Red Dawn?

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by OLS

But of course, then they go out and re-make THE THING just as bad as it could possible be.

The Thing wasn't a remake, Brad, it was a prequel. The last scene of the "new" one is the first scene of the old one.

[SvilleKid]

Originally Posted by icehog3

The Thing wasn't a remake, Brad, it was a prequel. The last scene of the "new" one is the first scene of the old one.

I've avoided the new one, thinking it was a remake. Guess I should watch it...... Or should I????

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by SvilleKid

I've avoided the new one, thinking it was a remake. Guess I should watch it...... Or should I????

If you have 99 cents for the rental and 90 minutes to kill (perfect cigar time), it was relatively entertaining, I liked the first one a lot, so it was interesting to see what went on before that one started.

[The Poet]

Originally Posted by icehog3

The Thing wasn't a remake, Brad, it was a prequel. The last scene of the "new" one is the first scene of the old one.

Ehh, that may be the case with the newest iteration, but the 1982 John Carpenter one starring Kurt Russell was a remake of the 1951 version with James Arness. It was entitled The Thing From Another World, and was based on a 1938 short story by "Don A. Stuart" . . . best known as Golden Age SF editor John W. Campbell.

That being said, I have no problem with remakes of movies like Red Dawn . . . as long as they NEVER have the balls to remake something like Citizen Kane.


Edit, for accuracy's sake: It was actually classed as a novella by Campbell, entitled Who Goes There?