The Thing SE DVD due out October 5

[Dolemite]

http://dvd.ign.com/articles/523/523282p1.html

Universal Home Entertainment has announced it will release a special edition of John Carpenter's classic The Thing on October 5 for $19.98. The DVD will sport a new anamorphic widescreen transfer and an English Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track. Other extras include:

Feature commentary with director John Carpenter and Kurt Russell (you know this will be good)

John Carpenter's The Thing: Terror Takes Shape
Production Background Archives
Cast Production Photographs
Production Art and Storyboards
Location Design
Production Archives
The Saucer
The Blairmonster
Outtakes
Post-production
Theatrical Trailer

No artwork as yet.

At least we finally get an anamorphic transfer, but it remains to be seen if it's that big of an improvement of the original disc's video quailty (which was pretty damn good). Still, I'm disapointed, as I was hoping for some new extras...the extras included on the upcoming SE are exactly the same as the old disc (which was pretty jam-packed with good stuff to begin with). If you visit www.outpost31.com, however, you'll find info and screenshots showing that there were a number of deleted scenes and stuff that weren't included on the original DVD.

The Thing is probably my favorite horror movie of all time, but it remains to be seen if this SE is worth picking up if you already own the first one.

[Despair]

Hmm, I already bought previous edition, and its good enough.

[Will]

WTF, I just bought the latest one. Fucking bastards, I'll keep this one.

Awesome movie, and one of the goriest. I make alot of fun of it with a friend as well.