So that new The Thing movie? That's the thing. It's also (and still) called The Thing. They're not sure what else to call it. In that article I quoted in the last post Marc Abraham talks about the difficulty in naming the movie. Call it The Thing Begins and someone will balk that it began with John Carpenter and how dare they call it as such. The Thing Prequel? Nah. So, right now it's just called The Thing. Again. Although keeping that the title is somehow appealing, it smacks too much of a remake. I have a suggestion. After jokingly going for the obvious Another Thing, I realized a very viable solution. Since the movie Carpenter used as a springboard had been The Thing from Another World, why not call this one: From Another World. Yes, I realize the order isn't right to continue from/as the original title (meaning that the new film is a prequel) but it does work in the sense that the new film will be more so about the thing that came here a la the crashed ship and removing the lifeform inside only to have the same type of chaos ensue which, as we know, will lead directly into the Carpenter film. So how about it? From Another World. Any takers?
Bart, Buttercup (who has not seen it) and I are going to watch it tomorrow night. She's excited. I am, too, since it's been a great while for me since I last saw it.
Meanwhile, I'm still tossing around ideas and researching for the new novel. I now have all the character names. Okay, okay, that's a lie. I have all the main character names. To be honest, I'm not exactly sure the supporting characters are going to have names. I'll have to see if I can get away with it, but right now I'm thinking it could work even better to just have them observed by the principle players. It seems as if what those around them are called would be of little interest to them. So, if the principles don't know their names, why should we? I'll see how it plays out and works best, of course.
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