Did this add anything to John Carpenter's film? Why make it? There's nothing here that allows the film to stand on its own legs. That whole epilogue feels tacked on just so they can bridge the two movies.
The biggest mistake was attempting to place Mary Elizabeth Winstead in Kurt Russell's leading role. Russell was an everyman. He was us. He was our way into the movie. He's a chopper pilot caught in this horrific situation that he knows nothing about. He's the guy we identify with and root for. I doubt anyone is identifying with Winstead here. It's a poorly written character in a script filled with cardboard cutout figures.
Eric Heisserer ruined the remake of NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET and repeats his hack job here on THE THING. He added the inorganic material idea which could've been a nice touch but the scene with the fillings in the teeth goes nowhere and the bit about Joel Edgerton's earring is ineffective because it's telegraphed so far in advance.
Carpenter's version had great pacing and the tension built and built. This version is stale and empty-headed with absolutely nothing to say.
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