The New THING movie!

[Nivek]

Just saw the movie The THING, the new one. I gotta say I mustve jumped out of my seat more than a few times, cgi a little crazy but what can u expect, they kept the effects STILL very similar to the original which made the cgi more than tolerable. Awesome story I'd recommend seeing it!

[LibertyHarkness]

why oh why have the remade a masterpiece .. is the tension still there with characters?

[tsadriana]

ive seen the movie to is really good

[jerseyboy72]

ive seen the movie to is really good

I like ur new avatar pic.

[Nivek]

Liberty, yes it's not a remake, it's a prequel, which made me feel a HELL of alot better going in to see it, it is very suspenseful and TENSIONS are riding crazy high!

[Dino Velvet]

Hopefully in the next one Brimley comes back and gives The Thing his 'Beetus.

[kukm4]

Have not seen it yet but wish they would have changed the title a bit.

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After creating the Dawn of the Dead remake, producers Marc Abraham and Eric Newman began to look through the Universal Studios library to find new properties to work on. Upon finding John Carpenter's 1982 film The Thing, the two convinced Universal to create a prequel instead of a remake, as they felt that remaking Carpenter's film would be like "paint(ing) eyebrows on the Mona Lisa"[18] Eric Newman explained; "I'd be the first to say no one should ever try to do Jaws again and I certainly wouldn't want to see anyone remake The Exorcist... And we really felt the same way about The Thing.But once we realized there was a new story to tell, with the same characters and the same world, but from a very different point of view, we took it as a challenge. It's the story about the guys who are just ghosts in Carpenter's movie - they're already dead. But having Universal give us a chance to tell their story was irresistible

[Kari]

The original was a classic, the remake wasnt too bad i thought, i'll just wait and see with this one..

[maxpower]

People seem to forget that Carpenter's film was itself a remake...(except for Kari)

THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD TRAILER 1951 HOWARD HAWKS - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5xcVxkTZzM)

[jasonb523]

I think this is one of the best prequels ever made. They did a pretty good job of keeping alot of the aspects the same and they LITERALLY end this movie at where the original picks up at. I wont explain any further as to not leave any spoilers

[LibertyHarkness]

ahhh right so its about the russian team the kurt russell finds in the 80s one ? x

[FistFuk]

They were Norwegians, not Russians (or Swedes, if you believe Kurt Russell).

I was going to write a long post detailing how great the original and the remake were, and my views on the prequel to the remake, but since some of you dorks offended Kayden Harley Now You Get Nothing!!!

:P

Btw, my post would have been totally awesome. . .

[Dino Velvet]

Gonna see this this week then watch the Carpenter film after.

[robertlouis]

Gonna see this this week then watch the Carpenter film after.

The original relied on atmosphere but was let down by some clunky effects, even for the 50s.

The Carpenter film is a classic of the genre and my favourite of all his films along with Attack on Precinct 13, with all that intensity and claustrophobia which he creates better than anyone else. And as for the effects, ye gods, it's almost as if he asked David Lynch to do the overall script but got Cronenberg in for the animatronics. Even good cgi would struggle to compete.

I'm glad that it's been made as a prequel - any attempt to remake the Carpenter film would be entirely pointless.

[Dino Velvet]

The original relied on atmosphere but was let down by some clunky effects, even for the 50s.

The Carpenter film is a classic of the genre and my favourite of all his films along with Attack on Precinct 13, with all that intensity and claustrophobia which he creates better than anyone else. And as for the effects, ye gods, it's almost as if he asked David Lynch to do the overall script but got Cronenberg in for the animatronics. Even good cgi would struggle to compete.

I'm glad that it's been made as a prequel - any attempt to remake the Carpenter film would be entirely pointless.

Carpenter sure was on a role early in his career with Assault On Precinct 13, Halloween, The Fog, The Thing, and Escape From New York. He composed the music for many of his films too.

I'm glad about The Thing being a prequel so it doesn't compete with the Carpenter film. I'm starting to get psyched about seeing it. Probably go tomorrow then.

Robert, you like Cronenberg? I dig the early stuff (Shivers, Rabid, The Brood, Scanners, Videodrome, The Fly, The Dead Zone) but pretty much all Cronenberg is good. As good as people say he is he's still underrated.

[robertlouis]

Carpenter sure was on a role early in his career with Assault On Precinct 13, Halloween, The Fog, The Thing, and Escape From New York. He composed the music for many of his films too.

I'm glad about The Thing being a prequel so it doesn't compete with the Carpenter film. I'm starting to get psyched about seeing it. Probably go tomorrow then.

Robert, you like Cronenberg? I dig the early stuff (Shivers, Rabid, The Brood, Scanners, Videodrome, The Fly, The Dead Zone) but pretty much all Cronenberg is good. As good as people say he is he's still underrated.

The Thing isn't out here yet. I agree with you about Cronenberg - very much misunderstood. Of the later films I really like Existenz, where a lot of the weird stuff is in the tiny details.

Are you into Lynch as well? Eraserhead is a constant intellectual and, let's be honest, visceral challenge, but the Elephant Man is a humanistic masterpiece.

I could go on for hours, but duty calls - it's daytime over here and I must return to the crypt before it's too late...... BWAAAHAAAHAAHAA.

[Dino Velvet]

The Thing isn't out here yet. I agree with you about Cronenberg - very much misunderstood. Of the later films I really like Existenz, where a lot of the weird stuff is in the tiny details.

Are you into Lynch as well? Eraserhead is a constant intellectual and, let's be honest, visceral challenge, but the Elephant Man is a humanistic masterpiece.

I could go on for hours, but duty calls - it's daytime over here and I must return to the crypt before it's too late...... BWAAAHAAAHAAHAA.

My favorite David Lynch films are The Elephant Man and Blue Velvet.

[TSMichelleAustin]

Whats funny is I seen the history on Halloween by Carpenter and he was saying how much he hates remakes and didnt like or approve of Zombies remake of his Halloween. So I think its funny that The Thing is in itself a remake and not his original idea.

[russtafa]

why all these remakes cant they come up with something new?

[maxpower]

And as for the effects, ye gods, it's almost as if he asked David Lynch to do the overall script but got Cronenberg in for the animatronics. Even good cgi would struggle to compete.

Yes, that head turning upside down and sprouting the spider legs still creeps me out.


Robert, you like Cronenberg? I dig the early stuff (Shivers, Rabid, The Brood, Scanners, Videodrome, The Fly, The Dead Zone) but pretty much all Cronenberg is good. As good as people say he is he's still underrated.

Best movie adaptation of any Stephen King novel.


My favorite David Lynch films are The Elephant Man and Blue Velvet.

My favorite Lynch film as well. It was the first movie I ever purchased when I got my very first VCR. "Heineken? Fuck that shit! Pabst Blue Ribbon!!" Elephant Man is phenomenal also. I have to admit that when I watch more recent Lynch films like Mulholland Drive or Inland Empire, I feel sorta dumb because I just don't quite get them.:loser: Twin Peaks will always be one of my favorite TV shows.