At an Antarctica research site, the discovery of an alien craft leads to a confrontation between graduate student Kate Lloyd and scientist Dr. Sander Halvorson.At an Antarctica research site, the discovery of an alien craft leads to a confrontation between graduate student Kate Lloyd and scientist Dr. Sander Halvorson.At an Antarctica research site, the discovery of an alien craft leads to a confrontation between graduate student Kate Lloyd and scientist Dr. Sander Halvorson.
- Awards
- 6 nominations
Jonathan Walker
- Colin
- (as Jonathan Lloyd Walker)
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- TriviaDue to constant studio interference, director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. had such a negative experience with the film that he claimed to have lost his passion for filmmaking, and retired for nearly a decade. One of the issues was that he had to battle with five or six different studio executives in charge of the project, which made it difficult to make any creative decisions. At one point, production was shut down for a week because Universal wanted the film to be in 3D, and the release was eventually pushed back six months for studio-mandated re-shoots. Although van Heijningen has since made the acclaimed war movie The Forgotten Battle (2020) for Netflix and has also been working on films in Norway, he has since vowed never to work with an American studio again.
- Goofs(at around 5 mins) When Kate is introduced, she is examining a cave bear. She is doing so under normal room temperature conditions. Hence the corpse of the animal will thaw and rapidly decay. Specimens like frozen animals are kept frozen all the time to prevent the decay.
- Quotes
Adam Finch: So, I'm gonna get killed because I floss?
- Crazy creditsSPOILER: There are a few short scenes during the first part of the end credits, which tie the ending of this film to the beginning of the 1982 film.
- ConnectionsFeatured in De wereld draait door: Episode #7.31 (2011)
Featured review
drop the CG, eliminate the saucer, and bring back the blood
This is a prequel/sequel/reboot/rework to John Carpenter's 1982 classic horror The Thing. There is the big reveal twisting the story to loop it around. They could have played with this a lot more than what they actually did. It's convoluted but I'm willing to buy it. In fact, it added something interesting. Not the same for the FX.
The aliens are now almost all CG. That's a big problem since the original had some of the most iconic real FX. It's a spit in the face for fans to replace it with CGI and it doesn't look good anyways. Going inside the saucer is a big mistake. This stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Eric Christian Olsen, but nobody really stands out. This is a good idea but executed without understanding the appeal of the original.
The aliens are now almost all CG. That's a big problem since the original had some of the most iconic real FX. It's a spit in the face for fans to replace it with CGI and it doesn't look good anyways. Going inside the saucer is a big mistake. This stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Eric Christian Olsen, but nobody really stands out. This is a good idea but executed without understanding the appeal of the original.
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- The Thing: The Beginning
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- Budget
- $38,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $16,928,670
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,493,665
- Oct 16, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $31,505,287
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
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- 2.39 : 1
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