The Thing Star Keith David Breaks Down Final Scene, Teases Sequel | PeopleTV | Entertainment Weekly

[@markrskinner]

Can't believe that was his first film. A fantastic performance.

[@MrUndersolo]

I thought it was “Platoon”.

[@kalletunnellinen6863]

K August Platoon was made in 1986

[@NextGenCouncil]

I had no idea. He is official and a master of his craft.

[@Flint-Dibble-the-Don]

He was only 26 when it was made. He had an alpha male wise beyond his years quality to him. Now it's just the right amount of years lol.

[@SDallstar]

Amen!!!

[@SJM6791]

John Carpenter’s “The Thing” is as near perfect a movie that I’ve seen. The plot, cast, and music are absolutely amazing.

[@robertward5047]

It's missing a musical number at the end but apart from that your right.

[@jordanjohnston655]

@@robertward5047 Fits the Nihilistic theme and finale though, sense of dread and ultimate defeat. To play devil's advocate, I could see somewhat of a musical number at the end considering it was Ennio Morricone who did the music. Something more powerful and orchestral I suppose could definitely work. For some reason Howard Shore Scanners end credits theme comes to mind, with a Morricone style including the Thing theme. Still love what we actually got.

[@SDallstar]

And to think, it was panned world wide at the time.

[@Dravianpn02]

It had the theme from the beginning that worked perfectly.

[@mdk9000]

It was the sense of mistrust and paranoia that came through for me in that film. The desperation and panic in some of the characters voices and how they turned on each other - great acting and great directing! Thomas Waites who played Windows really brought that to the forefront...’I mean he could beeeee one of those thinggssss!!!’ Kurt Russel speaking into the tape recorder ‘Nobody...trusts anybody now...’ - a classic piece of cold subdued acting by Russel...great voices - I could go on... I don’t know what anyone else thinks but the recent remake - I couldn’t watch it...the characters were so watered down and so far away from the intensity of the John Carpenter remake it just wasn’t worth it for me...

[@mrcokez1]

decades later and will still talk about this film. for sure one of my favorite horror films of all time. Keith David is awesome he looks great.

[@theusher2893]

a random frog Absolutely on all points.

[@munchyman3]

I watched it first time in the eighties, and here I am in 2018 trying to figure out if Childs was the Thing …

[@dabunnyrabbit2620]

munchyman3 I say they were both human, because if he was a copy, why wouldn't he attack? Macready was a bit out of it, so what was stopping him.

[@munchyman3]

Dabunny Rabbit Not only that, Childs also had a pierced ear and a gold tooth. So unless the Thing had learned from its mistakes from the prequel I would assume at least Childs was human. It wouldn't make sense to make McReady the thing either as he destroyed the big one and set the base on fire.

[@skar8009]

That's why The Thing is my #1 horror movie, the best thing it could have happened after all these years is that Carpenter forgot who was intended to be the alien so the mystery will always remain...until some bullshit director decides to do a sequel with Childs possibly being the Thing.

[@Forsete]

Apparently Keith David doesn't know how to age.

[@Bubbles99718]

Forsete Black don't crack.

[@Thutmosis7]

easily you right. But some blacks do

[@விஷ்ணு_கார்த்திக்]

Bryan Gillis I think he was expecting him look decrepit

[@TallChief42]

Lol. He's clearly older. This is 36 years after the movie. But if he shaved bald like when he was in the movie, he'd probably look younger because that gray hair clearly ages his look. Great actor though

[@coreylucas5346]

Black never cracks.

[@eddixon2015]

He's a legend. He's one of the few actors that you can put in any movie and he will always preform.

[@Gunners_Mate_Guns]

He really is excellent at what he does. Loved the epic street fight between him and Rowdy Roddy Piper in "They Live."

[@coreylucas5346]

And voice actor

[@derekazyan9942]

Yeah from thing and spawn to there’s something about Mary. He could do it all.

[@UncleTermite]

He was even a bartender in Roadhouse he’s only seen for a few moments not even a main part . Lol

[@draskang]

The THING! was his 1st movie?! talk about a home run!

[@derekazyan9942]

It’s crazy critics didn’t like it when it was released. Shows you most critics are shills and morons

[@craigh8602]

Hahaha... "The Black guy lived." He's right. Best SciFi/horror flick ever.

[@brandanvujic5794]

Is he though?

[@user-fs9ul9ib3b]

We will never know

[@TheSoCalledZoner1]

Nauls tho he didnt make it

[@Locadel2003]

This man has also a great underrated career. He has an hilarious role in There is something about Mary, he has a nice role in Pitch black, a very creepy role in Requiem for a dream, one of the best fights of all time in They live, a nice military roles in Armageddon and Platoon, a great sidekick role in marked for death, a fine performance in clockers. Great actor

[@kendallrivers1119]

He is very overlooked. One of the best actors ever imo. Also Mykelti Williamson and Ron Glass.

[@EricPudalov]

I forgot he was in Requiem! That WAS a very creepy scene.

[@DavidWilliams-pb6he]

Don’t forget he was in Dead Presidents!

[@davonbenson179]

He should’ve been in the Terminator films.

[@ExcentricDragon]

Captain Anderson - Mass Effect. Amazing voice performance.

[@BWinDCI]

His velvety voice can make a grocery list sound like poetry.

[@TvXperia]

He might just be the coolest guy alive

[@Gunners_Mate_Guns]

Yep, and a really good actor. He also has one of the best voices going, right up there with the likes of James Earl Jones or Orson Welles. Whenever you see a commercial for the navy, that's his voice you're hearing for the voiceover.

[@krjna5356]

That he is & the coolest actor too! Besides Kurt Russell !

[@ambergaskins4076]

Very good actor especially in the 1982 The Thing, in my opinion, one if not the best John Carpenter movie ever made 💯

[@twomindz79]

For sure it's his best . It's the one that's really stood the test of him .

[@wills.8662]

@Kevin McClintock I agree and would go further to say one of the best made in any genre whatsoever

[@SpaghettiYOLOKingTTV]

Definitely his best. As much as I love Halloween, The Thing is miles ahead of it. Definitely different types of stories and horror, but they both share a tension that slowly builds throughput the movie until the levee breaks in the third act and they both leave you with an ending sequence that leaves with questions instead of answers. The Thing utilized it's tension ro perfection. Both films perfectly cast as well.

[@larryc835]

👏👍🔥💯❤🔟🥊.

[@austinfailz]

We have James Earl Jones and Morgan Freeman, two black men well known for their amazing voice for voice overs, but I think Keith David's voice is one of the best, and very underrated. Loved him in The Thing and They Live, and I also like his voice over work for the Beef series, as well as various things over the years for WWE.

[@dbsommers1]

Recognized his voice from the moment he first spoke in the Spawn animated series. It's real distinctive

[@tmm4633]

His voice is not quite as deep as both those men, but there is this warm resonance to it that's just mesmerizing

[@tylongkicks8821]

Goliath Gargoyle

[@jasonwilliams5550]

was he doing the beef series or ving rhames?

[@detpak]

He appeared in Sam Raimi's The Quick and the Dead as well.

[@jameswoodridge7712]

What made The Thing so great was the exceptionally talented cast. Keith David is such a great and believable actor. He really sells it which is what makes this movie such an incredible classic and so nightmarishly horrorfying is that these actors make it believably real! Their reactions are perfect. It's stood the test of time. I've watched this movie at least 20 times and it's just as scary the last time as it was on the first. Wish I could see it in a theater again!

[@LoneWolf_Cub_Ogami_Itto]

It's more than that though the cast is incredibly talented. John's direction, John & Alan Howarath piecing Ennio Moricone's score in synth, the special effects makeup and prop dept aka Rob Bottin, the constructed US Outpost 31 camp, the setting all of it plays a huge role.

[@bruhbruhbruhh3057]

I loved the way the ending made me feel, it was amazing. All that paranoia from the movie, all that wondering who was who until we only have Mac left, and just when you think it's over Childs shows up to give you that sense of paranoia one last time. Maybe nobody is the thing, and John just wrote the movie in such a brilliant way that you, the viewer, end up being just as paranoid as the crew once was and refuse to believe that the 2 guys can have a semi happy ending sharing a drink knowing that they gave up their lives to save the world, because you're allowing the paranoia to consume you just as the crew had.

[@tommargarites2811]

Very well said, by what you've commented here, truly cements John Carpenter as a grandmaster of horror films.

[@tommargarites2811]

@johnryder8464 He may have written the screenplay, but John Carpenter made it, and did so masterfully. Not all film makers can do that from a script.

[@JohnDoe-sx2zk]

he was fucking great in that movie....also in platoon

[@jezzoid1]

U sir r correct amazing actor

[@jezzoid1]

King doh in platoon holds a place in my heart

[@jezzoid1]

And I sir am a white dude

[@jezzoid1]

Watch future man he's in it

[@sammys70]

Also great in the movie"They Live"

[@GoBuckeyes216]

He will always be the arbiter

[@WJstudios04]

Anderson from Mass Effect

[@pershing5286]

Julius Little from Saints Row

[@TypeCOrbitalFrame]

black guy in the thing

[@bigdoinks69]

Child's from The Thing

[@justagundam]

The Thing is a more version of The Flood.

[@getsufuma2597]

Keith David has brought us some of the most memorable characters of all time, definitely one of my favorite actors.

[@RK-eo8gl]

He is a great actor who also has a great voice which helped his career.

[@InfoRanker]

He was perfect for the role, I loved his attitude. The Thing was a masterpiece and he was a big part of that. We still don't know for sure if he was a thing at the end. I suspect he was because he changed his coat and he drank the "whisky" without even thinking about it which was a bit curious. I think it was a brilliant ending, it left us without all the answers and were still discussing it to this day. One of my favorite movies ever.

[@rosekeyes3189]

I love you Keith David but you were The Thing at the end.

[@blackvalio4060]

Game says otherwise

[@patrickwaters4896]

his clothing was changed, he drank gasoline, Childs was the Thing

[@kaxeniakristelle7887]

It's also a running metaphor, at the start MacReady pours whiskey into the chess wizard saying "cheating bitch" because it checkmated him, seems he's in a checkmated position to us, but to MacReady, giving the "whisky" to Charles was akin to pouring in the computer and destroying it, hence his chuckle: in one of the scripts, it describes how mac has a flamethrower resting under his blanket/poncho, ready to torch child's, he could also be chuckling because of Child's lack of worry about sharing the drink: Fuchs even says early on "even a small amount of this organism could infect anyone of us, is suggest we prepare our own meals and eat eat out of tins" by this point it's already weeks since first infection so everyone would be used to that fact

[@patrickwaters4896]

After review and consideration, I don't think Childs was the Thing. And yeah, racism. @icecreambeats101

[@kaxeniakristelle7887]

@icecreambeats101 thing cant imitate metal in the 2011 prequal, that 30 yeats after this one, wow! You are fucking stupid!

[@lordraiden1125]

I also loved him as the psycho vet in men at work with Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez, sooo funny, ''Yes sir, officer sir!''

[@jumbojimbo4614]

It surely is a good sign that a movie is still talked about and discussed after almost 40 years after it was released. John Carpenter did an awesome job with The Thing and left a lot in the air as to what happened in the movie and the ambiguity of the ending.

[@ernestbrown2687]

This is a legend actor the thing classic still waiting on sequel come John make it happen.

[@mindriot91_96]

This movie is AMAZING!! So incredible, down to the acting, directing and practical SFX.

[@cheriemcfadden5287]

Keith David was in 2 of my fav John Carpenter's movies The Thing and They Live. Loved my childhood!!

[@berreta92f]

I like how he talks about the thing as if the events keep on going after the movie ends, i dont like it when actors say that theres nothing after the movie ends

[@grizzlymelon8376]

Same, if there`s one thing i hate it`s an unfinished story. We don`t neccesarily need to see it, but i`d like to think there IS some sort of conclusion written somewhere or something intended as story progression that we`ll never get to lay our eyes on. Theory`s are the main thing keeping it alive, but if there`s canonically nothing after this it would make all theory`s redundant and pointless, hell they might as well all count as true at that point.

[@planescaped]

@@grizzlymelon8376 I know for a fact that writers almost always have their own head-canon and I am certain John Carpenter does as well, but he's also smart enough to never share it with anymore. Because the question is why people still talk about the movie 40 years later. He has alluded to things before... but he has never outright confirmed anything, as it should be.

[@HighLineOrBust]

When i found out this guy did the voice of The Arbiter i had to instantly re watch The Thing, great film and a great actor. Hats off to Keith

[@leadcounsel4869]

Thank you Mr. David. It's one of my all-time favorite films and you were brilliant in it (as was every member of the cast). It is a masterpiece.

[@navaropalm6111]

It's great that there's not a sequel so the suspense remains till this day.

[@Myndrunner411]

Keith David wasn't the Thing because he moves on to fight Roddy Piper in They Live!

[@southsideman4891]

the thing lives!

[@Kelly14UK]

Lol. Carpenter for the win. The Fog was amazing.

[@gregbond3030]

best fight scene in a movie(IMO)

[@Ric_Roar]

Not this year.

[@ProtomanButCallMeBlues]

Actually confirmed as Carpenter settled on the Game being the "Canon" sequel. Keith David's character freezes to death and Mac barely survives by stealing a helicopter from the black ops team sent to retrieve the The Thing.

[@jakesavage1680]

I don't understand how Keith David does not have mega-stardom, this guy is the epitome of bass-ass and cool! Just the voice alone would have made him a mega-voice star!!

[@Mullet-ZubazPants]

Keith David is such an underrated talent. He could make a living just doing voice work

[@detangojet]

Love this guy. Extremely underrated actor. Great with comedy or serious rolls. Much respect for this man.

[@iNeverHadMercy]

Keith David is a Legend !! From The Thing to Spawn......true cinematic legend !

[@KyloRen4238]

Happy Birthday Keith David. U were amazing legend. I love Halo 2, 3, The Master Chief Collection, 5 Guardians, Teen Titans, Robot Chicken, American Dad, Free Birds, The Princess And The Frog, Volcano, The Thing, Mass Effect 1, 2, 3, Legendary Edition, and Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2. Halo is my favorite game. The music I listen, reminds me of the Church. May the Peace be with u Arbiter, Admiral David Anderson, Sergeant Foley, Lieutenant Fox, Childs and Chief Broadbeak. June 4, 1956 June 4, 2022 through June 4, 3022

[@gjtrue]

Keith David did a *fantastic* job for his first role. And a damn good movie to start out with! I hope John Carpenter creates a true sequel someday. 😋

[@cristinadiaz6813]

Very possible indeed!

[@kendallrivers1119]

A sequel after 40 years? Bit too late Don'tcha think? Nah this masterpiece told the story perfectly. Doesn't need to be ruined with an inferior cash grab.

[@JoeLewis14]

I love how much thought he put into the ending. His interpretation had clearly been pondered.

[@KaiserSoze-vx6vo]

Keith David has one of the best voices in Hollywood. His performance in the The Thing is even better finding out that was his role.

[@blueriverlore]

His laugh at the end of the interview is awesome.

[@gusmc2220]

wow didn't know The Thing was one of his FIRST movies! still one of my all time favorite movies, you sure don't see special effects like that these days! everything tough is done with CGI anymore.

[@Gunners_Mate_Guns]

It was his very first movie. Keith D. was a stage actor right up until he finally was cast in this movie.

[@KOLDBLU3ST33L]

He's always great to watch.

[@nbdingo6144]

Keith David is badass that ending LAUGH!!

[@DingKong]

Keith David is always good in everything. Just so watchable on-screen.

[@TheKisj]

Dear god, the man is as blessed with a voice as Morgan Freeman, love Keith David

[@patrickmurphy9470]

Such an iconic voice.

[@grizzlywhisker]

i have watched the thing probably close to 30 or 40 times and i have NEVER noticed that you couldn't see childs' breath in the air compared to macready. i honestly always thought they were both still human and the fact that one of them could be the thing was just kind of a cool little way to end the film.

[@ukm37]

That luagh at the end was just pure classic and priceless.

[@Guns7469]

I love this man

[@DarthSchlemminator]

That laugh at the end of the video is priceless

[@dkangelmichael]

The Thing was his first movie and now he has over 300 credits on IMDB.

[@rositawest4279]

Wow!!

[@gilbzmusic7186]

the pairing of him with the Sheen/Estevez boys was a home run too.....that same laugh as he kicks the merry go round with the too bicycle cops cuffed to it....He also fought like a champ against Roddy Piper on actual concrete in one of the best fist fight scenes on film....thanks for posting

[@gulskjegglive]

Not only great to see Keith again, but nice to know he is still in touch with his past work. Superb actor.

[@plisskenetic]

1:10 - Predator 2 is also unique in which it had a black man as the main hero & one who defeats a tough alien!

[@southsideman4891]

Golden Voice! Him and James Earl Jones are bosses.

[@Gunners_Mate_Guns]

Agreed The man really has the pipes.

[@shanenolan85]

Dennis Haysbert too! Keith has been the guy though too.

[@MultiKamil97]

His voice and James Earl Jones voice are nothing alike.

[@LilSpookyyy]

@@MultiKamil97 he never mentioned anything about their voices being ALIKE lol

[@HILAL19564]

Keith David the legend.. For me.

[@clairefreeman6273]

What an awesome actor with an incredible voice. Loved everything he's done especially The Thing, They Live, Platoon, The Job and Men At Work. But I'm pretty sure Childs never had breath even in earlier scenes and especially in the scene where they are all outside and he even asks MacCready what to look for with the thing...???

[@TheFailedmessiah]

He was hilarious in men at work.

[@stevegant7286]

Keith David was not only awesome in the THING, he was also awesome in They Live and Something about Mary. One of my favorite actors.

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

Keith David has been in so many of my favourite films but the one that sticks out is his scene with Ben Stiller and the zipper in there's something about Mary. He makes that scene even funnier with his timing and delivery. Such a pro

[@jo03rsxs]

Mr. Keith David you are a awesome actor!

[@brandonbond4312]

Admiral Anderson

[@jackspark1606]

Thank you so much for sharing with us 👍👍👍👍

[@2011WRESTLEFEST]

Living Legend! The Greatest Man Alive!

[@paranoyd70]

Keith David has always been one of my favorite actors, and its good to still see him.

[@Agent-xn1hr]

Keith David was great in The Thing as well as the rest of the cast. I always thought it would have been great to have a movie starring Keith David and David Keith.

[@cartoonpete407]

How about starring David Carradine and Keith Carradine? 😅

[@doomguy7479]

Man, I love Keith David. The guy is a legend just due to his roles in The Thing and They Live alone...

[@brianmartinez5453]

He is voice of Goliath

[@GeneralHeavy]

Brian Martinez as well Dr Facilier

[@joselopez6990]

The president in Rick & Morty Flame 🔥 King 🤴 Spawn

[@viintaqe135]

And.... Keith David in SR4

[@gregorypendell9260]

Most importantly, he's the Arbiter.

[@விஷ்ணு_கார்த்திக்]

Gregory PenDell , from?

[@donlebo6824]

I saw on Wikipedia, that David, played a doorman in "Disco Godfather" (HA!) prior to "The Thing',. I'm not surprised he didn't mention that one. Brilliant actor, and for an early perfomance in The Thing, it seemed he was a seasoned pro He was great in it.

[@melaniesmith1313]

GOLIATH! I love Keith David. My kids and I always say, "Uh oh! A cool black guy! He's toast!" Nice to see him survive!

[@dunwitch]

What a great guy and what a VEST

[@Asiablu2004]

Keith David is awesome, hands down, and the Animated Spawn series on HBO, is still one of his top performances for me. The Thing and They Live are right up there because of his charisma and sheer relatability. You ROCK Keith David. :)

[@markwalsh2340]

He has such a great voice. So much he could do with those pipes.

[@ek2156]

Keith David has been in so many great movies! Definitely one of my favorite character actors of all time! I've never seen a bad movie with him in it. Even "Men at Work" was worth a watch! :D

[@mjmockingbird263]

What a brilliant filme never has a movie made me think so much

[@adriantorres4431]

This man doesn't age! One of my favorite actors in TV and film! Amazing performer!!!

[@brettthomas6327]

Brother has one of the greatest voices God ever created

[@AllegroFitnessArt]

One of my favorite actors. I’d love to see a badass action or crime film (maybe even an action horror) with him and Tony Todd as the two leads. As for a sequel to The Thing, it would be too late to do this now, but I would’ve loved to see a sequel that followed at least most of what went on in the first two Thing comic books from Dark Horse. In those, neither Child’s nor MacReady are the thing, but members of a rescue team they encounter become infected as a result of contact with the remains of one of the creatures that wasn’t fully destroyed in the explosion at the end of the movie. I don’t know where the story went after those first two volumes, and I’d be fine with some altering of the story, but I remember reading that later volumes of the comic series resulted in the creature making it to South America and posing a much larger threat because of the warmer weather and populated areas.

[@AkuTenshiiZero]

It's always funny to me that my first introduction to Keith David was Gargoyles, and it wasn't until later that I saw his earlier film work, and the two John Carpenter films he's been in are two of my favorite old movies now.

[@yungvamp6439]

I wish he would’ve touched on the different color jacket from when he’s last seen guarding the door. That and the fact that the power went out almost immediately after he “goes after” Blair are the most compelling pieces of evidence that suggest Childs’ is indeed The Thing.

[@shamasnazir997]

its the same jacket when hes sitting at the end talking with mcready its the same jacket he had on before he went after blair, but lots of snow accumulated look closley

[@zorronconnors6130]

Love that laughter at the end a great actor.

[@dbsommers1]

The casting in it was great period. Nice to see this helped put him on the map. He's pretty much great in everything he's in (though he was criminally underutilized in Roadhouse). Versatile as well.

[@tormondgiantsbain7407]

Love David, so cool!

[@yellow6100]

He is good in "They Live" too

[@Ligierthegreensun]

That laugh at the end was so perfect. What a great creepy laugh that dude has.

[@TreTheDescendant]

One Of My Favorite Actors EVER

[@Ocrilat]

I think the thing people have to keep in mind when debating this is that the ending was ambiguous on purpose. Any clue to who, both or neither simply wasn't intended by the filmmaker. There are no clues...because there is no answer. Period.

[@PsychoticLuke]

I do think Carpenter mentioned one of them was indeed The Thing, did he not? I thought I read that somewhere.

[@kevinrodriguez9701]

The whole movie gives you clues who could be a thing or not. The clues you have to look for are the changes in personality... it’s what the thing can’t imitate. Child’s at the end wasn’t the same as child’s in the beginning.

[@ndcopy7210]

Actually, light reflected in the eye is a clue...

[@Luka_menorykee]

Of course, but because of the Dunning-Kruger effect, there will always be idiots trying to apply their post mortem theories in any way they can. The open door scene with the snow pouring in where Childs left the compound (and the open door behind that one), as well as his sleepiness on the same position a few scenes before, now that's a deliberate clue. Especially since giving you clues is the only purpose of that scene. Changes in personality and acting out of character is the real clue as well. Everything else may or may not be deliberate, and may be your imagination looking for clues that are not there. The story is told well. The ending is perfect and there are enough real clues not to go searching for the invented ones. What's wrong with all these people?

[@Ocrilat]

@@Luka_menorykee John Carpenter, Kurt Russel and other people connected to the film have said that all the actors thought that they were 'the Thing'. And that though there were clues during the movie (like the eye gleam) they went to particular lengths to make sure that there were no 'clues' in the end. Originally Carpenter wanted the ending to be completely ambiguous, and any clues in the end were either accidental or fans letting their imaginations get away from them...the latter being the point. Also, I don't think Dunning-Kruger is at work here as much as apophenia.

[@csp5531]

I could listen to his voice all day.

[@Jedistarship]

Keith David still looks good for his age. All he has to do is Dye his hair and boom, ready for another Thing Sequel (3).

[@queensapphire7717]

That laugh at the end, priceless!

[@CaptToilet]

Keith David, Morgan Freeman, and James Earl Jones. Top 3 dudes that I will listen to all night long to soothe my soul.

[@shanenolan85]

CaptToilet I agree with Keith and James, but I'd sub Morgan for Dennis Haysbert.

[@desiderious1]

Keith Davis is a fantastic character actor and one of my favorites. I'm shocked this was his first film roll he did a fantastic job. Great interview.

[@Tobi-cc5fc]

He and Kurt Russell were absolutely phenomenal in the movie. It's still my absolute favorite movie apart from alien/s

[@RuruRampage]

what a wholesome guy

[@LMarti13]

Why do I get the feeling that Keith transformed and assimilated everyone in that room right after this cuts

[@dshepherd107]

And you were awesome in it!! Just rewatched it last night. First time I saw it, I was 15.

[@jordoncorby2187]

Glad he got the part he did a great job plus they needed the black guy to live haha

[@H0DLTHED0R]

Great actors and film.

[@davidgee4399]

According to the prequel, when you're assimilated you lose your fillings and jewelry, everything metal. Childs still has in his earring in the final scene so he wasn't assimilated, and obviously neither was MacReady. Until somebody decides to do a sequel, they killed the alien and then while their end is left ambiguous they likely froze to death.

[@leodefine86]

The point is that the thing is intelligent enough to replace the materials after it copies its victims, the thing put clothes back on and it even put back on earring as we can see in the Prequel movie.

[@bodhi8297]

Leonardo Gonçalves how do you replace a filling? Just pop it off and on?

[@davidgee4399]

@@leodefine86 In the prequel, the Carter-Thing didn't put it back in, that's how Kate outed him.

[@planescaped]

The prequel literally has no bearing on the original though. >__>

[@davidgee4399]

@@planescaped HUH?!? The prequel literally has all bearing on the original. How did that thought even formulate in your head?

[@Aniallationfulable]

This is so great. What a cool explanation

[@blockmasterscott]

I'm sorry, but everytime I see him I think of Lewis in Men at Work lol.

[@grizzlywhisker]

lol i'm surprised anybody remembers that movie. it was awesome.

[@Tralman1965]

Don't ever touch another man's fries!

[@CloudfeatherRusticWorks]

Would you look at that? Someone threw away a perfectly good white boy.

[@neildennis7294]

I don’t know boys...but they look pretty goddamn sweet to me!

[@SeriousBeats]

One of my favorite films top 5.

[@dr2stroke611]

Childs says 'you're the only one that made it?' not 'are we the only ones....' Childs has to be the thing.