Apart from the atrocious CGI, this was actually pretty enjoyable.

>>79063877
>Apart from the atrocious CGI, this was actually pretty enjoyable.
No it wasn't. It was the same Kurt Russell movie without Kurt Russell.

Oh and an alien ship at the end because fuck it why not.

>>79063959
That's all I was looking for from it desu. Didn't hold a candle to the original, but I really thought people were too harsh on it.

>>79063877

Battlefield earth

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>>79064013
You were looking to watch an inferior rehash of a classic movie?

>>79064104
Because I enjoy the original and snowy environments and watching both of them together is a great way to kill an afternoon.

Its not some grand piece of cinema or anything, but watching monsters get burned is always fun.

>>79063959
>>79064104
>Start a thread literally about films no one liked except you personally
>"uh hur how dar u lik dis REEE"
was it autism?

>>79063877
I wonder if there is enough footage of the animatronics only version of the film. I would love to see that.

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>>79063877
I love the original, but thought the remake was alright. strong atmosphere and visuals and some good perormances.
I also liked the idea with the dental fillings, that was quite clever.

>>79065040
Yeah I read an article last night about how they fucked over the anamatronics guys and just traced over their work with shitty CGI because it "looked too much like an 80's movie"

What could have been

>>79065686
>What could have been

You got what it could have been. Animatronics doesn't save bad movies.

>>79064489
So no discussion is to be had about the subject then? Are you really this much of a push-over in real life?

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1982
>thinking man's movie, The Thing operates undercover unless directly threatened, and tries to turn people against eachother. Hard to tell who's who, and alot of character interactions are central to the plot
2011
>a slash flick that happens to have about 1 whole minute of character interactions before a monstrosity is running around the site killing eveyone
>when this isn't happening The Thing just splits it's face open when more than 1 person is around for shits

They could replace The Thing in the 2011 movie with Jason and there'd be hardly any differences. 2011 one sucked ass

>>79065735
That's the point of the thread, it wasn't bad. I enjoyed it, the practical effects would've added to that enjoyment.

I don't think it wouldve elevated it to a classic or anything but it would have been nice.

>>79063877
so its worth watching? have been thinking about giving this one a try

>>79065884
>I enjoyed it, the practical effects would've added to that enjoyment.

Fair enough, but I get tired of people thinking the animatronics WOULD HAVE elevated it.

>>79065988
Not OP but here's how I would rate The Thing films:

>The Thing from Another World
8/10

>John Carpenter's The Thing
10/10

>The Thing (2011)
5/10

The 2011 prequel isn't terrible but it isn't good either. If you really love John Carpenter's The Thing and want more of the same then watch it.

>>79065380
This webm makes my dick hard desu

>>79065988
Not really, it won't hurt you; but it's not worth the time; even if you ignore the CGI.

>Waste a good amount of time trying to setup MEW's character
>No mystery at all
>No build up to anything, everything happens in one scene
>A way to identify assimilated beings is thrown right away
>Survivors

There are, however, two positive things I can say about the movie:
The soundtrack is pretty good.
The ending scene, a bridge between the prequel and the intro from Carpenter's film was really well made.

>>79065988
>>79066070

I am OP and agree with this pretty much, I'd probably give prequel a 6/10 but again I really enjoy monster movies and The Thing is one of my favorites so I'm biased that way. Worth a watch on a lazy afternoon or something.

>>79066196
The ending scene makes the entire movie pointless and it adds nothing to Carpenter's film.

>>79063877
>Any other critically panned movies you enjoy, /tv/?

Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates
Dirty Grandpa

>>79063877
Not Another Teen Movie
Push
The Rock
Ace Ventura
Home Alone
Jingle All the Way
To Rome with Love
Tommy Boy

>>79066318
I don't see how it makes the movie pointless.

>>79066470
>The Rock
That got mainly good reviews though.

>>79066470
Jingle All the Way is genuinely my favorite Christmas movie. I spent most of my childhood wanting a turboman :(

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>>79063877
>From the producers of Dawn of the Dead

>>79063877
I have issue knowing they had practical effects like the original, then scrapped it for cgi later.

I saw a clop of the helicopter scene where the things head splits down the middle where it was showed in cgi and practical and practical looked so much better and would hold up better down the road.

What a shame.

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>>79066561
I don't think practical effects would've saved the movie since it had a lot of other problems. But fuck whoever retarded producer or studiohead decided CGI was a better choice.

>>79066618
that cgi is fucking dreadful, wew

>>79066618
Jesus that looks like cg from one of the first resident evil games

>>79066618

I've seen comparisons that looked ok, but this is downright fucking atrocious

>>79066763

There's always one person that ruins these kind of threads.

>>79066618

It was fucking criminal what they did during the production of that film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBzpT7VmSaU

>>79063959
>>79064104
>>79064175
>>79065380

It is a prequel to the Kurt Russell movie.

>>79063877
No, it was terrible in many respects.

>>79066763

It was better than 3 at least. Didn't really like superpowered clone Ripley. Also, friggin David Fincher directed 3, it should have been much better.

>>79066763
I can agree with this. It's not nearly as good as the original, but it took some interesting choices and has some great effects and performances. Some parts are unintentionally hilarious though.

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>>79063877
mfw its all practical special effects

>>79066945
Fuck, the blinking eyes on that alien are class.

Those are all much more disturbing than what was in the final cut

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>FX crew got fucked so hard they went crazy and made their own The Thing ripoff b-movie with Lance Henricksen
Sad times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpXrkFJXoSA&t=0s

"Why shouldn't we look like we enjoy what we do, we've got the best job in the world"

Must've been hard to see all that work replaced by ps2 tier cgi

>>79067123
It's a shame that we'll never get a director's cut or something with the practical effects added back in. I think the end with the pilot would have been so much better. >>79067204
This movie is pretty bad. I wanted to like it more but it's sub-par in many ways.

>>79066977
>It is a prequel to the Kurt Russell movie.
Thanks Captain Obvious, i didn't know.

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>>79063877
this movie is pure kino

>>79063877
Planet of the Apes IV
Batman v Superman

>>79067344
Is it quick?

>>79066984
Not better than Alien 3 special edition

>>79067373
do the rothschilds bow to the bogs?

Quick, you have 5 secs to

Name three characters of The Thing

and three characters of the prequel.

>>79067554
Childs
Doc
MacReady

I don't even remember the names of the prequel's characters.

>>79067391
Which is inferior to 4 alternative ending

>>79067600
wouldnt be able to remember the name of the prequel if it wasn't titled Le Thing

>>79065380

Sanpaku

>>79067554
RJ MacReady
Doc
Palmer

Kate
Lars
Jonas (wildling from GoT)

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>>79067600
Mary?
Elizabeth?
Winstead?