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So The Thing wasn't good by fabio 10/16/2011, 3:00pm PDT

  • Start to overdone CGI: 2 minutes

  • Start to character saying, "Let me get this straight.": 15 minutes

  • Number of "Let me get this straight" exposition repetitions: 3

  • Who would want to see a movie with a bunch of foreign dudes? Add in some Americans and chicks.

  • Screeching violins to artificially add tension

  • "Tense" scene punctuated by a character yelling "boo!"

  • "Tense" scenes where the monster is about to get a character, only to disappear so it can wait for the character to breath a sigh of relief before loud music signals it to jump out again.

  • "I guess it gets cold in Antarctica. Better have the characters wear hats half the time." -LA native

  • Deciding to lock two suspected aliens in a shed, despite witnessing an alien effortlessly burst through a roof earlier.


There is a scene that goes like this almost word for word:


OUTPOST LEADER
We're getting out of here in the vehicles.

SCIENTIST CHICK
We can't split up. Do you want to be alone in a vehicle with it? Vulnerable? That's just what it wants.

DUDE
So what do we do?

SCIENTIST CHICK
Split up. You come with me to disable the vehicles.



Only 20% of the movie is about the paranoia of wondering who's an alien. The rest is a generic horror movie of people running away from CGI monsters, with the beginning and ending cribbed straight from Aliens vs Predator.

The whole point of the original was the audience not having the complete picture and the characters acting intelligently based on what they knew at the moment. Here they try to Gus Van Sant copy some scenes from the original, but there's no tension because it's just the characters playing catch up to what the audience already knows to scenes that have already happened . The characters not only learn about the shapeshifting early on, but also come up with a simple fool proof alien test. Every following crises is a result of their own stupidity.
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So The Thing wasn't good by fabio 10/16/2011, 3:00pm PDT NEW
    Rewatched the original last night. by Fullofkittens 10/16/2011, 3:56pm PDT NEW
        First of all, it wasn't EVEN the original. *pushes glasses up nose* by Bodybag 10/16/2011, 6:03pm PDT NEW
        Re: Rewatched the original last night. by fabio 10/16/2011, 6:16pm PDT NEW
            *nose glasses* the 1982 score was by Ennio Morricone. (spoilers) by Fullofkittens 10/20/2011, 11:07am PDT NEW
                Re: *nose glasses* the 1982 score was by Ennio Morricone. (spoilers) by fabio 10/20/2011, 12:41pm PDT NEW
        I had a comparative lit/film class that covered "The Thing" by Roop 10/17/2011, 3:41pm PDT NEW
        Like most terrible modern movie trends, I place this blame squarely on Michael B by ay -fabio 06/02/2012, 2:18pm PDT NEW
            Blame the Brady Bunch movie instead. by Mischief Maker 06/02/2012, 8:22pm PDT NEW
                I'm going to take your word by fabio 06/03/2012, 1:53am PDT NEW
                Every superhero movie origin story refutes your post NT by Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) 06/03/2012, 6:36pm PDT NEW
            Like most terrible modern movie trends, I place this blame squarely on Michael B by Ice Cream Jonsey 01/28/2013, 8:25pm PST NEW
                (Watching The Thing 1982 because of the snow showers tonight.) by Ice Cream Jonsey 01/28/2013, 8:27pm PST NEW
                Re: Like most terrible modern movie trends, I place this blame squarely on M by fabio 01/28/2013, 10:57pm PST NEW
                    Will do. Some other thoughts: by Ice Cream Jonsey 01/29/2013, 7:42am PST NEW
                I, too, can recommend China Syndrome. NT by Eurotrash 01/28/2013, 11:43pm PST NEW
            I just started watching Falling Skies and then stopped forever by Rafiki 02/10/2013, 2:25pm PST NEW
                My parents recently got into the prime time post apocalyptic phase by fabio 02/10/2013, 5:07pm PST NEW
                I thought the 2010 remake of The Crazies was pretty good in this regard. by Jerry Whorebach 02/11/2013, 11:31pm PST NEW
                    Well let me be the contrarian here. by Mischief Maker 02/12/2013, 8:55am PST NEW
                        Re: Well let me be the contrarian here. by fabio 02/12/2013, 10:41am PST NEW
                            Re: Well let me be the contrarian here. by Fullofkittens 02/12/2013, 12:04pm PST NEW
                                Re: Well let me be the contrarian here. by fabio 02/12/2013, 3:54pm PST NEW
                            I imagine the Zombie Apocalypse will be followed by the Friendly Fire Apocalypse by laudablepuss 02/12/2013, 8:35pm PST NEW
                            Re: Well let me be the contrarian here. by Mischief Maker 02/12/2013, 9:03pm PST NEW
    Re: So The Thing wasn't good by motherfuckerfoodeater 10/17/2011, 12:21pm PDT NEW
        I hope this isn't sarcastic by Art 101 10/17/2011, 7:03pm PDT NEW
    Apparently they had practical effects all set to go by fabio 12/17/2011, 8:07am PST NEW
        World-class practical effects, and they're not in the movie? Seriously? NT by Eurotrash 12/18/2011, 12:00am PST NEW
        Re: Apparently they had practical effects all set to go by Mischief IP Necromancer 01/17/2012, 9:09am PST NEW
            Finally saw it. Not great, but I enjoyed it. by Eurotrash 05/21/2012, 12:15am PDT NEW
    Re: So The Thing wasn't good by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/22/2011, 8:52pm PST NEW
        green lantern is worse by jeep 12/22/2011, 9:49pm PST NEW
            An hour in and it's OK. It's bad, but better than The Thing redux by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/22/2011, 10:02pm PST NEW
                Re: An hour in and it's OK. It's bad, but better than The Thing redux by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/21/2012, 7:22am PDT NEW
    The remake that should have been made has been made. by Fullofkitttens 01/04/2012, 8:27am PST NEW
        Motherfucker, I was JUST coming here to post this. >:( NT by Last 01/11/2012, 9:45am PST NEW
    The pros' opinion by fabio 02/05/2013, 11:51pm PST NEW
 
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