Comments on: ‘The Thing’ Remake Grabs Mary Elizabeth Winstead & Joel Edgerton http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2010/02/08/the-thing-remake-grabs-mary-elizabeth-winstead-joel-edgerton/ Stuff by geeks, about geeks, for geeks. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lauren http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2010/02/08/the-thing-remake-grabs-mary-elizabeth-winstead-joel-edgerton/comment-page-1/#comment-1160674 Lauren Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:18:54 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=41304#comment-1160674 Since when was the second Star Wars prequel called "The Clone Wars"? For shame Geeks of Doom! 8D I actually don't mind this being a remake. I loved the original, I loved the Kurt Russell version. I would have preferred a prequel explaining what happened to the Norwegian research team or a sequel showing what happened next but a remake will do, just so long as they do justice to the films that preceeded it. Since when was the second Star Wars prequel called “The Clone Wars”? For shame Geeks of Doom! 8D

I actually don’t mind this being a remake. I loved the original, I loved the Kurt Russell version. I would have preferred a prequel explaining what happened to the Norwegian research team or a sequel showing what happened next but a remake will do, just so long as they do justice to the films that preceeded it.

]]> By: burning_chrome http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2010/02/08/the-thing-remake-grabs-mary-elizabeth-winstead-joel-edgerton/comment-page-1/#comment-1160476 burning_chrome Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:19:10 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=41304#comment-1160476 Simply because Hollywood execs decided to use stereotypical protagonists doesn't automatically the new movie as a re-make. Besides, in the case of The Thing, how could you possibly write the prequel any differently to set it apart from Carpenter's version? Alien monster crash-lands, gets frozen, gets thawed, and starts killing ASAP. What? Benevolent unfrozen alien willing to share in the secrets of the universe with mankind thaws out and watches the Twilight movies and decides that it would just be better to end it all for everyone's sake? Simply because Hollywood execs decided to use stereotypical protagonists doesn’t automatically the new movie as a re-make.

Besides, in the case of The Thing, how could you possibly write the prequel any differently to set it apart from Carpenter’s version? Alien monster crash-lands, gets frozen, gets thawed, and starts killing ASAP. What? Benevolent unfrozen alien willing to share in the secrets of the universe with mankind thaws out and watches the Twilight movies and decides that it would just be better to end it all for everyone’s sake?

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