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So, I make no secret of the fact that I'm a big, hokey, non-picky fan of creature-features. Give me stupid monsters tearing up NYC or Tokyo, and if it's enough fun, I'll even look past a zipper up the back. Of course, it's always better when you don't see the zipper up the back, when you can kind of sink yourself into an outlandish world and let it vicariously scare the bejabbers out of you. So, while I can have a whole lot of fun with the old Godzilla Meets Mothra-type movies, I do actually prefer the more well done Alien.

The 1982 version of The Thing has always been one of my all-time favourites. I just got the director's cut DVD last week and watched it on Saturday. I was surprised at how well the FX held up; they're a bit dated, to be sure, and sometimes you can definitely see the 'zipper' (the bit with the head didn't hold up too well, though the punchline directly following still makes me fall on the floor), but all-in-all, the quality of the acting and the story more than made up for any less-than-thrilling visuals.

Now, there's a point here, and I'm coming to it. ( Self-indulgent writing meta, such as it is: )