Don't know about yall, but THIS is worth paying to see. The Thing trailer

I may see it in the theatre but I'm not sure yet. There seems to be a lot of confusion over this film since a lot of sources keep calling it a "remake" but it's in fact a prequel.

Well, it IS pretty stupid to have a prequel with the same name as the original! However, they're not the first to do it. A very successful one came out just 2 years ago...Star Trek!



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Yeah using the same title is dumb from an artistic perspective but they obviously did it for marketing reasons. Name recognition!

I'm hoping to go see it in theater. My wife and I watched the original Carpenter movie other night since it's been a while.
There's a story leading up to the original movie, with the Norwegians(?) finding the ship and then having their run in. Their story ends at the start of the first Carpenter movie.

Haven't see the actual original in so long that I can't remember anything except for the resolution at the end. I wonder if they will tie that in somehow too?

It's a REMAKE. Nothing to do with prequels, sequels, or other quels. Kurt Russells part turned to a hottie chick, same location, base, story, MONSTER, etc. Not rocket science, just good science fiction.

Incorrect. It's a prequel.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0905372/

From the link,

"The producers convinced Universal Studios to allow them to create a prequel to John Carpenter's The Thing instead of a remake, as they felt Carpenter's film was already perfect, so making a remake would be like "painting a mustache on the Mona Lisa". However, the prequel still has the title of the original film, because they couldn't think of a subtitle (for example, "The Thing: Begins") that sounded good."

No, I think he realizes that it's technically a remake. It's just that it's the same story, monster, paranoia about who's a monster and who isn't....etc. Kind of feel the same way. Just getting some more mileage out of it. I'll see it, but when I can rent it.

It's NOT the same story. This new film will cover events that LEAD UP to where the story starts in the John Carpenter film.

That's like saying "Gods & Generals" is a remake of "Gettysburg".

I loved the first film. Looking forward to this one. Thanks fir the heads up.