The Poster for The Thing Was Painted In One Day (The Planned Thing Sequel)

The poster for The Thing is considered by many to be one of the finest and most iconic movie posters ever to exist... and it was created in a single day.
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Original Article:
www.factfiend.com/poster-thing...
Sources:
books.google.co.uk/books?id=Q...
www.esquire.com/entertainment...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Goe...
Videos:
The Thing (1982)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787/
The Thing from Another World (1951)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0044121/
Blade (1998)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0120611/
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0083866/
Images:
Drew Struzan, By Count3D from Vancouver, Canada (Drew Struzan) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/...)], via Wikimedia Commons
Poster for:
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/
Rambo: First Blood (1982)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0083944/
Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0091777/
Father Figures (2017)
www.imdb.com/title/tt1966359/
Full Poster Artwork, www.drewstruzan.com/illustrate...
Kurt Russell, Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/...)], from Wikimedia Commons
Keith David, By Mingle Media TV [CC BY-SA 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/...)], via Wikimedia Commons
Title for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
www.imdb.com/title/tt1392190/
Title for Iron Man (2008)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0371746/
Giant from The Iron Giant (1999)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0129167/
Poster for Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0110527/
Music:
"Two Finger Johnny" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

[@TheBeeEnjoyer]

Karl, I showed this channel to my classmates and I asked "How many of this videos do you think are clickbait?" they said "all" and I showed them "That time Jackie Chan admit to liking horse porn" and they seamed to like you

[@alexschmitz3414]

SlavGamerBg you hit them with the ring dinger of a first video xD

[@ZarHakkar]

Honestly I call BS on the Jackie Chan video not being clickbaity. He didn't admit to liking horse porn, the people working with him just made him say he did without him understanding what he was saying.

[@seacool2193]

@@ZarHakkar that's ..... that's the point...

[@kanekikenthewizardghoul4797]

@@ZarHakkar so.... In a way he DID admit to liking horse porn.... Just not intentionally...

[@enriquer.puricelli1437]

Them two guys are awesome, yeah click-bait title is needed. Frankly I look foward to the videos.

[@OptimusPhillip]

I like how he managed to take just the right elements of "Thing from Another World" and make it a movie poster: humanoid monster in the polar tundra, not vampire carrot monster.

[@pasco1429]

Iron man described badly : billionaire playboy genius uses his company products to fight crime, not that one

[@jimsaintruth4248]

Rich guy punches muslims

[@pasco1429]

@@malfaroangel3896 were the 10 rings not Muslim?

[@bowdimohawk]

Pokemon: kid captures wild animals and enters them in multiple animal on animal fights for personal gain.

[@CrowDeadRose]

Sounds kinda like Batman.. XD

[@PumaArg]

Crow DeadRose That’s the point, I think, haha

[@evilspeak5702]

It is a genuinely beautiful painting, and so oddly perfect for the film.

[@squidge7436]

I know right? The poster for Father Figures depicts the movie perfectly.

[@jackson14431]

I didnt think the heads would be so unsettling. Please dont make this a thing guys it hurt me.

[@lunararmy1624]

I forgot about them

[@shuffle5081]

"How are we gonna explain..." - Maybe Kurt russell is vampire?

[@rikrikonius1301]

That poster can be used for exactly two movies: "The Thing", and "Scott Summers of the Antarctic"

[@xande_]

It’s scary watching them faces enlarge.

[@gendygoblin8391]

The Mad Max one actually fits the movie 😆

[@zakadakka8928]

Someone needs start making posters for classic movies, in the style of Father Figures.

[@Gabrielc_14]

On it

[@Impoopinus]

@@Gabrielc_14 have you done it?

[@vxicepickxv]

@@Gabrielc_14 pics or it didn't happen

[@DwarfDaddy]

@@Gabrielc_14UPDATE!

[@tjzambonischwartz]

Drew Struzan is a kick-ass artist and an utter badass. There's a great documentary about him called "Drew - The Man Behind the Poster." Really worth checking out.

[@DSan-kl2yc]

They should have called it drew struzan: kick ass artist and utter badass

[@aaronwalley3077]

Even as a kid, I loved this poster. The unsettling mystery of it is just so intriguing

[@JamesGolightly]

As cliche as this sounds I just want to say: it's been a rough year for me and I just want to thank you (and Brad) for the videos. They never fail to make me laugh and I always learn something new! Like with your Brando video, I had no idea he had weight issues

[@vtario5]

Whichever one the alien was, they could just explain the appearance by saying "well that's what happens when the thing assimilates you" either as an explanation that the thing doesn't age or that the thing ages really quickly

[@Pask___]

Been watching a long time now, silently in the background judging you Mr Smallwood. I can finally say that today, you've done it! The suttle South Park spooky vision mention has made you my preferred pass time now. Not spending time with family or loved ones. NO. Instead, laying in the bath watching a man I've never met before speaking passionately about subjects that I previously had little to no interest in. All while being accompanied by a faceless voice guiding me through the video. Thank you for all the content you provide and thank you both for all the hard work. Peace out Smalldick!

[@Ethanink]

They used the faces to hide the shrinking coners! We see them!

[@thatoneguyinthecomments2633]

They actually got a full green screen awhile back and just add the corners back in in post.

[@Ethanink]

@@thatoneguyinthecomments2633 I know! And they slowly moving the coners out and making them disappear so that we dont complain! But we see all!

[@d-m-n]

Calling it now Karl's costume will be a green morph suit covering everything other than his head and in front of the suit he'll put a plastic skeleton (Well maybe a real one, after watching the Texas chainsaw massacre video)

[@redlock1353]

Think he's gonna be The Invisible Man.

[@stephaniesummer2663]

D.M. N. He’s probably trolling us.

[@rebeccagamble8837]

I coincidentally watched this film for the first time the day this video was uploaded. It was absolutely brilliant.

[@professorx4585]

The morph suit will be green, but the screen will be replaced with a blue screen

[@sketchie251]

Calling it now. He's going as Rick Astley for Halloween.

[@vaincelent191]

Mabye the artist is vampire?

[@woahitsnick4965]

Valiant X G hahahahahahahahaha

[@oOZionOo]

U dont know, do u know vampire lore?

[@cookedlikemac]

Nice

[@Chachiandfriends]

Omg I just saw that video before this one

[@sirsupesafro7637]

I understood that reference

[@stevedotwav]

When you mentioned the pictures his wife took of him, given the year, that means he also took the time to develop and enlarge photos as process. Wild

[@cry_stain]

10:34 I just looked at the faces after not looking at them for a while and I got a heart attack, when the hell did they get that big??

[@ronaldcoleman4786]

What makes it even weirder is that the poster fits with the ending due to the fact that no one knows if Childs was a "Thing" at the end. It makes you think that he WAS turned.

[@adamevans4030]

See through arm. LITERALLY UNWATCHABLE.

[@iwin1221]

It is quite triggering XD but eh I've started to just ignore it

[@kayleynelson8725]

As soon as I come home from school one of these is uploaded and I watch it right away

[@noturgamergf1917]

Love your videos Karl!!! Makes my day a little brighter!!!

[@kinghyrule1966]

Man I feel like a largewood right now

[@AlyOopsieDaisy]

10:25 mad max by Michael bay

[@hilltopy]

The Iron Man poster actually looks pretty interesting. That gets my vote.

[@thehastygamer8456]

I just love how Karl's is just the iron giant poster

[@AirJordanJetson]

The Thing is one of my all time favorites. The chest paddle scene is probably the only movie scene that made me audibly react in shock and disgust.

[@maksuree]

re. kurt russel - they weren't going to use frostbite as a mere excuse for his aging, they were going to use it as an excuse to *mask his aging under disfiguring makeup*

[@MegatronPorter]

I can't wait for Halloween, only because of your video, not because I have a life. Also this was really incredible. Thank you for the video. Brad is our unsung hero.

[@emilerothman9737]

You guys are amazing,every time i get stoned i watch the videos and have a great time.

[@sergeantarchdornan6244]

I've got a good bad name for Iron Man. Titanium Man likes Cheeseburgers. Totally didn't steal it from a YTP at all.

[@tuesday8651]

Love the vid "Carl" But i always wonder. How in the world do you choose these random topics you research abt ;)))

[@romannoodles5191]

The tattoo on Karl’s arm fades with the green screen, if no one noticed.

[@GonzoCiosain]

The Thing is a great first date movie. If she digs those sick-awesome practical effects, she's a keeper.

[@dj.ghostface]

He's gonna be the green power ranger

[@emjenkins464]

The subtle slow growth of the faces was actually really unnerving and unsettling.

[@Jessicathebright]

13:39 It was at this point that the ears of the Rise of the Guardians fans perked up from the depths of the internet

[@ferntries3567]

Good video keep it up you two

[@leopardhero5049]

Great vid! Although would of been much better if the heads where in the foreground.

[@kieran461]

Ok its way too obvious, its not a green morph suit.

[@drewmorse8121]

Yo Karl you da best just thought you should know that love your content

[@ylvaa4864]

I went to art school and have done freelance work as an artist since I was 16. I can completely believe the poster was made in one day. Not that stuff I ever made in one day looked that dope tho lol

[@robertjoseph2535]

Strange that he knew nothing of the movie, but, he painted Child's. Even though Mac is the thing.

[@TheGanjologist]

the faces in the corner is seriously creeping me out. it's like a booby trap where all 4 walls move in so slowly you only notice once it's already moved. like lurking in the shadows in plain sight

[@NotSoMax]

Okay now I'm going to be really disappointed if the costume isn't a green sheet wearing ghost... I've built it up so much in my head...

[@AlyOopsieDaisy]

0:10 he’s wearing a green man costume. I’ve got you all figured out Smallwood.

[@harrywarden7675]

I literally just watched it last night and beat the PS2 game (yeah, it has a PS2 game) a few days ago. And this is awesome.

[@themoagoddess1820]

here's an idea, what if they're all infected by the point of the blood test scene, but they all didn't know since the Thing isn't the hiveminded sort, and the guy who's blood reacted poorly to the heat was kicking himself for not thinking to use what uninfected blood he had left(or just making some uninfected blood). not only that, but it would also explain why Macready had them all tied up sitting so close together, cuz he knew one of the others was also infected and wanted to use that moment to get everyone infected, but it didn't go according to plan, because everyone was infected but only one didn't think to use spare blood.

[@SneccTheSnake]

"Green with envy" the Grinch?

[@tawniburns4914]

That poster was the entire reason I wanted to watch it so bad as a kid and begged my parents to let me. Finally they caved and put it in the VHs player. I was 5 years old

[@quikdrawcollins1861]

Taking into account how much direction he was giving, that might be the best poster ever.

[@ProbsNotABot]

I couldn't help but be distracted and I just watched the heads for the entire video...

[@nickmcguinness7016]

10:00 the man just looks like he’s having a pleasant time, “wow, the sky is pretty tonight. Is that a shooting star” then out of fucking nowhere Robert Downey Jr just falls out of the fucking sky, straight on top of the man.

[@MoonTrekerAF]

2:40 This is what I subscribed for

[@11jerans]

Want to hear something amusing? As a child, and still to this day, ET scared me more than the Thing.

[@leonsmith3836]

The costume is either exactly what you're hinting at which is a green morphsuit Or you somehow managed to get one of those Daft Punk helmets you said you wanted on the Daft Punk video.

[@Royal_ram_]

I love the idea of Kurt Russel having a deformed face due to frostbite so much that I would rather have that as an explanation, also an explanation due to why Keith David's face isn't deformed is due to the fact that he IS THE THING. Honestly, I just hate the explanation of "the thing escaped AGAIN" it would be so much more interesting to see people slowly realizing that Childs is the thing and that the thing has learned that switching from body to body would cause alarm so it now only uses 1 body (Keith David) until around the end. And yes I know there is a theory going around that he is the thing due to the fact he drinks from a supposed Molotov cocktail at the end of the movie and that Kurt Russel tricked the thing or at least knows he is the thing because of that, but honestly you can just integrate that into the sequel. (or even a bigger twist, Kurt Russel is the thing and we are being tricked into thinking Keith David is the thing)

[@blackderby80]

If you want to know who is a thing and who isn't at any given point in the film, there's a trick. According to one of the actors, it's in the lighting, or more specifically, how the characters' eyes are lit. If you can see light reflected in them, they're human. If not, they're a thing. I haven't rewatched it yet since hearing that, so I can't confirm it for sure, but it sounds feasible.

[@LuckasSilver]

For the Halloween episode Brad will be in front of the camera and talking with Karl's voice while Brad's own voice comes from behind the camera

[@endomobo359]

Has been my wallpaper for ages.

[@kaigen999]

The Thing is my favorite movie of all time.

[@Zerggodmaster]

Watches video. Gets reccomendation to watch "the thing" on youtube XD

[@TheInvisibleCactusYT]

I recently saw book of boba fett and they use the exact same excuse for why an actor aged about 30 years except it’s the desert sun

[@kevekeve4379]

you probably noticed this already, but your right hands tattoo ''the one with the metroid'' is sometimes green screened, which i found realy funny and amusing

[@Ben-uh2ku]

I feel like with all the people saying “he’s just trolling us, he’s not gonna wear a green morph suit” he’s gonna wear the suit to double trick us.

[@m3ow0n]

Love that Mad Max one xD

[@dadvader6197]

thosees heads ate my soul

[@iarejester]

So I started just staring at the poster for a bit and forgot all about the four heads in the corners. When I finally noticed them again I had a genuine moment of distress.

[@justcomments]

"LOOK DEEP INTO THE PARKA"

[@Azrael_Equinox]

Lol those heads

[@johnbennett7313]

I was at a comic book store today. I was having a conversation that led to Superman's costume, and of course I referenced the video you guys made about the arguments over Superman's dickbulge, when the guy working called out "fact fiend" and now I can never go there and talk about shit from these videos anymore.

[@lukestrevell6499]

I remember one halloween I carved the thing poster into a pumpkin and it looked alright but the light coming through the face looked sick

[@tylersharp3943]

I wish you'd make a tutorial cause I wanna do that

[@SycomMC]

The iron man poster is awesome

[@carterslave]

Calling it now, Karl is gonna wear a green morph suit for Halloween

[@axelfirekirby]

no joke that mad max poster is epic

[@AzirF]

"green with envy" im hoping for shrek

[@albatross9933]

It's being hyped up so fiercely, but the Halloween costume is probably gonna end up being a fuckin' budget Tesco vampire mask or some shit, instead of a green morph-suit.

[@rebelion160]

Karl's head should be photoshopped into that poster with heads, just with like a wide grin on his face. There is still room for a single head in there.

[@ihatetobethatguy1481]

Omg my a video about my favorite movie by my favorite youtubers.

[@endzionegaming5156]

Karl you should definitely check out mondo tees they make amazing movie posters

[@gups4963]

Green with envy while you were red with blood unable to circulate lol

[@probablyonline2020]

Infinity war: purple bald man likes to snap with colored stones while smiling

[@heroak4744]

that wheeze tho

[@redlock1353]

I bet Karl's Halloween costume is gonna be The Invisible Man.

[@ewan4344]

I would’ve imagined a blood monster looking something more like Arakune

[@deathwing4195]

I find it funny that his arm become partly invisible due to his tattoo

[@blackderby80]

Godzilla! Also, my all time favorite film poster was painted by Bob peak: Excalibur!

[@sub2willne52]

I bet he will have the most half arsed costume for the halloween video and he's just hinting to a green morphsuit to throw us off

[@NightmareSpriter]

I feel Karl is most likely going to slap on a green morph suite come Halloween.

[@TwiztedNature]

Yes, Brad.

[@yummersfeet1272]

Nice 👌

[@netoeythedestroyer8468]

don't tell me he's gonna show up in one of those full-body green suits. wait no do tell me that would be fucking hilarious

[@theprodigalson4003]

Good on you brad those corner heads do get bigger

[@RavensEagle]

2:42 oh no... That is to spooky for me, don't know if I wanna continue the vid if they just gonna get bigger....

[@DAVICIOUSX]

Here we go

[@ironfire_4218]

he's trolling us, it's gonna be a blue morph suit.