The Thing (2011)

MacGuffin · July 14, 2011, 05:57:08 PM

Trailer

Release Date: October 14th, 2011 (wide)

Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Jonathan Walker, Kim Bubbs

Directed by: Matthijs Van Heijningen

Premise: Paleontologist Kate Lloyd has traveled to the desolate region for the expedition of her lifetime. Joining a Norwegian scientific team that has stumbled across an extraterrestrial ship buried in the ice, she discovers an organism that seems to have died in the crash eons ago. But it is about to wake up.

Stefen · July 14, 2011, 06:06:19 PM

Finally what appears to be a good horror remake.

Who's the director? Never heard of him.

Jeremy Blackman · July 14, 2011, 06:07:58 PM

Looks a bit like .

polkablues · July 14, 2011, 06:17:17 PM

Quote from: Jeremy Blackman on July 14, 2011, 06:07:58 PM
Looks a bit like .

Which looked a bit like .

Reel · July 14, 2011, 06:18:50 PM

Quote from: S.R. on July 14, 2011, 06:06:19 PM
Finally what appears to be a good horror remake.

The Thing (1982) is a good enough horror remake. KILL THIS NOISE!

polkablues · July 14, 2011, 06:29:15 PM

No no no no no.

You were supposed to say:

Quote from: Reelist on July 14, 2011, 06:18:50 PM
Which looked a bit like .

To which I would have responded:

Quote from: polkablues on July 14, 2011, 06:17:17 PM
Which looked a bit like .

But you ruined it.

Stefen · July 14, 2011, 06:40:10 PM

Fuck. That hasn't happened in awhile.

Jeremy Blackman · July 14, 2011, 06:44:25 PM

Dang it, I thought I deleted that post. I forgot that that X-Files episode was a ripoff of something and didn't realize it was this. Many X-Files episodes borrow from movies or are heavy homages to movies (like "Monday"), but this one is pretty blatant... and underlines some of the underlying weaknesses of the season. (Season 1 also had the worse X-Files episode ever made, "Space.")

polkablues · July 14, 2011, 06:56:21 PM

Coincidentally, I'm actually watching "Monday" as I type this. I've been catching up on the whole series over the last couple months.

And the worst episode of the series is "The Field Where I Died". Nothing else even comes close.

Quote from: S.R. on July 14, 2011, 06:40:10 PM
Fuck. That hasn't happened in awhile.

Bwahahaha. By the way, you just lost The Game.

squints · July 14, 2011, 07:40:22 PM

Now, Carpenter's Thing (lol!) is one of my favorite movies ever. This really upsets me. There's no possible way this is going to be as good as or even close to the '82 Thing.

What I would've like to have seen, and the first part of the trailer gave me hope that this might be the case but that was quickly shot down, is a prequel to the Carpenter Thing which would end right as the '82 film began, which woulda been great...but alas....

Sleepless · July 14, 2011, 09:04:28 PM

Quote from: polkablues on July 14, 2011, 06:56:21 PM
Coincidentally, I'm actually watching "Monday" as I type this. I've been catching up on the whole series over the last couple months.

And the worst episode of the series is "The Field Where I Died". Nothing else even comes close.

Hell no. It might not be to everyone's taste, but TFWID is a classic. This is the worst X-Files episode. Period.

polkablues · July 14, 2011, 09:06:26 PM

Quote from: Sleepless on July 14, 2011, 09:04:28 PM
Hell no. It might not be to everyone's taste, but TFWID is a classic.

We can't be friends anymore.

socketlevel · July 21, 2011, 02:16:59 PM

This looks promising. The director is obviously a fan of the film making from the original. A lot of camera angles, set pieces and parts of the score ooze their way into this trailer. i'm excited :D I felt Moricone and Carpenter while watching it.

Great poster too.

This might be the best remake however:

no joke, there is so much love in this. all the time and focus put in it, amazing.

diggler · July 21, 2011, 02:54:56 PM

ewww, there are girls in it.