The Thing Prequel Had Terrible CGI For No Reason (Discussing Effects in Movies)

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The awful CGI in the 2011 prequel to The Thing is widely considered a contributing factor to its failure. Rather frustatingly, there is absolutely no reason why it even had to have these unrealistic visual effects.

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Original Article:
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Sources:
https://uk.ign.com/articles/2010/10/09/the-panel-from-another-world
https://io9.gizmodo.com/what-sick-john-carpenter-moments-will-the-thing-prequel-5524998
https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/23966/unused-practical-fx-footage-emerges-from-2011s-the-thing
http://wickedhorror.com/features/editorials/practical-matters-the-frustrating-story-of-the-thing-prequel-we-could-have-had/
http://wickedhorror.com/features/editorials/practical-matters-the-frustrating-story-of-the-thing-prequel-we-could-have-had/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Bottin
http://thebigpicturemagazine.com/the-bloody-petri-dishes-in-the-thing-john-carpenter-1982/
http://hkfilmnews.blogspot.com/2015/08/harbinger-down-practical-effects-horror.html
http://www.cinemablography.org/blog/behind-the-scenes-jurassic-park-t-rex-entrance-scene

Videos:
The Thing (1982)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787/
The Thing (2011)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0905372/
THING ADI Creature Work Behind-The-Scenes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBzpT7VmSaU
South Park (1997 – present)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121955/
Annihilation (2018)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2798920/
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082971/
The Thing: Terror Takes Shape (1998)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0376921/

Images:
Amalgamated Dynamics Logo, http://www.studioadi.com/
Poster for Harbinger Down (2015)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3397918/
Screenshot from Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080684/
Poster for Jurassic Park (1993)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107290/
Screenshot from Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4154756/
Peter Dinklage, Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]
Screenshot from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1325004/

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