

"So what's the point of covering that when you can just watch it all there? I tried to go for new information or things that people weren't aware of." "How many DVD and Blu-ray versions are there? And each one seems to come out with new interviews," Hore continues, revealing that he did interview producer Stuart Cohen and Adrienne Barbeau (voice of the chess computer destroyed by MacReady). He covers the 1982 film, of course, but it's not the sole focus, especially since the topic has been picked over so many times. As the film's 40th anniversary approached last summer, he "looked into the history and went, ‘Nobody's ever talked about this.' Everybody talks about each individual movie, but nobody's ever strung everything together." The theoretical dinosaur iteration of the shape-shifting alien had sunk its fangs deep into Hore's mind and began assimilating the grey matter. "I asked him, ‘Are you saying that it had been on Earth since the dinosaur age or had been to the Earth during the dinosaur age and had that part in its makeup?’ He said, ‘No, but it's a great idea. rex teeth," he tells SYFY WIRE over Zoom, speaking to us from his home in rural Queensland. It looks like it's opening its jaws with these giant T. "Just curious, I'd asked him of The Thing, looks like a T. RELATED: The Thing: John Carpenter & Original Producer Talk Sequel Hopes, What Could Be Next While the pair discussed how the United States' crippling fear of the Soviet Union led to an all-out assault on the comics industry during the early years of the Cold War, Hore couldn't help but probe Ploog about his time as a concept artist for John Carpenter's The Thing. The legendary comic book illustrator (known for co-creating superhero icons like Ghost Rider and Werewolf by Night) sat down with Hore several years back for a conversation relating to the author's 2021 book - HORROR: The First Time America's Paranoia Infected the World. Search Staunton/Traditional Chess Pieces by Category.Phil Hore's brazen expedition into the frigid unknown began with Mike Ploog.

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