I first got wind of this new version a few weeks ago. The Carpenter classic (oops, my bad; I spelled it 'Cameron' in my earlier post) was on telly - had been on for over an hour actually. As it had been ages since I'd seen it, I thought I'd refresh my memory via the wikipedia entry, and when I saw one of those disambiguation things for The Thing (2011) my heart sank, as I imagine yours did when you first heard of it. It was when I checked up on it that I found it was going to be a prequel. This is the first time I saw the trailer though.
Interestingly enough, I learned that in 2004, John Carpenter himself had revealed how he might pull off a sequel using the original cast - at least, the two still standing at the end. He would have used the idea of extreme frostbite to explain the rather advanced ages.
Interestingly enough, I learned that in 2004, John Carpenter himself had revealed how he might pull off a sequel using the original cast - at least, the two still standing at the end. He would have used the idea of extreme frostbite to explain the rather advanced ages.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
