Oh man... you and I are gonna have to throw down Libertas! John Carpenter's version of "The Thing" starring Kurt Russell is in my top-ten fave movies of all time. Frikkin love it.
Heh! Yeah, that was OK...still I kinda like the campy old original.
IMO Carpenter's best is:
1-Big Trouble in Little China - The mix of martial arts, Chinese black magic, Kurt Russell and snappy dialogue is pretty good.
2-They Live - "I came here for two things..."
3-Escape from New York - Snake Plissken, enough said.
The rest of his resume doesn't do much for me, others may disagree.
OK, so I might post something if Carpenter kicked...ya got me there!