The Thing 2011 Remake
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Topic: The Thing 2011 Remake
Posted By: mAce
Subject: The Thing 2011 Remake
Date Posted: 26 November 2011 at 8:50pm
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Watched it this morning. The original is just too good, I can't think of a remake that beats the original, even when you put nostalgia aside. |
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Posted By: A Evans
Date Posted: 26 November 2011 at 8:58pm
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Heat was better than L.A. Takedown?
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 27 November 2011 at 4:09pm
over rated in my opinion |
A Evans wrote:Posted By: dr_martinov
Date Posted: 27 November 2011 at 4:26pm
| I thought the remake of Dawn of the Dead was amazing at the time. |
Posted By: KID A
Date Posted: 27 November 2011 at 4:59pm
Casino Royale? |
Posted By: SA14
Date Posted: 27 November 2011 at 5:07pm
| I suppose it depends which you see first. |
Posted By: lofty evans
Date Posted: 27 November 2011 at 9:05pm
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The original Thing film was ground breaking and superb. ------------- In 1972, Roy Bergiers scored that try and said "that was for you lofty" "All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us" |
Posted By: Sam Cheese
Date Posted: 27 November 2011 at 11:13pm
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It's a prequel, isn't it? Not a remake? ------------- You will know the vengeance of the Lord Humungus! I promise you... nobody... nobody... gets out of here alive! |
Posted By: dr_martinov
Date Posted: 29 November 2011 at 10:17pm
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And (I've just found out) The Thing (1982) is actually a remake of The Thing from Another World (1951) anyway! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_from_Another_World - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_from_Another_World
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Posted By: Sam Cheese
Date Posted: 30 November 2011 at 10:29am
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Incorrect Dr M. As SFevers preeminent sci-fi pedant, I think you'll find "The Thing" is not a remake of "Thing From Another World". Both are films based on a short story called "Who Goes There" by John W Campbell. ------------- You will know the vengeance of the Lord Humungus! I promise you... nobody... nobody... gets out of here alive! |
Posted By: Keithd
Date Posted: 30 November 2011 at 11:12am
| I hope they don't ever try and do a remake of Zulu. It's a classic film and stand's the test of time. |
Posted By: dr_martinov
Date Posted: 30 November 2011 at 11:49am
Point taken (I'll read Wikipedia more carefully next time  ). Even so, it means "The Thing (1982)" is the second film to be based upon the same story and to be known by the same title - the same criteria that have been applied within this thread to dub the most recent film a "remake".Nomenclature aside, I think SA14 said it best - it often depends on what film you've seen first. If you watch a remake (or the original after the remake) then you will always be comparing it to the other. I watched the more recent Dawn of the Dead first, for example, and didn't think the original was that good. I can completely understand people with the opposite viewing order having a different opinion. |
Posted By: Sam Cheese
Date Posted: 30 November 2011 at 12:37pm
Sadly, I didn't need to read Wikipedia to know about "Who Goes There". The useless sci-fi fact was already in my brain. God help me. ------------- You will know the vengeance of the Lord Humungus! I promise you... nobody... nobody... gets out of here alive! |
Posted By: SMELLYMIKE
Date Posted: 30 November 2011 at 12:55pm
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Some one should make a film of the 1966 nebulae awards story, behold the man....... That would cause a bit of uproar ------------- I am only responsible for what I say. Not for what you understand |
Posted By: mAce
Date Posted: 30 November 2011 at 12:58pm
Behold the man was 1967...
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Posted By: lofty evans
Date Posted: 30 November 2011 at 1:15pm
 ------------- In 1972, Roy Bergiers scored that try and said "that was for you lofty" "All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us" |
Posted By: dr_martinov
Date Posted: 30 November 2011 at 2:12pm
It's good knowledge. Be a useful addition to any pub quiz team.
 Dunno what my speciality would be... Red Dwarf and science, probably. |
Posted By: Mrfwon
Date Posted: 30 November 2011 at 2:31pm
 It would be a political correctness field day!!!  ------------- Scarlets!!! |