![]() ![]() RELATED: Quentin Tarantino Reveals His Fictional Star Rick Dalton Pursued Role in John Carpenter's The Thing I go through the timeline of, ‘Well, when were the first reports coming out? Is it accurate? Does it work?’ And it kind of does." Not only that, but the parallel to the real-world, this idea of infected blood, could have been the reason for the project's disastrous box office returns. "People may not have been wanting to to hear about that in 1982 just as the AIDS epidemic was breaking in all the news. To that end, he attempts to settle the debate on whether Carpenter's reimagining was meant to serve as an allegory for the AIDS crisis. "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. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.Phil Hore's brazen expedition into the frigid unknown began with Mike Ploog. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. ![]() Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. The sequel to Animal Chess is HERE! Dino Chess - The only Chess where the Dinosaurs really come alive! Control an army of dinosaurs and battle your friend in the Epic Chess Battle! Plan, strategize and choose from an arsenal of lightning, asteroids or even TNT. Watch how your Dinos literally destroy the enemies! Playing Chess has proven to help exercise both sides of the brain, increase one's IQ and helps in increasing problem-solving skills.
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