Pacific Rim Uprising almost included a homage to John Carpenter’s horror classic The Thing. The Thing was a remake of the 1951 B-movie The Thing From Another World and followed a team of scientists in the Antarctic who uncover the body of an alien creature with the ability to absorb and replicate living beings. The being soon thaws out and infects the base, leading to paranoia and one incredibly dark ending.
While The Thing is considered a masterpiece now, it was roundly hated by critics and even horror fans upon release in 1982. The director links the movie’s failure to E.T., another movie ...
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