You know how all the horror geeks get extra-nervous when someone starts talking about a remake of John Carpenter's The Thing -- despite the fact that (as awesome as it is, and boy is it awesome) it itself is a remake! Doesn't that create some sort of retroactive mega-paradox: That if a REMAKE is that damn good, doesn't it stand as final proof that remakes ARE good?? In theory, anyway. I'm not talking about freakin' Prom Night here.
Anyway, it looks like some loyal monster fans took the job into their own hands, and have thus created their own rendition of The Thing ... using only G.I. Joe action figures. It's really nifty, and the music is pretty cool too.
[ Thanks to CHUD.com for the heads-up. ]
Get Ready for 'G.I. Joe' vs. 'The Thing'!
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(Page 1)2. I actually think this is a music video for Zombie Zombie, the group featured on the television set. Very, very awesome stuff.
Posted at 2:43PM on Jul 30th 2008 by Erik Davis
3. Remakes are not inherently good or bad. Remakes of good movies are bad ideas; remakes of bad movies are good ideas. Carpenter's The Thing was a remake of a not so good movie (wouldnt call the original bad tho)...so he was able to improve on it. How do you improve on what is already a good movie? You don't...leave it alone and tweak the formula for something more original.
Posted at 2:54PM on Jul 30th 2008 by dukrous
4. Wow...that was really well done and the music IS excellent and fitting.
Posted at 2:56PM on Jul 30th 2008 by mcafee_matthew
5. That is an awesome video. Good find indeed.
Posted at 3:56PM on Jul 30th 2008 by Boat
6. I know it's classified as a remake, but I don't think The Thing is a remake. It's kind of a sequel. In "The Thing From Another World," scientists dig up the alien, then escavate it. However, in "The Thing," the characters make reference to a 'Norwegian' team that used thermite charges to clear the ice around the UFO, this is a direct reference to the team in the original film. Carpenter actually followed the book more closely than the original movie, so technically he would have adapted the book but still homaged the film than remade it. It's like saying Batman Begin's and the original Batman (Adam West) movie are adapted from the same comic book and not remakes.
Posted at 4:54PM on Jul 30th 2008 by Mully
7. No, it's a remake. At the end of "The Thing From Another World", the monster is dead, and almost all of the cast has survived. Also, they're speaking English, not Norwegian. Not to mention the 30 years between the two movies. I'm not even sure if thermite existed in the 1950s.
Posted at 11:45PM on Jul 30th 2008 by Ray
8. SUPER! What else to say.
Posted at 4:02AM on Aug 1st 2008 by Gigi
1. Very, very cool.
Posted at 2:36PM on Jul 30th 2008 by Peter Hall