The Thing prequel
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Clutch
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CB2001
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That's kind of the way I always thought about it. When it thaws from the ice it looks like whatever thing it last assimilated.
Clutch
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That would have worked if there wasn't the hesitation in the video at the start of the 'thing'.
CB2001
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I saw it. Not going to lie, but it's actually kind of.... ok? I didn't walk out of it hating it. I certainly didn't walk out of it loving it. And there were a lot of moments where my theories on how the Thing worked weren't contradicted.
Some say that the Thing in this movie doesn't act like the thing from Carpenter's version. I'm not totally convinced since the Thing in from that movie movie made a lot of questionable decisions like revealing itself through Norris when McReady has a flame thrower ready to go.
When I was watching the scene where the Thing reveals itself in the helicopter, one of my theories about how the Thing works came up again. What if the Thing NEEDS to assimilate in order to survive? Does it starve and die out if it doesn't assimilate? It's the only logical conclusion I can come up with that explains why the Norris thing came out when it could have just easily passed off as dead. Might also explain why it would want to freeze itself rather than wait till rescue arrives.
Some say that the Thing in this movie doesn't act like the thing from Carpenter's version. I'm not totally convinced since the Thing in from that movie movie made a lot of questionable decisions like revealing itself through Norris when McReady has a flame thrower ready to go.
When I was watching the scene where the Thing reveals itself in the helicopter, one of my theories about how the Thing works came up again. What if the Thing NEEDS to assimilate in order to survive? Does it starve and die out if it doesn't assimilate? It's the only logical conclusion I can come up with that explains why the Norris thing came out when it could have just easily passed off as dead. Might also explain why it would want to freeze itself rather than wait till rescue arrives.
just came back from seeing it. I liked it. it wasn't perfect...but the direction was good and not over the top. The script could have used a few more new ideas. The Thing was good. Some of the close-ups revealed the snow to look like styrofoam cornflakes. i didn't feel the "ending" was satisfying enough, before they go into what we already know from the first film. It's a good popcorn flick and copanion peice to the orig. 6.5 outta 10.
JD
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I saw it and pretty much got what I expected... an hour and a half escape with a few shocks and scares along the way. It was pretty straight forward and if you saw the original... well, you saw a pretty good blueprint of what this movie is.
Like Jeyl said, it was ok... you don't hate, you don't love it. Although, he has a lot more thought about it (the new one and the original) than I do. I didn't try to link the two movies too much (in all honesty, it's been a long time since I've seen the original all the way through - I did try to watch it a month or so ago but fell asleep watching due to working the night the before).
I do remember the original being a lot more tense and scary than this one. But, I am older... and well, things just don't scare me as easy anymore.
Like Jeyl said, it was ok... you don't hate, you don't love it. Although, he has a lot more thought about it (the new one and the original) than I do. I didn't try to link the two movies too much (in all honesty, it's been a long time since I've seen the original all the way through - I did try to watch it a month or so ago but fell asleep watching due to working the night the before).
I do remember the original being a lot more tense and scary than this one. But, I am older... and well, things just don't scare me as easy anymore.
CB2001
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It could be possible that the reason why the Thing in the prequel isn't doing some of the actions we've seen in Carpenter's Thing is because the events at the Norwegian camp was the first encounter it had with any human beings, ever. Since the Thing continues to retain memories, it's possible that it learned what it did wrong and became more cautious when it came across Outpost #31 (which explains why it waited hours until it was locked alone with the dogs at Outpost #31 before it attempted to assimilate any living creatures in Carpenter's film: because it learned that a straightforward assimilation didn't work as well when it came to humans). I'm just tossing that out there, as I haven't seen the film yet. But it makes sense in continuity wise.
ConvergencePro
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My theory on the Noris thing is that it didn't handle being electrocuted to well. Theres not much that takes an electric jolt to the face too well so My guess is that it was attempting to defend itself at that point
Tan Djarka
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I concur. It did not suck. Funny thing though... Not only did it tie into the original perfectly, it still left itself open for a sequel. Crazy.
KnightAsylum
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The original (82) version is one of my top 10 films and I really liked this prequel. They did a great job with it, even the small details like the axe stuck in the wall the Mac ducks past in the original you get to see get stuck into the wall here chopping a thing piece up. It was those little details that only really matter to fans of the original that I appreciated. Hard to make a film connect to such an old and much loved movie as the original 82 version, I think they did the best job they could have, and really like it.:thumbsup
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