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The Thing is all wrong!

posted 17 days ago by wrlord (1227)
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He looks great. They really captured the look of the Thing. BUT...
The voice, accent and personality are all wrong. They took the New York out of him -accent, attitude and background. Ben Grimm is a product of the lower East side of NY. To us in the know that means something. The producers should have watched a few movies of the Bowery Boys to get the idea. See, e.g., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6IwcnZlh2Y
His accent and attitude are completely wrong, as is the quality of his voice. The Thing is not high-pitched and nasal.
The Roger Corman movie Thing was actually a lot closer to capturing the character correctly. So were those otherwise cringey movies from the 2000s.
This Thing looks so good; what a wasted opportunity.

[–] BKB (11275) 17 days ago

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0G25n9K7OIM

Believe it or not, very little CGI in this movie for The THING which surprised me that is a latex mask and covering for his head with the rocks already on it

[–] DarthAckbar (2316) 17 days ago

nah, it looks stupid, too

[–] doctorc1970 (281) 16 days ago

I don't know, maybe I'm just to used to the old-school 70s cartoons....but I agree. The voice and mannerisms seemed all off to me as well. I really can't see this version saying "It's clobbering time!"

[–] DoctorThirteen (15276) 16 days ago

'I really can't see this version saying "It's clobbering time!"'

In this day and age they'll probably change it to 'It's time for a really stern talking to!'.

[–] johnmiller (4011) 16 days ago

AI Slop-adjacent. Maybe it is unfinished, but it needs work.

[–] BKB (11275) 16 days ago

I would even say Michael Chiklis got his voice right too in the other 2 movies, plus, the THING is like normal height in this and not imposing in the least like in the ULTIMATES version which would be the 2016 movie of the THING. I mean this is a character that has thrown down with the HULK in the comics and granted he gets the short end of the stick most of the time, but he's also much larger

[–] wrlord (1227) 16 days ago

Nope. In the comics Ben is no taller than Reed and tops out at 500 lbs. The Hulk in the comics is 1,000 lbs.
I don't know about, and don't give two shits about, the ultimate versions. Nothing after 1986 counts.