Noooooooooo. They've made a remake of my favourite sci-fi film The Thing

[El Presidente]

The ultimate dilemma, I saw the original at the cinema, on VHS, DVD and Blu-Ray.

Watching a remake will be like seeing a former girlfriend with another bloke, but wondering if her tits still look as perky.

 

[MattBackHome]

Yep - it turns out thet NOTHING is sacred.

I'm not completely averse to such remakes incidentally - generally they are easy enough to avoid - but agree with the sentiment wholeheartedly.

 

[Falmer Flutter ©]

Prequel isn't it? But, yes, they shouldn't be touching an absolute classic.

 

[Washie]

Prequel isn't it? But, yes, they shouldn't be touching an absolute classic.

yes, it is a sequal

 

[Surrey_Albion]

Bollocks, my work computer is blocking it, what film are you talking about?

 

[drew]

Are you talking about the Kurt Russell film directed by John Carpenter because if you are, wasn't that a remake itself?

 

[Market Porter]

"You gotta be fuckin' kidding"

 

[TheBlueAndWhiteStrips]

Yes its a prequel, detailing events leading up to the Kurt Russell film.

 

[Surrey_Albion]

Oh haha no one going to say the title are they lol, Didnt K.russell and J Carpenter do a few films together??, come on someone fill me in

 

[Normal Rob]

Are you talking about the Kurt Russell film directed by John Carpenter because if you are, wasn't that a remake itself?

yup

 

[Tooting Gull]

The ultimate dilemma, I saw the original at the cinema, on VHS, DVD and Blu-Ray.

Watching a remake will be like seeing a former girlfriend with another bloke, but wondering if her tits still look as perky.

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I feel your pain. I felt exactly the same way about The Omen, and The Wicker Man. Why tamper?

 

[Twinkle Toes]

I wouldn't be surprised if they brought the title up to date too. Will they plump for The Fing or The T'ing though?

 

[Albumen]

It looks shit and I wont be watching it. I argue that 'The Thing' wasn't a remake.
Carpenters classic (up there with Blade Runner and Alien as great Sci Fi thriller/horror) was better than the 'Thing From Another World' as it was an adaptation from the novella "Who Goes There?" (1938). The 1951 Christian Nyby film shifted the story from the Antarctic to the Arctic and from a shape shifting alien to some tall impenetrable alien. Carpenter didn't remake it, he just made the film of the book. And what a f***ing film. I saw it at the Dukes 2 years ago and it was glorious.

 

[dannyboy]

It's the story of what happens at the Norwegian camp before the thing escapes as a dog to the American camp . Loved both previous versions . Well up for this too

 

[Buzzer]

The original starred John Carradine if I recall correctly. A bit cheesy with a crap ending. Bit of a leitmotif for his son's life

 

[fire&skill]

I remember watching the Kurt Russell one pissed out of my head in The Escape Club. That was an uncomfortable night's sleep, I tell 'ee . . .