Well I finally watched this and I see that I was correct about many of my concerns but the two things (sic) that made this not work for me never crossed my mind beforehand as I thought the filmmakers, being "such fans of the Carpenter version", would have infused this film with them....character...
I despise the *remake-overdrive that Hollywood is in the throws of currently (and for the last 7 years or so).......but I am cautiously warming to this one. * (or as they put it "prequel")
"Sam Carter"? So, how many actual Norwegian characters are in this flick? And another thought, since there are americans in the cast I assume the norwegian characters will know a little english (a LOT in fact as I can't see a producer thinking that a younger audience would be ok with that...
THEY LIVE TOO!?!?!?!? IT WAS A SATIRE ON REGANOMICS AND THE 80'S YUPPY MINDSET FOR GOD'S SAKE!! Give it a rest you bunch of lazy ass, unoriginal, pathetic............................AAAAAHHHHHGGGGG!!!! ....sorry. I'm better now.
I don't think of the 1982 The Thing as an out and out remake as they went back to the original short story's concept of a shape-shifter with the "ten little indians" paranoid approach. It was a remake in the title but pretty far afield from the 1951 film's storyline. This prequel sounds...
................so what. I'm sorry but I'm another filmfan who's sick and tired of this remake-itus gradually overtaking Hollywood, yes I know this is considered a "prequel" but whatever.....they find a spaceship, they get infected, they try to find out who's human, they blow it all up, two...