It Was exactly 30 years ago yesterday (June 25) that John Carpenter's The Thing arrived on Us screens.
As it happens, that turned out to be a good date for sci-fi classics. Ridley Scott's Blade Runner also had its Us release on that same day in 1982.
Neither film did that well at the time, with some scathing reviews and disappointing ticket sales. The Thing opened at No8 in the box office charts and Blade Runner at No2, as both were eclipsed by the continued popularity of Spielberg's more uplifting, family-friendly alien adventure E.T the Extra-Terrestrial which had launched two weeks earlier.
But each has gained status over the years and in 2011, Matthijs van Heijningen Jr directed a prequel to The Thing that is now out on DVD and Blu-ray.
Exactly three decades after Carpenter's original, guest writer Adam Dolan takes a look at this latest revisit to the franchise to...
As it happens, that turned out to be a good date for sci-fi classics. Ridley Scott's Blade Runner also had its Us release on that same day in 1982.
Neither film did that well at the time, with some scathing reviews and disappointing ticket sales. The Thing opened at No8 in the box office charts and Blade Runner at No2, as both were eclipsed by the continued popularity of Spielberg's more uplifting, family-friendly alien adventure E.T the Extra-Terrestrial which had launched two weeks earlier.
But each has gained status over the years and in 2011, Matthijs van Heijningen Jr directed a prequel to The Thing that is now out on DVD and Blu-ray.
Exactly three decades after Carpenter's original, guest writer Adam Dolan takes a look at this latest revisit to the franchise to...
- 6/26/2012
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
The Thing
Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje | Written By Eric Heisserer | Directed By Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
Though it has the same name, this 2011 film titled The Thing is a prequel to the 1982 film, showing the events leading up to the beginning of the John Carpenter original, but for the most part it manages to do all right as it’s own film. I’ve never seen the original film, nor do I know much about it, but I managed to enjoy it.
The Thing follows a group of American and Norwegian scientists as they discover an alien buried deep in the ice of Antarctica. Before they get the chance to study it, the ‘Thing’ escapes, and starts imitating people, hiding inside their bodies till it attacks, and starting off a series of murders and fights between the aliens and the humans.
Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje | Written By Eric Heisserer | Directed By Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
Though it has the same name, this 2011 film titled The Thing is a prequel to the 1982 film, showing the events leading up to the beginning of the John Carpenter original, but for the most part it manages to do all right as it’s own film. I’ve never seen the original film, nor do I know much about it, but I managed to enjoy it.
The Thing follows a group of American and Norwegian scientists as they discover an alien buried deep in the ice of Antarctica. Before they get the chance to study it, the ‘Thing’ escapes, and starts imitating people, hiding inside their bodies till it attacks, and starting off a series of murders and fights between the aliens and the humans.
- 3/21/2012
- by Maahin
- Nerdly
In going back in time to tell the story of what happened before the fateful early moments of John Carpenter’s The Thing Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. had an already high mark to overcome and the prequel with the same name certain;y succeeded in keeping many of the same visual and thematic flavours of the 1982 film,
With the DVD and Blu-ray out next Monday we’ve been given a look at two of the special features to be included on the disc and fans of the bodyhorror within will enjoy the look at how the creature was created in some of its nastier forms and there’s also a deleted scene for you.
As you’d expect there’s some nasty stuff here, so consider this a Nsfw warning thing.
The Thing Evolves – DVD special feature
Deleted Scene – That’s not Karl…...
With the DVD and Blu-ray out next Monday we’ve been given a look at two of the special features to be included on the disc and fans of the bodyhorror within will enjoy the look at how the creature was created in some of its nastier forms and there’s also a deleted scene for you.
As you’d expect there’s some nasty stuff here, so consider this a Nsfw warning thing.
The Thing Evolves – DVD special feature
Deleted Scene – That’s not Karl…...
- 3/16/2012
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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