Another Filme Re-make - " The Thing "

[TeeDee]

We'll , it could go either way I guess...the original is still pretty good for scarefest paranoia.

http://www.metacafe.com/thething/

 

[Bigfoot]

I'm not a big fan of remakes but I thought the first remake of this was better than the original. Why Hollywood is doing it again, I can only surmise they are aiming to make money out of a younger audience.

 

[demographic]

The original film was in black and white and personally I didn't like it.
The later John Carpenter film was far closer to the story written in 1938 by John W Campbell, called Who Goes There and I liked both the short story and the John Carpenter film.
Will see if the latest version is as good.

 

[sandbender]

I loved the first film (but I was quite young at the time) and the John Carpenter version is a classic, this prequel I'm less sure about, the reviewers I have read suggest that it a lot of things to make you jump, but that it is mostly a mess and not a particularly entertaining mess. I'll await a cheap DVD I think.

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Carpenter's version get's my vote..........his talent & low budget know how (plus Kurt Russell & his incredible hat) can't be bettered in my opinion..............

 

[TeeDee]

Ok it may not be true as its Wiki , but according to wiki

"The screenplay was written in 1981 by Bill Lancaster, son of Burt Lancaster."

 

[demographic]

Ok it may not be true as its Wiki , but according to wiki

"The screenplay was written in 1981 by Bill Lancaster, son of Burt Lancaster."

That's the screenplay, adapted from the short story by John W Campbell.

Read the book and about the only difference between it and the John Carpenter film is that in the book they had a plane and in the film it was a helicopter cos they hadn't invented helicopters when the book/short story was written.

Edit, more HERE.

 

[merrygold85]

John Carpenter's remake is an undeniable classic. However, from what I heard, this is not a remake. It's apparently about the Norwegians? from the camp that the dog escapes from at the start of that film. So it's a prequel apparently.

 

[Realbark]

Kurt russell was plenty scary enough for me

 

[santaman2000]

I'm not a big fan of remakes but I thought the first remake of this was better than the original...

Me either usually. But I've got to admit that I did enjoy the remakes of: "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and "Father of the Bride."

 

[rik_uk3]

Don't forget the original

http://stagevu.com/video/fverffhqfvbl

Carpenter's film is a classic and one of my very favourite films. The new one is a prequal so its in with a chance of being a good film in its own right; I'm looking forward to it.

 

[tiger stacker]

Will try and see it at somepoint. Never been able to sit through Kurt Sombereo Russells version, although as outfits go his bottle glued to his hand beats all hands.

 

[sandbender]

For fans of the John Carpenter film, the writer Peter Watts has penned a short story written from the perspective of 'the thing', it is available online here...

http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/watts_01_10/

Enjoy.

 

[Large Sack]

It might be a prequel in terms of the story, but there are definitely scenes in the film that are taken directly from Carpenters version.