The Thing (1982) KILL COUNT

[@DeadMeat]

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[@Noah-st4eo]

Dead Meat notice me

[@TlaxVega]

Dead Meat never clicked faster

[@bannanabrainz8511]

Dead Meat wish u did a nightmAre on elm street unfortunately not enough KILLS

[@crimqv]

Dead Meat do Halloween series please

[@TlaxVega]

Peyton Adams really

[@nintendogh0st]

Imagine dying and on your tombstone the name is “Norwegian 1”

[@pssd-ff-dth-grps-fn8797]

Lmao

[@zirbz8815]

LMAO

[@user-gx3kq3yc2j]

"lampo"

[@nocomment3737]

HSHSJJSSJIA

[@maxomartinov4365]

better than norwegian 2

[@barkeeper7887]

This movie is the first horror movie where the characters are actually clever

[@potatoking4227]

@Justin Yeh first horror movie. cabin in the woods was released in 2012. the thing in 1982.

[@ladyphoenixgrey3923]

KZbinTM algorithm Think you need to see Psycho, my friend.

[@bishnurath2096]

So true

[@petergriffinsnuts1326]

Clearly you haven't seen scary movie

[@furretthefuzzynoodle3896]

KZbin Algorithm also why tf do they have flamethrowers????

[@J.4ZZ]

When u realize the Norwegians were actually trying to save them, but they get killed by the people they were trying to save

[@finnishlaplandlife8274]

Good thing theyre batshit cuckoo and got it coming

[@InitiateDee]

@@finnishlaplandlife8274 Nope, they were actually trying to kill the dog (that was btw where the Thing came from in the first place), and that's why you see them shooting it and trying to kill it, infact in Norwegian he even warns them to not let that dog there cuz he is just an immitation, but they got killed by the people they were tryna save. Ironic

[@12prinsses]

Yeah they were right to attempt to kill that ailen dog thing

[@carlie5577]

SiKo I mean that’s usually how it works. In real life the people who are trying to help get the most hate.

[@demontorch]

Irony is a cruel bitch

[@SpenceIsAChef]

This particular episode is probably the best case for a recount on the channel right now. To see 2022 James run through this one, delving into the practical effects and behind the scenes work, or going even deeper into theories with deleted scenes (or adding context, like the cut Nauls death scene) would be an amazing one-off.

[@94Masc]

I agree

[@kidomaruking35]

Probably saving it for bday or anniversary

[@Domgtz03]

Agreed

[@nickbeilschmidt411]

It would make for a perfect wintery recount

[@landrylongacre6391]

YES

[@jasonvoorhees310]

Fun Fact, John carpenter intentionally made the silhouette of the person confusing. He used a person on his film crew and not one of the actors for that silhouette shot so the audience wouldn't know who was first assimilated. Brilliant👌

[@konradfoyle]

Too bad he resembles A LOT like Norris, and the collar was quite similar.

[@eriksanchez1721]

Konrad Foyle but you don’t know for sure. The movie purposely didn’t show the when or who was assimilated

[@konradfoyle]

@@eriksanchez1721 maybe, but even though it wasn't the same actor, the shadow, the collar, and the hair are super similar to Norries. It couldn't be Palmer since his collar doesn't match, nor the size of the shadow.

[@eriksanchez1721]

Konrad Foyle again, the movie purposely didn’t show the face, Only the shadow. Just because something resembles something else, doesn’t necessarily make it the same thing, especially if just a shadow because shadows themselves can also be somewhat deceiving.

[@konradfoyle]

@@eriksanchez1721 still. There's a point that Norris and Palmer are both assimilated. Both of them are the "suspects" on the shadow. Compare them, and you will see that Norris is the first one to be assimilated and also the one of the shadow. I know it's intentional, but he's the one that matches.

[@brandondaniels2027]

The fact everyone is still talking and making theories about this movie, just shows how well made it was.

[@klavicus2276]

I kinda feel - and maybe I am wrong - that this movie was the inspiration of the game series resident evil

[@GingerBreadMan1178]

but the Thing game says that Mac was the thing, so Mac is the thing.

[@fartmaster684]

GingerBreadMan1178 is that game cannon tho?

[@GingerBreadMan1178]

@@fartmaster684 "game was first announced on September 20, 2000, when Universal Interactive and Konami confirmed the game would be a sequel to the 1982 film"

[@cooperderky4062]

Ik

[@MrFreddieComedy]

Also, if you can speak Norwegian the plot of the film is somewhat given away by the screams of the scientists in the opening sequence. Lars says "Get the hell away! That's not a dog, it's some sort of thing! It's imitating a dog, it isn't real! GET AWAY YOU IDIOTS!"

[@cryingclown83]

I think that that's one of the best details!

[@laurene988]

Oh that's pretty cool. It isn't totally given away, you might just assume they're crazy

[@MrFreddieComedy]

@@laurene988 Kinda, but at the time of the film's original theater run, and if you saw any trailers, and knowing it's a body snatching horror film, it could potentially ruin the ending prematurely. The Norwegian dialogue was not dubbed for Norwegian audiences, and many original viewers complained that the twist was kinda given away. Newer movies do this a bunch, by changing the foreign dialogue to preserve plot twists. This happens a lot in videogames in current times.

[@laurene988]

@@MrFreddieComedy that's a weird oversight, you'd swear they'd throw in some other language or even just gibberish to hide it

[@eustace8520]

There's a word for this: foreshadow. If you understood the Norwegian dialect, you just got told that something bad is going to happen. Even if you don't understand what they're saying, it still sounds like a warning. The story was not necessarily given away; you still don't know what is going to happen because you don't know what exactly the "thing" is.

[@matttale7918]

Personally the idea that neither Mac or Child’s are Things is probably my favourite interpretation. Two normal men freeze to death out in the Antarctic spending their last moments paranoid that the other isn’t human.

[@gooseegg617]

Macready actually survives we see him at the end of the thing video game

[@theonsight7]

I'm more of the preference that Child's is a Thing, but since it wanted to be re-frozen in order to wait for the rescue team, it is choosing to spend its final moments of consciousness with Macready, who will soon be dead.

[@matttale7918]

@@theonsight7 would it not be doubly advantageous to turn macready and then freeze them both?

[@cashelmike07]

I don't think childs is a thing because, as a "thing" they don't carry fire packs like childs was wearing or actually drink, which i think shows that neither one really cares to get infected as they are both going to die.

[@hammerite6418]

@@gooseegg617not sure if that’s canon though

[@mikopolaruso1525]

something i LOVE that almost only norwegians(like me.) can apreciate is that the norwegian said: hold dere unna det er ikke en bikkje det er en TING som immiterer en bikkje det er ikke virkelig HOLD DERE UNNA. which means: get the hell away thats not a dog its a THING imitating a dog it isnt real GET AWAY. man i love this movie.

[@sol2544]

I heard that when this movie came out in norway they didnt edit that scene and it spoiled the movie for many people as they got told too early in their native language that the dog was an alien

[@TheCorrodedMan]

Didn’t he also say “GODDAMNIT YOU IDIOTS!”

[@ВладиславБулаев-л3э]

@@sol2544 What a F-ing BRUH moment

[@torbinator9729]

Wow that's cool to learn, and very cool it wasn't translated. Bummer for @day r fact about those watching it in Norway!

[@ahmedgalal305]

Man thank you for translating that to us

[@cameronsteele4821]

Just looking at Kurt Russell's beard made me more of a man.

[@RetiredMemeLord]

ever since i watched this movie (about 2 weeks ago) i am trying to grow a beard like that

[@sortasmart4591]

Cameron Steele Don't Tussle with the Russell

[@cameronsteele4821]

YES

[@chaosdragon8896]

sortasmart lol that's good

[@youobnoxiousbro]

James Hardens made Kurt Russels beard look like a newborn baby

[@jokerisinthememe5852]

“This movie should be called Amon-“ “Don’t you dare finish that sentence! Don’t you dare! I’m sick of it!”

[@brandongamingtv7545]

-g us

[@emtee7138]

@@brandongamingtv7545 WHYY-

[@kayumangii]

@@brandongamingtv7545 r/madlad

[@pugsforlifep7887]

Among US was actually based on this movie

[@omgeerel]

It's A.M.O.N.G U.S

[@cb-9938]

Fun Fact: john carpenter said the scream at 6:44 was the dying screams and cries of all the things it's taken over across the universe. You can even hear Bennings in there

[@jacobbushhair7140]

That makes it even more terrifying

[@Kiliny]

On the very same scene, you can see an obviously confirmed "thingified" guy with foggy breath... so... Childs-Thing theory based on his breath is invalid (to me)

[@Jackaxed]

"The Thing" kill count, also known as "james spends 20 minutes talking about how cool he thinks Mack is"

[@GotOutFoxed]

Well, Mac is a certified badass.

[@Youre_Right]

Quinn McG Mac is cool but Jack Burton is a god among men or maybe Snake Plisken. Lol. Kurt Russell is my favorite actor he kills it no matter the role. Hell I even watched that Christmas movie when he was Santa Claus a few years back

[@Merica115]

*how cool Mac is.* James doesn't think it bro, it's just reality

[@SuperPeterok]

I loved him as Captain Ron too!

[@anatoldenevers237]

Jack Washington because Mac is actually that cool

[@Noodles4Anime]

"Which makes you a murderer." No. That kill was definitely in self defense. Guy pulled a blade on him.

[@dtczyk8976]

He did kill someone. It was just justified. The way the law works is that you are actually technically guilty of the crime. It’s just you aren’t being punished for it.

[@jaketheberge1970]

He was holding them hostage. Legally speaking Windows was in the right and Mac murdered his captive. Mac could argue that he was acting in self defense since one of the others could be a shape shifting hostile alien. Idk if since one of his hostages turned out to be a thing if Mac would be able to get away with killing Windows.

[@Redbird-dh7mu]

d tczyk small correction, technically murder isn’t just killing someone, it is unlawfully killing someone with intention. At most, Mac would of been charged with manslaughter and would of been given a very light sentence at most because he was attacked with a scalpel, which might be a bit unique because even though is a blade, it is unlikely to be deadly and one might be able to argue that Clark is not posing a danger to Mac’s life (one could also argue that Clark was going for the neck and if he hit the jugular vein Mac might of died). Most courts would probably find him innocent because self defense, keep in mind even places that require someone to flee before defending themselves would probably find him innocent, he is in the Arctic, where is he supposed to flee to?

[@zeoalexo]

@@jaketheberge1970 he killed Clark, not Windows

[@logandh2]

Redbird7311 Just because it’s a small blade doesn’t mean it’s any less deadly. Just a little knick to the right, or I guess wrong, artery (carotid, vertebral, femoral, etc.) and you’re pretty much done for. Unless it happens like right outside a hospital or something.

[@DTBsoe88]

Dog: “are you an actor too?! I’m an actor! I’m supposed to be a really mean alien thing but I also love you and can’t stop wagging my tail! Do you have treats?!”

[@off.tha.h00k]

*Shoots him*

[@spoopyspaghet4205]

Patrick Star wait,that’s illegal

[@xultra_violetx]

He might be evil *but he's still best boy in our hearts 😔*

[@razzyrazberries]

Fun fact. In modern movies they use a lot of CGI to remove dogs wagging tails in scenes. They are just so happy to be on set and doing a good job that they can't stop wagging their tail. It's really important to stop the wagging especially during a scene where the dog is suppose to be angry.

[@wikiotic6440]

@@razzyrazberries I LOVE YOU, YOU JUST MADE MY DAY.

[@elijahgemmill2000]

When I first watched the blood testing scene I got frustrated trying to wonder why Mac wanted to test Gary last. A few years later I realized that Mac was smart enough to know every human he confirmed meant someone else that could back him up in a fight untied. He was confident that windows was human so he did him first. He just didn't expect that Palmer was a thing and that was his big mistake.

[@abandonedaccountlol2506]

To the person reading this, We all know that the doggies got treats for being so good actors!

[@Alex-rr3ku]

Yes I needed this

[@willemsaykiewicz9252]

True

[@Ubermensch9240]

*sighs in relief*

[@laurathomas3193]

Good

[@SimplyCrisis11]

And the alien dig did such a good job too. I remember watching this many a year ago and being amazed at how well the dog acted. To me you could almost tell something was wrong with said dog long before it was revealed as a thing.

[@readynow12345]

There is not one bad scene in this movie, it had me on the edge of my seat the whole time, I can watch it over & over again & never get bored.

[@corusameoccasum1274]

Gold standard of sci-fi horror

[@nattyism]

@@corusameoccasum1274 alongside alien

[@thekaijuuniverseplayer701]

@@nattyism and psycho

[@nattyism]

@@thekaijuuniverseplayer701 👍

[@him6439]

The credits was the worse scene I want more

[@dauntlessnicholas1672]

“I know I’m human, and if y’all are one of those things then you’ll just attack me right now. So some of you are still human.” Now that’s just something you don’t see in the movies these days

[@dandrum3547]

Hi,im thing

[@xyzynx3190]

I don’t think I would even be able to figure out that fact I would just shoot everyone

[@garyanderson9803]

@@xyzynx3190 there is a thing among us

[@OrchidFlavoredKat]

Please, PLEASE do a recount of this one! I’m don’t know if anyone would see this, but please. I would love to see the behind the scenes with a lot of these effects.

[@dysfallacyyt]

omg i love your pfp bro

[@utbf002]

Email Dead Meat if you want to request kill counts. I assume it also works with recounts.

[@medalynusa7174]

A few hot takes: - Norris was the first thing, the Silhouette assimilated by the dog in the early scene - Blair was assimilated by either Norris or Palmer tampering with his food rations when they were still faking and took supplies out to him in the shed - Chiles was converted in the generator room by Blair thing when the lights were cut - When the blood bag tampering things happens and Gary says he only gives the keys to copper, it’s a lie. He gave the keys to windows earlier in the film and windows audibly drops them when he sees Bennings being assimilated. You can hear the metallic klink, and it was done intentionally by the film creators. Then the keys are magically back with Gary afterwards, so to say one of the secret assimilated got their hands on the keys, tampered with the blood, and returned them to Gary or put them somewhere for him to find would be reasonable. And Gary wouldn’t want to admit he gave the keys out nonchalantly as it would make him look irresponsible and suspicious, more so than he did already.

[@vendettaknight104]

This comment is way too underrated.

[@Johnof1000Suns]

@BULL But the Dog thing was torched, so it can’t infect someone as it’s dead tissue. Even then, Blair was throughout the entire scene touching the thing with reckless abandon, so I doubt just the pencil would be the only problem.

[@oozieneinmillimeeda]

@BULL also part of the dog thing escapes before they burn it

[@raefinoh1172]

Yeah I watched that video too

[@phoenixchampion7]

Hopefully one day James will redo this Kill Count- I really wanna hear what James has to say about this movie and all the development stories it has. As well as a more in depth look into the movie that Speedrunner James doesn't do.

[@Gusterson98]

I'm happy that theres no Thing movie that takes place in the city, all it has to do is infect a fly and BOOM end of the world.

[@dj_bosnian99]

SuperTomServo true

[@connor4799]

SuperTomServo dont fucking say that

[@phialuvsu]

You can just cover your house inside and out with fly tape :p

[@kevhol21]

SuperTomServo that already happened. #plaugelife

[@BottomTextAssOpen]

What about . . . *flex tape* ?

[@Sombro56]

14:22 If you look closely on Childes’ ear, he has an earring. Given the information that was provided in the sequel, Things can’t copy inorganic material. So this technically confirms that Childes is not a Thing. There is still the possibility that the Thing tried to counter this by forcing in the earring to avoid suspicion.

[@tim6454]

It probably remembered the metal test and blood test from the other facility

[@blueismylove3128]

@@tim6454 He could have put it back in.

[@virgiljericho664]

if i recall correctly in the 2011 version the thing put an earring on when it assimilated someone.

[@alexcodexxthekinereader1212]

@@tim6454 there could’ve probably been blood there too

[@racer927]

It's also revealed in the game sequel that Childs was human as well.

[@Requ1em_Record]

10:57 “Next up in the test is Clark, who is also a human” “Which makes you a murderer, don’t it?” “Yeah, or just the fastest draw in the south chiles” man I fucking love that line

[@tacoburrito4034]

If only he hadn’t dropped the grenade the movie would’ve been over in 10 minutes

[@chickennugget6012]

Why taco burrito

[@kinggloxinia5091]

Habib Raaziq because they were trying to kill the thing because the dog was a thing The Norwegian guy shouted get the heck away that not a dog that’s a thing in Norwegian

[@thedonkey6704]

Habib Raaziq cuz the dog was the first thing. If the guy that tried to throw the grenade actually had thrown it there woud be no thing

[@myshiteu4934]

But wasn’t that crazy big old guy was already a think from the beginning? Because he was already working or the spaceship

[@thedonkey6704]

Myshiteu what? He only started to work on it after being put inside the cabin thingy. Even if he was. How woud he of been thingified. The only ones that met the thing first were the norwegians

[@Zorox-ou9ly]

Everyone gangsta before the spider dog starts spewing liquids

[@danbrown5736]

Its Weird and Pissed off

[@nathanielphillips3592]

everyone gangsta till the scientist guy starts smashing the radios and shooting at you

[@MichaelSwartz-bf6we]

everbody gangsta till the marshmallow start walkin

[@starcrafter13terran]

Spider dog... hmm maybe. I always got the impression it was a plant/dog. Like a big tuber body.

[@yeeyeekaree1107]

Til Palmer starts escaping from the chair

[@coliando7380]

James: There is a lot of unclear kills, so we will just go with the present kills. Also James: Ok folks, we had 800 kills in The Purge

[@ghostlislime]

Coliando Here love that pfp

[@robertbartley2409]

onalleus cycillyus purge is only USA

[@ryse_wolf0935]

@onalleus cycillyus yeah its only USA crazy ass that has the purge

[@ryse_wolf0935]

@John Lorton nah for real

[@springtrap1245]

@John Lorton shut up dude

[@cinemacynic980]

This is my favorite Dead Meat Kill Count, because of how much James loves it. He is talking like he is our buddy during this, and giving his favorite things and foreshadowing. His comments and jokes are far more personal than any other movie I have seen him do. I love it because of his enthusiasm.

[@dylanoh8840]

The Thing is the greatest horror movie ever made. Tragically underrated.

[@cdroc]

In your opinion

[@Kurgton]

Def not underrated everyone has heard of it

[@dfbrethy2368]

Personally I prefer Cabin in the Woods

[@katezalapi-bull5093]

it’s definitely one of the best. everything about it, the score, the effects, the story, the character, the tone absolutely MAKES this film

[@ben6077]

WRONG that would be nosferatu buddy, horrible effort.

[@Bananaman559]

Rest in peace Wilford Brimley. We will never forget your spine chilling performance in this and your amazing performances in many others.

[@kingjrex3656]

I'm gonna be honest, on the same day that he died, a couple of hours earlier, we inquiried about if he was still alive. Next day he was dead. Me and my family killed Wilford Brimley.

[@kiedonmccomb3831]

KingJrex 365 tf

[@dnasty312]

Charlie Hallahan, Richard Dysart, Donald Moffat, Bill Lancaster and Ennio Morricone too 🙏🏻

[@neomariobros0934]

Fun fact: He was the internet's lovable diabetes guy.

[@Psychonaut165]

I remember him most from diabeetus and diabeetus testing supplies and his cameo on family guy “Sometimes I get cross and beat my wife. And then I remember my wife’s been dead for years. WHO WAS I BEATING?!”

[@friendlyneighborhoodkelbea7258]

"You laughed when I wanted to bring a flamethrover to the station, but look who's laughing now." -MacReady (in his thoughts)

[@Correxis]

Actually, the flamethrower is very useful in the Arctic. It's usually used for melting ice. I use something like this back home.

[@friendlyneighborhoodkelbea7258]

@@Correxis oh, that is cool to know.

[@ApexOfUnova]

Nice Kelbeam profile pic! It's not everyday I see an Ultraman fan online :)

[@friendlyneighborhoodkelbea7258]

@@ApexOfUnova *ah, I see you're a man of culture as well*

[@exkelsior1486]

No one really should have to justify their flamethrower tbh

[@garrisoncornwell9585]

This film needs a recount ASAP!!!

[@Thezion1111]

Was coming to say the same thing, 22 may have been a good one for it for the 40 year anniversary but I still wanna see him go more in depth

[@Thezion1111]

Was coming to say the same thing, 22 may have been a good one for it for the 40 year anniversary but I still wanna see him go more in depth

[@willpoundstone71]

11:56 Apple was founded in 1976. Microsoft in 1975. I think you mean neither of those operating systems existed.

[@pseudotasuki]

Indeed, both were very well-established by that point.

[@alpgul1689]

Well they were named Mac and windows

[@suprlite]

Windows 1.0 came in 1983. And it was not really a separate operating system, but a program running on DOS os.

[@SquooshyCatboy]

Correct

[@goombatroopa5110]

Norris didn’t die from the heart attack. He was actually assimilated long before then. I think it’s by the dog in the silhouette scene. The hair and collar match him well. I think palmers death was linked to the dirty clothes in the kitchen trash can that nauls found

[@alexcaruso8766]

Haha. I think you and I have seen that same video.

[@eylonavraham8921]

@@alexcaruso8766 the WhatCulture one? I just watched it lol

[@yurikindt6764]

@@eylonavraham8921 Theres one video by Zack Cherry that shows more stuff. Palmer was assimilated somewhere at the time after he, Norris and Mac come back from the UFO and the 48 hour time shift. Yes those dirty longjohn's are Palmers because of proof from a deleted scene of the crew finding more longjohns that is Norris's size. That is the right time Norris is assimilated

[@yurikindt6764]

Oh yeah I've watched that video for Watch Culture, but the stuff about Blair in it is false. Blair was still human when he was put into lockdown in the tool shed. How do we know this? When we watch the movie, Mac takes a drink out of a bottle of Vodka that belongs to Blair. Later on though, in the famous blood test scene, Mac is human. Blair was human on lockdown is what this means.

[@Kewertate]

Same also I don't think he was getting heart issues during that scene. I think it was the thing forming the chest jaw while he is still alive.

[@atlasprime6193]

Here’s an idea: That bottle Charles was drinking out of at the end, it’s filled with gasoline, not alcohol. I remember a little bit about the discussion, saying that Mac had filled it with gasoline to make Molotov and he still carried some by the end of the film. He wanted to drink it in order to commit suicide if the Thing is still alive trying to get him, but instead gave it to Charles as a trick in order to confirm if he’s the real Thing.

[@nyquil-addictandcoffee-enjoyer]

Mac was also staring at Charles, waiting for him to drink it. Seeing as he drunk it, your idea basically confirms Charles as a Thing

[@friendlyneighborhoodkelbea7258]

No! The Thing makes a PERFECT copy. (keyword: PERFECT). You would cough after drinking gasoline. Since The Thing makes a PERFECT copy, it would cough too (just like Norric Thing had an actual heart attack). Still Childs would reject the drink if he was human, as he would have knew that he can get infected like that.

[@coreywilliams2242]

@@friendlyneighborhoodkelbea7258 if the thing made a perfect copy then it wouldve made child's breath be the same as macreadys but in the comics don't know if they're canon child's is a thing

[@friendlyneighborhoodkelbea7258]

@@coreywilliams2242 you can clearly see Childs breath, he was outside for much longer than Mac was and that is why it is not as visible as Mac's breath

[@lieyunus8123]

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[@tokensdam]

Man, 6 years... That's hard to believe man, soon it'll be 10 years Im coming back to watch this since I am once again obsessed with The Thing

[@LorenHelgeson]

Fun fact about the scene where Copper's arms are bitten off: The teeth inside the prop for Norris-Thing's stomach had the strength of a hydraulic press, so there's no way they could have done that with a real human. The effect was achieved by creating two prosthetic arms filled with gelatin, rubber bones and fake blood. They were then attached to a body double that the casting team found who also happened to be a double-amputee. Some judicious editing and over-the-shoulder camera angles helped complete the illusion.

[@Saka_Fischli]

Man that‘s sick. They made a masterpiece with that

[@LorenHelgeson]

@@Saka_Fischli If you get a chance, watch it with the commentary track. There are a lot of crazy anecdotes from what went on behind the scenes.

[@EllaAngeli]

I love when movies use amputee stunt men

[@Zdub212]

@@EllaAngeli Amputee stuntmen are TIGHT!!

[@Khronos12]

TimeToChange121 flex tape could’ve fixed coppers hands and kill infection.

[@Guntherson220]

Fun fact: The silhouette of the Thing's first human victim was actually stuntman Dick Warlock, last seen on the Kill Count with his face equally obscured by a Shatner mask as "The Shape". That's right folks, in this movie the Thing's first human victim is technically Michael Myers... That's somehow more terrifying.

[@JonJurgenstein]

He was only in Halloween 2 though. I loves his acting and would have loved to see him stay.

[@ryantalley5284]

There is no fucking way that a human is walking this earth right now with the God-given name Dick Warlock.

[@JayboCorp.2014]

​@@ryantalley5284: You'd be surprised. XD

[@Weirdman20]

​@@ryantalley5284His name IS Richard Warlock, but he's more well known as Dick Warlock.

[@mogscugg2639]

what warlock?

[@joeMama-ls5km]

Fun Fact: the Norwegian actors were screaming the whole plot of the movie in Norwegian so when It came out in Norway it ruined the movie

[@joeMama-ls5km]

Jarno Datema no why?

[@joeMama-ls5km]

Jarno Datema oh I see

[@joshs2562]

Jarno Datema I lost brain cells by reading your comment.

[@jermainallen7176]

@@jarnodatema Are you like 10? Jesus...

[@ivy5736]

@@jermainallen7176 wait what did the comment say LOL

[@JustHereForTheDialogue]

Everything from the music to the commentary in your videos are perfection and you’ve only gotten better as the years went on. Keep doing you bro you’re absolutely top notch!

[@DeadMeat]

Thank you!

[@JustHereForTheDialogue]

@@DeadMeat no, thank you guys!

[@yahnah9116]

​@@DeadMeatbro do a recount

[@samsmith9315]

I always liked the theory that the introduction of Mac's character foreshadows the ending; him pouring whiskey into an inhuman opponent he knows has ultimately beaten him (the chess computer at the start and Childs-Thing at the end). I also like the theory that the whiskey bottle is filled with gasoline from all the molitov cocktails he was throwing around and Childs-Thing drinks it without knowing the difference. Explains Mac's bitter chuckle at the end too. Whatever the "real" ending I like things being left open to interpretation and speculation. It's part of the reason my friends and I still talk about this movie so long after it came out.

[@Taskinrules]

childs isnt a thing as explained by another comment

[@ZombifiedBuizel]

@@TaskinrulesChilds is a Thing. It made the mistake of taking a drink when MacCready offered. That's the tell. If Childs wasn't he wouldn't have taken a drink due to potential Thing infection. Were he human he'd have been wary of that and declined in case MacCready was a Thing which he isn't.

[@juliandacosta6841]

​@@ZombifiedBuizelthe alcohol could kill off any thing cells lying around

[@ZombifiedBuizel]

@@juliandacosta6841 I'm not talking about the inside of the bottle. There's no alcohol on the outside. Simply touching the bottle is enough

[@the1trueshark]

@@ZombifiedBuizel at that point, i think theyve both been resigned to their fate, knowing that they are going to die, and they dont care anymore about the contamination, which is why mac chuckles to himself.

[@vincentmarcellino7183]

"Hey Blair. Ya seen anythi-" *Sees noose* "What are you doing?" "Nothin', Mac. Was just gonna hang out for a bit!"

[@Peter_mikaelson]

Yo bro everyone gansta until 6ix9ine gets released

[@GanglesBrokenMask]

XD

[@sargentsteve7148]

Still love puns, even suicide puns, like this dream I had where someone wanted to commit suicide due to my puns and I literally yell *"if you trip I'll be seeing you next fall"* right at him... and then I wake up

[@Windcry0211]

Blair is Sayori confirmed?

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

@@sargentsteve7148 quality friend goals

[@windowsxp1911]

Judging by the fact that Childs still has an earring by the end of the movie he may not be a thing, then there's also the possibility that the thing learned from it's mistakes in the prequel and put it on after Childs' assimilation.

[@soulplaysgames4126]

There's also the possibility that they didn't think that far ahead

[@anthonygreico9735]

It is already established that the Thing can’t merge with inorganic material as it already was shown not able to merge with cloths.

[@chrisrandom6309]

he was a confirmed thing in the thing comics

[@henrys2526]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4unXoVsrbueadk

[@soadBeholder]

Theirs a odd shine off one of his teeth too that I always thought might be a metal tooth, food for thought.

[@JonescalypsoASMR]

I was 8 yrs old the first time I saw (the first part of) this movie. I told my dad to rent a scary movie, expecting thrills and jump scares. I had no concept of gore back then. So he brought this back, saying it was one of his favorites... By the time the dog-transformation scene happened (btw huskies were my top favorite dog back then), I was in high-screaming hysterics and we had to turn the movie off. Word spread across our neighborhood and I was tormented about being scared of this movie well into high school. It wasnt until after I was 20 that I watched the full movie. And I still find it disgusting. For those of you who love it, I applaud you. Bravo. You're forever braver than me. I dont blame anyone for liking it, to each their own. But it will forever be a trigger memory for me. I really like Dead Meat's vids, so I couldnt help but come by to see what they had to say about it. ✌

[@THICCMIDGET808]

When I was 6 I accidentally came across the blood test scene on KZbin and watched it. That traumatized me and ruined my childhood but I got older and was brave enough to watch it again, I got interested with the movie and “The Thing” became my first favorite horror movie.

[@Nomi_MirXa]

Same thing happened to me it wasnt my first horror movie but it was my first gory movie

[@stephaniesheep1147]

I got scared from the chest eating hands scene

[@MOVIE_GIRL-jp5ik]

Same it's one of my favorite video and now it's age restricted 😭

[@sassyd8738]

same was brave to watch it at the show and the blood pops out scene i jumped so hard screamin lol after the movie had problems lol i dont think i could be friend that thing at all

[@ryann9026]

“I fear no man” “But that thing, it scares me” Hehe

[@hehheh5299]

I’m hehe

[@obamaunknown8423]

This is the worst joke

[@edgekorn3398]

No just no

[@obamaunknown8423]

We all know that it's a heavy reference

[@Fahimlol]

I spot a pun ._.

[@Gwyllgi]

6:43 This is supposed to be the collective screams of every being the Thing has killed and assimilated. Thousands or millions across the galaxies.

[@aprilmorales8524]

Not terrifying at all 😳

[@ernestoacosta7918]

It’s quite the cosmic horror creature, the many species are still stuck within its cells making a collective torment

[@lalabath4480]

what the hell

[@animeshowfan8145]

i feel like this movie deserves a recount. with how much the show has changed id love a more indepth look at not just the movie but the behind the scens of it as well

[@youngsterkelp9425]

I hate all of these "Among Us: the movie" comments. For now on, I'm going to refer to Among Us as "The Thing Video Game"

[@ohohoho7056]

Yes!

[@LizLuvsCupcakes]

Oh, stop your grousing and let the children engage with the media.

[@youngsterkelp9425]

@@LizLuvsCupcakes yeah... I guess you're right. Alright, I'mma go play The Thing Video Game

[@LizLuvsCupcakes]

Youngster Kelp don't knock it til you've played it.

[@youngsterkelp9425]

@@LizLuvsCupcakes I do play it? Pretty fun. I suck though. I need to look up how to get better at the thing.... don't rely on me to tell good lies

[@AJU55i]

The Among Us comments here are the equivalent to JoJo comments in rock songs.

[@aiden6023]

help I like all four of those

[@psomichelle2758]

well if you like jojo you literally would like anything. so....you're a lost cause.

[@BlazingRoman]

*"When the imposter is sus!"* ⠀⠀⠀⡯⡯⡾⠝⠘⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢊⠘⡮⣣⠪⠢⡑⡌ ⠀⠀⠀⠟⠝⠈⠀⠀⠀⠡⠀⠠⢈⠠⢐⢠⢂⢔⣐⢄⡂⢔⠀⡁⢉⠸⢨⢑⠕⡌ ⠀⠀⡀⠁⠀⠀⠀⡀⢂⠡⠈⡔⣕⢮⣳⢯⣿⣻⣟⣯⣯⢷⣫⣆⡂⠀⠀⢐⠑⡌ ⢀⠠⠐⠈⠀⢀⢂⠢⡂⠕⡁⣝⢮⣳⢽⡽⣾⣻⣿⣯⡯⣟⣞⢾⢜⢆⠀⡀⠀⠪ ⣬⠂⠀⠀⢀⢂⢪⠨⢂⠥⣺⡪⣗⢗⣽⢽⡯⣿⣽⣷⢿⡽⡾⡽⣝⢎⠀⠀⠀⢡ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⢂⠢⢂⢥⢱⡹⣪⢞⡵⣻⡪⡯⡯⣟⡾⣿⣻⡽⣯⡻⣪⠧⠑⠀⠁⢐ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⠢⢑⠠⠑⠕⡝⡎⡗⡝⡎⣞⢽⡹⣕⢯⢻⠹⡹⢚⠝⡷⡽⡨⠀⠀⢔ ⣿⡯⠀⢈⠈⢄⠂⠂⠐⠀⠌⠠⢑⠱⡱⡱⡑⢔⠁⠀⡀⠐⠐⠐⡡⡹⣪⠀⠀⢘ ⣿⣽⠀⡀⡊⠀⠐⠨⠈⡁⠂⢈⠠⡱⡽⣷⡑⠁⠠⠑⠀⢉⢇⣤⢘⣪⢽⠀⢌⢎ ⣿⢾⠀⢌⠌⠀⡁⠢⠂⠐⡀⠀⢀⢳⢽⣽⡺⣨⢄⣑⢉⢃⢭⡲⣕⡭⣹⠠⢐⢗ ⣿⡗⠀⠢⠡⡱⡸⣔⢵⢱⢸⠈⠀⡪⣳⣳⢹⢜⡵⣱⢱⡱⣳⡹⣵⣻⢔⢅⢬⡷ ⣷⡇⡂⠡⡑⢕⢕⠕⡑⠡⢂⢊⢐⢕⡝⡮⡧⡳⣝⢴⡐⣁⠃⡫⡒⣕⢏⡮⣷⡟ ⣷⣻⣅⠑⢌⠢⠁⢐⠠⠑⡐⠐⠌⡪⠮⡫⠪⡪⡪⣺⢸⠰⠡⠠⠐⢱⠨⡪⡪⡰ ⣯⢷⣟⣇⡂⡂⡌⡀⠀⠁⡂⠅⠂⠀⡑⡄⢇⠇⢝⡨⡠⡁⢐⠠⢀⢪⡐⡜⡪⡊ ⣿⢽⡾⢹⡄⠕⡅⢇⠂⠑⣴⡬⣬⣬⣆⢮⣦⣷⣵⣷⡗⢃⢮⠱⡸⢰⢱⢸⢨⢌ ⣯⢯⣟⠸⣳⡅⠜⠔⡌⡐⠈⠻⠟⣿⢿⣿⣿⠿⡻⣃⠢⣱⡳⡱⡩⢢⠣⡃⠢⠁ ⡯⣟⣞⡇⡿⣽⡪⡘⡰⠨⢐⢀⠢⢢⢄⢤⣰⠼⡾⢕⢕⡵⣝⠎⢌⢪⠪⡘⡌⠀ ⡯⣳⠯⠚⢊⠡⡂⢂⠨⠊⠔⡑⠬⡸⣘⢬⢪⣪⡺⡼⣕⢯⢞⢕⢝⠎⢻⢼⣀⠀ ⠁⡂⠔⡁⡢⠣⢀⠢⠀⠅⠱⡐⡱⡘⡔⡕⡕⣲⡹⣎⡮⡏⡑⢜⢼⡱⢩⣗⣯⣟ ⢀⢂⢑⠀⡂⡃⠅⠊⢄⢑⠠⠑⢕⢕⢝⢮⢺⢕⢟⢮⢊⢢⢱⢄⠃⣇⣞⢞⣞⢾ ⢀⠢⡑⡀⢂⢊⠠⠁⡂⡐⠀⠅⡈⠪⠪⠪⠣⠫⠑⡁⢔⠕⣜⣜⢦⡰⡎⡯⡾⡽

[@baguette4425]

Tbh the jojo comments are actually better than the cringe *i wish i was alive during this time* and *if ur listening to this now your a legend* comments

[@fairzanimations]

Same as Kim k commenting on a science project by brian cox

[@Stuurminator]

I saw the director's commentary for this movie, and in it, Carpenter and Russell note something a lot of people don't talk about: the scene cut between the God fireball and Mac meeting Childs leave enough unknown time that Mac himself could be infected. That led me to think: wouldn't it be interesting if they were *both* the Thing, but didn't know it? There's no indication that separate Thing organisms can recognize each other. That would make the Thing itself the final victim of the same paranoia that had plagued the humans throughout the film, and in retrospect, imply that it too had been laboring under that fear and uncertainty for the entire runtime. I just think that's an interesting concept, though probably unintended by the filmmakers.

[@DanthebobGaming]

Bit late but Carpenter has confirmed that one of them is a thing. Personally i think its childs because of the comment in the directors commentary about the white circle in the eyes of the none infected. Holds up for the rest of the film

[@AlexDeems22]

Chiles can't be a thing, he has an earing in. The thing can't simulate metals

[@AlexDeems22]

Look real close at that last scene, it's almost like they tell you indirectly through the prequal

[@DanthebobGaming]

@@AlexDeems22 There is a counter to that arguement. The Thing can adapt very rapidly to become a better infiltrator. Its entirely possible (and quite likely) that the events of the prequel have allowed The Thing to overcome this test as it has survived it once before

[@asiv90]

@@DanthebobGaming Except there has been no notice of the thing being able to adapt. All it can do is assimilate and imitate which it does through a lengthy digestion process before it gets to imitation where any and all inorganic material *will* be taken out and it has been confirmed in the prequel that the thing cannot use/stand inorganic material. Either way, if the game is anything to follow chronologically Chiles was the thing because Mac was alive and human at the end of the game.

[@dylanjulian1028]

I still think James needs to recount this. It's just too good of a movie.

[@Jvegas2281]

What I love about the detail of this movie is that when The Thing assimilated Norris, it copies his heart condition. So when it has a heart attack; it legit goes into shock. The only reason it killed Copper with the belly mouth was because it instinctively reacted to the electric shocks. Brilliant.

[@myleslondon5220]

Shade the Wolf yep

[@muffinpufferz]

300th like

[@1g.]

Actually the Thing doesn't need oxidized blood to survive, so a heart beat is not mandatory, it most likely acted a heart attack not only to distract and convince the others, but take them out when their guard was down.

[@libertyprime3374]

My theory i dont think people know they are the thing and it completely blocks the memories of the person and lets them stay in control until it wants to attack someone else in which case it fully takes over

[@Jvegas2281]

Liberty Prime I personally think that it works like Get Out. The original person is aware of what’s happening, and The Thing is in the driver seat.

[@krakhead4017]

I like to think both Childs and MacReady are human and that they’re just both waiting for one of them to make the first move. You can just barely see Childs’s breath and since he’s closer to the fires it makes sense for his breath to not be all steamy. I also like to think that Childs either forgot about the whole rule about not drinking or eating off of someone after his whole venture off to find Blair or that he’s at a point where he knows he’s gonna freeze to death (as seen in the video game) so he’d rather risk having one final drink before he dies. This ties pretty good to the video game’s story since you come across a frozen Childs who is also proven human in the game.

[@Mandi_Paranormal]

There's a game?

[@Slacker_vibes1020]

​@@Mandi_Paranormal There's a game, and a couple comics

[@VivaLaDnDLogs]

As part of my scriptwriting class in college, I had to analyze a whodunnit mystery. I chose this film because a friend had shown me it Freshman year and I thought it was the most successful example of unpredictable suspicion & mystery I'd ever seen. So I decided to go through the script and figure out exactly who got Thing-ed, when, and by whom. I spent 11 hours at my laptop figuring it out. It's so cleverly done you can't even believe. I was enthralled. It's fucking hard to figure out because you've got the actual Thing, people who have been Thing-ed, and the one that you don't really get explained in the film itself; things that become contaminated by the Thing. The biggest shock for me was realizing one of them got contaminated by _the weed he was smoking._ I was fortunate to have the prequel come out that same year. As someone who knew the original's screenplay backwards & forwards, I got a lot more out of it than most audience members. The writers got the Norwegian Camp down to the last detail, which was so gratifying to see. I know it isn't a popular sentiment, but I absolutely adore both films.

[@jameswazowski5362]

For 15 years, I always wondered how Blair got infected and when. Then I realized that part of the Kennel-Thing escaped through the roof. This is further backed up by how we see that little bastard pop out of Blair-Thing’s stomach.

[@gr81_gr81]

@@jameswazowski5362 Maybe - you have a decent point but we still can’t say for sure on a lot of it

[@dillonmoore9810]

Holy shit, as weed is an organic flowering bud Things could theoretically copy it too? How'd you figure this if you remember? That's pretty damn detailed if that's truly the case. The Thing, making potheads even more paranoid for nearly half a century going. Fuck. Genuinely terrifying, ain't ever smoking that Thing pack.

[@irecordwithaphone1856]

I think the director of the 2011 movie and the art department and all the people working on it were full of passion for the original, but got completely curb stomped by studio suits. They actually removed practical effects from the movie to overlay it with CGI, and I am pretty sure nobody working on that movie wanted that

[@R4inbowSt4rs]

wait, someone got infected from the goddamn weed. How the fuck 😭

[@monsterfanatic5344]

James should really do a recount on this movie. I feel like he'd have a good time doing it

[@stevesmith1383]

that dude shadow at 3:13 isn't actually any of the actors. While filming they realized you can sorta determine which person that was from their shadow, so they just had some guy on the film set stand it to cast a random shadow

[@STaLLoNe86]

It does look like Palmer though, right?

[@omegastar19]

Always 1906 coincidence

[@skylightsblade9468]

@@STaLLoNe86 I think it's actually Blair. At the end when the final thing is attacking Mac ot has dogs coming out of it and half of Blair's face. It would make sense for it to be Blair as well since you never see him get assimilated and it would explain how Buchs died. Plus if Blair was the shadow it would make sense for the final thing to have the ability to replicate both the dog's and Blair's DNA.

[@NitPickz]

@@skylightsblade9468 Nah, I'm pretty sure that it was Norris.

[@NitPickz]

BTW. The guy who did it is named Dick Warlock. Whom I'm pretty sure plays Michael Myers in H5 or H6, maybe H20.

[@hizpanicGam3r]

I think Blair became a thing when he said he wanted to be let in, he didn’t trust anyone and being isolated from them might seem like a good choice so the moment he said he wanted back in something was off

[@lilygiefer1342]

Good point!

[@teillean]

agree, the way he emphasised the fact that he’s “okay now” too

[@thedarkknight9153]

abby And the noose in the background.

[@lingon18]

Actually, while that does make sense on some level, there’s also the chance that he was a Thing ever since he smashed up the radios. If you notice he’s always seen as wearing a yellow shirt before that scene, but during it he wears a grey one, while clothing continuity is an important factor of the movie. Think about how one of the signs someone has transformed is torn clothes. It might seem counterproductive to smash the radios and helicopters, but actually it makes a lot of sense. The thing doesn’t need to contact anyone to bring it to the base, supply and rescue teams will come no matter what and it knows it, and the radios could be used to warn the others and stop them from ever coming. They provide no real benefit to it, and a lot of risk, it makes sense to destroy them. As for the helicopters wrecking it provided the Thing with the parts it needed to try and make its own ship. Just an interesting idea, and could show exactly how insidious the Thing could be. Also notice how when placed in the shack, one of the last things Blair does after being left in the shack is building paranoia. And for when he was infected? It could have been any moment when he was sleeping, or perhaps he got a few live Thing cells on him while dissecting one of them, and was slowly from the inside. He could’ve been a dead man walking from the second he first put that scalpel into the burned thing from the Norwegian camp. Just some interesting thoughts to stew over.

[@nathanielphillips3592]

@@lingon18 damn i never thought about that. good point.

[@trcsonic]

The thing is from 1982 and still has better effects and makeup than most of the movies right now.

[@kamikazeeeeee103]

Noah Law “shitty cgi” hating on cgi is getting so cliche, i bet when you/you’ve watched Mad Max, you didn’t even think/thought the background was cgi.

[@CharterForGaming]

CGI is one of the best things ever to happen to movies, the problem is that a lot of the time it's used as a replacement of practical effects. instead of enhancing them. When you use practical effects and enhance them with CGI you get some of the best fictional realism out there.

[@mymomtookmywii5333]

Kamikazee yo calm down, you don’t need to write a whole paragraph about how people hating cgi is stereotypical lmao. It’s an opinion dude, a lot of people hate CGI. It’s not a cool trend.

[@azraelhazee]

*cough* leprechaun *cough* *cough*

[@niddatyler4348]

trcsonic u

[@konstantinoskaragiannis1596]

"The Thing"(1982) is a horror sci-fi movie masterpiece and probably the best movie of all time for this Kind!

[@WingMan372]

They Played Among us before it was made 🤣🤣

[@jet4557]

That thumbnail is me when I see a bug on my thigh.

[@aqsem9073]

More or less when the filter goes off or what your friend sees when below you

[@katelynbodiford5680]

@Listhil creates What does the Alien's true form even look like? Is it never shown?

[@GBeagle1407]

?????

[@GBeagle1407]

The dog is wired

[@katelynbodiford5680]

@@GBeagle1407 And the gross and nasty part is where the Alien dog's face tears off revealing an ugly deformed dog like face man even Smile Dog from Creepypasta would throw up at that.

[@fatweeb1042]

When I saw the dog scene when I was a little kid, it truly terrified me to death for weeks. I will never forget that scene.

[@vripa1599]

I first seen this movie when I was 8 That scene still scares the shit out of me ;-;

[@motherofdogs7980]

That scene scared the shit out of me now. At least the dogs got treats after.

[@adigamerxgamerguy2536]

First time I saw that movie i was 12 and i couldnt sleep after that scene

[@yaboideviin3240]

me too, Palmer's transformation into the Thing didn't help either

[@MelodyofCelts]

Same

[@joshuaknepshield4687]

This is a movie about Kurt Russell getting in some Kurt Trouble by getting in a Kurt Tussle with a Kurt Hustle that allows it to be Kurt Subtle and camouflage into things that can be Kurt Cuddled. Kurt Russell uses a flamethrower to kill the Thing (that came from a Kurt Shuttle) and turn snow into Kurt Puddles. They kinda Kurt Fumble the situation and wind up being Kurt Humble when they die.

[@vkjungenberg4110]

this comment is criminally underrated XD It deserves the golden chainsaw award

[@codiak2680]

@@vkjungenberg4110 Agreed

[@chineseshitposter6181]

Holy Sh!t You actually typed that

[@sommerrachelle8369]

Awesome man!

[@unfair3]

No

[@Trenton-om9qs]

This is one of my favorite horror movies ever. The effects look so good even today. There are things I notice each time I watch it that I never noticed before.

[@vantablacc3264]

I can't believe how I managed to see the whole movie when I was just a kid. Right now, just seeing the kill count makes me flinch.

[@blankblank8424]

There is also a theory that the bottle that Mac gave childs was actually one of the ones used to make the Molotov cocktails earlier showing that he is a thing when he drinks it like it’s beer.

[@threefour5684]

The theory is also that bottle was a test and child’s is a thing also comics are made I am unsure what happens in them howver

[@tjg801]

@@threefour5684 that’s what blank just said.

[@logan9679]

That's just the bottle he was drinking out of earlier in the movie in his shack. Also, if you look at Childs when his head is turned he has an earing in. Going off the prequel rules that means he is not in fact a Thing.

[@threefour5684]

@@tjg801 it was not gas tho that the point that I was making cause Mac drinks out of them

[@threefour5684]

@@logan9679 what

[@ToxicAutisticTrash]

14:34 I don’t think he’s a Thing because it’s defensive right down to the core and poisoning himself with alcohol is kinda contradictive

[@Nognamogo]

Alcohol doesn't cause instant or directly harmful damage like extreme heat. The thing is capable of freezing in the snow to achieve it's goals after all.

[@bakerzane3055]

@@Nognamogo tell that to my liver

[@cheeplethebulldog1420]

Alcohol needs to be digested so some of the harmful chemicals can go into the system. Maybe The Thing can dispose some of the poisonous chemicals like how humans dispose of fecal matter or even urine.

[@DetectiveNyx]

@@cheeplethebulldog1420 lol watch me piss out medical alcohol

[@GOODBOYMODZZ]

Well I don't think he's one just because if he was why would he just be sitting there talking to the last survivor? I think if any of them were a thing then they would have just instantly attacked the other.

[@DungBeetle626]

James, please do a recount of this. I really love The Thing and I want to learn more about it.

[@heheitsme1031]

I love how much more comfortable James is now vs 2017. hes so much more animated and goofy!

[@thejaded]

I noticed that too. It's very cute tbh

[@supremeleader7863]

I miss this James he’s more chill

[@Izaan2810]

​@@supremeleader7863Nah... Glad he found himself as a person.

[@Izaan2810]

​@@supremeleader7863FFS, what even are your comments in general???

[@supremeleader7863]

@@Izaan2810 what?

[@bootlegms8348]

Something that’s always confused me about this movie, when Mac said that “The Thing is defensive down to the last particle” wouldn’t it have defended its thumb getting cut in the first place? Not just wait until they test the blood itself??

[@ZephariusBe]

But the Thing itself seems vastly intelligent, so maybe just the blood acted primal but the actual Thing had enough braincells to know that it might find a chance to escape if another thing was discovered first and created enough chaos for it to escape.

[@reservoirfrogs2177]

I don't think knives or gunshots can actually hurt it, only fire. It only jumped because he got it with a super hot needle.

[@417Owsy]

maybe because a knife doesn't harm the thing in a major way, unlike flamethrowers. Fire kills anything, which is why the blood jumped because it felt in serious danger

[@samsniper2000]

The smaller the thing the more primitive it is, a human or dog thing can understand that a small cut isn't a true threat.

[@Nikotheleepic]

Cutting it doesn't actually hurt it considering it would just be splitting up individual parts, burning would Actually killl the cells

[@PogueMarch]

The real question is: At what point did James get assimilated into a Thing?

[@jacksonspiner5047]

Around the time he released the Friday The 13th Movies Ranked video, an angry Thing fan assimilated him.

[@twawannadozier8635]

Jackson Spiner who

[@PogueMarch]

face can Dead Meat fans start referring to rude or unruly commenters at "Things" now?

[@jacksonspiner5047]

Tea&Opal Yes please

[@kereiltutt5769]

Wow😂

[@ianlaw1754]

Please do a recount. This deserves it.

[@diegog6162]

I've been binge watching these videos since the IT premiere. And I love it!

[@bossdon730]

Diego Gutierrez

[@jordanprice1471]

Diego Gutierrez SAME

[@bunkerghust8425]

Diego Gutierrez did you know that it 2017

[@bunkerghust8425]

Same

[@tmaster42]

Me too man

[@crokkadoodledoo9956]

What’s crazy and great about the Thing is yes all the characters are smart in an insane moment but also the thing itself is godlike genius entity. It retains all the knowledge of who it replicates and as when cloned Blair, it built a small ufo outta spare parts within a couple hours from scratch within the story mode.

[@sirsticky1068]

Childs is a Thing. In the scene were it shows him guarding the door there is an extra blue coat, when it cuts over to when he is missing and the blue coat is also missing, the thing tears through clothing when it assimilates people. Thing Childs took the extra coat.

[@cor955]

Not necessarily true. It depends on the continuity. Childs in the followup comics survives with Mac, and in the PS2 game was shown to be human and to have frozen to death while mac survives.

[@miguelz3895]

the thing can’t replicate inorganic material and child’s had a earring in his ear

[@miguelz3895]

check 14:21

[@renadex4905]

@@miguelz3895 It could just have put it on.

[@calebplerry9664]

@@renadex4905 where the fuck did it find it the building is on fire

[@leonardomaranhao2861]

Man dead Meat come a long way. From ''Oh yes that guy that count how many people die in horror movies'' to ''Super detailed, great observation, count death and great work''. You earned that James.

[@NotBoinge]

“Maybe this movie isn’t so gory” I’m scared.

[@chlolaxgaming4482]

Same

[@karenbonds264]

There are 6 Imposters Among Us 1:45 {Dead Body Reported} 1:55 {Dead Body Reported} 5:00 Goodboi was an Imposter. 5 Imposters remain. 6:52 Bennings was an Imposter. 4 Imposters remain. 8:52 {Dead Body Reported} 9:53 {Dead Body Reported} 10:19 Norris was an Imposter. 3 Imposters remain. {Emergency Meeting} 10:31 Clark was not an Imposter. 3 Imposters remain. 11:28 {Dead Body Reported} 11:40 Palmer was an Imposter. 2 Imposters remains. 13:25 {Dead Body Reported} 13:42 Nauls Disconnected 14:05 Blair was an Imposter. 1 Imposter remains. Defeat/Victory

[@RaccoonOnTimin]

This is underrated

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[@generalfeldmarschallpolycr8118]

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[@splattacker56]

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[@Novistadors]

Can’t believe this news just came out.. Rest in piece Wilford Brimley. Never forgotten. ❤️

[@markaplayz5165]

I don’t really know why your so sad he died but ok

[@kingjrex3656]

Sorry bout that.

[@baileyseyts]

I would love this one for a recount. There is a lot of interesting history behind the practical effects and general production of this film, so I feel James would have a lot to sink his teeth into regarding the "...and how they were made" portion of the kill counts. I am sure he has this in mind, so whenever it does come out, I will certainly be here.

[@mangar3147]

The ending was done perfectly, i love the way they let the audience decide. One more detail was that Childs had on a green coat at the end when previously he had a blue coat. A bit suspicious.

[@nickbatutay8325]

"It wants to freeze now.It's got no way out of here,it just wants to sleep in the cold until the rescue team finds it." My favorite Mac line ever.

[@swagdaddydiego6643]

I think he pointed that out because he himself is the one that will eventually freeze to later be found by the rescue team.

[@nickbatutay8325]

I thought he survived.

[@wizkid3643]

Why's that your favorite line

[@devinwatkins8953]

Why

[@CrashB111]

@@nickbatutay8325 Mac is the only 100% human at the end of the film. so he 100% either froze to death because he is in Antarctica with no shelter or The Thing killed him. Really the only thing Mac can do at the end is suicide by burning himself and Childs alive, both of them will freeze to death anyway if they are human. Burning to death at least guarantees The Thing never escapes.

[@millllk]

that dog scene really stuck with me and traumatized me for.. ever lol. whenever i think about this movie that scene always comes to mind

[@VindictiveShadowWolf]

My dad told me The Thing was a movie about huskies, because he knew how much I loved them. My tears shot out of my eyes like bullets.

[@amityislandchum]

@@VindictiveShadowWolf Jesus! Your dad is cold.

[@paisley6733]

@@VindictiveShadowWolf I like your dad's humor hahaha.

[@madphilliesfan6068]

millk same

[@imbored9553]

millk just keep in mind that they are not real, and the dogs in real life are ok lol

[@dooplets._.5776]

I really wish we could get a remake of this video, I would love to hear the modern dead meat crew's jokes and insight on this genuinely amazing film

[@PossibleAMVs]

Talk about bringing some actuality to the phrase "kill it with fire"

[@Zyk0th]

I wouldn't be surprised if this was where the phrase originated from.

[@ChronoTriggerHappy]

im pretty sure this is where it originated from, probably wasnt directly said in the film but a flamethrower and molotov cocktail rampage is the very definition of kill it with fire. Its assumed than anything that can regenerate / assimilate / survive extreme conditions will die if lit on fire because fire destroys its cells to the point of ceasing to function.

[@raphuscucullatus7845]

Ditch that flamethrower shit, drop fucking napalm on it!

[@clubs4778]

I kind of expected this comment section to now be filled with a lot of among us jokes

[@starfalcon13576]

It kinda is, but I too was expecting more

[@governorofohio212]

None of them are funny too

[@AndyHappyGuy]

How about this? The company Mira discovered the planet "Polus". Polus had all the things for life. Water, warmth, and sufficient gravity. They started to launch missions to Polus for colonization. However, they didn't consider that something was already living there... Mira's Polus outpost discovered an alien bacteria on Polus, and they left it in the specimen room. Unbeknownst to any of them, this alien sample was actually a parasitic shape-shifting organism that could infect a crewmate. When the parasite infects a Crewmate, they kill the crewmate and take control over their body. These infected crewmates are now known as "Imposters". A few crewmates were infected, and turned into imposters. They started to attack the crew in Polus, spreading fear and panic. The crewmates manage to overcome this and kill the imposter, and they abandon Polus and their outpost. They board the spaceship "Skeld", in hopes of returning to their home planet. However, a few of the parasitic aliens managed to sneak on the Skeld, turning more Crewmates into imposters. Fortunately, they manage to kill those imposters as well, and they land on Mira's Headquaters. The same thing that happened on Skeld happens on Mira HQ, however, unlike on Skeld, all the imposters and Parasitic aliens are eliminated, and all samples were incinerated. Except one... When the crewmates returned to Mira HQ, they took the dropship home and they abandoned the Skeld. Unbeknownst to any of them, a few Crewmates were left behind on the Skeld. The remaining alien samples on the Skeld attacked the abandoned Crewmates. In a last ditch effort, the abandoned Crewmates flies the Skeld into a solar system with 8 planets and a G-type main-sequence star. They then crash land on a snowy continent on a strange planet, however, all the crewmates died in the crash, and the remaining imposter freezes into a block of ice. 100,000 years later, a Norwegian research team finds the ruined Skeld and a frozen impostor. It's time for the Things to shine again. Edit: TL;DR The Skeld is the UFO in the thing. The Thing in the ice block was a mutilated impostor.

[@AndyHappyGuy]

@minecraft sucks not saying it would be a good movie.

[@aaronjones6299]

There will be jokes among us

[@reganjones594]

"It was a normal walk, CAUSE IM A THING!" IM CRYING

[@bigthickmanmeat1443]

Regan Jones it happened as I read it

[@randomperson2739]

Lol

[@MPFCgal88]

This and the prequel need their own recounts; I’d love to see the behind the scenes for both of ‘em

[@radioactivesoup9312]

Could you make a kill count on the emoji movie and how many childhoods it will kill?

[@vincehgrutherford6184]

RadioActiveSoup Unconfirmed kill count

[@thebitchisback2392]

Come on man, James doesn't have that kind of time. He's still working his regular job.

[@fall3nsou184]

500,000 kills

[@walrusonion9yearsago777]

RadioActiveSoup literally millions.

[@-sorrows7156]

RadioActiveSoup That will take 6 months to make

[@lalosalamanca2404]

Among us map polus was based off this movie and the imposter kill where he sticks his tongue through face

[@aggayeet6962]

yo i like ur pfp

[@lalosalamanca2404]

@@aggayeet6962 I like your pfp more

[@dripalien4529]

These replys basically complimenting your self

[@samot4100]

My headcanon is that the imposter just is the thing.

[@cyanity1017]

@@samot4100 I feel like maybe the imposter is like a similar species to the thing, but not the actual thing, considering we know it has some sort of sentience unlike the thing which is a creature just seeking to kill, and plus they carry around a knife and gun, not just use the spike tongue. And it has enough knowledge to sabotage stuff without outright destroying it with a weapon.

[@KingsNerdCave]

We need a Thing game where you make your own choices and can have different infected and survivors. Like The Walking Dead or Detroit Become Human.

[@zxitscorbinlul]

Yes please

[@missmothman]

There was a game that's the canonical ending to this movie its not a choice thing but still

[@snaild7486]

my thoughts exactly. someone should message the company for that request xD

[@patchesgaming9139]

I'd rather have it made by the devs of detroit become human because telltale is complete shit at this point

[@sparkyproductions5856]

Darkstarcyber _ but that would take years of development

[@jaceyking5015]

I have a really soft spot for this film, since it's the only movie where I've actually met one of the actors, Wilford Brimley. He was actually from my hometown and was doing a play at the theater my dad worked at. He sat and chatted with me for a long time, and he never talked about himself, just asked me how my schooling was going and things I liked to do. Such a sweet man.

[@DeLarg3]

Yo Childs had his earrings in in the end and according to the prequel the thing can’t replicate inorganic matter so Childs is a genuine survivor in the end

[@44almm]

in the game (which i believe was confirmed canon by carpenter) you see childs dead body aswell, further solidifying he was human

[@punctuationman334]

Clement DeLarge the thing was made before the thing 2011. And maybe the thing adapted and put the earrings back on.

[@bubblefrog4289]

Baby Blue Yeah especially since in the prequel the last thing puts the earring back in (the wrong ear) so maybe not as crazy as you’d think

[@fork4207]

Bubble Frog can we just let a black back the the 80s survive a horror movie.

[@flufflebuffle7404]

Actually in the second movie he put the earring in but in the wrong ear.

[@alfonsoignatiussuwandi9609]

If they can speak norwegian this whole movie could be avoided

[@youngghooverthegamer8400]

How doesn’t he have a million subs yet he has one of the best series on KZbin

[@samthelambcelske3671]

Youngghoover the Gamer he has only been around for 3-4 months.

[@sergeantbigmac]

The fact that hes gotten so many subs when he only just created this channel a few months ago is already REALLY impressive though, I just gotta say.

[@ehb20906]

Cause youtube is twisted AF. Dead Meat practically takes the word out of my mouth, and I love it

[@user-ji9od2qn3s]

I think this movie is worthy of a Recount

[@starbebe6776]

Child at the end isn’t a Thing because he still has his earring and the Thing can not duplicate any type of metal, only cells. That’s how in the prequel they tell who is a Thing and who isn’t

[@motodog242]

Starbebe 6 Yes, but the prequel came out after this film. Also, who’s to say that Child Thing knew to put on the earring because of what happened in the prequel? Basically what I’m saying is, the prequel doesn’t matter when looking at the events in this film.

[@starbebe6776]

motodog242 that’s true but I just thought that obviously when they made the prequel they obviously knew what happens after since the first Thing it come out years ago. And the thing wouldn’t have known to place the earring back on since in the prequel the girl kills the Thing when she realizes he doesn’t have his earring, and obviously that Thing couldn’t pass on the information since he died

[@toatahu2003]

@@starbebe6776 Unless the Thing is telepathic... Which there are some hints that it is...

[@mariaserrano7713]

Big Brain

[@cgh7337]

The thing could put the earring in after assimilation. Plus Childs was drinking gasoline at the end.

[@chunkyboi365]

Damn they playing the Among Us alpha

[@slimegeekedup]

Bro it's pink I saw them vent

[@Daubeny_the_dubious]

Yoshikage Kira AY I SAW YOU KILL GREEN WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO OPEN A DOOR ITS KIRA GUYS

[@jackox20ballesteros39]

I was just in Admin

[@darkanimates40]

Bro i was gonna say among us 1982 version xD

[@cris_tanga]

Idk why but red is always a sus one but... - : *. ~ 。　　　　•　 　ﾟ:　-　。° 　　*.　　　'.　　　* 　　.　　-　~　　。　　 。　. 　.　　 。　 ඞ 。　 . •. * ^ `. °. ~. ; *. *. : - red was not The Impostor

[@TylerBOrtega]

Not only am I proud to be a Patreon supporter (because being able to see this a day early made me feel pretty special), but seeing all the hard work and dedication that went into making this particular video is damn impressive in and of itself! Another great video as always James! #Roadto100K

[@jourdynne27]

Life is Good Time outs are a result of spamming or ignoring chat guidelines, nothing personal 😊

[@BlackObsidiann]

Life is Good lol