"I take every failure hard. The one I took the hardest was The Thing. My career would have been different if that had been a big hit...The movie was hated. Even by science-fiction fans. They thought that I had betrayed some kind of trust, and the piling on was insane. Even the original movie’s director, Christian Nyby, was dissing me." -John Carpenter on the reception of The Thing
I disagree.
It became an underground hit afterward and those bastards back then didn't know what the **** they were talking about. Look at some of the horror movies that came out in 1982.
* A Stranger Is Watching
* Alone in the Dark
* Amityville II: The Possession
* Basket Case
* Blood Link
* Blood Song
* Blood Tide
* Cat People
* Creepshow
* Curse of the Cannibal Confederates
* Dark Sanity
* Deadly Eyes
* Deadly Games
* Death Valley
* Demon Seed
* Don't Go In the Woods...Alone!
* Don't Go to Sleep
* Don't Look in the Attic
* Endangered Species
* Friday the 13th Part 3
* Great White
* Honeymoon Horror
* Hospital Massacre
* House of Death
* Humongous
* Madman
* Manhattan Baby
* Midnight
* Next of Kin
* Nightbeast
* Parasite
* Poltergeist
* Q: The Winged Serpent
* Revenge in the House of Usher
* Rottweiler: Dogs of Hell
* Satan's Baby Doll
* Scorpion with Two Tails
* Slumber Party Massacre
* Superstition
* Swamp Thing
* Tenebre
* The Beast Within
* The Dorm That Dripped Blood
* The Forest
* The House Where Evil Dwells
* The Killing Hour
* The Living Dead Girl
* The New York Ripper
* The Sender
* The Slayer
* The Thing
* Time Walker
* Unhinged
* Visiting Hours
* White Dog
* Whodunit
Originally posted by Robtard
It became an underground hit afterward and those bastards back then didn't know what the **** they were talking about. Look at some of the horror movies that came out in 1982.* A Stranger Is Watching
* Alone in the Dark
* Amityville II: The Possession
* Basket Case
* Blood Link
* Blood Song
* Blood Tide
* Cat People
* Creepshow
* Curse of the Cannibal Confederates
* Dark Sanity
* Deadly Eyes
* Deadly Games
* Death Valley
* Demon Seed
* Don't Go In the Woods...Alone!
* Don't Go to Sleep
* Don't Look in the Attic
* Endangered Species
* Friday the 13th Part 3
* Great White
* Honeymoon Horror
* Hospital Massacre
* House of Death
* Humongous
* Madman
* Manhattan Baby
* Midnight
* Next of Kin
* Nightbeast
* Parasite
* Poltergeist
* Q: The Winged Serpent
* Revenge in the House of Usher
* Rottweiler: Dogs of Hell
* Satan's Baby Doll
* Scorpion with Two Tails
* Slumber Party Massacre
* Superstition
* Swamp Thing
* Tenebre
* The Beast Within
* The Dorm That Dripped Blood
* The Forest
* The House Where Evil Dwells
* The Killing Hour
* The Living Dead Girl
* The New York Ripper
* The Sender
* The Slayer
* The Thing
* Time Walker
* Unhinged
* Visiting Hours
* White Dog
* Whodunit
Check the release dates. Many of those films were released earlier than 1982.
There's word now the release date is being shifted; another 'Fast And Furious' film is being put into that April 29 slot (I couldn't give a f*ck about that franchise), leaving The Thing without a release date, right now.
I dislike how they're going to center it on Americans.
Personally I'd be interested if they made it in Norweigan with subtitles, maybe even film it like a kind of documentary.
I think I know how it ends, the leading lady sacrifices herself somehow while those two guys take off in the helicopter to kill the Thing and fail miserably because apparently Norweigans can't shoot for shit and don't understand grenades. 😛
That's actually something that bothered me about the opening scene...how did two guys who were so horrible with guns and explosives survive to the end and force the Thing to run away?
Originally posted by Omega Vision
I dislike how they're going to center it on Americans.Personally I'd be interested if they made it in Norweigan with subtitles, maybe even film it like a kind of documentary.
Ummmmmmm 🤨
They are going to center it on the Norweigans, Don't know where you got the idea its gonna another remake.
Trailer is online: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=79822
Trailer makes it seem more like a remake than a prequel. I wonder if that is why they are just sticking with the exact same title.
If they are staying consistent with the first movie, then they have to have a few characters who don't speak English, because they are the ones who show up at the American base, shooting at the Thing disguised as a dog.
And not everyone has to die. If Mary Elizabeth Winstead survives but isn't present at the camp, maybe making it to another base and hearing later what happened at the American base, that can work.
Originally posted by Omega Vision
It seems like the three principal characters are American...Didn't say remake. Where did you read 'remake' in my post?
Well from the way you were describing it
"I dislike how they're going to center it on Americans.
Personally I'd be interested if they made it in Norweigan with subtitles"
Originally posted by Impediment
"I take every failure hard. The one I took the hardest was The Thing. My career would have been different if that had been a big hit...The movie was hated. Even by science-fiction fans. They thought that I had betrayed some kind of trust, and the piling on was insane. Even the original movie’s director, Christian Nyby, was dissing me." -John Carpenter on the reception of The ThingI disagree.
Me too. I don't know why I left it long to see this but it was tense, scary and the way it ended was one of its strengths. The creature effects were just jaw-dropping, really gave the actors a lot of help - they looked scared, very scared.
The X-Files did an episode very similar to The Thing... 'Ice' season 1. Very good.
Originally posted by Lord Shadow Z
Me too. I don't know why I left it long to see this but it was tense, scary and the way it ended was one of its strengths. The creature effects were just jaw-dropping, really gave the actors a lot of help - they looked scared, very scared.The X-Files did an episode very similar to The Thing... 'Ice' season 1. Very good.
Probably my favorite X-Files episode (though I haven't seen the whole series, probably only 20 episodes)
Originally posted by Omega Vision
I dislike how they're going to center it on Americans.Personally I'd be interested if they made it in Norweigan with subtitles, maybe even film it like a kind of documentary.
I think I know how it ends, the leading lady sacrifices herself somehow while those two guys take off in the helicopter to kill the Thing and fail miserably because apparently Norweigans can't shoot for shit and don't understand grenades. 😛
To answer the thread, I agree with Omega Vision but its not really that bad to include a few different nationalities (with the only problem being you know they aren't going to make it; if it is a definite prequel) as long as there's no Brit guy who screws up somehow...
Brit Guy: 'Yes, dear fellow, just let the alien organism slide around for a bit...wouldn't hurt right?'
Arrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhh *cue violent death*
😆
To all the people complaining about them including a female and a few freelance Americans at the Norwegian camp -
The filmmakers are likely keeping in mind how poorly the first film did, financially and critically. It may seem like pandering to the audience to get a female or two in here, but principles didn't bring the first film any success back in 1982. They are just trying to encourage audience appeal.
Originally posted by roughrider
The filmmakers are likely keeping in mind how poorly the first film did, financially and critically. It may seem like pandering to the audience to get a female or two in here, but principles didn't bring the first film any success back in 1982. They are just trying to encourage audience appeal.
Granted, but because The Thing is popular now and often referenced when talking about sci-fi/horror classics the prequel could be done solely with Norwegians (or actors playing Norwegians) and still work and generate interest.
Like I said, I don't have a major problem with it but I can see how other people can when The Thing is clear that it was a group of secluded Norwegian scientists so dropping a few other nationalities is a bit strange. Including a woman doesn't make a difference at all, I'll give you that.