The Thing ( 1982 )
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Sci-fi, Thriller
Plot ( just first part )
In 1982, an American Antarctic research station is alerted by gunfire and explosions. Pursued by a Norwegian helicopter, an Alaskan Malamute makes its way into the camp as the science station's crew looks on in confusion. Through reckless use of a thermal charge, the helicopter is destroyed and its pilot killed shortly after landing. The surviving passenger fires at the dog with a rifle, grazing Bennings (Peter Maloney), one of the American researchers. The passenger is subsequently shot and killed by Garry (Donald Moffat), the station commander. Not knowing what to make of the incident, the station crew adopts the dog.
Unable to contact the outside world via radio, helicopter pilot R.J. MacReady (Kurt Russell) and Dr. Copper (Richard Dysart) risk a flight to the Norwegian camp to find it destroyed, its personnel missing or dead. Finding evidence that the Norwegians had dug something out of the ice, the pair return to the station with the partially-burned remains of a hideous creature which bears some human features. An autopsy of the cadaver by Dr. Blair (Wilford Brimley) is inconclusive, save to find that the creature had what appeared to be a normal set of internal organs.
At Bennings' request, the station veterinarian, Clark (Richard Masur), kennels the stray with the rest of the station's sled dogs. Noises from the kennel cause Clark to return, finding almost the entire sled team in the process of being assimilated by the stray dog, which has transformed into a monster. MacReady summons the rest of the crew to the kennel with the fire alarm and orders Childs (Keith David) to incinerate the creature with a flamethrower. A subsequent autopsy by Blair reveals that the stray dog was an alien capable of absorbing and perfectly imitating other life-forms. Realizing the implications of this, Blair quickly becomes withdrawn and suspicious of the rest of the crew. A second helicopter expedition discovers an alien spacecraft unearthed by the Norwegian research team, revealing that the creature had awakened after being buried within the ice for thousands of years.
I know its old
But I never saw someone to say its "bad" movie .
I like to watch this movie then its on TV... but damn its shows it 12.00 at night all the time , so it always scares me .. those creepy aliens ... eeewwwkkk
I wonder if anyone of you saw it and what you think ?
And want to say that there will be Prequel of this movie in 2009-2010
Hope its good , but I would like to see sequel more... to bad they never made one ...
Thawing 'The Thing': Prequel Reportedly on the Way
Thursday, December 25, 2008 at 8:07PM
Several weeks back, we crowned John Carpenter's The Thing the best remake of all time. We didn't get a whole lot of objection to that selection in our Top Five list , and the whole process reminded me of how good that movie actually is.
A lot of people don't even know it as a remake, although the original, The Thing from Another World, was probably a little ahead of its time, keeping it from gaining a huge reputation.
This week, news of a Thing prequel has made it to Bloody Disgusting, with a workable rough outline of the film:
"In the screenplay by Ronald D. Moore, the prequel takes place from the Norwegian camps point of view. An American scientific expedition to the frozen wastes of the Antarctic is interrupted by a group of seemingly mad Norwegians pursuing and shooting a dog. The helicopter pursuing the dog crashes leaving no explanation for the chase. During the night, the dog mutates and attacks other dogs in the cage and members of the team that investigate. The team soon realize that an alien life-form with the ability to take over bodies is on the loose and they don't know who may already have been taken over."
That might sound too much like The Thing to stand apart as a prequel, but certain elements have to remain fairly close or else you get that Exorcist prequel...and nobody wants that.
Unfortunately, that's all the info we have; there's no director attached or production dates scheduled, but I'd be curious to see what the film does on its own and how it sets up a film nearly 30 years old when it's released.
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Plot ( just first part )
In 1982, an American Antarctic research station is alerted by gunfire and explosions. Pursued by a Norwegian helicopter, an Alaskan Malamute makes its way into the camp as the science station's crew looks on in confusion. Through reckless use of a thermal charge, the helicopter is destroyed and its pilot killed shortly after landing. The surviving passenger fires at the dog with a rifle, grazing Bennings (Peter Maloney), one of the American researchers. The passenger is subsequently shot and killed by Garry (Donald Moffat), the station commander. Not knowing what to make of the incident, the station crew adopts the dog.
Unable to contact the outside world via radio, helicopter pilot R.J. MacReady (Kurt Russell) and Dr. Copper (Richard Dysart) risk a flight to the Norwegian camp to find it destroyed, its personnel missing or dead. Finding evidence that the Norwegians had dug something out of the ice, the pair return to the station with the partially-burned remains of a hideous creature which bears some human features. An autopsy of the cadaver by Dr. Blair (Wilford Brimley) is inconclusive, save to find that the creature had what appeared to be a normal set of internal organs.
At Bennings' request, the station veterinarian, Clark (Richard Masur), kennels the stray with the rest of the station's sled dogs. Noises from the kennel cause Clark to return, finding almost the entire sled team in the process of being assimilated by the stray dog, which has transformed into a monster. MacReady summons the rest of the crew to the kennel with the fire alarm and orders Childs (Keith David) to incinerate the creature with a flamethrower. A subsequent autopsy by Blair reveals that the stray dog was an alien capable of absorbing and perfectly imitating other life-forms. Realizing the implications of this, Blair quickly becomes withdrawn and suspicious of the rest of the crew. A second helicopter expedition discovers an alien spacecraft unearthed by the Norwegian research team, revealing that the creature had awakened after being buried within the ice for thousands of years.
I know its old
But I never saw someone to say its "bad" movie .I like to watch this movie then its on TV... but damn its shows it 12.00 at night all the time , so it always scares me .. those creepy aliens ... eeewwwkkk
I wonder if anyone of you saw it and what you think ?
And want to say that there will be Prequel of this movie in 2009-2010
Hope its good , but I would like to see sequel more... to bad they never made one ...
Thawing 'The Thing': Prequel Reportedly on the Way
Thursday, December 25, 2008 at 8:07PM
Several weeks back, we crowned John Carpenter's The Thing the best remake of all time. We didn't get a whole lot of objection to that selection in our Top Five list , and the whole process reminded me of how good that movie actually is.
A lot of people don't even know it as a remake, although the original, The Thing from Another World, was probably a little ahead of its time, keeping it from gaining a huge reputation.
This week, news of a Thing prequel has made it to Bloody Disgusting, with a workable rough outline of the film:
"In the screenplay by Ronald D. Moore, the prequel takes place from the Norwegian camps point of view. An American scientific expedition to the frozen wastes of the Antarctic is interrupted by a group of seemingly mad Norwegians pursuing and shooting a dog. The helicopter pursuing the dog crashes leaving no explanation for the chase. During the night, the dog mutates and attacks other dogs in the cage and members of the team that investigate. The team soon realize that an alien life-form with the ability to take over bodies is on the loose and they don't know who may already have been taken over."
That might sound too much like The Thing to stand apart as a prequel, but certain elements have to remain fairly close or else you get that Exorcist prequel...and nobody wants that.
Unfortunately, that's all the info we have; there's no director attached or production dates scheduled, but I'd be curious to see what the film does on its own and how it sets up a film nearly 30 years old when it's released.
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) pictures ? Press here:
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