THE THING: Horror in Isolation
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- Опубліковано 26 жов 2020
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God
Epic
Hi emp
the embodiment of "I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet, but your kids are gonna love it"
This is the best comment I’ve read today
This is the best comment to date.
That is so true
Absolutely. This movie came out a couple of years before I was born but it scared the absolute shit out of me when I saw it for the first time as a teenager and remains one of my favorite movies.
I just seen it last week for the first time and was stunned by how good the practical effects looked.
The Among Us comparisons aren’t a coincidence, the game was straight up inspired by this movie.
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@@AxxLAfriku sad shit, get a better hobby.
Among us is inspired by Space Station 13. Space station 13 is inspired by the thing.
Dare I say, it was BASED
Apparently the original idea was from when the devs were kids they'd use cards to determine the impostor and tag people to 'kill' them (something along those lines)
then the rest of it was definitely added in from The Thing
1:20
"totally devoid of either warmth or humanity"
Sir, this is a horror film.
Translation: they want the heroes, the human, to win.
Critics from the 80's: BUT I WANT A SLASHER MOVIE WITH EVIL DUDE THAT HAS A BLADE FOR A DICK WEEEEEEEH (a.k.a i dont want to think or actually be creeped out cuz im braindead)
"sir, this is a horror film"
that's not the point either, it's a story that doesn't allow room for warmth or humanity because you can't trust anybody. not to get too literal, but they're trapped in antarctica with a monster. not much room for warmth or humanity there.
@@plasticweapon Speaking of warmth, isn't Antarctica colder than a Yeti's turd?
@@factualhat3018 haha dude, find Eberts Friday the 13th movies if you want a good laugh
The Thing's critical reception reminds me of when critics first found progressive rock and hated it. Sometimes only time can tell, and some critics are just thick as a brick.
*flute begins playing*
all in all
you're just a
-nother brick in
the wall
Same thing with black sabbath black sabbath
*and the poet lifts his pen*
@@Industrial_Druidic_Society glad i'm not the only one who caught the nod to Jethro Tull xD
I love the inept logic of "it's inplausible, why won't they band together" - can you group up if grouping up can result with being stabbed in the back?
To have a common enemy you have to know the enemy to begin with.
Most people are retards
That's one of the reasons alot of movies and games lose attention. The only reason being that people seem to think it's like a superhero movie, final fantasy xv's ending basically showed noctis and the team dieing and tons of people hated it even though it was the most creative thing ff has done in years imo (not to mention the ending shows noctis living his best life with lunafreya in heaven). They then ruined it with caving in and saying the team survived and then retconed the ending in dlc.
Tldr people are retards and assholes who just want buzzwords and pretty colors.
Exactly. Group up in pairs of two? One or both could be the monster. In pairs of three? One monster could still overpower two people. The only criticism that's valid is that MacReady didn't do the blood test until it was already too late, but given the circumstances its not realistic that they would think of the perfect solution off the bat.
@@Jaydoff exactly. The script was clearly thoroughly thought through.
Plus even if literally all of them stayed together all the time, how would anybody get any work done like cooking, washing clothes, using the bathroom etc? It would be very easy for one or two “people” to slip away if all twelve of them are constantly walking through those tight corridors
Probably one of my favorite things about this movie was also the fact that no one acted stupid in this movie for the sake of plot convenience like in a lot of other horror movies. For most of the movie everyone were actually making pretty sound decisions considering the circumstances they're in (isolating the base so the alien couldn't escape, trying to use a blood test to identify it, keeping MacReady out after he starts seeming mad sus), and the bad decisions you do see them make you can still see why they might do it.
sorry to necro this but after watching it the only thing i thought was really dumb was the multiple times a character alone would chase the thing without letting ANYONE else know
But that is the point. As the video here states, paranoia was a part of the movie's theme. Why would anyone then tell a group of people, of which no one doesn't trust eachother with any kind of information about themselves, that they are chasing the monster? For all they know, the people they speak to could also be the monster, which would then hunt that person down.
Agree.
They didn't always make perfectly sound decisions, but it's reasonable given the circumstances they were in.
I hate that "mad sus" is a genuine choice to use for that sentence to make sense.
Just a quick reminder that the 2011 reboot of The Thing was supposed to be a love letter to the original, with practical effects and all, but the producers said "you know, CGI is popular, that's what the kids want, so that's what you're going to do" and they scrapped ALL of it.
Somewhere, out there, exists a cut of that film with practical effects. All we've been left with is some... thing posing in it's place.
One could say the butchered remake we have now is a mere imitation of what truly was meant to be. An imposter.. alien.
#ReleaseThePracticalCut
Go watch Harbinger Down.
Oy vey
I thought it was a prequel.
"MacReady, the main protagonist, murders an innocent crewmember."
Clark, attempting to kill him with a scalpel: 👁👄👁
everyone one was def innocent in that movie
rob is the real hero of this film by spending a whole year at work and even getting hospitalized because he was working waaaay too much
and his name is
@@almost_friday9745 me
and he was 23 at the time. i need to get off my ass, holy shit
@@3three3three3three yeah i guess so
Respect the movie grind
"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." -H.P. Lovecraft
Explains his relationship with non whites
I think I'm not the only one like it around here, but I don't get scared by unknown, bc, well... I don't know it...I got scared by knowing more and more... Bc reality is way worse than any fiction...
@Atomic Kat i'm not, its just always funny to see how buttmad lovecraft fans get when you mention the fact he was a racist which continues to provide amusing self serious responses to this day
you guys are really arguing if a racist is racist he is a great write you can enjoy his writing without agreeing with him
@Atomic Kat just because racism was socially accepted at the time doesn't suddenly mean it was okay to be racist back then. racism is still bad regardless if everyone around you openly accepts it or not
MacReady was no murderer. He was acting in self-defense.
YEA
And murder is a legal term. It's called 'killing' which murder can fall under. And it was indeed self-defense,
@@dbsommers1 *homicide* is better than “killing”
@@XenSlayer I thought everyone knew this???
@@amuroray9115 Not only that but you can clearly see clark charging him with a scalpel with the intent to cause grave bodily harm. Definately justified self defense.
the way that the critics brought up their distaste for how realistically the characters acted really shows how out of touch a lot of people today choose to be
And considering how horrible the inner workings of Hollywood are (which people have become aware of because of people like Weinstein being exposed) it makes you wonder if those critics were simply made uncomfortable due to seeing a familiar reflection of themselves.
Im sorry, but what do you mean by "today"?
@@PaperThin_ i say today like “current times” or “nowadays” kind of deal
@@Bee-bup these werent critiques made in 2020 though. Why do you refer to these critics like they arent from the 80s?
@@PaperThin_ my bad, i forgot that those “reviews” were from then. it’s still kind of jarring that that mentality still thrives in Hollywood, though
"It's once again that time of year when we revisit the horror genre."
So... everyday?
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Hu sez am gae?
Let me guess, this will be a future topic on your channel, correct?
Everyone asks “who’s the thing” but nobody asks “how’s the thing”
Hopefully, very dead
@@stuffmorestuff6647 can’t agree more
This says a lot about society 😔
But I asked..
It's because we already know.
They're assimilating the Diabeetus guy, y'know, the usual.
I'm leaving this message because I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Shame what happened to the prequel.
We don't talk about 'that' movie
@@bootmanbill6973 absolutely
It's the dude.
Will they make the same mistake regarding the Frozen Hell version that's coming?
@@SSGLGamesVlogs yes
I just realized that your suggestion that what allows him MacReady to act without the same kind of attachment to their (former) teammates when taken over by the thing is that MacReady was always the outsider of the group, is actually foreshadowed and established right at the beginning; everyone else lives in dormitory-like living accomodations within the compound, but MacReady lives in a house on stilts. He's quite literally an outsider.
Macready browses 4Chan, that's why.
@@Zorro9129 while the rest are playing minecraft on discord
Imagine going to the cinema, and having to choose between Blade Runner, E.T, Poltergeist and The Thing.
I saw all 4 movies in the theater when they came out.
ET was cute, I guess. Have never felt the urge to watch it again.
Poltergeist - I found this boring overall but I did like the Indian burial ground idea. Never saw this movie a second time and I only think about it on Thanksgiving when my sister-in-law, Carol Ann, visits.
In my opinion, Blade Runner and The Thing are amongst some of the finest movies ever made and I have seen each over 50 times.
To each his own, of course.
They don’t make em like they used to 🤷♂️
Imagine? Bro those people are very much alive lol I had dinner with them last night.
@@ajalvarez3111 i 100% agree with you btw, but i still think it's a great line up.
@@derekazyan9942 They do, they just fly under the radar. Maybe now more than ever. You have to search for them.
>critics missing the mark
I guess some things never change.
"Some thing" lol, did you make that joke on accident or was it on purpose
Yeah definitely with the last of us 2 critic consensus .
@@timothytosser288 Except the thing is actually well written.
Oh so what your saying is,
A man pushed the limits of special effects, plot, health and budget and made a film way ahead of its time...
And everyone hated it...
Uhhh yeah there is a reason is called ahead of his time, if aliens gave us the ultimate perfect tecnology how are we supposed to used it when we don't even know what it is?
@@heladovegano9770 Easy! We use it for murder and violence! Doesn’t matter what it is.
@@heladovegano9770watch a movie called arrival. Literally the plot is what you just said
Maybe genius isn't recognized immediately. It has to stand the test of time.
The Thing was one of those classics that were reviled by critics at first and got the love it deserved as time went on.
I feel like one day that'll be the case for The Last Jedi. Maybe not please don't hurt me UA-cam
My god your everywhere what the hell
Lmfao I just saw your comment on the osu mania talent show video
We've got the same taste in UA-cam videos. Only your comments attracts likes 😂
@@Laiser *H U R T!!!!*
John Carpenter: _I will show you horror with Jim Henson puppets goddamnit_
Harsh truth but that’s pretty much what all the monsters were. Glorified puppets. Which somehow still look 1000 times more believable than cgi
@@brockfilmzinc1 practical effects are best for horror. An American Werewolf In London exemplifies this.
@@brockfilmzinc1 You only notice cgi when it's bad.
@@wolfwiz9973 Indeed.
@@cavemann_ or overt. Too much cgi you'll forget the movie was live action
Unrelated but I'm amazed on the variety of topics you have uploaded to the channel. From UA-cam geographic to YTPs to this, it's outstanding.
There he is
yeah but he doesn't make ytps anymore unfortunately
@@JuanStamos I still think he incorporates a lot of high quality edits into his work that make me think that what he is doing now is even better.
@@Jollerygrokes i disagree also he doesn't make jokes anymore which is also terrible
JUSTTINNNN MA BOYYY. Everyone asks, who is justin. Nobody asks how is justin?
The Thing and Blade Runner are both perfect examples of why you should never pay attention to what the critics think.
The big issue with critics is that they're still people and still vulnerable to peer pressure and the Overton window. When that window is against edgy stuff, they likely will be too and any critic who doesn't step in line (Just Reviews who does albums and pop songs) will be heavily ostracized and possibly even de-platformed too.
The original cut of blade runner is atrocious. The voice over narration by Harrison Ford actually ruins the movie imo
As with anyone, the opinions of critics are only reflective of the time period. They don’t bear any ill will.
@@jameskemp9960 I can agree with this to an extent, but it's like how can any critic at the time not even see the MASSIVE potential this movie had??
@@ultimadum7785 some poor editing decisions can make a good movie with potential bad.
Roger Ebert Gave Anaconda 4 stars and called Alien a haunted house in space....he can get bent
Yep
Alien was a haunted house in Space. Even Ridley would say so.
@@yousircantknow8987 Yes, but a haunted house in space without a ghost. It's a lazy analogy and Scott is always open to revisionism himself. The only real people that truly matter in the telling of that story are Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett. Everybody else is a passenger.
If you ever feel useless just remember that the practical effects in the 2011 prequel were replaced with cgi
That was such a stupid decision to make.
Yeah, the practical effects is what made the movie, I think that's why I like a lot of 80s movies
Yeah. Everyone remember. You are not CGI. You are a practical effect. Everyone is their own practical effect
They weren't that bad people. I love 2011 Thing.
@@manray5140 it wasn't bad but the use of practical effects would've made the movie ten times better
"ToTAllY dEvoiD oF eiThEr wArmTh anD HuMaNitY", the movie is literally a lovecraftian nightmare which takes place in the ices of Antarctica, and you expect it to be warm and feel-good? Starlog shut up
Well most psychological horror movies are full of warmth and humanity, idk why this one isn’t
Yeah the point of the movie is that there is no hope in the movie and that there is no way that the people in the thing would not survive
A film literally set in the cold about an alien is criticized for a lack of warmth and humanity. Damn.
@@Winasaurus It’s more like I could never enjoy something without any warmth in it. Like why would I? So I get fear and depression or something? It’s a fair critique. How can something be entertaining yet just be pure despair and fear fuel
@@popopop984 It's not meant to be entertaining and enjoyable on a visual/narrative level. A bunch of people get super paranoid and die in fear isn't exactly meant to be heartwarming. It's enjoyable in more of a cerebral way, putting yourself in their shoes, thinking of how you would act, or what they should have done differently. Asking who's right, who's wrong, and who's just crazy.
It's more of a philosophical 'entertainment', much like all those thought experiments of "What's the most painful way to die?" or "What are the odds of something terrible happening to me?" The answer isn't really something you want to know, it won't be satisfying, but in some morbidly curious way it would be interesting.
My favorite part of John Carpenter's The Thing is that none of the human characters are stupid.
It's not that they're not stupid, it's that they act so realistically and believably. It makes everything feel so real.
Except nauls abandoning Mac and walking into the darkness after hearing a strange noise in the distance, definitely a smart move
@@charlesmeniru5082 Considering how the ending of the movie is intentionally left vague and mysterious I feel like that plot point was only put there to make us question nauls during the final staredown
@@charlesmeniru5082 Stop nitpicking! Nauls saw movement which believed to be Garry, and investigated, unaware of the monster lurking in the shadows.
Wait a minute, if each cell can be a separate monster and split off from other instances of the Thing, and with some theorizing that Macready himself could have been a Thing and fairly early on at that, is the suggestion then that the Thing finds itself in conflict with itself? An imitation doesn't know just by looking which of the crew are also initiations so each instance is also in a state of paranoia about the others?
That would add such an extra layer to the movie if the monster doesn't even know who to trust. Whoa.
Very very late, but I need to archive this comment because that’s brilliant.
I think I’ve heard it said the thing has been shown to deliberately attack other “things,” if it means it can allow it to deceive people and to survive and further the cause. And yes I think it’s been established that each thing can recognize a kindred thing.
But that’s kind of an interesting take
I've always liked to think that by the ending of the film, Mac and Childs are both assimilated. It's a pretty grim outcome, but at the same time it offers a little hope for humanity. You've got two Things that are sitting and squabbling with each other, which ties back into a moment of the book concerning the Things essentially getting lost in character, and also demonstrates the inherent flaw in the strategy of intelligent creatures that use deceit and treachery to get by: eventually, they're going to turn on each other.
@@ZebboGeesucks they had a comic and it expands on this question also they breath/eye thing is a give away.
No, if you watch carefully you can see that the infected are looking out for eachother. For example, when MacCready burns the thing, the 2 we later find were infected are RIGHT out front with their fire extinguishers.
There's other easter eggs as well.
It knows what it's doing all along...
Hilariously enough, my opinion of The Thing is like that of society’s. My dad made me watch it with him when I was 14, and I hated it because it creeped me out and I thought it was too pessimistic. Now, years later, it’s one of the few horror movies I actually enjoy, and i enjoy greatly.
A non pessimistic 14 year old, that's a new one.
@@kachucho872 Ikr
@@samuelthehobo4441 As a 14 year old, I can confirm Memerio is truly one of a kind
It's kind of relieving when you find out all Saints are sinners too. Police men work only for a check, your public safety is just a trade. Politicians are slime, all act only at the whim of their party. Even Mr. Rodgers has some dirty laundry I'm betting. That's what the movie makes me think, that everyone is still carnal, still just trying to survive. At whits end, when you're at death's door, no one is worth more to you than yourself.
I think I first watched this when I was like 13, I really loved it for the psychological horror aspect(I'm actually a Psych major now), and it gets even better the more you realize how "real" it actually is
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Among Us in Terrorist Town by John Carpenter is my favorite horror franchise. It truly is the Dark Souls of Japanese Soap Operas
Sheesh, by Damn Daniel Featuring Pewdiepie is on the Soundtrack, OMG I love it
It’s also like Push the Button from Jackbox
I wish I could read the phrase among us normally
"..totally devoid of either warmth or humanity" that´s kinda the point with the film.
Well Emp, you convinced me to fork over $7 to buy the movie so I could watch this video. I hope you’re happy
Josuke Has 4 Balls
So you do
It's worth it, The Thing is an amazing movie :)
Why hello shuck
How about you make a way too expensive The Thing stop motion video next? 😅
My theory for Blair is that he believed he was infected, and tried to hang himself to keep from turning, but then the thing took him over completely, removed the noose but didn't know it was an object of murder/suicide so it left it up.
The thing doesn’t slowly take over people tho evident by all the scenes where the thing visually was taking someone over
Or maybe the Thing is actually capable of absorbing the dead, and took him over after he hung himself.
@@vclapem9140 maybe it depends on how many cells infect you. 1 can take hours to take over and organism, but several cells can do it in minutes.
@@TheDizzieC And a hand can take you over in seconds.
I saw someone argue that the thing is attempting to use reverse-psychology. Blair-thing wants to work on the ship and does not want to get back in the base so it intentionally makes itself sound overly suspicious
"Totally devoid of either warmth or humanity"
What? Did they expect flowers and sunshine in a horror film?
Midsommar: *nervously looks around*
@@creativeguy1martinez693 Haha! Good one!
You have to have been around back then to understand. The 80s were stupidly Conservative and optimistic. I realize now that compared to 'ET', it had to come off as absolute nightmare fuel to the America of my teen years.
Major movies were given a lot more public attention (media) then as well.. If it had been low budget, no one would care.
As a wise man once said "A person is smart, people are dumb."
All crowds are made up of singular people.
I understand the quote but people think they are immune to group think. We all do. I do it sometimes and it worries me.
@@DatcleanMochaJo Woah. In that sense, the nature of the men and that of the Thing bear a remarkable poeticism.
The Thing is one of the only films that scares me every single Time I watch it, not just from the visuals but from just from the idea of the thing and also how much of the the things movements and sabotage is left out
Capitalize "Thing". I had to re-read your first sentence because people commonly use the phrase "The thing is, ..."
@@bastokrepublic ok then bucko
"They were taking a blood test when a big ugly thing burst into the room."
Still hate that people act like Among Us is the first "Who is the Murderer" game. Fucking Trouble In Terrorist Town, Murder and Morbus did it before (and that's just the G-Mod variety of games) and Morbus has (or rather had) literally shapeshifting aliens in it..
I believe Mafia was the original version of the game
@@matthew-2484 and then you have stuff like Town of Salem and similar "vote out" games
The shape shifting alien helped inspire the necromorphs from the Dead Space series
I dont think anyone thinks among us is the first. Wtf is this strawman
Laughs in Clue
Man, Roger Ebert just has awful taste in everything.
Yeah, makes you wonder how he got such a big name despairing having some of the worst opinions.
I didn't know about that history lore, pretty insightful! I remembered he shit on Labyrinth which killed Jim Henson's cinema career outside of the Muppets and he apparently ended Carpenter's big budget career. He claimed video games weren't art while praising a medium with no interaction, only consumption. Miserable old man.
That's something I've noticed. People respect Roger Ebert quite a bit as a film critic even though he was quite incapable of being anything other than a snobby, spoiled bastard towards any movie that wasn't exactly how he wanted it. He was a complete asshole with terrible taste in films.
@@Anon_Spartan to be fair he did regret dismissing videogames later in his life
And now he's dead
The Thing, The Mist, and The Shining are horror personified: humanity at it's worse.
there's also the Mist
@@guilhermehank4938 oh yeah. Thanks for reminding me. It's funny. All the best horror movies have "the" in the title.
@@vincenttapia2037 It seems it may have something to do with the ambiguity of the words following 'The'. The unknown is terrifying to us by our very nature.
@@alw2839 Yeah. That's most likely it.
@@alw2839 And also the fact that "the" implies it's unique
It implies there's only one
Only one thing is necessary to destroy us all, only something as unique as humanity poses the biggest threat to itself
nice vid to watch here in the car while eating :p
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I just notice this was uploaded on my birthday lol
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Hello there gamer.
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Happy birthday!
Always disagreed with the notion that Macready is a murderer for shooting Clark. Clark had a scalpel in his hand, so Macready was defending himself.
i don’t think anyone was in the wrong! nobody trusted anybody and they were all very tired
I watched the Thing as an adult and initially I thought how terrifying can practical effects be now? That spider head scene creeped me tf out! It's incredible!
Yeah, that was the final scene that convinced me that the movie was a masterpiece of cinema
I know right?? People absolutely LOVE practical effects almost universally to the point where you can market a film based solely on that, but for whatever reason Hollywood always goes the CGI route smh...
@@ultimadum7785It really is baffling.
I don't know why in modern horror they insist on CGI over practical effects. Any other genre it's fine but horror should be practical effects first sprinkling in a very small amount of cgi to enhance the practical effects.
@@swarllyit depends on what it really is. Somethings are easier to recreate in different ways
“When you lose all faith in the world around you, you become a prisoner trapped in your own mind”
The most heroic part of the crew was when McCready told them that they need to blow it up, even when it will cost them their lives.
Fun fact: the person who fly the plane tried to warn the group about the dog being the monster, but they didn't understand him due to him speaking Norwegian
well...no shit.
Plane?? It was a helicopter. Bruh.
lmao I never thought about it that way
Here we go!
Hey Reventian, didn't expect to see you here. No UKARMS here unfortunately though.
@@TheDarkSide11891 The Thing is my favorite movie and I wanted to do a UKARMS Spin on it. And EmpLemon is on my notifications.
Nobody expects the reventian inquisition
Fancy seeing you here, UKARMS man
Ah shit, here we go again!
I wouldn't call the guy he shot "innocent." He literally was trying to stab McReady from behind because he suspected him.
But awesome video as always man. you keep makin em - we'll keep watching
And he was an idiot too since if mcready was a thing stabbing it woudnt do anything
@@diegodecuadromansilla3867 people often make illogical decisions under fear. The two men at the end of the day were just trying to survive. There was no good guy or bad guy in that situation.
@@diegodecuadromansilla3867 Wrong! If a thing gets "wounded", it'll act how the original organism would've act. Thus if McReady was a thing, it would've act out to try to maintain it's cover.
@@kenpierce1464 yet the thing woudnt have been in much trouble , it migth act how a human would act if it was stabbed but it woudnt have the same effect. Kinda like with the heart atack scene, the thing acted like it had a heart atack or maybe it had one but the thing didnt die from it
@@averyhepburn8092 yes i agree that people make illogical decisions under stress but i am not claiming that somebody is good or bad , just that the action taken was dumb
Movie character's acting like real humans:
Movie critics: THIS IS SO UNREALISTICS!!
There’s an extremely acclaimed theory about the Thing:
An advanced alien race which had already developed space travel, discovered a strange creature on a different planet, which had the ability to amalgamate and perfectly imitate any organism it consumes. The aliens decide to study it and maybe use it in one way or another. However, the Thing samples somehow escaped, wiping out the entire alien race. What was left of that race tried to escape and colonize other planets as their home. The Thing once again managed to hijack one of the ships. The crew members pulled an Among Us and died off, one by one, being assimilated by the Thing. The last alien finds a planet, Earth. The alien then decides that destroying the monstrosity that wiped out its race is more important than its life. It crashes headfirst into the planet, but the Thing survives and assimilates the alien, then bursts outside, but freezing in the Antarctic expanse, later to be found by the Norwegians, and ultimately the Americans.
Definitely makes you wonder just what kind of planet a creature like THAT could come from.
What ELSE lived on that planet? Are there some life forms even The Thing can’t or won’t devour…?
Emp could cover legitimately any topic and make it interesting and fun to watch.
he already did that with nascar there is nothing he cant cover
Agree
@Tom Nye I would let emp bend me over
Except when he made a video about BTM. That was cringefest
Age restricted already, good ol' Susan W is back at it again
Last I checked, it was taken down due to "violating the guidelines."
@@CassandraPantaristi *always has been...*
@@anisomniac5931 I watched it before it was temporarily taken down.
Thank you gay vader
A dudes stomach opens and amputated a guy at the forearms and then a dudes head grows spider legs and rips its head off then grows eyes. I dont think it was age restricted due to PR.
The Virgin E.T vs the Chad The Thing
I've known about this move before among us, but let me just say that playing on the Polus map with one impostor is basically just the movie but interactive.
And the imposter cant spreaf
@@anoon- or disguise as one of the crewmate
This movie has a game...
Actually there are 2 thing
It's also a game mode in Space Station 13.
Can you do “I hate mars bars”
no he has to make i hate dust
Can I get a DAMN DANIEL in chat?
EmpLemon doesnt hate everything.
If he hate everything, does that mean he hate himself?
don't command him like he's your f-ing dog
"... instant junk."
"... a wretched excess."
Calling those critiques is like calling an apple an orange. It's both unobservant and lazy.
I agree. I’m sure E.T. is analyzed for its brilliant story telling too. Seriously, John Carpenter was dealt a bad hand, at least his work is getting the appreciation that it deserves.
Just like the protagonist of the movie feels so threatened by the monster, so does the audience of the early 80s feels creeped out by how different the movie is from the standards. They were so close-minded to the elements that made a movie "good" to them at the time, that the sight of something so terrifyingly new made them act more on instinct and to reject it, much like animals react to something they have never seen before. it wouldn't be until later that more open-minded audiences would start to fully appreciate the movie and to understand how innovative it truly was.
@@succubastard1019 I completely agree with what you're saying. For as close-minded as they were could they at lest be more specific? Criticism is just insult without any real reason behind it.
You are a fool if you belueve critiques exist in the professional world to do anything other than make money
Those are cut from longer reviews he was just showing that the conclusions were negative.
I believe Blair was already assimilated when they went to ask him about Fuchs, he was getting ready to neck himself when Norris-thing got to him, or Palmer-thing if he had already been assimilated too.
Nah, Blair was assimilated already by the time he had locked himself in his office. He wouldn't have had enough time to grab all the spare parts from the helicopter and tractor to make his craft if he didn't get assimilated until around the time Fuchs death happened. I mean, it's pretty much assumed that Blair is the shadow figure passing the lab and who got to Fuchs. Blair destroying the radio and vehicles was all a ploy and distraction to make it look like he was keeping anyone from leaving but you have to consider the fact that, Blair-thing already had other plans for getting to society. He destroyed all the equipment to prevent anyone at Outpost 31 from contacting the outside world and warning them. That way, he successfully isolated everyone and could then assimilate or kill the rest and then bail. This also helps his backup plan if the main plan fails. If it did fail, then they would still be cut off and by the time help came to check on them, all humans would've died from freezing to death and the thing could freeze and lie dormant until found and THEN attack. Therefore, Blair had definitely been assimilated early on, assumed by most to be off screen, my thought being by the dog and before the Palmer/Norris wall shadow assimilation. The dog, when walking down the hallway, could've been just coming from attacking Blair. But yeah, it just makes so much more sense that way. It would be way too much of a coincidence if Blair had destroyed the vehicles and stuff as a human to stop the thing from leaving and then a day or so later as Blair-thing, end up using that to it's advantage. Anyways, cheers!
@@FilthTribeFTP So then what’s your explanation of the noose?
there will Never Ever be another horror movie as surreal as The Thing
Not only is EmpLemon a good UA-cam pooper, he’s also a good video essayist.
One of the best I’d say
He's a former UA-cam Pooper. I still enjoy UA-cam Poops, and have since 2008.
The correct word is amazing analysist
The Thing is still one of my favourite horrors that relates to body-horror. I am absolutely smitten by the special effects, even to this day. In a timeperiod where CGI is prefered to practical effects, I think it's important that we hail the films of ages past that are powerhouses when it comes to effects that aged really, really well - The Thing, Alien 1 (that chest burster, so good) and Lord of the Rings (specifically the battle for Helms Deep with the scale models of the keep) are just some of the films that can still make my skin crawl from the sheer talent.
Thank you for this unexpected but entertaining dive on a film I love.
Glad he 'shined the light' on the cinematography too as when pointed out i finally realized just how essential it was for the practical effects to be as effective as they are.
@@cockroachafro for real. film-making at its finest. I'm happy that today most of us realise the importance and the value of John Carpenter's The Thing.
Lame af that people are like "it's just like among us." Like have some self awareness.
We live in a society bottom text
@Mate Product Well, I had absolutely no interest in the game. I said "why would I play this shit, it's not even a real game".
Then a friend gifted it to me, so ofc I had to download and be their 10th player.
If you have 9-10 people that you know well, this game is an *absolute blast.* If you *can't gather that amount of friends,* it's no real fun, at least for me. Whenever we drop under 9 players, I'm out.
Just sharing this in case you haven't played it yet, but hang around online with a bunch of friends anyways. 👍
Well the thing is about one impostor trying to kill it’s fellow humans and among us is about one impostor trying to kill its fellow humans
@@HelghastStalker maybe. but I can ask any boomer or female friend to join Among Us.
With TTT its too complicated for those kinda ppl. 😜
@@Yoshi92 the fuck does this have to do with anything?
I love how a good chunk of this video is just lecturing Roger Ebert for not getting the point while offering counterarguments, lmao.
I don’t know why people listened to Siskel and Ebert, “professional movie critics” my ass
Audiences at the time didn't like it either, and I doubt they were influenced by the critics much. They just liked E. T. and the other movies at the time more.
I’m glad that the video about The Shining wasn’t a one-off thing. I’m glad that you made another one EmpLemon
he made a video about the shining?
Um, I think it was VideoGameDunkey who made the video on The Shining.
In the theme of isolation I remember a kurzgesagt video about loneliness. "When you become chronically lonely, your brain goes into defense mode."
Cant wait to see "is this among us in real life?" Comment
Among Us is cringe, SS13 is better.
From memes, politics, pro wrestling, smash bros, to jumping from space, and now The Thing? Next hes gonna talk about the food industry
Edit: lmao rip video youtube took it out by the shed and shot it
Emp is vegan, I bet he has a lot to say about it. Namely the fact that it's totally fucked and inhumane.
@@Liravin youtube owned video a while ago but it's back
@@Liravin it was taken down by youtube within moments and was unavailable for about 4-5 hours because it “violated UA-cam’s community guidelines”
Everybody UA-cam should be subscribed to this channel, something has to interest u lol
@@Tofu_va_Bien is emp actually vegan? jeez we'll probably only get another year of high quality uploads before malnourishment and protein deficiency destroys his mind. SAD!
"The Thing", Also Known as "the Masterpiece"
Nah..
I think we can all agree that The Thing is one of the greatest film ever created
Hopefully the Coronavirus doesn't have covid Huskies cause I'll be screwed
Rest in peace, Wilford Brimley.
Wilford brimley (ascended)
Thanks for having me be a part of this ABSOLUTE KINO, Emp! The video turned out great!
oh shit it's the guy
The edit at 14:36 is amazing. It looks good and symbolizes Blair losing his mind and dooming himself, 10/10 work
Dunno why everyone is making vids about my fav horror movie of all time, suddenly, for some reason, all at the same time this year...
But I am eternally grateful. My obsession with Kurt Russell and his films have become a sort of inside joke amongst my home and workplaces, so it's nice to see stuff like this popping up.
Definitely not because Halloween, i assume
I think that it's because "Among us" is popular right now, and this game is based on "The thing".
It's quite a tonal difference between his Disney films and The Thing.
I think there was a few things leading to this :p
Ah yes, a classic. Good timing since we are being Isolated and Spooky month.
EmpLemon is now gonna start making movie reviews?
This is the best day ever.
I want practical effects to come back. This really is a passion project. In fact, I guess I really want the passion to come back
It's amazing what kind of content you make. I cannot wait for what you'll have for us in the future
A video about the Thing with Goosebumps soundtrack, Emp really is a cultured man.
pfffahaha thats what you call cultured?
I’m manscaping while I watch this
Hot
I don’t care? 🤷♂️
gay boi
The Thing has the most perfect theme; isolation, Paranoia and Distrust.
man, that claymation bit at the end was one of the hardest nostalgia hits i've ever experienced
"The Thing is Among us"
-guy from the movie
Recently The Thing has been popping up in my feed a lot, and now you've come around to cover the film. I'm excited for what you have in store.
I appreciate this movie even more, thank you for making this emp
your channel is like my go to for anything i seem to love
from Spogebob to Video Games to Horror
would love for you to talk about anime someday
In regards of public reusage of Carpenter's idea I kinda like "God Eater" - when anime meets The Thing meets Fallout.
I always wondered where they got idea of all-devouring cells creating their own versions of what they eaten, only after The Thing I realized it was this movie except alien dominated the planet and humans adapted parts of it as a weapon.
Watching you branching out your content over so many diverse topic has been so wild, I love it. I love to see you getting into films now, and I can't wait to see where you go next.
This is most certainly one of the best videos that's ever been uploaded to UA-cam and I wish you, EmperorLemon, all the success & money in the world. You certainly deserve it, comparing you to other UA-cam videomakers.
The thing absolutely epitomizes my nightly nightmares
So grateful for the excellent content you pushed out in the last year Emp. It's really given me faith in the quality of youtube and youtubers again. Best wishes
This man makes some of the most underrated content on youtube, one of the most comfy viewing vids i have ever watched this month worth the wait
Great video and your logic is on point ...Thanks
Damn, the effort you put into the ad at the end is impressive. Also the rest of the video was incredible. God damn The Thing is amazing
It genuinely warms my heart too see my favorite channel make a video on my favorite horror film. Great as always, emp!
Ah yes. The one movie that scared me out of anything back then and even now. It just made me even afraid to say goodnight to my parents. My mind would wander off saying to my self "is that person a thing?!". Truly terrifying.
gosh DAAAAARN your content is PHENOMENAL. I watch your ads every time I can. Amazing video, I'll be watching the movie soon