Best Science Fiction Film Sweet 16: The Empire Strikes Back (4) vs The Thing (20)

[Chris]

The Empire Strikes Back
Release Date: May 17, 1980 (Kennedy Center), May 21, 1980 (United States)
Director: Irvin Kershner
Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, David Prowse
Plot: After the Rebels are brutally overpowered by the Empire on the ice planet Hoth, Luke Skywalker begins Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.



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The Thing
Release Date: June 25, 1982
Director: John Carpenter
Cast: Kurt Russell, A. Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David, Clennon
Plot: A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
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[Spitfire]

Empire was the best in the original SW, whilst The Thing was meh in comparison

 

[Chris]

Another tough one but I'm voting star wars again lol

 

[Barry Poppins]

 

[Lethal]

Empire is just pure sex in space. As great as The Thing is

 

[Kiffy Lube]

Fuck these Star Wars movies.

 

[Lady Redfield]

Star Wars

 

[Wang Chung]

I love the Thing but Empire rules.

 

[Keith]

Tough call. I voted The Thing just because I'm a big Carpeter fan and its one of his best. Been awhile since I saw Empire.

 

[Moon Bird]

The Thing is a classic, scared the s**t out of me as a kid, but Empire has one of the biggest plot twists in movie history...