The Thing - 2011

[Giuseppe]

I said nothing to the contrary. That doesn't mean the 51 version isn't a classic in its own right, and it doesn't mean "everyone" agrees the 82 version is the "only" classic Thing adaptation.

I like the '51 edition. "Nickie" is hot. And she's ahead of her time. I'd love to have a girl friend like her. , she ties The Capt. (Kenneth Tobey) to a chair in the first 30 minutes.

[TheProfessor]

I said nothing to the contrary. That doesn't mean the 51 version isn't a classic in its own right, and it doesn't mean "everyone" agrees the 82 version is the "only" classic Thing adaptation.

One could go even deeper and say the "real classic" was the short story all are based upon, even if all the movies are considered "classics." Get me?

Gotcha.

My personal wish is that they'd stop shoveling money into unnecessary remakes and do something that deserves a film adaptation, like del Toro's proposed version of At the Mountains of Madness.

[benefactor]

...or remake something that was ty and improve it like Masters of the Universe.