12 Most Insulting Changes To Movie Remakes
10. The Thing (2011) - Swapping Practical Effects For CGI
This movie was so close to being the coolest film of 2011.
John Carpenter's original The Thing is a testament to the craft of practical effects, with showstopping set-pieces of alien transformations and grotesque death scenes that horrify now just as much as they did back in 1982.
The remake's story-line following the first team that discovered the Alien also allowed the film to follow the same basic structure of the original, while lending itself to fresh scenarios and answer some lingering fan theories.
When it was announced it thrilled horror fans whose imaginations ran wild with how stunning modern day effects could bring the titular Alien, and it's disgusting habits, to life. The film was then released with horrendously bad CGI effects and the entire world let out a unified cry of anguish.
It felt like a betrayal for what the original film stood for, and the fact the movie had a huge amount of it's run-time done with outstanding practical effects only to be erased and replaced with the garbage we got instead is just salt in the wound.
The film itself is decent for what it is, but the ugly computer effects kill almost all enjoyment you could have stone dead, and make it borderline unwatchable for fans of the original.
This wasn't just a bad choice, it was a straight up insult to audiences faces.