KnownUnknown
Since: Jan, 2001
derpdederp35
Since: May, 2011
Total posts: 3

My sister and I saw the trailer for the prequel of The Thing quite a while ago and we thought it looked like a big disapointment. What we were most opposed to was the female cast member, who seemed to exist to be a giant "miss exposition" and be pretty eye candy for the audience. Also consider that what she and the rest of the men are doing is not just for research but politics as well. Because the nearly inhospitable Antarctic has no government, various treaties are used to prevent each country from making claims on the continent, including establishing research stations for various projects. The female actor looks like she just came out of college and looks fresh for someone who would have to have many years of experience journeying the arctic tundra studying the elements, rather than the weather-beaten aged expert such as Ellen Ripley in Aliens. We also both her character may be a potential distraction from the main element of the movie, which is the horror and paranoia brought on by the alien presence.