Friday, November 4, 2011

The Thing 1982 vs 2011


Recently I watched both 1982 and 2011 versions of The Thing (movies will from here on out only be referred to by the year to save confusion). 

1982- Starred a very young and very hairy Kurt Russell as helicopter pilot with a ridiculously large hat. Sadly could not find a screen shot of it. It is totally worth laughing at.
2011- Stars a cute helicopter pilot who sort of looks like a less tall, skinny, and red headed Conan O’Brien who does not have a ridiculous hat, but he does have an earring.




1982- The story starts off with some apparently crazy Norwegian man trying to kill a very pretty dog from a helicopter. If I didn’t know what was going on I would so not be cool with this.
2011- Starts with a snow mobile filled with Norwegian guys trucking along a glacier who fall into some crazy cave and discover a spaceship. Spelunking anyone?

1982- Takes place at an American base in Antarctica.
2011- Take place on a Norwegian base in Antarctica.

1982- Awesome 70’s music.
2011- Awesome 80’s music.

1982- Dogs die.
2011- Dogs die.

1982- Lots of the people on this base are tool bags.
2011- Less tool bags, more turtleneck sweaters.

1982- Horribly cheesy graphics.
2011- Better gruesome graphics.

1982- Not a fully developed story line. Enough plot holes a Norwegian snow mobile could fall into it.
2011- Better explained.

All in all I liked the 2011 one better. I think it is cool that is was done as a prequel to the 1982 movie. They paid attention to detail, and it was sort of cool to watch the older one after the new one. Neither of them are bad movies, as far as alien movies go.  2011 is definitely louder and gorier, but enjoyable. Lesson to be taken away from both of these movies, people without fillings are suspect.

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love how the way John Carpenter did this version BETTER. Rob Bottin's real special effects from the 80's is 200 times twice as better. The storyline from 2011 is good, but especially the storyline from the 1982 is great. I wish the 2011 would had use the Real Makeup FX on the transformations.

Anonymous said...

I really don't care what everybody else says I still think the Special Make-up Effects, Bladder FX, and Puppetry FX are 2000 times twice as Better, because how the way Rob Bottin did his version 'the thing' is twice as realistic and more horrifying feeling.

Anonymous said...

'The Thing' from 1982 Rules! They really should do hundred horror alien mutation films similar to 'the thing' with all that awesome longnecks mutations, heads deforming, skins crawling and bubbling, and the eyes popping transformations, and especially should do the real makeup fx, puppetry fx, and hundreds of air-bladders fx.

Anonymous said...

'THE THING 2' to 'THE THING 6' would be really awesome idea for the sequals.

Anonymous said...

I would love that the directors and producers will do hundreds of horrifying turtleneck transformations makeup air-bladders fx on the different alien mutant films. Hope they'll make them soon.

Anonymous said...

I love to see thousands more deform faces, and split faces transfomations on other horror mutation movies with the real special makeup effects.

Anonymous said...

THE THING 1982 is the Best one. They really should go back to using real makeup fx, puppetry fx, and bladders fx like the ones they did back in the 80's and early 90's. It would be cool if they make thirty short episode horror films of 'The Thing' and use hundreds more special makeup effects, and real creature effects to have other eight guys transform into different horrifying huge monsters.

Edward said...

Rob Bottin's special makeup effects and creature puppets effects are so awesome and realistic. Really hope they'll do seven or eight more good 'The Thing' sequels.

Edward said...

I think they really should continue doing a lot of Real SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS, AIR-BLADDERS EFFECTS, the STOP-MOTION EFFECTS, COSTUMES EFFECTS, and the PUPPETRY SPECIAL EFFECTS for the upcoming good horror alien mutant films and even make them more similar to this (1982)film 'The Thing.'

Anonymous said...

This movie is so COOL!!! I really hope they will make twenty to thirty new sequels of "The Thing." And I think they oughta use twice as many more Special Makeup Effects and Puppetry Special Effects especially.

Anonymous said...

They oughta do a lot of Air-Bladders Special Makeup Effects for the new sequels.

Anonymous said...

SPECIAL MAKEUP SFX RULES!!!

Anonymous said...

JOHN CARPENTER'S "THE THING" (1982) is one of the best horrifying motion pictures ever made.

Anonymous said...

I hope there are other new guys who would have great talents to do the weirdest special makeup effects and animatronic puppets effects as good as the legendary Rob Bottin. And I also hope the new good filmmakers will make hundreds to millions of new classic horror mutation monster movies soon.

Anonymous said...

The Eerienest Monster Transformations from the 80's are COOL. I really love how the guys changes into mutant, alien-like monsters. They really should make billions billions more new Body Morphing Monster Transformations movies and take their time doing the Special Makeup Effects, hundreds of many Air-Bladders FX, and a lot of weird Animatronic Puppetry Special Effects. I also hope they will do a lot of Neck Swelling Monster Mutation movies too. Can't wait for new Horror Body Monster movies and the crazy Horror Monster Transformation movies.

Anonymous said...

Love all the actors in the (1982) version of "THE THING" and I definitely love the Rob Bottin's monster special effects. Hopefully that dozens of other horror film directors will soon make many, many new Alien Body Mutation Horror Movies and take the time of doing hundreds of the right SPECIAL MAKEUP EFFECTS, ANIMATRONIC MONSTER CREATURE FX, BLADDER-FX, and MONSTER COSTUME FX; but NONE of the cartoonish CGI FX, just all the realistic practical special effects.

Hope that they should make seven to twenty more new sequels about "The Thing" and maybe they should do dozens or more of the weird neck and body bulging monster transformation scenes, cause I really think that it would be scary and even more terrifying.

Anonymous said...

You're praising what makes the remake forgettable and trashing what makes the original memorable.

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