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BATTLESTAR's Ron Moore Brings Us THE THING, And Attempts To Salvage The I, ROBOT Sequel?!?!

first? by Jakes Nel	Jun 7th, 2007 09:05:44 AM
no?
The Thing needs some CGI treatment! by Dr Gonzo	Jun 7th, 2007 09:06:40 AM
With Shia LeBeowolf in Kurt Russel's role! And it needs to make parallels to our war on terror! And there needs to be a precocious kid in it with computer skills who saves the day! Soundtrack by Fallout Boy!
second by Magic Rat	Jun 7th, 2007 09:06:48 AM
hi
second to No. 2 by Magic Rat	Jun 7th, 2007 09:07:17 AM
which would make me third
7000 MySpace friends can't be wrong by NachoNegro	Jun 7th, 2007 09:07:39 AM
That is all.
7000 MySpace friends can't be wrong by NachoNegro	Jun 7th, 2007 09:07:39 AM
That is all.
Fir...Aw Crap! by Borgnine JR	Jun 7th, 2007 09:08:05 AM
I hear the First on every Talk Back gets a trip to Butt Numb-athon AND a blow job from Harry. Oh Well , back to monitor duty.
Please don't remake The Thing. by Jakes Nel	Jun 7th, 2007 09:09:08 AM
How could anyone possibly improve on what Carpenter has done? And where could they possibly find another man with a beard as handsome as Russel's?
Is it true about the blowjob? by Jakes Nel	Jun 7th, 2007 09:11:25 AM
I mean...
Sequel by NachoNegro	Jun 7th, 2007 09:13:29 AM
I'd rather see a sequel, starring Kurt Russell and Keith David, Picking up 25 years after the first movie. But don't give it to Carpenter - his salad days are long since over. Make sure it's directed by someone with at least 7000 mySpace friends, since that is the current method of measuring someones capability and integrity these days.
Say it ain't so... by venkman781	Jun 7th, 2007 09:14:19 AM
Remaking The Thing with CGI is a bad idea. Stan Winston's work on Carpenter's film is some amazing stuff. Plus, it's got Kurt Russell at his best and it's the only film worth watching that has Wilford Brimley in it!!
This Year's Little Miss Spitshine! by Paulseta	Jun 7th, 2007 09:15:11 AM
For the love of God, why would you remake the remake of The Thing? Both versions were perfect, in their own ways, and I can't imagine how you would manage to score a perfect third one... Also, Paris Hilton just got let out of jail, so I am VERY depressed.
Re-Making The Thing is Sacrilege by Neo Con Snake Plissken	Jun 7th, 2007 09:15:13 AM
I hope the film execs who greenlit that idea get a very bad venereal disease. The special effects in The Thing stand up to any CGI shit fest that Commiewood produces nowadays. FUCK YOU HOLLYWOOD!
cookylamoo by Merrick	Jun 7th, 2007 09:17:16 AM
I completely agree. Great character with lots of unexploited potential. I would LOVE to see a movie along the lines of: GIGOLO JOE AND THE SUPER TOY BEAR. I think that's where it's at.
Venkman 781 by DerLanghaarige	Jun 7th, 2007 09:18:18 AM
You can't give Winston the whole credit. Some of the coolest stuff came from Rob Bottin!
Neo Con Snake Plissken by NachoNegro	Jun 7th, 2007 09:18:30 AM
The execs behind this idea have many more MySpace friends than us - ergo they are smarter than us, and we have no right to make our opinion known on this issue. Now if only they would hand this property over wholesale to Eli Roth....
Give me Moore. by LoneGun	Jun 7th, 2007 09:19:24 AM
Hard to imagine anything topping John Carpenter's THE THING, but if anyone can bring it back to life with integrity it's Ron Moore. Bring it on. Why not?
Sequel?? YOU, ROBOT? ME, ROBOT? by Abin Sur	Jun 7th, 2007 09:21:49 AM
Paris Hilton is on her way to kick some Silverman ass, from what I hear.
You sure he didn't say "I'm working on a thing... by tonagan	Jun 7th, 2007 09:28:04 AM
for Universal."? Never get your hopes up (or get riled up over nothing).
I Robot already has sequels by Abominable Snowcone	Jun 7th, 2007 09:28:54 AM
Asimov wrote a trilogy of books. I forget what the other two were called. But if the next movie is gonna be packed with Will Smith hawking tennis shoes, count me out
Hey Swedes! by Abin Sur	Jun 7th, 2007 09:30:35 AM
As long as the Thing stays a "visceral" horror film and does not go into that "psychological" horror category, I'm all for Moore updating this. If he does it well, then I've got TWO Things to enjoy, and what's the harm in that?
Alex Proyas' I Robot by tapehead	Jun 7th, 2007 09:33:06 AM
Bears no relation to Asimov's novel - which is pretty obvious if you have read them - they simply took the name. And there is no trilogy - perhaps you're thinking of Foundation?
Hey!!! by tehgreekhammer	Jun 7th, 2007 09:34:18 AM
Theres nothing wrong with a little gratuitious product placement in a film. how dare you besmirch Will Smiths good name? Seriosuly though Id love to see a sequel to that unfortunate abortion from Proyas (a really good director) picking up with a new Main character (hopefully not a still hairless Shia Laboof)
Will Smith do perform "Tha Jiggy Robot Rap" by Spandau Belly	Jun 7th, 2007 09:35:37 AM
He's contractually obligated to destroy his credibility everytime he starts getting respected as an actor. I mean, c'mon, Pursuit of Happiness was an actual movie. If he keeps this up he'll end up in another Michael Mann film and there's no way he can let that happen. He better find another embarassment to be part of fast. Maybe a Wild Wild West sequel while he's at it!
I, ROBOT TOO? The I AM LEGEND by Mace Tofu	Jun 7th, 2007 09:36:57 AM
poster is online. No THING needed.
SHIA LEBOOF'S NIPPLES = FLAMES ON 7000 MYSPACE FRIENDS by NachoNegro	Jun 7th, 2007 09:38:42 AM
I think that says it all.
a sequel to I, Robot?? by newc0253	Jun 7th, 2007 09:39:27 AM
I'm a fan of Asimov but the movie was pretty meh so i can't imagine anyone badly wanting to see a sequel. Then again, i'd never of thought a reboot of BSG would be any good either so i'm willing to give Ron Moore the benefit of the doubt on this one.
II, Robot? by Franklin T Marmoset	Jun 7th, 2007 09:42:24 AM
Come on, that title is up there with Splash Too! Take it for free, Hollywood types. Also, mate, ALL of the good stuff in The Thing came from Rob Bottin. The poor guy half killed himself doing the effects for that one, so he deserves all the credit we can give him. Good work, Rob Bottin of twenty five years ago.
Ron Moore doing the Foundation Trilogy by newc0253	Jun 7th, 2007 09:43:24 AM
now that would be worth watching.
no by tapehead	Jun 7th, 2007 09:45:35 AM
I, Robot movie does not equal Asimov's short stories published as 'I, Robot' novel - not at all - not in any way.
The Thing And I by Mechasheeva	Jun 7th, 2007 09:46:51 AM
Getting to knooooooow you, getting to assimilate all about yooooooooooooooou.
Some summer the Alamo Rolling Roadshow needs to show by ExcaliburFfolkes	Jun 7th, 2007 09:48:41 AM
..."The Thing" in Antarctica.
Ron Moore has chosen HD-DVD... Here's why... by polyh3dron	Jun 7th, 2007 09:49:24 AM
Ron Moore is Universal's bitch.
venkman781! How dare you sir! How dare you! by Samson_K	Jun 7th, 2007 09:54:26 AM
Wilfred Brimley graced us with The China Syndrome, High Road to China, Cocoon, Hard Target and anyone who says that Remo Williams - Unarmed and Dangerous (UK Title) is unwatchable needs to be given a trouncing they will never forget. I shall be at the foot of Big Ben on Saturday morning where I demand that honour be met! Cocoon the Return and the Electric Horseman are both shit though!
I, Robot - Best Science Fiction Film of the Decade by tailhook	Jun 7th, 2007 09:57:10 AM
You heard me. Once you get over the Asimov fanboi hangup of the name, which Asimov himself didn't originate, and accept the movie on its own terms.. its quite enjoyable to watch. I know it was a bit high-brow for your average TB'r but if you actually have the grey matter to process it.. it delivered on all counts.
The Thing - a Remake by Samson_K	Jun 7th, 2007 10:03:58 AM
No interest - I honestly can't see where they can go. It's not a story that would benefit from an 'Aliens' style sequel with hundreds of Things. It wouldn't benefit from a different location as 'Man is the warmest place to Hide' - so can't set it in Hawaii or anything as that'd just have loads of Things sitting on a beach basking in the sun. No point going to the Things home planet! You could have an Aliens Versus Predator Versus the Thing and that would be crap! Can't set it in small town cause that would be Slither. No idea what you could do that was different - unless it was a biography of Cousin Thing from the Addams Family or about a giant cock destroying Tokyo!
And by Cock I don't mean a Rooster by Samson_K	Jun 7th, 2007 10:04:32 AM
NM
I mean a giant penis! by Samson_K	Jun 7th, 2007 10:05:00 AM
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Is the Hostel 2 coverage over? by Motoko Kusanagi	Jun 7th, 2007 10:06:25 AM
I hope so.
I, Robot was a good movie. by Cotton McKnight	Jun 7th, 2007 10:06:54 AM
One of those channels.. TBS maybe.. was showing it this past weekend and dang it all if I don't watch it every time it's on. Very underrated movie, in my opinion. I would love to see a sequel, just so long as Will Smith signs on. No Cuba Gooding, Jr.!
I, Robot high-brow? by Jakes Nel	Jun 7th, 2007 10:07:16 AM
Sorry, buddy. I don't mean to make fun. I thought the movie was okay, but high-brow? I don't really think it required that much grey matter at all. It's not 12 Monkeys or Solaris.
tailhook by tapehead	Jun 7th, 2007 10:09:01 AM
is so silly.
Motoko... by tehgreekhammer	Jun 7th, 2007 10:09:20 AM
Shhhhhhhhh Please dont give them any more excuse to pepper us with More Hostel crap.
I, Robot 2 - Us Robots feat. Aw Hell No by Motoko Kusanagi	Jun 7th, 2007 10:18:14 AM
I, Robot was a good (=entertaining) movie. But the robot design was lame.
Please, Please, PLEASE! by mbeemer	Jun 7th, 2007 10:26:57 AM
Someone shoot Ellison's "I, Robot" script! Even if it's CGI (with good voice actors)...
The first half of I, Robot was decent enough, by ExcaliburFfolkes	Jun 7th, 2007 10:29:24 AM
but the second half collapsed into just another generic pointless action flick with a rogue computer as the villian.
Thing by Salamander	Jun 7th, 2007 10:29:42 AM
The remake thing is my fav all time film. Ilove the music and the sotry...okas an update would improve the model effects i guess but it was a great flick. Make a sequel not a remake of a remake. Heck check out he offical comics (think there was two comics brought out after the film by dark horse?) they were enough to begin to base a film upon or at least a concept. Leave it alone the kurt Russel version was dam good imho.
Anyone else @ the BSG event last night in Hollywood? by jesuschrist	Jun 7th, 2007 10:30:45 AM
I had to leave before the end. Any big bombshells? By the way, Lucy Lawless is as funny as she is hot.
The Thing Remake is far from perfect by irc-Hollywood	Jun 7th, 2007 10:35:03 AM
but it is fucking great, I think the film benefits from the repited viewings it gotten from geeks, but on a first watch, not all the characters are clearly defined, and yeah, the ending, (not the ending ending, which rocked) but the end monster, was kind of lame. The Thing should never have taken a definative form. So there is room for improvement, and remeber THE THING was a REMAKE in the first place, so please, no bitching about remaking it.
Reboot of "ALIEN"!!!!!!***************** * by Bishop6	Jun 7th, 2007 10:37:22 AM
Is in the works too.. read here: http://www.dslreports.com/foru m/remark,18459466
Roger Moore has chosen HD-DVD..., and here's why: by Pound Sand	Jun 7th, 2007 10:38:10 AM
During I,Robot, I kept waiting for Will Smiff's trademark, "awww HAIL NAW !" But it never came. Like Julia Roberts teeth, it's the mark of a successful movie at the b.o.
I JUST LOOKED OVER AT KURT RUSSELL: HE'S NOT LAUGHING by Pound Sand	Jun 7th, 2007 10:40:12 AM
So I guess this news is not okay.
I love you guys by IAmLegolas	Jun 7th, 2007 10:42:09 AM
and I say that with no sarcasm. All the Harry quote references from other talkbacks, smacking him down, are HIGH-LARIOUS. "7,000 MySpace friends", haha!
Ooh I forgot by venkman781	Jun 7th, 2007 10:47:29 AM
I forgot Brimley was in Remo! That movie is brilliant. And I forgot about crediting Rob Bottin. Handing out props as we speak...
George Clooney's live-TV Thing project by KnightShift	Jun 7th, 2007 10:50:31 AM
Anyone else remember that? It wasn't long after 2000's live television performance of Fail Safe on CBS. Clooney said that he wanted to try to do the same thing with "Who Goes There?", the story that was the original basis for The Thing. I heard a few things about it at the time and then talk about it disappeared. Woulda been a neat thing to see...
I was shocked by I, Robot by SlickyVonBoner	Jun 7th, 2007 10:56:05 AM
and how good it was. The commercials made it seem like a typical Will Smith smart-mouthin' summer fx flick. But, it was surprisingly deep with a great story and the special effects were amazing. Who did the FX for that film anyways? The Thing was also a great movie, that scared the hell out of me as a kid. Love the scene where they're testing everyone's blood. I'd see both of these movies.
Give me that I, Robot sequel! by Primus	Jun 7th, 2007 10:57:20 AM
I really liked the first film, a pretty decent adaptation of the original stories. Looking forward to seeing what Moore has up his sleeve.
I, ROBOT II by RighteousBrother	Jun 7th, 2007 11:19:21 AM
Too many II's
There are a lot of people who dont like Big Willy style by emeraldboy	Jun 7th, 2007 11:24:25 AM
for some reason. I think its down to the fact that he makes money and lot of money for studios. That he is commericial. That he understands hollywoods bottom line is green. He has proven that he can act and act well. Some people in the hard-core hip hop community hated his moral up bringing. he out sold them in the charts. back in the days when mtv was wathchable yo mtv raps had a special in which they invited all the rap and hip producers to conference about the future of the industry. Not one of them had a nice word to say about will smith and I think one of the people on the show was ICe cube. This is a guy who spent his early teenage years encouraging black youth to fight the police and disrespecting women. The five words you will never see are Ice Cube academy award nominee. Ice cubes career is now in the toilet. While Will smith can argue with some justification. That his single Summer time is one the best summer songs of all time. I for one love that line "Adjust the base and let the alpine blast".
Do A Prequel called: 0, Robots!!!!! by Diagnostic	Jun 7th, 2007 11:31:58 AM
Aw.. Hell No! I demand a remagining of 1982's Megafoce! I always loved how Marvel comics would place..."Because you demanded it! The last issue of (Dazzler, Thing, etc.)" This phrase belongs on the poster of any sequel. Because you demanded it! Ben Affleck is back as DD!!
re-booting alien by emeraldboy	Jun 7th, 2007 11:36:34 AM
Wont happen. Sigourney Weaver wont do it as she has had enough. She went on the record during a press junket for Snow Cake. She wont be involved in GB3 either. Cameron and scott should do it. But seeing as it takes years for cameron to do anything. It wont happen. I saw the directors cut of alien and cameron was right. The nest scene adds nothing to the movie and makes the movie more drawn out. Although it helps explain why Ripley becomes a toughie. Though turning her into an alien was a bad idea.
i robot was good! by soup74	Jun 7th, 2007 11:40:57 AM
i was afraid to read all the talkback bashing of i, robot that i expected, because i really enjoyed the film. it was nice to read so many people actually agreed it was a decent film. i didnt expect it.
I, Robot- Best shoe commercial I've ever seen! by spectrebeeyatch	Jun 7th, 2007 11:43:16 AM
That movie was silly, fun to watch but very silly far from the best sci-fi this decade I'd have to give that too... Serenity? I guess that works.
Just skip all that crap by kafka07	Jun 7th, 2007 11:49:43 AM
and make a damn Blade Runner sequel. Or a remake of the old classic film Metropolis.
I, Robot=O.K. The Thing= Near Masterpiece by lost.rules	Jun 7th, 2007 11:57:07 AM
BTW, You guys are hysterical.
obviously the title will be "We, Robots" by TheHichhiker	Jun 7th, 2007 11:58:13 AM
.... could be cool if it was a nanobot movie ("wee robots")... as those who never read Asimov and wondering what the big fuss about 'I, Robot' was - imaging going to see 'Lord of the Rings' to find a soap opera about jewelry maker or when the BSG movie is out, it being about a pre-teen boy band called "Battlestar Galactica" The movie literally had NOTHING to do with the book other than a few names. It's not that they changed things visually, or they changed the story to take out any possible meaning in it (like the severely castrated "The Last Mimsy") - no, they wrote a completely unrelated story and slapped names from the book on it.
irc-Hollywood by Blue_Demon	Jun 7th, 2007 11:58:36 AM
The Thing never took definitive form in my opinion. At the end, it was just a mish-mash of all of the creatures it had "sampled" including dogs, Blair and some kind of insect thing. I don't think we ever saw its original form. As for it being a "remake", to me it is a remake in name only as it went to the original Campbell story "Who Goes There" for inspiration. Still, I doubt anything could be better than the Carpenter version. Rob Bottin's gooey, rubbery alien kicks the crap out of any cgi junk out there.
Is Clooney's Fail Safe available on DVD? by Barry Egan	Jun 7th, 2007 11:59:22 AM
I woule really like to see it.
More remakes of great movies that aren't that old, Yeah by picardsucks	Jun 7th, 2007 12:02:22 PM
I Robot and Will Smith both suck so who cares but "The Thing" ???? Jesus Christ, the new HD-DVD transfer looks gorgeous and makes the experience that much more enjoyable!!! It takes place in the fucking artic, there really is no frame of reference to make it seem dated. No remake of Escape From New York, No, The Thing, I can see it now, The Thing starring The Rock, gay bad gay!!!
The Thing, as a celebrity Reality Television Show by Ingeld	Jun 7th, 2007 12:02:42 PM
All we need are some Quonset huts in the antarctic and a creature (someone out there must want to test a bio-weapon). It has hit written all over it.
Alien by SlickyVonBoner	Jun 7th, 2007 12:17:21 PM
Why do they need to reboot that. You can easily write a great movie in the Aliens universe. Why do we need Sigourney Weaver? To me she does not make the franchise, though she was great. Let's see alien's on earth (AvP doesn't count) or the alien homeworld. Bring back the Colonial Marines!!! They're the reason Aliens was the top-grossing alien-pic.
Fuck CGI in The Thing... by Flip63Hole	Jun 7th, 2007 12:33:36 PM
Why? I like movies to look like movies not video game cut scenes, thanks...
I, Robot was a decent adaptation!?!?! by Hairy Nutsack	Jun 7th, 2007 12:38:39 PM
Dear lord, what's wrong with people? Isaac Asimov specifically wrote his robot short stories and novels because he hated killer robot stories. He felt that humans would not create sentient "tools" that would then turn around and kill their masters, we build safety into our non-sentient tools do we not? Then we get "I, Robot" the movie which was a story about...wait for it...killer fucking robots!?!?! To the next fucktard who calls what I said above "fanboy whining", go read something besides your shit Star Wars novels, you just might find out how important the works of Isaac Asimov are to both science fiction and literature in general.
Fail Safe on DVD... by PoweredUpPacman	Jun 7th, 2007 12:38:46 PM
...does exist. Or me owning a copy is just in my head. Anywhoo, remake of The Thing is as useless as a second craphole in my forehead. And as for Moore having a credit on M:I 2 along with Braga is not a plus either. That motherfucker sucked beyond all that had sucked before it.
I was at the DOME Battlestar Q&A thing last night and by NoPIX	Jun 7th, 2007 12:42:30 PM
He sure didn't mention this....
Oh, and Moore and David Eick are really COOL guys by NoPIX	Jun 7th, 2007 12:43:18 PM
very cool
It''ll be like the new revision Fog with teens instead! by captboulder	Jun 7th, 2007 12:48:43 PM
Nooooooo thanks!
I, Robot sequel? Sweet! by Lord_Soth	Jun 7th, 2007 12:54:25 PM
Dig it. Remaking the Thing is pretty pointless. And there are no words for the idea of rebooting the Alien saga. Just erase 3 and 4 and make a proper sequel without Weaver.
ROBOTECH!!!! by Prometeo	Jun 7th, 2007 12:59:08 PM
Can't encourage it enough. I want a Ronald D. Moore re-imagined Robotech series! There is a lot of character development there, the clash of different societies, kick ass action, characters for the old and the new, love triangles, drama, and three whole generations to spin it off. Not to mention the already established fanbase. I know, it would be hard to pull off the "giant transformable robots" aspect of it... but after a Transformers movie, why not? and if they're doing Speedracer... I'm surprised no one has at least tentalized the prospect.
Serenity! You have to be shitting me :P by tailhook	Jun 7th, 2007 01:00:09 PM
I love Firefly as much as the next guy.. but Serenity was strictly a B-movie whose major claim to sci-fi fame is 'splosions. I, Robot was a movie about ideas... what makes us human. Sure it had the action but the movie was in no way driven by it like Serenity was. As per Hairy Nosack... 'fanboi whining' is exactly what you did there. I'm sorry if thats your lot in life but if you did just a little bit of research you would know that Asimov's himself didn't even originate the title I, Robot. That was Eando Binder. His publisher just cribbed the title for his stories to cash in on Binder's short story of the same time. The same short story which bears a very strong resemblence to the movie. Either way.. if they had done a page-by-page adapation of Asimov's work.. it not only a) wouldn't have made any money at all, something Asimov himself detailed when talking about eye-sci fi but b) you still wouldn't have accepted it because of your own personal baggage. So go back to soaking your brain in pulp and leave the analysis of film to people who don't discount everything they see because it doesn't match everything they read.
i'm amazed: by newc0253	Jun 7th, 2007 01:03:40 PM
at the number of talkbackers who thought I, Robot was a good film. It wasn't terrible, for sure, the special effects were okay, the action sequences were entertaining plus it had Bridget Monyahan in it. But those things by themselves don't make a movie good. They make it barely watchable. I, Robot is the kind of the film that would be enjoyable if you're stuck on a flight to Tokyo. But it's lowering the bar dramatically to describe it as anything approaching "good".
Wow, people actually like I, Robot? by oceanic86	Jun 7th, 2007 01:05:51 PM
I saw it on TV a few weeks ago, I couldn't sit through it. I counted 8 fucking BLATANT product placements before the first commercial break. I'm surprised they got away with charging admission in theaters. I couldn't stand to watch it any longer. Why bother with I, Robot 2? Give us Mac & Me 2: Mac & We. I already have a script written; Mac and his family get diabetes because they can't stop drinking Coke, and have to have limbs amputated.
tailhook = Nipples on Asimov by Hairy Nutsack	Jun 7th, 2007 01:27:19 PM
Who gives a rat's fucking ass where the title came from, in what way is that relevant to either this discussion or the stories of Isaac Asimov that this movie is "based" on? They didn't base this on Binder's writing, they based it on Asimov's you idiot. I will agree that the short stories by themselves make for bad movie fare. They should have started with Caves of Steel and used the short stories as a way to explain the Three Laws to the audience. CoS and the other Elijah Bailey books would work great as films. Mystery, murder, romance, politics, and robots who don't turn into Terminators contrary to their author's wishes.
WTF, is wrong with this site?! No Indy 4 latest news or by captboulder	Jun 7th, 2007 01:49:30 PM
the American Gangsters trailer with Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe! This site is getting left in the dust!
Merrick's backwards capatability just feels right. by la_sith	Jun 7th, 2007 01:59:03 PM
Merrick, WTF? The Thing remake was announced MONTHS ago. Ain't it old.
Covering both bases.. by skimn	Jun 7th, 2007 02:03:20 PM
A Thing remake? "Hellll NO !!" As to The Thing ('82) being a remake, it was more based on the story "Who Goes There?" than the original walking carrot movie ( as fun as that one was, for it's Hawk-iness).
I, Robot: Rise of Mr. Roboto by DarfurOnTheRocks	Jun 7th, 2007 02:09:17 PM
nuff said
I, Robot's script was a piece of shit, by Son of Hades	Jun 7th, 2007 02:20:09 PM
but they still somehow managed to turn out a film which wasn't a complete piece of shit. For the follow-up, I'd like to see something more along the lines of the Caves Of Steel or its sequels - with a bit of tinkering, they'd fit into the original film's universe well enough, I think.
If that's true.... by Hairy Nutsack	Jun 7th, 2007 02:27:01 PM
"the movie was based on a piece of shit script that was changed to incoporate some of assimov's characters and concepts", then doesn't that make it even worse? They named it based on Asimov's work, stole stories from him, bastardized his intent for his robots, used his name while promoting the movie, and now you say Asimov was thrown on as filler? Just keeps getting worse and worse don't it? And tailhook, asking that they remain faithful to some of the greatest books and one of the greatest authors of all time isn't "fanboy whining", but you go ahead and enjoy that AvP sequel tailor made for the lowest common denominator such as yourself.
make it a sequel, or leave it alone by Ray Gamma	Jun 7th, 2007 02:51:52 PM
If you want to be totally lambasted by fans and critics, and you don't mind ruining your career - re-make Carpenter's The Thing. On the other hand, if you want to be embraced by the hardcore fans, and you want to make a huge cult hit that explores a goldmine of clever 'what-ifs' based on what Carpenter set up, then create a SEQUEL to Carpenter's The Thing. It makes perfect sense because, quite simply, there is no recent horror movie that comes close to Carpenter's version. It still shits on modern horror flicks, from a very great height. Leave it alone. Make a sequel and I'll promise to buy a ticket.
"The Thing" PC Game... by Abin Sur	Jun 7th, 2007 02:59:28 PM
Quite good...very atmospheric, and definitely scary in parts. It would make for great "sequel" material.
Dude, how 'bout a sequel to '82 Thing... by WONKABAR	Jun 7th, 2007 04:01:43 PM
ala the video game, it could even be the present day, but the events of the first film need to have taken place. No re-boot, re-make, or any other such BS. Sequel/continuation...that would be cool.
So Childs is the Thing at the end of The Thing? by The Curious Dr Humpp	Jun 7th, 2007 04:15:48 PM
Just wondering
Why is Gigolo Joe's female counterpart named Jane? by Frisco	Jun 7th, 2007 04:16:09 PM
Is she Gigolo Jane? o_0
I, Robot threw me for a loop by SoylentMean	Jun 7th, 2007 05:03:19 PM
Proyas is an awesome director but the trailers never sold me on the movie. Dark City and The Crow from that guy, two of the best films of the 90's. Will Smith is a cool guy (of whom I am extremely jealous, Jada, I mean Mrs. Smith-nice catch Fresh Prince). Yet what really kept me from seeing this in theaters was the impression I got that the robots were all identical. That's where I was wrong, somehow there are subtle differences in the robots, which is what makes the film so cool. I, Robot is a great movie, that if done right, could have a great sequel. Oh, and leave The Thing alone!!!!!!!
Prefer Howard Hawks Thing from '51. by TomBodet	Jun 7th, 2007 05:08:07 PM
Doesn't need no sequel, nossir. But-hey more power to these guys-why not?
Whatever happened to Rob Bottin? by otto maddox	Jun 7th, 2007 05:16:23 PM
..the real star of The Thing?
I'm in agreement here... by J.B.M.A.	Jun 7th, 2007 05:50:11 PM
..with those that found I, Robot to be a completely bland waste of time. I wouldn't even rate the effects work that highly, given some of the stuff around at the time - Minority Report knocked it into a cocked hat for a realistic view of a future America. All that Matrix slow-mo stuff as well, but done with NO reason or style. And the script? Well lets just say that those who consider the movie 'intelligent' are unable to see the irony...
Hey, there was a sequel... by Phillyflopper	Jun 7th, 2007 05:54:52 PM
In comic form on Dark Horse.
Whorish Jane! by Phillyflopper	Jun 7th, 2007 05:56:15 PM
Maybe they should call The Thing...Too! Or perhaps make it a prequel to when The Alien wasn't so evil ala Star Wars Prequel trilogy.
What, an "I, Robot" sequel? by HellKing	Jun 7th, 2007 06:21:23 PM
What happened? Did he just erase "Caprica" off the script and put "I, Robot?"
... ... ... ... by jfp2007	Jun 7th, 2007 06:39:24 PM
What...is...it...with... all...of...the... ellipses...used...on ...this...site...???
Yay - another non-horror person toying with horror. by Experiment 626	Jun 7th, 2007 08:13:39 PM
The world needs more Mick Garrises to say they are horror guys without really being horror guys. You want to do The Thing? Get Leif Jonker to direct it - not some silly poof who wastes his choad on Sci-Fi...
THE THING EXPLAINED! plus a link by ...SUTTER KANE...	Jun 7th, 2007 09:15:24 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =-Uj0xkAKhH8 i made it! ps the thing is my all time faviourite film! if anyone needs to know any thing about the 82 version ask away! yes it was developed for the sci f1 channel 2 years ago but was dropped at the pre pro duction stages!of which the production artwork is floating around on the net! the latest remake is not really technicaly a remake! but a prequal to the 1982 version which will be SET IN AND AROUND THE NORWEIGIAN BASE CAMP! ie how they find the ship in the ice, how they find the thing buried outside of the ship! and how all hell breaks loose, and anyone really interested in the carpenter version like me, may find this interesting, carpenter recently said that if you watch the end of the film, when mcready and co are waiting to die! WATCH THERE BREATH! one has breath the other doesnt! carpenter said this is deliberate! ie one of them is not human! im not telling which tho! LAST LINE... LETS JUST SIT BACK... AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS! how cool is that! but did you know! for the tv version there was an alternate ending shot! where they get rescued mcready has a test and he is ok! however it was never used! GOOD. my final thoughts on the prequal/remake are as follows! PRACTICAL FX and only rob bottin should be approached the animatronics he made in the 82 version have never been beat! for gods sake! nothing comes close! CGI to a miniumum! and a compitent director! darren {the fountain} arnofski would be a great choice! KEEP IT A SOCIAL DRAMA ie can i trust my neighbour! AND THE 1982 SCORE INSTANTLY FELT LIKE THE END OF THE WORLD! iconic score must be kept! AND LASTLY tie the end of the new one up with the start of the last one! as you can guess i am an ultra fan of THE THING! my fave of all time! and most of carpenters work untill after in the mouth of madness is fantastic! MAN IS THE WARMEST PLACE TO HIDE!
Eli Roth's Thing? by JackPumpkinhead	Jun 7th, 2007 09:18:46 PM
The Thing captures Mac in the first five minutes and tortures him for two hours until the end?
Da Robots? by JAGUART	Jun 7th, 2007 09:19:29 PM
Aw Hell No!
Carpenter sealed the deal. by krushjudgement	Jun 7th, 2007 09:21:35 PM
You should wait 20 more years, or do a different sci-fi version of little indians, withouth The Thing name attached to the project. The 82 version is just too damn good.
Look Whose The Thing Now by ArcadianDS	Jun 7th, 2007 09:27:28 PM
Starring the voice of Rosanne Barr as "Pickles the amazing android snow puppy".
I, Robot could have a credible sequal or two... by chico-san	Jun 7th, 2007 09:36:52 PM
Yes I completely agree with some talk backers: - I, Robot movie sucked. - Should have adopted the Robot books instead, but hopefully they'll do that regardless if I, Robot gets a sequal or not. Now, there are still other short stories that involve the same chars they can rape..er...mine for sequal ideas. It's possible to get another movie out for I, Robot, and I wouldn't put it pass them to call it We, Robots or some crap. Caves of Steel/Naked Sun/Robots of Dawn would be an awesome trilogy. And imagine if that was developed in parallel with Foundation, and eventually you'll get a 3rd trilogy where both stories co-mingle ala Foundation and Robots and the other Foundation books. If only dreams DO come true...
Ron Moore.... by Boromir187	Jun 7th, 2007 10:18:32 PM
....has been attached to write The Thing remake for Strike Entertainment & Universal for a couple of months now.
TOO SOON!! by Pageiv	Jun 7th, 2007 11:29:07 PM
The Thing? Really? Isnt there some crappy movie they can remake instead of all the classics? ie Texas Chainsaw..., Halloween (I love Zombie though) Day of the Dead, on and on.
II, Robot by AlwaysThere	Jun 8th, 2007 12:18:48 AM
Love the sound of that.
I could go for his version of The Thing.... by RevSick	Jun 8th, 2007 02:40:51 AM
...but not sure about I Robot 2: Electric Boogaloo. I think with some of the paranoia episodes of BSG he's really shown he could do at least a very competant version of The Thing if not an amazing one. But do we really need an I Robot two, I mean really.
The Thing... by JohnNadaUK	Jun 8th, 2007 07:53:33 AM
"although I felt the pacing went a little soft at the end" Oh do fuck off you smarmy twat! I bet that made you feel cool and edgy to say that didn't it? A prize tit you are.
Asimov and Styx by tylermo	Jun 8th, 2007 09:23:58 AM
THe rise of Mr. Roboto! That's great. As much as I'm a fan of Dennis DeYoung, and the other Styx members, I think I could do without a mix of Asimov and Mr. Roboto. hehe
The Thing remake has level of Die Hard PG13 provocation by 9banned0.5furious	Jun 8th, 2007 09:48:11 AM
and yes,"I felt the pacing went a little soft at the end"...you are a pretencious dick. Even the worse in our Camus reading club don`t say stuff like that.
Thing sequel starrring CGI John Holmes by liljuniorbrown	Jun 8th, 2007 12:36:57 PM
Now that I have your attention we should have a sequel to The Thing. Basic premise,the goverment tracks down Kurt Russel's charector, who's been living off the grid since the first encounter. Seems the goverment didn't belive his story about the creature and labeled him a kook. Now they need his help in trying to locate the creature who has gotten loose from a research facility in Alaska and is terrorizing the small town near the lab. Now to the mythology,is it a shapeshifting alien? An otherworldly demon? or an experiment gone wrong? Make this movie with alot of blood and gore,marines fighting alien monsters and your golden. And cast Tom Jane,Sylvester Stallone,Ving Rahmes and Bruce Willis alongside Kurt. License to print money.
What? No more posts? by Orcus	Jun 25th, 2007 01:51:19 PM
C'mon folks

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