[Old Retired Army Guy]

I believe the original film “The Thing” was filmed back in the early fifties and the 1982 version was the first remake.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

This new movie is a prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 remake, starring Kurt Russell (as chopper pilot McReady). I'm a big fan of that film, which begins with a "Thing" assimilated dog fleeing to American Outpost 31 from the nearby Norwegian research station. When McReady investigates the station, he finds it completely destroyed, along with the corpses of the Norwegian scientists, and soon after, the alien ship itself.

One of the mysteries of the 1982 film is what happened to the Norwegians and how did they find the Thing. This prequel covers that and should be quite interesting.

[Vaquero]

absolutely....and the late great Jim Arness played the Man-Carrot.

a better movie than the 1982 flick...

[corkoman]

Creature in ice block from 1951 movie. Arness was the creature. Not a bad flick. 1981 version was so creepy good I cant beleive they are doing it again. Gotta see it though.

[tlb]

>>> I believe the original film “The Thing” was filmed back in the early fifties and the 1982 version was the first remake.

Not a remake per se. Both films based on the same story but the Howard Hawks movie took great liberties. John Carpenter stuck fairly close to John Campbell’s ideas.

This seems much more the remake.

[Rummyfan]

I believe the original film “The Thing” was filmed back in the early fifties ...

The original was produced by Howard Hawks and featured the trademark rapid-fire dialogue typical of Hawks' films. Pretty much a no-name cast although a pre-Gunsmoke James Arness played The Thing. One of my all-time favorite sci-fi films, from the fifties or any other era for that matter.

As for the 1982 version.... the first ten minutes were great but it devolved into a special-effects extravaganza.