>The Thing will never get a good video game that captures the terror and paranoia of suspecting everyone around you is a loathsome space horror waiting to devour you
Why is this industry so cruel?
>>342734361
are resident evils transformed monsters inspired by carpenters the thing?
i always thought the dogs and especially the later dogs that split open their heads and shit look like they came straight out of the movie.
also a "The Thing" videogame should just be The Ship.
>>342734361
The prequel was shit but fuck that scene
>>342734829
The prequel was just mediocre. It was fine with that they were given to work with.
>>342734829
I thought it was OK. There are a lot worse reboots out there.
Except it already happened...
>>342734361
TTT sorta does this, no cosmic horror though.
>>342735119
Morbus is also pretty good, and so was Parasite in WC3 when people don't meta too much.
What are some games where you're terrorized by an asshole who constantly pushes your shit in? First thing that comes to mind is the regenerating necromorph from Dead Space.
>>342735079
It was ok.
>>342735079
But that game was horrible, and all the AI turn into monsters at designated points in the game, making the whole system pointless.
>>342734829
I didn't hate it. You could tell they tried their best to make a proper Thing movie, unlike the average cash grab
>>342735189
The OG dude who did this was Nemesis but on replay he isn't really tough. You can down him every time so long as you're conservative with ammo.
>>342734829
That scene is the worst. Christ it freaks me the fuck out.
Trouble in terror town for gmod is kinda like the thing. Everyone looks the same and everyone are innocent except a select few traitors.
Played a shitton of it back in the day before it got infested with OCD children.
Space Station 13 has a Thing gametype. It's called Changeling.
>>342734361
Just go play Space Station 13 if you want that shit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2xkpz-26jM
>>342734664
I think Half Life got the idea for head crabs from that movie, also the hands of the head crab zombies are almost identical to thing-Benning.
>>342734361
Why does that practical effect look worse than ones in the 1980s film
>>342734361
Somebody please shop laughing Chris Evans onto this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TvrYlLojfU
Theme and arena was hype as shit. Too bad the boss was a pushover.
>>342735757
Different camera. Very, very different lighting.
>>342735757
Because that's a photo still from production, not the actual movie.
Also, it didn't have a genius like Bottin working on it. It's still good considering what they got.
>>342735767
I second this.
>>342734361
just play dayz or some survival game
the paranoia is there
>>342735670
uh no? I think you're thinking of The Thing the video game. the "head things" act like headcrabs in it.
>>342736006
Have you even seen the movie?
>>342735593
It's fun to piss little kids off in the game mode nowadays. Any time I see a squeaker I'll find him, yell in the mic that I "saw the knife in his pocket" or that hes "acting suspicious" and I'll kill him on site.
>>342735670
That was my favorite scene in the thing. It makes me wonder what would happen if they tried to talk to it. I mean it would've been the prime time to.
>>342736081
>Movie adaptations of video games
Yeah no, I don't watch those.
>>342736617
Low quality bait my friend.
>>342736617
>>342736549
>Kurt Russel knew the black guy was the Thing at the end of the movie, could've asked him about the cosmos or other planets
>Instead chose to just freeze to death in silence
Kind of a wasted opportunity
>>342737693
Childs wasn't infected though.
>>342734829
>>342735260
The real heartbreaker was all the physical puppetry and makeup they had made and filmed, only to be binned by execs because "CGI is hip".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBzpT7VmSaU
>>342737693
Prove it
But it did
>>342737912
Not him but the most common 'evidence' for this is "you can't see his breath in the cold at the end". Except you can, right before the final cut to black.
>>342735189
Alien: Isolation?
>>342735239
just like all the characters in the movie turned into monsters at designated points, making watching the movie pointless.
That's how stupid you sound.
>>342737789
I never even watched the movie and I'm still pissed off.
>>342738058
It doesn't make sense for a person who was human to seconds, tested and proven. To become the thing because you walk into a room, because of plot.
>>342737779
>>342737912
>drinks gasoline from a molotov without complaint
>not infected
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA4Ozqt7338
>>342738058
https://youtu.be/AJpJXSR9_Sk?t=6m9s
>>342737981
Its that coupled with the bit earlier, "Not to share fluids", and he offers him liquor, and he takes it without caring about that rule
Doesn't The Suffering sort of have a Thing-ish type vibe? Not the same concept at all, but similar feelings of dread, unease and hopelessness.
>>342738245
Because they're both gonna die anyway, no point in trying to uphold that rule. No way either of them survived in the cold with no provisions, infected or no.
>>342738196
>gasoline
You know what molotovs are made of right? Weak b8.
prototope
>>342735189
This guy never pushed my shit in though. Sure, he wouldn't let up. But a couple shots from the plasmacutter got him to stop for a bit. I have never gotten hit by any of these regen fags, you just constantly have a normal easy to deal with enemy in the room, that's all.
>>342735189
Metroid Fusion
>>342737912
I didn't write this but it sounds pretty legit actually:
In the end....it doesn't really matter....Childs is The Thing.
Regardless of the dialogue in that scene.
MacReady's scene with the Chess computer was a clear metaphor for the story.
He can't beat the chess computer, because it's impossible. The only way he can beat it, is by destroying it, which he does by giving it a drink of scotch...or pouring scotch on internal wiring to be precise.
And for the rest of the story, MacReady (metaphorically) is in a game of chess with the Thing. It takes out his team like pawns on a table, and constantly engaging in a constant Psychological battle with the creature. And like the Chess Computer, MacReady ends up winning with a drink of scotch. 'Why?'...well, everyone agreed at the time Bennings is ammiliated, not to share food/drinks in fear of contamination. Yet MacReady hands the Bottle of Scotch he's been drinking out of to Childs and he Childs doesn't hesitate to drink it, despite the fact neither one trusts the other. MacReady laughs at this point knowing Childs is the Thing, and yet IT doesn't realise that it's effectively just told Kurt Russell's character it's identity. But he knows he probably wouldn't be able to anything about it, which is why he rests his head, supposedly will try to kill it, after everything he's done, he wouldn't give up and let it kill him.
What is ambiguous about the ending, is what happens next. Does MacReady win, or does The Thing
>>342738196
It's alcohol, retard
>>342735386
The music made this part really made my stomach turn.
They really wanted this part to make you feel uncomfortable, and they nailed it.
>>342738560
Prototype (I assume that's what you meant) is a really good example of a game where you play from the perspective as the Thing.
It's also a great stress reliever.
>>342734361
This can be easily done too. Look at the indie game Murder at Masquerade Manor or whatever it was. If they polished it up, added some random scripted sequences, made better AI, they'd have what you describe.
It doesn't even have to be an actual The Thing game.
Just make a fucking SINGLEPLAYER GAME (NO MULTIPLAYER MEMERY) where you're playing as someone in some sort of crew with a monster or an alien that can take over people.
HOW HARD CAN IT BE?
>>342738058
Nah Anon there was a DNA testing part in the game. Even if tested and cleared human some AI partners would change regardless at a certain point.
Also no said partners weren't away from you and returned no shady shit just straight up ignoring a game mechanic.
Having said that the game was mediocre but I still enjoyed it.
>>342738058
A movie isn't a video game, you stupid fuck.
>>342738659
Always thought it was funny how you had that friend or sister or whatever, meanwhile you were consuming civilians as if they were nothing.
>>342738626
Doesn't actually prove anything but it's a good interpretation, especially the computer metaphor.
>>342738626
In the comics Childs is revealed to be a thing. In the game which another anon posted Childs is revealed to not be a thing. But both of these are secondary canon at best, unless a sequel movie gets made we'll never have an answer.
>>342735239
It was a great game. Played it through many times on the original xbox.
Yes at certain times people always turn, but you don't know that on your first play adding to the stress.
>>342738943
You don't even play as the real Alex Mercer, the virus just imitated his corpse and got amnesia because the brain started to decay after death and it couldn't access all of his memories.
Yet the virus cared more for the dead guy's sister and most of the city (to warrant taking a nuke to the face to save it) more than the real Mercer did. The real Mercer was a genuine sociopath.
>>342739094
Childs was a thing in the video game. Mac killed him.
>>342738943
One of the reasons I hated that game. I was supposed to be some misunderstood hero yet the game made it impossible to move from point A to point B without eviscerating a hundred people.
>>342739286
Weird, I remember finding Childs' body and they confirmed he was just a normal human.
>>342739350
Yea I also remember this.
>>342738626
This is easily debunked, if you think neither man gives a shit anymore because they are dead. It is a zero percent survival situation, and both men know it. One of them could be the thing, but by that point in the movie it hardly matters.
>>342739479
Yea I admit this could very well be true as well
>>342738147
this
>I enjoy horror movies
Meme's aside people who like horror movies are by default low tier human beings.
I can stomach gore in certain settings but shit like "The Thing" is absolutely disgusting and raises the question "what do people value in these movies?"
What do you gain by watching horrific and painful deaths? What itch does it scratch?
>>342739786
>>342739786
Thriller is thrilling, man. The sci-fi horror part is just icing on the cake
>>342738196
>>342738401
>>342738648
it wasn't gasoline, but hes still right. childs was infected, real childs during the movie refuses to drink from the bottle someone else drank out of.
>>342739786
Kill yourself my man
>>342739296
That's your preconceived notion of the game speaking. I personally enjoyed that aspect of the game, being a really strong creature who doesn't care or understand what's wrong some of what he's doing, but strangely still tries to do what he believes is good. I could explain it better.
There's also the fact that he needs to kill people if he wants to accomplish anything.
>>342734361
The acting and writing is the thing was terrible.
>a monster
>no emotion at all
The practical effects though.
>>342739989
You're not doing your fellow horror movies watchers any favors.
Just answer my question, if you even can.
>>342739786
I dunno about that. I think the true measure of any medium is how does it make you feel. If a comedy can make you laugh or if a drama can make you cry.
In your defence, horror is really easy in that regard. bu John Carpenter's The Thing is probably the top tier of horror movies
>>342734361
>>342734361
>dead space will never exist
Oh wait....now if only they hadn't fucked up 3
>>342739786
I don't know, why do you enjoy dick up your butt?
>>342739786
even with the image, you still caught (You)s
good job
TTT is kinda there with people trying to work out who's a traitor among the innocents. I think the addition of detectives has ruined it though.
I'd like to see a version of TTT where the traitors have Thing-like powers but risk exposure using them.
Infection would work the same way as zombie mods. Players who get consumed simply join the Thing team.
>>342739942
I get the thrilling part, i enjoyed Red Eye and What Lies Beneath. I can appreciate the thrilling parts of The Thing, but the gore is not entertaining to watch in the slightest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAoONl2P8fw
>>342739951
see >>342739479
They both know and The Thing knows that all of them are about to freeze. Wether Childs is The Thing, MacReady is The Thing or neither of them are; sharing a bottle at this point is of zero consequence.
>>342740367
I think its certainly interesting to look at, and it certainly needs to be there to establish how much of a threat the monster is. David Cronenberg also does that sort of thing really well
>>342740494
Thank you so much for reminding me of this.
I never understood The Thing
The alien killed people and assumed their forms, great, but why were many aliens? Everytime they were killed, where did the other one come from?
>>342740662
kek
>>342740494
Is that a legit comment from John Carpenter? Awesome
>>342740662
8/10, made me reply.
>>342740540
so the thing actually wins in the end, as freezing wont actually kill it since it was already frozen before and remained alive?
Does anyone have the story told from The Thing's perspective? Was an amazing read.
>>342739786
The same gain we get from different genres of movies, games, music, and TV
>>342740662
Every cell of The Thing was an independent creature that could infect other people
If there was just a tiny piece of flesh left over from it, and that piece of flesh crawled away and bit someone, then it could easily transform into that person
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0Z44BIDPPc
>>342734361
>tfw playing a game and the computer is keeps beating me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv_XaPp-XIY
I don't remember, did the thing enter bodies or did it copy/absorb them?
>>342740540
>sharing a bottle at this point is of zero consequence.
>Childs starts to drink from the bottle
>Tense music starts
>Macready squints a bit
Childs is the thing, but MacReady knows hes a dead man.
>>342741282
absorb
>>342741282
It assimilated their cells and could perfectly replicate an organism it consumed. Even to the point where it copied the fat guy's bad heart condition.
>>342740986
I always believed that was the prevailing theory.
>>342740994
Found it.
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/watts_01_10/
I've never felt uneasy when watching horror films but when watching clips of this movie it just boils by brain inside out
Its fucking insane, I don't even know whats so horrible about it. I've seen real life gore as well but this shit is just... damn
>>342740367
Disgust and repulsion is a good way to inspire fear.
I guess in the case of the Thing and other mutant creatures, there's a curiosity element. "what the hell is that?", "how does that work?", etc
>>342739786
Because it takes someone with immense talent to make something as convincing The Thing's practical effects. It's just so fun to watch.
>>342738298
>The Suffering
Man I loved this game, I think.
>>342741717
It triggers the part of the brain responsible for paranoia.
>>342741634
>that end
Ow the edge
>>342738626
Its unclear whether or not the infected are fully self aware they are.
Don't forget McReady's extended absence - both characters might be the thing and will happily wait to freeze again and be discovered, they might not even know the other is also infected.
They might also both be clean - its ambiguous and probably not intended to be read into all that much in the first place.
My main issue with the prequel is that the thing never attempts subterfuge and blows its own cover over and over. Also the tie-in felt like a reshoot filmed months later in an attempt to reposition the movie as a prequel and not a reboot.
I went through it 3 times and I still don't get it, does the thing need to assimilate another living creature before it can turn into it (like the dogs at the beginning) or is it enough to come in contact with it and it will take over like a parasite?
>>342742238
It can't copy what it sees, it needs to consume first. A single cell of the Thing acts as its own organism and takes over whatever it infects like a parasite, yes.
>>342742192
>both characters might be the thing and will happily wait to freeze again and be discovered, they might not even know the other is also infected
What are some movies like The Thing? Alien is kinda similar but it's a bit meh
>>342742372
Thanks m8. Gonna rewatch it a 4th time because its glorious
>>342742485
The Blob I guess? The 1987 version.
>The Thing Prequel
>the alien is onboard a helicopter and is about to make its escape
>protag rushes out to warn the pilots
>they ignore her and continue flying
>the alien decides that now is a good time to break its cover and get itself killed in a crash
Well, the bait-and-switch with the sick guy was probably the cleverest moment in that movie. Also the small detail of the infected guy at the end missing his earring was a nice touch. Shame about the rest of it.
>>342739350
>>342739442
I looked it up and you find his frozen body, but no confirmation whether he is human or not. He looks human and both humans and thing freeze.
>>342741479
Again if Childs doesn't give a shit anymore because he is a dead man it makes sense for him to drink, both men die believing the other is The Thing. One of them may be right. Both of them may be wrong. It is a fantastic conclusion to an equally fantastic movie.
It is easily as good or better than "The Thing From Another World".
>>342741282
It eats the whole body and then reconstructs it. Though I kinda wonder if Vance was the former, having Thing cells inside him, like a tumor.
>>342742178
Everything is 'edge' to you.
>make a cast of characters, at least 20, stuck in a station
>have the thing randomly introduced and randomly take over
>you have to figure out who is infectedmaybe its you!
Could be good
>>342742485
There's plenty of shit movies - Deep Rising, Virus, Leviathan (1989),The Hateful 8
Would the thing be considered lovecraftian?
>>342734361
I would say TTT does a well enough job
>>342742787
Honestly, even with if it kept the practical effects, it still would've been a shitty movie.
The Thing only broke its cover when it knew it was in a fucked situation. but in the prequel it does it just because.
>>342738626
It's also possible that it was actually gasoline in the bottle since the scene before has everyone throwing molotovs everywhere. Every bottle on his belt in that scene had a rag sticking out of it.
The Thing wouldn't know the difference so he didn't spit it out.
>>342741717
What's scarier than losing your identity or your sense of self. Body horror aside, it's the idea of becoming something else while still being yourself somewhat that scares me when it comes to The Thing.
Same reason the end of evangelion freaks me out.
>>342735239
you could prevent some of them from turning by not letting them get stressed, shit was retarded but it was fun regardless
>>342734361
the thing isn't very good. alien is better.
>>342742891
I agree, the ending is easily one of the most brilliant in all of cinema.
>>342743074
Does it make you feel insignificant? Does its sheer presence make people mad? Is it part of some age-old cult?
If you answer no to any of those, it's not lovecraftian
>>342743053
>The Hateful 8
I refuse to believe that a Quentin Tarantino film has any lick of intelligence put into it.
>>342742787
The pilots don't ignore her, they go to land the helicopter. That's why the Thing goes bunta.
>>342743053
>>342742485
The Hateful 8 is an interesting one because it's got the same composer as the Thing and Kurt Russell returns for it too. It's basically The Thing but with people instead of an alien.
Doesn't excuse it from being Tarantino's worst movie though.
>>342734361
>that scene
Jesus no
why did the alien go to antartica? the most desolated place on earth?
>>342743107
Molotov cocktails are made from the alcohol already in the bottles, not gasoline.
>>342743503
It crashed
>>342743503
Its been some time but I think it crash landed there
>>342743503
Watch the movie, dumb animeposter.
>>342738196
Fucking Christ, every comment section on every clip of this movie is a circlejerk about practical effects.
>>342743503
it killed other aliens who then crash landed
>>342743503
On a cosmic scale Antarctica ain't shit really. You'd be thankful you made it to Earth at all.
Also
>>342743558
and it might not even have been the pilot but a captive beast.
>>342742787
>>342743361
I assumed parts of the Thing were rebelling in a panic, like it does when physically attacked. Reason it was telling the other guy to keep calm and then suddenly it's face splits open into teeth.
>>342743509
>you can only make an improvised explosive out of one flammable material
Yes why would anyone ever want to use gasoline instead of spirits and increase the effectiveness of the device by 5000%
SHUT UP.
some of you here are just so fucking stupid just SHUT UP
![hqdefault[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/5s2YATW.jpg "hqdefault[1].jpg")
>>342734361
>that pic
Has anyone read The Things? That was some fucked up shit right there.
>>342737789
I actually like the movie and think the only thing that completely ruins it is the hilariously-bad CGI that they used. What a waste. CGI from Starship Troopers from 1997 was 100 times better.
>>342743749
>killed other aliens
It what?
>>342742891
>>342740540
>both of them may be wrong
Carpenter has confirmed that one of them was the Thing, but refuses to declare which.
>>342743764
I'm rather positive it was a captive that ate whomever piloted the spaceship
>>342743749
Jesus, I never thought about it like that. I always assumed the ship was the "thing's". Mind blown even more.
>>342738626
There's also something about the coat Childs is wearing at the very end. Throughout the film Childs is seen wearing a navy blue coat, but at the very end it's a different color.
The last time we see human Childs he is in the room where they keep their coats and he is wearing his blue coat at that time. Between the two scenes there's a shot showing the basement door (where the thing probably came from to sneak up on Childs) then it pans to the coat room where the coats are all rearranged.
They mention before that it rips up your cloths when it attacks, so I guess the theory is it came from the basement, ate and copied Childs, then searched for another coat that fit because the blue one was fucked.
>>342735670
Half life definitely got the inspiration from the Face huggers from Alien
>>342740265
3 was fine, issac just became tougher because you can only be afraid of that shit for so long.
>>342744078
Plus when he takes the drink there's a fucking tense musical queue and Macready never takes his eyes off of him.
He's gonna freeze to death but he wanted to know if he killed the damn thing.
>>342744069
>>342743749
>>342744005
I always accepted this theory. Do you really think something like the "Thing" can pilot an advanced technology space ship?
It's either that the "Thing" was a captive alien/disease which ended up killing the aliens piloting the ship, or that the "Thing" was somehow a corrupted form of those aliens (maybe freezing them over did some shit to their cells).
>>342744005
>aliens piloting a ship with The Thing on board unaware
>The Thing kills them all
>ship either crash lands onto earth because they're dead or crash lands because The Thing intended to
>>342744078
>different colour coats
pics or didn't happen.
I mean if what your saying is true that is a a huge oversight that everyone's made and I'm surprised it was never mentioned before.
>>342744005
He is implying the "thing" is a parasite type species jumping from species to species. And some other race happened to be flying near earth when shit hit the fan and crashed.
>>342738298
cool game, but there is no paranoia in the Suffering. Either something is obviously a monster or it's not. In the Thing, you have no idea who's the Thing and who's a normal human.
>>342740265
How is this on PC? I played 2 on PS3 a while ago and really enjoyed it.
>>342744287
>Either something is obviously a monster or it's notHow about the MC?
>>342736549
You should look up the screenplay for The Thing miniseries that never made it past planning. They try to communicate with it.LIVE LIVE LIVE LIVE LIVE LIVE! DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE!
>>342744243
Yeah of course it could dumbass, the Thing started building its own miniature saucer from spare parts
>>342744243
>Do you really think something like the "Thing" can pilot an advanced technology space ship?
Why not? It built a spaceship in a span of 2 weeks as Blair.
>>342744248
Is there anything that alludes to this?
>>342744304
its great, some people had issues with mouse smoothing but you can fix that
>>342744243
>Do you really think something like the "Thing" can pilot an advanced technology space ship?
Depends how self-aware it is and how much of its host memories it retains. The Thing might not even know its infected beyond a desire to reach population, until some threat forces the infection to take over.
>>342743868
So I wasn't the only one chuckling about it
>Dark Souls 3 grape covenant could have been just like The Thing but because of From's programmer incompetence, what we got was a marginally more pimp red invader.
>>342744475
Eh, I could always just play it with a controller. It is like $5 right now so I don't see why not.
>>342743850
>if you don't agree with me SHUT UP
lol holy shit
>in the prequel the alien just attacks humans like a generic horror monster from the very beginning and barely attempts to hide at all.
>in the Carpenter movie its only seen in monster form when cornered or in transition.
>>342738856
>Also no said partners weren't away from you and returned no shady shit just straight up ignoring a game mechanic.
Please retype this sentence in English so I can fucking understand what you're trying to say.
>>342744243
We are never given any sense of the "things" intelligence. However, you are probably right. I will stick by this theory.
>>342744669
Juts ignore him. He's shitposting in other threads about people that disagree with his taste, I think he's actually autistic.
![hqdefault[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/d0ugJlz.jpg "hqdefault[1].jpg")
>>342744243
>>342743749
>>342744248
Haven't seen the prequel but in the other film it was building a new saucer in a cave, with a box of scraps. It's pretty obvious it's not an animal.
I think it just takes a while for the Thing to get it's bearings after a mutation. Until then it's got mimicry and instinct. It had enough time alone as Blair to regain it's intelligent and start building space tech.
>>342743868
>>342744582
>>342740994
It has some good parts, but it still boiled down to "I'm not a monster I'm just misunderstood." and it didn't really work
>>342745000
Was waiting for it.
>>342745000
fucking amazing
>>342745000
Thank you, also nice trips
>>342745000
>>342745000
fucking saved
>>342744596
Man that would be pretty cool, summon a white phantom only to find out it's just a purple in disguise. It's a shame lock-ons would ruin the surprise.
>>342744250
I got it from these two vids.
https://youtu.be/SppG-I_Dhxw
>>342735079
>Hurrdurr it was all a conspiracy
>Half the game is just a generic third person shooter
The game dropped the ball once you reached the science station.
>>342734361
there is a warcraft 3 custom game based on the thing that was alright
>>342745000
Fucking christ
>>342745203
Am retard.
Pls ignore
>>342734361
just play dead space. close enough.
>>342745203
>>342745290
Too late, I saw it.
>>342745269
Multiple, there was Parasite (which consists of Parasite, Parasite 2, Parasite: Earthbound and Parasite 3). There was also Zerg Infestation, and Metastasis.
>>342744762
Where do I get Thing hormones? I want to transition to shapeshifting alien.
The prequel wasn't amazing but this part was fantastic
>>342745373
NO
DELETE THIS
>>342745480
It was shit and made no sense
>Let's attack them, crash the chopper and then die all together in the fire
10/10 Movie writing
>>342742945
>http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/watts_01_10/
"I will have to rape it into them"
read the whole fucking thing for that and yes it's edgy
>>342745480
To be honest, the only part of the prequel that really annoyed me was climax on the alien saucer, where the Sander-Thing was chasing Kate. But I'm betting money that was a rush job because the studio forced them to not use the alien-thing.
>>342744794
None of the previously mentioned teammates left your sight for any appreciable amount of time, and no otherwise suspicious events occurred. Them turning out to be The Thing was simply a plot device, that couldn't be discovered until the "right" time occurred in the story.
Not that anon, but this is probably what was meant.
>>342745685
I rather wondered why they even chased it.
It was clearly trying to fuck off from earth, so why chase it and risk your own life.
>>342744669
anon reality isn't about agreement
molatovs are made from gasoline because gasoline continues to burn on a surface. spirits just burn up.
it's irritating to people when you authoritatively talk about things that you don't have the slightest clue about, in the process of telling someone else they're wrong. it's the worst kind of ignorance. it's literally no different from saying the devil makes people gay.
>>342745634
It's supposed to be
>I might get found out
>I know other Things are out there
>Better take this chance to kill off 3 humans and make sure there's no definitive proof I can assmilate people
>>342745763
I think the way the figured, they wanted no chance that it would try and head to a populated area. The Thing is pretty much hostile to everything that isn't it.
>>342745000
>not making them both Chris Evans
>>342745538Your sons a lil bitch
>>342745772
I'm actually surprised people think alcohol is flammable enough to sustain a molotov
>>342744020
It's most likely MacReady.
If the 2011 one is to be believed it cannot replicate inorganic tissue like metal, and at the end of the 1982 one Childs still has his earrings.
This may seem inconsistent with the game, what with MacReady coming back and helping defeat the final boss with it, but it makes sense. Things will regularly rat out or kill other Things in order to preserve themselves, considering they are each independent organisms, and "MacReady" thought it would be wise to help this guy kill another Thing so its cover is preserved, allowing it to escape and have a chance at infecting the rest of the planet.
>>342735079
AI turning at set points made the game a lot less interesting, removed one of the few interesting features and it fell back on being a generic third person shooter. Also the ending was fucking trash and so was the story.
>>342743850
A molotov is an improvised device. You grab a bottle and stick a rag in. Why would they dump the alcohol and fill it with gasoline, a substance that is VITAL to their survival?
>>342734361
There's a SC2 mod in the arcade which is decent
>>342745908
> and make sure there's no definitive proof I can assmilate people
Yeah except when they found it right away after it broke out of the ice and started assimilating people.
That entire scene made no sense since the highest priority is always survival and no one was even suspecting him.
>>342746235
you're surprised that kids on /v/ don't know their ass from a hole in the ground.I'm not.
>>342746357
>SC2 mod in the arcade
So, ded? ;_;
>>342746139
They're both fags anyway, I disowned them.
Ocelotte is my only hope.
Now, Ocelotte, where have you gone? Are you hiding from me?
>>342746287
Because alcohol doesn't burn that well, and molotovs are not mad with alcohol, you idiot.
There's a reason a molotov thrown into a building will cause the whole damn thing to burn down, but bars aren't incinerated when some drunk jackass spills their flaming shot.
MacCready drinks in the movie.
He has a bottle of alcohol because he drinks.
He wasn't carrying around a fucking molotov cocktail.
Shut the fuck up you autistic spergs.
>>342746262
>1982 one Childs still has his earrings.
Stop talking as if that was ever established in the original, how can you guys even begin to suggest that MacReady is infected when he blew the shit out of the Blair Monster just moments ago.
Every time someone even considers MacReady to be infected it's like their brains drop it completely and ignore anything that happened before.
>>342734361
I swear I've seen this but I cannot remember it at all.
>>342734994
No, it was shit. The whole fake-out with the guy entering the block of ice room followed by it REALLY breaking out after the pseudo-relief was predictable as fuck. And the rest was about that choreographed and unsurprising as that was.
>>342738583
Came here to post this
>>342735189
Pikmin 2
>>342746287
go buy a brand of cheap spirits, preferably 50% alcohol or above, spill it on your table and set it on fire
it produces a weak flame and evaporates in seconds
>>342745683
Kill yourself
>>342746515
blowing up the monster has 0 to do with the possibility of him being infected
>>342746276
fucking trash? really?
name me some third person shooters with servicable or good stories.
>>342744178
You know, things can have two sources of inspiration. Drawing from Alien AND Thing would not be surprising as they are pretty comparable.
>>342746646
It does considering there's almost no chance he could have been infected.
Tell me exactly when the chance would arise for him to get infected? When he did the blood test it wasn't even that long before they chose to blow up the base and he was always with someone else. There was no point in the story where he could get infected post-bloodtest.
>>342746771
The biggest inspiration for the story was Stephen King's The Mist.
>That alternate ending with a dog-thing silently running across the Antarctic
>>342745683
Yes, I know what line you were referring to and my point still stands.
The Thing doesn't fully understand the concept of rape or why it's wrong, so it's use of the word sounds inhuman and chilling.
Least that's how it reads if you're not on a constant search for your 'edgy' meme.
>>342746864
I wish more things were inspired by The Mist.
>>342734829
the prequel was fine.
better then most to be honest, at least i was still fuckign terrified by that monster.
>>342740494
Was it ever established at the end of The Thing if the last character left was the thing in human form?
>>342738058
I hate you
>>342745221
It possible that it could've been snow covering the jacket. If he did run after blair in the storms, his jacket would've been covered head to toe in snow.
Resident Evil Revelations 2 kinda nudged in the right ballpark with it's virus idea.
Most of the cast was infected, but the giveaway was the bracelets.
Do away with the bracelets, give the hosts or virus some sentience.
What triggers the transformation might be tricky story wise, but if you can write it as an adaptation to a stressful situation that might work.
Say an external factor is threatening the MC along with NPCs, there is a chance encounter with the Thing. However the writers can play with that paranoia and not have an encounter after all, but let the MC put the NPCs in a precarious situation.
In short, I think a Until Dawn framework will work better than say a Dead Space shooter vibe. The combat mechanics just have to be tweaked so that it doesn't emulate something from Tell Tale
>>342746816
Anon, movies like this aren't about you being able to connect the dots and fundamentally establish a "truth"
So many of you here want to do this with everything, because it is the way your analytical minds work.
However, it's not the intent of the *piece of art* that is the movie. It's entertainment, not a treatise on logic.
>>342740265
>Dead space
>captures the terror and paranoia of suspecting everyone around you is a loathsome space horror waiting to devour you
pick one
>>342746921
I don't think I've seen that just yet.
>>342746972
You should check out Hakaijuu. It's basically The Mist: The Manga.
>>342747235
I think I will, thanks anon.
>>342745374
These and Dark Deeds/Werewolf were my favorite games on Warcraft 3, hands down. The paranoia of not knowing who's it leading to human players killing each other while the real enemy sits back and waits. Every game is unique.
this >>342747119
seriously dead space is good for two things horror : suspense and jump scares. It has nothing in common with the Things carefully planned suspenseful horror mystery, besides having a monster.
>>342747043
But The Thing is different in that regard because there's hints all over the movie.
If you actually rewatch the movie you will notice minor stuff like when Childs is guarding that alleyway alone that after he runs out the motor delivering electricity to the base goes down and the only way to get down is past childs.
There's also the thing that the movie shows you the Jackets two times during the duration and you will notice a difference there after he run out and the camera pans on it (the jackets are all jumbled up and out of order than they were before)
Do you see where I am going with this anon?
>>342735079
That game jumped the shark so hard it wasn't even funny
>lol underground secret base
>SECRET MILITARY EXPERIMENTS
>muh halfbaked squad dynamics
It's hokey-ass tripe that shits on the 82' movie in every way, it has no sublimity, suspense or good characters, nor good interaction between them. It's just about the worst way you could make a videogame about The Thing ever. On top of that, everything about the game looked cheap as fuck even for it's time.
>>342747002
>342747002
More evidence for this theory is the fact that MacReady had previously used all items on the base to make explosives, meaning the whiskey Childs drank was not in fact whiskey, but gasoline from an unused molotov cocktail. MacReady may have been chuckling because he knew the Thing didn't know what whiskey tasted like, and as such would not have any reaction to drinking gasoline, as MacReady is not actually shown drinking from the bottle.
>>342738196
>gasoline
You're telling me these things are perfect imitations, can perfectly replicate a person's speech, grasp of English or whatever language, act exactly as they did before, same personality and temperament, right down to even a defective heart, but they wouldn't know people don't drink gas? Do you think Childs regularly mistook gas for alcohol?
>>342738058
Fucking kill yourself.
>>342746996
When you're trying to match the quality of John Carpenter's, "fine" doesn't really cut it. They shouldn't even attempt it if they can't top "fine."
>>342747460
The theory doesn't make sense if you rewatch it. You will clearly notice how MacReady will try to take a sip out of it but stops because he saw Childs.
starcraft 2 has a the thing map ion the arcade. You can play that shit right now. for free Its not that bad
You know a movie is shit when people argue about what happened in it decades later.
Was he one of them?
>>342747197
https://youtu.be/2Xu2cFljkPw?t=207
