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"The Thing:" fuggetaboutit. Just go see the Kurt Russell one again since the

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story essentially is unchanged. And Kurt is a dynamic hero far beyond the feminine stand-in that is kind of the heroine of the remake (prequel? not on your life.... it's identically plotted, for chrissakes!). That's one of the problems with this film, no standout characters, including in the lead--- the woman isn't the center until the very end and her personality isn't clearly defined, a la Kurt's in the '82 film. In this one, the guys at the remote site are Norwegians. Like some poor war films, the guys aren't individualized. They're all bearded, given no personality defining scenes.
At some point, will Hollywood just stop making remakes that flounder? What a singular lack of imagination on the part of writers, producers. Pathetic effort.

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The problem is as a prequel it has to be EXACTLY like the 1982 version . . . - mr grits 17:49:26 10/30/11 (2)
in order to be able to pass the same creature to the Americans.

Prequel = Remake = Prequel
- Got that. But there was NO inventiveness in how the creature worked. No directorial flare. No characters with - tinear 08:09:40 10/31/11 (1)
  any.... character to care about. The suspense quotient was zero. The crowd was silent throughout the film. Anyhow, they got my money. I feel cheap, dirty, used.
  - Gotch on that....I guess it was for the next generation viewer. * - mr grits 09:08:31 10/31/11 (0)
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