.316-08:00Comments on Hugo Stiglitz Makes Movies: John Carpenter: Ghosts of MarsKevin J. Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275402809912728035noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-64551230306822576882013-07-18T22:02:24.546-07:002013-07-18T22:02:24.546-07:00takk for flott innlegg, vil de bli savnet.
Alle de...takk for flott innlegg, vil de bli savnet.<br />Alle de beste i fremtiden, og vi likte mye mens du leser innlegget ditt.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.brodahl-jahren.no/snekker/index.html" rel="nofollow"> snekker halden </a> and <a href="http://www.brodahl-jahren.no/snekker/index.html" rel="nofollow"> snekker hvaler </a> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497470471155919701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-29403034060473273792013-07-11T18:13:51.365-07:002013-07-11T18:13:51.365-07:00Thanks for following along, Lee. Nice to know peop...Thanks for following along, Lee. Nice to know people are still reading these, hehe. To answer your question: yes, I'll be doing the Masters of Horror in one post. I just watched <i>Cigarette Burns</i> this morning. I found it extremely interesting and effective. A lot of similar themes that are found in <i>In the Mouth of Madness</i> and Wes Craven's <i>New Nightmare</i>. I'll have a post up Monday morning on it. Kevin J. Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17275402809912728035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-25933272443689557652013-07-11T15:51:15.009-07:002013-07-11T15:51:15.009-07:00And yet here's another one I'll have to re...And yet here's another one I'll have to revisit. I remember hating this when it first came out, but I think I never gave this my full attention when I watched it. Interesting review, as usual. I may have missed it, but are you going to review any of Carpenter's "Master of Horror" episodes? Maybe do them both in one post, as they are both an hour long and were intended to be mini-movies essentially. Just got done re-watching "Cigarette Burns" today, and loved it even more than I first did.Lee Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01611679296214391643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-90758329135212095972013-07-11T10:40:41.632-07:002013-07-11T10:40:41.632-07:00And I kept mixing up "audiences" and &qu...And I kept mixing up "audiences" and "critics" in my point there. I hope that's not too confusing. I'm talking about both, but my main point is about the critical failure of Carpenter at the end of his career versus the more celebrated Verhoeven.Kevin J. Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17275402809912728035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-83901881617067071752013-07-11T10:38:25.407-07:002013-07-11T10:38:25.407-07:00Thanks! But, I don't know, man, that sounds li...Thanks! But, I don't know, man, that sounds like it's a little too much responsibility on me. I mean, if you hate it again, I hope you'll still come back! Hehe. <br /><br />One thing I did forget to mention was that I think a lot of audiences at the time had the same reaction to <i>Ghosts</i> that they did to Verhoeven's <i>Starship Troopers</i>. I think the latter hasn't disappeared from the collective critical memory because critics are more apt to give Verhoeven a pass on something as satire (which <i>Troopers</i> is) becuase he's notorious for taking a piss out of America's favorite genres. So even though American audiences have never fully been on board with what Verhoeven is truly up to in his films (they still pay money to see them for the most part), the American critics have always kind of "gotten" him. <br /><br />I think Carpenter's more deadpan approach (there's no obvious moment like ED-209 shooting someone to shreds for 10 minutes) just went way over the heads of critics who probably weren't looking for it to begin with. Because let's be honest, there wasn't much in Carpenter's oeuvre to suggest he was willing to do such satire. So <i>Ghosts of Mars</i> became just another maligned, cheesy Sci-fi film with audiences a la the equally goofy and tongue-in-cheek <i>Starship Troopers</i>. The latter just had a filmmaker more notorious for such things, and so critics were quicker to get the joke. <br /><br />Or, maybe I'm just talking out of my ass. I hope you'll report back with your thoughts on the film after you look at it again. <br /><br />Thanks, as always, for following along. Kevin J. Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17275402809912728035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-83566350890971395592013-07-09T20:27:07.366-07:002013-07-09T20:27:07.366-07:00It's finally here! I've been waiting on t...It's finally here! I've been waiting on this one, and a strong, passionate thing it was, too.<br /><br />I last saw the movie in 2002, and you have convinced me at least (particularly with the <i>They Live</i> fight scene comparison) that I should give it a second chance. At the time, the soundtrack and the generally goofy scenario felt like huge problems, but I <i>want</i> to believe the things you've argued here. So let's put it that I have every intention of revisiting the film in the next couple of months, and I'll keep this essay in mind as I do that.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.com