Carpenter Fans Brace Yourselves–The Thing Prequel Starts March!
Man, if you love Carpenter like I love Carpenter, then do I have some absolutely awesome news for you–the prequel to Carpenter’s fantastic sci-fi / horror epic of mistaken identity and alien conquest finally gets rolling this March!
Yes, just two short months away until the prequel finally begins. Speaking as someone whose Christmas Eve tradition involves watching The Thing (what? It’s set in Antarctica, for crying out loud. Why would I not want to see this on a night with lots of cold and snow?), the thought of more of this is incredibly welcome. Even if I’d sooner see a sequel rather than a prequel just so the question could FINALLY get settled as to who got out of there alive.
Good news, Ron Moore of Battlestar Galactica is still handling the script. Bad news, they’ve still got neophyte director Matthjis Van Heijningen handling the helming. But frankly, a new director shouldn’t be too much problem IF the script’s in good shape and the actors are half decent, and Ron Moore suggests good script.
Good script indeed….
I just don’t see any point in a prequel- it’ll add nothing to the story, regardless of the script’s quality.
Eoin–not so sure on that score myself. It’d be interesting to find out what happened at that Norwegian camp. And a little extra background on just where “the thing” came from and what it is wouldn’t hurt either. Still though, like I said, I’d love to see what happened at the end of the original.
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