When I watched the prequel (which I actually quite like as a companion piece), it unsettled me to think that the crew at Outpost 31 were going about their normal business, completely unaware of what would soon be coming their way.
Did anyone else find this? Thinking about the crew playing snooker, drinking beer, watching TV, all while utter carnage is happening a few miles away?
Yup. This movie gets so much hate, but I loved seeing it in the theaters.
The ending scene with the credits and the original music was just an awesome way to end it, and link it to Carpenter's classic. 😀
"You are alone, child. There is only darkness for you, and only death for your people."
excellent movie
shareI unfortunatly hate the movie.
Too much CGI and horrible characters.
I'm glad you enjoyed it though.
Best scene was the ending with the little nod to the 1982 version.
I'd agree on both counts - the CGI looked out of place and the characters were unmemorable. I still think it's a sold companion piece to Carpenter's front runner.
shareyes was set up well
share*SPOILERS*
The thing that creeped me out most in the prequel was Juliette's transformation and attack on Kate. The Thing was literally exploding out of her body while Juliette had a very shocked and agonized look on her face at the same time! It was as if she still had her regular (and obviously dead) consciousness still alive and aware of what was happening to her. How freakin' horrible is that?!
To me, the creepiest thing about the prequel was the fact that such a pathetically unoriginal excuse for a film was made to begin with, together with the fact that it was even taken seriously by so many people. Some good films have halfway decent prequels or sequels attached to them. The Thing isn't one of them. All you really get in the movie is a lot of screaming, bad CGI effects, and a spinoff of Alien's Ripley premise where the young sexy girl is the only smart and competent character among a bunch of older male morons, hysterics, and incompetents.
shareNot a fan then...
shareBoom! This. You hit the nail on the head.
Semper Tyrannus
The credit sequence neutralises any goodwill the rather perfunctory sequel might have garnered up to that point that it started segueing into JC's The Thing. It just reminds you that a far superior movie is about to begin.
I almost wish that that credits sequence was longer, and made a little bit more sense, since the pilot does not really receive the motivation for going after the dog with a grenade as depicted at the beginning of JC's the Thing. They could have stretched it out a little more to show this hapless guy show and getting press-ganged into hunting this dog, probably petrified that Lars is going to shoot him if he doesn't.
"Who can't use the Force now?! I can still use the Force!" - Yarael Poof
I almost wish that that credits sequence was longer, and made a little bit more sense, since the pilot does not really receive the motivation for going after the dog with a grenade as depicted at the beginning of JC's the Thing.Agreed. The rage the pilot is showing in the 82 film implies he had an intense, and perhaps a prolonged encounter with the alien back at the Norwegian camp.
The sprequel's awful.
An entirely wasted opportunity.
No tension, no originality, no inspiration.
Why did the creature -- apart from the obvious opportunity to show off some CGI -- always reveal itself prior to attempting an attack?
Why all the tentacles? When you compare these to the head-spider or Blair's hand-in-face it's just tame and easy.
Getting thinged should be fast, nasty and inventive.