John Carpenter's The Thing Remastered Steelbook - 11/6

[Nailwraps]

You all wanted the 4K remaster of The Thing in the States, well now you will in an all new steelbook thanks to Scream/Universal!:

https://www.shoutfactory.com/product...roduct_id=6883

"Bonus Features

DISC ONE:
•2017 4K Scan Of The Feature Film

DISC TWO:
•2K Scan Of The Interpositive Supervised And Approved By Director Of Photography Dean Cundey
•4.1 Audio Mix Created From The Original 70MM Six Track Dolby Stereo Soundtrack (5.1 Audio Mix Also Included)
•Audio Commentary With Director Of Photography Dean Cundey
•Audio Commentary With Co-producer Stuart Cohen
•Audio Commentary By Director John Carpenter And Actor Kurt Russell
•Teaser Trailer
•Theatrical Trailers (U.S. And German)
•TV Spots
•Radio Spots
•Still Gallery (Behind-The-Scenes Photos, Posters And Lobby Cards)

DISC THREE:
•Requiem For A Shape Shifter – An Interview With Director John Carpenter In Conversation With Filmmaker Mick Garris
•The Men Of Outpost 31 – Interviews With Keith David, Wilford Brimley, David Clennon, Thomas Waites, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur And Joel Polis
•Assembling And Assimilation – An Interview With Editor Todd Ramsay
•Behind The Chameleon: The Visual Effects Of THE THING – Interviews With Visual Effects Artists Peter Kuran And Susan Turner, Special Make-up Effects Artist Rob Burman, Brian Wade And Stop Motion Animators Randall William Cook And Jim Aupperle
•Sounds From The Cold – Interviews With Supervising Sound Editor David Lewis Yewdall And Special Sound Effects Designer Alan Howarth
•Between The Lines – An Interview With Novelization Author Alan Dean Foster
•Back Into The Cold: A Return To The Shooting Locations Of THE THING – An Animated Photo Gallery Narrated By Todd Cameron Of Outpost31.com
•The Art Of Mike Ploog Gallery
•John Carpenter's The Thing: Terror Takes Shape – A Documentary On The Making Of THE THING Featuring Interviews With John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, Special Effects Make-up Designer Rob Bottin, Legendary Matte Artist Albert Whitlock And More! (SD)
•Network TV Broadcast Version Of THE THING (SD)
•Outtakes (SD)
•Vintage Featurettes From The Electronic Press Kit Featuring Interviews With John Carpenter, Kurt Russell And Rob Bottin (SD)
•Vintage Featurettes – The Making Of A Chilling Tale And The Making Of THE THING (SD)
•Vintage Product Reel – Contains A Condensed Version Of The Film With Additional Footage Not In The Film (SD)
•Vintage Behind-The-Scenes Footage (SD)
•Annotated Production Archive – Production Art And Storyboards, Location Scouting, Special Make-up Effects, Post Production (SD)"

[Dailyan]

I’ll still stick with Arrow but great for Region A only folks. Though honestly I don’t see Shout’s encode being that great.

[Matt89]

LOL @ all the trolls who thought that Shout had the best transfer that didn't need to be improved upon.

Lo and behold they re-release it 2 years later with the 4K o-neg scan.

~Matt

[Matt89]

Seriously though, when are they gonna announce remastered editions of films that ACTUALLY NEED IT??

*ahem*CAT PEOPLE*ahem*

They Live also could've used a remaster when they re-released that as a steelbook.

~Matt

[chip75]

Great another version of The Thing to argue over ... if Crow hasn't eaten himself by now, he's going to be pecking anytime.

[Kedrix]

*sigh*, Thing is one of my top 5 favorite movies, no bones about it. And I do love the art. But I just really feel at this point we should get a 4k. It's milking the wagon and at $30 plus shipping....I dunno. Probably just wait for this to come down in price and skip the litho...I already have a nice giant poster in my movie room of The Thing.

[Mike Flynn]

Thinking I’ll probably sell the steelbook, keep the remastered disc, and put it with the regular release just to have the theatrical art.

[Dailyan]

From the Steelbook forum



All these Carpenter steels are so damn copy and paste.

[Ant1010]

so is this remaster different from their original release?

[Nailwraps]

Originally Posted by Ant1010

so is this remaster different from their original release?

It will probably be the same 4K transfer from the Arrow release.

[Jay Mammoth]

Yeah I don’t know, I love their original release. I preordered Halloween 2 already, maybe I’ll bite on this if it hits $15.

[brian9229]

At this point, nothing but a UHD release will do.

[BurningAstronaut]

Screen shot may be tiny, but this is from the comments on Facebook:

[Ant1010]

Originally Posted by Nailwraps

It will probably be the same 4K transfer from the Arrow release.

does that disc look better than the Shout one?

[grodd]

I don't know if I'm going to buy this one.
A. Is this Arrows scan? (Edit: nevermind looks like it is)
B. Only a short time until this comes in UHD considering so many other Carpenter movies are now getting the 4K treatment this year.
(Halloween, Christine, The Fog, Prince of Darkness, They Live)

[Ant1010]

Originally Posted by brian9229

At this point, nothing but a UHD release will do.

Didn't Shout say they aren't doing UHD for their movies?

[DeathlyGeneral]

Uh, that artwork is ugly. What is this, an anime? Just give us the original poste - oh no wait, Arrow already did that. Poor Shout, they kinda look like they know they've lost and are giving into the 4K restoration. Their encoding is bound to be less than optimal, so the Arrow would still be better, at least for the film. If you want the best all-round package, well, that's up for debate.

[splintersan]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

All these Carpenter steels are so damn copy and paste.

Not sure what you mean. The artwork isn't copy and pasted from anywhere. They are using the same artist to create original artwork for them and actually letting the artwork exist on the steel with out a bunch of text to hide it. Now I really dislike the artwork, I'm not a fan of the artist but I wouldn't call it copy paste. It has that whole "Mondo poster" feel. I definitely prefer Arrows original art to that as well.

Originally Posted by grodd

I don't know if I'm going to buy this one.
A. Is this Arrows scan? (Edit: nevermind looks like it is)
B. Only a short time until this comes in UHD considering so many other Carpenter movies are now getting the 4K treatment this year.
(Halloween, Christine, The Fog, Prince of Darkness, They Live)

Who is releasing Prince of Darkness, The Fog and They Live in 4K? I must have missed those announcements.

Originally Posted by DeathlyGeneral

Uh, that artwork is ugly. What is this, an anime? Just give us the original poste - oh no wait, Arrow already did that. Poor Shout, they kinda look like they know they've lost and are giving into the 4K restoration. Their encoding is bound to be less than optimal, so the Arrow would still be better, at least for the film. If you want the best all-round package, well, that's up for debate.

Not sure what you mean, Arrow did not give you the original poster, they gave you the artwork with a new font, placement of the title and some fancy touches to the title so it looks like it's being lost in the snow.

[AKORIS]

in my top 5 favorite films of all time... but enough's enough!

Won't be buying this again until it's an official UHD release.....

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by splintersan

Not sure what you mean. The artwork isn't copy and pasted from anywhere.

Who is releasing Prince of Darkness, The Fog and They Live in 4K? I must have missed those announcements.

They’re all copy and paste with the same boring theme of a giant location (in this case The Thing) in the background with characters in the foreground. To me the only time this made sense was for “The Fog”.

StudioCanal are releasing 4K UHDs this Fall.