The Thing (CREATURE) Explained

The Thing is an extremely hostile shape-shifting extraterrestrial organism and the primary antagonist of the 1982 science-fiction film The Thing, its prequel, video-games and other assorted literature.
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[@Nobody77246]

*Y'all laughed when i said i was gonna bring a flamethrower to an arctic base. Looks who's laughing now* - Macready, 1982

[@johnconnervsskynet]

Guess he's always MacREADY

[@keynanmartinez]

ALWAYS HAVE A FLAMETHROWER!!!

[@hienosaatoa]

_"lmao I have a flamethrower alien weebs"_

[@horiturk333]

Not a lot of problems a flamethrower can't solve

[@arturkvieira]

McReady is allways ready

[@yourlocaltelevision3599]

I fear no man But that *thing* It scares me

[@bwzes03]

Billy? Is that you?

[@emekliboksor5459]

Thing vs Predator

[@JaggedBird]

Myufon The Cupcake can’t agree more, Heavy

[@Strykelife]

Lucky for you. It's no man

[@arandomdinosaur7548]

Don't worry Heavy. You got Pyro! Oh wait they scare you too... Figure something out buddy.

[@newguy3588]

The thought that it's "sneaky" is significant. It didn't care revealing itself to the dogs, but it hides upon humans. This "Thing" isn't stupid and totally parasitic. I love this movie.

[@disturbed1013]

It didn't attack them because they're dogs. It attacked them, because they felt something was wrong with it. They didn't come near, they growled. So it couldn't blend in with them.

[@broaddusmarines]

Alien and the Thing are the two best science fiction horror movies of all time. What makes them both great is the characters are (all) relatable, they’re both set in claustrophobic environments, and the movies depend on great acting and not CGI. Both are also over 40 years old and still stand the rest of time, even the effects.

[@andreilukyanov4286]

I would prefer to be assimilated by the Thing, than facehugged and give birth to a Xenomorph. At least when you are assimilated, it takes control of your brain the first seconds its cells are in. Feeling a Xenomorph embryo move in your stomach, knowing that nothing in the World can save you and just helplessly waiting for an excruciatingly painful and gruesome death, no thanks.

[@VideosGalacticos]

Yes

[@roadwarrior1459]

Add the first terminator in with those two.

[@moistwrmonastring1017]

Completely agreed! They’re two of my favourite films of all time, and extremely re-watchable!

[@brandonoliver5304]

Aliens too is a great film. One of the best sequels ever made

[@Hound831]

1982 Thing pushed practical special effects to supreme levels.

[@HaohmaruHL]

And it still looks awesome even today. love this movie

[@blessfullstop]

That was in 1982 imagine how good practical effects could be on a big movie budget. Horror movies could actually be scary again.

[@oscarthompson3951]

@@adammalakiI disagree, this shit still looks pretty horrific

[@mirandaconca1637]

I’d take practical effects any day of CGI

[@gardetto265]

And now we have garbage cgi and piss poor remakes. The thing, the exorcist, and suspiria did it right

[@DrShaym]

We also learned from the 2011 prequel that the Thing has the power to imitate a bad CG effect.

[@vee1267]

The most infuriating part is, they actually did some real practical effects for that movie and they were genuinely good - then the studio execs came in and insisted they basically pain over it with CGI trash. There’s still some videos of the original effects on studioADI’s channel, showing what could have been...

[@fluorosco]

I love the Kurt russel one. But i enjoyed the new one too.

[@Cradboradfy]

Man the split face scene's effects were so poor, but at the same time I loved the concept of it, it's so infuriating.

[@killerfrank8974]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@rumuelnathanael8043]

LMAO

[@roblikes8435]

"I know you gentlemen have been through a lot, but when you find the time, I'd rather not spend the rest of this winter TIED TO THIS F***ING COUCH!"

[@catchercat_yt3503]

I love that scene so much

[@moodyowlproductions4287]

Oh well if you gonna act that way you can stay tried to the couch a little longer

[@J0nath0n.]

“You forgot to say please” *sticks hot needle into chest*

[@Skeletondude101]

@@J0nath0n. that would be a very different scene lol-

[@HermanMcghee]

I LIKE IT TOO MAN.😅

[@johnnyfavorite1194]

Great point at 2:52 I had always assumed the various tentacles, gaping maws, and claws were the Thing’s true form. It never occurred to me that it was just taking on various forms of previously assimilated organisms.

[@BackwoodsFilms]

At the end of the movie, before MacReady blows up the Thing with dynamite, it appears to take on a multitude of forms at once, with the main one (the head) resembling a T Rex, as if it had been on earth since the age of Dinosaurs.

[@J0nath0n.]

@@BackwoodsFilms makes you wonder what the Thing’s original form is if it even has one

[@firestrike5478]

@@J0nath0n. The Thing's original form could even just be a few cells, and it has no true form above that

[@J0nath0n.]

@@firestrike5478 yeah perhaps you’re right

[@mechinate]

@@BackwoodsFilms Nah the ship it came on crash landed in Antarctica around 100 thousand years ago and the thing froze after a few hours. Dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years ago.

[@porpus99]

27000 hours... Little less than four years. That is terrifying, considering that it could conquer a species without anyone even knowing they were under attack.

[@droopsmoop]

And if you consider the comics canon the things actually assimilate organisms faster in warmer climates

[@EastsideSILENCER777]

27000 hours equates to 1125 days which equates to 3 years and a couple of months.

[@aaronsmall765]

Dame that's scary

[@ccg2301]

You won't even know you're already a thing until you get hungry and start craving for living creatures and start to hear voices in your head from previous victims.

[@luthermcgee3756]

porpus99 , the camillian strikes in the dark."

[@jasonnesmith6518]

Best horror movie of all time in my opinion. A little dated here and there but it still holds up and I can't stop watching it.

[@theeldritchcollection]

Best of all time? Hmm the monster is great but I wanted a bit more out of the story I guess. Why do you like it so much?

[@belladonnahigh9206]

@@theeldritchcollection Because it has the atmosphere of isolation and constant threat, just like Alien, although I prefer Aliens with the marines who I've fallen in love with - especially Hudson and his sarcastic comments.

[@geert574]

Halloween is best Carpenter movie

[@spookshow6999]

Jason Nesmith it is

[@gutsandcasca4244]

Jason Nesmith yeah I agree, great movie to watch when you smoke weed.

[@TougeWarrior93]

The thing was lucky that the dog it kill ain’t John wick’s

[@dubstepilluminati1823]

*cuts to r/imsorryjon*

[@loayprettyboy206]

That's a good one

[@TougeWarrior93]

Loay Fraih Thanks

[@loayprettyboy206]

@@TougeWarrior93 you welcome 😃😃

[@lonestar2779]

Lol

[@RobertMorgan]

The Dog Transformation Creature still today is one of the most grotesque nightmare-fuel practical effects ever filmed. It makes sense how everyone was stunned into inaction upon encountering it. I wonder if the cast got to see it before filming or saw it for the first time in that take, revealing real reactions of shock.

[@Valhalla_Heathen]

That dog alien thing is freakishly scary! Props to the team who designed such horrendous creature

[@purelifeforever]

Can I please ask because I still don't understand. How does The Thing take someone over? @@Valhalla_Heathen

[@Yara-cm8mh]

@purelifeforever It’s pretty simple it’s just two methods 1. A thing catches you and is able to kill and start taking over your body very quickly due to the extremely high concentration of its cells touching yours 2. The thing doesn’t stay and assimilate you directly, but rather some of its cells are in contact with yours (such as eating food with its cells on it, or getting slashed, bitten or some other damage), in this case the assimilation speed just depends on how many cells it has on you, for example Windows who died by getting his head bitten, started transforming really quickly because he got a massive dose of thing cells to his head The thing “consumes” your cells and replicates them, so if it absorbed your brain for example, it would perfectly replicate your brain, same for every other bit of your body. That’s why it gains human memories and intelligence too because that’s all contained in our neurons

[@purelifeforever]

Thank you.😀@@Yara-cm8mh

[@cancel.lgbtq.6892]

Saw this when I was about 8-9 years old. It gave me nightmare for days especially that dog scene.

[@dannyhernandez265]

Yutube SuspendedMyAccount lol! Still pretty disturbing though even as of now.

[@theeldritchcollection]

Poor puppies.

[@madhatter38m]

It took me 3 tries over 4 years before I could get past that scene

[@kennybenally7187]

Same here. Now that I'm older? I'm in awe of the special effects they used back then to bring that alien to life. Crazy good movie.

[@Dandontlie]

lol i watch this movie when i was 11years old. my mum bought a disc from her office and bunch collection of others movies. oh boy i dream this thing under my bed waiting to suck out my stomach..ewww

[@crashfaff]

What I love about The Thing is all the imagination of forms it can take.

[@kylekenney1907]

What I love is how much of a damn mess it makes every. single. time it gets exposed. It's so chaotic and violent, both in its form and mannerisms, that it really just poses the biggest existential threat to anything. It's like the opposite of any other shape-shifter in that it just explodes into an animal-cancer that can't really be dealt with so well.

[@willhuey4891]

and also horrific forms

[@Lowlander-ci7is]

"I don't know but it's weird and pissed off" Best line in a movie ever 😎

[@grantfrith9589]

You gotta be fkn kidding!

[@nanomasa929]

That, and when Garry says "I would not like to spend the entire winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH!"🤣

[@Not_Fish]

I know Clark was a fun character

[@jtbrah6995]

“Well I’m a REAL light sleeper Childs… And if anybody tries to wake me, UNH UH!”

[@goji-woji1584]

I remember when that head started detaching from the body, I almost got physically sick from how real it looked. Good job on Rob Bottin

[@DrakeBrunette]

I was always curious how the Thing would react if it was successfully trapped. If left in a room that it couldn't possibly get out of and given threats of incineration should it attempt to escape...does it take any interest in discussion or does it just go into sleep mode? I think a very compelling movie could be made from whether or not the Thing considers itself a conscious being. And what value/s has it learned or done away with through assimilating with a potentially limitless amount of lifeforms across the Universe. The philosophical and psychological implications could be terrifying. Yes, these are things I think about in my spare time away from work.

[@AlekTrev006]

I always got the impression that the Thing itself must surely recognize that it's a "thing" - in other words, it has literal self-awareness and sees itself as different from the others (Humans, Dogs, etc) - given that it can speak, has the thoughts (and thus thinking capacity we'd presume) of things it absorbs. My question (sort of along the lines of your own) has always been, if you could speak to a Thing in such a setting that you were protected from it immediately attacking you - would it actually explain why it is hurting / killing your friends, etc - would it be like "sorry, I have to do this to survive" - or would it have no human concept of "right / wrong" and merely see us as insects / pests (with it as the 'superior being') ? // The fact that every time a Thing is revealed, it immediately goes hostile and attacks (or flees), in both films, means you never get to see anyone "reasoning with it" - or whether it's actually capable of such discussions. Interesting ponderings, eh ?

[@Gamingclutch1993]

@@AlekTrev006 I completely agree with you

[@TheRusty]

Through the movies, the thing is presented as non-sentient. it can -mimic- sentience, but that's no different than a cordyceps fungus making an ant move around; the fungus isn't actually smart, it just makes the ant's nervous system move in a particular way. but then Blair has his little golf cart-sized spaceship. Which is very incongruous; not only is the thing suddenly sentient, but actually sentient beyond its hosts. Further, why does it want a spaceship, when a helicopter would be way more useful to reach more prey? The spaceship part always felt weird to me because of this, like a scene that shoudl have bene trimmed off, but stuck.

[@AlekTrev006]

@@TheRusty Hmmm, a good point, Punk. One possible explanation for the Blair-Saucer being created (as opposed to a Chopper, or something else from Earth), is that it is thought the Thing only has the "knowledge" and "memories" (to a point) of the being it consumed. Since Blair was a scientist and not a mech-engineer, etc - in other words, because Blair lacked the prior knowledge of how to build a Car, Truck, Chopper, etc - the Thing was unable to do that too. BUT...The Thing itself would have had the absorbed knowledge of the Aliens that were piloting the Ship it was originally on (it's semi-confirmed in the cut-scenes from the Prequel, that the Thing escaped some kind of confinement there, and killed the crew / caused the crash during its rampage through the ship). So it was presumably not Blair's human mind that it was using to build the make-shift saucer, but the mind of the Alien pilots. At least, that seems to make a decent amount of sense, given what we know of the beast. * that said, I agree with you that it would have been better (less logically problematic) had Carpenter perhaps kept the Thing ENTIRELY "non-sentient / beast-like" - more like the Blob ... then how it is depicted here. The sudden / random changes from "I'm just an Animal / non-sentient" - to "no, I'm actually fully sentient and COULD have a conversation with you, presumably, about why I'm eating you and your friends, but I just find it a waste of time to talk to inferior beings" - or some such "oh, and I'm going to make a Warp Drive now, please excuse me !" - lol ....yeah...that kind of transition is hard to absorb (no pun intended).

[@offmarketinvestments9770]

@@AlekTrev006 I think more on an animal level of intelligence. Like lion/shark, etc...I do not think it can talk/communicate beyond the basics.

[@bigchungus842]

Ah yes the movie that scarred me as a child. Very nice video.

[@danbrooks7937]

Repetitive nightmares for many nights. Good ol' days. Not many movies do that to me anymore.

[@lvloneownage]

Zach Merson pussy

[@Stonk5331]

Ahh a Fortnite player

[@lucisdookis4898]

Yep, first time I saw it I had NO idea what i was in for, just a kid watching scifi at the right time to see the dog kennel part. I had to change the channel. Great stuff! Haunted me enough that when I found out what the hell movie it was in college we watched it and turned out it was a great movie!

[@isthecarpetcomfortable9410]

Lmao same. This movie actually gave me an anxiety disorder (or triggered it rather, I was 8 when I watched this movie for the first time.) Today, over ten years later, its my favourite movie.

[@Dorelaxen]

This is still probably the best horror movie ever made. Everything just came together SO perfectly. The desolate setting with no hope of rescue, the tension and paranoia, an unknowable and implacable monster that hides in plain sight. The use of gore was perfect, only being used when it made sense, and the effects are still absolutely stunning. You had memorable characters played by excellent actors, slow, deliberate pacing, and a real sense of claustrophobia and isolation. As a connoisseur of horror movies, starting with the Universal monster movies, this is one movie I go back to time and time again to remind me just how good the horror genre can be when done right.

[@alcoholically4280]

I JUST realized after over 10 years of first seeing this movie the term “kill it with fire!” applies PERFECTLY to The Thing(s) since they are conscious and individual on a cellular level. If these things just so happen to be anywhere else or they didn’t have flamethrowers it definitely would’ve been WAY more easy, and all of them would’ve been assimilated prolly within the 4th hour of their imprisonment (because of the weather keeping them trapped with that thing)

[@chronohitbyabus3889]

Did it just kill a dog? *its a monster alright.*

[@mxpeanutthekakyoinlover5616]

but if it killed a kitten is it the devil?

[@Sinnohy]

eat shit

[@and8091]

@Raven's Daily Life hawk?

[@jamesfry552]

@@Sinnohy *j e e z u s a l m o n d s . . .*

[@wildfire3986]

Yes torch everything to save humanity

[@KingLamink]

My favourite horror film ever and possible my favourite film ever. What a masterpiece

[@AlysiaRidingDolo]

I’ve literally watched it every week since I was 12. It’s absolute perfection. Best horror film of all time.

[@bobdown391]

I love that they don't use cgi makes it more impressive

[@J_C_CH]

My fav horror film as well. When I played the videogame, it really captured the atmosphere of the film.

[@bobdown391]

@@J_C_CH I miss that game wish they would remastered it

[@J_C_CH]

Mike Stark I still play it often on my PS2. Got it set up along with my current consoles 😎

[@emtee7138]

I absolutely love the part where they say "Mac wants the flamethrower" "Mac wants the what?"

[@auliahutami4848]

This creature is far more terrifying than alien xenomorph or predator for me. I think we're still so far away from xenomorph and predator but the thing got me constantly worried and suspicious. The fact they can assimilate any living creature without us knowing, got me some paranoia 😟

[@wood9670]

The prequel Thing failed because it lacked sufficient ick factor. It was not gross enough. Yes the transformations were bizarre but they looked too dry and clean. Compare it to the 1982 version where the Thing's transformations consists of explosive white-yellow mucus discharges, bubbling pustules, ooze, along with green and yellow bile. It's the difference between a snake shedding it's skin and an animal giving birth.

[@philmcclenaghan7056]

Yes. Humans have a built evolutionary fear of things that look sick or infected, especially skin disease. This played with everyone's fear on a subconscious level.

[@roopehokkanen4568]

Tho the prequel had almost all of its effects being practical and filmed already before the actual release but for some shady reasons from the producing company if i remember right, they decided to change it to cgi. Wich makes u think really, how freakin good the practical effects would have been for todays standards. Its a shame really to think that how the big companys think practical effects are a dying breed of a lesser visual effect of entertainment for films than computer simulated pixel mass... the cringy nostalgic "yäkh" factor with those older horror and thriller movies is fading away, wich is a sad thing cause everyone whose seen the Carpenter legendary adaptation, usually, loves and praises them for all of its deserved glory.

[@travismudd3564]

That's a...pretty accurate comparison. As someone who has personally seen both.

[@13thmistral]

not to mention the old thing had build up when transforming and the transformation seemed painful

[@itsahostiletakeover]

I don't disagree neccessarily and obviously the prequel can't touch Carpenter's version but as Roope said, they actually had quite a few practical effects for a 2011 movie that the studio forced them to gloss over for more cgi. Even then, I don't think most of the cgi was bad until the final version of the Thing on the ship, that one did look awful.

[@AsocPaladin0016]

Literally the best horror film ever made

[@luthermcgee3756]

Jesse Olsen , especially at the end where Macready sees the big one which lets out with a huge roar!

[@tyyer]

Luther Mcgee the shining would like to have a word with you

[@Turrican60]

@@tyyer I'm sure it would, but it doesn't mean he'd change his mind.

[@JoshSweetvale]

2:00 Here's a fun thought: The Thing that crashed had less than a human's worth of biomass. How many forms, how many shapes, do other, _larger_ piles of shapeshifting goo have? It was only capable of bringing so much biological data to Earth. *Even the DogThing's proboscis is made of dog tongues in a flower pattern; it's patching what little pre-crash data it has with more recent DNA samples.*

[@Penguinloverz37]

“Mac wants the flamethrower” is the best line in this movie

[@Saiyan_Goku]

Every time I think of the thing (prequel) I always think about all the practical effect that got scrapped for cgi

[@novadragonz7357]

I just watched a short about this! The practical looked so much better than the final CGI product, especially that 2 headed creature

[@Saiyan_Goku]

NoVa DragonZ yea, the funny part is the fact the cg cost the company millions

[@ryanperryjasper]

Good thing they recycled them for Harbinger Down!!

[@ZackLee]

I'm all for practical effects, but I don't agree with this one. The cg effects were definitely better for the thing, the practical effects are just too dated now and just don't quite hold up anymore

[@jedironin380]

I really enjoyed how particular they were with the prequel to make sure all the damage and evidence lined-up with the '82 movie. The only MAJOR error was that the two snow cats (one burned with a body in it) were not found at the excavation site where the alien ship was found. We never know what happened to the lady who survived...?

[@JaggedBird]

Those screams/cries from the assimilating dogs...my god it’s horrifyingly heartbreaking. The truth is it’s ‘roar’ is the screams and cries of all its assimilated; listen carefully to Bennings Thing, you can hear him in there.

[@jackkraken3888]

Oh wow, reminds me of that creature in annihilation.

[@robertmcowens6136]

please be quiet..u r scaring me

[@robertmcowens6136]

i know im such an animal lover especially dog's that scene hurts me. i want to turn away every time I see that scene but i just can't..

[@jimboonie9885]

You don’t feel anything when you are being assimilated

[@JaggedBird]

@@jimboonie9885 true but you're still there. You are of the hivemind. You can still feel pain though, hence why it's screams.

[@TheProphegy]

The game on PS2 was amazing. We need a new one by the minds behind Dead Space.

[@M12GProductions]

No way, Dead Space isn't scary.

[@SrBlue-qp2ux]

@@M12GProductions lol what

[@theaveragevoiceactor1132]

@Fedora Man actually more gory tbh

[@christianlowman6644]

Absolutely!

[@Puppy_Puppington]

M12GProductions 1 & 2 were pretty terrifying. It’s after that thengame sold out and became shit.

[@tuskaroffalkreath1791]

"Childs! What if we're wrong about him?!" "Well then we're wrong!!!"

[@Jayyy667]

"Mac wants the flamethrower!" And then it begins

[@squattingheads]

I also think that the thing is actually "feeling" the victims pain as it changes. The faces seem to be in horror and pain. Like their copied memory is still active

[@theeldritchcollection]

Seems to be the case indeed :(

[@Eckull]

Personally I don't think it mimics so much as recreates and hides in the cells of its host influencing their actions without them knowing. So many of the infected characters show horror when they turn or confusion and shock when their infection is discovered for me to believe it's just mimicry.

[@jungleninja-tropic5690]

nice observation also the sounds it makes possibly screams of the unwilling host

[@Turrican60]

"Feeling the victims pain"? No, not really - you're looking far too deeply into something that's not there. It's merely very talented 'practical effects' modellers trying their best to unnerve the audience by making the transitions as twisted as is humanly possible in order to provoke a reaction. And they clearly got it.

[@libertinarey]

@@Turrican60 No there is some evidence for this theory, specifically the juliette thing from the more recent film. Among various details right before they are about to burn it juliette's head turns towards the norwegians, clearly noticing them and the flamethrower and gives a pleading look yet the creature itself doesn't notice them until they yell "burn it!" and THEN it reacts. Watch the scene closely and see what I mean, it really does suggest Juliette is a hapless passenger to the thing.

[@ssquare7587]

"There is an imposter among us"

[@theultraatomicgamer]

I lowkey wanna hear about John Carpenter’s opinion on Among Us

[@jeremyallen492]

Yellow is sus Saw him jump into a vent after killing green

[@MrWarthog]

SUSSY SUSSY AMONG SUS DRIP SUS! SUS! SUS! SUS! SUS! SUS! SUS! SUS! AIRPOD SHOTTY VENT

[@elderalencar4832]

Ew

[@raps9596]

😐

[@M12GProductions]

There really is no way to describe this alien other than as a "Thing". The pinnacle of Lovecraftian horror in cinema, IMO.

[@pajamapantsjack5874]

This movie is by far my favorite horror film

[@dreysantillan]

Prof pic sauce?

[@Thebossstage1]

@@dreysantillan It's in his channel description

[@dreysantillan]

@@Thebossstage1 oh my bad

[@arm003]

Pajamapants Jack what about Simpson season 7 episode 7 exactly better be quit

[@toddgarver5397]

The Thing (1982) and Upgrade are my favorite horror movies

[@skeletonentertainment4201]

Does anyone else think that the *the thing* would make a great telltale game?

[@yamum9447]

Telltale is dead man

[@thatsoneinterestingpfpyago2521]

Ya Mum it’s a what if though.

[@nickcalderon2637]

Skeleton Entertainment Interesting idea, the question is how the whole situation would work?

[@PaulCantSleep]

Skeleton Entertainment *would’ve made a great game

[@namethis658]

Yeah, the Thing has great potential, even though Telltale are no longer around, others may come up with something like that.

[@jumpfold]

This is like my comfort movie I just throw it on in the background from time to time. love Kurt Russel.

[@WakeUpDead2012]

1982 The Thing was a great movie! Definitely one of the best sci-fi / horror movies of all time.

[@jeffreyharrison3731]

That wasn't the original. There was a 1950s version. But I think the 1982 version is by far the best.

[@WakeUpDead2012]

@Jeffrey Harrison right

[@trapmaster8458]

Sifi?

[@GasMaskTrenchCoat]

I think a new "Thing" game would be awesome. It could be like a multiplayer game where one player is secretly the Thing and the others must try to deduce who it is while the Thing trys to wipe them out one by one. The more people it kills, the stronger it gets and the harder it is to kill, while simultaneously becoming harder to remain hidden with a shrinking population. EDIT: I know Among Us is a thing. I didn't when I wrote this years ago.

[@Mr_Dimento]

there’s a game on starcraft 2

[@PRubin-rh4sr]

theres one as a Warcraft 3 custom map

[@Anthonyelmio2]

Hide in seek half life 2

[@Anthonyelmio2]

And Half life mod Guess Who

[@FrancisR420]

That's just murder ( the game) with a The Thing theme

[@mikepence9253]

Id prefer not to spend the rest of this winter TIED TO THIS F****COUCH! great video cheers!

[@eddysandland58]

Mike Pence, Palmer "I Was Wondering when El Capitano, was gonna use His Gun!?" (Quote Accurate!?) Cheers Man

[@JaggedBird]

Mike Pence I love that quote so much, as well as “WINDOWS, BLAST EM!!”

[@mikepence9253]

@@eddysandland58 "so you are the only one who made it"

[@eddysandland58]

Mike Pence, "Well... We'll Just Wait And See What Happens!!??"

[@mikepence9253]

@@eddysandland58 "maybe we shouldn't make it outta her"

[@dj__alien]

The thing: *Is frozen in the Arctic* Antarctica: *Is melting* Elon Musk: We’re going to Mars!

[@omegablast]

The thing builts its own space ship and arrives to mars, no escape.

[@Snoogen11]

@@omegablast The thing is Elon Musk. It's using his wealth to build spaceships to other planets, so it can spread.

[@Turrican60]

Trouble is, The Thing is set in Antarctica, not the Arctic...

[@Wildchildinc]

Mars has a portal to Hell...

[@grizl635]

The blob

[@no7724]

That dog scene made me sad and sick. Poor dog :'(

[@flying_gorilla8069]

The “roar” was most likely screams for help

[@Native722]

Why did they have to include the dog? Jesus

[@sirbrettvonbrettinger2730]

When i saw that scene as a kid , i literally ran straight to my dog to look for him

[@mewsterx3679]

@@Native722 to make it more impactful, as you can see it worked

[@DrEvil-nx3xx]

A timeless classic. I could watch this movie 5x in a row in summer, it never gets old.

[@scottpepper7028]

Agreed

[@jeffreyharrison3731]

Me too. I watch the prequel now and then, not because it's any good, but out of nostalgia for the JC version.

[@Galimah]

@@jeffreyharrison3731 I KNOW, I KNOW!!!! JC stands for John Carpenter!! am i right or am i RIGHT!!??

[@theonefrancis696]

Cell: this isn't even my final form Thing: HOLD MY MUTAGENS

[@theeldritchcollection]

How did Cell know his final form? What if the Thing sucked Cell dry while transformed into Cell???

[@theonefrancis696]

@@theeldritchcollection my brain doesn't help.

[@heyaytlgno3951]

The Eldritch Collection lol

[@jeremyallen492]

Keep that trash supervillain out of this

[@blakethesnake6686]

Head of security: Why are you stealing the surgery tools? Thing: HOLD MY NEUROTOXIN

[@elfhighmage8240]

Watched the 1982 film at age 13. Next to the Exorcist, this was one of the absolute nightmare inducing films I had ever seen.

[@ghates]

This must be around the time Ego met Starlords mom.

[@Shinmara]

Probably won’t be answered but I wonder if the alien controlling the ship was infected by “the thing”. Idk

[@KoriandrOfTheStars]

Did you......did you watch the video to the end?

[@Shinmara]

Koriand'r Of The Stars I did, just wrote the comment at the middle time stamp... sorry I saw it at the end lol

[@nicksandz3209]

Indeed it was two species the species that build the ship were basically scientists collecting different species in the solar system, they picked up the thing not knowing what it was capable of, it broke out of whatever they had it contained in and assimilated the other alien pilots which is why it crashed 9n earth

[@andreilukyanov4286]

There was no other species. Just the Thing in the UFO which crashed for unknown reason. Maybe because UFO was damaged by a solar flare, maybe because it ran out of fuel, energy, who knows.

[@dr.jones.3832]

The thing could be some kind of advanced alien biological warfare technology that had accidentally gotten loose or were no longer able to contain it, so the entire alien weapons project was jetissoned out into deep space in the hopes it would stay lost forever in space but was unfortunately found or attached itself to some other travelling exploring alien race😞⁉

[@ScottyIsHim]

As much as i am a lover for gore and grotesque, The Thing still makes me shiver and make my skin crawl every time it goes into defense mode. XD

[@theeldritchcollection]

Yep... it's pretty intense

[@johnjesus8931]

Love it

[@kennethjuarez5384]

I remember watching the prequel for the first time, I didn't see from the beginning (just channel flipping pretty much). The Thing was in the helicopter and dudes face just started splitting. Freaked me the hell out, I knew I needed to watch the original and remake/ prequel properly

[@stephaniesheep1147]

0:06 "Mac wants the flamethrower!" "Mac wants the what?!"

[@Tazman1234]

I was 16 when this movie came out. It is one of my all time favorite movies. I can't tell u how many times I've watched it. But everytime i do watch it, it's almost like its my first time. The thing is one of those movies, i can watch over and over again...

[@anthoniotafolla8293]

Dont stop impressing me with your fantastic videos! So entertaining!

[@kalemercer7053]

I And many others have been waiting for this one for a long time!!!

[@briankj912k6]

Same here

[@natedog2I0]

Same

[@crnlonewolf3195]

Yay

[@rvanhees89]

Same

[@adamgray1753]

I'll say, Kale Mercer. This video was more informative than the other videos on this movie I've seen so far. Thanks, FilmComicsExplained! I didn't know that the Thing had a true form as well.

[@cooltoon2001]

Who would win in a fight: The Thing VS The Blob? I have always pondered that question since I was a little girl

[@elgenfranord1651]

Never ending fight

[@richardpoynton4026]

The Blob, it dissolves/digests its victims to fast for the the thing to adapt. Just my opinion

[@MrShadow1995.]

The blob is basically a walking acid for the thing which would likely dissolve the thing.

[@MichaelSHartman]

It's been many decades since I have seen the Blob. It was based on an amoeba. If the Blob has a genetic code, and the Thing can restart and operate at the level of blood then all would be needed is a few drops of blood. If the sensor that reads the prey's DNA is area specific, in principle stopping the addition of genetic code is possible. The Thing is faster, and if the Blob's abilities, and mind was copied it would be on an equal level plus its previous copies. My bet is on the Thing.

[@nanomasa929]

Blob dissolves cells. Thing could try to assimalate it, but most likely would die trying. So streght wise the blob wins. Horror wise the thing wins. In conclusion...both monsters are friggin' awesome, and i hope that i never face neither of them😅

[@littlefoot3935]

The Thing essentially represents the primal need to survive at any cost. This is why the theme of paranoia is so prominent in both movies. The biological characteristics of the creature perfectly mirror the spread of fear within a culture/society. Spreading outwards exponentially from it's source. Ever changing, ever consuming, and recreating whomever it touches. A perfect metaphor for the dangers of allowing oneself to be governed by fear.

[@tomatoanus]

the assimilated dog is me in the morning

[@CavangoVulgora]

lol

[@FGj-xj7rd]

Lol that profile pic makes this even funnier

[@Charles50Kal]

Make more fallout runs

[@AnodyneRain]

This movie genuinely terrified me when I first saw it. I was 11 or 12 and was not prepared for what came. The paranoia and suspense scared me far more than anything like a xenomorph or predator. I remember not even wanting my cat or fish in my room at night while I slept for at least a good week. Paranoia is by far the strongest fear and this movie portrays that so well

[@WrekFilms121]

Thing: *appears* Me: Omnitrix, activate DNA repair sequence

[@demon108hunter6]

Bro but what if you turn into the thing like when Ben almost turned to ghost freak permanently

[@alexmurphy5289]

I saw this movie about 6 years ago for the first time and I was blown away by how great the monster looked (obviously not CGI) and just how incredibly it held up with time. Truly a terrifying movie... I now own this film on Blu Ray I loved it so much

[@richardlara-rodriguez4027]

What we are really gonna find at Area 51

[@bigmanroadman3910]

That’s where their hiding all the plastic straws.

[@theeldritchcollection]

Who knows...

[@saga2964]

Walmart.

[@Turrican60]

Find? I don't know, really...maybe contingency supplies for your President and his top federal advisers now that Coronavirus has struck?

[@606danco]

bigman roadman i knew it

[@jobanh7ify]

Yeah!! My favorite horror movie ever!! Thanks for the “explain” video mate!

[@redfaux74]

This is definitely one of the scariest movies I've ever seen. One that keeps you awake for hours and then injects itself into your dreams..... Great video! ❤

[@billycalifornia1112]

I really hope nothing like this exists or even worse out in our universe

[@Resinator47]

I feel like Resident Evil movies can learn a few things from this.

[@Omar-ok7gd]

They did it with resident evil 4D executor

[@Resinator47]

@@Omar-ok7gd was that a movie that was made in japan and never made it to America or was that a different movie?

[@raulsalcedo8332]

That wouldn't be an issue worthy of considering if they were more faithful to the dang source material!

[@smiler6110]

The Thing is possibly the scariest movie monster to have ever been put on film and let’s be honest they couldn’t have cast a more badass lead for this movie, great video 👍🏻 btw is anything from Child’s Play or My Bloody Valentine on the list?

[@matthewryan1998]

The game deserves a remaster it was honestly criminally underrated

[@umbrellacorporation9168]

The game has alot of cool features, nothing like it for sure

[@Cappinasd]

Facts

[@Artofficial1986]

I never like how it was just called the thing. I call it Steve

[@Bizzroa]

Artofficial oooh nooo it’s STEVE

[@hardbumpy8400]

'THE STEVE'

[@mosalah8551]

I rather call it the 'chuck'

[@robertthompson4393]

Why not......Tim.

[@radicalratretro]

I think they should call it Bob

[@indarklove6850]

Palmer: Oh you've got to be f---ing kidding

[@os1r1s_210]

And he's already the thing at this point too.

[@scottpepper7028]

@@os1r1s_210 I never new that.dont know why I've never picked up on that

[@andersonsimmons2398]

My all time favorite movie. I've often wondered about killing it with fire. If even the smallest sample can infect, couldn't a viable sample possibly ride the airborne ashes? Like if you throw newspaper in a campfire, some of the paper can waft up into the air un-burned...

[@Turrican60]

I've long thought something similar. I mean, was it *REALLY* such a smart move by McReady to lob a fucking stick of dynamite at it? Lol!

[@Galimah]

@@Turrican60 i think dymanite can chock all cells in a thing so it dies.

[@maggs131]

I think it could survive fire as well. I heard the virus that causes mad cow disease is so tough it was tested and found that even after complete incineration its ashes are dangerous. It was explained to mimic an intelligent protein

[@redtsun67]

I honestly love creatures like The Thing, The Flood, etc. ever since I was a little kid I've been fascinated by them. I remember playing Halo for the first time on my older brother's xbox and when I got to the flood level I was terrified, but also really interested in observing the infected elite bodies that had undergone transformation. Kind of morbid I know. When I saw The Thing for the first time I had a similar reaction. The idea that an organism can take over someone's body and transform into them, and do stuff like create teeth and tendrils and stuff with the raw biomass, has always been such an interesting concept, and it's a shame it isn't explored more in games because I'd love to play as a creature similar to The Thing. Closest I've seen a game come to this concept is the PROTOTYPE series of video games. I always loved transforming into military guys and sneaking around, covertly assimilating all the military personnel inside of a base until it was just me and one other guy, whereupon I'd instantly burst into the armored form with the tendril hand and just destroy everything in sight including the last remaining guy.

[@shenzyreal]

Hey, there is a game that might fit that description now! It's called Carrion, and it definitely rings of inspiration from The Thing.

[@redtsun67]

@@shenzyreal nah that game is 2d

[@shenzyreal]

@@redtsun67 So...?? You didn't specify you wanted a 3D one, lol

[@redtsun67]

@@shenzyreal well I didn't really specify that I wanted anything. I appreciate the suggestion, though. I just don't like 2D games.

[@shenzyreal]

@@redtsun67 👍

[@moistexistence3090]

This movie is probably my all time favorite horror movie from that era and even today. Nothing creates as much fear and suspense than this movie and I’m sure this is the only movie to make the flamethrower iconic that isn’t bad.

[@kalemercer7053]

AMAZING JOB Niyat!!! You do this film justice with your explanation. You touched on it but would of love to see you of gone into more detail on the "Genetic memory" aspect of the Thing. It's clear the Thing has a way to store the knowledge and maybe the memories of those it consumes. Would love to see a full video on this form you!

[@Edward-6909]

Yes i would like that too, in one of the comics the reader sees the process of assimilation as one of the things & well its horrific as it hints that your consciousness is still somewhat alive & preserved as a part of it in order to more closely imitate & recall specific memories.the one character whos assimilated in the comics seems in an inescapable organic agony as they are used by things instinct to survive & spread .especially when she assimilates her lover.both become one & part of this alien thing .ugh HORRIFING.

[@kalemercer7053]

Edward 6909: I haven't read many of the commics, do you have a name or somthing for this?

[@Edward-6909]

@@kalemercer7053 yes i do indeed,comic run 1-4 of "The Thing from another world:Eternal Vows.

[@davidcoots1634]

You could always read Who Goes There...

[@alexandresobreiramartins9461]

The thing is even more unlikely than the xenomorphs. It's shapeshifting to total fantasy levels.

[@Galantski]

I enjoyed your analysis. In my opinion, John Carpenter's iteration of the creature is vastly more horrific, and more formidable a challenge to the survival of the human race than those going before it in the novella and the 1951 film.

[@lmao3737]

I love how everyone else seems to have had the same idea I had when I came here to type “among us” lol! Especially the Polus map (:

[@pabloesco2007]

Thanks for this video because when i was teenager , i had so many questions about this movie and this "Thing" and the assimilation. :)

[@Nogdog945]

Best horror movie and monster ever!

[@puppygamer-bz7rx]

Can't deny that

[@kalemercer7053]

Its in my top 5 list!

In the monsterverse... do you really think it could assimilate "Alien" with the acid blood? I don't think so....

[@puppygamer-bz7rx]

@ probably not ......... unless some director of the crossover disproves it

[@Nogdog945]

ros1tony it’s not outside the realm of possibilities... I mean who knows what it could do if it were to try assimilate the Xenomorph

[@SamVarvodic]

Long live practical effects!

[@theeldritchcollection]

Down with Videodrome long live the new flesh!

[@Joetheshow445]

Either im a huge dork or this was awesome!!! I hope both! The scientific breakdown makes it seem like the thing could have totally existed in a possible universe

[@55titles12]

"The thing" game for the ps2 I think it was is so underrated, was such a good game that took me so long to complete when I was young and watching this has given me real nostalgia and has me wanting to play it again lol

[@MarcellusEstacardo]

Finally found a comment about the game . did you know its a direct sequel and confirmed canon by carpenter?

[@55titles12]

Yeah I found that out around the time I wrote that comment lol he made it canon because he really enjoyed the game and its story and I agree with him 100% lol

[@Lieutenant_Dude]

The Thing and Terminator would be a cool crossover. Terminators would be the most dangerous for for the thing, unable to assimilate or sufficiently damage the robotic menace. Humans develop terminators to help them kill, but then they turn on us.

[@theeldritchcollection]

There could be a lot of cool effects when The Thing tries to assimilate a Terminator

[@alqiamirzan9590]

Funny,the thing cant assimilite with iron and robot

[@jakaalatas8938]

The thing:haha...i'm gonna get into you Terminator/skynet: *made by metal,nuclear battrey and extream AI* The thing:well..fuck Bonus T-1000: *EXIST*

[@minnieramirez6709]

Terminators with Flamethrowers 0_0

[@flikyshirl1505]

@@theeldritchcollection they could assimilate Terminator's Tissue but couldnt get any deeper because of Endoskelet...

[@maxxas5067]

This movie still terrifies me

[@filmcomicsexplained]

Same here mate!

[@baronprocrastination1722]

Bloody heck, I haven't watched the original movie and I get real nervous walking around dark hallways alone after watching a clip or two.

[@guibox3]

Yes. It fucked me up badly as a kid and still packs a sickening visceral punch today.

[@Vaultboy101]

I love the framing of that shot at 11:23. You're just waiting for something to come creeping in from the hallway.

[@shanelorrison5224]

The Thing is one of my favorite movies. Ever. Good god it’s so awesome.

[@chaoscommentary2179]

My number one favorite horror movie next to alien

[@SpicyCactus]

Seconds dont count

[@luthermcgee4412]

Perfect Chaos , mine too. Both movies centers around assimulation: the first one is on the principal of osmosis, and the other one is based on gestation. To grow inside a person and come busting out of a person's chest is much more painful than osmosis. But both are equally terrifying.

[@briannadavis3438]

Me too

[@bigmanroadman3910]

They use flamethrowers in both, maybe ur a pyromaniac.

[@davideric8250]

YES the original Alien and this are 2 of the best , ever. I cannot think of any others. Event Horizon maybe

[@JobeStroud]

A thing everyone seems to gloss over about The Thing is that after a takes a host over it doesn't intake things that damage a body. Like Alcohol, pot and such things. In the 80's The Thing every time Palmer is shown he is smoking pot and drinking alcohol. All of the sudden he just doesn't anymore period. Unlike McCready who always has a bottle of Jim Bean near him. Even in the last seconds of the film.

[@otakon17]

Well considering the amount of serious shit that's going on, even if I was a avid pothead I'd avoid the bud so I could keep a level head. But that is still a good point.

[@MrBigCookieCrumble]

"Alright lads, we know one of us is infected, so everyone, and i mean EVERYONE has to smoke a joint and down a bottle of whiskey, right now!" Goes through 9 out of 10 people, everyone is high and drunk and then the infected is revealed. Yeaaaah.. perhaps not the best way to find out.. xD

[@eronacalloway9159]

Jason Leon .....CRAP!!!after watching that movie about 500 times.....I NEVER caught on to that.

[@theworldoverheavan560]

@@MrBigCookieCrumble lol

[@Rikkity]

Wasnt it confirmed that both of them were infected? Correct me if i am wrong here.

[@Tom-jq8kf]

GREAT review of perfect Movie! Thanx man!)

[@heathenly_aesthetic7233]

The first time I'd ever seen this masterpiece, I was mesmerized by the practical effects for the monsters. The kennel part scared the hell out of me... like, I'd never heard such jarring, agonized noises.

[@Clara-ph7my]

1982 and still looks great today. What a great movie this is.

[@puppygamer-bz7rx]

U know this is one of the best channel ever and no one can change that

[@filmcomicsexplained]

Thanks buddy :)

[@puppygamer-bz7rx]

Your welcome

[@puppygamer-bz7rx]

Hey can u do some more video's on silent hill or do a video on the half life game's or the metro games

[@GreasyPhil420]

I watched the thing when I was 14 with my dad, still one of my favourite movies of all time.

[@jamiemiller1885]

I really like the theory that the thing can possibly get confused sometimes when it assimilates a human/intelligent being. That it can get confused and start believing it is that person and not the thing and it's cell structure has to take initiative over the conscience to start a attack.

[@LoudSunshine]

Just imagine if these things preserve the human conscience while transforming The conscience of the hostage be like: wtf is going on with my body

[@amazo88]

i dont think so. assimilation doesnt work like that. when u r completely assimilated, u no longer human. u r actually an alien that looks/behave like a human.

[@lapplandkun9273]

they don't. They just kill the person while assimilating them

[@rayfalsetto1010]

One of the greatest horror films/sci-fi of all time.

[@MoonyCat]

My dad watched the original movie when he was a little kid, and was pretty much traumatized by it, so he constantly told me about how horrific it was. Finally I decided to check it out, and honestly, it's not as bad as I thought. It's honestly pretty epic

[@fitmotheyap]

Yeah but you have to remember older people weren't subject to seeing gore everywhere and all With the internet we.. see many things let's just say, well most of us anyway

[@gabago0l]

Remember this was in 1982. Imagine seeing all that gore in cinema 40 years ago.

[@tylerbegay9325]

You have a good voice I like watching your videos for your narration

[@Guacomolit0]

One of your best videos yet, fantastic work!

[@shainewhite2781]

Thank you so much for this video!! It's one of the greatest sci fi-horor films from the master of terror and suspense, John Carpenter. This film scared me when I was 12. I'm 27, and It's still pretty terrifying to this day. With an impressive cast and special make up effects by Rob Bottin, it's unforgettable. It holds 87% on rotten tomatoes.

[@leibermuster2399]

11:18 I like how MacReady sits with his back to an open door, leading out into a long corridor ...

[@eroticide16]

I always got queasy when ever the dog scene came around I could never get myself to watch past that point. Can't be the only one who ever got really queasy watching this movie lol