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In Reply to: "The Thing": 1951 Original vs 1982 Remake posted by AudioHead on October 4, 1999 at 12:36:02:
AudioHead- Thanks for a well-written and very informative comparison of the two movies. Having never read the original "Who Goes There?" I never knew that John Carpenter's remake was more faithfull to the original story. Consequently, I wonder how many of the critics and others who trashed the movie read John Campbell's story. A couple of aspects of the 1951 movie that I find interesting is the credit for direction often goes to Howard Hawks and not Nyby. Maybe the producers thought adding Hawk's name would give additional credibility to the movie. I also find the casting of James Arness as the extra-terrestrial and George Fenneman as one of the scientists, an odd twist in view of their later exploits as Matt Dillon and Groucho Marx's announcer on You Bet Your Life. I always enjoyed the original 1951 movie over the Carpenter version but the next time I'll watch with a whole new perspective.
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