When a simple experiment frees the creature from its frozen prison, it unleashes a flood of chaos and paranoia upon the camp, pitting the team against one another. With the ability to mimic the physicality of anything or anyone that it touches, the shape-shifting creature makes everyone a suspect in this suspenseful psychological thriller. From Dawn Of The Dead producers Marc Abraham and Eric Newman, The Thing also stars Ulrich Thomsen (Season of the Witch), Eric Christian Olsen (NCIS: Los Angeles), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Lost), Paul Braunstein (The Tuxedo) and Kim Bubbs (Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures).
The Thing Blu-ray Combo Pack includes an all-new UltraViolet copy of the film. UltraViolet is the revolutionary new way for consumers to collect movies and TV shows, put them in the cloud and stream instantly to computers, tablets and smart phones and soon, consumers can download to devices of their choice too. The Thing Blu-ray Combo Pack also includes a DVD as well as a Digital Copy of the film which is compatible with iTunes, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Android or other retail partners. So now, consumers can truly enjoy their movies and TV shows anytime, anywhere, on the platform of their choice.
Blu-ray and DVD Special Features:
- Deleted/Extended Scenes
- The Thing Evolves: Profiling key behind-the-scenes stories of the film from inception to completion, including pieces entitled "The Legacy," "The Inspiration" and "The Evolution."
- Fire & Ice: In a frigid environment and against a relentless foe, there's only one hope: Fire. Join the cast as they train with flame-throwers, battle wild fires on-set and get schooled in the importance of understanding fire's unpredictable personality.
- Feature Commentary: With Director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. and Producer Eric Newman.
Blu-ray Exclusive Bonus Features:
- UltraViolet: The revolutionary new way for consumers to collect movies and TV shows, put them in the cloud and stream instantly to computers, tablets and smart phones, currently available in the United States only.
- BD-Live: Access the BD-Live Center through your Internet-connected player to watch the latest trailers and more!
- Pocket Blu app: The groundbreaking pocket Blu app uses iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Android, PC and Mac to work seamlessly with a network-connected Blu-ray player. Plus iPad and Android tablet owners can enjoy a new, enhanced edition of pocket Blu made especially to take advantage of the tablets' larger screen and high resolution display. Consumers will be able to browse through a library of Blu-ray content and watch entertaining extras on-the-go in a way that's bigger and better than ever before. pocket Blu offers advanced features such as:
- Advanced Remote Control: A sleek, elegant new way to operate your Blu-ray player. Users can navigate through menus, playback and BD-Live functions with ease.
- Video Timeline: Users can easily bring up the video timeline, allowing them to instantly access any point in the film.
- Mobile-To-Go: Users can unlock a selection of bonus content with their Blu-ray discs to save to their device or to stream from anywhere there is a Wi-Fi network, enabling them to enjoy content on the go, anytime, anywhere.
- Browse Titles: Users will have access to a complete list of pocket Blu-enabled titles available and coming to Blu-ray Hi-Def. They can view free previews and see what additional content is available to unlock on their device.
- Keyboard: Entering data is fast and easy with your device's intuitive keyboard.
- uHear: Never miss another line of dialogue with this innovative feature that instantly skips back a few seconds on your Blu-ray disc and turns on the subtitles to highlight what you missed.
The Thing was released October 14th, 2011 and stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Paul Braunstein, Trond Espen Seim, Kim Bubbs. The film is directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr..
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CelluloidDreams
...But really did we need a prequel!??! If U aregoing to do a prequel then do something more orginial.....not some shot for shot almost re-make of the film you are doing a prequel to!
Sitting through "The Thing" "prequel", I felt I had already seen the film before! Their was nothing new or fresh!
By time you get to the end of film, the whole film feels tedious !.
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CelluloidDreams
The Cover art is the same as the film poster!!!
The only difference between the DVD art and poster art is the DVD omits: "From Producers of Dawn of the Dead"....!
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Andrew_Smith
I think its wierd that you guys are comparing the 1982 version to the 2011 movie when the 2011 movie is a prequel. Its how it all started with the Norwegian camp first then heading to the American camp next. I thought this movie played off perfectly and made its connection to the 1982 movie seamlessly. If you were to watch the movie, or missed the scene during the credits you would know this prequel played off perfectly.
6 months agoby @andrew-smith-28336544Flag
JonSpidey07
I actually fall on the side of liking this movie, it wasnt awful like the critics made it out to be, obviously Carpenter's version is better and Im still gonna watch this back-to-back
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slysnide
@moviegeek: That's not the real cover art. The top one just as the typical blu-ray banner on it, but not any signs of it being anything besides a poster and a blu-ray banner. The edges of the dvd picture are shopped in. You can tell from how digital the picture looks in comparison to the plastic edges.
6 months agoby @slysnideFlag
SpaceCowboy
No new cover and one speedy release date. Still not as bad (or good in my case) as when Tropic Thunder released in theatres in August and came to DVD in October.
6 months agoby @SpaceCowboyFlag
ROFLitschristian
@slysnide Seems reasonable to me.
6 months agoby @ROFLitschristianFlag
moviegeek
Really? That's the only cover art they could do..?
6 months agoby @moviegeekFlag
CelluloidDreams
....take your money and by the 1951 film, "The Thing from Another World"; or the John Carpenter film and skip this one
6 months agoby @2movieguysFlag
slysnide
@ROFLitschristian: It made barely $4 million in its opening weekend. When that happens, studios typically wanna get the film out quick before moviegoers will completely forget about the film. The same thing happened to the "Poseidon Adventure" remake from 2006 which was released May 12th, and was out by around the same time that August.
6 months agoby @slysnideFlag
ROFLitschristian
@slysnide You guessed it would be out by December?
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ROFLitschristian
@TheFury Oops. You caught me. I started a sentence with 'and.'
Well at least I can spell the words 'you're' and 'seem'...
6 months agoby @ROFLitschristianFlag
slysnide
Also, notice all the technical data they wrote down to make it sound like there's more stuff on the BD.
6 months agoby @slysnideFlag
slysnide
Well, I said December, but I suppose February (close enough) is about right.
6 months agoby @slysnideFlag
TheFury
@RofL Please don't start sentences with 'And'. Lol. You see pretty dumb bringing up stuff like that. This isn't a presidential speech, dick licker.
6 months agoby @TheFuryFlag
Lord McLovin of MovieWeb
@TheFury I didn't like this movie a lot, it wasn't as great as Carpenter's movie was :P
6 months agoby @ghostmanFlag
ROFLitschristian
@ghostman Oh my god. The first time I saw Carpenter's version I woke up from a nap and my grandfather was watching it. It was the scene where the guys head rips off and spreads legs. It was f*cking creepy. I was honestly kind of scared by it. XD
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ROFLitschristian
@TheFury For the hundredth time dipsh*t, IT"S SPELLED Y-O-U-'-R-E! You have got to be joking, right? And calling @ghostman a moron for having a certain likeness towards a film is stupid. In your words, "your a moron."
6 months agoby @ROFLitschristianFlag
TheFury
@mclovin Your a moron. This movie was trash.
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Lord McLovin of MovieWeb
It's a good rent @ROFLitschristian Just watch it once, forget about it, and return it :D It's more horror than suspense that the 1980's version was far more superior than this, watch that instead!
6 months agoby @ghostmanFlag
ROFLitschristian
@ghostman @2movieguys @corey Glad to know it was terrible! Haha, thanks guys. It looked like it had some hope to it.
6 months agoby @ROFLitschristianFlag
Corey
Boring cover. Ok movie.
6 months agoby @coreyFlag
CelluloidDreams
A film I would put on my: "Worst Film of 2011" list!!
A waste of money when I saw it in theater ....saw it mainly over curiosity....not a film I would pay up to $30.00 to own.......
"The Thing" got boring real fast!
Blu-ray/DVD Combo packs are such a waste ot have the same film on two different formats! I want one or the other not both!
6 months agoby @2movieguysFlag
Lord McLovin of MovieWeb
@ROFLitschristian If you've seen the original Carpenter Thing, you might like it. Movie wasn't that great just the last 30 minutes were
6 months agoby @ghostmanFlag
ROFLitschristian
Still very interested in seeing this. Any opinions?
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