First time watching *THE THING* - 1982 - reaction/review

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This is our first time watching "THE THING" starring Kurt Russel and Kieth David. This video is intended to give our own personal review and is edited in such a format to abide by the copyright laws for fair use. I highly suggest you to have seen this movie before watching our review. Thank you!
0:00 - Intro
00:36 - Reaction
36:13 - Review

[@shainewhite2781]

One of the best Sci-fi Horror Thriller Films ever made!

[@The_Twisted_Monk]

Totally agree 100%

[@shanechipman7157]

1st watch everyone hates the ending but every viewing after that you learn to appreciate it lol

[@The_Twisted_Monk]

The practical effects in this 1982 movie will never be topped...never to be seen again, even today. One of the greatest Sci-fis ever made, story, characters, atmosphere, location, all incredible. That "What If" ending, awesome. Great video, had fun watching, thanks for that. Till the next one, Enjoy.

[@mikerodgers7620]

Any other challengers?

[@SingleTax]

The practical effects couldn't be duplicated today even if a film director wanted to, because too many years of CGI have rendered it a lost craft.

[@eddhardy1054]

@@SingleTax I dunno mate. I saw the practical fx that they had intended to use on the prequel before the studio got involved and they looked pretty f*cking good.

[@ooEVILGOAToo]

An american werewolf in London, also 1982 would be a close second.

[@mikerodgers7620]

@@ooEVILGOAToo The Howling. The Fly. Society. Learn it.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

16:34 "damn, this guy's strong." -Ashly he eats hs oatmeal.

[@Madbandit77]

I understood that reference...😎👍

[@YoureMrLebowski]

@@Madbandit77 thank you. 🙂

[@My-Name-Isnt-Important]

Diabeetus

[@PeterMaranci]

@@YoureMrLebowski Wilford brimley was a Marine. Also a bodyguard for Howard Hughes. And he was in his forties when they made this movie. He just looked a lot older than he was. But odds are he actually could have killed all of the other actors if he'd wanted to.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

2:46 "somebody needs to like sedate this guy." -Ashly 2:56 sedated. permanently.

[@williamjones6031]

1. The Norwegian killed himself so The Thing couldn't get to him. 2. Movie magic, The ultimate hand grenade throwing FAIL helicopter had to be taken out. 3. You have to realize that this movie came out long before CGI so there was some very creative practical effects showcased here.🤩🤩 4. Mac's not a murderer. Clark was attacking him with the scalpel. It was self defense. 5. Of everything that went down the part that got me the most was when Blair was dragging Gary by the face. 6. Their fate is left up to the audience. Maybe it's best they all die. 7. Russell wasn't all that happy with that hat. 8. Another Russell/Carpenter product you need to first time/share with us is "Escape from New York".

[@strawdawgs78]

John Carpenter is definitely a director to watch out for. More people need to react to They Live, Escape from LA, and Vampires.

[@mikerodgers7620]

They Live is okay. Not great. The Fog.

[@Paulzuzu]

So many people like this movie because it's a master class in practical special effects. Us old dogs want younger people to watch this stuff so that this art form doesn't just disappear. Thank you for watching this. If you haven't already, check out American Werewolf in London and the Howling. Those movies also have great practical FX.

[@kennycooper294]

its not scary but "they live" is another cult classic sci-fi film from john carpenter

[@My-Name-Isnt-Important]

The Norwegian spoken by the one guy with the rifle at the beginning, actually gives away the film. In Norwegian he is telling them to stay away from the dog, that it's not a dog it's some kind of thing. So for Norwegian movie goers they were told that the dog was not what it appeared to be at the start of the film.

[@charlesbarnes6912]

I hope Kurt Russell's hat is sitting in some movie prop museum😂

[@Madbandit77]

The ending is left to the audience to decide amidst the twists and turns, making the paranoia more realistic in the film.

[@upsetuloss]

Glad to see y'all back. You should give The Last Dragon a reaction, cult classic.

[@IAmTheRawls]

Oh, look. It’s Ashley and Jenna! The dynamic movie reaction duo!

[@markusaraknus9296]

the dog is the best actor.

[@edwardthorne9875]

The dog has his own Wilipedia page. His name is Jed, and he creeped out the human actors.

[@winslow-eh5kv]

So, the implication here is that all the OTHER HUMAN actors gave sucky performances?

[@omaridanner1254]

Wassup Yall always enjoy your videos and can't wait for this reaction keep up the amazing work my friends 😊😊

[@YoureMrLebowski]

watching immediately, fingers crossed. don't forget to say your names at the beginning, i forget.

[@TheNyquilDriver]

It's Ashley and Jenna. I forgot too but another commenter posted it.

[@jen_lynn]

We were deciding if we should keep including our names in the beginning because no one else does it lol. I like introducing ourselves tho 🙂

[@TheHulk2008]

I love this movie one the greatest Sci fi horror films of all time. My question why pick Norris who had a heart condition and had poor health 🤔

[@otisroseboro5613]

One Of My All Time Favorite Movie's, Happy Friday Ladies, Great Reactions

[@Bjready2]

"Blair do you believe any of this Voodoo BS"... Awesome movie 😊😊😊

[@JJgibson1]

Check these movies out if you haven’t seen them: Tremors(1990), Halloween(1978), and Predator(1987).

[@BattleAngelFan99]

28:33 I've seen this movie many many times since the year it released and it wasn't until just a couple years ago I realized this scene here when the thing reveals its largest mass is kind of the pay-off of near the beginning when Macready lost to Chess Wizard computer and decided to deprive the machine of its victory by destroying it. Now when I see this scene, I imagine the thing saying "Check mate, check mate, check mate." And Macready "wins" by the same basic method. Technically though, the chances that there is no more of the thing left are practically zero. It could have become smaller organisms it's acquired in the past, hiding around the camp as a bunch of separate creatures or even buried little bits of itself here and there. Or then, there are the bits of it here and there such as when Macready blew the boss creature up or earlier in the movie with the stick of dynamite. There was the bit of it that escaped through the dog kennel roof. There's still a whole bunch of possibilities of thing remnants at the Norwegian camp and the ufo crash site. There could yet be other creatures in the ufo itself or that went a different direction out of it over a hundred thousand years ago. Maybe there were other dog things that ran away from the Norwegian camp. And like they said, just a single cell of this thing on this planet is a threat to all life, because it could take everything over. They mentioned there will eventually be rescue parties coming to investigate after a while and can you imagine them not collecting samples once they realize there is a possible extraterrestrial organism to be studied? There is so much sequel potential and I've never understood why we never got sequels. I've had some pretty good nightmares based on this creature that would be great as sequels. Settings in my dreams have included deep underground research base, on a space battleship carrying the thing samples that gets attacked by an enemy warship, moon base, asteroid mining facility... The thing that my nightmares had in common was that thing samples were collected at the American and Norwegian camps and the ufo site and they were treated carefully to get them to a secure facility, but bad things happened later.

[@aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051]

The problem is that if the thing falls into a forest, it's over, it can take over the trees and grass.

[@embraceyourweirdness70]

A lot of theories is that Mac was the Thing the whole time. When he gave Childs the bottle at the end, there was a small grin on Mac's face. Did he infect him there?🤔😂

[@kittyhawk9707]

one of the main theories is that Mac gave him a bottle of gas/kerosene rather then booze ... so when he saw Childs drink it without any obvious effect ..he knew Childs was the thing .. hence the little laugh/grin

[@embraceyourweirdness70]

@@kittyhawk9707 Ah. I've heard so many theories.

[@johnpittsii7524]

Hope you two are having an great and awesome day ❤

[@Bjready2]

I'm surprised, there aren't many movies scarier than The Thing.... I can only think of a couple. The 1974 The Exorcist being one of them. Then again times have changed. Creature features aren't as scary as they once were. If you like jump scares then Scream is a classic 90's movie that is top 10 jump scare worthy.

[@realBkay]

Yeah girls!! Ab-so-lute classic. Glad ur feeling well enough to post again.

[@keithnayo4582]

The dog was one of the best actors in this movie. I'd recommend The Conjuring movies

[@YoureMrLebowski]

22:53 😮 "[gasp] dude." -Ashly

[@TheNyquilDriver]

Out of all the reactions to this movie I've seen I think Jenna would be the most likely to survive. Good instincts! The Thing ripped up MacReadys clothes to frame him since he was in the leadership position. The lights were on in MacReadys shack from one of the things going up there to get some of his clothes. Either Palmer or Blair did it. If you look at the shadow on the wall when the dog was creeping around the base it is Palmer that the dog walked in on. Blair got changed in the shack. It was after he tied the noose but before he could hang himself.

[@HabitualCinema]

I know for a fact I’d survive! Because I’d have froze the thing .. to deal with after winter 😂

[@byronbrown1978]

Good reactions, ladies😊

[@saiga12commander]

Another excellent reaction, can't wait till your next one.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

23:10 they went overboard on pricking their fingers.

[@eddhardy1054]

It did concern me that, inspite of the risk of contagion, Windows just wipes the knife on his trousers. The scene would have been better (but not as gory) if they'd used a syringe like the ladies suggested.

[@Weirdooo123]

Silent watcher here , you guys should watch the movie Hardball. Its great 👍🏾

[@YoureMrLebowski]

no longer silent.

[@WilliamTheUnkownShoutout]

The Thing (1982) is my all time favorite sci-fi horror movie i watched this movie a lot more as a 90s kid and an early 2000s kid and I still do just for fun as well:).

[@norwegianmaster744]

Hey Sweden! An absolute classic.

[@danielwong5378]

If you want to know what happened to the Norwegians, watch The Thing that came out in 2016.

[@norwegianmaster744]

Hehe.

[@raezor82]

I remember watching this as a kid with my dad when he taped it on VHS- no, Betamax. He covered my eyes for the scary parts, but I always found just the atmosphere so creepy, I love it. I also think it’s one of the most immersive movies, you watch it almost as if you’re another person at that base. For some reason when the guy is telling Mac about how everyone should eat out of separate cans, that really puts me into it. I guess since it’s relatable to our normal lives. Don’t know if you’re into hockey or sports at all, but either way Miracle is a criminally underhyped movie starring Kurt Russell, and he absolutely nailed it.

[@ejbarbs7873]

Jump scares are the lowest form of horror

[@jdssurf]

you feel that way about these older films?

[@ejbarbs7873]

@@jdssurf No because theirs hardly Any jump scares in these older movies. Newer ones rely on it for a cheap scare.

[@aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051]

@@jdssurf Jumpscares, he was saying.

[@jdssurf]

@@aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051 there were about 4 amazing jump scares in this though. I thought he was bashing this.

[@palasta]

Not many reactors understand why they had to put out the fire quickly after the first encounter. :D

[@HabitualCinema]

I mean, I understand they didn’t want to burn the facility down but they did all have extinguishers with them

[@angelavalentino5146]

The ending makes sense, if you are able to put more pieces together. 1. Everyone needs to watch 2-3 times. Make sure you Count how many Individual The Thing’s are around at one time. 2. The Thing likely has assimilated other alien species. I.e. Flying saucer at the beginning. That means it has more intelligence than humans. 3. A lot of young people don’t realize that before 1985 (the beginning of the AIDS/HIV pandemic), people didn’t think of blood being dangerous. Referring to the blood sample scene.

[@cleonmagabeefy8500]

Fantastic reaction, thank you. It's funny that you say Kurt Russell had Wyatt Earp vibes, he played Wyatt Earp in Tombstone... a great movie!!! Awesome blood test jump scare too. Ok well, MacReady says in the storage room scene that his torn shirt was planted by someone else. Also Childs is The Thing, he's clearly not breathing at the end....no frosty breath

[@Paul_1971]

The breath thing isn't an.issue if he's hiding in a warm human host body - Carpenter acknowledged it was just the way it turned out when it was shot.

[@HabitualCinema]

I love tombstone… I said that because he was reminding me of his portrayal of Wyatt in that moment 💚

[@YoureMrLebowski]

22:29 😮

[@TANKTREAD]

Great score composed by Ennio Morricone, John Carpenter and Alan Howarth.

[@stevenpratt7369]

That guy's head peeling off his body while he was on that table was a part that stuck with me. It looked weird as it slid onto the floor and became kind of like an alien spider. Have you two ladies seen An American Werewolf In London? It was an 80's horror/comedy classic. Maybe sometime you could do a reaction video of it? I'm sure you both would love it.

[@HabitualCinema]

That scene got this video flagged for violence and I had to blur it 😂… wicked scene. Loved the effects in this. (American werewolf in London is actually on our list as well)

[@Instantphojo]

Blair was a hero. (Before he was taken by the Thing)

[@motodork]

They're not "graphics." They're special effects, or visual effects. In this case, all the special effects were practical. No digital effects whatsoever.

[@HabitualCinema]

Yeah that’s what I meant. I’m aware they were practical, bad wording 👍🏻

[@hv3926]

There is a prequel, made in 2011. The effects are CGI and not nearly as good as Rob Bottin's practical effects in this movie. But it does add to the story. 🙂

[@garbageday587]

Other reacter saying he's an horrible shot. Have you ever tried to shoot at a moving target from above in a helicopter that flies over 100 miles per hour. You would miss a lot too.

[@baracoons.4848]

I always have nightmares, but I also had to see it as a child at 6 years old. And my mother said! NO!!!! maby i was 11!!

[@riphopfer5816]

The Moletovs Were beer bottles full of kerosene or diesel. (Helicopter fuel or tractor fuel).

[@ooEVILGOAToo]

27,000 hours is just 3 years, and 3 months...

[@elliottberry5317]

A great psychological thriller.

[@IanFindly-iv1nl]

The monster in this flick is a true original. It's like EVERYTHING yet NOTHING IN PARTICULAR. WHICH Hills Have Eyes did you mean? Remember that one has to SPECIFY these days with all the teeming remakes of everything.

[@jasonjourdain3725]

May I suggest (2014)Creep,(2014),Last Shift, (2005)The Descent

[@HabitualCinema]

The Descent is already on the channel (before Jenna joined unfortunately)

[@maxwell4322]

Please, Please, Please, do a movie reaction to the movie "Sinister" for your scary movie react.

[@steve8510]

Practical effects

[@RJ_MacReady]

If you like this you should check out "In the Mouth of Madness", one of John Carpenter's best next to this one.

[@jdssurf]

Lol, havnt watched yet but hope it's not one of your first actual scary movies lol, however it's truly one of the top 10 best movies ever.

[@soldiermedic45]

Well try Pumpkinhead, and jippers crippers. Enjoyed your reactions

[@HabitualCinema]

Seen them both! Unfortunately

[@soldiermedic45]

@@HabitualCinema well how about The Car with James Brolin and Christine?

[@HabitualCinema]

@@soldiermedic45 haven’t seen either of those

[@eddhardy1054]

11:10...Where would they get the haz-mat gear from guys?

[@HabitualCinema]

I just assume all Drs/Scientists have hazmat suits handy in their facilities as a “just in case” lol

[@eddhardy1054]

@@HabitualCinema I think these guys are just meteorologists and geologists. The best they'd have is a few pairs of thermal underwear each.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

Where did they get flamethrowers???

[@eddhardy1054]

@@YoureMrLebowski They're Muricans (apart from Garry of course). They probably have nuclear weapons there too. Actually I always assumed the flamethrowers were there to melt the ice if the snow-cat tractory things got frozen solid during the depths of Winter (although in reality it's probably just a plot convenience).

[@PrinceJancelot]

@@YoureMrLebowski mexican cartels

[@sabre3923]

the thing remastered trailer ign 2024

[@dussel69deboath61]

lol this dog better not die.....from 1982 and still good today...the ending.....is to make you think..did they do it or is 1 of them is the thing.........no easy dumb ending

[@richlisola1]

Why do they hate each other so much? Because they can’t trust each other.

[@artpipe]

check out the The Descent (2005)

[@HabitualCinema]

It’s already on the channel (before Jenna joined unfortunately)

[@artpipe]

@@HabitualCinema I forgot that movie was on here. In that case, recommend: The Fly (1986), Videodrome & Leviathan.

[@nadecha5326]

Please please watch 187 w/ Samuel L Jackson came out in 1997. It’s a must watch

[@lexboogie2]

Reaction to Cadillac Records starring beyonce

[@vilefly]

The Thing is Among Us.

[@spencertucker2902]

Watch The Descent Or The Strangers You will be afraid.

[@HabitualCinema]

The descent is already on the channel

[@eeelpuma]

Hood of horror snoop Dogg Bones Snoop Dogg....horror film Dead heist E-40 zombie horror film

[@2112666123]

Y’all are just to young U must watch this at night by yourself

[@jamiefarrell6049]

Resident Evil has stolen lots from this film over the years

[@jaysonpida5379]

They both freeze to death...who's the Thing? There is a solid answer. It's 'mental'...not blood-spraying/knife slicing...which if you quiet down and internalize is much more terrifying. Watch it again.......... One of the greatest 'horror' films made.

[@aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051]

There is NO solid answer.

[@spoonunit03]

Didn't like the ending? Sounds like Gen Z needing to be spoonfed.....

[@HabitualCinema]

@@spoonunit03 I’m not gen z 😂 but thanks. I didn’t say I didn’t like it, I said “I don’t know if I’m a fan” of the ending. Great movie.

[@spoonunit03]

@@HabitualCinema OMG. Sorry for miss-gendering you lol. I liked the ending. It was one last surprise.

[@neilkematch6598]

The Thing is not a chick flick.

[@MrJtestes00]

Overedited.

[@HabitualCinema]

Only way I could get it to pass copyright 🤷🏻‍♀️