A great movie, but get one thing straight!

Rating: Null/10 (28 August 2002)

THIS IS NOT AN "UPDATE OR A REMAKE" OF "THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD". It is an adaptation of "Who Goes There?" a John W. Campbell short story. While I do enjoy the film(The Thing From Another World, that is), it is in almost NO way an adaptation of that story. The only similarity being the alien discovered in ice. If this is enough then "Encino Man" is as much an adaptation. I keep hearing people say that is an update over and over again. Anyone who has read this story knows that "The Thing" is almost word for word to the book. The story is about a shape-changing alien not a vegetable for godssake. Both movies are great but enough already.