Iconography of the Terror-Able

May 19, 2008 14:25

Okay, a few days back, greygirlbeast had a link to
Yahoo's 20 Great Movie Creatures, with some discussion on it. She rightfully expressed some trouble with this list, particularly its reliance on very recent movies to hook the reader. The list was, admittedly, sort of lazy. I didn't get my chance to chime in on the discussion, but as it appears below, I ( Read more... )

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world_build May 20 2008, 23:50:27 UTC
Oh wow, I totally missed this. Hm. Going to have to look, since I do love me some monster.

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world_build May 20 2008, 23:55:41 UTC
Wow, shill much, do they? I would add Darkness, the Pale Man and the Han River Monster in there, and, well, Godzilla and Kong, I suppose, if only for their being iconic and all.

I might throw in Maxmillian from the Black Hole. I'll have to think of more...

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stsisyphus May 21 2008, 03:15:52 UTC
I very much considered Maximillian, although I think I will probably place him on the list of Top 20 Movie Creeps (rather than critters).

I'm gonna have to make a nod to Ms. K, I think some of these will/should become iconic in the future, but are not necessarily at this time.

I never saw The Host, so I didn't know how to rate the effectiveness of the Han River Monster, so I cut it.

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