The original "The Thing" was good, but Carpenter did a fantastic job in his remake. I haven't read the original story it came from, but i've been told Carpenter actually kept truer to the original story than the old movie.
On Oct 27, 3:33 am, william perry <[email protected]> wrote: > Personally, I thought "The Thing" remake was better than the original. > > B > > On 10/26/09 9:05 PM, "cat" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Chris Spitler wrote: > >> Cool! I love the original film. Is there a remake in the works? > > > I kind of hope not. I have pitched a remake a few times but never got > > enough interest. The original is such a product of the times, no cell > > phones or super tech to fight the ants which is why my plan was to > > basically do a genuine remake set in the time of the original just with > > updated effects. To set it in the present (which was what all the > > studios wanted) would cut the heart out of it and make it another > > disastrous piece of junk, like all the remakes of period films have been > > so far. > > > cat- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
