Hamishmash Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 A trailer and poster has been released for "The Thing" prequel and it doesn't look half bad. http://www.slashfilm.com/the-thing-trailer-poster/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+slashfilm+%28%2FFilm%29&utm_content=Google+Reader Seemingly dormant since appearing at the New York Comic Con last year, Universal’s prequel to John Carpenter’s The Thing has started to show signs of life this week. A teaser poster arrived (see below) and now there is a trailer. The movie tells the tale of an ill-fated Norwegian research camp that dug up a shapeshifting alien something in the permafrost of Antarctica, as seen in the early scenes of John Carpenter’s movie. It stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Eric Christian Olsen, Joel Edgerton, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ulrich Thomsen, Kim Bubbs, Trond Espen Seim, Stig Henrik Hoff, Jonathan Walker, and Carsten Bjørnlund and was directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. As far as prequels go this isn't SUCH a bad idea. It's not like in other films where we see the backstory of the characters, which is almost always dull and should have stayed as "backstory". If you've seen the original "The Thing" (as in... the original REMAKE as we all know this is the prequel TO a remake of "The Thing From Another World") then you'll probably have thought "Oh my god, what happened to those people and that space ship" etc. I think also that if people haven't seen the original, they won't feel like they're missing anything... It seems new enough to them. My worry is that "The Thing" really hasn't dated that much. Like I saw it in the cinema recently and the special effects in it are still gruesome and exciting. From what we can see in the trailer is that there will be practical effects which is good... I can't imagine them topping what has gone before and therefore, I can't help but feel people will leave the cinema feeling satisfied. But whatevs. Mary Elizabeth Winstead is still cool, channelling Jodie Foster a bit there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kav Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 I'll be watching this, I love The Thing! Great film! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Looks incredibly samey, which could be it's downfall. I really want this movie to be awesome and I'll be seeing it on day one of release, just can't shake the feeling it will suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamishmash Posted July 17, 2011 Author Share Posted July 17, 2011 Yeah, I get the feeling that it won't be insulting the brand name at all, it'll just be forgettable and if people want to watch a movie about a shape-shifting alien in a snowy science base... why not just watch the John Carpenter's version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Dare Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 I just...argh. Even if it's good, it'll be shit. To me, the sequence at the Norwegian base in the original is perfect - without a word it tells you everything you'll ever want or need to know about what happened there. a prequel is essentially pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Less is more, right? It's a little more horrible to leave it all up to interpretation. Leaves you slightly edgy about what the hell the Americans are dealing with. Very good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Dare Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Exactly. It's bloody amazing - you can literally track the series of events start to finish as they walk end to end through the base too. Fiendishly clever bit of film, it is. So yeah- the trailer actually looks pretty good. Potentially decent thriller in the make there but the story has already been told to perfection. Without even being told, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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