"The Thing from Another World". I always think of this great movie when the weatherman says "Keep watching the skies" for a upcoming weather event. That ending is so ingrained in film literature.
@stephenwozniak84886 жыл бұрын
The most terrifying science fiction pic ever made. The camp's isolation, the wind, the snow, the creature's blood thirstyness, and the ingenuity of the scientists and Air Force members, makes it No. 1.
@blacksho896 жыл бұрын
Agreed. I saw this on a snow day when I was 8 years old (1971). Still remember everything about that day, including my nightmares...
@aztecwarrior14214 жыл бұрын
My favorite movie when I was a kid and still is.
@Diskoboy19742 жыл бұрын
I was born in 1974. I remember seeing The Thing From Another World on Cinemax (of all places) when I was 10. Normally, 50's movies didn't really scare me. The Thing did. I remember telling my dad I saw it, and he basically just told me he didn't want to hear it. He was 10 himself when he first saw it and it literally traumatized him. He didn't even like to talk about it, it scared him that bad. To this day, I always joke with him about it. I've tried to get him to watch the remakes with me to no avail. His answer every time; "HELL NO!"
@firefightergoggie6 жыл бұрын
"Gained a little cache"? He's too modest. Everybody has seen The Thing. It's as much of a classic as the original. Magnificent film. Excellent.
@186618737 жыл бұрын
My favorite concept about the 1951 version is that the humans were barely one step ahead of the alien until the last stand Alamo ending.
@mikepasko74932 жыл бұрын
I must of Watch this movie 100 times or more I remember channel 9 when I was a young kid it was called million movie and they had us playing all week long every night
@mikepasko74933 жыл бұрын
Best movie ever made without a doubt
@Joetenka3 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@ArranVid Жыл бұрын
Nah I don't think so.
@ArranVid Жыл бұрын
The intro is iconic though.
@michaelpaskl10656 ай бұрын
I must of watched it 100 times or more and always watch it in the winter time
@gallery75966 ай бұрын
@@michaelpaskl1065 Yes, a good sci-fi horror film for a wintery evening.
@danielbrereton22592 жыл бұрын
I liked the 1951 version so much that I had to write a follow up. The THINGS from another world by Dan F Brereton. The alien being a plant based life form is brilliant.
@adrianjohnson85273 ай бұрын
Is this Dan Brereton the painter/comic book artist?
@danielbrereton22593 ай бұрын
Hi Adrian. No. I have been mistaken for the artist in name only. There are a few of us about, 4 in my family alone
@adrianjohnson85273 ай бұрын
@@danielbrereton2259 My apologies, Dan.
@danielbrereton22593 ай бұрын
Hi Adrian. You have nothing to apologise for. All the best. Dan
@TheBTG883 жыл бұрын
Great flick.
@middleagenerd11 ай бұрын
Holy crap! How did i miss Carp on TCM.
@PointyTailofSatan3 жыл бұрын
What I loved about the 1951 version is that the Thing isn't an evil maniac, like it was depicted in the later version. The 1951 Thing was just a intelligent and determined being, who was only trying to survive. Yes, he killed people, and sled dogs. But only because he had to do it. And when you think about it, this is actually quite a rare concept in sci-fi movies.
@plasticweapon3 жыл бұрын
"like it was depicted in the later version"? think we found somebody who didn't see it.
@gregorymakap Жыл бұрын
@plasticweapon glad someone said it because that was literally what The Thing was trying to do 🤦🏽♂️
@douglasdoyle8944 Жыл бұрын
You either didn’t see the 80s version or just didn’t get it.
@DeathbySkullfxxx2 ай бұрын
The Thing is not a maniac nor is it inherently evil.
@bobthebuilder9553 Жыл бұрын
My take on the creature in the 1951 version is that the creature did not plan on coming to the planet, at least the way it did, but when loose, it killed and started creating more of itself using human blood. Now, whether it had an irrational hatred for humans and other beings is anyone's guess. It cannot be stated that self-preservation was the only motive to kill other beings. That is pure speculation, which you also get from Carpenter's version. We don't know the motives of the creature once let loose other than it replicates itself in other beings.
@davidlaw89474 жыл бұрын
Why no mention of John W. Campbell's 'Who Goes There?' which was the main impetus of Carpenter's version?
@Johnlindsey2893 жыл бұрын
Agree
@alexpollock6932 Жыл бұрын
It’s really more of a conversation about the original so he can’t go too far off topic since it’s a tv interview that’s playing between scheduled movies, not an in depth interview. He might have even brought it up and it could have been edited out
@victoriatilghman6284 жыл бұрын
😳🍿😳
@John14-6...5 жыл бұрын
Sometimes remakes are not an improvement on the original or even worse but Carpenter's remake of the Thing is not only better but it was the best horror/ sci- fi film ever!
@JohnChangMBA5 жыл бұрын
It takes a film maker like Carpenter with respect for the source material, but not to the point of putting it on a pedestal. Picasso said that good artists borrow, great artists steal - I'd say that the best of the best know what to steal!
@reddhead29483 жыл бұрын
No it was not better than the original
@KRhetor Жыл бұрын
No, it's the most overrated science fiction/horror film ever, the favorite movie of cultural illiterates who think only in terms of special effects and gore.
@markhammill63508 жыл бұрын
what show is this from?
@dneiss898 жыл бұрын
It's from Turner Classic Movies (TCM).
@richardangers2566 Жыл бұрын
It is an implacable life form, much like life. both the early and Carpenter's one a biological top predator versus mammals.
@Nanu67-e9j3 жыл бұрын
the thing is John Carpenter's true Masterpiece Halloween is overrated..
@clifftrewin15057 ай бұрын
is it true the thing from another world is based on Joe Biden?
@amaruqlonewolf3350 Жыл бұрын
Apart from the actor's effort in the acting, 1951 has never done anything in particular to be fascinating, at least to me. It's less of a "Oh no, there's an extraterrestrial being trying to kill us!" horror, but more or less "Oh no, there's humans and I'm a helpless walking brick!" thing. Not once the alien feels intimidating in the 1951 version. It's shot, crushed, mauled, burned, electrocuted to a crust, not to mention the movie only having about 10% of the plot from the original book. I love how much John appreciates it though, even though his version is definitely superior.
@BahFungoo2 ай бұрын
Here's the thing Everyone will remember john carpenter the thing Everyone will forget the critics
@zombiefulci3301 Жыл бұрын
The 1951 version is vastly superior to Carpenter's deranged version, je was trying to copy Alien with that crap. James Arness Thing had ambience
@plasticweapon3 ай бұрын
i don't feel like listing all the ways in which you make no sense.
@danrode1045 ай бұрын
His movies stink...
@notfreeman17763 жыл бұрын
it baffles me how an absolute genius could say anything postive about the Thing 1951 its outdated garbage
@yurdi_yuri3 жыл бұрын
Because it was great for it's time
@Nanu67-e9j3 жыл бұрын
It's better than all of the Halloween films.. infact the thing from other world is really good..
@notfreeman17763 жыл бұрын
@@Nanu67-e9j The character writing and special effects are fantastic but where it has really not aged well at all is the tension wich is the backbone of horror, the movie is very transparently unwilling to kill any named character and the monster is just not scary so theres never any reason to get invested, i wish i could have been part of the generation that could see this movie for its merits back then but im just not. though i admit calling it garbage was hyperbolic back then but saying that its better than the first halloween? No, thats nonsense
@KRhetor3 жыл бұрын
Carpenter is not a genius, he's an overrated hack.
@KRhetor3 жыл бұрын
@@yurdi_yuri It's still a great movie today. There isn't a single SF/horror filmmaker who emerged in the Seventies or Eighties who wasn't inspired by it.