Miss: Movie uses a variation of 82's theme music but doesn't have the same oomph as the 82's theme music.
Miss: And since I'm on the subject, compare to the 82's soundtrack the 2011's soundtrack is rather weak. It barely builds up any tension or atmosphere similar to the 82's Thing.
Miss: The opening title of 82's Thing was done with practical effects. (The title was placed behind a fish tank which was filled with smoke. While the fish tank was covered with a trash bag which was set on fire.) Whereas the opening title here was done digitally but just not as ominous as the 82's title opening.
Miss: *Halvorson recruits Kate for an investigation at the Norwegian Research station.* So let me get this straight, the research station doesn't have their own paleontologists or just fly one in from Norway. They had to recruit an American paleontologist instead. The 82's Thing never mentioned any Americans working with the Norwegians at the dig site.
Real Talk: Hey is that Tormund Giantsbane from Game of Thrones?
Miss: One of the problems with most prequels is the lack of continuity/consistency with the first movie. For instance, in 82's Thing MacReady and the others discovered from research videos of the Norwegians using thermite charges to dig up the alien spacecraft. Whereas 2011's Thing they just dug up the creature and left the spacecraft buried in the ice. Oh don't worry the movie fixes this problem, unfortunately it's gonna be inconsistent and stupid.
Miss: Halvorson: "Kate... In the future, don't contradict me in front of those people again." Kate: "I just thought..." Halvorson: "You're not here to think. You're here to get that thing safe out of the ice." Well the way I see it, given that the Norwegians had everything ready to go before Kate showed up she barely did her job. Hell she was quite surprised how fast they set up everything to dig the creature out from the ice that she said "you've gotten everything taken care of, I don't think you really need me". Point being they brought in a character whom's expertise was left underutilized and is just here as a fifth wheel. Ellen Ripley didn't had this problem in the first two Alien movies.
Miss: Also what was even the point of Halvorson recruiting Kate on to this discovery if he's gonna act like a dick-waving asshole to anyone questioning his authority?
Hit: *One of the Norwegian crewman is grabbed on absorbed by the Thing as another crewman calls for help.* Credit for the creature effects and for keeping the creature hidden in shadows just like in the 82's Thing.
Hit: Also credit for the practical/visual effects of the creature during the autopsy scene.
Miss: *Kate and Adam discovered that the creature was trying to imitate the Norwegian crewman.* If the 82's Thing didn't exist this would actually be a shocking revelation. Unfortunately that movie does exist and this scene comes off as a no shit moment for people who saw the 82 film.
Miss: In the 82 film, the sets of the American research station were done in Alaska and the Universal Studios Lot. Putting all their effort in capturing the atmosphere of antarctica. But in this movie, it's almost obvious they green screened some of the backgrounds.
Miss: *Carter, Jameson, Griggs and one other Norwegian crewman were about to leave via until Kate flags them down. Thing-Griggs randomly reveals itself and attacks the Norwegian crewman.* From the way the movie played off that the Norwegian crewman could be the Thing, Thing-Griggs had no reason to immediately reveal itself. Especially when Kate thinks that the Norwegian crewman might be the Thing. Thing-Griggs could've just easily lied that the Norwegian crewman is the Thing.
Hit: I'm gonna be a little lenient on the CGI when I say that the Thing-Griggs transformation was impressive.
Miss: *Thing-Juliette convinces Kate that Colins might be the Thing only to trick her into a room to absorb her.* The creature in the 82 film was established as not only intelligent but cunning. Getting into the blood supply storage with Gary's keys, building a makeshift spacecraft from miscellaneous parts and it tries to frame MacReady by taking some of his clothes and stuck them up a furnace. At no point the creature doesn't just randomly reveals itself for cheap scares. But rather whenever it's caught or (in the case of Thing-Norris being defibrillated) when it thinks it's being attacked.Yes it does try to absorb the American crewmen when it's alone but not when there's a chance it might get caught or the victim might get away. Point being with 2011's Thing it's like the filmmakers have no idea how subtitle scares work or fail to understand why the scares and the unsettling atmosphere worked so well in 82's Thing.
Hit: Now again I'm being lenient on the CGI, Thing-Juliette's transformation was impressive.
Miss: Although some of CGI can get a bit jankey at times with some of these creatures are just floaty human heads with bodies made of teeth and tendrils.
Miss: Some of scenes and dialogues in this film are copied and pasted from 82's Thing. Fucking lazy, this movie is.
Miss: *Carter and Jameson made it back to the research station.* Peder: "It is impossible for a human to survive in that crash." I agree with that, not to mention they managed to walk miles back to the research station in a snowstorm. And what about Thing-Griggs, is it still alive? If not then how did Carter and Jameson managed to kill it?
Miss: They didn't burn the creature from ice with the rest of the things?
Miss: *Kate comes up a way to tell if any of the crewmen are the Thing by checking for metal fillings in their mouths. Due to the creatures inability to imitate inorganic materials.* Good idea but here's the problem. What if these guys didn't get any metal fillings, 50/50 they might not be the Thing. Or what if they're not missing any back teeth, what then? I'm missing some back teeth yet I don't have any fillings. Does that mean I'm the Thing? Like what Halvorson said, there are too many variables. Any of these guys could just lie that they never got metal fillings if they were the Thing. I know the filmmakers didn't want to copy the hot needle blood test scene. But they could at least thought up something that just as logical as that scene.
Miss: *Thing-Edvard just breaks apart then starts attacking everyone in the rec room with a large tendril.* There was no need for Thing-Edvard to randomly reveal itself and attack everyone. It wasn't being attacked (aside from that explosion after Peder got shot). It didn't get caught for anything odd or suspicious. So once again these disguised creatures randomly going into full monster mode for the sake of cheap scares.
Miss: *Adam tries to get out of rec room only to get stabbed by Thing-Edvard's tendril.* There was a window right next to him and his best idea was to run towards the danger to get away. Brilliant. I know it's cold as shit outside but he could easily broke into another window at some other area of the station.
Miss: You're telling me that the spacecraft is still functional the whole time it was buried? And instead of the creature to just take off back into space it decides to leave the spacecraft and ends up freezing in the ice.
Miss: So basically when the spacecraft's engines start up the ship just magically unearthed itself from the ice. Instead of being dug up by Norwegians with thermite charges, fucking bullshit.
Real Talk: This part was hard to determine to be a miss. On one hand Carter could've been the Thing but on the other it's possible his earring could've fallen off back at the ship. And then there's Carter pleading with Kate not to burn him; not once did he transform and attack her. So chances are she just killed a human.
Hit: And now this movie uses the 82's theme.
Miss: Kinda pointless to have Lars surviving this ordeal since he gets shot in the face by Gary in the 82's film.
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