Is this the greatest alien kino?
Why didnt he infect a bird and fly to civilization?
There were no birds bro lol.
Birds need trees and plants to eat, not snow.
Awesome effects in this movie. The prequel they made was such fucking shit.
I could watch only this movie for the rest of my life.
MAC WANTS THE WHAT?
>>69244229
>what are penguins
>>69243670
there was one bird in the novel. it was immediately shot down with a rifle.
>le kino
Fuck off back to /v/, retard.
>>69244364
>penguins can fly
Does the Thing know if someone else is the Thing? Or are they seperate beings each one looking for their own survival.
>>69244452
It can identify itself.
>>69243670
>infect a bird
>in antarctica
>>69244364
>penguins
>fly
It's the greatest kino, period.
I can't work out how this movie is just so fucking perfect.
Might have something to do with having no women in it at all.
>>69244611
>>69244581
this guy >>69244229 said there were no birds. penguins are birds last time i checked. he wasn't questioning whether they could fly or not.
>>69244431
>le kino
What is this kino shit? I've been away for a couple of months and missed out on the latest buzzword craze.
>>69243670
It's ambiguous what the alien wants. We see it's constructed a ship, presumably to escape Earth. Maybe it didn't want to infect everything and only go home and was only infecting the humans so it could survive.
>>69244876
>Guy 1: "Why don't these guys just fly off in the helicopter?"
>Guy 2: "Because there's no helicopters, dumbass."
>Guy 1: "What about that burnt helicopter wreckage right there?"
That's how useful penguins are to this conversation.
I wonder if John Carpenter even knows who was The Thing at the end.
>>69245305
>We see it's constructed a ship
huh?
>>69245376
He really liked the game when it came out, and Mcready is alive in that.
>>69245402
Blair builds a small craft while locked up in the tool shed.
>>69244452
no one knows for sure.
the movie never explains anything.
>>69245465
Was Blair a Thing at that point? How would he have become infected?
>>69245490
He gets infected while locked in the shed and builds a craft in a cave. Not clear who infects him.
>>69245531
wrong
>>69245490
Autopsy
>>69244876
he meant no flying birds, especially after OP mentioned infecting a bird and flying to civilization. you would have to be retarded to not pick up on that.
>>69245531
When Blair smashed all the computer equipment it's possible he was already a Thing. He couldve gotten infected during the autopsy of the infected dog, you can see him touch the body with his pencil and later he has the pencil touch his lips.
>>69245121
basically just means really great movie, like god tier.
>>69245376
Child's isn't blinking in the final shot.
>>69243670
i saw this for the first time yesterday. pretty good senpai
>>69245763
True, forgot about that. I guess to stop human help arriving and him being discovered.
>>69244378
I remember this too. Was it an albatross?
WATCH CLARK
>>69245903
seagull
>>69244826
I don't think you're fit for deciding which movie is kino
>>69245473
I like to think both Childes and Mcready were infected at the end
>>69246228
shut up
>>69246322
Or perhaps none of them were infected, and they spend their last moments alive freezing to death in paranoia.
>>69246633
yep, ambiguity done right
>>69246705
just wish there was a true answer hidden in the movie that explains it.
>>69246851
there's some pretty coherent theories out there, most make the case for an infected childs and not Mac
>>69246921
It's okay anon
there were some guys posting about being in my area last night but they're gone
>>69245473
How convenient.
>>69243670
>Why didn't you understand the movie was in Antarctica.
>>69245763
Yes, everytime i see him and the pencil, i feel bad in my stomach. However i doubt that he could be infected without it being seen right away.
It would have been a great idea if it had happened though.
>>69244364
>being a penguin and trvelling to another country by foot
lel
>>69245924
IT AIN'T FUCHS
>>69246322
>>69246633
>>69246705
Watch again. One is exhaling visible vapour, one isn't.
>>69244337
THE D
>>69249193
>IT AIN'T FUCHS
it's BENNINGS
>implying penguins exist across the entirety of Antarctica and that a human-Thing could reach one on foot
>>69250849
Could be camera angle, lighting or the fact Childs didn't just run out of a building.
>>69243670
>>69244229
>>69244364
>>69244433
Etc
You do realize that the Thing can infect something, transform it into something else and make it seem normal (AKA that dog in the beginning)? So if it gets a penguin or even a spare person, it can transform it into something that can take it to civilization and then transform into a person again.
>>69245763
>>69249009
He never touches the remains of the dog with the pencil.
I have watched the scene a dozen times and can verify that there is never any actual contact whatsoever. With the pencil, mind you.
REMINDER: 2011 FILM WAS FULL OF PRACTICAL EFFECTS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBzpT7VmSaU
THE PRODUCERS COVERED UP THE HARD WORK OF THE ARTISTS AGAINST THE DIRECTOR'S WISHES
DIRECT FUCKING QUOTE: "We want the video game look."
PROOF: MAKERS OF THE PRACTICAL EFFECTS TALKING ABOUT THE CANCER THAT IS KILLING HOLLYWOOD (IT'S PRODUCERS)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdDwrY5KpvI
>>69250849
You can clearly see Childs' breath. He's sitting in darker lighting so it is not as visible, and he has been out in the cold much longer so he has less heat.
>>69246633
This is how I like to think it happened.
>>69251586
I'm visibly agitated
>>69245305
No the ship crashed to Earth, with the thing on it
>>69251942
>>69246633
You're all idiots. The bottle that Childs drinks from was full of gasoline; that's why MacReady was laughing. God, how fucking stupid do you have to be to not understand this obvious plotpoint? The answer's right there, you fucking faggots!
Also, be sure to read "The Things" by Peter Watts, and BTW the video game is totally canon! Carptenter said so!FUCK YOU
>>69252079
But that's wrong anon. You're only guessing.
>>69252079
Drinking gasoline would cause The Thing to have a violent reaction, like burning its cells with fire. Your theory is retarded.
>>69252192
>>69252259
Tell that to the people in these threads who actually believe it, in case my insults went over your head
>>69252414
I tell them this: >>69252259 every time I'm in one of these threads. Usually it shuts them up.
>>69244364
gr8 b8
>STILL buying into the "Childs was a Thing" meme
Stop this shit.
Is this /tv/'s favourite movie?
>>69243670
I'm just happy based Keith Richards stayed alive til the end
>>69252549
He could be.
>>69251427
>transforming from a human into a penguin and back into a human again
What?
Is there anything comfier than watching The Thing at night in bed whilst discussing the movie with pals on /tv/? I put forward the answer that no, there is nothing comfier.
>>69252549
Retard. The point is that it's not clear if he's a Thing or not, that what makes the ending ambiguous, and the cause for so much debate. There is no right answer.
KYS
Is the alien in The Thing the best representation of extra terrestrial life ever portrayed in film?
>>69252633
There is a right answer: he isn't a Thing -- at least, based on what's presented by the insipid and hilariously-wrong hypothesis such as:
>You can't see his breath!
Which you can.
>I-it was gasoline!
Speculation.
>>69252703
>Solaris
>>69252475
See, you and I are alike in this regard, but I usually get "He's an alien, he wouldn't know how to react to Gasoline, that's why Mac laughs!"
Despite that being a flawed argument on every level they honestly believe it
>>69252703
I've seen a documentary few years ago. It's speculated that it's the closest portrayal there is if we would ever encounter an extraterrestrial life form.
>>69252714
not him, but there is no right answer. The director left it open to interpretation. It's entirely subjective.
>>69252583
that's Keith David
>>69252755
He's an alien yet he knows how to react to heated copper wire. So yeah, he might not be able to detect petrol, but it would still have a reaction to it burning its cells.
>>69252596
In the prequel a human got infected and became the thing and then the dog. Then the dog became the thing and as Diabeetus said, it was already starting to transform back into the dog
>>69243670
>>69244364
The thing never encountered birds to assimilate.
It only encountered the norwegians, their dog, then the americans.
>>69252866
You can pack a lot of extra meat into the form of a dog; it would be heavy, but you could still turn into a man if you were disguised as a full-grown dog.
Not a fucking penguin, come on, step up.
>>69252583
>I'm just happy based Keith Richards stayed alive til the end
????
>>69252962
He also said that the video game is canon, which has made people rage and debate ever since.
Carpenter is just a troll, man.
How to become a The Thing expert
>don't watch the movie until after the prequel was made
>read and memorize the gasoline theory on reddit
>be unable the identify The Thing for 90% of the movie because you can't tell the characters apart
>read and memorize 'it's only le good before there are no women in it' on TV
>call Carpenter based despite not even watching his other movies
>>69253053
You forgot
>Praise "The Things" by Peter Watts and talk about how it makes the movie much deeper
>Mention that the video game is canon
>>69253053
>Michiko wants WHAT?
>>69243670
>>69251427
>The Thing infiltrates an Antarctic research station
>A variety of animals live in Antarctica for at least some of the year, including:[7][8]
Seals
Penguin
South Georgia pipits
Albatrosses
Antarctic petrels
Whales
Fish, such as Antarctic icefish, Antarctic toothfish
Squid, including the colossal squid
Antarctic krill
>the thing whale or colossal squid
>>69253166
Good job on missing the entire point of the film as well as the novel upon which it is based (which does involve albatrosses)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM76aag_wVY&index=1&list=PL0828E3D6929DFDB6
Favorite theme? I'm partial to Despair, I was happy to hear it in the H8ful Eight
>>69244452
Does the Thing know it's the Thing?
Does this thing ever join the fantastic four?
>>69252970
>>69252830
I don't know how i fucked that up
>>69253353
This question is particularly important when considering Norris. The actor claims that he played Norris as a man who didn't know he was infected but feared he could be and wouldn't know it.
What was the Thing's original form?
>>69253499
Yeah, because that's a question that has an answer, good job anon.
Could the Thing effect Superman?
>>69251586
I had heard about this before, but I didn't realize how much they had done before they went CGI.
They all look great too.
>>69244312
I watched it at least twice a week for months a few years ago. It never got old, it's the comfiest movie ever.
>>69246322
Interesting. I'd never considered it until somebody pointed it out. Both of them consumed alcohol however, whisky, which is toxic and changes the state of a cell. Therefore, none of them are infected.
>>69253011
Isn't Childs dead from the beginning and Mac alive at the end of the game?
>>69253839
...
>they fell for the not infected meme
>>69252079
Get back to kitchen where you belong, wifey. The bottle they were drinking from contains alcohol, whisky, which contaminates cells and changes their state because it's a toxin. If either of them were infected dumbass, they would have reacted. Duh motherfucker.
>>69253883
...
you've got me a knife edge with the ...dots.. in anticipation of a coherent and impromptu reply. Anything but the dots ...
>>69252962
>the whole ending's dread was about it being unknown
>yeah, I will tell some random twatter what was 'the truth' af it mattered
>>69253805
As a followup after Michael Myers in Halloween, one movie after the other. Sweet.
The only "people" who dislike/hate this masterpiece are millennial autists who can't enjoy movies or television without being spoon-fed.
>>69253955
No, Childs drank gasoline. They were making molotov cocktails with it. Childs is an alien, and wouldn't react to gasoline like a human would, so when he drinks it and doesn't react, Mac's laughter proves that childs is a Thing.
But what about the Thing that escaped through the roof during the dog massacre scene?
>>69245791
What? I was under the impression it meant 2 deep 4 u européan films
>>69250849
Dude, you need to watch this movie in something more than 240p version.
Jesus, how insufferable are the fanboys of this movie? One of the most autistics fanbases to a movie, as the threads on this board demonstrate
>>69254649
What are your favorite SF films, faggot?
>>69254262
And Tom & Jerry haters who's kids end up shooting up schools and cinema's.
>>69254388
No. Thing-Childs would have adopted a human perception of taste just like anything else. PERFECT IMITATION.
>>69254705
Lilo and Stitch by the sounds of it. The movie is on par with Blade Runner.
And now a tripfag appears. We' re surely missing it
special collectors blu ray when? current one has paltry special features
>>69254859
How is Lilo & Stitch on par with Blade Runner?
>>69252703
no because we have no idea what alien life would look like
going off our limited sample size of 1, I wouldn't be surprised if it was something recognizable though. Sci-fi goes too far sometimes in making the aliens TOO alien. Evolution and physics still applies to any alien species.
>>69254988
Maybe. Maybe not
>>69254829
Incorrect. You can also see that he has no visible breath.
No visible breath + not reacting to gasoline = Childs is a Thing.
>>69254921
It's The Thing which is on par with Blade Runner.
>>69255250
He DOES have the visible breath, you braindead imbecile.
>>69255307
So Lilo & Stitch isn't on par with Blade Runner? You shouldn't say that it is in on post, then get ashamed and say it isn't in the next one.
>>69255087
maybe yes
>>69255460
you cant know that for certain mate
>>69255502
We know physics is for certain
>>69255554
You know whats' available to be known at the moment. The rest are expectations. Therefore, maybe, maybe not
>>69255631
false equivalence is a fallacy anywhere in the universe
>>69252549
It's all ambiguous, and Carpenter didn't design the movie for the meticulous eye. It just all flows together well and creates perfect suspense.
>>69253011
Yep. It depends on the mood he's in when asked. At multiple conventions, he's said he doesn't know who's a Thing, and he's also said he knows but won't ever tell.
>>69255661
Maybe
>>69255318
No he doesn't.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA4Ozqt7338
NO BREATH
O
B
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E
A
T
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>>69255830
you can literally see him breathing in the first shot
>>69255874
No visible fog
Thoughts on Thing from Another World since they are both related to the same source material? I enjoyed it a lot aside from the monster effects which looked incredibly silly, Carpenter's version definitely improved over the first adaptation.
>>69255830
He is breathing but its more difficult to see because hes not in the light you utter cunt
>>69255913
yes there is
>>69255830
From 1:27 onwards you can see him breathing in 3 diff shots.
>>69255318
>>69255874
>>69255924
>>69256013
>>69256016
NO VISIBLE BREATH FROM 15 to 20 SECONDS
FIVE SOLID SECONDS OF NO VISIBLE BREATH
FUCHS IS A THING CONFIRMEDYou will also be good to note that Bennings, a Thing, has visible breath, disproving the Childs-Thing-Breath theory
>>69256053
BACK OFF
WAY OFF
>>69251427
Antarctic weather would keep cockblocking
>>69245305
that's actually brilliant
I never considered that it just wanted to leave ala Super 8
>>69252718
is the george clooney solaris any good?
haven't seen the original
>>69250849
John Carpenter has confirmed this. also 5/5 movie
>>69256319
>John Carpenter has confirmed this
No he hasn't.
>>69256263
Yes, and why not?
>>69256361
dunno really. should i watch it right now?
>>69256418
russian movies are boring, dont do it
Its not just penguins in Antarctic
There are birds that fly on the continent so the theory still stands.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_Antarctica
For all we know the organism was already on its way. The burnt "corpse" of the splitfaced thing was left out in the open. Scavenger birds could have interacted with the corpse in that time and been assimilated as a result.
And if a single one of them made it to the ocean then it would be even easier for the thing to begin its assimilation of all life on earth.
The real question would be what happens when the thing reaches substantial plant life?
Could it absorb a jungle and turn the planet itself into living nightmare where even grass wants to kill you?
>>69256105
I love how flimsy the dynamite looks in this scene.
>>69256507
there was no life around the research station. It's an entire continent. There's some life in that continent, doesn't mean it's in walking distance of the station. That particular area in Antarctica is pretty much the only place on Earth where this movie can work, otherwise the Thing would just take over all life, grass included.
>>69243670
>Why didnt he infect a bird and fly to civilization?
have you ever tried to catch a bird desu?
>>69255412
It's not that Lilo and Stitch isn't on par with Blade Runner. It's the interpretation and mindset of the receiver of the post.
>>69256683
Bigot
>>69252549
Carpenter said on Twitter that one of them was definitely the Thing, and Childs seems like the most likely candidate.
>>69256509
AND THEN IT SUDDENLY ALL STAYS TOGETHER
WHAT THE FUCK CARPENTER
HOW THE FUCK DID A DETAIL LIKE THIS SLIP PAST YOU
"Master of Horror" MY FUCKING DICK
MORE LIKE "MASTER OF NOT KNOWING THE FUCK ABOUT CONTIUNITY"
THIS PLOT HOLE IS BIG ENOUGH TO FIT A FUCKING TRAIN THROUGH
HOW DID THE DYNAMITE STICK BACK TOGETHER, CARPENTER
HE'LL REFUSE TO ANSWER "BECUZ MYSTERY LOL"
WHAT A FUCKING HACK
>>69254262
I am autistic, and I really like this film.
>>69244229
>trees and plants to eat
kek, Birds aren't vegans, they eat insects and worms.
He should have infected that super rare shark that lives in the bottom of the antartica and them be extra spooky
>>69244312
>>69244337
>>69245924
>>69246705
>>69249193
>>69251015
>>69251706
>>69252599
>>69253805
>>69254262
>>69255318
>>69255664
>>69255924
>>69256013
>>69256053
>>69256836
My brothers! And apparently it is a right of passage at the real American base in Antarctica to watch this film. Pure kino if the real people have given it the thumb's up.
Why didn't the Thing infect the aerobacteria and spread across the globe that way?
There are 46 types of Birds in Antarctica.
>>69257003
>My brothers! And apparently it is a right of passage at the real American base in Antarctica to watch this film. Pure kino if the real people have given it the thumb's up.
So why was MacReady's gear out in the snow? Did the Thing plant it there to frame him, realizing he was the biggest threat? To the best of my knowledge, they never address this. It doesn't seem possible that he could have been infected at that point because he passed that blood test thing and he's the main person who keeps killing the Things.
>>69257086
Yes, the thing planted it. Wasnt this made fairly clear in the film, I can't remember
>>69257054
>>69243670
Maybe it can't change its mass drastically?
So be would never be able to shrink down to bird size and at the same time be able to fly while weighting so much.
Maybe it was just really a very primitive species, it is never confirmed if he is the pilot of the ship or not,
Maybe its prime directive is to consume eveything in its path like the blob and not deviate from this procedure.
>>69256786
wow, this movie sucks now
>>69257123
Not made super clear. They note that the light in Mac's shack is on after he had already turned it off, though. So they suggest someone got in there and looted his stuff.
>>69245376
In the documentary he said one of them was The Thing.
>>69257179
I thought the Thing wasnt a humanoid alien that literally transforms but a virus type thing that imitates cells and then kills the originals, so it could "transform" into whatever
>>69256786
birth of a meme nation
>tfw all Carpenter wants to do nowadays is play video games and make music
>>69257327
what vidya
>>69257287
Its not humanoid but it does have a body of some sorts.
You can see the shape once they arrive to the Norwegan base and find the ice cube thing that had it contained.
Also on the New one you can see it frozen in the ice before they cut the ice cube.
And by the looks of it, it looks rather big and heavy, assuming it can reshape to smaller stuff than his size somehow, it would be really hard to explain even on science fiction how it could also reduce its mass.
>>69257285
Liar! He says no such thing in the doc i've seen.
>>69257327
Was wondering where you were.
>>69250849
Pay particular attention to his mouth at 1:30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0Z44BIDPPc
>>69257327
desu though those 2 recent lost themes albums are both great so i am completely cool with this
>>69257463
What documentary did you watch? I'm referring to the one where they go through the entire movie making process.
>>69257408
How can you be certain it was it's true form in the ice cube?
Are we actually including the new one in discussion?
It's definitely not some individual organism like you make out, what about the blood test and there being multiple things at once borne from one infected body?
>>69257408
Even that might not be it's original form, it could be the original owner of the spaceship
>>69251586
Ihaven't seen the movie but how bad is it compared to those fantastic props in the first video?
>>69253499
Well, there's pretty much no scenario in which being able to assimilate and transform into other species would be evolutionarily disadvantageous. So it could have literally any original form but it mostly likely started as a very simple organism.
It also stands to reason that, do to what a perfect adaptation it is, any planet where the thing evolved would become totally dominated by it. And, given enough time, such a mutation would eventually occur and prosper in every ecosystem. So it's not inconceivable that humanity will actually be destroyed by a thing like species in the future, but we'll probably die of something else first.
>>69257573
It is a bit dated but honestly I think it still holds up and on the first watch is legitimately shocking
>>69257327
he doesn't even really like talking about his movies that much it seems
>>69257573
It's not terrible.
The director and crew were very passionate about making it a good prequel and it shows, they really went to great lengths to show proper respect to the 82 film.
The producers covered up the practical effects to get more crowds with the Video Game look despite everyone hating it. That's the real tragedy of the film itself.
>>69257537
Maybe it was Thor coming to help Cap but got turned up around Mars and picked up the wrong hicker.
>>69257845
>hicker
Wow
>mfw the 10 minutes spent in the Norwegan base explains the events better than the hour and a half 2011 movie
>>69257877
What about it?
>>69257573
its actually not the worst cgi ever.
But the film itself is just a bland as fuck monster flick really.
Everybody goes on about the practical shit being cut like it ruined the movie but in reality no amount of practical effect wizardry could have saved it.
It was insipid, pointless and ultimately didn't have any interesting ideas of how to utilize the thing as an antagonist.
The was nothing as creepy as the Bennings scream, as disgusting as the defib moment or tense as the bloodtest sequence.
Its just the thing bursting out of a person chasing the characters around a bit before being burnt.
Rinse repeat til the credits roll.
>>69257519
OH, then i retract my 'liar!' accusation, anon - with apologies! I saw - John Carpenbter's The Thing: Terror Takes Shape. A comfy doc of a comfy film, in my opinion.
>>69258109
>It was insipid, pointless and ultimately didn't have any interesting ideas of how to utilize the thing as an antagonist.
Incorrect. It grew the universe by explaining the Thing's relationship to metal and the teeth-fillings scene was more than a decent replacement for the blood testing scene.
Furthermore, they actively showed The Thing learning from the mistakes it made in this camp. It was more hostile and active; in the second film, the contrast with how subtle it is highlighted even more.
>>69245121
it's an additional facet of the film/movie/flick meme, being like the upper echelon of what would previously be classified as film
>>69249051
Penguins have this neat special ability called they can fucking swim it's common knowledge you goddamn retard
>>69258191
Having a character acknowledge that the thing cannot absorb metal or fillings is not an adequate replacement for a meticulously crafted and tense sequence that keeps you on the edge of you seat even when you've seen the scene a thousand times.
If anything the prequel ruins much of the threat of the thing because it decided to reveal itself at times that make absolutely fuck all sense.
Like when it decides that instead of sitting in that helicopter and being flown to safety it should instead explode into gore and crash its only means of escape for no good reason.
Well there was a good reason, "OOH SCARY MONSTER!!!" which is all the prequel amounts too.
So how does it feel to be consumed?
Do you die instantly or are you still 'alive' inside the Thing?
Can you communicate with other consumed victims?
>>69258398
>and being flown to safety
The helicopter was being flagged down.
I mean, at least watch the movie, man. Come on.
>>69258430
You're probably dead since it's not your DNA anymore, i doubt your brain still functions anymore
>>69258430
I think it probably feels like "fading" away, your consciousness slowly getting dimmer and dimmer and a spreading feeling of numbness.
Basically how dying probably feels except you're getting a warm wet hug at the same time
>>69258447
Sorry I haven't performed sufficient mental gymnastics to convince myself to rewatch this garbage multiple times.
And it still makes absolutely no sense no matter what was happening to the helicopter. Had it landed and he not exploded do you think the helicopter would have stayed there literally forever?
>>69258501
>Raped by tentacles
>a warm wet hug
>>69258501
>>69258480
So what exactly kills you?
Assuming he consumed you alive?
Intoxication from different bloods?
Organ failure?
>>69258590
Every cell of your body being replaced
>>69258398
>If anything the prequel ruins much of the threat of the thing because it decided to reveal itself at times that make absolutely fuck all sense.
It's like you missed the point about it "learning from mistakes" so that it didn't do that in the 82 film.
>>69258590
Yes organ failure, just like this guy, the only difference is that instead of being destroyed, your DNA is consumed by teh thing
>>69258550
>Had it landed and he not exploded do you think the helicopter would have stayed there literally forever?
Considering that's exactly what happens when the crew decide to quarantine the base, YES, that is exactly what would have happened to the helicopter.
I swear, children who don't actually watch movies these days and judge them, that's all /tv/ is now.
>>69258614
you mean your shit excuse for the prequels lack of constancy to the first film.
/tv/ is no so contrarian autists think the pequel to the thing was good
>>69258550
Not him but anon, the reason it was flagged down was because the dude knew the Thing might be aboard, if the Thing just did nothing and played it cool they would have caught it and maybe even killed it since they still had a lot of armed people down there.
Plus its not like the helicopter can just fly on its own to fucking Los Angeles or Chile and start fucking shit up.
>>69258704
>prequels lack of constancy to the first film.
It had absolute constancy when compared to the first film. The writers, setmakers, director and actors were all completely committed to delivering a prequel and they succeeded.
>>69246851
You were not brought upon this world to 'get it'.
>>69258661
What happened to that nigga?
>>69258704
It is a decent film. Something of a widespread opinion, not contrarian. Plus, you write like a retard.
>>69252703
This makes me think - how was The Thing even created as a species?
>>69258782
I think acute radiation poisoning
>>69258782
Exposed to extreme degrees of radiation, his DNA shattered on the spot, since all his cells stopped working he started melting like a fruit you leave in sunlight
Check out Tokaimura nuclear incident
>>69258810
Nobody knows, but that's obvious.
Maybe it's natural, maybe it's a weapon. Maybe it's consumed the entire galaxy beyond Earth and our solar system is the only one in the entire galaxy that hasn't been taken over yet, and all that is awaiting our species in the cold, dark void is a shapeless, nameless, terrifying death and assimilation into an alien entity.
>>69258810
Some fuck deep in space got the FOX signal on his space tv, saw Alien and instead of thinking of it as the supreme Slasherkino he tried to one up us humans in spooky killing machine alium creation.
I haven't posted these in a while. I'll just leave these here.
I know that most people don't give a shit about the prequel, so feel free to ignore that chunk.
I, however, do like the prequel. I know that this is a minority opinion so you wouldn't be making an interesting observation if you were to point that out.
Here is where Outpost 31 actually is, on the continent. The ship's crash site and the Norwegian base are close to one another.
>>69258396
Travel from the base BY FOOT then swim in the WATER THAT WILL FREEZE THE THING
>>69252866
>In the prequel
Some loose ends I've considered.
My personal take on things:
Norris is infected first. Palmer is infected later, off-screen. It's Palmer's mystery undies that Macready talks about on the tape.
The mass of shit that they burned has enough heat and biomass that it pulls together, AGAIN, and goes for Blair while no one is looking. This heap of shit is where the bulk of the biomass for Final-Form Blair Thing comes from, at the end.
Blair-Thing is the mystery figure who blows past Fuchs. It (Blair-Thing) was simply looking for parts to try and complete the saucer, but since it knows that other Things are safely ensconced inside, it doesn't bother about Fuchs, and simply burns him, trying to finish his improvised saucer before the rest of the team circles back to him (it knows it's only got a day or three tops before things start going to shit on the inside, given past performances).
>>69257407
He really liked Dead Space3
>>69252962
Childs was The Thing it was also on the script
>>69252786
Time to shut down. The space program and improve military funding
Documentary sounds retarded if the thing was close to extraterrestrial life
>>69259036
>>69259100
>>69259290
I know you rarely get appreciation but thank you.
>>69259290
Can you explain more on the separate things and when they split?
>>69252079
the thing assimilates every trait of human behaviour it will absolutely know what gasoline smells and will know the difference in taste of liquor and gasoline
source: the movie which explains the thing assimilates a life form perfectly
>>69259572
I'm glad you took my post so seriously; one of us had to
>>69253011
What happens in the vidya?
Realistically of a Thing outbreak occurred and it was unleashed how would we stop it? Any solutions beside nuclear destruction
>>69256507
Ah yes scavenger birds that fly around the empty Antarctic tundras where there are loads of corpses that are warm and soft for beaks to get at, not frozen like a fucking Popsicle but room temperature great for bird beaks
>>69259701
Childs is found frozen by a rescue team.
MacReady flies in at the end of the game and rescues the main character in a helicopter.
>>69243670
pouring whiskey into a computer is the stupidest shit ive ever seen in a movie. they had to make a special computer case with a hole in it just for that scene. lmao this stupid fucking movie and the retards who love it
>>69259712
Extrememe Quarantine
>>69259758
What does that have to do with anything
>>69259462
Simply read my above post >>69259036 line-by-line (whichever movies you care to look at), to account for which bodies, carcasses, things etc are which. You can see by the arrows which bodies give rise to which things, and eventually carcasses.
But the thing about the Thing is, if you don't get every.last.cell, it's coming back. This is why the movie is about as depressing as the Blob. Even the carcass they hauled back from the Norwegian base rejuvenated, eventually, despite being quite charred.
Each film has its central "Money-shot", which precipitates the third act: the Norris-Thing in Carpenter, and the Edvard-Adam thing functions the same way (in terms of plot/story-pacing) in the 2011 flick. There's about as much-thing-tissue spread around the continent as there are victims, so about two dozen human bodies and half a dozen dogs' worth. And all it takes is for a single cell to freeze for the threat to persist...
This "freezing" as never really /killing/, but simply /neutralizing/, is also used in The Blob (another 50s flick that got a more interesting 80s remake 30 years later). And of course, it's also used famously in T2. I should check TVTropes for "freezing the enemy" or similar.
Hey guys, hey guys hey. The Thing Versus The Blob..?
>>69259976
its a scene from the movie in the op and its quite possibly the stupidest scene in Hollywood history
>>69260039
I'd say its a minor flaw in a great film
>>69259775
That can only go so far
>>69259036
This reminds me, we never find out who killed Fuchs do we.
>>69260028
Blob would win hands down
>>69259036
>>69259100
damn son
>>69258782
Just look up "Ouchi"
I'm dead serious
>>69260141
It's such a stupid scene. If they wanted to show that Mac was a sore loser, they could have had the crew playing poker or something, and have him have a good hand then lose and throw a fit. Could also learn something about a few of the other guys too. Instead they do a shit scene about pouring whiskey into a computer, something no one ever does. Yes, angry people do dumb shit, but this literally never happens in other movies or irl outside of this silly horror flick. It's so bad it taints the movie.
If you knew someone who poured whiskey into the front of a computer, you'd probably do 2 things:
1) ask him where the fuck he got a computer case that has a giant door in the front that gives access to the guts of the machine
and 2) youd think this person was unstable and insane and youd make a mental note not to trust this stupid motherfucker
>>69258661
>survived for weeks on end in that condition
Nips are fucking cold.
>>69260289
1) Doesn't he pour it into the keyboard?
2) It's meant to make him look like a cool guy that doesnt give no fucks about equipment
>>69260028
The simpler organism often defeats the more complex organism.
The Blob wins.
>>69260191
My personal theory is that Blair-Thing killed Fuchs outright and didn't bother about assimilating him. This makes the most sense, from multiple angles.
But strictly speaking, you are correct. :^)
It Is A Mystery :o
>>69260289
You're a fucking idiot.
You are literally the definition of a contrarian, because that character introduction is universally praised.
No, this post is not "everyone likes it = good" it's "everyone likes it because it is good, and you are a fucking idiot"
