[ARCHIVED THREAD] - The Thing (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 7/16/2011 8:49:56 PM EDT
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The Thing prequel movie trailer is out. I really liked the original John Carpenter classic 1982 movie. When the head sprouted legs and walked
across the floor, man that was freaky. I hope they don't screw this one up. Release Date is 14 October 2011. IMDb 
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well if it really is a prequel then all of them have to die and the last scene needs to be a helicopter chasing a sled dog Yep. And I have a really hard time believing there would be TWO Antarctic research stations with 'break glass in case of emergency' flamethrowers on hand. |
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The Thing from Another World. |
| I loved the original, but view the new one like I do all new "old" remade movies. It could be really good and it could be really bad, but it will most likely be really so-so. They will either push it way too far or not push it far enough... but with only a $35mil budget that hopefully means the CG stuff will be kept to a minimum and they will go with more practical effects like the original. |
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Do you know what was John Carpenter's idea?? Have you read this somewhere?? Not sure if this is what suprshootr was talking about, but this is from Wiki: In 2004, John Carpenter said in an Empire magazine interview[26] that he has a story idea for The Thing II, which centers around the two surviving characters, MacReady and Childs. However, Carpenter felt that due to the higher price associated with his fee, Universal Studios will not pursue his storyline. Carpenter indicated that he would be able to secure both Kurt Russell and Keith David for the sequel. In his story, Carpenter would explain the age difference of the actors between the two installments by having frostbite on their face due to the elements until rescued. The assumption of the sequel would rely on a radio signal being successfully transmitted by Windows before Blair destroyed the communications room. Thus, after the explosion of the base camp, the rescue team would arrive and find MacReady and Childs still alive. Carpenter has not disclosed any other details.
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Do you know what was John Carpenter's idea?? Have you read this somewhere?? Not sure if this is what suprshootr was talking about, but this is from Wiki: In 2004, John Carpenter said in an Empire magazine interview[26] that he has a story idea for The Thing II, which centers around the two surviving characters, MacReady and Childs. However, Carpenter felt that due to the higher price associated with his fee, Universal Studios will not pursue his storyline. Carpenter indicated that he would be able to secure both Kurt Russell and Keith David for the sequel. In his story, Carpenter would explain the age difference of the actors between the two installments by having frostbite on their face due to the elements until rescued. The assumption of the sequel would rely on a radio signal being successfully transmitted by Windows before Blair destroyed the communications room. Thus, after the explosion of the base camp, the rescue team would arrive and find MacReady and Childs still alive. Carpenter has not disclosed any other details.
Yes, this is it. I’m thinking if this prequel makes enough money, a sequel with John Carpenter involved might be green lighted. |
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well if it really is a prequel then all of them have to die and the last scene needs to be a helicopter chasing a sled dog http://i56.tinypic.com/2dkivn.jpg really looks like it 
"Se til helvete å kom dere vekk Det er ikke en bikkje det er en slags ting den imiterer en bikkje den er ikke virkelig kom dere vekk idioter!" 
They got the look down perfectly there! |
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well if it really is a prequel then all of them have to die and the last scene needs to be a helicopter chasing a sled dog Not necessarily. They could of been just one team chasing down one creature. Remember the US outpost was totally out of contact with everyone during the movie. Hell, for all we know the Thing might of already made it to the mainland and there could of been a good reason there was no radio contact. Actually, now that I think about it...it would be cool if the ending is the main scientist chick and one other person (pilot) defeat their creature and fly to the US outpost to see what's going on...as they approach, explosions light up the horizon...when they land, a single figure approaches...fade to black... Or maybe not.  Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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It actually looks good. Looks like they might have done a good job re-creating the atmosphere of the original. Doubt it'll be nearly as good but it could be comparable to the Dawn of the Dead remake... good, not the original but still pretty awesome.
The JC version of The Thing is possibly one of my favorite horror movies ever... maybe my top 10 or 25 of all time. It will be interesting to see if they went with practical or digital effects for the creature. Cast looks good too. Not a lot of mainstream faces which is cool. |
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I loved the original. And the Carpenter version. 
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well if it really is a prequel then all of them have to die and the last scene needs to be a helicopter chasing a sled dog Not necessarily. They could of been just one team chasing down one creature. Remember the US outpost was totally out of contact with everyone during the movie. Hell, for all we know the Thing might of already made it to the mainland and there could of been a good reason there was no radio contact. Actually, now that I think about it...it would be cool if the ending is the main scientist chick and one other person (pilot) defeat their creature and fly to the US outpost to see what's going on...as they approach, explosions light up the horizon...when they land, a single figure approaches...fade to black... Or maybe not.
Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile That just blew my mind. The way it replicated, yeah, I can almost see it. |
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Actually, now that I think about it...it would be cool if the ending is the main scientist chick and one other person (pilot) defeat their creature and fly to the US outpost to see what's going on...as they approach, explosions light up the horizon...when they land, a single figure approaches...fade to black... Or maybe not.
Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Meaning they show up at the US Outpost at the end of the JC movie? That would be pretty bad ass. |
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well if it really is a prequel then all of them have to die and the last scene needs to be a helicopter chasing a sled dog http://i56.tinypic.com/2dkivn.jpg really looks like it http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv74/SP1Guy/Thing13.jpg "Se til helvete å kom dere vekk Det er ikke en bikkje det er en slags ting den imiterer en bikkje den er ikke virkelig kom dere vekk idioter!"
They got the look down perfectly there! transalted by google:
See the hell did you come away It is not a dog it is a kind of thing it imitates a dog it is not really you came away idiots! " |
| They're going to play the original (1982 version) here at the Kentucky Theater in Lexington in October. I will finally have the opportunity to see it on the big screen. They'll also be showing the original Night of the Living Dead and Jaws. October is going to be a good month! |
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They're going to play the original (1982 version) here at the Kentucky Theater in Lexington in October. I will finally have the opportunity to see it on the big screen. They'll also be showing the original Night of the Living Dead and Jaws. October is going to be a good month! Dang, with they'd do that here. Sounds great!! Jaws is the only one you listed that I have seen on the big screen. I was too young for a ticket but old enough to sneak in. Everytime we'd go skiing after that night, I swear I'd hear that theme and help everyone if a catfish or something brushed my leg while I was waiting for boat to turn around. |
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Do you know what was John Carpenter's idea?? Have you read this somewhere?? Not sure if this is what suprshootr was talking about, but this is from Wiki: In 2004, John Carpenter said in an Empire magazine interview[26] that he has a story idea for The Thing II, which centers around the two surviving characters, MacReady and Childs. However, Carpenter felt that due to the higher price associated with his fee, Universal Studios will not pursue his storyline. Carpenter indicated that he would be able to secure both Kurt Russell and Keith David for the sequel. In his story, Carpenter would explain the age difference of the actors between the two installments by having frostbite on their face due to the elements until rescued. The assumption of the sequel would rely on a radio signal being successfully transmitted by Windows before Blair destroyed the communications room. Thus, after the explosion of the base camp, the rescue team would arrive and find MacReady and Childs still alive. Carpenter has not disclosed any other details.
Yes, this is it. I’m thinking if this prequel makes enough money, a sequel with John Carpenter involved might be green lighted. If Carpenter is in charge I am in. |
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Still gets my hair to stand.... |
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Just saw it. Not too bad. Alot of CGI effects. Tied the two movies together pretty good. Are they good CGI effects, not over the top... compared to the original do they look pretty good? They're good but I prefer regular effects like the John Carpenter version. |
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What kind of a moron does anything to an alien body frozen in ice without a sterile environment under strict quarantine? Yeah, let's just drill into it and see what happens. Everybody already knows the answer to drilling and seeing what happens...the thing in the ice gets pissed, breaks out, and kicks ass. For some reason this movie reminds me of an HP Lovecraft story called At The Mountains Of Madness, which was supposed to be made into a movie, but was cancelled 
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| Just came home from seeing it. I enjoyed it. Was a mix of CGI and traditional effects. Was wondering if they were going to leave out the Guy that slit his own wrist but they showed it. They tied everything together well and I'm quite sure there will be a sequel. |
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Okay, I convinced the GF that we need to go see this in the theatre. However, I discovered that she hasn't seen the Carpenter version.
After a brief "eject" consideration, I decided we could just watch the dvd instead. Here's the dilemna...would it be better if she sees the prequel first or the 1982 version? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Okay, I convinced the GF that we need to go see this in the theatre. However, I discovered that she hasn't seen the Carpenter version. After a brief "eject" consideration, I decided we could just watch the dvd instead. Here's the dilemna...would it be better if she sees the prequel first or the 1982 version? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Either way it's gonna be a little disappointing because you're going to know what the monster is. I'd say Carpenter's version first then the prequel. |
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I was extremely disappointed but I already knew they would screw it up since that's the only thing Hollywood has been good at for years. The effects were supposed to be about 80% traditional and 20% CGI but that was bullshit. It was a CGI crapfest that pales in comparison to the effects of the '82 movie. The movie just lacked the emotion and feel of isolation of the Carpenter movie. The creature design was ok but you expect more when you go to see a prequel made almost 30 years later. There is nothing even close to the head that sprouts legs and eye stalks in the '82 movie.
Overall, the movie lacked anything memorable, it just filled in the missing information. The best part by far are the scenes during the ending credits. That very last scene is footage straight from the Carpenter movie if anyone didn't notice. |
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With James Arness as the Thing.
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That very last scene is footage straight from the Carpenter movie if anyone didn't notice. Pretty hard not to notice when the dogs didn't come close to looking alike.
You would think they would have made sure of that if they went to the trouble of making the damn helicopter the same. Get a white dog and paint his ass to match! 
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I was extremely disappointed but I already knew they would screw it up since that's the only thing Hollywood has been good at for years. The effects were supposed to be about 80% traditional and 20% CGI but that was bullshit. It was a CGI crapfest that pales in comparison to the effects of the '82 movie. The movie just lacked the emotion and feel of isolation of the Carpenter movie. The creature design was ok but you expect more when you go to see a prequel made almost 30 years later. There is nothing even close to the head that sprouts legs and eye stalks in the '82 movie. Overall, the movie lacked anything memorable, it just filled in the missing information. The best part by far are the scenes during the ending credits. That very last scene is footage straight from the Carpenter movie if anyone didn't notice. I've pretty much concluded that the modern state of FX will never be able to rekindle the mastery of the likes of Rob Bottin, Stan Winston, etc. The hands-on type of FX is being supplanted by CGI to the point that it's probably becoming unfeasible to pursue the craft of real-world FX werks when the studios are fixated on graphics. This 'Thing' was supposed to be hanlded by the crew that did "Slither", but from the comments, I'm guessing they decided to follow the FX-Jone's in the industry. That's sad. Since we have the movie channel, I guess I'll just wait for it to be broadcast. I was hoping it'd be worth the trip to the theater. 
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Do you know what was John Carpenter's idea?? Have you read this somewhere?? Not sure if this is what suprshootr was talking about, but this is from Wiki: In 2004, John Carpenter said in an Empire magazine interview[26] that he has a story idea for The Thing II, which centers around the two surviving characters, MacReady and Childs. However, Carpenter felt that due to the higher price associated with his fee, Universal Studios will not pursue his storyline. Carpenter indicated that he would be able to secure both Kurt Russell and Keith David for the sequel. In his story, Carpenter would explain the age difference of the actors between the two installments by having frostbite on their face due to the elements until rescued. The assumption of the sequel would rely on a radio signal being successfully transmitted by Windows before Blair destroyed the communications room. Thus, after the explosion of the base camp, the rescue team would arrive and find MacReady and Childs still alive. Carpenter has not disclosed any other details.
Yes, this is it. I’m thinking if this prequel makes enough money, a sequel with John Carpenter involved might be green lighted. If Carpenter is in charge I am in.
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I just realized I missed this opening when I was in CA. it has ALREADY left local theatres, having been replaced by useless stuff like PussNBoots. There isn't a single movie currently playing that i want to see. I am irked. Guess its a Netflix night. You too? I was planning on going this weekend... not one fucking theater... and not just within 10-15 miles... I like closer to 50-60 miles. Nothing. I'm so pissed. Is there really anything in the theaters right now? |
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