Pluto and the Vessel

Stop motion always manages to bring some of the most unnerving imagery, the jittery frame rate and the often abstract art can add a lot to the the content's mood. Harrison Browning's short Pluto and the Vessel does an incredible job at using stop motion imagery to it's full effect. With a feeling very similar to John Carpenter's The Thing, Pluto and the Vessel tells an experimental story of one man's journey into the frigid unknown.

If you're looking for a deep and enthralling story, Pluto and the Vessel probably isn't what you're looking for. Instead the short does an incredible job at setting the tone and running with it, providing a dark and twisted experience. The stop motion in the short is absolutely topnotch, often blowing my mind that it isn't still used in modern blockbusters. \Seriously Hollywood, just look how well this sets the mood hurry up and get on that.

John Carpenter's The Thing 1982 Toy Promo

Turns out it was way too good to be true. This faux ad for a ' The Thing' toy line perfectly captures the cheesy, but loveable feel of Mattel/Hasbro commercials from the eighties and nineties, when rated R movies typically got toy lines intended for kids under 10. Youtube user Arlox also emulated that entire worn VHS tape look, which perfectly compliments the awesome narration.

The Thing Trailer: Not Sure If Want

We're living in an age of remakes, reboots and unnecessary sequels/prequels in recent years...And I have to say that this trailer kind of hit nerve with me. This supposed prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 cult classic, 'The Thing' was in my opinion, an incredibly memorable movie about paranoia and fear of the unknown. An alien lifeform that could take the shape of and act like anything we consider terrestrial, including humans...A threat so great that it needed to be contained and destroyed at all costs, lest it reach civilization and cause unspeakable damage.

A few things I'd like to bring up about this trailer that are both encouraging and disconcerting, after the break.