This goes back to "Is blank overrated? Of course it is, anything that highly rated is going to be overrated, but that doesn't mean it's not great" (I think I say this most often regarding Game Of Thrones). So yeah, The Thing probably isn't the best horror movie ever made, but it is very good. I would say it's the best H.P. Lovecraft movie ever made even though it isn't one. And yeah, it's shockingly gross. Pretty good.

Commandercool is dead nuts on the truth.

You just blew my mind.

Get a room you two!

Definitely not my insight. I can't remember where I first heard that, but it's a commonly-held opinion among Lovecraft people. It's basically an adaptation of the camp scenes from Mountains Of Madness if they had turned into the whole book, and I think John Carpenter has said in interviews that AtMoM was one of his primary inspirations for The Thing. Probably more so than the original The Thing.

Has anyone ever had TAT do any work for them?

Dude does some NICE work.

Did he build you a privacy fence?

Maple syrup sucks.

Berry syrups, no matter the kind, are where it's AT.

Discuss.

(Keep in mind that discussion of this topic will not, in any way, change the fact that, if you like maple syrup, you are WRONG.)

Depends on the grade.

It also has to be real maple syrup, not that corn syrup crap.

And I have never had a berry syrup that I liked, mostly because they typically contain no actual berries and are mostly corn syrup and flavorings.

Aw, Man.

Is this a cease and desist order on the import of berry syrups to your principality?

Because I can't argue effectively against anything you just posted.

Once again I see no need to choose. Love them all!

This conversation has become too syrupy.

Personally, I'm rethinking my love of berry syrups since Chid's assessment is accurate.

I'm not a huge fan of real maple syrup, but I certainly see flavored corn syrup for what it is.

I'll still eat and enjoy berry syrups that are just flavored corn syrup, but I will now feel a little dirty while doing so.

I prefer maple syrup, but I like them all. I didn't know berry syrups were corn syrup.

Why, exactly, do I get the most response in this thread when I'm telling people, offhandedly, that they're flat out wrong about something?

Is that really the best way to engage you people?

I talk about TAT's great work, and there are tumbleweeds. I tell you you're all wrong about something, and I get FOUR TIMES the traffic already!