This is evil no one can escape God judgment of condemnation if they don't repent of their sins no matter what sin Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today Romans 6.23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus
+chazworthingtonhunts I know eh? What a slick bastard! When the clip started reeling off those scenes, esp. Total Recall pressure drop and Se7en Sloth sin I was like damn, what a prodigy! I come from a ridiculously talented family (all my contemporary-aged relatives, females especially, are all hugely successful, high up at major biotech firms, the UN, Apple, etc etc) and I was supposed to be the brightest prodigy of them all, and it seemed on track until I discovered dope - I'm the only one of this generation to not attend an Ivy League uni :/
I wouldn't be so hard on yourself dude. Some people are just weird that way when it comes to schooling. Some of the biggest assholes I know with no heart seem to coast through schooling. It's like they don't even try. Comparison is the biggest mistake I've made. So what if they hit the big time at 25, they'll probably get cancer from stress in their early forties.
+TheRubberStudiosASMR oh I'm not too beat up about it :) I'm just really impressed he did all this at a young age. There's a certain macabre beauty to all these effects!
RetroEjit I don't think there are *that* many "classics" that received a really lukewarm or negative reception on release. And the two examples mentioned here (the Thing and Fight Club) both were quite provocative and (very) violent at the time (in particular Fight Club whose story - I think - is still misunderstood by many), even today they still have some detractors (both have "only" a 80 % rating on Rotten Tomatoes). I think they're more cult films than certified classics (even though I wouldn't disagree with anyone who did call them that - especially Fight Club which is fantastic).
CelticPred1997 If the increasing popularity of Michael Bay movies has thought us anything, it's that the world is getting dumber! So maybe in the future Twilight will be the new Citizen Kane ;)
The Thing is: 1. Still the scariest movie I've ever seen (I'm 25) 2. Proof that practical effects are just relevant but crucial for making real emotion-evoking films. In this case the emotion is sheer terror.
+GiggaGMikeE Have you seen 2015's Bone Tomahawk? It also stars Kurt Russell, and there's a particular scene that utilises practical effects with great efficacy.
BuzterOne Its tough for me. The Thing and Alien are two so very different horror films and both were absolutely extraordinary in their own right that choosing one for me is just not possible. The Thing was brilliant at misdirection and playing upon that mystery factor to make you feel alone and insecure. Alien meanwhile was a bit more blunt and went straight to the core of one of the more uncomfortable ideas of space-rape with a mega alien on a small space ship. Both were brilliant but were brilliant for different reasons.
I saw this movie in the theater when I was a kid. Emotionally scarred for life. Just watching the clips in this vid still scares the ever-living shit out of me. Absolutely one of the best horror movies ever made.
+Helium Road I had a similar experience as a kid, but the movie was Kaufman's "Invasion of the Body Snatchers". Why would a parent take an 8-year-old to see that? Sheesh
Kzar Antila Is that the 70s one with Leonard Nimoy and Donald Sutherland? That one scared the crap out of me, too. The 1950s original is just as good, black and white film really suits that paranoia.
+Helium Road I watched that when I was a kid too, and I was fine up until the point where that hobo got spliced with his dog. That stayed with me for a while.
I only recently watched The Thing, after seeing Hateful Eight and being informed that it was an adaptation of the same original story. I can therefor say with no bias or nostalgia tinting, just about every single effect holds up to this day and looks better than most stuff being made right now. This movie is solid gold.
+Byron Dunbar fair enough. I don't know enough about it to say anything, and unfortunately I can't find the video I was referring to "informing" me of it...
I watched it just now for the first time, fantastic movie. Although in my opinion the very last appearance of the Thing looks a bit dated, other than that, the effects still look great.
Dustin Rodriguez The FX guys who worked on it were pretty much forced to drip CGI onto scenes. Because of producers and studio pressure, their practical effects were so awesome looking too. It's a major bummer. There's videos you can watch that explain what I just talked about. You should give em a watch. It'll piss you off even more but it's still good to see some people still holding it down for practical effects. Also, if you enjoy practical effects, check out a movie that recently came out called The Void. It's a really gnarly movie with top notch practical effects and crazy ass creatures in it.
Riz2336 100% agreed. My favorite horror film as well. Not enough good things can be said about the creature effects. The uncomfortableness of the film is amazing. Soooo damn good.
I don't agree , in my opinion both movies are instant classics . However I may be a slightly bigger fan of The Thing , but both movies are just Instantly Iconic!
+Andre Martänz It really is. I also love how Carpenter elected to end it with Childs and MacReady both just sitting down and looking at each other, leaving the ending ambiguous, with their doom certain, but the nature of exactly how that doom will occur left open.
PinkOld yeah it's just brilliant. You know it's gonna end bad for both but not how. But to be honest in my mind both will freeze to death, but knowing the "won"... I'd love to imagine just a little positivity to the end
+Andre Martänz Want to know something horrible? That wasn't the original ending. The original ending was going to be almost the same thing, but after the scene with Childs and MacReady, there was going to be an extra shot... a husky dog walking away from the inferno.
Slayton Peale I like how Carpenter chose to end it as we all know it. It leaves it up to question about whether Childs or MacReady is The Thing, or if The Thing has been vanquished, or if The Thing still has a remnant of itself remaining that somehow escaped the explosion. It's really cool to leave it uncertain, going against the grain of so many movies that wrap up the whole thing in a nice, neat package.
It's not so much reducing the film to it's effects, it's that the effects are so god damn well done that you don't eve have to put any brain power into suspending disbelief or being taken out of the scene or anything, you can just accept what's going on and focus on the actors and atmosphere, and really I think that's what great effects are about.
***** I love the scene but a couple of things should have redone: people don't LEAP onto a chest with defibrillator paddles and then the arms didn't get bitten off at the teeth. Like Cundy said, you have to make it look as much like reality as you can.
+LyricalMasterMind1 its an amazing film i gotta say, but i thing the dialogue/story was very weak and relied mostly on the tension of The Thing. and the ending really frustated me :/ The movie stops in the middle of a scene like it is a cut off film reel
I just watched The Thing for the first time last night. It's still an incredibly atmospheric and intense movie, and the effects hold up astoundingly well.
The first time I saw The Thing, I was 12ish and me mum brought it home from BLOCKBUSTER. The only thing I knew about the movie is that it was a horror movie. I quickly fell in love with the adorable husky dog in the beginning, right up until its fucking face split open. That was one of the only movies to ever give me re-occuring nightmares. Cinema excellence
Critics claiming this was a shallow gorefest at the time knew absolutely nothing and were basically just squeamish wimps. It was tense, well shot, perfectly paced and had a great ensemble cast. I thought they showed just enough of the group to understand their dynamics and individual traits. Also it plays with its audience expectation beautifully. Certain important events deliberately take place off screen meaning you never really know what exactly happened. This not only leaves you thinking about the events after but coming up with you own theories and mistrust. The audience is manipulated to be as paranoid as the characters themselves. And if you ask me the effects while disgusting are totally necessary for the audience to understand just what the creature can do. There is something deeply disturbing about the idea that every piece of this organism can adapt, fight, and mutate. And seeing that take place on screen is the only way for us to truly understand the insane possibilities of what they are fighting. For my money its not a cult film its the best horror film of the 80s period.
I can see how that could be a problem for some but I think to fix it you would have to sacrifice the films great sense of paranoia. The crappy prequel had a similar large cast and similar running time. But instead of giving everyone fairly minimal but equal screen time, it focused on and developed a few main cast members and before you know it was predictable as hell. You knew who would be important to the plot and who would be assimilated because they were prioritized with more screen time for characterization stuff.
Hell yeah I still see videos of people sharing their thoughts on things like the order of assimilation or who at what time was a thing and it’s been over thirty years now
To me it comes as no surprise that this film didn't do well with critics. The whole "E.T. came first" thing really didn't happen as near as much as people claim. If that were truly the case, goofy alien comedy Men In Black would've bombed after the sophisticated based-in-reality alien drama Contact, both released in July of 1997, but both were massive successes. Think about it: do you really think people would go into an R-rated horror film and expect a family friendly romp just because the word "alien" reminded them of the PG-rated ET playing next door? No, people aren't that stupid. In reality, The Thing was just simply too ahead of its time. Nothing this nihilistic or misanthropic had ever been seen in a summer blockbuster. The amount of gore only existed in low budget indie films and had never been displayed to the general masses. Themes of isolation, paranoia, betrayal, and downright hopelessness had never been explored. Nothing like The Thing had ever existed before. Sure, alot critics noted the gore, but most less-than-positive reviews noted that the film was too long, slow, boring, and far too dialog driven. A few critics even said the film should've shown the alien more! Many critics also showed disdain towards how dark and bleak the film was; many critics agreed the film would've worked better had the humans teamed up instead of turning against one another, wanted to see a happy ending and were disappointed by the ambiguous one. The Chicago Reader's Dave Kehr thought the film's largest flaw was the lack of a love interest or romantic lead, and thought the film was "aimless" without a female for the lead male to fight for. The largest criticism, though, appeared to be that critics simply didn't know how The Thing worked as an organism and shared supposed 'plot holes' that were actually just them not understanding the movie. Roger Ebert, for example, said the film made no sense because The Thing could win by going around poking people (which anyone who was paying attention would know wouldn't do anything), and Starlog's Alan Spencer seemed to believe The Thing was a virus that could be killed with disinfectant or proper hygiene, and called the script "lazy" for never bringing up these points in the movie. Despite this, most critics gave praise towards the acting, cinematography, editing, sound design, and special effects. Even Ennio Morricone's score mostly received praise, despite its infamous Razzie nomination. If you read critical reviews from 1982, you actually won't find the "universally panned" or the "absolutely torn to shreds" reviews that most speak of. If anything, most critics viewed the film as standard, average, mediocre, or "meh". Roger Ebert, who was supposedly one of the film's biggest naysayers, gave The Thing a 2.5/4, which equivalates to about a 6.3/10. Not perfect, but certainly not the worst thing ever. Gene Siskel gave the film the same rating. Even Entertainment Weekly, who notoriously called the film "instant junk" and "the moron movie of the 80's" only gave it a 4/10, which isn't good but certainly isn't as hostile as people may seem. The Thing didn't even make their bottom 10 of the year. You can find plenty of positive reviews, even from 1982.
Well, you see, it came out during a time where ET rocked the world! Unfortunately, just like Blade Runner, The Thing was literally doomed to fail; commercially, and critically. Even though I highly prefer this movie over ET, and is possibly my favorite horror film ever, I’m just giving you facts. The Thing was screwed :/
Yes, the chest chomp alien really made an impact on my child psyche back in the 1980's. Incredible that these practical effects still beat anything CGI today. The torn head sprouting legs, twisted dog carcasses monster, chest chomper.... NIGHTMARES!
Ten years earlier, The Exocist set the standard for horror movies I think that The Thing matched it. Two timeless works. To this day both get my heart racing ❤
I actually feel like this movie is so great because of the characters in it. sure there's not much development, but that makes sense because the story takes place only over a few days. that being said, we still get a sense of real rivalries, tensions and friendships between each of the characters through small insights and dialogue. in comparison with so many other slashers and torture porn movies that followed, including the prequel, the character development in this is fantastic!
The characters aren't developed much and they don't really need to be. The story is about a disaster occurring to a group of people with normal personalities, and the characterization comes from how they react to their situation. You don't need to know everything about a character or their motivations or their background in order to appreciate their place in a narrative.
The Thing is one of my all time favorite films, the music, the feeling of isolation, the tension that builds as nobody knows who to trust. It's also got a sense of humor, some great one liners, Garry being the last to go through the blood serum test & his following outburst always makes me laugh.
I loved this movie so much that I bought it 4 times. VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray and Laserdisc. The special effects are just amazing and genuinely feel like they hit what they were aiming for. Biggest problem with the prequel/remake was that the CG did not look good. Flesh looked like rubber with a single coat of flesh colored powder tossed on it.
Easily one of my favourite ever films, the visual effects are absolutely sublime! It's a real shame there are people out there who won't see the beauty in a film like this because it's "too old" or "looks unrealistic" crap they'll come out with. Somehow, if it's not a AAA blockbuster they could care less. The fact is, this film will forever stand as having some of the greatest practical effects ever filmed for the big screen. They're simply amazing!
possibly my favorite horror movie of all time, with Alien close behind. Also, the 2011 version of The Thing is not actually bad at all. The movie's crew actually wanted to (and in some instances did) create most of the special effect via prosthetics, animatronics, make-up and other practical effects, but were probably forced by the studio to 'touch them up with cg', making them look like they were completely cg in most scenes.
But the 2011 painted all over the props with CGI. Almost every prop was altered with a SHIT ton of CGI, so you can't use the excuse that it used practical effects if it just shit all over them. Also, the movie relied more on jump scares than suspense and eeriness like the 80's version did. It wasn't even nearly as gross or creative in terms of the creatures of the 80's The Thing was.
Well yes, that's what i said in my original post. They added cg (which to me seems very much líke a decision by the studio/producers, not the actual crew of the movie), which is a shame, cause the props/animatronics seen in the making-of look great. And personally i did think that some of the creature designs and ideas were very cool, but are weakened due to the overuse of cg. And i never said that the 2011 movie is as good as the 80s version, just thats its not bad. I still enjoyed it.
The thing is still the greatest horror film ever made. With a perfect combination of practical effects, atmosphere, acting, lack of clichés, ambiguity, bleakness, soundtrack and cinematography. None of those aspects overshadow one other and instead work together to give us the greatest horror film ever made. 10/10
Definitely one of the best horror movies ever made. Even if not for the gross-out effects, the tension it had in not knowing who could be infected made it really great.
It really depends. Like for environments and explosions, CG is more imaginative and safe. But for gore and things like this, practical effects are definitely a plus.
Man F the critics!! "The Thing" is one of my favorite John Carpenter movies since "The Fog" (the remakes, prequels, and sequels are never as good as the original!)!! Still to this day, this movie gets me more on edge than any other movie!! I sill haven't seen E.T. since I was a child, but I've seen The Thing about 200 times. So you do the math..
@@randomguy6679 Exactly lol everyone here is hating on E.T because it did so well in the box office. The Thing is my favourite horror movie but E.T is a god damn classic
I saw ET in the theater at 13 and was disappointed in the feel good message but then my friends uncle took us to see the Thing. My friends and I have loved it ever since then.
Fantastic info! Thank you CineFix for making this video! Carpenter's The Thing is to this day one of my absolute favorites, and this really spoke to my interest and love of the effects they did. A lot of it really was amazing to see (and gross). Such great effects!! It's great to see a glimpse into how it all happened
I saw “E.T.” once and found it too mushy, never to see it again. I have seen “the Thing” about 100 times literally because I could not and can not get enough of it. All those nuances in suspending my disbelief were incredible and convincing. The plot opened a lot of questions about us as human beings and implications of a possible future. Is it wise to search for life on other planets if there is a possibility that we could inadvertently bring back one of those things? Would any of us be able to sacrifice ourselves like MaCready and his crew to save the world? How do we know either Childs or McCready weren’t already infected and one was playing the other? Why wasn’t there a continuation exactly where it left off, where the Thing was able to escape and now us humans have to hunt it and it’s ever growing creature offspring down before they take over the world? It would have made a wonderful and suspenseful series. Just a fascinating movie.
Best Horror film EVER. Watched it when I was five my parents friends were the helicopter pilot and my middle school art teacher. William Zeman thanks for helping make the best movie of my childhood.
Whole picture... It is awesome. Hard to tell the best part, because it holds your throat just from the begining to an ominous end. It is the masterpiece
@@puckletruscot7562yeah, I only liked The Thing 2011 because it was more realistic and the monster designs were terrifying. Too bad the CGI in the film where terrible.
Very interesting, also one of my favorite movies. Maybe do an "Art of the Scene" on the car repair scene from Christine. When Christine rebuilds herself.
Man,this movie came out in 1982 and tboi came in 2011 (same year as the prequel of the thing) so you must say "the wretched resembles the spider thing from the thing"
My all time favorite horror movie with Alien coming in a very close second. The special effects still hold up to this day, and yet, some movies that come out now a days can't even compare.
I must say upon recently seeing this movie, it didn't seem dated in any way. The Camerawork was brilliant, I was filled with suspense, and the gore and Special Effects were so good had I not know better I would've beleived they were real.
***** Both alien queen and biped mech were hydraulic but supported by cranes. It all came down to animatronics and camera angles. In one shot you can faintly see the crane supporting the mech.
UGOTNUKED No shit Sherlock, XDDD i can guess they did it with cranes and animatronics like everything else they did back in the 80s; but what i mean was to do a video explaining how they did alien stuff in general, and include that scene...
I rented this film for the first time today and not long after finishing it I ordered the bluray on Amazon. I was really impressed and really enjoyed it.
I saw it when it came out, and have since learned a lot about it because it is a sci-fi classic, and I can only say I wish I had made such an excellent mini doc on it! Great, great video!!
Man I can understand why they do CGI these days now, because this stuff took FOREVER to do! I especially like 28 Days Later, because I noticed they didn't use a lot of noticable CGI in that movie. And you can tell they were able to make that movie without much budget.
Nah, I know it takes forever, I'm actually at school for art and animation. So all forms of art are respectable, and now of days the CGI isn't so cheesy as it was a few years back which is nice to see.
Lorenzo Garcia Yeah, it's getting better all the time, wich is normal. But at the same time is a little sad that pretty much is all that's used these days for FX. There are a lot of practical solutions that could get the job done, but directors seem to have given up on them.
Rogelio Rocha Thanks for the support, man. Yeah, my thoughts exactly, as i had previously posted. Perhaps we will still get to see a return of practical effects, at least to some degree. We never know. I hope so.
Rogelio Rocha It's ok, but don't spoil it any further for me, lol, I actually haven't seen the last Star Wars episode yet. Have to catch up on that soon.
"If you want the audience to believe the _impossible_, you have to give them as much _possible_ as possible" - what a great quote by Dean Cundey.
This is evil no one can escape God judgment of condemnation if they don't repent of their sins no matter what sin
Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today
Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven
There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today
Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell
Come to Jesus Christ today
Jesus Christ is only way to heaven
Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
Romans 6.23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
John 3:16-21
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Mark 1.15
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Hebrews 11:6
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Jesus
Man, Rob Bottin achieved all this at 22?!! What the hell am I doing with my life?!!
+chazworthingtonhunts I know eh? What a slick bastard! When the clip started reeling off those scenes, esp. Total Recall pressure drop and Se7en Sloth sin I was like damn, what a prodigy! I come from a ridiculously talented family (all my contemporary-aged relatives, females especially, are all hugely successful, high up at major biotech firms, the UN, Apple, etc etc) and I was supposed to be the brightest prodigy of them all, and it seemed on track until I discovered dope - I'm the only one of this generation to not attend an Ivy League uni :/
+DougglesMagnificent yep! He's a bloody legend!!
+chazworthingtonhunts Not being apprenticed to a veteran in the area
I wouldn't be so hard on yourself dude. Some people are just weird that way when it comes to schooling. Some of the biggest assholes I know with no heart seem to coast through schooling. It's like they don't even try. Comparison is the biggest mistake I've made. So what if they hit the big time at 25, they'll probably get cancer from stress in their early forties.
+TheRubberStudiosASMR oh I'm not too beat up about it :) I'm just really impressed he did all this at a young age. There's a certain macabre beauty to all these effects!
It always blows my mind how these classics get such a icey reception when they're first released!
RetroEjit Yep, even Fight Club opened to low numbers and made back it's money on dvd and video
RetroEjit I don't think there are *that* many "classics" that received a really lukewarm or negative reception on release. And the two examples mentioned here (the Thing and Fight Club) both were quite provocative and (very) violent at the time (in particular Fight Club whose story - I think - is still misunderstood by many), even today they still have some detractors (both have "only" a 80 % rating on Rotten Tomatoes). I think they're more cult films than certified classics (even though I wouldn't disagree with anyone who did call them that - especially Fight Club which is fantastic).
RetroEjit Maybe 'Twilight' will be loved in a few decades.
CelticPred1997 If the increasing popularity of Michael Bay movies has thought us anything, it's that the world is getting dumber! So maybe in the future Twilight will be the new Citizen Kane ;)
RetroEjit Sure, because dumb action movies were never popular before that. Commando? What is Commando?
The Thing is:
1. Still the scariest movie I've ever seen (I'm 25)
2. Proof that practical effects are just relevant but crucial for making real emotion-evoking films. In this case the emotion is sheer terror.
+GiggaGMikeE 100% with you
+GiggaGMikeE Agree, still 1 of my favorites horror movie
agree
***** I loved the first movie. I'm a claustrophobic person too, so even the scenes without the cave troll monster things had me on edge.
+GiggaGMikeE Have you seen 2015's Bone Tomahawk? It also stars Kurt Russell, and there's a particular scene that utilises practical effects with great efficacy.
Best horror movie ever made!
Acting is top, effects are top and the story is 10/10!
BuzterOne Its tough for me. The Thing and Alien are two so very different horror films and both were absolutely extraordinary in their own right that choosing one for me is just not possible. The Thing was brilliant at misdirection and playing upon that mystery factor to make you feel alone and insecure. Alien meanwhile was a bit more blunt and went straight to the core of one of the more uncomfortable ideas of space-rape with a mega alien on a small space ship. Both were brilliant but were brilliant for different reasons.
Sarcasm much?
it's like the anime Parasyte the Maxim.
+Master of The game I kinda wanna smack you for saying that.
+Anas Naufal It's the other way around, The Thing was released in 1982....Parasyte, the original manga anyway, was released in 1988.
I saw this movie in the theater when I was a kid. Emotionally scarred for life. Just watching the clips in this vid still scares the ever-living shit out of me. Absolutely one of the best horror movies ever made.
+Helium Road I had a similar experience as a kid, but the movie was Kaufman's "Invasion of the Body Snatchers". Why would a parent take an 8-year-old to see that? Sheesh
Kzar Antila Is that the 70s one with Leonard Nimoy and Donald Sutherland? That one scared the crap out of me, too. The 1950s original is just as good, black and white film really suits that paranoia.
Helium Road
Yes, that's the one! I was freaked out for what seemed like years after that. It's a great movie all around, I think.
+Helium Road I watched that when I was a kid too, and I was fine up until the point where that hobo got spliced with his dog.
That stayed with me for a while.
DrMcMoist Yeah, the whole dog thing was pretty impacting.
80's.
The decade of scifi iconics like Terminator, Alien, Predator, The Thing, Starwars, ET, Abyss - The americans sure made some great entertainment.
syntaxed2 I'm pretty sure some of the Marvel movies and characters will be just as iconic...
hahaha yeah no they won't even be considered good. Can't even remember what came out last year.
syntaxed2 Alien is actually from 1979
Now all we have are remakes. Studios just don't take chances like they used to.
Lol no... I haven't seen a movie with a character that comes even close to topping Ripley.
The Thing should've grossed so much more. ET was good, but this one was better.
It came out in the wrong time, it should had came out in September or October
+Johnlindsey289 THE THING opened in the UK before ET, which got put back to Christmas for its British release. It still tanked.
I think it was "gross" enough
Classic Gamers HQ uhhhh....(bleh...)
Um... R vs PG anyone???
I only recently watched The Thing, after seeing Hateful Eight and being informed that it was an adaptation of the same original story. I can therefor say with no bias or nostalgia tinting, just about every single effect holds up to this day and looks better than most stuff being made right now. This movie is solid gold.
+noxabellus The more recent sequel was unfortunately done with dirt cheap CGI and looked dated the day it came out.
Dustin Rodriguez Yeah, no respect for the original at all.
+Byron Dunbar fair enough. I don't know enough about it to say anything, and unfortunately I can't find the video I was referring to "informing" me of it...
I watched it just now for the first time, fantastic movie. Although in my opinion the very last appearance of the Thing looks a bit dated, other than that, the effects still look great.
Dustin Rodriguez The FX guys who worked on it were pretty much forced to drip CGI onto scenes. Because of producers and studio pressure, their practical effects were so awesome looking too. It's a major bummer. There's videos you can watch that explain what I just talked about. You should give em a watch. It'll piss you off even more but it's still good to see some people still holding it down for practical effects. Also, if you enjoy practical effects, check out a movie that recently came out called The Void. It's a really gnarly movie with top notch practical effects and crazy ass creatures in it.
John Carpenters The Thing is my personal favorite horror film. It's really fucking good. Especially for the time it was made.
It’s incredible the practical effects are phenomenal
Riz2336 100% agreed. My favorite horror film as well. Not enough good things can be said about the creature effects. The uncomfortableness of the film is amazing. Soooo damn good.
Watched it for the first time a few months ago and I have to agree. I still think about it all the time. My favourite horror movie as well
It’s probably the most disturbing movie of all time lol...
And that’s why I like it :D
Its not
I've watched The Thing countless times over the years.
I've watched E.T. once, on television.
You tell me which movie is really "successful"
E.T. with a whopping 792million dollar box office while The Thing has 20million
E.T. sucks
I don't agree , in my opinion both movies are instant classics . However I may be a slightly bigger fan of The Thing , but both movies are just Instantly Iconic!
1982 was an amazing year for movies eh Mubius?
***** Yes It was ! For sure : E.T , Blade Runner , The Thing , Poltergeist , Ghandi , Sophie's Choice ... to just name a few!
reducing this film to the effects is a shame. Yeah the effects are AWESOME, but the atmosphere is so fucking intense
+Andre Martänz It really is.
I also love how Carpenter elected to end it with Childs and MacReady both just sitting down and looking at each other, leaving the ending ambiguous, with their doom certain, but the nature of exactly how that doom will occur left open.
PinkOld yeah it's just brilliant. You know it's gonna end bad for both but not how. But to be honest in my mind both will freeze to death, but knowing the "won"... I'd love to imagine just a little positivity to the end
+Andre Martänz Want to know something horrible?
That wasn't the original ending.
The original ending was going to be almost the same thing, but after the scene with Childs and MacReady, there was going to be an extra shot... a husky dog walking away from the inferno.
Slayton Peale
I like how Carpenter chose to end it as we all know it.
It leaves it up to question about whether Childs or MacReady is The Thing, or if The Thing has been vanquished, or if The Thing still has a remnant of itself remaining that somehow escaped the explosion.
It's really cool to leave it uncertain, going against the grain of so many movies that wrap up the whole thing in a nice, neat package.
It's not so much reducing the film to it's effects, it's that the effects are so god damn well done that you don't eve have to put any brain power into suspending disbelief or being taken out of the scene or anything, you can just accept what's going on and focus on the actors and atmosphere, and really I think that's what great effects are about.
Best horror film ever
Nah, Alien was better.
"Groundhog Day" (1993) is still a better movie than both.... ;-)
Actually, I take it back. Red Dawn is better.
+Grant H I'm not talking about films from other genres. notice how I said best "horror" film.
Hermit Purple Oh yeah. Well in that case, I'm sticking with either Alien or Aliens.
Botton deserves a lifetime achievement award. Carpenter and others involved in the making of the film are heroes.
One of the best movie scenes ever!
One of the best movies period!
***** I love the scene but a couple of things should have redone: people don't LEAP onto a chest with defibrillator paddles and then the arms didn't get bitten off at the teeth. Like Cundy said, you have to make it look as much like reality as you can.
+LyricalMasterMind1 its an amazing film i gotta say, but i thing the dialogue/story was very weak and relied mostly on the tension of The Thing.
and the ending really frustated me :/ The movie stops in the middle of a scene like it is a cut off film reel
But how many people died because doctors hesitated before shocking them?
I just watched The Thing for the first time last night. It's still an incredibly atmospheric and intense movie, and the effects hold up astoundingly well.
The first time I saw The Thing, I was 12ish and me mum brought it home from BLOCKBUSTER. The only thing I knew about the movie is that it was a horror movie. I quickly fell in love with the adorable husky dog in the beginning, right up until its fucking face split open. That was one of the only movies to ever give me re-occuring nightmares. Cinema excellence
Critics claiming this was a shallow gorefest at the time knew absolutely nothing and were basically just squeamish wimps.
It was tense, well shot, perfectly paced and had a great ensemble cast. I thought they showed just enough of the group to understand their dynamics and individual traits.
Also it plays with its audience expectation beautifully. Certain important events deliberately take place off screen meaning you never really know what exactly happened. This not only leaves you thinking about the events after but coming up with you own theories and mistrust. The audience is manipulated to be as paranoid as the characters themselves.
And if you ask me the effects while disgusting are totally necessary for the audience to understand just what the creature can do.
There is something deeply disturbing about the idea that every piece of this organism can adapt, fight, and mutate. And seeing that take place on screen is the only way for us to truly understand the insane possibilities of what they are fighting.
For my money its not a cult film its the best horror film of the 80s period.
I can see how that could be a problem for some but I think to fix it you would have to sacrifice the films great sense of paranoia.
The crappy prequel had a similar large cast and similar running time. But instead of giving everyone fairly minimal but equal screen time, it focused on and developed a few main cast members and before you know it was predictable as hell.
You knew who would be important to the plot and who would be assimilated because they were prioritized with more screen time for characterization stuff.
The lesson of the day is that you shouldn't listen to snobby film critics.
Hell yeah I still see videos of people sharing their thoughts on things like the order of assimilation or who at what time was a thing and it’s been over thirty years now
To me it comes as no surprise that this film didn't do well with critics. The whole "E.T. came first" thing really didn't happen as near as much as people claim. If that were truly the case, goofy alien comedy Men In Black would've bombed after the sophisticated based-in-reality alien drama Contact, both released in July of 1997, but both were massive successes. Think about it: do you really think people would go into an R-rated horror film and expect a family friendly romp just because the word "alien" reminded them of the PG-rated ET playing next door? No, people aren't that stupid.
In reality, The Thing was just simply too ahead of its time. Nothing this nihilistic or misanthropic had ever been seen in a summer blockbuster. The amount of gore only existed in low budget indie films and had never been displayed to the general masses. Themes of isolation, paranoia, betrayal, and downright hopelessness had never been explored. Nothing like The Thing had ever existed before. Sure, alot critics noted the gore, but most less-than-positive reviews noted that the film was too long, slow, boring, and far too dialog driven. A few critics even said the film should've shown the alien more! Many critics also showed disdain towards how dark and bleak the film was; many critics agreed the film would've worked better had the humans teamed up instead of turning against one another, wanted to see a happy ending and were disappointed by the ambiguous one. The Chicago Reader's Dave Kehr thought the film's largest flaw was the lack of a love interest or romantic lead, and thought the film was "aimless" without a female for the lead male to fight for. The largest criticism, though, appeared to be that critics simply didn't know how The Thing worked as an organism and shared supposed 'plot holes' that were actually just them not understanding the movie. Roger Ebert, for example, said the film made no sense because The Thing could win by going around poking people (which anyone who was paying attention would know wouldn't do anything), and Starlog's Alan Spencer seemed to believe The Thing was a virus that could be killed with disinfectant or proper hygiene, and called the script "lazy" for never bringing up these points in the movie.
Despite this, most critics gave praise towards the acting, cinematography, editing, sound design, and special effects. Even Ennio Morricone's score mostly received praise, despite its infamous Razzie nomination.
If you read critical reviews from 1982, you actually won't find the "universally panned" or the "absolutely torn to shreds" reviews that most speak of. If anything, most critics viewed the film as standard, average, mediocre, or "meh". Roger Ebert, who was supposedly one of the film's biggest naysayers, gave The Thing a 2.5/4, which equivalates to about a 6.3/10. Not perfect, but certainly not the worst thing ever. Gene Siskel gave the film the same rating. Even Entertainment Weekly, who notoriously called the film "instant junk" and "the moron movie of the 80's" only gave it a 4/10, which isn't good but certainly isn't as hostile as people may seem. The Thing didn't even make their bottom 10 of the year. You can find plenty of positive reviews, even from 1982.
Well, you see, it came out during a time where ET rocked the world! Unfortunately, just like Blade Runner, The Thing was literally doomed to fail; commercially, and critically. Even though I highly prefer this movie over ET, and is possibly my favorite horror film ever, I’m just giving you facts. The Thing was screwed :/
Yes, the chest chomp alien really made an impact on my child psyche back in the 1980's. Incredible that these practical effects still beat anything CGI today. The torn head sprouting legs, twisted dog carcasses monster, chest chomper.... NIGHTMARES!
Ten years earlier, The Exocist set the standard for horror movies I think that The Thing matched it. Two timeless works. To this day both get my heart racing ❤
I actually feel like this movie is so great because of the characters in it. sure there's not much development, but that makes sense because the story takes place only over a few days. that being said, we still get a sense of real rivalries, tensions and friendships between each of the characters through small insights and dialogue. in comparison with so many other slashers and torture porn movies that followed, including the prequel, the character development in this is fantastic!
The characters aren't developed much and they don't really need to be. The story is about a disaster occurring to a group of people with normal personalities, and the characterization comes from how they react to their situation. You don't need to know everything about a character or their motivations or their background in order to appreciate their place in a narrative.
"If you want the audience to believe the impossible, you have to give them as much possible as possible."
*drops mixtape*
The amount of work behind The Thing is seriously impressing! Now I love the movie even more!
I hope those involved with this amazing film see how this movie stood the test of time, and see their hard work pay off! This movie is a masterpiece!
Poor Hallahan, he died of a heart attack in 1997.
R.I.P.......charlie.
The Thing is one of my all time favorite films, the music, the feeling of isolation, the tension that builds as nobody knows who to trust.
It's also got a sense of humor, some great one liners, Garry being the last to go through the blood serum test & his following outburst always makes me laugh.
hard agree on all of the above. i just watched it again 2 days ago & Gary had me cackling
My favourite horror film. The effects created by a 22 year old.
Still watch every couple of months
The greatest sci-fi/ horror movie of all time.
I loved this movie so much that I bought it 4 times. VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray and Laserdisc. The special effects are just amazing and genuinely feel like they hit what they were aiming for. Biggest problem with the prequel/remake was that the CG did not look good. Flesh looked like rubber with a single coat of flesh colored powder tossed on it.
John Carpenter's The Thing, seen it thousands of times already, still one of the best movies out there.
Easily one of my favourite ever films, the visual effects are absolutely sublime!
It's a real shame there are people out there who won't see the beauty in a film like this because it's "too old" or "looks unrealistic" crap they'll come out with. Somehow, if it's not a AAA blockbuster they could care less.
The fact is, this film will forever stand as having some of the greatest practical effects ever filmed for the big screen. They're simply amazing!
I love it, john carpenter was a genius!
The work and dedication to get everything right just shows right here.
possibly my favorite horror movie of all time, with Alien close behind.
Also, the 2011 version of The Thing is not actually bad at all. The movie's crew actually wanted to (and in some instances did) create most of the special effect via prosthetics, animatronics, make-up and other practical effects, but were probably forced by the studio to 'touch them up with cg', making them look like they were completely cg in most scenes.
But the 2011 painted all over the props with CGI. Almost every prop was altered with a SHIT ton of CGI, so you can't use the excuse that it used practical effects if it just shit all over them. Also, the movie relied more on jump scares than suspense and eeriness like the 80's version did. It wasn't even nearly as gross or creative in terms of the creatures of the 80's The Thing was.
Well yes, that's what i said in my original post. They added cg (which to me seems very much líke a decision by the studio/producers, not the actual crew of the movie), which is a shame, cause the props/animatronics seen in the making-of look great.
And personally i did think that some of the creature designs and ideas were very cool, but are weakened due to the overuse of cg.
And i never said that the 2011 movie is as good as the 80s version, just thats its not bad. I still enjoyed it.
The best horror movie of all time. Thanks for this, I love this video series!
This is easily my favorite horror movie I've ever seen. I love the slow build to the danger and the effects still put me on edge 33 years later.
The thing is still the greatest horror film ever made. With a perfect combination of practical effects, atmosphere, acting, lack of clichés, ambiguity, bleakness, soundtrack and cinematography. None of those aspects overshadow one other and instead work together to give us the greatest horror film ever made. 10/10
"Guess you guys arent ready for that yet, But your kids are gonna love it"
Definitely one of my favorite horror films of all time. The work that went into the fx is really stunning.
Truly an achievement in cinematic history. One of the greatest uses of practical effects in cinematic history. Something truly historic.
Bottin's work on this movie still stands up as a true landmark.
He richly deserves the accolades that he has gotten all these years after it was made.
Okay, this cannot be ignored any longer:
Rob Bottin's surname is pronounced Boat-teen.
+Kevin Striker yep. And emphasis on the second, not first, syllable.
@UCLu-ok0y8fYNogJJXsLmkAw It's actually pronounced Bow-Teen...
@@231mac more accurately its BO-TEEN. I know "bow" can be said differently but to avoid the confusion.....BO.
@@laughatchaos Phonetically, that is what I was meaning. I used 'bow' to emphasize the long O.
also 'Wunderkind' is pronounced vunder-kinned not vunder-kyned
Made back in the glory days of pre-CGI
Definitely one of the best horror movies ever made. Even if not for the gross-out effects, the tension it had in not knowing who could be infected made it really great.
Those effects have stood the test of time. Love this movie
Practital > CGI
It really depends. Like for environments and explosions, CG is more imaginative and safe. But for gore and things like this, practical effects are definitely a plus.
+IoST Video games that look like movies and movies that look like video games, what is this world coming to?
Nolan use practical effects for his films
CGI works for Sci-Fi and Fantasy but not with horror. It's difficult to be frightened over cartoonish effects.
palemaster6000 You are real
Man F the critics!! "The Thing" is one of my favorite John Carpenter movies since "The Fog" (the remakes, prequels, and sequels are never as good as the original!)!! Still to this day, this movie gets me more on edge than any other movie!! I sill haven't seen E.T. since I was a child, but I've seen The Thing about 200 times. So you do the math..
Two very different movies buddy
@@randomguy6679 Exactly lol everyone here is hating on E.T because it did so well in the box office. The Thing is my favourite horror movie but E.T is a god damn classic
I'm glad you guys aren't shying away from the more violent things in film history with this awesome series. Keep up the good work guys.
yes.....the stomach biting the doctor's arms off scene is a gem of the movies.
Wes Craven and John Carpenter are the best when it comes to horror movies
Clearly, this movie was the inspiration for the game Dead Space.
Solaceboy john carpenter was going to make a dead space movie too, and it never came out of development
Imagine a crossover :O
@@thatkeepskillingyouintitan64 The cross over wouldn't be ideal
I saw ET in the theater at 13 and was disappointed in the feel good message but then my friends uncle took us to see the Thing. My friends and I have loved it ever since then.
The Thing has got to be one of my favourite films of all time.
You see a movie like this and realize just how shitty cgi is compared to practical effects.
Eye of Hades Except no
Both are good for different reasons
You have no idea what you are talking about
I always hated the idea of shape-shifting creatures. You can imagine how I felt after watching the thing.
McCready (upon seeing the "head spider" crawling around), "You gotta be kidding me." Almost a bit of comic relief in an otherwise terrifying scene.
These effects were incredibly complex and they still hold up today unlike some cgi which can show its age.
those people in Antarctica, they've got some balls...
@@wernervoss6357 How would you know?
Werner Voss is it cause it’s cold
Fantastic info! Thank you CineFix for making this video! Carpenter's The Thing is to this day one of my absolute favorites, and this really spoke to my interest and love of the effects they did. A lot of it really was amazing to see (and gross). Such great effects!! It's great to see a glimpse into how it all happened
The thing sets the bar at that time for practical effects, it's simply brilliant what the effects team did. It even holds up today..
Please keep making these art of the scene videos! They are incredible!
CGI will never be cool like these old effects. NEVER
+Piirakka Liisa There is a shit ton of good CGI that you never noticed that was CGI.
Nah.
I saw “E.T.” once and found it too mushy, never to see it again. I have seen “the Thing” about 100 times literally because I could not and can not get enough of it. All those nuances in suspending my disbelief were incredible and convincing. The plot opened a lot of questions about us as human beings and implications of a possible future. Is it wise to search for life on other planets if there is a possibility that we could inadvertently bring back one of those things? Would any of us be able to sacrifice ourselves like MaCready and his crew to save the world? How do we know either Childs or McCready weren’t already infected and one was playing the other? Why wasn’t there a continuation exactly where it left off, where the Thing was able to escape and now us humans have to hunt it and it’s ever growing creature offspring down before they take over the world? It would have made a wonderful and suspenseful series. Just a fascinating movie.
Best Horror film EVER. Watched it when I was five my parents friends were the helicopter pilot and my middle school art teacher. William Zeman thanks for helping make the best movie of my childhood.
Rob Botten's work on the Thing is some of the best practical effects ever!
Damn i want to watch The Thing.
do it man it's fucking brilliant
Medic_F93 same here
Do it its so good
YES! my favorite movie!
The Thing came out in 1982 and the effects have yet to be topped.
Whole picture... It is awesome. Hard to tell the best part, because it holds your throat just from the begining to an ominous end. It is the masterpiece
TAKE THAT CGI !!!!
There's nothing wrong with CG, it's just good at different things for different reasons (including some things practical effects just can't do)
Rogelio Rocha I found Rocket Jumps explanation of the situation to be rather good, have you seen that video?
@Barry Oliver It looks better than the 2011 version. CGI just doesn't do 'organic grossness' very well.
@@puckletruscot7562yeah, I only liked The Thing 2011 because it was more realistic and the monster designs were terrifying. Too bad the CGI in the film where terrible.
Very interesting, also one of my favorite movies.
Maybe do an "Art of the Scene" on the car repair scene from Christine. When Christine rebuilds herself.
Great work guys! Loved the analysis of one of the most memorable scenes from one of my favorite movies of all times!
One of the best sci fi horror movies ever made and a masterclass of practical effects!
I subscribed without watching the video. I can tell Imma like this channel.
RIP Richard Dysart.
Wow. These "Art of the Scene" segments just keep getting better and better.
That upside down head with spider legs looks like Widow or Wretched from The Binding of Isaac
+imawinner21 QUICK! CRY AT IT.
+George R.R. Fartin whos hype for afterbirth
Man,this movie came out in 1982 and tboi came in 2011 (same year as the prequel of the thing) so you must say "the wretched resembles the spider thing from the thing"
Why did you use the version of the ET shot where the guns were replaced with walkie talkies?
+Oliver Johnson And CGEyes
+OliversMovies
cause greedo shot first, right?
Cause it's probably the one that's available for digital download
I think at least half of the movie's success lies in the exceptional makeup and effects.
The Thing was and still is one of my favorite movies. And those effects were pretty convincing when i first saw the movie 25 years ago.
You gotta be fucking kidding?
Makes me wish Hollyweird let John Carpenter make more movies...... like a lot more. Yeah some like Ghosts of Mars were pretty dumb, but he is awesome.
Arbhall McDougall His highs are high. But his lows are low. I'm looking at you, "John Carpenter's Vampires"
Michael Truly I really loved Vampires, before 30 days of Night, it was the last good vampire movie before the .......(shudders) sparkles.
Jesus you sound republican
40 years later, and this is still one of the greatest horror movies of all time :)
I saw this in the theatre as a teenager, watched much of it with my eyes closed. Scared the daylights out if me. Grew to love it years later.
Sounds like this guy dissed The Fog, that movies a classic. Now the remake...
Anybody else want to see Homemade movies tackle "The Thing?"
YES
I think it would be fun to even just make a gross creature in the same rendition
My all time favorite horror movie with Alien coming in a very close second. The special effects still hold up to this day, and yet, some movies that come out now a days can't even compare.
One of the best movies EVER! Timeless classic.
The remake is far better than the original - Said no one ever :))))
+MegaBojan1993 Are you serious? You are literally the first person I've ever heard say that the remake isn't better.
+The Vicious Chicken of Bristol The prequel sucks...full stop.
PinkOld I know it does. Why are you telling me this?
The Vicious Chicken of Bristol
Your sarcasm was difficult to discern.
You know, Poe's Law and all that.
PinkOld What sarcasm? What are you talking about?
It's pronounce BO-TEEN
One of the best movies I have ever seen. I love The Thing.
I can honestly say I have no idea how many times I have watched this film through growing up but it is well over one hundred.
"wunderkind" is pronounced "vunderkint"
Dammit, 3 yrs late!
Look! Up in the sky! It's Wonder Kynd!
Thank you!
well. i am no longer hungry for jam nor jello
I must say upon recently seeing this movie, it didn't seem dated in any way. The Camerawork was brilliant, I was filled with suspense, and the gore and Special Effects were so good had I not know better I would've beleived they were real.
The theme music by Ennio Morricone was just eerie . (Also did the hateful eight and good bad & the ugly and numerous others).
very cool! thanks!
How they do Alien stuff like Ripley biped crane vs Alien queen fight?
***** Yeah I'd love to see that, and the hive scene (so, the extended one scene) analysed in the same video.
***** Both alien queen and biped mech were hydraulic but supported by cranes. It all came down to animatronics and camera angles. In one shot you can faintly see the crane supporting the mech.
UGOTNUKED
No shit Sherlock, XDDD i can guess they did it with cranes and animatronics like everything else they did back in the 80s; but what i mean was to do a video explaining how they did alien stuff in general, and include that scene...
Just a little nitpick Rob's last name is pronounced Bo-teen.
I rented this film for the first time today and not long after finishing it I ordered the bluray on Amazon. I was really impressed and really enjoyed it.
I saw it when it came out, and have since learned a lot about it because it is a sci-fi classic, and I can only say I wish I had made such an excellent mini doc on it! Great, great video!!
Man I can understand why they do CGI these days now, because this stuff took FOREVER to do! I especially like 28 Days Later, because I noticed they didn't use a lot of noticable CGI in that movie. And you can tell they were able to make that movie without much budget.
+Lorenzo Garcia Yeah, but don't underestimate the amount of hours that CGI programers spend in front of a computer. We are also talking months.
Nah, I know it takes forever, I'm actually at school for art and animation. So all forms of art are respectable, and now of days the CGI isn't so cheesy as it was a few years back which is nice to see.
Lorenzo Garcia Yeah, it's getting better all the time, wich is normal. But at the same time is a little sad that pretty much is all that's used these days for FX. There are a lot of practical solutions that could get the job done, but directors seem to have given up on them.
Rogelio Rocha Thanks for the support, man.
Yeah, my thoughts exactly, as i had previously posted. Perhaps we will still get to see a return of practical effects, at least to some degree. We never know. I hope so.
Rogelio Rocha It's ok, but don't spoil it any further for me, lol, I actually haven't seen the last Star Wars episode yet. Have to catch up on that soon.