[SFRA-L] THE THING (from Another World): 2011 Prequel

[Joshua Cuneo]

"Is Ellen Ripley good for the women?" That's a really interesting 
question, and I'd love to hear more about it.  Can someone refer me to a 
good analysis of the Ripley character with regards to gender politics?

Thanks,
Joshua

On 9/25/2011 11:22 PM, Richard Erlich wrote:
> I saw the trailer this morning at the old-farts' matinee for KILLER 
> ELITE (neither as good nor as bad a movie as it might have been [but I 
> digress]). If the trailer is true to the film, THING-2011 definitely 
> looks like a remake of the Carpenter film, with a gender switch, and 
> (I will guess) a marketing decision to sell it as a prequel.
> Reinforced by the Wikipedia article on THING-2011 --- one thing to 
> discuss with this film is gender politics we might figuratively frame, 
> "Is Ellen Ripley good for the women?"
>
> Rich
>
>
> On 25/09/2011, at 18:57, Davis, Doug wrote:
>
>> And just in case you want to know what happens shortly *after* 
>> Carpenter's film:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(video_game 
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_%28video_game>)
>>
>> --Doug
>>
>> ps, it's a pretty fun game from 2002; you have to keep your terrified 
>> teammates from committing suicide.
>>
>>
>>
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>> Subject: Re: [SFRA-L] THE THING (from Another World): 1951, 1982, 2011
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>> I just happened to see a preview of this today and my initial 
>> reaction was similar. However, it is a prequel to Carpenter's 1982 
>> film, going into detail about what happened at the Norwegian base 
>> during the three days before the Carpenter story, so maybe it isn't a 
>> total waste. See Wikipedia article "The Thing (2011 film)" if you're 
>> interested.
>>
>> On the other hand, the biggest previous Hollywood work I can find for 
>> the lead actress is Final Destination 3. :(
>>
>> Jim
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