They are making a prequel to The Thing.

Roy Johnson · Post by **Roy Johnson** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 11:10 pm

Tommy Bunz wrote:I've been making my way through the first season of the X Files recently and the 8th episode is an awesome homage/ripoff of The Thing.
Episode is called Ice if anyone wants to track it down and watch it.

The first four seasons of the X-Files are fucking awesome, and that "Ice" episode is a great one. It would crack my top 20 list of X-Files episodes, which is saying something. Have you seen "Darkness Falls" yet? That's probably my all-time favorite.

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 11:46 pm

I only sporadically watched the show during its initial run, maybe 1/4 of the episodes maybe as a guesstimate. Looking at the wiki page for that episode I don't think I've seen it. I'll be getting to it very soon though.

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:06 am

Gregg Popabitch · Post by **Gregg Popabitch** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 12:32 pm

Roy Johnson wrote:
Tommy Bunz wrote:I've been making my way through the first season of the X Files recently and the 8th episode is an awesome homage/ripoff of The Thing.
Episode is called Ice if anyone wants to track it down and watch it.
The first four seasons of the X-Files are fucking awesome, and that "Ice" episode is a great one. It would crack my top 20 list of X-Files episodes, which is saying something. Have you seen "Darkness Falls" yet? That's probably my all-time favorite.

oh shit, we're talking about x-files?

my favorite episodes (i forgot the name of a lot of the episodes):

-The Rashomon episode....i forget the name of the episode
-Paper Hearts
-The episode about the psychic killer
-The episode where everyone in the town used to work for the circus
-X-Cops
-The episode about Minor League baseball in the 40's.
-Darkness Falls
-Jose Chung's from outer space
-The Inbreeding episode
-Finale of Season 2 and the first few episodes of Season 3.

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 12:50 pm

I'm actually about 2/3 through season 2 now...so good. Really loved the Scully abduction episodes and the John Locke cameo and the one where Ari Gold's wife is a possible vampire were pretty cool too.

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 12:53 pm

I liked the ones with Horace Pinker as Agent Skinner.

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 4:07 pm

Trailer added. Don't think it'll remain online for long.

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drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 4:17 pm

not really feeling the cliched plucky female scientist lead or the equally cliched gruff maverick scientist who fucks it up for everybody or the explicit visual references to the original or what looked like explicit nods to alien

lol at 'millions of people may die', especially when compared to the computer simulation sequence in the og

but i'll reserve judgement and i'm still curious to see it

Gregg Popabitch · Post by **Gregg Popabitch** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 4:22 pm

I forgot that Amy Elizabeth Winestead was supposed to be in this.

hopefully it doesn't disappoint.

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 4:43 pm

Definitely looks like they turned it into a run-of-the-mill horror movie with lots of jump scares and people panting.
Trailers can be deceiving though.

dilla7 · Post by **dilla7** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 11:59 am

Fuck This Movie

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 2:12 pm

I like how they thought putting something about the Dawn of the Dead remake on the poster would get me stoked.

Gregg Popabitch · Post by **Gregg Popabitch** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 2:30 pm

the dawn of the dead remake isn't as good as the original, but it definitely wasn't a piece of shit.

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 2:34 pm

Gregg Popabitch wrote:the dawn of the dead remake isn't as good as the original, but it definitely wasn't a piece of shit.

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:05 pm

To be fair, the day I saw the remake in the theater, my life was in shambles. A potential reviewing is in order.

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 7:41 pm

Not exactly going to be a surprise ending.

I've been highly skeptical of this from the beginning, all I hope is that it's not a total abomination.

dilla7 · Post by **dilla7** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:04 pm

The Thing's Theme Park Attraction opening the same day as the movie so let me get this straight instead of working with the original director to make a sequel nope but u do a half ass cough remake' prequel for a theme park ride
instead fucking fans over yes i know there a video game and it money when u mess up a classic and if ur remaking y does it seem that theyre using some of the same scenes as the original doesnt suppose to be it own this dont need to be remade for a fucking theme park ride im sorry it personal im a fucking fan this comes out one day my birthday too fuck this movie fuck universal

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:54 am

dilla7 wrote:The Thing's Theme Park Attraction opening the same day as the movie so let me get this straight instead of working with the original director to make a sequel nope but u do a half ass cough remake' prequel for a theme park ride
instead fucking fans over yes i know there a video game and it money when u mess up a classic and if ur remaking y does it seem that theyre using some of the same scenes as the original doesnt suppose to be it own this dont need to be remade for a fucking theme park ride im sorry it personal im a fucking fan this comes out one day my birthday too fuck this movie fuck universal and fuck commas and fuck this adderol its not working at alli i dont feel shti urgghhhhayyyyaaahhhhhaaawooooooooooooooooooooo

alpha · Post by **alpha** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:03 am

can a playa get some punctuation next time?

Trademark · Post by **Trademark** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 8:07 am

I can't tell if this is a prequel or remake, some things are different and others are exactly the same...

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 9:03 am

dilla7 wrote:The Thing's Theme Park Attraction opening the same day as the movie so let me get this straight instead of working with the original director to make a sequel nope but u do a half ass cough remake' prequel for a theme park ride
instead fucking fans over yes i know there a video game and it money when u mess up a classic and if ur remaking y does it seem that theyre using some of the same scenes as the original doesnt suppose to be it own this dont need to be remade for a fucking theme park ride im sorry it personal im a fucking fan this comes out one day my birthday too fuck this movie fuck universal

Gregg Popabitch · Post by **Gregg Popabitch** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:10 pm

lol @ drizz and bunz

wow that sounds gay

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 5:09 pm

Clip (SPOILER WARNING)
http://link.brightcove.com/services/pla ... 6783940001

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:02 pm

Red band trailer

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Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:39 pm

dilla7 wrote:The Thing's Theme Park Attraction opening the same day as the movie so let me get this straight instead of working with the original director to make a sequel nope but u do a half ass cough remake' prequel for a theme park ride
instead fucking fans over yes i know there a video game and it money when u mess up a classic and if ur remaking y does it seem that theyre using some of the same scenes as the original doesnt suppose to be it own this dont need to be remade for a fucking theme park ride im sorry it personal im a fucking fan this comes out one day my birthday too fuck this movie fuck universal

Anyways, dilla is spazzing out over nothing, the "theme park" is nothing but a maze attraction Universal Studios is putting up for their annual Halloween Horrors event they do every year (they basically turn the whole park into a haunted house attraction) and sounds pretty cool.

Guests will find themselves in a series of face-to-face encounters with גThe Thing,ג an alien creature that can transform itself into an exact replica of any living being. גThe Thingג maze will recreate the spine-chilling suspense from the film, confronting guests with the paranoia and fear that comes from being trapped inside the filmגs Antarctic Thule station. The shape-shifting alien could be anywhere or anything. Will they survive?
Eerily authentic, גThe Thingג maze will feature elaborately designed and disturbingly real alien creatures and sets. They will match the filmגs terrifying intensity and provoke both a memorable and disturbing experience. Universalגs theme parks have partnered with the filmגs producers, Strike Entertainmentגs Marc Abraham and Eric Newman (Dawn of the Dead) to create an experience that is authentic to the film. The sets, audio, musical score, creature and character references are all based on the thriller.
גWe want people to live the film and experience the same terror that affects the filmגs characters,ג said Newman. גOur collaboration with Universalגs creative teams brought the vision of the film to life. Weגre excited for Halloween Horror Nights guests to experience גThe Thingג in this frighteningly real way.ג

Second, I'm going to be in Orlando visiting one of my honeydips the weekend the movie opens so we'll probably go check this thing out.

H.E. · Post by **H.E.** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 6:27 am

Watched this the other day.

Predictable story, poor CGI and badass, bearded norwegians. Like expected, I guess.

perfectprism · Post by **perfectprism** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 11:38 pm

If you have half an hour-45 minutes to kill, then read Peter Watts - "The Things"

http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/watts_01_10/

I'd never seen "The Thing" before (always wanted to), but felt like I had to after I read this. I dled it and watched it, and then went back to the story intending to skim through and find the "a-ha" parts...and ended up reading the whole thing again because it's so fucking good. I'd imagine anyone who is a fan of "The Thing" will get quite a kick/thrill out of it. If in doubt, just read the first couple pages and you'll be hooked.

tldr: check out this super creepy and incredibly detailed and believable retelling of "The Thing" from the Thing's perspective

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 6:39 pm

Awful film.

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:55 pm

Spartan wrote:Awful film.

this sucks. but thanks, was so close to picking this up. will netflix it now.

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:10 pm

jamrage wrote: a total abomination.