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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.

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I liked the original Thing with James Arness.

I can’t stand movies in which a bad creature can assume the looks and identity of anyone so I didn’t much like the 1982 film though it was well acted.

Won’t be seeing this one.

And, whoever’s whining about movie threads, don’t go on them. I love movies and I love movie threads.