Maybe it's just me, but I think it's kind of funny everyone is so opposed to a remake of John Carpenter's "The Thing". The reason I think it's funny is that John Carpenter's "The Thing" was a remake itself of the movie "The Thing from Another World".
The Irredeemable Shag http://onceuponageek.com On Dec 5, 12:54 pm, BossHog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 'They Live' is a classic piece of film making. I saw the film in the > theater (Cineplex not Broadway... though a musical version would be > AWESOME!) when it first came out. The thing I remember most about the > movie is the alleyway fight and how ridiculously long and drawn out it > was - good stuff though. > > The story on the surface is a good (if not fairly basic) one - so I am > okay with a treatment that would do the story justice. > > Thing remake = Fail! > > On Dec 4, 2:06 pm, "Cary Preston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > A redo of "They Live" is in the works from the producer that was > > responsible for "Children of Men" (great movie if you haven't seen > > it). While I enjoyed the original's cheesy goodness, it does strike me > > as a movie that would really benefit from better production and some > > artistic license with the script. > > The article later mentions a possible remake that would be akin to > > sacrilege- The Thing. Leave that one alone, you putzes. It has held up > > to the test of time remarkably well, and I honestly don't see how it > > could be improved on. > > >http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i5a49... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" 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/theuniquegeek?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
