>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.
>>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
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
>>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.
>>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.
>>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
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
>>342747432
Also to add Childs was wearing a dark blue jacket and when he ran into MacReady it was pretty light colored.
You may blame it on snow but you still can't cover the entire blue.
>>342747432
I see where you're going, you're blurring the line between analysis and overanalysis. You can't necessarily extract data from things that are just a matter of set design of cinematography; intent has to be part of it. It has to be things we're meant to notice, not simply things you *can* notice.
>>342739786
>people taking this bait seriously
>>342747848
I categorize that as a plot hole in the movie and wardrobe department not paying attention.
>>342736549
There was a really shitty like, short story/fan fiction thing about The Thing that I saw somewhere but I did kind of like the perspective in it. From The Thing's point of view, it is just some sort of cosmic diplomat and really the majority of life in the universe is similar to itself and communicates through bonding and it is both confused and disgusted by Earth life. How it all has centralized nervous systems it compares to cancerous tumors and how Humans have this great fear and repulsion to its "communion" with them. I dunno, I thought that was neat. Any time we're the odd ones in the universe is pretty cool.
>>342747912
>It has to be things we're meant to notice
That scene was clearly meant to be noticed. That camera shot was exclusively used to tell you something because there was no reason to show us that alleyway because we already knew Childs ran out of the building moments ago.
>>342747798
That means its great dumbass.
>>342747846
Noice
>>342747798
people argue about everything.
>>342747814
When child's speaks, there is no visible hot air like when macready speaks
>>342748038
I'm watching it again tonight after this thread, I'll check it out.
I always thought Childs is the thing because he's black and Carpenter is white and a white man would not write a black man winning over a white man 1v1 in the end. Note that I'm white and I think shit like this subconsciously effects us whether we want it to or not.
>>342736549
It's creepier than that, the blank expression of an animal on it's face, it can't be communicated with, it just lies in weight, pretending
>>342748018
It's been posted in the thread mate.
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/watts_01_10/The alien is an edgelord
>>342747798
Pretty sure it means the exact opposite.
>>342741165
it wasn't strong enough on the cellular level to infect people.
That's why it needed to make Weapons to maim or eat people,
>>342746952
Yes I understand the intent
it was referencing a made up line from earlier in the text
it could have been any other word
the author chose to make it rape
hence the edge
>>342748004
>not paying attention
That might work for any other movie but not this one because clothing is a huge part in the entire movie. It's the one thing I'm 200% sure it's not just an accident.
Even the boots were in the the same location and angle and they choose to accidentaly fuck up the jackets?
>>342748239
Ah yes, I suppose I forgot about the whole rape them all thing. The other parts though.
Fuck that hand scene
>>342744243
>>342744494
>>342744831
Have you fuckers even watched the movie?
>>342746693
I don't see how other games having shite stories make it somehow excusable, especially for one based on The Thing.
>>342748151
Watch the scene in its entirety, there is. Autist.
Who would win?
>>342746972
>the spiders scene in the Pharmacy
It was on par with me with the scene posted by OP
>>342735189
Resident Evil 3
>yfw the first time you hear "STAAAAARS"
>>342748462
Whoever can work on the smallest scale, Thing cells are demonstrated to still be aggressive, dunno about the blob.
>>342742238
It's like a virus. One thing cell could get in your blood, and it'd slowly take you over cell by cell until you were completely replicated. That's why they had the restrictions on food and drinks, because if you ate or drank it, that'd be game over.
>>342744405
>The Thing miniseries
Googling like fist of the north star.
dont play with me anon
As far as unstoppable horror movie monsters go, I still prefer the Xenomorph.
>>342739786
this is actually what i think too
it's a disgusting gorefest with a bad plot
even resident evil 2002 was better than this
>>342748462
The victor hinges on one thing. Is thew blob organic mass?
Then the thing wins. It has the ability to assimilate all organic matter it comes in contact with.
On the other hand if the blob is just one gigantic stomach, if it were to engulf the thing its possible that it could just digest.
>>342747814
Game is canon isn't it?
If so he was human.
>>342748672
The only interesting thing about them is their reproductive cycle.
>>342748597
Blob might in be with a chance, as it starts out as a tiny glob of goo that consumes and grows and pieces that separate from the main 'body' act and function by themselves
>>342748462
Can thing absorb Blob?
>>342748462
Depends on who can digest who first.
>>342748739
thank god we got 47 movies detailing exactly that
>>342743736
uhh yeah because practical effects are better than shitty CG 12 out of 7 days of the week.
The movie wasn't only a good movie it was a fucking amazing movie because of the use of practical effects at the time it came out.
>the thing had a planned sequel where MacReady AND Childs were saved
Childs probably wasn't infected, that or him being infected was the start up of the thing again.
Anyone getting this? Pretty excited.
>>342748764
Yeah I know that but I was more saying that we don't know the minimum size for the blob to function, so it's hard to judge.
>>342748781
No but it could assimilate it cells.
>>342748672
Yeah, you can't beat that H.R. Giger design. It's a shame that people have wanked it off into inferior designs without knowing what makes it good.
>>342734829
What happened in this scene?
>>342748126
"Or" is the only correct answer
>>342748921
I already have Kurt Russell toy, but that is a cool prototype.
>>342748997
the only correct answer was to not reply.
>>342748151
I never understood this argument, a human-Thing is a perfect 1:1 biological replica of a human when hiding, why wouldn't it have visible breath if it was trying to fool McReady?
>>342748462
the thing
>mfw Thing 2011 with a helicopter chasing the >dog and original starts with it
I don't know how did I missed that the first time I watched it.
>>342748151
but when the thing takes benning it has hot breath
>mfw I just did a movie review speech on The Thing formy COM225 class a couple days ago
>Got a perfect score
>>342740647
>>342748672
Forever one of the best.
I hate how demoted they became in AVP stuff.
>every predator supposedly worth about 10 aliens
Fuck that.
>>342749080
here's my take
if you watch the scene, the childs starts out with invisible breath, but you can see it near the end, it could be the thing learning from McRide's highly visible breath in that scene
>>342748427
they obviously havent
>>342748921
I'd be down for another thing movie.I'm going to regret saying that when its shit.
>>342749036
Well anon, now you gotta show us your Solid and Naked snakes.
>>342748983
It's like putting molten cheese on cold cheese, then try separating them.https://youtu.be/zcNwKBPE7Rg
Just fucking watch it.
>>342749080
It's a pointless argument anyway because it's just happenstance of cinematography. They didn't go back in 1982 and digitally alter the amount of breath coming out of the actors.
I wasn't the only one who lost my shit when this happened right?
>>342743736
Probably because the practical effects in The Thing are fucking phenomenal.
>>342748354
>it could have been any other word
>the author chose to make it rape
>hence the edge
Sounds like tumblr hugbox logic to me. Rape will still continue to be a real and terrible thing after you censor all mentions of it out.
>>342749297
Shit photo, but here.
>>342749469
>rape isn't edgy
>>342734361
Did The Thing have gigantic anxiety issues?
I mean it started flipping shit all over really fast from pretty much everything.
>>342748983
They merged. If you haven't watched the movies, you definitely should. The first one is still one of the best horror movies of all time.
Alien figure waking to a very hostile and strange world to it, struggling to comprehend anything besides the threat imposed against it.
OR
Genetic compounds/Cells that never stop being pissed off.
>>342749469
> Rape will still continue to be a real and terrible thing after you censor all mentions of it out.
ok but that doesn't make saying I will rape it into them any less edgy
>>342749509
Then why are you stopping at just rape? Why not all the murder and suffering that goes on in the movies and other media? Wouldn't that be edgy?
I thought the things didn't necessarily know they were things until threatened or presented with the opportunity to assimilate.
>>342749663
this looks like some resident evil bullshit
Who was he and how did he know?
I'm up for hosting Zerg Infestation, Metastasis, or Parasite on WC3 if anyone is down for playing that.
>>342749821
well unless i'm killing you with my dickA/S/L, hot stuff?
>>342749830
Nah. Blair's Thing was building a ship long before he was outed.
>>342743503
>Animeposter has never seen a classic.
Not surprised.
>>342746287
What if you already have an empty bottle?
There's a million ways to make a molotov.
>>342749830
there's evidence of consciousness and intent, when the things destroy the blood packs, hide the torn clothing, rebuild the spaceship, and turns off the generators.
>>342749849
Watch prequel
>>342749849
Watch The Thing 2011
What if the Thing was on a cruise liner?
Would it stay on it? Or go in the oceans?
>>342749780
>>342748354
Because you're a memer and everything has to be memes. Like the homestuck and MLP fans that mix their rancid shit into everything they touch.
>>342747912
Having everyone's outfits remain the same over a three day period, except after they are assimilated is what I would call intent.
>>342750172
Stay and wait till it gets on land
>>342750172
ocean of course.
are both of those people in OP's pic thom yorke
>>342734361
I'm still mad that universal and test audiences ruined that movie. The practical effects looked "too 80s" to universal, and a slow burning, tension filled, movie was too boring for the test audiences. They had everything there to make a great prequel. They even shot it in fucking 35mm. The effects house that was creating the practical effects are some of the best in the business. Even still, the studio fucked it over. The same thing they did with The Wolfman reboot.
>>342747798
The opposite is actually said to be true, media that keeps you asking questions and leaves somethings up to the interpretation of the viewer/reader are far more successful and interesting.
>>342749663
Don't listen to him.
The Thing 2011 is a horrible movie with horrible acting and is riddled with plot holes and "Why would they do this" horror movie tropes.
That isn't a small ship, it couldn't have been alone right?
>>342749821
It's edgy because there are so many other words that can be used to describe brainwashing or whatever you want to call it. But instead the author when with rape which is used to provoke.
>>342750436
Watch prequel
>>342749397
I remember catching this bit.
I was a little spooked but I tolerated it due to my discovery of the Resident Evil Archives and its Birkin concept art a few years prior.
funny thing.
on replaying ff7 a while back and putting together the backstory.
turns out that jenova is literally the ting
>>342750148
>>342750156
Isn't it shit? I always avoided it.
>>342750436
it's probably not the things ship
>>342750436
You wouldnt call the ISS "small", but it can't carry a whole lot of people
>>342746235
A high enough percentage of alcohol would make a molotov just fine. The only problem is most liquor isn't a high enough proof.
>>342750405
>with horrible acting
Only the lead girl, whatsherface, she's absolutely terrible. Shame about the special effects being CGI covering the real puppetry, I remembered they were proud of their costumes and makeup etc. and was really surprised to see blatantly obvious CGI in the film.
Anyone who likes horror, who hasn't watched the original yet, go and watch it. It's a great film and has some really haunting scenes.
>>342750480
>which is used to provoke
Jesus. Genuinely not getting it.
So if the Thing absorbed the intelligence of the beings it ate, why did it use guns or other weapons? Or just take a helicopter out when it became apparent that its spaceship wouldn't be fixed?
>>342750575
Yeah, a sexy thing.
>>342750436
It could have been, it's possible that the thing is some giant lovecraftain mass of flesh. and the majority of the spaceship is used for storage of bios.
>>342750617
Yeah it aint good but it explains everything
>>342750617
it's okay. plus it hasmew
>>342750617
It's not great, but it's still worth watching.
>>342750740
then explain it.
>>342750752
>why didn't it use guns
>>342749397
No. That whole scene where it attacked the dogs still perturbs me when I watch or even think about it today.
>>342749840
Yeah, the second film wasn't all that great, although the alien was still really horrific. You should still watch them, though. At least give the first one a chance.
>>342750405
It was alright. I like the universe more than anything.
>>342750734
no bully my waifu
>comics
>Childs is the thing
>game
>they were humans, Childs froze to death
>mini-series
>both were humans and froze to death
Whats the next medium? A book where both of them are the Thing?
>>342746501
This. It's just some fucking scotch. A drink to help with the whole freezing to death thing.
>>342750752
lack of opportunity.
The only person who knows how to fly is macready if macready was the thing it wouldn't have been wise to fly off in helicopter anywhere when a storms coming he would've crashed and frozen again.
Least expensive and most feasible thing that comes to mind for a new game would be exclusively multiplayer, but you absolutely could not be matched with friends in the same lobby. I don't know if it would be feasible to allow a player to play as a Thing unless they explicitly queued as a Thing.
I think it'd be neat if they let you design your character for usage over multiple play-sessions, but that'd require a lot of investment depending on what company tossed money at the license. I don't even want to contemplate how they'd handle communication.
>>342744020
"So am I MacReady, or could I be Childs???"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8faq5amdK30
>>342734361
here's an idea
>make a multiplayer game
>have it contain 10 plays max
>one player is the thing
>the person who plays as the thing must find a way to escape and infect everyone else
>the other plays must find and kill the thing
would you guys play it ?
>>342750752
>why did it use guns or other weapons?
Because that would instantly give it away and it would be killed. Then the movie would be over. Are you retarded?
>Or just take a helicopter out
Did you miss the part where MacReady was the only one that could fly it, and they were in the middle of a blizzard?
>>342750204
>I'm a memer because the ending was edgy
>>342750575
>mfw Keith David voiced Chaos in the Dissidia games
>mfw Vincent can transform into Chaos for one of his Limit Breaks
>>342751154
>multiplayer
>cant play with friends
Unless you meant official and private servers, where official is no meta allowed
>>342751261
Damn right I would. But it's gotta have a bar I can get drunk at.
>>342751261
It would quickly devolve into griefing and shitflinging so maybe
You know what's another weirdly spooky movie
Invasion of the Body Snatchers '78
the whole point and screech thing still spooks me
>>342751000
>everyone was actually the tings and they got infiltrated by a hostile human
>>342750928
No I've seen it, it was actually the first of the two thing movies I saw. I enjoyed watching the movie its just a shame that pales in comparison to the original.
>>342751308
>>342750480
This lack of self-awareness is getting pretty sad.
>>342748462
i would call it even
as soon as the blob starts digesting, the thing starts assimilating
they'll never get to a point where one wins or loses
>>342751000
See >>342748921
How you want to interprete both being saved is up to you.
>>342751261
>x days of supplies left
>doctors can research how to test for the thing
>if supplies stop and nobody leaves thing wins by default
>if thing gets to leave it wins
Only thing is the movies build up tension over a longer period of time in the movie
>>342751340
I'd also make it harder to coordinate with other players by making in-game mic's have a limited distance unless you're near an intercom.
>>342749890
parasite was my love and life in 2005~ but are there really people playing right now?
>>342750928
>It was alright.
No. It really wasn't.
It was a soulless cash grab that relied on iconic scenes from the original while losing everything that made the original scenes so unique, and replaced it with shitty action, shitty explosions, shitty plot holes, shitty acting, and shitty everything.
I went in to that movie expecting it to be garbage and holy shit it exceeded every expectation. It set a new bar for how low Hollywood remakes can sink.
>>342751472
>MY STORY WAS DEEP AND I SAID RAPE AND THAT HAD A DOUBLE MEANING BECAUSE IT WAS DEEP AND I'M DEEP AND WHY ARE PEOPLE CRITICIZING MY WORK
>/v/ having a better discussion about a film than /tv/
>>342751261
That's already a thingheh, it's a mode in SS13.
>>342751586
Dunno, but I'll host if there's interest. I might make a thread of it's own to get interest.
>>342751154
easy one player starts off as the thing, tries to infect other players and survive until rescue comes.
>>342750317
This it would just assimilate all fish then go from there.
>>342751638
Really sad.
>>342747814
I think Childs was an imitation at that point, but even if he wasn't, it wouldn't matter.
>>342751261
You would need a system that makes you basically lose if you kill a player without them being The Thing.
>>342743503
>Anime poster doesn't have the mental capacity to realize that maybe just maybe that it might've crash landed there
>>342751670
/tv/ is the worst board on 4chan
>>342751714
Yeah, but people want a stand-alone game and not a shitty meme game played by autistic furries running on a terrible laggy engine.
>>342751795
That system is called "other players who think you are now the thing because you killed someone".
>>342751472
If you would like to explain, instead of lamenting about how tragic it is, I'm all ears.
>>342751795
think of it like the game town of salem
if you kill someone that isn't the thing then sure you're one step closer to killing the thing but you also screwed yourself out of companion
would The Thing or Necromorphs win in a fucked up biomass fight
>>342751261
sounds like TTT
>>342751670
It's a well known fact that interest boards are the worst place to discuss the advertised interest. It's all just shitposting meta.
/tv/ actually has some really good video game threads.
>>342746972
Are you in for a treat soon, Anon:
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/06/14/phoenix-point-new-xcom-julian-gollop/
Pheonix Point, by Julian Golup (creator of XCOM) is directly inspired by it. Judging by his capabilities at delivering a very polished game with Chaos Reborn, I'm really excited for this one.
>>342751879
>meme game
What does this even mean? It used to mean flavor of the month but SS13 has been around for years.
>autistic furries
The only furry stuff in the game when I last played were lizardmen, but I do agree non-human/cyborg crew is stupid.
>terrible laggy engine
Fair enough.
>>342751670
it's great, this is probably one of best /v/ threads I've participated in a year.
>>342752015
The Thing, easy.
You have to burn it to kill it, the Thing kills on a molecular level, and it actually has intelligence.
>>342752025
and /v/ has some good anime threads
>>342751714
>>SS13
So its already a shit flinging fest.
>>342751261
this is exactly trouble in terroris town, just without the thing in it
>>342751781
He's right you know.
A lot of those dime store scifi trash magazines like Clarkesworld or Apex pretty much just accept genre sensationalist fanfic tier garbage.
>>342747814
Yes. I haven't watched it in a while but there is a scene when he's guarding that door where the camera zooms in really close on the jackets. Someone fucked with the jackets. The Thing tears through your clothing when it takes you over, so it came back and took one of the jackets. Something is also odd about when Childs leaves that room, I can't remember what though.
There are enough hints that show he was infected. At the very least, Mcready couldn't be. There was no point in time for him to be taken over. It's either Childs was infected or neither of them were. In the end they both die so it hardly matters, though I suppose the thing could just freeze itself until someone finds it like in the stupid video game.
>>342752134
Holy shit that looks cool.
>>342752015
the thing easy, it assimilates all biomass it comes in contact
>>342751670
Funny, I've seen this exact samevice versa obviouslypost on a Witcher thread in /tv/
>>342751154
actually expanding more on designing one's own character, I don't know shit about programming but it'd be kick-ass if the game could ascertain your playstyle and mimic it if The Thing were to be a computer. Probably just a nice thought though, and kind of useless at that probably unless you had a particularly known character through a survival leaderboard or whathaveyou.
>>342751340
I meant to imply it'd be a way to prevent thinking that two guys queue up and tell each other who the current thing is if one of them bites it; hell, it'd eliminate the paranoia as well if they both knew who definitely was not The Thing.
>>342751795
The game would always need to end with escape even if the Thing is killed early. This is so people will still unknowingly kill each other even if they have already won.
>>342742192
>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 thought I remember a behind the scene's documentary where they showed many of the scenes setup the base the way the team in the original discover it
>>342749397
no, probably one of my favorite movie moments of all time.
>>342752291
I think the issue is that the Thing shouldn't understand the concept of "rape" so the fact that it's from its perspective, yet it wants to "rape it into them" makes no sense and just stinks of a lack of creativity.
>>342752382
>actually expanding more on designing one's own character, I don't know shit about programming but it'd be kick-ass if the game could ascertain your playstyle and mimic it if The Thing were to be a computer. Probably just a nice thought though, and kind of useless at that probably unless you had a particularly known character through a survival leaderboard or whathaveyou.
That'd require having an AI system advanced enough that it could trick a human into thinking it's a human, which is exceptionally hard to do. Whodunit games work best with everyone being an actual person, so you can defend yourself, scheme, etc
>I meant to imply it'd be a way to prevent thinking that two guys queue up and tell each other who the current thing is if one of them bites it; hell, it'd eliminate the paranoia as well if they both knew who definitely was not The Thing.
The only way to really do that would be to have moderators/admins to limit metagaming when it occured.
>>342751261
It would play much, MUCH better as a card game. Think of the wolf man or murderer type games, they're shit online but great in social circumstance.
>>342751795
The Thing being able to reanimate dead persons, essentially giving the thing a free "assault" on the non-Things, without blowing his cover.
However the challenge is whetever the reanimated player should be AI-controlled or player controlled.
>>342738240
that shit made me kek
>>342751295
>342751472
I guess. I just think it would have been neat if the Thing constructed bizarre alien weaponry from scraps. Besides, it could soak the bullets in its blood, then when they got shot, it didn't matter if the shooter died. You'd have as many new things as people it shot.
>>342743097
I heard one theory was in the prequel the thing is still learning about humans
>>342752719
I dunno man, Trouble in Terrorist Town (which is basically what the anon described) works very well if you've got a group of friends for it with a private server instead of playing the game publicly.
>>342751167
>The Thing : The Musical
holy shit how did I not know of this.
>>342745000
>000
that pic
>>342752680
with an advanced enough AI that wasnt 100% perfect it would probably be even scarier if things were only bots.
Imagine being the last 2 alive and realising the entire game is out to get you, that would be fucking horrifying
>tfw I found out that John Carpenter's The Thing is a remake of an older movie
>>342749201
Yeah, that turned from a fun thing into something that tried too hard to be treated as mainstream canon.
I once had a dream where I was watching an extended cut where Childs and Macready got rescued, and the rescue started talking about how they had managed to assimilate Earth's leadership and know that "their leader" (the Thing in the Arctic) had been found, they'd be moving forward with phase two.
>>342743074
I would say it's sort of low-level cosmic horror if you really think about it, though please be aware >>342743324 is a tumblr-tier Lovecraft "fan"
And just for Clarity's sake, The Thing is my favorite horror movie, if not one of my favorite movies in general.
>>342752912
But it would be almost instantly obvious who is a thing because they wouldn't act like a person, unless you got together AI specialists from around the world to design an AI good enough to pass the turing test.
If you were the last ones alive, you'd then have to realize that you'd have an entire server full of people out to get you anyway, which is arguable worse.
>>342751261
Couldn't some players just use team speak to just tell their friends who the thing is?
>>342752490
The main concern I have is the most efficient way to play would basically make it death match. Kill everyone but you, and you will win 90% of the time.
>>342752941
And now we'll never see them use either with other fun crossovers because everyone wants to believe Alien and Predator are just firmly the same universe, not just a fun idea.
>>342752927
Yeah, it was pretty well known back in the 80s Carpenter was doing a remake a of a classic sci-fi horror movie of that 50s. And when the The Thing came out, it failed financially, critically reviled, and evens sci-fi fans of the time hated it. It didn't find an audience until VHS releases and TV reruns.
>>342752650
It used the term because Childs used it first, did you even read the story?
>>342747460
The game says that Childs was not a thing, and the comics say that he was. there's also discrepancies like >>342747460 or the fact that Childs has no visible breath despite being in the arctic.
>>342753205
Make metagaming a bannable offense.
Metagaming is really easy to spot if the admins have logs of what happens on the server.
>>342752161
Woah there man, let's not go nuts.
>>342749397
>mfw i first saw this scene
>>342748462
Both of them, as they bond into a new and superior life form, even more suitable for harvesting organics.
>>342753237
For me AvP is a one way street. I hate it when Yautja are in the Aliens setting, but I don't mind if Xenomorphs are in Predator setting. I like Alien better though.
>>342747432
There's also the hint where a character drops a set of keys (which you only hear, there is no visual confirmation of it) and is specifically pointed out in the script. This later leads to the blood samples they had taken to be destroyed and further creates suspicion towards the character who original had those keys.
There's a ton of that stuff in some youtube video discussing how every character absorption was pretty much explained by events in the movie, was a good watch.
>>342753145
>tumblr-tier Lovecraft
What's a better example of lovecraftian horror?
>>342753237
Yeah, the two AvP movies even devalue the integrity of the franchise just by being there. They also couldn't put on a food fight between the two monsters and made it all about some human character people didn't sit down to watch.
>>342749397
When i first saw it i just thought "oh yes this is gonna be a great fucking movie"
>>342753238
> critically reviled
>sci fi fans hated
What why?
I understand its hard to compete with E.T but why did it tank so badly?
>>342753240
Using a word isn't the same as understanding its context. I also don't believe that the Thing believes what it does is rape. I doubt it has that kind of respect for humans. It seems to treat humans like anything else below it
>>342734361
you could just play space station 13
>>342740494
This guy makes a lot of cool shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8aU4MYDsOQ
>>342750057
Absolutely true. It doesn't really matter because MacReady had a bottle of alcohol anyway, at the end of the movie.
>>342753391
Yeah, I'm of a similar sentiment.
>>342751670
well /v/ is very good discussing things that aren't related to video games
when it comes to video games, /v/ sucks very hard
Technically there is a videogame like this but doesn't include any body horror at all: Mafia
You don't know who your friends are and every day a community has to make a choice based only on conversation who to kill and who to spare
>>342747532
The thing is smart but it's still foreign, it's race might not even have a use for alcohol. The thing also has a growing memory. The Bennings thing couldn't speak, but following that it picks up the language quickly, probably by spying on the team.
Also language processing is in the broca of the brain, whereas memory is harder to pin down. It's possible that the broca can be easily assimilated, but the various Things had no memory relating to the infected crewman's personal life.
>>342749365
>https://youtu.be/zcNwKBPE7Rg
It looks so fucking cheesy and awful. There's nothing satisfyingly scary or disturbing about it because the effects are so campy and cartoony.
>>342753391
That's a good way of putting it. Yautja just can't exist in an Aliens movie because they make light of how easy preds can kill them and it destroys their image. But if it's a pred movie, that kind of thing just supports the hunter image.
>>342753561
The sad reality is Hollywood cannot make a movie without humans at the core of the plot. Without dialogue and drama it would have to just be pure spectacle, which is better suited to games. They could have pulled off a human sub-plot and done it well. They just... didn't.
>>342749397
I was 7 when i first saw this movie.
my dog was still alive at the time, she was a American Bulldog, after that scene I made her sleep in the closet until the movie was over - and i slept in a different room until morning.
>The Thing fucked with my childhood.
>>342738848
I'd love a Thing game with similar gameplay to the Assassin's Creed multiplayer of trying to blend in with the crowd and pretend to be an NPC to hunt down lone crew members.
>>342753654
Probably because Star Wars had made people love space opera more than horror. Star Wars kinda derailed the sci-fi movie genre in general.
>>342745000
Love ya /v/
>>342753237
>there will never be a good sequel to Starship Troopers
>>342753654
1)It was the goriest movie ever created at that time.
People found it incredibly offensive and disgusting.
2)The 80's was the era of feel good movies and balls to the wall action movies. The Thing was neither of these.
>>342753654
Critics hated it because it was a gorefest. Sci-fi fans hated it probably because the 50s version was an untouchable classic in their eyes. Also sci-fi fans were probably out seeing Blade Runner.
"I take every failure hard. The one I took the hardest was The Thing. My career would have been different if that had been a big hit...The movie was hated. Even by science-fiction fans. They thought that I had betrayed some kind of trust, and the piling on was insane. Even the original movie's director, Christian Nyby, was dissing me." - John Carpenter
>>342749397
Has Capcom sued them over this yet?
>>342753886
>The Bennings thing couldn't speak
Because it was in the process of assimilating.
They specifically state this in the movie, Anon.
Everything else is pure speculation by you. Aside from anyone who isn't a retarded who can pick apart the gasoline """"theory"""", the creators themselves said it's not.
>>342735593
I was thinking the same thing cunt.
What ever happened to monster movies? Now it's all ghosts and hauntings and shit
>>342754068
>Has Capcom sued them over this yet?
>>342748738
There is some debate on the issue. Carpenter originally had no problem with it, then said it wasn't canon.
>>342738196
either way I think that he would have burned himself and childs to be sure
>>342754253
ghosts torture and jumpscares*
>>342753929
>I was 7 when i first saw this movie.
>>342753972
>1)It was the goriest movie ever created at that time.
There were gorier horror movies, but The Thing was the goriest "mainstream" movie.
>2)The 80's was the era of feel good movies and balls to the wall action movies. The Thing was neither of these.
I agree with you on that, The Thing is very dark, nihilistic. If it weren't a sci-fi horror movie, I'm sure critics would be jerking each other off over it. Critics tends to be snobbish towards fantastical elements.
>>342754068
Gave me a chuckle, thanks anon.
>>342754253
Making monsters costs budget, and studios don't like gambling on that.
Also there are plenty of monster movies that released, they just don't get theater releases. Pay attention to what gets shown at film festivals.
>>342753913
It's generic Hollywood shit.
>>342754253
Monster movies probably died when CG began to take over. Suspension of disbelief was surely destroyed during that horrible era. Monster FX studios creating physical monsters is a lost art.
>>342753916
>The sad reality is Hollywood cannot make a movie without humans at the core of the plot. Without dialogue and drama it would have to just be pure spectacle, which is better suited to games. They could have pulled off a human sub-plot and done it well. They just... didn't.
I think that Mad Max Fury Road from last year is proof of concept that you don't need soap opera tier exposition and drama to make a compelling action movie full with spectacle. Hollywood just hate going outside of any comfort zone ever, and they now also want to avoid offending anyone. It's why 90% of all special effect movies are now basically weaker version of older movies.
>>342734361
The Dead Space serieswere good games and very obviously inspired by the thing. Just ignore the third game and it's all good. The first one does nail the constantly oppressive atmosphere extremely well.
>>342753145
>tumblr-tier Lovecraft "fan"
Enlighten me as to what is considered "lovercraftian" according to you
>>342754350
I remember watch IT when I was 7 and being fucked up for years. The thing probably would've killed me. Kinda a shame, watching today IT is fucking terrible.
>>342750251
You're autistic.
>>342751167
>>342752891
fuck, that's good.
>>342754676
No he should play the third gamejust for the Brethren Moons
>>342754715
Not him, but Lovecraftian horror is about the bubbles of people's ordinary lives being broken by the presence of a larger, but alien reality. It's how you can make the argument that Alien has Lovecraftian themes.
>>342754360
Only reason it was shit on by the public was ET, everyone was convinced aliens are suppose to be a feel good concept. Luckily the film receives the praise it deserves today.
>>342754172
Not even the same anon, retard.
>They specifically state this in the movie
Oh you mean the same movie where the team has no idea what the fuck the Thing is? The same movie that got a prequel which had bunch of scientists who still couldn't explain the Thing beyond the extremely obvious? Both teams were operating under a time and danger window so how do you expect them to understand anything other than the extremely obvious?
play it, love it.
written by swery
>>342750617
It should have been much better, they originally filmed it with puppets exactly like the original, but they painted over it all with CGI.
Personally I feel the thing is much more aggressive than it should be in it.
But then again; maybe getting it's ass handed to it in the prequel is the reason it's sneaky in the original.
>>342754807
Same here. Catching scenes of IT as a child scared me shitless. Saw it in recent years and had to laugh at shit like the cheesy claymation looking effect of Pennywise coming through the shower drain.
>>342755054
>people's ordinary lives being broken by the presence of a larger, but alien reality
Well if you put it that way, sure
>>342735952
Day Z is the best kickstarter game I've ever seen.
I can't think of any other good ones, but at least I got that much.
>>342755054
I replayed the third the other day. I had completely forgotten just how fucking stupid the ending was. I mean the "You can't have us" scene was great but not worth that ending to set it up.
>>342754676
>constantly oppressive atmosphere
seen one grate you seen em all, game's only scare was the tentacle grabbing you.
>>342754053
>Even the original movie's director, Christian Nyby
kek, serves him right
>>342755245
The ending would have been underwhelming for me if it weren't for the DLC being the true ending. Fuck EA for being massive Jews by pulling that bullshit.
>>342754614
No. It has nothing to do with MUH PRACTICAL EFFECTS
But the way filmmakers had to disguise the practical effects. The first half of Jaws is so terrifying because their animitronics were busted and they had to hide the shark. Alien was so spooky because their costume was cheap rubber, and they had to slather the guy in Vaseline and hide him in dark and quick shots. What made horror so good back then wasn't MUHH PRACTICAL EFFECTS, but the horror of the unknown that came along from using them.
Now with CGI filmmakers, or more likely studios, feel the need for everything to be biggerer and bader. We're only going to get slowburning horror movies through indie studios by directors who care, like The VVitch.
>>342755054
I thought lovecraftian horror was the realization of endless expanses of of the universes and the meaninglessness of that comes with realizing our small existence
>>342755370
you're late
>>342755284
Doesn't have to have scares to be a horror game son.
>>342755182
>swery
I had no idea.
>>342755370
>>342745000
Late to the party, amigo.
>>342754621
>Hollywood just hate going outside of any comfort zone ever
This is the industry that thinks Green Lantern failed not because of shitty story-telling, bad effects (FUCKING CGI MASK), and hokey acting but because there was green on the cover.
The entire movie making institution is so superstitious and backwards that unless the entire culture of media changes we're stuck.
Unrelated side note - I'm 32 now and I had watched The Thing on HBO when I was very little, maybe 4 or 5.
I didn't even know what it was at the time but for years the only thing I could remember was the scene where they take the flame thrower to that guy and the inhuman screams and he walked through the wall of the place they were in.
I finally figured out what move it was in my teens and I really don't know how to feel about that.
>>342755486
>>342755461
He fixed the ear showing up instead of the face being glued to the real human.
>>342751316
>Keith David is Chaos
>Chaos is Garland
>Garland is Piccolo and Vegeta
>Daily Dose is the Thing
>see thread
>watch entire 2011 version
>thread still up
>read The Thing's story from link itt
>thread still up
It should not even exist; existing, it should not survive.
It tries, though. How it tries. Every thing here is walking dead and yet they all fights so hard to keep thread bumped just a little longer. Each anon fights as desperately as I might, if this thread was all I could ever have.
>>342743764
>captive beast
>tfw even advanced aliens couldn't defeat it properly
>>342755461
>>342755486
His is better than mine tbqh
Should I make another thread?
>>342755284
Every room has grates though, but not every room has an ooga booga coming to stab you up. You are constantly kept on your toes, which I like. They even delay the obvious "arena" room invasions sometimes but not others, it's the inconsistency in the attacks that makes the atmosphere so good.
>>342755660
Probably, i mean if it was any kind of intelligent then it probably wouldn't have immediately tried to murder everyone
>>342755143
Watch the movie again and get back to me, fag.
The specifically talk about how they caught him in the middle of assimilating.
>>342755427
Not showing practical effects for extended scenes is a big part of practical effects. It comes as a package. So you really aren't arguing anything different.
>>342755642
Do we have to burn you anon?
>>342755723
The game would have been scarier with fewer necromorphs.
The atmosphere, the sound design and the setting was what made it great.
But Dead space is not supposed to be scary, it's more of a repulsive horror game like Event horizon.
>>342755474
>No longer frightened, just know where enemy spawns and I'm k since starting weapon>narcolepsy AIDS ridden zombies
>horror
ayy lmao
>>342755723
mowing the fucking lawn what it felt like
>>342755873
>Not showing practical effects for extended scenes is a big part of practical effects.
Which is my point. You could easily and more effectively do the same with CGI. It's a filmmaker/studio choice, not MUH PRACTICAL EFFECTS ARE BETTERRRR.
>>342753929
I think my earliest experiences that had me startled with horror was Nightmare on Elmstreet and an old Hellraiser comic that I threw away like a faggot. Now I love horror.
I later ended up becoming a huge fan of Hellraiser that has influenced my artstyle. Shame only the two first movies are good.
>>342756041
Could you perhaps be less of a faggot?
>>342755945
>mowing the fucking lawn
but that's enjoyable
>>342756129
not when it's 90 degrees 80~90% humidity fucking yank
>>342756113
Nice counter argument, but you forgot your reaction image.
>>342756129
Dad please get off of /v/
>>342755894
How about some communion instead?
>>342756230
So "no" then.
>>342747814
Who gives a shit.
>>342755427
Witch was terrible though
Also I wouldn't say CGI filmmakers need to make things bigger or badder, its moreso that they feel the need to explain everything. The average moviegoer is borderline braindead, and needs every little nuance explained to them.
>>342753509
Writing that runs with the themes of human insignificance in a weird universe Lovecraft used without devolving into derivative Derleth bullshit.
Laird Barron is a good modern example as a writer.
>>342754715
>>342755054 put it well; All the stuff about going mad just be looking at a horrid beasty and Everything being about cults was less significant in most of Lovecraft's work, and more so propagated in the "New Lovecraft Mythos" that August Derleth and a bunch of other hacks cobbled together after HPL died.
>>342756041
Its not a matter of which is better, but which adds more to the movie the practical effects in the original movie because its better paced and builds its suspense better than the prequel.
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