The Thing: A History of a Franchise: The History of a Franchise - Softcover

Hore, Phil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1915860210 ISBN 13: 9781915860217

Verlag: Markosia Enterprises Ltd, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

In 1982 Universal Pictures, a studio famous for its monster movies, unleased a new terror on the silver screens of the world that would change everything...not that anyone knew that at the time. Today John Carpenter's THE THING consistently ranks in the top of favourite or influential film lists, but when it was first released it was not only considered a bomb, reviewers used words like 'obscene', 'gross' and 'instant junk'. For the first time we look at the history of the entire THING franchise, not just the 1982 film or its prequel, nor the original 1951 version 'The Thing from Another World'. In this book we look at the radio versions, the comics, novels, computer games, music and how, from a 1931 novella by John W. Campbell Jr. The Thing began infecting our lives and eventually took over the world by initiating one of the longest media franchises in history and influencing many others like ALIEN, Dr Who and the X-files. Interviewing many of those involved, we'll look at the marketing strategies, the reviews, the blunders, censorship... and yes, we may even figure out exactly why The Thing failed at the box office in 1982.

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Born in 1969, Phil likes to point out he was one of the last children born before man walked on the moon. Published in newspapers and magazines across the globe, since 2007, Phil has been the paleo-author for the world's longest running dinosaur magazine, The Prehistoric Times. He has also been a comic shop manager, a cinema projectionist, a theatre technician, and gutted chickens for a deli. All of these influences seem to make an appearance in his writing, especially the chicken guts bit.

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• Verlag: Markosia Enterprises Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1915860210
• ISBN 13: 9781915860217
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 200
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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