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Daverat — 16 years ago(June 02, 2009 10:23 AM)

" by - ThoughtProcess on Wed Apr 8 2009 00:07:29
Which was an offshoot of John Carpenter's "The Thing.""
"by - VelvetStrokes on Fri May 29 2009 19:15:42
Which was a rip-off of Hawk's "The Thing from Another World.""

A legitimate remake is not a rip off.

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dukovni2000 — 16 years ago(September 22, 2009 08:47 PM)

thaz right. they chose a remake cause they ran out ideas for a film.

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alesisqs61 — 16 years ago(September 22, 2009 08:56 PM)

But actually.. John Carpenter's The Thing more resembled the original novella than The Thing from Another World so it's really not even a remake.it's a different translation of the same novella.a better one at that.
I heard there's to be a prequel to John Carpenter's version though.it will suck I'm sure.
http://www.vimeo.com/1986276
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horrorshowmovie — 16 years ago(September 23, 2009 06:23 PM)

to be fair, even if this idea has been done a million times, it could still be a good movie
Do I think it will be a good movie? definitely not, but it's possible

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jeffscsr — 16 years ago(September 25, 2009 08:13 PM)

nice one nagumo and the others who corrected that idiot.
the thing is not a remake

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alesisqs61 — 16 years ago(September 27, 2009 03:44 AM)

I'm watching it now and so far it's entertaining and suspensful enough. Sure it's not John Carpenter's The Thingbut what is?
It's a different take thoughnothing takes over your bodyyou simply get this bug and die from it, it's just very deadly and contagious.
http://www.vimeo.com/1986276
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M24 — 16 years ago(October 02, 2009 02:28 AM)

I agree with alesisqs61 it's not bad and just like a different take on the thing. I'm assuming it was low budget so I think they did a prety good job. Creepy and i liked the sets, very "thing" like. Not the kind of movie i'd pay to see at the cinema but a cheap rental

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daveleary7 — 16 years ago(September 27, 2009 01:51 PM)

oh who gives a toss if an idea has been done before or not. I think you will be pretty hard pushed to find something totally new that no1 else hasnt done in someway or another.

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TheBeardedWonder — 16 years ago(September 28, 2009 07:51 PM)

Exactly. As long as it's done well again, who cares? Everything is a semi ripoff of something else, which itself was a semi ripoff.
Unfortunately, this was just a bad movie. They didn't improve upon anything nor present anything new. Just weak in about every way
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