The Thing...

strobe

It's on ITV4 right now.

First: Ennio Morricone was (is?) a fukking genius.

Second: Man they don't make atmospheric chillers even close to this any more.

patch

It's pure class right enough.
There's a prequel on the way soon.
Bound to mess it up though!

KilOit

Won't get a better horror than this, hard to believe it's 28 years old it has aged so well.

sxt

Great movie ,I wonder how it compares to the original...

Magic Eight Ball

sxt wrote: »

Great movie ,I wonder how it compares to the original...

As good as 'The Thing from Another World' is, Carpenter's remake is superior in both over all story and tension.
The original is well worth a watch though.

MagicMarker

For those finished watching this, Invasion of the Body Snatchers is just starting on Living +1

candy-gal1

savage movie, anyone watch arachnaphobia last night?

patch

candy-gal1 wrote: »

savage movie, anyone watch arachnaphobia last night?

Great movie also!
The amount of suspense it builds up is pure class.

krudler

Love The Thing, once the 80's ended John Carpenter seemed to lose all his talent, from this, Escape From New York, Big Trouble In Little China to Ghosts of Mars and Vampires, eugh, the man needs to work with Kurt Russell again.

Noffles

The Thing.. what a class movie, I remember when it was releassed and there was a right commotion about the effects in it... t's such a class movie.. and repeat viewing is easy!

the_monkey

It is a fantastic movie, and would recommend the blu ray, great transfer.

So this prequel , I guess that will be about the Norwegians who discover it ??

Sir Gallagher

krudler wrote: »

Love The Thing, once the 80's ended John Carpenter seemed to lose all his talent, from this, Escape From New York, Big Trouble In Little China to Ghosts of Mars and Vampires, eugh, the man needs to work with Kurt Russell again.

And vice versa!

pixelburp

the_monkey wrote: »

It is a fantastic movie, and would recommend the blu ray, great transfer.

So this prequel , I guess that will be about the Norwegians who discover it ??

Yup, the movie charts what happens at that first base when the Norwegian team discovers the alien. Rather than start a new thread, I'm just dredging up this one again to point out some details of the prequel have been eeking out.

Apparently a first trailer / footage has been screened at Comic-Con which is taking place at the moment (so I guess we'll soon get the cameraphone version):

http://io9.com/5659890/first-thing-prequel-footage-cracks-open-the-alien-ice-block

I'm not sold on the idea of having a young woman in the cast (even if it's my current movie crush, Ms. Winstead). Part of why the original worked so well was the tension created by an older, all-male cast. Also: how exactly will the prequel end?

With the remaining two survivors - who are Norwegian - chasing the dog? Or getting shot? Will we see remastered footage of Carpenter's base perhaps?

Oh and there's no suffix on this movie yet; it's still just known as "The Thing" so technically this is the right forum

ebbsy

John's version is absolutely superb. Could they do better with a remake ?
Unlikely.

pixelburp

ebbsy wrote: »

John's version is absolutely superb. Could they do better with a remake ?
Unlikely.

Superb, bar silly stuff like the handy computer that just so happened to calculate the rate of worldwide infection by an alien virus - I love 80s movie computers, they were so daft

But yes it's unlikely to be stupendous, but perhaps the film makes should take a leaf out of the book of "Predators", which despite being fairly mediocre, was still a worthy addition to the Predator mythology and franchise. So long as the tone & atmosphere is right, the rest should follow.

GarH

I think they should make a sequel.
There is a pretty good graphic novel sequel which has Mac floating on some ice after the events and he gets picked up by a submarine.

pixelburp

GarH wrote: »

I think they should make a sequel.
There is a pretty good graphic novel sequel which has Mac floating on some ice after the events and he gets picked up by a submarine.

They did make a sequel - as a videogame - and it was woeful.

You played a generic soldier fellow sent to investigate the base's destruction. Hilarity ensues.

GarH

Aye. I know about the game sequel. But I blanked it out of my mind 'cause it was so awful.
Thanks for reminding me
Now I must drink copious amounts of al-key-hol to make me forget again

Raekwon

krudler wrote: »

Love The Thing

That sounds like a cheesy 80's porno spin-off of The Thing

But seriously this is one of my all time favourite films, the atmosphere and score are absolutely brilliant and it's one of those rare films that can be watched over and over without losing any of it's appeal.

I would actually loved to have been able to have seen this in the cinema when it was released, I'd say it was absolutely terrifying going in not knowing much about it this film then sitting through

the likes of the blood test scene.

grimm2005

I saw this for the first time about a year ago in cineworld as one of their classic screenings. pretty much ordered the bluray straight away after. Brilliant film and infinitely better than pretty much all of the sh!te horror films released nowadays.

I would actually loved to have been able to have seen this in the cinema when it was released, I'd say it was absolutely terrifying going in not knowing much about it this film then sitting through

the likes of the blood test scene.

I pretty much knew nothing about the film going in except that it was a famous '80s horror film!

pixelburp

And sure enough, a shakey-cam version was taken (and then promptly taken down), so I suspect an official version might be on the way:

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/46981

Otis Driftwood

Classic movie from a legendary director.I dread to think what any prequel/sequel would be like.One of the best things about this is the outstanding effects work by Greg Nicetero.Any new version will likely be chock full of CGI and I wouldnt be the least bit surprised if there would be some element of 3D gimmickry.Sigh.

Raekwon

grimm2005 wrote: »

I pretty much knew nothing about the film going in except that it was a famous '80s horror film!

I'd say that was one of the highlights of your cinematic year!

nedtheshed wrote:

Any new version will likely be chock full of CGI and I wouldnt be the least bit surprised if there would be some element of 3D gimmickry.Sigh.

I prey to God that they will leave 3-D out of this because it will probably suck anyway with severed heads with flailing tentacles diving from the screen :rolleyes:

This prequel film will combine practical effects and CGI to create The Thing, and the “Who do you trust” psychodrama will again be a prominent focus of the story.

The only saving grace with this movie is that aload of Norwegian actors will be playing the parts of the scientists (although none of them are the lead characters) and speaking their native tongue to give it some realism. But the sight of Mary Elizabeth Winstead donning a flame-thrower like a bad ass heroine didn't exactly inspire me with confidence, the last thing that we want is another 'Ripley' character in an alien movie.

Source

chin_grin

Wobbly shakey cam of the trailer released!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv9jp_l9qMY

Creature

nedtheshed wrote: »

Classic movie from a legendary director.I dread to think what any prequel/sequel would be like.One of the best things about this is the outstanding effects work by Greg Nicetero.Any new version will likely be chock full of CGI and I wouldnt be the least bit surprised if there would be some element of 3D gimmickry.Sigh.

It was Rob Bottin that did the work on the original.



After hearing about a supposed large cast of Norwegian actors and a decent portion of spoken Norwegian with English subtitles, my hopes have been raised slightly but I'm still pessimistic overall. I have no doubt that they'll find a way to make the lead actors survive even though we KNOW only two Norwegians make it.

Raekwon

Creature wrote: »

After hearing about a supposed large cast of Norwegian actors and a decent portion of spoken Norwegian with English subtitles, my hopes have been raised slightly but I'm still pessimistic overall. I have no doubt that they'll find a way to make the lead actors survive even though we KNOW only two Norwegians make it.

Same here, but if you look at the link I posted a few posts up you will see mainly photos of the lead actor & actress (Joel Edgerton & Mary Elizabeth Winstead) which is a bad sign IMO.

I'm going to hazarding a guess that in true BS Hollywood style they will probably be the last two survivors (even though in the 1982 movie two males survived until they meet the American scientists, a helicopter pilot and the husky sniper).

I have low expectations for this unfortunately.

Phony Scott

This looks like slightly promising news...

Here's an interesting tidbit for those following the development of the upcoming prequel to John Carpenter's The Thing. Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet just ran an article on the Norwegian cast members in which they drop a couple budget points. And according to them roughly fifteen million dollars of the seventy million total was spent creating the signature creature effects alone. Word is that most of the creature effects in the film are going to be practical models and animatronics and fifteen million will buy you a whole lot of those. In other words, expect a lot of Thing in The Thing.

http://twitchfilm.com/news/2010/10/how-much-did-it-cost-to-create-the-things-thing.php

Duggy747

What makes the The Thing so horrifying is the practical effects. No amount of CGI could ever come close to the freaky shìt from the original.

That bit with the guy's head coming off and sprouting legs still gets me. Eurgh!!!! The sound of those legs crackling out of his head............*SHUDDERS*

jaykhunter

Duggy747 wrote: »

What makes the The Thing so horrifying is the practical effects. No amount of CGI could ever come close to the freaky shìt from the original.

That bit with the guy's head coming off and sprouting legs still gets me. Eurgh!!!! The sound of those legs crackling out of his head............*SHUDDERS*

Couldn't agree more. No amount of weightless, graceful CGI or digital eyelash rendering can top the visceral gore and sheer awesomeness only real physical creatures can provide.

Otis Driftwood

That article bodes well.Could it be that the makers have realised that this movie simply cant be done with CGI creature effects?Heres hoping anyway.The use of practical effects will instantly elevate this movie.We shall see.

Sugarlumps

That was one of my favourite games on the ps2, it was brutally hard and on one particular section I was stuck for days.

pixelburp

That's encouraging news that they're using practical effects, but then given how ... gloopy the first movie's FX were, I doubt CGI could ever replicate that icky feeling.