The Thing 1982 *First Time Watching Reaction!!
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- The Thing 1982 *First Time Watching Reaction!!
In this video we watch and react to the famous 1982 John Carpenter Horror movie "The Thing"! This beloved horror movie stars Kurt Russell. We also give our thoughts and rate the movie based on our level of enjoyment at the end. Watch us watch "The Thing" for the first time!
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double L RedNat have the Thing !
All men, no women. No romantic sub-plot. No sub-plot at all. And everyone dies in the end. When have you seen that kind of movie?
You should enjoy this parody of the thing in claymation! LOVE IT! ua-cam.com/video/udjoXfrHpcU/v-deo.html
It is not inspired by Alien, the movie The Thing is based on a book (who goes there) and there was already a movie before The Thing from Another World (1951)
great reactions and fun guesses thru this classic horror with great special effects, ladies. If im not being too personal Michelle , do I hear a slight southern accent ? TExas maybe? If you 2 ever get to watching some famous stars from 1950's & 60's please consider Hitchcock's Rear window with James stewart & lovely Grace Kelly , and North by northwest wth CAry Grant. Im sure u have seen PAul Newman, and he has some classics too like HUD ( takes place in Texas) and a fun western with ROB Redford called BUtch Cassidy & sundance kid.
The story was written by John W. Campbell, Jr. and was published in 1938 and was called Who Goes There?. The 1951 movie, The Thing from Another World, was very loosely based on the book. John Carpenter and his friends were very big fans of this movie. So when Carpenter was going to remake it he went back to the novella and followed that story closely. Sorry no Alien ties ladies. Great movie and ending.
I think Alien was inspired by it then!
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@@ForceOfLightEntertainment Well "The Thing" 1982 was actually being written and conceptualized long before "Alien". Production began in the mid-seventies before Alien. It had its rough start changing hands until Carpenter got ahold of it. Did some info leak about the movies concept and what the source material was (Who Goes There?) who knows. But if you read the novella by John W. Campbell this movie follows it closely. To me the isolation and paranoia are the only concepts they both have in common other than an alien. The alien in "Alien" does not copy life forms anyway. Very different.
Shut the door! I love the 1951 version too. Thanks for writing this, saved me the job.
Great reaction ladies. No, Blair didn't lose his mind. He just understood that he couldn't allow ANYONE in or out of that base. He even said, "No dog is making it 1,000 miles to the coast. That Thing wanted to be US." That's why he destroyed all communications and that helicopter.
Thank you! Makes sense!
@@ForceOfLightEntertainment Also, it wasn't inspired by Alien. It's from a 1938 John Campbell novella titled Who Goes There?
problem is Blair was making that ship from the end of the Dog autopsy. he did not dig that hole while in the shed, we see no snow piles inside the shed from it. He made the hole and the ship while the base Equipment was still working, not after everything was smashed. The generator would be the last part needed for power. Blairs knowledge of the dogs was based on him being the creature. Poor Norris thing failed to repair his heart, on making him. Lacking a pacemaker caused him to crash. The Blair thing tells us even after 100,000+ years, the creature still has the knowledge of the Engineer it took over in the Large ship.
Blair was just a little smarter than the others and got the point very quickly - that the main issue was preventing the thing from reaching civilization.
@@lisamaitland157 Provide evidence that Blair was making the ship from the end of the dog autopsy.
The management of tension in this movie is a masterclass.
It really is!
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"I think whoever wrote this screenplay was a cat person." I cannot stop laughing. Love your reactions and reviews! :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm amazed at the power The Thing still has, where people today watch it and still freak out. The FX by Rob Bottin were state of the art for the time, and they're still very effective after all these years. When it was first released, The Thing was a critically reviled movie that bombed at the box office, I'm glad it's gotten its due after all these years. Still an effective movie about paranoia where you don't know who's who, what's what, and who you can or can't trust.
Kurt.."Hey Sweden !"
Michelle.. "Hey Belgium !"
Arguably one of the best horror films of all time! It's a slow burn, but that's part of what makes this one so special.
A well done slow burn makes for an incredible movie!
Rob Bottin got horrifically sick doing the creature effects on this film for overworking himself. Would you believe the movie didn't win one Oscar for its effects.
@@kinglistosas5010 I disagree the thing is the masterpiece on its own sometimes you don't need to know all the details about the story sometimes the story needs to be left for speculation so that for years and years to come people will speculate but when you carve up a film and dissect it to the point where there's nothing left then what is there to to talk about? Not to mention the prequel that they made in 2011 refuse to use Practical effects in the CGI looks terrible and they made the thing a slasher movie and finally they put in a female Mary Sue just like they do every film in today's time cause a woman is only good if she's better than everybody in the room smarter than everybody in the room and all the men act like evil idiots
@@kinglistosas5010 well how would you feel if they would have made a sequel And in the sequel we saw split face? It sucks because John Carpenter actually did have a script written for sequel and they refused to let him make it and he said he wasn't gonna beg them to
Probably my favorite 'creature feature' of all time. Some fun facts:
* Kurt Russell threw a live stick of dynamite at the end of the film
* The American and Norwegian bases were one and the same. They completed shots at the American base, torched it for the end sequence, then used the remains for the Norwegian shots.
* Amazing special effects from Rob Bottin, who worked 18-hour days for a straight year (sometimes sleeping on set). When the production wrapped he had to check in to a hospital for dehydration and exhaustion
I was born in ‘78 and first saw this when I was around 6 years old. I found it more awesome than scary and still do. This movie is actually based on a book called “Who Goes There.” That came out in 1938. So, it actually pre dates Alien. There was a 1950s movie called “The Thing from Another World” but the creature was a killer vegetable not a shape shifting alien.
This is actually a remake from the original The Thing made in 1951, so the concept long predates Alien. It's a better version than the original, because even in the creature makeup, James Arness is recognizable to those of a certain generation. He's typically the biggest man in the room.
Luckily, Carpenter went back to the original novella in which The Thing could mimic other lifeforms instead of being just one creature. It made the story way more interesting and terrifying.
this movie is not a remake of the 1951 thing The 1951 the thing from another world was about a plant monster & strayed pretty far away from the actual book in which it was based on known as who goes there John Carpenter made a faithful adaptation of the book to film which has never been done before and he did it with practical effects, the actual director of the thing from another world said he was disgusted by the faithful adaptation that john carpenter made at that time this film was poorly received but later would become a cult classic & called one of the greatest horror films ever made
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@@blackfox717 Thats like saying The Fly isnt a remake of the 50s The Fly. Remakes aren't necessarily carbon copies of the originals. There are even homages to the original, like the video footage discovering the ship and using thermite to unearth. Might even be actual footage from the first film. The Carpenter film is more faithful, of course. And definitely superior to the later CGI prequel.
@@Joe-hh8gd Lol even the whole point of a remake is that it isn't the same as the original.
First watched this in June 1992, at a friend's flat. 32 years later, I always remember the opening scene with the spaceship and the dog. So much tension and unease from the get go. It just ages like a fine wine.
I remember sitting in the cinema watching this and trust me the atmosphere in the building was palpable, you could literally feel the tension and when spider head showed up the screaming was well above the decible range for night time!! 🤣 Suffice it to say the theatre had lost some of its patrons in that moment!!
"Is the dog The Thing?" Is the same exact question we all had watching this film for the first time. Another classic horror film is the original Hellraiser and the Hulu version is pretty good too. Happy Halloween 🎃
You mean Hulu right?
@@TwilightLink77 Yes I meant Hulu. Sorry for the confusion.
@@DominickRuocco It’s okay.
I was a little confused at first, at that time I just knew the 1951 version with James Arness as the alien creature, and nothing like this happened. I never read the original story until years later
"I dunno what the hell's in there, but it's weird and pissed off, whatever it is."
Fun Fact: According to an apocryphal story first reported on Reddit in February 2013, when asked about the ambiguous ending of the film, John Carpenter responded that he never understood how could there be any confusion about whether Childs or MacReady are human or not, because the last scene shows: "Kurt Russell and Keith David staring each other down, harshly backlit. It's completely, glaringly obvious that Kurt Russell is breathing, and Keith David is not."
Budget Friendly Fact: The Norwegian camp scenes were actually the charred remains of the American site from the end of the film. Rather than go to the expense of building and burning down another camp, John Carpenter re-used the destroyed American camp.
Practical Effects Fact: The film is considered a benchmark in special make-up effects. The effects were created by Rob Bottin, who was only 22 when he started the project. To create the effect of the title, an animation cell with "The Thing" written on it was placed behind a smoke-filled fish tank which was covered with a plastic garbage bag. The bag was ignited, creating the effect of the title burning onto the screen.
It's because most people saw it on TV/Video/DVD for the rewatches and the video was better. You can see Keth breathing in all but the earliest releases of the movie.
That conversation with John Carpenter never happened.
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That conversation with John Carpenter never happened.
Aldia ...Of course it didn't. You clearly saw the word "apocryphal" and deduced that was the imposter fact, much like The Thing is an imposter. Right?
@@aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051 Pick up a dictionary.
'D'ya think it was the dog?' Dyin laughin.
Fun fact: If you speak Norwegian, they give away the whole beginning in the dialogue.
The Thing is a remake of a 50's sci-fi classic, which is a very good movie in its own right. John Carpenter loved the original, and he does a little homage to it in Halloween. The original came out during the McCarthy era, where people were paranoid about communism, so the original is an allegory for the red scare.
Kurt's son Wyatt in Falcon in the winter soldier reminded me of his Dad's McCready character in this
This is based on the science fiction short story, "Who Goes There," by John W. Campbell. "The Thing From Another World" is an earlier, '50s movie based on the same story.
No one was a main character in this movie. John Carpenter said so. They all were suspects of being The Thing.
And I love Kurt Russell, he's great in this. Him and Carpenter made a great partnership
Once again, great reaction and good analysis, ladies.
This movie was based off of a book called "Who goes there?" which was before Alien.
Michelle, your commentry about Clark was too funny and entertaining. Natalie, I could tell that spider head and blood test scene got you good.
Again, keep it comin ladies. Y'all are super stars and a force of light.
Aww thank you!!
You are one of the "very few" to question what is wrong with dog instead of blindly defending it...
This movie and American Werewolf in London have the best practical effects I've ever seen. If you haven't seen that it's worth a watch too.
Is the dog the thing? That's the first time, after watching reactors do this movie a couple-dozen times, that a reactor made a logical, intelligent remark. I almost fell out of my chair. After hearing a version of "...if they kill the dog, I'm done with this movie...," over and over, I can't believe it. Kudos for the intelligent inference.
"When they were at the Belgian's place." "They're Norwegian Mack." 🙂
Saw at the theater one afternoon while my wife shopped at the adjoining mall back when JC Penney and Montgomery Ward were the anchor stores and Orange Julius was it for the food court, fun times, thanks again happy I found your channel
The movie is a remake of a 1950's sci fi movie. Which is based upon the novella "Who Goes There" by John Campbell.
One of my top 5 movies of all time.
Jurassic Park, Predator, RoboCop, The Thing and Moon (2009) are my interchangeable top 5 movies :D
Might notice that 4 of my top 5 are isolation horror/sci-fi. Best genre ever.
Carpenter's best movie as well by a long, long way.
If you speak Norwegian though, everything you need to know is at the beginning when the Norwegian guy is screaming at the group before he gets killed.
He basically gives out the entire plot xD
A lot of people call this a remake of the 1950s movie... but it's based on the book/novella "Who Goes There?" by John W Campbell Jr.
The 50s movie "The Thing From Another World" was first, yes, but this movie follows the book a lot more closely.
It's like calling Man Of Steel a remake of Superman 2 from 1980.
Also, the original 50s movie, the creature was basically a man-in-costume and looked like a cross between Frankenstein and a vegetable.
There's been a recent revival in the book as well as there were some transcripts found in Campbell's old attic, that flesh the novella out into a more rounded full-on novel.
Apparently the studios are trying to get the new revised novel made into a new movie.
Because, remakes, I guess.
I was hoping you two would see this sooner or later!😄 some of the best practical effects ever... Happy Halloween🎃
(Hey Natalie the Red♥️😉HowUDoin’??)
Alien isn't the influence. It's The Thing From Another World, which this is a Remake of from 1953, but the script is based on the Short story: Who Goes There, about a shape shifting alien that imitates its victims found in the ice of Antarctica.
Great reactions to a classic 80's horror film, Michelle & Natalie!!!🎬👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽While principal photography only lasted for 12 weeks, Rob Bottin spent 1 year working on the visual effects for this film. Horror legend Stan Winston came in to finish the practical effects for the dog kennel scene.
Thank you Mike!!
watched this on tv at about 1am aged about 13 - one of the scariest movies I had ever seen, especially with the added claustrophobia and paranoia which really elevates it.
It was refreshing to see people not getting triggered by them shooting at the dog in the opening.
Most people react to the opening scene melting with sympathy for the dog. I like that Michelle's First question is "But why though?", then within minutes, has figured out the entire movie.
Just to confirm, the Norwegian with the rifle says, "Get away from it. It's not a dog. It's a Thing!"
During the autopsy, Blair poked at the 'corpse' with the end if his pencil, then puts it to his lips.
When Windows finds Benning's, you hear him drop keys.
Whether or not Clarke was human, MacReady shot him in self-defence.
NOT inspired by Alien! A remake of 'The Thng from Another World', but closer to the original book 'Who Goes There?'.
one thing I think is funny , and I figured this out back in 1982 , is the fact that everyone wonders if macready or childs are the thing , forgetting that one of the creatures escaped through the roof , and we never see blair , garry ,or nauls die ! so there`s a possibility that there could actually be 5 , possibly six of the creatures at the end of the film ! creatures that will be found , and taken back to the mainland to thaw , and be autopsied ! this is part of john carpenters apocalypse trilogy the next film in the series is ,prince of darkness , and the final film , in the mouth of madness ! they are all very well done and worth watching !
Oh No! ....you now can't unsee that head spider thing...thing!! AAHHH!!! LOL.
This is a remake of a 1951 movie called "The Thing From Another World." That movie was taken from a 1938 science fiction horror novella by American author John W. Campbell, written under the pen name Don A. Stuart. This movie was followed by a prequel made in 2011.
People are saying the 1950’s original was good but the sequel is bad?
@@ForceOfLightEntertainment The1950s original was good. I loved the prequel, but some people are mad at it because it was originally made with practical effects and then switched to CGI. It was well worth watching.
I have a friend who worked on McMurdo Station in Antarctica, and she said they played "The Thing" and "The Shining" back to back during the winter.
Also; this was based on a short story written in the 1930s and it has an earlier adaptation from the 1950s so well before Alien.
1:23 "The Thing" is based on a book called "Who Goes There?", written by John W. Campbell and was first made into a film in 1951 called "The Thing from Another World".
the Original is a book called Who goes there By John W Campbell, then it was first made into a film in 1951 called the Thing from another world, which was the movie shown i Halloween 1978, directed by Carpenter, who remade it more from the book in 1982.
This movie's story predates Alien by decades. It's based on a short story from 1938 called "Who Goes There?".
The movie was based on the 1950s classic "The Thing" this was the re-make-- the movie Alien was based on the 1950s movie call " IT" the terror from beyond space" one of my favs- I grew up on these films- lol- I enjoy your channel - stay on your road ladies -
Thank you!!
I don't know if anyone's told you yet, or if you learned yourselves, but the movie is actually based on a 1938 novella by John W. Campbell, called "Who Goes There?". And that did get turned into a 1951 film called "The Thing From Another World". Except the Thing in that movie is wildly different from the novella. This movie is a remake of that film, and the Thing here is actually MUCH closer to how it was depicted in the original novella.
Okay. Nerd moment's over. Sorry to have bothered you with my complete dorkitude. XD
This movie is a pseudo remake of a 1950s movie named The Thing From Another World, which we see a glimpse of in Halloween 78, it was one of John Carpenter's favorite movies growing up. But it's more so an adaptation of 1930s short novel called Who Goes There. There is an extended version that was found after the authors death Called Frozen Hell. Carpenter's movie is more closer to the novel then the 50s movie.
I saw this in the show and that jump scare had me out of my seat! On the other hand why all the weaponry in an Antarctic science station?
The THING !!!!
Fun fact: The Thing didn't die. In the videogame sequel, it found a new host in one of the survivors
A few things to point out:
Norris and/or Palmer were the first infected.
Blair was infected after he was locked up. They mention the door was opened from the outside when they go to give him the test. And that shack was so small that he had zero escape.
John Carpenter's The THING.
Remake of the 1950s Film The Thing.
Based on a short story. "Who Goes There"..
I saw it in the theater I was 15 years old
7:07...To be fair to Clarke and the rest of the scientists it is quite common for Huskies to fight amongst themselves so hearing a commotion like this probably wouldn't aroused suspicion at first...
It’s based on a John W Campbell short story, “Who Goes There?” Howard Hawks did a ‘50’s version that isn’t as close to the source material but is still one of the best sci-fi flicks of the decade. Both are classics in their own right.
Imo, this smashes Alien. It's superior in almost every way, atmosphere, paranoia, tension, soundtrack, creature concept and design, special effects.
Acting is comparable, set pieces and photography are again pretty close. The Thing is not only the greatest horror and sci-fi creation, but one of the best movies ever in general.
There's a reason Alien has plenty of sequels and spin-offs, while directors and studios are scared to touch The Thing even with a twenty feet pole. It's too perfect.
This is based on a short story Who Goes There in the late 30`s. And the original 1951 film. Both way before Alien.
So maybe Alien was inspired by it!
I think it was Gene Siskel that said that audiences should bring barf bags 😂😂😂
Best practical effects ever. This is actually a "remake" of a film from the 1950s, which is based on a short story from the 1930s called "Who Goes There?"
Whenever people watch 80’s movies there’s always something that reminds them of Stranger Things.
Stranger Things draws its inspiration from all things 80’s. It’s a love letter to all the classic 80’s movies.
Thats why it feels familiar.
The Goonies, Ghostbusters, Alien, The Thing, E.T., Stand By Me, etc.
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The original Thing was actually decades before Alien and was an influence on Alien. Alien took from a lot of classic sci-fi from the '50's like The Thing, Forbidden Planet, etc.
I'm new to the channel I don't remember your names but for the lady who was suspicious of the dog congratulations you are now the smartest UA-camr I've ever seen.
Everybody else falls for the dog. Nobody else's suspicious... Everybody else would have been killed by the dog. 🤣
Aww thank you!!
Then you have not seen most other reactions. Plenty of people were suspicious of the dog.
@@marioneno not from what I've experienced and I seen a shit ton of these. I specifically love watching reactions to the thing, because everyone falls in love with the dog and then gets horrified. And it's hilarious 😂
First off...Natalie...SUPER jealous of your beautiful hair 😍 The Thing is the greatest horror film to me...nothing is as scary to me, can't think of a WORSE scenario lol. Every Winter when I hear the wind howl, I think of this movie. It also inspired me to get a flamethrower....cause....you never know 😉😄
This is an adaptation of the John W. Campbell's novel "Who goes there?". There was a first adaptation in 1947 cal "the thing from another world" which was one of the favorite movie of John Carpenter (in Halloween you can see the characters watch the film on TV). But the two films are very different.
Blair was infected when he was analyzing The Thing. He touched the eraser of his pencil to it in order to point something out, and then he touched the pencil to his lip. Assimilation on a molecular level
That doesn't make sense though. There are many ways that is debunked
Good job! What I find most amusing are your grossed-out expressions at some of this flick, they're quite hilarious. I can tell that you two are not usual watchers of THIS kind of thing.
We don’t handle gross that well 😂
I originally purchased the DVD of this from Columbia House.
Yes, that Columbia House.
Blair (Wilford Brimley) wasn't crazy when he smashed up the helicopter and the radio. He was the smartest one there. He knew that if the thing could leave the camp or get rescued in the form of a human, it would take over the world in two years. And you can hear him saying that no dog could make it on its own to temperate climes - which it why "that thing wants to be US!". By the way, Wilford Brimley was a trained Marine and professional bodyguard for Howard Hughes when he was younger. He might well have been able to take on all the other actors combined, even WITH diabetes!
The Thing is based on a 1938 novella where the plot is pretty much the same as the 1982 John Carpenter version. It is a shapeshifting alien that perfectly imitates other beings by absorbing them. It absorbs your memories too. In the novella, the team maintains radio communication, but lies that everything is fine so no rescue attempt is made since they understand the creature cannot reach civilization. That would be impossible to stop. The 1951 version is only similar in that a research team in the Arctic finds an alien craft, but the creature is much different as it wasn't possible in 1951. It's North Pole instead of South.
The story predates Alien by 41 years. The only intentional nod to Alien is their version of the chest-burst scene with Norris-Thing reacting to the defibrillator.
Also, the locks (to the blood samples and how Blair is isolated) mean nothing as the shapeshifter can alter its form to get through tight spaces, like under the door or into the keyhole. That's why neither Garry or Dr. Copper were the Thing, but the blood was tampered with. Nobody opened it.
And, the shadow was meant to be Palmer (the biker jacket guy), but Carpenter felt his shadow was too telling so he used the stunt coordinator, Dick Warlock. Warlock is lots of stuff as a stuntman and actor, including Blazing Saddles, Jaws, Escape From New York, Firestarter, Halloween II as Michael Myers, and Spaceballs (he's the guard who tells Lonestar how to do the Vulcan neck pinch).
Special makeup effects creator, Rob Bottin, started as an assistant to Rick Baker. He helped him on King Kong (1976), the cantina aliens in Star Wars (1977, he's also the tall band member and Rick is a couple aliens). Bottin headed up the effects for The Howling (1981), Robocop (1987) and sequels, Se7en, Fight Club, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Game of Thrones. He was 22 when they started filming The Thing in 1981.
Aliens came out in '86. This is from '82. If anything it's vice versa.
As a kid, I went to the movies with my family and saw this. Back then there really wasn't an emphasis on age restrictions, but I didn't know what we were going to see when we went to see it. It definitely freaked me out.
But I think the biggest points of this movie was the paranoia factor and special effects team making all of that craziness. It puts some of today's CGI to shame.
Thanks ladies. Classic. Actually a remake of a 50s movie
It is a classic!
@@ForceOfLightEntertainment indeed it is
Excellent guess about the dog! Ya it's obvious but you'd be surprised at how many don't get it. I think actually that dog deserved an Oscar as he acted better than most humans! This movie is actually a remake from a 1950s movie based in Alaska. There's also a prequel in 2011 that details what happened in Norwegian camp. Not very good but you get some back story. This is an absolute masterpiece in horror sci fi and psychological thriller. I've always been surprised they never made a sequel. There's renewed interest so who knows?
Thank you! Knowing Hollywood there will probably be a sequel announced soon haha!
When they made the original Thing Kurt Russell was stuck on Gilligan's Island kicking Elvis in the shins at the worlds fair. 😁
I saw this at the "Essex" theatre in New York city as a kid with my older sisters. Some people in the audience were smoking weed and getting high. And when the creature started transforming the whole place was freaking out. It was great. lol! 🤣🤣🤣
A masterpiece in horror making, probably one of the best horror movies ever made. Just the paranoia and isolation alone make The Thing one of a Kind. Glad you enjoyed it ladies can I suggest the underated British horror classic ' Horror express' for your viewing pleasure 👌
Actually John Carpenter wanted to make Westerns. However Westerns weren't popular by the time he became a director so he just made horror movies.
The Thing is based on a 1938 novella titled "Who Goes There?". John Carpenter's movie is pretty faithful to the novella, so I doubt Alien had any inspiration on The Thing.
So maybe Alien was inspired by the book?!
@@ForceOfLightEntertainment It's possible. You'd have to ask the writers of Alien.
Damn you girls are good. I've seen this movie a thousand times and I never noticed the ax in the Belgian door.
Finally a sensible comment regarding shooting at the husky. Anyone in that environment would understand that in an emergency a team of working dogs could save you. They wouldn't kill one without really good cause.
We put it together pretty quickly. After we got over the initial shock of shooting at a dog haha
The original theory of the American camp wasn't too bad either: that they went crazy with cabin fever or something
If you're wondering who could be the thing, spoilers below
I think it's Childs for a number of reasons.
1. If you look in the room he was told to stay at, you'll see that there was a different colored jacket there, later on it goes missing when Childs also goes missing, indicating that the Thing got him.
2. Childs did not have any glare in his eyes and also *no fog came out of his mouth* when he was speaking, indicating that he wasn't using genuine/basic human body mechanics for speech.
3. Most importantly. Childs and Macready both knew that the thing can assimilate you through FLUIDS as well. If you accept a drink from someone who drank it and they are the thing, you're assimilated.
Macready did a test on his own on Childs by offering him the drink, Childs failed it by accepting the drink, which proves Macready that Childs is indeed the thing.
The little laugh Macready did before the final scene was his realization... *that he was indeed truly alone now, and standing before him was the thing imitating his ally*
Lol it is a classic but its not my favourite John Carpenter movie by a long way. Great reaction again with a lot of "O" moments Hah..
The novella this was based on was written in 1937 by John W Campbell. Alien riffed the original story in many ways.
My local cinema is playing this tomorrow for Halloween 🎃 I think i'll just watch it with you two though instead lol It is a classic...
It’s good!!
"Why are they shooting at that dog?" Oh, ladies. You will know soon enough lol
this thing we have together has your eyes and my nose
not a happy ending but one the greatest horror movies ever made. period.
JOHN CARPENTER IS THE BEST HORROR MOVIE DIRECTOR EVER
Sorry to have to correct you (and you probably already realize this by now) but although ALIEN came out 3 years earlier and had tremendous influence on all future horror movies, THE THING is rather a remake from an old 1950's Howard Hawks sci-fi classic of the same name. And the scenes you're paralleling with the ALIEN storyline originated long before it was made. The only true similarities I see between the two are the special effects which were vastly superior to what they had in the 1950s.
The critics incidentally raved about the Howard Hawks original when it first came out. But I recall even in the '60s when I first saw it that it was pretty lame. THE THING as it was originally portrayed was James Arness (TV's Matt Dillon from GUNSMOKE) dressed up like a giant carrot. So John Carpenter's version was visually an enormous improvement. And in keeping with the premise of the 1930's novella, WHO GOES THERE?, that both versions were based on, Carpenter also added and went wild with the idea of people being taken over and replicated by the alien organism. But this is a theme that is prevalent in a lot of sci-fi classics, the 1956 INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, being maybe the most famous.
As for me I was blown away by the movie when I first saw it in the theatre back in '82. But once again the critics disagreed. Many panned it and I'd guess it was due to some weird loyalty they had to the lame Howard Hawks original. No one wanted to go out on a limb and admit that Carpenter had outdone a Hollywood legend. And I think that was the first time I realized that the critics are all about politics and cannot be trusted.
One final item you might find interesting. In one of the opening scenes MacReady throws his drink on a chess computer, calling it a "cheating b_tch" after it checkmates him, Well the voice of the computer is a cameo John Carpenter gave to his then wife, "scream queen" actress, Adrienne Barbeau. And it is intriguing to wonder what hidden message Carpenter may have been transmitting to the world of a marraige that would soonafter end in divorce.
Oh my....not sure what to say about this movie except........ Kurt Russell in the 1980s = sexy AF!!
The disgust on your faces Ladies of Light Natalie 👩🏻🦰😇 and Michelle 👩🏻😇 while watching this is priceless 😁
Loved it !!!
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Michelle and Natalie are drop-dead gorgeous.
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The inspiration isn't from Alien, Is H.lovercraft the book is Mountain of Madness one of the Lovecraft story
This and the new Top Gun are the only movies I've bought on Amazon. Great film!
That's because both movies put you in the...... danger zone!
Also the chest compression scene was in stranger things season 1 when the teacher has a date and they're watching a horror movie.
Oh!! Totally didn’t put that together! Knew ST had to be inspired by some aspects of this movie though!
The Thing is based off of the original film from the 50s, and loosely based on the book Who Goes There. The original planned ending, which was seen as too dark by the studio, was the destruction of the entire camp and everyone in it, except for a lone dog running away from the smoking remains of the camp. John Carpenter always believed that aliens should be shown as evil in film, since it's humanity facing the unknown. Unfortunate for the film in 1982, it went up against some of the best films of the 80s, and even some films that are considered some of the best ever made. It's biggest rival being the film ET, a family friendly film involving an alien. It bombed in theaters and was mainly rebuked by critics. It wasn't until years later in the 90s that the film started to receive the respect it deserved. Roger Ebert apologized to John Carpenter for his original review of the film, which was very harsh and critical.
Great reaction Michelle & Natalie the ending was interesting cause it left you wondering if the blk guy had the alien inside of himself or not?! Movies don’t end with a cliffhanger like that!
Thank you!! It is an interesting end.
This is a remake of the original - The Thing From Another World(1951). So maybe Alien got some inspiration from the 1951 film.
I think I love your reaction the most simply because I was so glad you didn't say something like "Ohmmmgeee, why are they trying to shoot dah wittle puppie, thats so MeAn".
I've been seeing everyone react like that for four years, and each year I HATE it lmao. Ya'll are the only one that made a real realization. THANK YOU.
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master piece of sci fi horror based on ,The Thing from Another World (1951)which was a film adaptation of Who Goes There? , a novella written by john w. campbell ! this one , and the 2011 prequel , are much closer to the novella than the 1951 film !
john w. cambell wrote who goes there in 1938 , this film is the second adaptation , the first was the thing from another world in 1951, and there is a prequel to the 1982 film , the thing 2011 !
Not only is this film a fucking masterpiece, but it’s the greatest horror science fiction film ever made.
@@Jjw338 I really liked it but personally like Alien a bit better for that category ☺️
@@ForceOfLightEntertainment Alien and the Thing are hands down the greatest. I hold those two very close together. I really do love the mystery suspense aspect a lot in the Thing, and I think they do it so masterfully.