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**Abnorttrano** · 07-21-2011, 06:48 PM

Actually the original wasn't that well received, but later grew a cult following when times changed and film "fashion" warranted the Thing to be better received, ahead of its time so to speak.... Critics and write ups slated the plot and Carpenters filming, Infact from a critic point of view, I doubt it would have gotten a 60%. Pretty much what is being discussed here.

It wasn't till a good few years later that the cult following of the film made the film explode and was viewed with better light.

From my point of view, the trailer I watched wasn't so bad. The old trailer was equally as shite as this one. A female lead doesn't bother me, re: Alien and so on, it can work, and work well.

07-21-2011, 06:48 PM	#14
Abnorttrano Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 533 Senior Member	Actually the original wasn't that well received, but later grew a cult following when times changed and film "fashion" warranted the Thing to be better received, ahead of its time so to speak.... Critics and write ups slated the plot and Carpenters filming, Infact from a critic point of view, I doubt it would have gotten a 60%. Pretty much what is being discussed here. It wasn't till a good few years later that the cult following of the film made the film explode and was viewed with better light. From my point of view, the trailer I watched wasn't so bad. The old trailer was equally as shite as this one. A female lead doesn't bother me, re: Alien and so on, it can work, and work well.
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