A few days ago they finally published the first official trailer for "The Thing" (2011), the prequel to John Carpenter's "The Thing" (1982), IMO the best fucking horror movie of all time.
Well, I won't beat around the bush: I hate it. I totally hate this trailer. It looks unoriginal and bland, we get to some lame CGI and we get to hear a cheap imitation of Morricone's score.
I'd say, I hate the trailer as much as I hate everything about this pointless and completely unnecessary movie.
I mean, come on:
although it's a prequel, they didn't call it "The Thing II: The Beginning" or "The Thing: Origins" or even "The Thing Zero" - no, they just called it "The Thing", the worst title they could come up because "The Thing" makes it look like a simple remake.
Worst of all:
the trailer doesn't make it look like it's a prequel either. It actually looks like a lame remake or rip-off.
Here are a few examples of scenes, things and shots from both movies that are/look quite similar to each other:
1982: Norwegian helicopter flying to the US camp.
2011: US helicopter flying to the Norwegian camp.
1982: Doggy Dogg in a cage.
2011: Another Doggy Dogg in cage.
1982: Kurt Russell lighting a flare.
2011: Some guy lighting a flare.
1982: Kurt Russell burning the shit out of The Thing.
2011: Mary Elizabeth Winstead probably burning the shit out of The Thing.
. 1982: US recreation room.
2011: Norwegian recreation room
1982: Bloody messes on the table.
2011: Some kinda alien-cockroach on the table.
1982: A guy called Windows.
2011: A guy that looks like that guy called Windows.
1982: Nice black guy.
2011: Another (probably) nice black guy.
1982: Awesome-looking title.
2011: Not-so-awesome-looking title.
Well, it DID bomb at the box office
and I ended up extremely disappointed.
Here's the review.
Here's the review.
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I guess I was half-impressed by the trailer because I had absolutely zero expectations of it. I agree that it doesn't look like a prequal at all but simply a remake; in which case what's the fecking point? John Carpenter's The Thing is a classic that should not be tampered with. Of course I'll probably end up going to see it, because it honestly doesn't look as bad as I'd imagined.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe they did this movie, but like you, I hope it turns out better than the trailer lets on. I know they shot it in the exact same location as Carpenter and even took the measurements of the Norwegian camp wreckage for reconstruction.
ReplyDelete@Russ:
ReplyDeleteoh, how right you are. Just don't mess with John Carpenter. You can't win.
@Melissa:
Well, it MUST be better than this trailer, otherwise I go and sue the hell out of them ;)
LOL. That's a hilarious and very original post, Harry. Good job. It seems like this is going to be either something like a shot-by-shot remake, or one lacking in imagination :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, I put a lot of work into this post. :)
ReplyDeleteWhatever it's going to be, it's definitely a pointless and unnecessary movie.
I don't know whether you have seen the film or not yet, but I just have. Although remaking JC's classic 1982 version is completely unnecessary, I thought is was quite good actually! I'll put my review up soon.
ReplyDeletenot yet, probably January next year. Excited for your review!
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