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Pointless

posted 9 years ago by Cinnamental
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The Thing is a classic. There is absolutely no point in remaking it. That's like remaking Gone With the Wind or something. I won't ever watch this remake.

[–] Tom_Rocks 9 years ago

LOL, it's Not a REMAKE!
This Movie is a PREQUEL, it takes place 3 Days BEFORE the John Carpenter movie.

[–] jwm19622011 9 years ago

Which itself WAS A REMAKE!

Some people NEVER learn do they?

[–] TalesfromTheCryptfan 8 years ago

Actually Jwm, not quite! The Thing and The Thing from Another World are 2 very completely different films and are dissimilar to each other, actually Carpenter's The Thing is actually another adaptation of the 1938 novel and more true to the spirit of it, The Thing from Another World was just a typical 50's monster film was a very loose adaptation.

Now The Blob is a real remake since it is based on a motion picture produced earlier and an original screenplay.

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[–] sean-van-der-smythe 8 years ago

Piss off, film snob. Just as a classic computer game remade with better graphics is enjoyable to many people so too is a classic film remade with better effects (or in some cases updated to the modern era). If you want to impress people with your affected sophistication, go and do it on the Casablanca and Sunset Boulevard message boards.

[–] [deleted] a year ago

Based.

[–] elwyn5150 8 years ago

You could download it for free and judge for yourself.

(It's bad in many ways but still entertaining.)

[–] [deleted] a year ago

The Thing from Another World (1951) is a classic. There is absolutely no point in remaking it. That's like remaking Gone With the Wind or something. I won't ever watch this 1982 remake.