PlastiSeen: The Thing (1982) - First Time Watching - I LOVED this movie!

[@Limerick98]

Kurt Russell said on a DVD commentary that during the original production, he and several cast members enjoyed philosophising on the nature of the Thing. "Would you know that you were an imitation? And would you KNOW the you knew? And would you KNOW that you knew that you knew?" There are so many scenes that can be viewed like that. This time round I was watching Blair's sombre assessment of 27,000 hours until world assimilation, and realized it could almost be viewed as much as an alien plotting global takeover as the beginning of Blair's breakdown.

[@maingate7672]

I always love the reactions to the opening scene, ''Not the dog! Don't shoot the dog!'', less than twenty minutes later, ''Oh my God! Shoot the dog! Shoot the dog!'' Lol!

[@PlastiSeen]

The thing is I knew they had to be shooting at it for a reason but that dog mom part of me still went nooooo xD Thanks for watching! 💜

[@NefariousKoel]

@@PlastiSeen - You're one of the few who questioned, "why" and gave it more consideration than thinking the guy was just nuts. Well done!

[@rbailey1240]

Every. Single. Time.

[@clarencewalker3925]

It makes me laugh every time.

[@surfersilver6610]

Meme "Ahhh shit, he we go again..." [In game Black guy walking away]

[@ericambrose7024]

If you speak Norwegian, you'll get spoiled early, because the guy shooting the dog says "Get the hell away from that thing, it's not a dog!"

[@Milleniumlance]

Centane did 👍

[@jameylebel]

Actually, according to John carpenter the Norwegian was one of the producers using a fake name for the credits and his “spoken Norwegian” was pure jibberish.

[@dubuyajay9964]

​@jameylebel No it's not. Norwegian tubers have translated it.

[@HenryLouis21]

@@jameylebelnot true at all, I’m Norwegian and what he said wasn’t gibberish. It’s pretty clear Norwegian

[@HenryLouis21]

Not really considering if you’re Norwegian and you watch the movie, you won’t get spoiled because the warning about the dog being some sort of Thing is left pretty vague.

[@barstro]

You were correct that Blaire destroyed the helicopter and the communications equipment because he didn't want the Thing getting back to civilization. In his analysis, it showed that if the thing did get back to civilization it could infect almost every person on the planet in a little over three years time.

[@surfersilver6610]

I checked your math ( even though they now say it's racist 🙄) it is accurate at 3.08 years.

[@Y_r_u491]

@@surfersilver6610 what do you mean "they now say it's racist"?

[@UsrNmTkn]

​@@surfersilver6610 What kind of weird bait is this 😂

[@barstro]

I went to see this movie in the theater when it came out. All of my friends went to see E.T at the time because it was getting all of the publicity. The theater was only half full and the people there were all gasping and hollering at the dog and stomach scenes. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and everyone on the theater for some reason started clapping. I think we all had a really good time. The special effects are top tier and still hold up today. After telling my friends about this movie, we all went the next weekend to see it. I enjoyed it just as much the second time.

[@PlastiSeen]

It really holds up so well today!! I can believe people clapping in the theater, this was a great movie and still is :) thanks for watching!!

[@DrissZyani-bu5mo]

Reason why never read the critics about a film !

[@Zorros2ndCousinTwiceRemoved]

Just to clear up the sequence of who was who when: dog thing turned Norris, Norris thing turned Palmer, Norwegian thing turned Bennings, either Norris thing or Palmer thing visited the confined Blair and turned him (he tried to kill himself but wasn't quick enough, hence the noose), Nauls died offscreen, and if Blair thing managed to turn Childs is left to our imagination. People keep saying there are deliberate signs of him being a thing (all debunked), and Carpenter himself says he wanted to keep things open-ended and doesn't know himself if Childs was a thing. As has been stated, the 2011 Thing is a prequel, and a sh*tty one at that. It could've been at least okay, but executive meddling made sure it wasn't.

[@alicepbg2042]

13:29 - the time when "don't shoot the dog!" turns into "kill it with fire!!!" is why reactions to the thing are so fun. XD

[@ericambrose7024]

John Carpenter knows which person is the thing at the end, but he also says that he's never going to tell anyone.

[@cssplayer91]

in the video game the thing for playstation 2 which is the sequel, macready manages to escape alive with the rescue team while childs froze to death sitting in the same position as the end of the movie.

[@danieldickson8591]

Video game continuity based on movies is routinely disavowed by makers of the latter. But it's also possible neither of them is the Thing. And that ambiguous ending is part of what makes the movie a classic. If neither of them is a Thing, they saved the world, at the cost of their lives. If one of them is, it will probably be "rescued," and the human race is doomed.

[@VOMITQUEEN]

Pretty sure it’s childs

[@3xPin]

“No!! Not the dog-o!” Every. Single. Time. 15 minutes later. 👀

[@PlastiSeen]

I can’t help it. As a dog mom I love dogs :((( Poor doggies

[@3xPin]

@@PlastiSeen then into the pen it goes. “Wait…”

[@evolvetrooper]

The terrifying part about the thing is that we never know it's real true form because it killed so many creatures and became them. But imagine being digested alive like the dogs or men the pain and digestive juices eating you alive I can't imagine a fate worse than death.

[@JasonHauser125]

The 2011 movie is a prequel about what happened at the Norwegian camp, but it comes across in many ways like a remake. The sfx company did tons of prosthetic effects, but the producers thought it looked like an 1980s movie (like the original) so they slapped CGI on top of it, and yeah, so it looks cartoonish. It's ok. Nowhere near a classic like the original.

[@PlastiSeen]

I wish they just let the practical effects fly!

[@gregorygant4242]

The remake isn't as good as this it's full of crappy CGI . The practical effects in this are freaking insane! It won many awards back then in 1982. Practical effects done this good will always be superior to any CGI period !

[@shiahalud]

@@gregorygant4242 The sad thing is the people who made it went through a lot of work to explained what happened at the Norwegian camp by recreating the old set and planning out the story based around what could be gleaned from the original movie.

[@Cheepchipsable]

Well it can't be a classic since it was connected to the first movie. Seems to me the biggest problem would be surprising people since we pretty much know what the "thing" is an what to expect. Therefore it would need to be based on suspense. The first movie had a lot going for it in shock value, and was in fact a box office failure and widely panned for the gore on release. With such an overwhelming visual impact, it becomes hard to appreciate the smaller details and nuance in the rest of the film, without repeated viewings.

[@namelessjedi2242]

People should WISH their movies looked as good as a 1980’s movie. Nothing in these CGI-fests is as visceral or gives the sickening feeling. CGI and practical are both tools and have their place if you want the best end result.

[@Lethgar_Smith]

I noticed in one scene Windows was reading a Photoplay magazine. I have never actually seen that magazine but had seen and heard many pop cultural references to it in the past. It was a popular Hollywood "gossip" magazine. Kind of a precursor to something like US weekly but went out of print 2 years before this movie came out. So there is a small joke there. Windows is reading a magazine that is at least 2 years old. The movie is full of tiny details. It's one of the reasons I love it so much. Also, I remember reading an article about this in Starlog magazine just before the movie came out and someone mentions how there arent any women in the movie and says, yeah, there naturally wouldnt be. Most Hollywood movies always include a woman to add to the terror or to provide a nude scene but that is unrealistic. I get so bored by movies that feature "actors" that look like underwear models trying to screw one another or find odd reasons to take their clothes off all while battling monsters or trying to save the world or just stay alive. There's always got to be two young hot people trying to fck each other. so tired of that.

[@brandonflorida1092]

I enjoyed your reaction! This is Carpenter's tribute to a movie he loved - the 1951 film "The Thing From Another World," which I also like. No one has ever reacted to it. That movie was based on a 1938 story called "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell Jr. Campbell was mostly an editor but would write a story once in a while when he was in the mood. He was the editor of a magazine called "Astounding Science Fiction," today called "Analog." He is often regarded as having ushered in the golden age of science fiction by imposing quality control on the stories he allowed to see print and by helping teenage authors who later became famous. One of those authors, Isaac Asimov (who wrote about 300 books on pretty much every subject) paints an interesting picture of Campbell in volume one of his autobiography called "In Memory Yet Green."

[@mr.perfectcell1887]

Loved your reaction. This is one of my favorite films of all time. I subbed. About the dog Thing, it didn't escape, it tried. I thought the same thing when I first saw it. But when they burn the main body, you can see the part hanging from the rafters drop to the ground. You get something new every time you rewatch it, so much to find.

[@PlastiSeen]

I think I’m definitely due for a rewatch sometime; a lot of people pointed out things I never even noticed the first time! Thanks for watching 💜

[@broodhunter21]

Tail rotor warning, are you kidding, they have in the instructions for blenders "Do not stick your hand in the whirrling metal blade, and you are shocked the tail rotor has warnings? LOL

[@PlastiSeen]

I mean, I’m not SHOCKED per se, just maybe slightly concerned of all the accidents that occur from it!

[@conorhammack1819]

I haven't seen anyone point this out: Just to clarify, the thing that "escaped in to the ceiling" during the dog kennel scene was actually the one that they killed, it didn't escape, it was massive. They would've noticed if it did escape. Just wanted to clarify that since nobody else seems to have, surprisingly. There's also the bit where you see some tentacles try to exit the kennel after Clark gets knocked over by the dogs, that bit is slightly confusingly shot, but those tentacles also don't actually escape, Clark successfully kicks the door, which forces the tentacles back in to the kennel. So no bits of the thing ever escape the kennel alive, at least as far as we the audience see, it was only that one huge thing, and obviously the dogs who were infected by that point are all taken care of as well. Also (You probably noticed this while editing) Clark actually did try to turn the lights on before opening the kennel, but they didn't come on, presumably because the thing broke the bulb thanks to all of its wildly flailing tentacles and whatnot. ALSO, in regards to the situation with the keys to the blood, Windows actually drops the keys when he sees Bennings being assimilated, as you can hear, and see with the subtitles on, so they were just on the floor where anyone could've gotten to them. He had the keyring on him since him and Bennings were moving the remains of the thing around the camp. This is how one of the assimilated crew members got access to the keys and sabotaged the blood, and this is actually WHY Windows freaks out later on when the blood is sabotaged, since he realizes that he's the one who had the keys last, and he realizes that if he says that/they all realize that, they'd all turn on him and probably not believe him about dropping the keys. And yeah, what was happening with Norris is that he already had heart troubles, and the thing was merely imitating that. A lot of people misinterpret that as the Thing getting ready to assimilate, but the whole point is it's a perfect imitation, it wouldn't need to do something like that to attack. Hell, we see this later in the movie when the Blair-Thing attacks Garry. What most likely actually caused it to attack was the defibrillators, it may have felt like it was being attacked or harmed and as such, went on the offensive. Yeah I've seen this film over a dozen times as you can probably tell, haha. I know plenty of little fun facts and tid-bits about the movie if you care to know, the production behind the movie is very interesting. The amount of thought and detail that went in to this film is absolutely insane. One of my favorite films of all time, easily. Excellent reaction too, you picked up on stuff that completely went over some other reactors' heads, such as knowing the Norwegians must've had a REASON to be shooting at the dog, and immediately realizing that Blair wasn't actually assimilated at the time he quarantined the base, he was trying to make sure the thing couldn't spread to the rest of the world. It isn't until later in the film that he's assimilated off-screen, most likely just prior to the scene in which they check in on him as he casually sits next to a noose, haha. Personally, I've always been in the Childs Thing, Mac Human camp at the end, for a wide variety of reasons beyond the debunked breath and bottle theories. Childs was so damn sus by the end. But the whole point of the ending is we don't know, and we'll never know for sure. It's all down to your own interpretation. As for the 2011 prequel (not remake, but no worries, common misconception) it's nowhere near as bad as people say it is, though it obviously doesn't live up to the '82 film. It's a decent movie, and serves as a respectable companion piece to the '82 film. Definitely worth a watch, and I'd honestly say you should react to it, if only due to the fact that barely anyone has done any reactions to it, and you had by far the best reaction to the '82 film I've seen so it would be awesome to see your reaction to the 2011 one as well. ...Sorry, comment ended up being a lot longer than I intended it to be, I just love this damn movie so much and will take any opportunity I can to talk about it, haha.

[@jacobmetz3267]

Wow! Great summary! I would only add that in the scene with the dog-thing, another way we know it didn't escape, but only curled up in the upper corner, was (if ya look) where they are shining their flashlights AND when Childs torched it where he directed the flame. It was pointed upwards, and after it was on fire, you saw it fall back down to the floor. I love these reviews. Always gives folks a chance to compare knowledge. 👍

[@anactualalpaca7016]

mans took a toot of booger sugar and wrote an essay

[@conorhammack1819]

@@anactualalpaca7016 Hey what can I say I like The Thing

[@surfersilver6610]

13:04 PART of that Thing escapes and it's the one we see at the very end, the one the steals the dynamite detonator.

[@conorhammack1819]

@@surfersilver6610 Nah, they kill every part of the thing that was in the kennel in that scene, including all of the infected dogs, none of it escapes. The tentacle that grabs the detonator is just part of the massive Blair-Thing. It goes: Dog-Thing enters camp > Dog-Thing assimilates Norris > Dog-Thing is killed (completely) > Norris-Thing assimilates Palmer at some point > Either Norris-Thing or Palmer-Thing assimilates Blair while he's locked in the tool shed > Norris-Thing and Palmer-Thing are killed > Blair-Thing assimilates Garry and Nauls, after which it grabs the detonator, and is subsequently killed by Mac, alongside Garry and Nauls who are now also infected by that point. And then it's up to viewer interpretation if the Blair-Thing assimilated Childs before it went in to the basement. Personally I think it definitely did, but it's left ambiguous so I left it out of the timeline. Oh, and then there's also the Split Face-Thing which assimilates Bennings early on of course, but both are incinerated before they can infect any more of the crew.

[@dariusminette9627]

"Don't kill the dog!"......."Hey that's Kurt Russel." 😝

[@luckypunfire6263]

Kurt Russell Terrier. :-)

[@bobscomic1]

That was the best Thing reaction I have seen, and I've seen most of them. You internelized the movie. You actually noticed many details , like the block of ice at the the Nowegion camp and characters names, that everybody else misses. ALL of your reactions so seem genuine, not just hiding your eyes and screaming at the scary parts. Hope you keep doing horror movies because you are excellent at reacting to them.

[@openfor45]

AGREE......she actually knew the characters during her post view summary.

[@PlastiSeen]

Thank you so much for your kind words! I’ll absolutely be doing more horror movies, it’s my fave genre! Maybe you have recommendations? :)

[@PlastiSeen]

Sometimes some movies make such an impact that I can’t help remembering!!

[@darkhorse1280]

@@PlastiSeenNot a horror movie, but if you wanted to see more of Rob Bottin’s work, then I highly recommend watching his other masterpiece, RoboCop (1987 - Director’s Cut) No wasted scenes, most of the practical effects still hold up and is considered a classic in the SciFi/Action genre. Hope you add it to the list!

[@alichinoalichino2283]

Or she's just a good actress. You know, bad reactions = fewer subscribers.

[@riffgroove]

Quentin Tarantino's favorite film. He said without it, Reservoir Dogs and The Hateful Eight wouldn't exist. All 3 movies are thematically identical. A group of people who don't particularly know or trust each other, trapped in a small environment, forced to work together in order to survive.

[@vincentcain6537]

The more recent one (2011) is actually a prequel, not a remake. Aside from that, well done! Seeing you so invested was wonderful.

[@sulufest]

It’s seen it labeled as a “premake”. Lol

[@vincentcain6537]

@@putnam-he2sw OH, definitely.

[@davidbourhenne8540]

I had seen this in the theater when it first came out. The theater was old and had a hole in the ceiling, after the kennel scene, I kept an eye on that hole the rest of the movie. I was ten years old and this movie scared me but I grew to love it. I've seen it over 100 times since then. My favorite film of all. For years I also thought the thing escaped through the ceiling but all it did was lift itself up, nothing made it out.

[@surfersilver6610]

Part of it is clearly seen leaving, the rest of it stood in the kennel. We see the part that escaped at the end when it takes the detonator before MacReady uses it.

[@danieldickson8591]

@@surfersilver6610 I would say not. Childs torched the Thing hanging from the kennel ceiling, which then fell down. It never made it outside. What took the detonator was what used to be Blair after it absorbed Gary and Nauls, which is why it was so big.

[@TheHulk2008]

This is the most unique and bizarre Alien I have ever seen in film history. Before this movie it was someone in an animatronic suit. For this movie that couldn't work because this thing is a shape shifter And still to this day I have never seen anything like the Alien in this film.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

0:22 congrats on 2K! 🎉

[@PlastiSeen]

Thank you!!!! 💜

[@Templarofsteel88]

As a side note. The shadow at 6:10 is not of anyone of the cast in the movie but an extra on the set, so to not give away who was the thing

[@kdub3871]

I always have to stop and watch a first time reaction to this classic. Im 50+ year old dude who watched THE original black and white version on Saturday morning scifi movies and appreciated Carpenter's interpretation. I loved how he respected the original by including some of the original black and white footage👏🏾 version in this one.Great reaction. So glad you liked. Hitting the subscribe button.👏🏾

[@wratched]

"The dog's gonna die isn't he?" Me: "Well... yes..."

[@PlastiSeen]

And die he did :(

[@roachmojo]

Great reaction! Love watching The Thing and Alien reactions as both came out when I was a teenager. 😄 Your reactions are a testament to just how solid this film is, and over 40 years later! Lots to watch, subbed. 👏

[@PlastiSeen]

Thank you so much!! Such a shame Ive already seen Alien, so cant do a first time watching react :( but Im glad you enjoyed the video!

[@mistahanansi2264]

Nothing "escaped" into the ceiling, it didn't go through the hole. Notice how they're all looking up, and even shoot the flamethrower upward, as Child's is attacked from above. The thing they burned, didn't "split off", it was a single body the went towards the top of the kennel and got burned and fell back down. Then we see Blair breaking off the alien spider/crap legs that showed it crawling upward in the kennel previously. Even the multiple eyed body that opens up to reveal a flytrap-esc mouth can be seen in front of the corner of the kennel's ceiling, because it's all one body. It's why they don't react to anything on the ground until after it falls back down and they put it out with flame throwers.

[@2apocalypse-X]

here us what The Norwegian helicopter pilot was saying to the American crew "Get the hell away! It's not a dog, it's some sort of thing! It's imitating a dog, it isn't real! GET AWAY, YOU IDIOTS!"

[@darkhorse1280]

This was a great reaction -- loved how invested you were, lol. This movie is an absolute classic not only in horror/suspense, but in any genre. Countless filmmakers have paid homage to it in some way, including Quentin Tarantino (The Hateful Eight), The Duffer Brothers (Stranger Things) and Andy Muschietti (IT: Chapter 2). With video games, Dead Space and Among Us also drew heavy inspiration from this movie.

[@PlastiSeen]

Man, I’m in the middle (ok well I started) of a Dead Space playthrough and I didn’t even know it paid homage to The Thing. But I guess I can kind of see that. Unfortunately I’m too much of a scaredy cat for horror games.. being immersed in a game vs watching a movie is just so different! Haha. Glad you liked the video, thanks for watching!

[@rdale2k5]

The creator of Dead Space (Glen Schofield) said in an interview that the game's aesthetic was HEAVILY influenced by a movie called "Event Horizon". The movie is a 1997 Sci-Fi/horror cult classic and actually worth doing a reaction for as it has a few really fucked up parts. If you like Dead Space, Event Horizon is definitely worth a watch. @@PlastiSeen

[@swid1920]

​@rdale2k5 dead space definitely captured the atmosphere of Event Horizon and i can see the necromorphs drawing inspiration from The Thing. I love all three personally lol.

[@wozing]

@@PlastiSeen Please tell me you're gonna play Dead Space 2 after. It's my favorite game!

[@YolandaAnneBrown95726]

Especially the "You Gotta Be Fucking Kidding" part!!! LOVE IT!!!

[@melodynice7938]

Carpenter actively stated many times that this is an apocalypse film, in ways that this is how the end begins, and how miscommunication, misdjudgement, misunderstanding, intrusive paranoia are what is bringing humanity closer to the edge even without "the thing".

[@surfersilver6610]

"The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" S1E22 Twilight Zone.

[@laelmesquita1439]

The dog's transformation scene is without a doubt the most macabre and terrifying scene in this film.

[@AdamtheGrey02]

This film as well as The Blob from 1988 are superior to their originals with fantastic real effects in them.

[@PlastiSeen]

I gotta look at The Blob sometime!

[@AdamtheGrey02]

@@PlastiSeen Yes, please do. There's also a movie that came out in 2017 that has Jake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Reynolds in it that reminds me a bit of The Blob but done in space.

[@christophersims7060]

​@@AdamtheGrey02You are talking about LIFE I think, and she definitely should see the 2011 prequel Thing and 88 BLOB

[@AdamtheGrey02]

@@christophersims7060 Yeah, 'Life' was the name of the movie. The prequel to the Thing I thought was pretty good in acknowledging the after math scenes in the '82 version. I just thought the ending looked a bit ridiculous.

[@christophersims7060]

@@AdamtheGrey02SPOILER! I concur, they screw up the end conflict on the ship, Carter being caught and then outed, I liked. There was a brief imagining of Cambell's Thing from his description of it's original "Pilot" form trapped in ice from WHO GOES THERE. Then the CGI wizatds brought forth the FACE! They also screwed the pooch and missed explaining the 82's video recording of the UFO's diccovery and using Thermite to uncover the ship.. Well, I never expected perfection. I appreciate ANY & ALL works about The Thing and hunger for a sequel, unlike Dark Horse Comics storyline. Which I also thoroughly enjoyed.

[@betsybetchay_]

That cage scene with the alien dog and the torching and stuff reminded me of Stranger Things. I wanna watch the full movie now haha.

[@sulufest]

My understanding is that the Duffer Brothers were inspired by The Thing when designing their “Demagorgon”.

[@gabrielestrada8523]

If it has not been mentioned before, that dog needed to win an academy award. Well acted, ever looked at the camera, never strayed from the mood it was trying to convey.

[@riffgroove]

That dog actually really creeped out everyone on the set. Its mother had been mated with an actual wolf, and the wolf side of it was the dominant one. It never ever barked or made a sound.

[@Kilian600]

His name was Jed

[@brandonflorida1092]

I'm told that the scene in which the dog is walking side by side with Clark to the dog pen is very unusual in terms of what animal actors can usually be trained to do.

[@lucianaromulus1408]

Jed was a PHENOMENAL actor and displayed an unforgettable performance here. 👏

[@ZoeDuneCorp]

Not unlike chasing a car and then catching it, what's a dog gonna do with an Academy Award? It should have won for best visual effects. E.T. took it that year. This is better.

[@RajeshJustaguy]

my favourite thing now is watching reaction videos of people squirming and covering their mouths in shock.. Lol

[@thunderstruck5484]

The prequel is actually pretty good in my opinion, thanks

[@PlastiSeen]

Thank you, I’m definitely going to be checking it out sometime! Thanks for watching! 💜

[@Lugnut73]

the 2011 version is from the Norwegian point of view, before it reaches the US camp. i enjoyed both, the original as well from the 50's. the 2011 version relied on CG too much, unlike this version. but if you want the whole story, i'd check out the others as well. great reaction to a classic! 👍

[@PlastiSeen]

I didn’t even know that this was a remake of a 50s original! Thanks for that. I’ll definitely check out the 2011 version sometime. Thanks for watching! 💜

[@Lugnut73]

​@@PlastiSeen "The Thing from another World" 1951. it's a called. War of the Worlds also remade from a classic, as well as The Blob, was a 50's classic with Steve McQueen. so many to choose from 😂

[@asian-americanwithanopinio8954]

John Carpenter's best film

[@JDMunoz-ct9xn]

This movie produces THE BEST reactions.

[@PlastiSeen]

I loved it so much!!

[@BER78TRUTH]

My wife Stephanie and I love this movie. For it to be 40+ years old and people to still discuss it today shows that the movie can withstand the test of time. There are a lot of theories out there about who was a Thing and when did people get turned. Especially at the end of the movie. Most people think that Childs was a Thing because he vanishes a long time at the end and when he appears again, he's wearing different clothing which is because clothes get destroyed during the Thing taking over the person. Here is another view of the movie. I think that MacReady was a Thing. Norris was the first from the American Camp to get taken over, followed by maybe either Palmer or MacReady. Remember they all act as individual beings, the Things do not work together, but a self preservation mode. At the start of the movie we see MacReady playing a Chess game which is a symbolic theme throughout the entire movie. He was a chess player that was always steps ahead of the other players or the computer program. During Chess, in order to win, you have to sacrifice your own men to win the game. When Windows came into the room where Bennings was getting assimilated, he dropped the key (listen for it). It never shows whom got these keys, but I'm going with it being MacReady. This was the keys that also unlocked the blood vault. This is how MacReady's blood didnt scream from the hot copper wire during the test as he used untainted blood from the sabotage blood vault. We never see MacReady cut his finger to put the blood in the dish for the test. We also never see when Blair gets infected, but the last contact was with MacReady. Blair was still a human when they locked him in the shack, but right before MacReady leaves him alone, he takes a swig of Blair's alcohol that was sitting in front of him on the table, thus infecting the drink. Later on they go back to check in on Blair and hes got a noose hanging from the roof. He then says he is alright now but they still leave him out there. The alcohol bottle is gone from the table. From the sight of the noose, he was contemplating suicide and more than likely finished off the bottle to give him "liquid courage" and this is when he gets infected. Fukes also tell's MacReady that he thinks that they should make their own meals and only eat out of cans as it could infect people this way. (Going back to Blair's computer analysis of the Things cells infecting other cells proves this to be correct.) MacReady's response to Fuke's suggestion was creepy as he stands there, paused, as if he underestimated Fukes and is rethinking what to do with this one, then only replies with an "alright..." then walks out of the room. Shortly after the lights go out and Fukes is next seen burnt up dead. Being a "leader" MacRready never shares the information Fukes suggested to him of not sharing food or drink with the group. Then at the end, Childs gets infected when he is handed the alcohol and drinks from it. As soon as he takes a swig, The Thing theme music kicks in and MacReady laughs as if to say Check Mate.

[@PlastiSeen]

Yes I do have some slight doubts about Childs, but I guess we’ll never officially know! And it’s true, this movie really does still stand the test of time - even the effects really work still! Thanks for watching 💜

[@tranya327]

Interesting bit of reasoning. I like that you really tried to piece it together. Our main point of difference: We don’t know AT ALL that Blair was human when they locked him in the tool shed. (Blair was probably suffering from a small infection, but was still human, when he shakes his head at the computer prediction that the entire world will be infected maybe 3 years after the infection reached civilized areas (if it were to). ) My view is that Blair was taken over by the thing shortly after that point. When Blair sabotaged the chopper and destroyed the radio room, are we witnessing ‘human Blair’ heroically trying to ••keep the monster contained•• … or are we witnessing Blair-Thing attempting ••to keep a warning from getting out•• - so that it won’t have any trouble from other humans who might be tipped off as to what they’re dealing with? When Blair gets locked in the tool shed, is it ‘human-Blair’ who merely went nuts and has to yield to the force of the other men and their superior numbers? Or, is it Blair-Thing, who calculated that if Blair APPEARED to go nuts, that the other humans would isolate him, giving him time to construct the escape craft, create the noose (to mess with the heads of his human opponents), and maybe try to kill or assimilate one or two more (like Fuchs)? When Childs replies to Mac that “I thought I saw Blair, went out after him,” it’s 99 percent certain that this account is false. It’s either Childs-Thing lying, or human Childs who is lying: Earlier, when a definitely human Childs thought Mac was the thing (and when Childs had other humans in the room with him), he opted to led his presumed enemy freeze to death outside. So the real Childs (now with no backup) wouldn’t have gone outside to pursue Blair or anyone else. The story is so dark (otherwise) that for Mac to be the thing would render the story ‘too dark to handle.’ From that viewpoint, it makes sense for Mac to be the hero who successfully fights the thing. Mac IS a •flawed• hero, who makes a number of bad decisions & wrong guesses (fueled by hour after hour knowing ‘you mustn’t sleep’) and perhaps a too-strong longing to get drunk. But, I’ll accept that.

[@Spadez86]

Childs is the Thing at the end. Watch really close when him and MacReady are talking at the end.. MacReady's breath is visible, Childs's breath is not

[@ber3709]

@@tranya327 Hi. If Blair wasnt human when they locked him up, then when MacReady took a drink from his liquor, then he would have gotten infected by Blair. So, it makes more sense that Blair was still human and MacReady infected him after the drink. Also, When MacReady got lost in the snow storm, they all said that No-One could survive that.

[@ber3709]

@@Spadez86 Well, on cold days I can go outside and if I been out long enough, I no longer can see my breath showing. But if I go outside right after being inside a warm home, at the start I can see my breath.

[@betsybetchay_]

You never disappoint! Another great reaction vid. Keep going Plasti! Btw congrats for reaching 2k subs. 🎉

[@haruruben]

10:50 this has got to be the best dog acting in cinema history.

[@bjchit]

In 2002, a video game also titled The Thing was released for the PS2, Xbox, and PC, which takes place a few months after the movie. In it, Childs is found frozen dead where we last saw him, and MacReady is no where to be found, until the very end, flying a helicopter and rescuing the character you've been playing as.

[@starbwoy133]

I absolutely loved your reaction to this movie! Always makes me laugh seeing someone genuinely terrified 😂🤣 that scene when the stomach opened up with the teeth had me in stiches!!! 😂🤣 new sub ❤

[@TTM9691]

One of the best reactions to The Thing ever, I totally agree: the stomach scene was everything you'd want in a Thing reaction! And she's been getting trolls telling her the reactions weren't genuine, can you believe it? They should put this reaction on the DVD! 😄

[@starbwoy133]

@tictocmelody9190 she's definitely genuine in her reaction. I've seen many reactions claiming to have seen this movie for the "first time" but their reactions are flat! This is the best reaction I've seen on KZbin to one ot my favourite movies. I miss practical effects, nowadays it's hard to be scared of CGI and green screens! 🙄

[@eddhardy1054]

13:38...I don't think they could let the Thing burn for too long otherwise there'd be a danger of the main camp building catching fire. Also the Norwegian who dropped the grenade wasn't dumb just unlucky (it was very cold and he was wearing very thick gloves and so had poor grip & he tried to recover the grenade so the helicopter wouldn't be destroyed...it was the Norwegians only means of transport afterall).

[@PlastiSeen]

I mean it makes complete sense for sure, I could tell he was just unlucky and desperate, but at the same time maybe cutting your losses and staying alive could be better. But who am I to say, I’m just someone who watched a movie - he had to live it XD Thanks for watching! 💜

[@_MjG_]

I don't agree that he should've tried to recover the grenade. I thought that was dumb, unless the heli contained some very critical evidence about the Thing. Big deal if the heli gets blown up as their only means of transport. As if the Americans would just leave them out in the cold to die.

[@_MjG_]

@@PlastiSeen I think you're right to call him dumb from the viewers perspective.

[@wastelandlegocheem]

I love the detail of the keys. You hear windows drop em when bennings is assimilated and thats why he panics. Because if gary realizes he lended them to windows, windows was gunna be suspicious. This movie really was amazing and WAY ahead of its time.

[@Spadez86]

For those who don't know, Childs is the Thing at the end Look really close to MacReady and Childs when they talk at the end.. You can see MacReady's breath materialize in the cold but not Childs's

[@alangonzalez9001]

Definitely watch the 2011 version. Super underrated and doesn’t deserve the criticism it gets

[@PlastiSeen]

Will check it out 💜 thanks for watching!

[@MorliHolect]

It's an OK movie but unnecessary. It tells the story of the Norwegians but we already know what happened to them (the same as the Americans).

[@CoolFrozenYak]

Entertaining reaction! I did chuckle at the beginning "That looks freezing!". Not to mention a favourite moment of mine when they try shocking the doc.

[@PlastiSeen]

I didn’t pay attention to the chess machine, lol. I barely know chess apart from the basics so there was no way I’d have clocked that

[@Ulysses313131]

The game from 2002 is canon and a sequel to the movie and there Childs wasn't the thing(frozen to death) and MacReady helps you fight the end boss.

[@PlastiSeen]

There’s a GAME?????

[@luckypunfire6263]

I think this is the first time I realized that Windows dropped the keys he got from Garry in the scene where he finds Bennings, so really anyone *could* have used them to get to the blood.

[@wozing]

I skimmed the comments, but didn't see an answer, so I may be repeating things. At the end, when MacReady and Childs are talking, Mac has fog breath from the cold, and Childs doesn't. The filmmaker confirmed it was intentional. Beyond this, there are many theories out there about how maybe the dynamite did actually spread the Thing, or how "there's still cellular activity in these charred remains" means that fire doesn't kill it, but incapacitate it. One that relates to this is that you see molotov bottles next to the detonator. MacReady poured gasoline in the bottles to make them. At the end, he hands one to Childs to take a drink. Whether Mac could use that as fuel to ignite him or not, who's to say. But it's fun to speculate.

[@PlastiSeen]

There’s honestly so much to speculate about in this movie, and I think that’s a huge part of its fun and appeal. Thank you for watching!! Imo, the fire probably isn’t enough to really kill The Thing/its cells… maybe the solution was just to try and deep freeze it again and just never let it thaw…

[@Paul_1971]

Nobody but you seems to mention the the fact some part of the thing escapes through the ceiling in the dog kennel sequence!

[@Nicolas.Vincent]

No it doesn't.

[@PlastiSeen]

Someone else said it didn’t but it really looked like it did to me. I’ll have to rewatch, but I’ll take the word of people who know more than I do lol

[@Paul_1971]

@@Nicolas.Vincent Why do you say that? It looks different & seperate to the main body and is blatantly crawling upwards.

[@I_Drank_WHAT_TTV]

I love how in the beginning everyone is like 'Don't kill the doggo!' aaaaaand then the dog turns out to be The Thing. Your reactions were SO genuine to the horror and effects. Although, I watched this movie when it came on cable back in the early 80's (I was 9 LOL I'm Gen X and we weren't scared of SHIT back then...eeeexcept our partents) your reactions DEFINITELY warranted a subscribe and I am SO glad this movie is getting the credit it deserved back in the 80's. And yes the effects are so phenomenal that they still stand up after 40 years! Next, you'll have to watch An American Werewolf In London! (Another movie where the effects stand up after 40 years!)

[@I_Drank_WHAT_TTV]

@@battleangelfan7067 I turn 50 next March so it would have been about late 82 maaaaaaybe early 83 lol

[@oscarl.3563]

If you liked this movie you might like Parasyte, Parasyte is a manga that was inspired by Carpenters 'the Thing.' There was a terrific animated series, and one or two movie versions as well. They are all good!

[@ControlTouchMaster]

I’ve been a helicopter pilot for thirty years. I know of more than one instance where people have been killed by tail-rotor and main-rotor blades.

[@Nicolas.Vincent]

😂

[@PlastiSeen]

Oh my goodness :< That sounds terrible. A momentary lapse in attention or simple absentmindedness and you’re gone! Okay, I’m never going around any helicopters XD Thanks for watching! 💜

[@51tetra69]

Interesting Facts: Norris (the guy who’s chest bursts open, chopping off the doctor’s hands with its bear-trap teeth) had a bad heart, and when the Thing took him over and perfectly imitated him, it also faithfully recreated his heart defect, which eventually caused Norris to suffer a heart attack for real during a high-stress moment. The Thing would have been happy to hide itself in a presumably “dead” body, but it couldn’t tolerate the electro-shocks from the defibrillator and was thus forced to reveal itself. (Incidentally, at the beginning of the movie, the spaceship was flying erratically because the crew was desperately trying to fight off the Things that were aboard their vessel and causing havoc. That’s why the spaceship attempted to make an emergency landing on the nearest planet and ended up crash landing in the Antarctic. Only one of the Things as survived the crash and made it out of the ship alive, only to freeze in the ice.)

[@jasoncaldwell5627]

If you watch it again, knowing that Palmer is the Thing, you'll see that he's dividing them and provoking poor Windows over and over. He even points out the "spider head" thing to Mac- just like a person would. It's worth noting that the Thing is much smarter than humans )as it was building a mini spaceship from scraps) but it also never tries to communicate with them. Like humans aren't worth communicating with.

[@DomR1997]

It'd probably struggle to even recognize us as sapient since it's seemingly a hivemind. It'd be like us suddenly realizing ants have been intelligent all along.

[@lara314]

Excellent reaction! Love this classic film. You're not alone in thinking that the dynamite blast would spread the organism all over the camp. 😬

[@cwell510]

Watched The Thing on HBO during the 80's when I was about 10 yrs old for the first time and let me tell you it scared the sh*t outta me! Definitely left me with some sleepless nights, lol! This film still holds up after 40+ yrs. Classic! Subscribed! 💯

[@PlastiSeen]

Definitely a classic and loved it so much!!! Thanks for subscribing 💜

[@Sexysolja]

Same here. Saw it when I was younger adn it scared teh crap out me so bade that I have only recently been able to watch it from beginning to end. I am 45

[@86leewis]

It did not escape. You see it fall back down when torched.

[@86leewis]

It pulled itself up to a better defensive position. It did not escape

[@Nicolas.Vincent]

Yup!

[@PlastiSeen]

Oh ok! Thanks for clarifying that :)

[@martintaylor3976]

I believed for a long time that a piece of the Thing broke away and escaped from the kennel. But it's actually the whole creature lifting itself up into the corner of the ceiling (the amorphic mass Childs torches).

[@williamjones6031]

1. The Norwegian killed himself so The Thing couldn't get to him. 2. The ultimate hand grenade throwing FAIL 🙄🙄 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 arbitrary on purpose. Maybe it's best they all die. 7. They're re-making this sans Carpenter and Russell. 8. Another Russell/Carpenter product you need to first time/share with us is "Escape from New York".

[@LuminairPrime]

Great call out to "Escape"; it might be fun to watch that soon after The Thing for the historical context!

[@sketchesgallore8531]

One of my favorite films, Incredible Effects besides being revolutionary, great theme, great idea, great characters, great story, this ones a top tier movie for me

[@PlastiSeen]

Agree, the practical effects were SO impressive too! Thanks for watching 💜

[@Ghost_Amongst_the_Living]

Great movie and a great reaction! One of my favorite films and I'm glad you enjoyed it too. I'm looking forward to catching up with your other reactions. Thank you!

[@PlastiSeen]

Thank you so much for the kind words. And thanks for watching, too! :D I’m definitely still new to all of this, so I hope you don’t mind the previous videos having kinda jank quality/editing - I’m trying to improve every day! :)

[@thunderstruck5484]

Saw at the theater! Great movie thanks for sharing your reaction review!

[@neil2444]

There is a certain controversy surrounding the end. Some say Childs is the Thing. If you recall at a certain point they agreed to all prepare their own meals, and the last thing Childs does is offer McReady a drink. If Childs was really the Thing, then the Thing won. If he wasn't, they stopped him. I love that they didn't reveal the truth. The film didn't do so great at the box office despite being a cult classic now. Carpenter was very upset over that, as a matter of fact. It is a creature feature film, perhaps one of the best made.

[@LuminairPrime]

Great summary!!!

[@joerenaud8292]

The director, John Carpenter, said he thought he made it obvious who was the thing at the end of the movie when you can see vapor or mist coming out of Mac Ready's mouth but nothing of that sort was coming out of Child's mouth.

[@PlastiSeen]

Man the comments say both of them are, Childs is, or MacReady is… Who knows at this point! Thanks for watching! 💜

[@ambisinistral]

Carpenter actually laughed at the visible breath theory. The two saying their lines were filmed at different times and with different lighting and their breath showed differently.

[@FilthTribeFTP]

Carpenter never said this... You're making things up 😂

[@TTM9691]

FANTASTIC reaction. I just said elsewhere, I am very choosy about reactions to movies like The Thing, Jaws, Exorcist, Alien, etc because there are so many for them. (understandably so!). But I had to check out your reaction, and it most definitely did not disappoint! (Judging by the comments below, many feel the same way!). I'm happy spooky season is over; by October's end I've had my fill of horror! This was a great way to wrap it up! Thanks, Plasty! 🙂

[@TTM9691]

PS: When you DO get back in the horror movie scene next year, or in a few months or whatever: "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers" from 1978! Oh my gosh, that's a great one. You mentioned "body snatchers" in this reaction, so it made me immediately think of that. There actually is an homage to "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers" in "The Thing", but I won't give it away until you see it! Fantastic movie, incredible atmosphere, story, practical effects......that's one for next year! :)

[@sorabove]

Every The Thing reaction ever: "Aw doggo! Wait WHY YOU TRYNA KILL THE DOGGO?!" 30 mins later: "OMG SHOOT THE DOG!! SHOOT THAT DOG!"

[@Spikeelsucko]

the "find of the century" comment always makes me chuckle, since discovering an extra-terrestrial would be more like the find of the all-human-history.

[@RobertSmith-xp4wi]

He got infected when he was examination of the dog with the eraser on the pen

[@PlastiSeen]

Oh dang I didn’t even clock that!!

[@TonyTigerTonyTiger]

37:55 Another problem with their approach is, oh, pain. You wouldn't cut someone's thumb to get blood: fingers have a great many touch/pain receptors. That is one of the last places you would want someone to slice you with a blade.

[@PlastiSeen]

I was thinking, wouldn’t another spot be better. But then I wouldn’t want to be cut at all to begin with, so 🤷‍♀️

[@InsanePorcupine]

That opening scene with Kurt where he dumps his drnk on the computer and says "cheating bitch" is too real for me lol. When i was a kid I played some crappy chess program, I played for a while and finally beat it, and it literally re arranged the pieces so it was no longer in check mate? I was flabbergasted. So when I see that scene it always makes me laugh.

[@ambisinistral]

The computer's voice was Adrienne Barbeau, Carpenter's girlfriend at the time.

[@InsanePorcupine]

@@ambisinistral hahaha funny, did she cheat too? Thanks for sharing.

[@alanh.7668]

I love this movie, the "remake'' is the story of the Norwegian camp. Prequel I guess.

[@debbiewilson8157]

Great movie and great reaction...keep it up!!!

[@PlastiSeen]

Thank you soo much!!

[@thekamotodragon]

there's lots of hints in the movie that Childs at the end is one of them and Macready knows that so he has to essentially wait for them both to die or he'll escape.

[@Asmallcorneroftheinternet]

Watching reactions to this movie will never get old. Because they're completely different, yet exactly the same in a strange way. For instance, so carch on that the dog is the Thing. Others wonder what the Hell is going on until the big reviel, its beautiful.

[@tonykusche8017]

I got all three The Thing movies on DVD and every one is worth watching though the one from John is the best 😍

[@ericnordstrom4335]

I live in Canada and that is where this whole movie was filmed. Just a little bit of information about the different camps the Norwegian camp is the same camp as the US one. The movie company decided that to save money just use the same area but in reverse.

[@axoscurry.]

uncle joe's stomach just opened up and bite my arms off.... phone an ambulance.....aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhhh

[@Icypenguigo]

I'd like to point out that this movie has the best acting by a dog that I've ever seen. The scene where they put the "Thing" dog in the kennel with all the other dogs, and the "Thing" dog just sits there shock-still while staring at nothing, and all the other dogs start freaking out as they realize something's wrong with this new one. I don't know how you get a dog to "act", but the trainers on this film are fucking geniuses and that dog deserves a damned Oscar for its performance! Or at least all the treats!!!

[@2apocalypse-X]

The scene in the Kennel was the only thing effect in the film not done by Rob Bottin, as Bottin was hospitalised for exhaustion at the time, it was done instead by Stan Winston and his crew. Winston asked not to be credited because he didn't want to take away the praise from Bottin.

[@Al_NERi]

I'm always looking around for new reactions to my favorite movies. I enjoyed the reaction here very much. I like how you frame the watch along so the audience can see what's going on in the film. I subbed.

[@wentshow]

The frozen guy with the bloody icicles: He slit his wrist, but somebody else chopped his throat. Probably out of mercy, and it was probably done with the ax.

[@BryanMasten-pn8wo]

Just in case you're wondering, 27,000 hours is just over 3 years.

[@steveross8364]

Everyone is on the side of the dog untill the kennel scene. Norris was the wall silhouette when the dog went into the room near start. Blair poked the "dead" thing with his pencil then put it near his mouth while he was explaining his theory to the others. Windows dropped Garry's keys in the storeroom when the Thing had Bennings (you can hear the clink). Maybe Norris grabbed them? Popular theory is Childs was a Thing due to his breath not being visible when McCreadie's was and Mac knew when Childs drank from the bottle so readily. Some also say Child's clothes were different too...

[@cshaverj]

the 2011 prequel might pale in comparison for most, but it will always have a soft spot in my heart as one of the first horror movies i ever willingly watched 😅 it also adds some really cool details to the lore of how the creature works imo, it mimics the plot structure of the original without just doing the exact same thing again. on the other side of that coin, i think it’s neat that they made sure to match up so much of what’s found at the Norwegian site in the original to what happens in the prequel 😁

[@chrislaustin]

The "remake" is a prequel to this film as it shows what happened at the Norwegian camp and what led up to the start of this film. It's a coin flip for me in regards to watching it or not, I saw it once years ago and can barely remember what happened. Mary Elizabeth Winstead is the main character, and if I was to recommend it, she would probably be the reason. They filmed a lot of the horror scenes using practical effects like the original, but then decided to go digital anyway. So a lot of the movie looks cheesy and cheap compared to Carpenter's version, but it is what it is. It's kind of cool to see what led to the carnage at the Norwegian camp, but it wasn't like Carpenter ever intended for a prequel movie. So people had to fill in blanks and it works OK, if you need content I say film yourself, and at the very least you can do a comparison video in regards to what you liked and didn't like between the two films.

[@hypnomagician]

I like how when McCready knew he lost the chess game, he poured booze into the PC. Foreshadowing for all the molotov cocktail that blew up all...or did Childs just drink gasoline and not notice because he's a thing?

[@Greenwood4727]

If you listen Windows goes to gary to get the keys, you can hear the keys drop when he sees bennings, so thats how the keys got into the room to be used for the blood, Blair has gone insane but he is destroying the place to prevent. there is also a video game sort of canon after this. I love this film so many little things. i have a theory the thing cant replicate peircings, as they are metal, and it could be they couldnt do tattoo's as thats not genetic thing

[@Ernie_And_Monkey]

I would change one tiny moment for the sake of Windows. When he was going to flamethrow the Thing while it was on the ceiling, they should of showed that Window's flamethrower wasn't working. At least we would see that Windows was trying to kill the Thing instead of just being "a deer in front of headlights."

[@tonyantonellis9983]

The Thing 1951, 1982 and the 2011 along with the AVP franchise all inspire me into being into alien horror.

[@hazmaticx8714]

your reaction to the jump scares kills me lol this definitely was frightening when i first watched it as a kid honestly one of the creepiest parts is near the end when mac realizes hes alone in that cave

[@tesadus]

Love your reaction Plasti! You have such an expressive face. 😅 I know this is a classic, but I've never seen it haha. It's crazy how well these practical effects have aged. Looking forward to the next one!

[@PlastiSeen]

Thanks Tesadus! The practical effects were definitely so good… you can definitely tell that it’s aged, but it’s still all impressive :D

[@Zylos3]

Great reaction! Surprised to see this movie has aged really well considering it's over 40 years old

[@maddiebromen6068]

So glad you enjoyed this! There's a lot of different ways to interpret the ending, and I've seen a lot of fans postulate that Childes is a thing, but me personally I like to view it as both him and Macready are human in the end. Makes for an almost bittersweet ending; they saved the rest of the planet, now they're just two fragile human beings waiting to fall asleep. Spooktober technically is over with but I would love to see you hit Shane Acker's 9 at some point regardless, it's a hidden gem in my eyes and there's only like five reactions to it on here which is a shame given how inventive and original it is. Congrats on the 2k!

[@KingJancelot]

No Macready is the thing. He was fighting against other things to make himself look trustworthy. He infected Blair when he took a drink from the bootle and sat it in front of Blair knowing Blair would drink from it and get infected.

[@axoscurry.]

the first time i saw the scene were the doctor gets his arms bitten off by that big huge beer belly with Ginger hair........ thats the stuff of nightmares.... i needed a double whiskey after seeing it...... Gross. 😮😮😮😮

[@UncagedSavage]

So who got infected first when the dog walked onto thier room ? .. and only a shadow of the person is seen..Palmer?

[@PlastiSeen]

That’s my guess too, but it’s really hard to tell from just a shadow…

[@UncagedSavage]

@PlastiSeen . Oh yeah.. it's a great movie. If you haven't seen " Fire In The Sky " then in my opinion you should.. it's another good science fiction movie with a scarry feel to it. Thank you for your reactions and your sharing.. keep up the good work ! 🙂