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PJTX100
17-01-2006, 3:39 PM
Just to say if anyone has the disappointing non anamorphic R2 version of this it is definitely worth picking up the R1 CE version, which is 2.35:1 anamorphic. The pic is much better.

Cool slip case too. :smashin:
Damo121
17-01-2006, 4:23 PM
Picked it up ages ago, big improvement on the R2 version.

Only wish that they would release an anamorphic print of Dragon The Bruce Lee Story. 2.35:1 is so old school now!

Damo:)
Racquel Darrian
17-01-2006, 6:06 PM
Got it on release.
Looks like a HD version is in the pipeline too.
Indiana Jones
17-01-2006, 6:39 PM
I upgraded too the R1 Anamorphic release awhile ago when DVDSoon were actually reliable :thumbsup:
PJTX100
17-01-2006, 7:12 PM
Looks like a HD version is in the pipeline too.

I was worried someone was going to say that!

Somehow I fancy some spare ribs now I've watched it again. :grin:
Racquel Darrian
17-01-2006, 9:41 PM
"I don't know what it is but it's weird and :censored: off!"


MOD EDIT: please do not circumvent the swear filter
danjaq
18-01-2006, 7:28 AM
I want to get this too, to replace my current R2 one. Any good prices?
anephric
18-01-2006, 3:38 PM
Worth noting some R2s (Germany, France (I think)) are remastered anamorphic versions now...

Why they've got it and we haven't is anyone's guess.
Mr Jolly
18-01-2006, 4:51 PM
I want to get this too, to replace my current R2 one. Any good prices?

You may be able to find it cheaper but MovieTyme are doing it for £8.99 delivered.:thumbsup:
danjaq
18-01-2006, 7:31 PM
You may be able to find it cheaper but MovieTyme are doing it for £8.99 delivered.:thumbsup:

Thanks mate.
PJTX100
18-01-2006, 8:43 PM
You may be able to find it cheaper but MovieTyme are doing it for £8.99 delivered.:thumbsup:

I got it off ebay for £7 delivered but had I seen that deal I'd have gone for that. Keen to use movietyme 'caus they support the forums so much.
PJTX100
18-01-2006, 8:46 PM
"I don't know what it is but it's weird and :censored: off!"


MOD EDIT: please do not circumvent the swear filter

They're fallin' out the skies like flies.

They practically own South America.

I love this film! :grin:
Racquel Darrian
19-01-2006, 8:40 AM
Have you noticed when Palmer offers to fly the doc to the Norwegian site a voice says "Forget it Palmer".
The voice is McCreadys' but McCready isn't in the room, he's outside.
BadAss
19-01-2006, 11:05 AM
I have the R2 version but never watched it as the PQ is so poo. I'd rather wait for the HD version.
slackbladder
20-01-2006, 1:00 AM
I didn't even know there was an anamorphic widescreen version! Glad I looked on these forums! :smashin:
I'll certainly get the HD version too but I have to get this first!
PJTX100
20-01-2006, 7:04 AM
Have you noticed when Palmer offers to fly the doc to the Norwegian site a voice says "Forget it Palmer".
The voice is McCreadys' but McCready isn't in the room, he's outside.

Looks like you've found another goof. :)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787/goofs
Racquel Darrian
20-01-2006, 8:28 AM
Watched this again last night.
It just a classic.
MacReady
20-01-2006, 9:48 AM
One of, if not my favourite film of all time:thumbsup:

I never get tired of watching The Thing so it was great when the R1 anamorphic version was released (the R2 looked terrible on the projector:eek: ).

It is also the one movie I want to have a sequel but also don't want to have one in case it is crap and ruins the reputation of the first one.
PJTX100
20-01-2006, 10:51 AM
It is also the one movie I want to have a sequel but also don't want to have one in case it is crap and ruins the reputation of the first one.

If they do they should keep CGI to a minium and use animatronics again. With lashings of offal of course. :grin:
MacReady
20-01-2006, 11:21 AM
That's the problem though...it so obviously would be a CGI fest if a sequel was made now.

I honestly think the time has passed a The Thing 2 movie to be made...it's a shame as there was a lot of possible storylines to explore but in a sense the open ended nature of the 'is one of them The Thing?' ending of the original is what makes it such a great movie.
BadAss
20-01-2006, 12:03 PM
And you could never get a stand in for Kurt Russel, it just wouldn't be the same.
PJTX100
20-01-2006, 2:34 PM
And you could never get a stand in for Kurt Russel, it just wouldn't be the same.

MacReady looks a bit like him judging by his Avatar. :)
Racquel Darrian
20-01-2006, 2:42 PM
If they do they should keep CGI to a minium and use animatronics again. With lashings of offal of course. :grin:

Yeah! Get Rob Bottin back in. :thumbsup:

That head sequence is still the most amazing thing ever.
Who needs CGI with effects that good.

It's my most favourite film of all time. :clap:
MacReady
20-01-2006, 3:01 PM
MacReady looks a bit like him judging by his Avatar. :)


Now there's an idea..I will star in the sequel:smashin:

I suppose if they did keep the CGI to a minimum, and used practical effects (by Mr Bottin of course) wherever possible, then they could do a sequel set some 25 years later.

Kurt could still play Mac but I think it would be great if he were not even in the movie for at least the first half. Maybe start the movie with a helicopter travelling over a snowscape again towards an outpost station..bit of deja vu...but then speed ahead of the copter to a lone figure outside the station listening to a radio signal from the chopper demanding a situation report. He then looks at his hand in terror whilst raising a gun in his other and blows his brains out..

The helicopter flies around the camp a couple of times then flies off..we see the word Norge on the side;). The camera lingers on the dead mans hand in the snow as blood from what is left of his head turns the snow red around it...and it slowly begins to change and stretch turning into what looks like a deformed animal jaw...then a missile hits the base and it is vaporised!

.....

.........sorry, getting carried away...I could never be a script writer that is for sure;)
Racquel Darrian
20-01-2006, 6:46 PM
I think it should follow like they did in the comics that came out.
Childs is the one. :eek:
BadAss
20-01-2006, 7:00 PM
I think McReady should be the Thing and become the anti hero.
MacReady
20-01-2006, 7:01 PM
Wasn't there talk about a prequel being made a few years ago that showed what happened in the Norwegian camp?
Racquel Darrian
20-01-2006, 7:03 PM
I think McReady should be the Thing and become the anti hero.

:eek: No way! He's a hero! :eek:
Racquel Darrian
20-01-2006, 7:05 PM
Wasn't there talk about a prequel being made a few years ago that showed what happened in the Norwegian camp?

I'd love to see a really special edition remastered in DD EX and DTS ES with, the option to view, the rare US TV version which shows McCready getting his blood testing results.
MacReady
20-01-2006, 7:09 PM
...and the husky running away from the camp at the end of the movie.
PJTX100
20-01-2006, 7:14 PM
I think McReady should be the Thing and become the anti hero.

McReady is the Thing but is genetically reprogrammed to become a protector of the Human race, killing other Things with an Uzi 9mm while shouting "I'll be back!" :grin:
MrBlofeldt
20-01-2006, 7:14 PM
I thought there was a scene that was removed from the final cut when the movie was released, something to do with MaCready being in an office in South America and he turns into a big thingy and eats everyone (right at the end of the movie)...:confused:

If there were to be a sequel, it would be a good place to start !
Racquel Darrian
20-01-2006, 7:23 PM
I thought there was a scene that was removed from the final cut when the movie was released, something to do with MaCready being in an office in South America and he turns into a big thingy and eats everyone (right at the end of the movie)...:confused:

If there were to be a sequel, it would be a good place to start !

No! He's in the office and he opens his blood test results.
MrBlofeldt
20-01-2006, 7:33 PM
aah, knew it was something like that !
anephric
20-01-2006, 7:36 PM
Rob Bottin tried for years to get a sequel off the ground with him directing but it never came to anything. The last I heard they were talking about doing a Thing TV series.

Personally, I could absolutely live without a sequel to it: it's perfect the way it is and it would spoil the ending.
Racquel Darrian
21-01-2006, 8:00 AM
......The last I heard they were talking about doing a Thing TV series......

I heard about that too.
Wasn't it due around now (early this year)?
MacReady
21-01-2006, 8:18 AM
It was going to be a Sci Fi Channel mini movie series/sequel. I think Frank Darabont was producing last I heard but everything about this has been quiet for so long now I am starting to think it may not have happened ?
drunkenmaster
21-01-2006, 9:55 AM
A sequel :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono:
MacReady
21-01-2006, 11:46 AM
Well I am still in two minds about the possible mini movie sequel series if it happens. It could end up ruining the reputation of a fantastic movie that, imho, still stands the test of time when watched today!

But, after seeing what the Si Fi Channel have achieved with the Battlestar Galactica series, it could end up being a very dark, gory continuation of the story for an adult audience.