@@JarodRebuck i was citing quotes from the flick that resonate with me, no hidden agenda here, i dont know what the thing is, and i keep it that, just like i saw in 1980's cinema, it shrouds the whole flick in mystery and inexplicable force throughout. 'Alien' had similar themes of paranoia dread.
@@JarodRebuck" I thought you would feel that way Garry, you were the only one who could have got to that blood, We'll do you last" And then then things just went batshit crazy.
@@theroamer2355Probably not because they both have far more than half a brain left. I don't mean to be too aggressive but I don't think I've ever met a stoner who wasn't a complete hopeless mess.
Glad to hear that Kurt Russell thinks the "You gotta be fuckin kidding me!" line is as good as it is! The most right on line and delivery ever uttered in a movie.
Yep That wolf-dog really was able to convey a sense of dread with his cautious manner. It sounds funny talking about a dog's acting ability, but he was perfect in his scenes.
cool idea that the characters all know each other reaaaallllly well living together in isolation for months, and they wind up not knowing who anyone is.
did you know that the very same man received an Oscar for "The hateful 8".... which reused some of "The Thing" ost (which was nominated for a Razzie)? how f-ed up is that ? :D
I never understood the claim the film's ending was depressing (nihilistic). The nature of the Thing makes it very unlikely anyone will triumph against it. The characters show nobility and courage and many willingly sacrifice themselves to save humanity. That is inspiring, not depressing.
Agree completely. It was solely because of the E.T. comparison. Ironically, I don’t think E.T. aged nearly as well seeing as how I’ve seen it once, never feeling the need to revisit. At the same time, I pop in The Thing annually if not more so. Carpenter said he was a bit surprised by the critical response, but was completely taken aback that even horror fans seemingly abandoned the film at the box office. Boy has he been vindicated. It’s his best film. Something must have been in the water back in the day. I don’t know what the hell people were thinking.
@@davidechavez-valdez6967 I grew up at that time and the general feeling of critics was that the film was unbalanced towards the effects. Also that the emotional range of the film was very narrowly focused. It was about 5 years ahead of its time in terms of gore. 'Pyscho' received a similar response on its release. I read the Lancaster draft of the script at Outpost 31 website and it was more conventional horror/thriller for the scenes with the creature, especially the final confrontation. The problem I have with the extended creature scenes in the film is that they go on so long that they start to create logic issues. Why does Palmer/Thing only attack Windows? Why do the three tied to the couch not get any blood/alien slime on them? When the Norris/spider head scuttles out of the infirmary, the characters should see it earlier, because it is leaving through the door they had been standing near shortly before and their line of sight shouldn't be impaired.
Numinous20111 the palmer thing seemed to only attacked windows because he was confronting it, and he’s startled response gave it the best opportunity to attack.
@@jimaco0312 Palmer concentrates on Windows and does nothing about Mac. Mac flamethrower malfunctioning from being dropped on the floor is the only thing that prevents Palmer from being incinerated quickly. Palmer is then disposed of by Mac. It's really bad strategy. Palmer doesn't even give Mac multiple contaminated humans to contend with.
You know, the fact that they were willing to give their own lives to destroy the thing rather than find a way to get out the station is really what it should have been looked. I'm more of the opinion that they did triumph against the thing but both died the next morning when the fire stopped.
Knowing that Kurt wasn’t a fan of this film at first, much like many other people, this had to have felt good for John Carpenter to sit down and appreciate the movie together with him
5:00 MacReady possibly being a Vietnam veteran pilot is a very cool interesting fact I did not know before. That adds a whole new depth to the character!
The Thing is an excellent horrormovie. 40 years ahead of its time. A true American stringent masterpiece, with A minute restrained alienesque score. Well worth seeing and has aged very well.
It’s “otherworldly” 🛸😅 how much I enjoyed hearing about the making of this from two of my heroes!! Just saw this on the big screen last night, 40th anniversary, just an incredible film!!!!🙏🏽🔥
In winter 1985, I worked up in northern B.C (Fort Ware) on a camp similar to this movie, and not far from where they shot 'The Thing'. I installed carpets for the native Indians that lived in that area. Gov't funded project forced on them. They couldn't have cared less about getting new carpets. They found the white man's presence so intrusive, many of the older men moved into the woods to live on their own. We drove until the road ended, then took a small plane in. Totally snowed in for a week, we would watch 'The Thing' on TV with the other camp workers. One morning, I am eating breakfast and one of the camp guys tells us that a native kid had died the previous night from inhaling glue, glue which he had stolen from us. (we had glue cans for the carpets). He then went on to describe how this kid was lying dead on the same breakfast table I was currently eating from. I almost got sick while they made jokes about using his toes for candle holders. The entire atmosphere of the camp and the workers was exactly like the movie, except we were dealing with actual terror. We finished the job, and were the first to leave the camp. We had 20 minutes to fly out through a small, quickly closing hole in the clouds and the tiny plane was hitting so much turbulence, I was being thrown around the back of it, completely freaking out. The pilot then yells, "What's that smell?" Fumes! I thought we were going down only to discover a container of solvent had fallen over and opened up. Put some Morricone on that soundtrack.
This commentary was an awesome listen, I've always loved the film and hearing Kurt and John talk about the experience of making it and just messing around makes it even better
"I still can't decide whether Childs was a creature or not." "I know. There was no way of telling, no way of ever knowing. The only question you could ask is, Why did he leave his post?"
mac TOLD him if blair comes back alone BURN HIM. So he's probably doing just that. Blair got out through his tunnel, ran back and opened the door and covered the boards. He left the door open to confuse them. He snuck into the base and distracted childs, then Childs left his post to look around and blair opened the coatroom door AGAIN as a distraction but hid back in that other room (he likes to leave doors open to confuse and the other door he's probably hiding behind). Child's POV - he hears the snow blowing in or the door open - and comes back and looks 4 ways (hallway, generator, coatroom and other room - where blair would have got him) and chooses the open door. The POV shot is HIS not blair's. If he'd have gone into the other room blair would have got him pop up style like garry from behind the door. If he'd have gone to generator blair would have got him. If he'd have gone down the hallway, blair would have turned off the generator and then got him. Instead, he runs out (imo the dog should have ran off in the end. I like that and re-cut my own to include it. I think childs saw the dog) either cuz something got his attention OR he just fell for the open door ploy like mac, gary and nauhls did and blair snuck down to the generator. Childs got lost in the storm in the dark and with no goggles until the fire lit his way. Mac and childs sit down - it's only them left and each are armed. Childs isn't the thing cuz he says but may or may not be and not even he knows...they share a drink and mac realizes if childs isn't infected he may be now due to the sharing of the drink (which only he and fuchs knew about)... HE laughs because he's an ALCOHOLIC (we've seen it throughout the movie) and is gonna drink from the bottle. So either they die in the cold or the thing will win... Cheating bitch. The dog would have brought the movie full circle but this brings the kurt russell character full circle - right back to when we first see him alone playing chess.
His cover story is very out of character. Earlier in the movie, he wanted to leave Mac outside, not open the door. I don't think he'd be running outside after Blair. There are a few other things that point to it too, but the breath/coat theories are debunked.
@@விஷ்ணு_கார்த்திக் Yes It's great that they stuck to their guns and saw to it that "Se7en" retained its dark ending. Too few directors have the guts to do that sort of thing these days.
It was a bit of a cop out to me. All this stuff happens and that's it? Macready could have at least died in the cold after killing the Thing. That would have been perfect, the Thing being dead but at the end of the day Mac couldn't escape.
The Thing is one of my favorite movies ever. And as much as I appreciate the effort that went into the prequel, it was basically a high budget poorly written fan film and on top of that the studio intervention on what would have made a better movie pisses me off. This movie is just timeless. I showed this to a friend of mine who'd honestly never seen horror films with practical effects and he was seriously grossed out, and he watches more modern CG horror flicks. Everything about this movie from the atmosphere to the storytelling...it's just top notch and I hate that JC is relegated to 'B Movie Director' status when this is as good as any A list director's efforts. Also props to the cast...ugh, this movie...it shouldn't have cult status, it should just have STATUS with all caps.
I'd never seen/heard this Commentary! Thank you SO much! Was the perfect companion for one of my most favorite films! Amazing film, Director, crew and production team! Brilliant still!
it sickens me to see the budgets handed to morons today when Carpenter rarely got a true big budget . Maybe part of the magic is managing on stringent budgets. Also great to see the mutual respect between Kurt and John, both helped the other make iconic movies. Just something about his movies, even the silly ones, that have a special feel.
it's cause they're going so hard for international markets from this point forward and they realized John couldn't really give two sh.ts about them unless they liked the story he wanted to tell coincidentally.
I know this was 8 yrs ago but listening to John carpenter and Kurt Russell talking bout the movie the thing gives me comfort and lets me relax ❤ thank u John carpenter and Kurt Russell u two are great and love the movie❤❤
This is such a great meeting of the minds giving us a unique backstory. This adds so much for Cinema buffs. As entertaining as the Movie itself! Thank you both!! 🛸💙
thank you SO much for this. you're doing God's work. for people like me, who have no access to the DVDs, it's _really_ great to hear this. thanks so much for this.
honestly, before I saw this film I didn't think it was possible to direct/ capture animals on film. IDK how many takes they had for the long shots involving Jed (and Jed's double) but they are perfectly timed and coordinated. Really enjoying listening to this films commentary for the first time
“This is a very serious movie. Very little humor in this one.” They then proceed to spend the next hour and a half, cracking up at all of the dark humor in the movie. That’s one of the aspects of “The Thing” that makes it so great, IMHO. There are so many moments of levity, intentional or otherwise, that perfectly counterbalance the pervasive dread and tension of the film.
you know it's weird. but one of the things that amazes me about this whole thing is that John talks like the wolf dog was a real legitimate actor. he makes it sound like the wolf dog was really trying to turn in a good performance and really knew what it was doingm. makes me kind of wish I could see just how good it reallu was since it's so unbelievable
What I never understood is that they argue about "if you know or not if you have been taken over". When you get taken over you die = The Thing kills you and copies your cells and becomes you. Of course The Thing knows it's own self when it walks around as a copy of you. Why else would someone destroy the blood test? Also if you read the book "who goes there" it explains it perfectly. The Thing gets all the memories and character traits of the person it takes over.
Probably to make it more ambiguos or paranoid even though it's very evident that thing imitations know what's going on. People get so confused because this alien is REALLY good at copying every organic detail, mannerism and disease, to the point they think the host dies once the thing reveals itself.
Not exactly.. there's no determine time rate for infection as it relates to death or complete takeover, quite possible of intermediate stage of infection where portion of the thing so small hasn't completely taking over The Host or develop the sense of immediate fight or flight defense so it temporary state of ignorance of infection is quite possible
@@johnscott6481 okay, so you don't understand this process at all. the thing REPLACES you. it's not really an "infection". it breaks you down, digests, and absorbs your properties. that's why you see a half digested dog lying on the floor of the kennel after the men discover it.
Think about it this way: if you get infected slowly, say, from food consomption, and the thing's cells slowly begin assimilating your cells until they've taken you over completely, BUT they keep up the act the whole way through... would you realize you were infected? If the thing is doing a perfect simulation of a given person, does the simulation have complete awareness of its alien nature? Think of it like a method actor that gets so involved in their role they forget who they really are for a bit. I imagine the best way for the thing to act highly believable is for the imitations to temporarily believe they are human.
Hey man. Thanks for uploading this. Sick in bed and wanted to watch the thing. Someone mentioned the commentary track on Reddit. Thankfully this was up! Appreciate ya
Finding out this exists is not like finding the cup of Christ. It IS finding the cup of Christ. Thank you for the holy grail of film commentaries. I chose ... not poorly. 🤙
Amazing! Thank you for this, I just found this today. Humble request: could you please upload the Big Trouble in Little China commentary? That one is a true gem in the Carpenter / Russel multiverse.
This movie is like a Vincent van Gogh masterpiece!!! It's really unbelievable and a great shame how foolish some influential people thought in those years!!!
This appears to be the uncensored DVD commentary track. The commentary was greatly censored and modified for BluRay. Many comments were removed or switched around to different scenes for some reason.
“I’d rather not spend the rest of the winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH!”
Best line in the movie to me.
we'll do you last !
@@6955beniegn This is pure nonsense! Doesn’t prove a thing!
@@JarodRebuck i was citing quotes from the flick that resonate with me, no hidden agenda here, i dont know what the thing is, and i keep it that, just like i saw in 1980's cinema, it shrouds the whole flick in mystery and inexplicable force throughout. 'Alien' had similar themes of paranoia dread.
@@6955beniegn I’m quoting the movie also; same scene.
@@JarodRebuck" I thought you would feel that way Garry, you were the only one who could have got to that blood, We'll do you last" And then then things just went batshit crazy.
The moments you can hear them lighting cigarettes are pure brilliance.
Or maybe joints? …. 😎
@@theroamer2355Probably not because they both have far more than half a brain left. I don't mean to be too aggressive but I don't think I've ever met a stoner who wasn't a complete hopeless mess.
Carpenter is an old school smoker. Smokes during every interview. Doesn’t give a fuck lol.
Glad to hear that Kurt Russell thinks the "You gotta be fuckin kidding me!" line is as good as it is! The most right on line and delivery ever uttered in a movie.
Jed's performance was so amazing. The way he moved was so eerie because you could almost see the calculation in his eyes. What a good boy!
Yep
That wolf-dog really was able to convey a sense of dread with his cautious manner.
It sounds funny talking about a dog's acting ability, but he was perfect in his scenes.
YA ITS THAT WOLF IN HIM. NOT KNOWING THAT AND, THINKING HE IS A HUSKEY (SO NOT TYPICAL DIG BEHAVIOR ) IS WHAT SOLD IT. GREAT ANIMAL!
FWIW, he wasn't a Husky, but a wolf/dog hybrid, specifically a wolf/Malamute.
morguelily yep, mostly because of his wolf like behaviour. If dogs could get oscars he should have two 😂
@@jimaco0312 "If dogs could get Oscars"
I hope I live long enough to see that rule changed.
I love John and Kurt’s energy in this commentary track. They’re having a blast.
Listen to their other commentaries. They always have a great time
@@JonahAGoldstein I definitely want to!
YES!!! it's hilarious 😂😂😂
The big trouble in little china one is amazing. You can feel the love and respect they have for each other.
John Carpenter in 1997: we made a movie that's lasted longer than any of us thought.
Me listening in 2021: uh-huh, yep.
Amen to that, absolutely EPIC film.
1997?
@@tanner_uncut i think that’s when they did this commentary
@@jimaco0312I think it was 1995, he said ‘13 years later’
Such a great commentary... Kurt Russell laughing his ass off the whole time hahaha
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH 🛋️!!! 😂
10:45 "Wilford Brimley, one of the great all-time people." - John Carpenter
cool idea that the characters all know each other reaaaallllly well living together in isolation for months, and they wind up not knowing who anyone is.
And to think Morricone was nominated for a Razzie for this score. The hell?
TheAxeGrinder an excellent score
TheAxeGrinder bullshit it's one of my favorites! Unbelievable.
The Razzie Awards: Spewing honesty and integrity since never!
It was a great score but honestly, John Carpenter could have done it himself, it resembles his own scores that much.
did you know that the very same man received an Oscar for "The hateful 8".... which reused some of "The Thing" ost (which was nominated for a Razzie)? how f-ed up is that ? :D
some nights I listen to this to help me go to sleep. very comforting
Snap !!
I’ve done the exact same thing..... so odd...
Did that last night!! 😆🖖
Me too
Found this and now I’m doing it
Carpenter & Russell: the cool version of Burton & Depp.
The greatest actor and director collaboration of all time. They have chemistry and they always have the most entertaining audio commentaries.
The cool version OF them? Seeing as they were BEFORE Burton and Joanny Derp. Ok.
Joe Kerr a man with holes in his shoes should be careful when crossing a swap.
Joany Derp? That's hilarious.
LMAO!
loved his commentary on the dog walking through the hall. best animal acting performance of all time!
I never understood the claim the film's ending was depressing (nihilistic). The nature of the Thing makes it very unlikely anyone will triumph against it. The characters show nobility and courage and many willingly sacrifice themselves to save humanity. That is inspiring, not depressing.
Agree completely. It was solely because of the E.T. comparison. Ironically, I don’t think E.T. aged nearly as well seeing as how I’ve seen it once, never feeling the need to revisit. At the same time, I pop in The Thing annually if not more so. Carpenter said he was a bit surprised by the critical response, but was completely taken aback that even horror fans seemingly abandoned the film at the box office. Boy has he been vindicated. It’s his best film. Something must have been in the water back in the day. I don’t know what the hell people were thinking.
@@davidechavez-valdez6967 I grew up at that time and the general feeling of critics was that the film was unbalanced towards the effects. Also that the emotional range of the film was very narrowly focused. It was about 5 years ahead of its time in terms of gore. 'Pyscho' received a similar response on its release. I read the Lancaster draft of the script at Outpost 31 website and it was more conventional horror/thriller for the scenes with the creature, especially the final confrontation. The problem I have with the extended creature scenes in the film is that they go on so long that they start to create logic issues. Why does Palmer/Thing only attack Windows? Why do the three tied to the couch not get any blood/alien slime on them? When the Norris/spider head scuttles out of the infirmary, the characters should see it earlier, because it is leaving through the door they had been standing near shortly before and their line of sight shouldn't be impaired.
Numinous20111 the palmer thing seemed to only attacked windows because he was confronting it, and he’s startled response gave it the best opportunity to attack.
@@jimaco0312 Palmer concentrates on Windows and does nothing about Mac. Mac flamethrower malfunctioning from being dropped on the floor is the only thing that prevents Palmer from being incinerated quickly. Palmer is then disposed of by Mac. It's really bad strategy. Palmer doesn't even give Mac multiple contaminated humans to contend with.
You know, the fact that they were willing to give their own lives to destroy the thing rather than find a way to get out the station is really what it should have been looked. I'm more of the opinion that they did triumph against the thing but both died the next morning when the fire stopped.
Can't believe it took me this long to find this wonderful treasure. Glad I'm not alone in enjoying such things.
The greatest horror movie of all time
Either that or the Exorcist, in terms of legendary horror movies they're both at the very top.
Yes
Certainly among the all time greats.
We shall see...........
Maybe Shining
Knowing that Kurt wasn’t a fan of this film at first, much like many other people, this had to have felt good for John Carpenter to sit down and appreciate the movie together with him
This was the origin of Mac versus Windows.
Kurt comes off as a really cool, laid back guy with a real sense of humor in this.
Kurt Russel is always hilarious in his commentaries. Check out Used Cars and Escape from New York
@@mmyers6441 I don't doubt it.
He clearly isn't totally full of himself the way too many actors are these days.
@@mmyers6441 'Big Trouble in Little China' commentary is also great fun with John Carpenter and Kurt Russell !
@@DavyDredd14 youre right! 👍
I have yet to hear a bad comment from anybody who ever worked with him
And this guy worked with a LOT of people
5:00 MacReady possibly being a Vietnam veteran pilot is a very cool interesting fact I did not know before. That adds a whole new depth to the character!
brimleys backstory was even better. he came up with the idea that he was a Russian spy! lol
Him being a Vietnam vet makes a lot of sense now considering his mannerisms, dialogue, and actions throughout the film.
Seen it so many times don't have to watch while listening.
Agreed.
Same here!
Same!
The Thing is an excellent horrormovie.
40 years ahead of its time.
A true American stringent masterpiece, with
A minute restrained alienesque score.
Well worth seeing and has aged very well.
Carpenter and Russell do the greatest commentaries. It's always entertaining while being insightful.
It’s “otherworldly” 🛸😅 how much I enjoyed hearing about the making of this from two of my heroes!! Just saw this on the big screen last night, 40th anniversary, just an incredible film!!!!🙏🏽🔥
best movie of all time hands down
Daniel Coy and yes
@@danielcoy4938 so what's your pick?
Kurt Russell has the greatest laugh on earth.
Smokers laugh
I wish carpenter and Russell made more movies together just so i could listen to more commentaries with them
1:26:00
I love how the test scene with Gary was an unintentional comic relief scene.
This is one of my favorite commentaries. Really feels like your with 2 old friends reminiscing about perhaps the greatest horror of all time.
Sweet. I'm going to play this along with my copy of The Thing.
In winter 1985, I worked up in northern B.C (Fort Ware) on a camp similar to this movie, and not far from where they shot 'The Thing'. I installed carpets for the native Indians that lived in that area. Gov't funded project forced on them. They couldn't have cared less about getting new carpets. They found the white man's presence so intrusive, many of the older men moved into the woods to live on their own. We drove until the road ended, then took a small plane in. Totally snowed in for a week, we would watch 'The Thing' on TV with the other camp workers. One morning, I am eating breakfast and one of the camp guys tells us that a native kid had died the previous night from inhaling glue, glue which he had stolen from us. (we had glue cans for the carpets). He then went on to describe how this kid was lying dead on the same breakfast table I was currently eating from. I almost got sick while they made jokes about using his toes for candle holders. The entire atmosphere of the camp and the workers was exactly like the movie, except we were dealing with actual terror. We finished the job, and were the first to leave the camp. We had 20 minutes to fly out through a small, quickly closing hole in the clouds and the tiny plane was hitting so much turbulence, I was being thrown around the back of it, completely freaking out. The pilot then yells, "What's that smell?" Fumes! I thought we were going down only to discover a container of solvent had fallen over and opened up. Put some Morricone on that soundtrack.
Jeez, what an experience.
That is a remarkable experience
Great story.
The boy, what was his name?
You sound really f racist bro , honestly I wouldn’t want to be anywhere near you or your family, virtue signalling woke pos
Kurt made this so much fun to listen to along with the movie
The sound of them lighting up their cigars and clinking their glasses has me in fits every single time.
Kurt is in an enviable position right there. I too would LOVE to sit back, watch a movie I was in and laugh my ass off at all the moments.
This commentary was an awesome listen, I've always loved the film and hearing Kurt and John talk about the experience of making it and just messing around makes it even better
A true masterwork. One of the best written screenplays in the history of horror movies by the gone-to-soon Bill Lancaster.
"I still can't decide whether Childs was a creature or not."
"I know. There was no way of telling, no way of ever knowing. The only question you could ask is, Why did he leave his post?"
Exactly. Love Childs. At this point is he a thing or just an asshole
mac TOLD him if blair comes back alone BURN HIM. So he's probably doing just that. Blair got out through his tunnel, ran back and opened the door and covered the boards. He left the door open to confuse them. He snuck into the base and distracted childs, then Childs left his post to look around and blair opened the coatroom door AGAIN as a distraction but hid back in that other room (he likes to leave doors open to confuse and the other door he's probably hiding behind). Child's POV - he hears the snow blowing in or the door open - and comes back and looks 4 ways (hallway, generator, coatroom and other room - where blair would have got him) and chooses the open door. The POV shot is HIS not blair's. If he'd have gone into the other room blair would have got him pop up style like garry from behind the door. If he'd have gone to generator blair would have got him. If he'd have gone down the hallway, blair would have turned off the generator and then got him. Instead, he runs out (imo the dog should have ran off in the end. I like that and re-cut my own to include it. I think childs saw the dog) either cuz something got his attention OR he just fell for the open door ploy like mac, gary and nauhls did and blair snuck down to the generator. Childs got lost in the storm in the dark and with no goggles until the fire lit his way. Mac and childs sit down - it's only them left and each are armed. Childs isn't the thing cuz he says but may or may not be and not even he knows...they share a drink and mac realizes if childs isn't infected he may be now due to the sharing of the drink (which only he and fuchs knew about)... HE laughs because he's an ALCOHOLIC (we've seen it throughout the movie) and is gonna drink from the bottle. So either they die in the cold or the thing will win... Cheating bitch. The dog would have brought the movie full circle but this brings the kurt russell character full circle - right back to when we first see him alone playing chess.
His cover story is very out of character. Earlier in the movie, he wanted to leave Mac outside, not open the door. I don't think he'd be running outside after Blair. There are a few other things that point to it too, but the breath/coat theories are debunked.
@@kelvincasing5265 But then again, if childs was the thing why isn't he attacking Mac? Mac is unarmed&weak
@@விஷ்ணு_கார்த்திக் maybe he is going to attack him as soon as the end credits starts rolling...
I'm so glad that they kept the originally planned gloomy ending rather than making it have a glimmer of hope with MacReady getting rescued.
Reminds me of how Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt fought to keep the Box in a Head Scene
@@விஷ்ணு_கார்த்திக் Yes
It's great that they stuck to their guns and saw to it that "Se7en" retained its dark ending.
Too few directors have the guts to do that sort of thing these days.
@@விஷ்ணு_கார்த்திக் I think you mean head in a box .
It was a bit of a cop out to me. All this stuff happens and that's it? Macready could have at least died in the cold after killing the Thing. That would have been perfect, the Thing being dead but at the end of the day Mac couldn't escape.
@@sethbuscus It's a foregone conclusion that MacReady doesn't survive.
Showing his death would have done nothing to advance the story.
both of them were so entertaining to listen to
The Thing is one of my favorite movies ever. And as much as I appreciate the effort that went into the prequel, it was basically a high budget poorly written fan film and on top of that the studio intervention on what would have made a better movie pisses me off. This movie is just timeless. I showed this to a friend of mine who'd honestly never seen horror films with practical effects and he was seriously grossed out, and he watches more modern CG horror flicks. Everything about this movie from the atmosphere to the storytelling...it's just top notch and I hate that JC is relegated to 'B Movie Director' status when this is as good as any A list director's efforts. Also props to the cast...ugh, this movie...it shouldn't have cult status, it should just have STATUS with all caps.
I know this film so well their descriptions of scenes are easy to follow along without watching it. What a masterpiece of horror and suspense.
I'd never seen/heard this Commentary! Thank you SO much! Was the perfect companion for one of my most favorite films! Amazing film, Director, crew and production team! Brilliant still!
one of my favorite films
An audio commentary on The Thing by John Carpenter and Kurt Russell, what a treat for movie enthusiasts.
One of the best film commentary tracks of all time.
This is such a heartwarming exchange and a timeless film 👌
Best commentary ever. Both putting their careers on the line.
The single greatest film commentary of all time.
its gone macready..
Can we fix it?
love listening to these guys, timeless movie and cast. great work by everyone involved.
it sickens me to see the budgets handed to morons today when Carpenter rarely got a true big budget . Maybe part of the magic is managing on stringent budgets. Also great to see the mutual respect between Kurt and John, both helped the other make iconic movies. Just something about his movies, even the silly ones, that have a special feel.
it's cause they're going so hard for international markets from this point forward and they realized John couldn't really give two sh.ts about them unless they liked the story he wanted to tell coincidentally.
Part of the reason we didn’t get to see Blair’s attack on Nauls at the end and a longer fight between Blair and Mac was because of the budget.
@@qweqqweq2090 have any of you seen john carpenters vampires or ghost of mars? i love him as a director but you cant blame studios...
That’s interesting, I just saw the tail end recently on TV and noticed Nauls just disappeared. Thought that was intentional to make it eerie.
John Carpenter is “Gentile”. That is why he did not get many big budget projects.
I know this was 8 yrs ago but listening to John carpenter and Kurt Russell talking bout the movie the thing gives me comfort and lets me relax ❤ thank u John carpenter and Kurt Russell u two are great and love the movie❤❤
these guys were smoking a joint and enjoying times past:)
Sounds like two ol' buddies just being ol' buddies. Gave me the feels.
Carpenter's masterpiece
Absolutely.
I think so too, and I love multiple films he's made. The Thing is his magnum opus though.
@@w1nch3ster1 love watching it with the commentary with just John and Kurt. So good
Halloween would be his 1st the fog 2nd and the thing 3rd!
This is such a great meeting of the minds giving us a unique backstory. This adds so much for Cinema buffs. As entertaining as the Movie itself! Thank you both!! 🛸💙
Best commentary ever of one of my favorite movie of all time. These two would be so cool to hang out with and have a beer, talking movies!
Love listening to kurt and john in all his movies their having such fun
thank you SO much for this. you're doing God's work. for people like me, who have no access to the DVDs, it's _really_ great to hear this. thanks so much for this.
My #1 favorite commentary. I rented a laserdisc player & the laserdisc to hear it the first time.
I just watched this with the movie synced up in the foreground.....Great commentary track, thanks for uploading it.
Got this synced up to the movie 😁
honestly, before I saw this film I didn't think it was possible to direct/ capture animals on film. IDK how many takes they had for the long shots involving Jed (and Jed's double) but they are perfectly timed and coordinated. Really enjoying listening to this films commentary for the first time
One of the best absolutely love this film well done John Carpenter 👍
such a good commentary so far! im listening and watching movie
escape from new york as their dvd commentary
“This is a very serious movie. Very little humor in this one.”
They then proceed to spend the next hour and a half, cracking up at all of the dark humor in the movie. That’s one of the aspects of “The Thing” that makes it so great, IMHO. There are so many moments of levity, intentional or otherwise, that perfectly counterbalance the pervasive dread and tension of the film.
you know it's weird. but one of the things that amazes me about this whole thing is that John talks like the wolf dog was a real legitimate actor. he makes it sound like the wolf dog was really trying to turn in a good performance and really knew what it was doingm. makes me kind of wish I could see just how good it reallu was since it's so unbelievable
Thanks for putting this up. Its a great listen. 👍🏾
Thank you for posting this. Awesome!
Even tho it aint showing the movie, Carpenters commentary puts your minds eye in the scene. I would love to watch a comedy with Kurt Russell
This movie is proof that critics don't know what the fuck they're talking about.
Critics only like three hour movies, about The Holocaust.
How awesome is this !
What I never understood is that they argue about "if you know or not if you have been taken over".
When you get taken over you die = The Thing kills you and copies your cells and becomes you.
Of course The Thing knows it's own self when it walks around as a copy of you. Why else would someone destroy the blood test?
Also if you read the book "who goes there" it explains it perfectly. The Thing gets all the memories and character traits of the person it takes over.
correct. anybody who doesn't get this is not paying attention (charles hallahan, i'm looking at you).
Probably to make it more ambiguos or paranoid even though it's very evident that thing imitations know what's going on. People get so confused because this alien is REALLY good at copying every organic detail, mannerism and disease, to the point they think the host dies once the thing reveals itself.
Not exactly.. there's no determine time rate for infection as it relates to death or complete takeover, quite possible of intermediate stage of infection where portion of the thing so small hasn't completely taking over The Host or develop the sense of immediate fight or flight defense so it temporary state of ignorance of infection is quite possible
@@johnscott6481 okay, so you don't understand this process at all. the thing REPLACES you. it's not really an "infection". it breaks you down, digests, and absorbs your properties. that's why you see a half digested dog lying on the floor of the kennel after the men discover it.
Think about it this way: if you get infected slowly, say, from food consomption, and the thing's cells slowly begin assimilating your cells until they've taken you over completely, BUT they keep up the act the whole way through... would you realize you were infected? If the thing is doing a perfect simulation of a given person, does the simulation have complete awareness of its alien nature? Think of it like a method actor that gets so involved in their role they forget who they really are for a bit. I imagine the best way for the thing to act highly believable is for the imitations to temporarily believe they are human.
Love Kurt Russell! He is Awesome! One of my favorite actors of all time!
What a movie and this commentary is great.
This is my favorite john and Kurt commentary!
God, what a great time. I've got to catch some of their other commentaries.
thanks for this audio!!!
Have never watched ET, have seen The Thing a lot of times
Et is a good movie too.
The films can't be compared but The thing deserved more success back then
I loved the ending. Awesome!
Yeah, fuck you too! ;)
listening to this while watching the film on mute is great
Yeah, that's how director's commentary works
Hey man. Thanks for uploading this. Sick in bed and wanted to watch the thing. Someone mentioned the commentary track on Reddit. Thankfully this was up! Appreciate ya
Finding out this exists is not like finding the cup of Christ. It IS finding the cup of Christ. Thank you for the holy grail of film commentaries.
I chose ... not poorly. 🤙
Watching it on TV while listening. Synced it up pretty nice on my own. Missed first couple of mins...
Amazing! Thank you for this, I just found this today. Humble request: could you please upload the Big Trouble in Little China commentary? That one is a true gem in the Carpenter / Russel multiverse.
Thank you for this. I will never watch this film without thinking about Wilford Brimley thinking about picking up his dirty laundry.
It’s a shame they didn’t get to film Nauls’ death by Blair-Thing. The concept art of it was terrifying.
i read that they did film it but it was cut because a test audience laughed at it
Kurt teases his favorite line a few times lmao. Love it.
Thankyou so much for uploading this! I bought a copy of the Thing on the Playstation store and to my suprise it includes no special features!
+antonio banderas You're welcome
That's why I'm a physical media whore ;-).
PS Love your Avatar! That film is extraordinary.
One of my favourite films man, love Come and See so much
That is why you don't do digital. That is the reason why I still buy physical media.
Yeah keep things physical man,and cash keep cash relevant though I fear its to late on
This movie is like a Vincent van Gogh masterpiece!!!
It's really unbelievable and a great shame how foolish some influential
people thought in those years!!!
ty wass great rewatching this film with this
You can tell John and Kurt are really great friends wish they'd do another movie together. (Loved The Thing and Escape From New York).😃
Love this..
" I'LL KILL YOUUUU" 😂
This appears to be the uncensored DVD commentary track. The commentary was greatly censored and modified for BluRay. Many comments were removed or switched around to different scenes for some reason.
To get the ear of either John or Kurt for even five minutes would be heaven on earth for me. Two dudes who just do what they love.
wow thanks KURT this is great make another movie THE THING
Amazing video, love your content.
good to see them just having a blast
Well that was fantastic
Great commentary between a director and his muse.