So it's been cast with a large majority of Norwegians actors and a possible female lead. English subtitles and a director that knows the fans will skin him alive if he even comes close to ruining Carpenter's movie.
What can go wrong?
oh just for giggles I'm story boarding a deleted scene from the first movie for a film critics blog. Here's three panels so far. gallery.me.com/kevin164#100188&bgcolor=black&view=grid
The Thing Prequel.
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oh yeah..i forgot that the last of the Norwiegians were chasing the dog ans shot one of the US camp guys in the leg.Loremaster wrote:The film will end with someone yelling "shoot that dog!".
I was thinking a good ending would have been the thing absorbing the last dog, transforming, and then the camera slow zooming into the Dogs eye until nothing but pupil was left then you hear, as you said "Skudd det Hunden tidligere den blir fjerne!!!" basically translated to Shoot the dog before it gets away!!!
Roll Credits.
I wont see this in the theater but looking forward to bluray/DVD. the last horror flick i saw in the theater was the newer Texas chainsaw massacre with Jessica Biel. man..my wife almost jumped literally through the back of her seat.
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^^Sounds good to me. The last I heard Carpenter was thinking of making a sequel. The idea of a prequel is tantalising to say the least.
Druids gather at the circle of stones,
To worship the ancient ones.
In the glow of a dying red sun,
Their rites of evil have only just begun...
Electric Wizard - Black Butterfly
To worship the ancient ones.
In the glow of a dying red sun,
Their rites of evil have only just begun...
Electric Wizard - Black Butterfly
If it's made in the spirit of a '70s or '80's horror flick, it has potential to be great. If it's done in the style of most American horror films of the last fifteen years, it'll just be a wasted opportunity. I look forward to a Lassie style climax of a dog running for freedom...
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^^Ahaha!
"Go Lassie, go find Timmy! Good girl! Oh my god, are those Alaskan crab legs??? Oh well, at least she found Timmy...Ah, christ, her head split open! Jesus, whats that foul ichor she's spraying him with???"
And then, one of the best parts of the original for me...
"Mummy, is...is that flower made out of dog tongues???"
"Go Lassie, go find Timmy! Good girl! Oh my god, are those Alaskan crab legs??? Oh well, at least she found Timmy...Ah, christ, her head split open! Jesus, whats that foul ichor she's spraying him with???"
And then, one of the best parts of the original for me...
"Mummy, is...is that flower made out of dog tongues???"
Druids gather at the circle of stones,
To worship the ancient ones.
In the glow of a dying red sun,
Their rites of evil have only just begun...
Electric Wizard - Black Butterfly
To worship the ancient ones.
In the glow of a dying red sun,
Their rites of evil have only just begun...
Electric Wizard - Black Butterfly
Totally unnecessary.
The Thing is a timeless, nearly perfect film. Why tamper with it?
The Thing is a timeless, nearly perfect film. Why tamper with it?
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To make money.Cail wrote:Totally unnecessary.
The Thing is a timeless, nearly perfect film. Why tamper with it?
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^Agreed. I look at these things like special features on a DVD. If its cool, sweet. If its not, no loss. It might be tampering if it was a remake or a sequel with Kurt Russell and Keith David acting. But then, i'd still go see that. Its not going to ruin my impression of the first film.
Druids gather at the circle of stones,
To worship the ancient ones.
In the glow of a dying red sun,
Their rites of evil have only just begun...
Electric Wizard - Black Butterfly
To worship the ancient ones.
In the glow of a dying red sun,
Their rites of evil have only just begun...
Electric Wizard - Black Butterfly
No, it doesn't do anything to the first film. But because I love the film so much, I'll see this, and it'll piss me off.
Just like those awful AvP movies.
Just like those awful AvP movies.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Ah yes. Fair enough. I still remember the feeling I had walking out of the 1st AVP film. I still haven't seen the second for that reason. Why bother?
Druids gather at the circle of stones,
To worship the ancient ones.
In the glow of a dying red sun,
Their rites of evil have only just begun...
Electric Wizard - Black Butterfly
To worship the ancient ones.
In the glow of a dying red sun,
Their rites of evil have only just begun...
Electric Wizard - Black Butterfly
Cail wrote:No, it doesn't do anything to the first film. But because I love the film so much, I'll see this, and it'll piss me off.
Just like those awful AvP movies.
I love predator..loved Alien and seeing predator 2 I knew AvP was going to happen eventually when i saw an Alien skull on the wall when Glover entered the Predators Ship. (not to mention the Games) I think seeing that Skull on the wall in P2 was more exiting than the entire AvP movie was. didnt much care for Pred 2 either though, it was good but nothing compared to the first.
The Thing was a great movie and agree that if the prequel or part 2 are made they have GIANT shoes to fill.
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Re: The Thing Prequel.
Pretty cool, thanks for showing us.Kevin164 wrote:oh just for giggles I'm story boarding a deleted scene from the first movie for a film critics blog. Here's three panels so far. gallery.me.com/kevin164#100188&bgcolor=black&view=grid
That's what they said about the short story "Who Goes There?" before Carpenter made "The Thing".Cail wrote:Totally unnecessary.
The Thing is a timeless, nearly perfect film. Why tamper with it?
(OK, I don't think "they" said that, but I'm just saying that sometimes a new version of a good thing can also be a good thing. However, I do feel that a sequel would be bad - the somewhat ambiguous ending of the original would be ruined with any kind of resolution, I think. Frankly, I prefer the ending "they were both human and they both froze to death and that was the end of that" better than anything that could inspire a sequel.).
By the way, I never played the PS2 game "The Thing" (and have heard rather bad things about it from those who have) but both Starcraft and Warcraft III had fairly good custom games based on it.