Carpenter Scores, Slashes, And Satire Reel Talk W/ Al The Movie Lion podcast

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We grade three John Carpenter films with friends who don’t pull punches. One of us calls Halloween overrated, another crowns The Thing near-perfect, and They Live sparks a debate on satire versus spectacle and what “waking up” really means.
• how our rubric scores plot, performances, visuals, sound, themes
• Halloween’s pacing, thin character work, iconic camera language
• boogeyman myth versus desire for deeper lore
• They Live’s satire, wrestlers to actors, action drift mid-film
• corporate control, media manipulation, sellout culture
• The Thing’s ambiguity, practical effects, tension by design
• Dean Cundey’s cinematography across Carpenter’s work
• Morricone and Carpenter’s scores shaping genre sound
• final grades for each film and why they differ
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Chapters

1. Cold Open, Sponsors, And Setup (00:00:00)

2. Defining Subgenres And The Rubric (00:00:45)

3. Halloween: Plot Debate And Pacing (00:02:07)

4. Halloween: Boogeyman, Themes, And Tropes (00:05:15)

5. Halloween: Performances, Visuals, Sound, Scores (00:09:24)

6. Halloween: Final Tallies And Candy Bits (00:12:54)

7. They Live: Satire, Relevance, And Plot (00:14:36)

8. They Live: Piper, Casting, And Action Drift (00:19:50)

9. They Live: Wrestlers-As-Actors Game (00:24:16)

10. They Live: Visuals, Score, And Themes (00:27:59)

11. They Live: Scores And Carpenter Rankings (00:31:18)

12. The Thing: Why It Endures (00:33:12)

13. The Thing: Plot, Ambiguity, And Tension (00:35:20)

14. The Thing: Performances And Ensemble (00:39:20)

15. The Thing: Visual Mastery And Practical Effects (00:42:05)

16. The Thing: Score, Themes, And Grades (00:46:10)

17. Final Scoreboard, Credits, And Next Time (00:49:18)

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