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[@mikes5637]

Looks like I'm going to be spending the winter TIED TO THIS F***ING COUCH!!!!

[@Spontaneous72]

Okay, I see what you did. I love that line, but the delivery was incredible by the actor.

[@tonymoretti2347]

Haha nice touch there

[@paulloughlin3732]

I'm gonna grab a copy of this, a bottle of J&B and head up to my shack and get drunk.

[@CREATORVCLIVE]

Good idea!

[@Spontaneous72]

I see what you did there. 👍

[@joshuahermanson341]

I'm guessing this'll be AFTER you fry your Chess Wizard?

[@DoctorBatmanMD]

@@joshuahermanson341 It’s okay, Chess Wizard is a cheating bitch.

[@wadepool8081]

or be on the radio sleeping like Windows

[@Williameagleblanket]

The Thing is my favorite movie of all time. I was 17 when it was released in 1982. Thank you John Carpenter. 🍿

[@Deephouse_Gent66]

Hah! I was 15! And it's definitely one of my most rewatched movies ever!

[@chimrichalds8985]

It's my favorite movie too it's my comfort movie when I can't sleep funny enough lmao

[@bpmcg101]

Please get Kurt

[@CREATORVCLIVE]

We'll do our best

[@markgreene1162]

Yes!! Let's cross our fingers. He's still friends with John, so good chance.

[@mateosimon4237]

Russell is a Legend to us Carpenter fans

[@JohnnyBurnes]

Please get Goldie....It'd be funny.

[@Crowka274]

No need

[@trevorstockwell8290]

Please get Keith and Kurt

[@artofsam]

It makes me so happy to hear how proud John is of this movie as he rightly should be, it is an utter masterpiece and it was so ahead of its time he god dragged through the mud for it. No filmmaker deserves such treatment and who could have blamed him to wanting to turn his back on hollywood but what the man has given us in throughout his lifetime has been monumental. A true visionary and artist and I'm so glad he got to live long enough to see the profound love people have for The Thing and his many incredible movies.

[@jtodaro]

I’ve been avoiding watching this movie on 4K due to fear of it diminishing how good the effects looked. After watching this I feel like I need to order the movie on 4K immediately

[@MrZippoGuy]

Do it. It's awesome.

[@it-hides-inside-you]

It's amazing on 4k. You definitely won't be disappointed!

[@digit861]

The 4k is amazing. I promise!

[@Uilleam72]

I never noticed Copper's Nose Ring until I watched it in 4K.

[@it-hides-inside-you]

@@Uilleam72 Same 😂

[@AcapulKero]

We need also "They Live" Expanded. J. Carpenter is a genious!

[@neallynch3503]

Gun to my head “Aliens” and “The Thing “ would be the two films I’d want to receive the “Expanded” treatment. Glorious!! Checking my mailbox everyday hoping today is the day “Aliens Expanded” arrives.

[@Kiskaloo]

"Aliens Expanded" was absolutely brilliant so I am very happy "The Thing" is now getting this treatment.

[@CREATORVCLIVE]

Thank you!

[@secondchance6603]

@@CREATORVCLIVE My only wish is that the opening sequence to the movie never showed the spaceship and left it as a reveal, other than that it was an awesome movie and blew my mind when it came out back in the day.

[@mikedowns3195]

​​@@secondchance6603enjoy that island your on sir ....

[@kmlgraph]

The greatest science fiction / horror / monster B-movie ever made. The practical effects alone put any modern digital effects sci-fi film to shame.

[@DoctorBatmanMD]

“The Thing” has pretty consistently been in my top three favorite movies of all time. Although, if I’m being honest, I prefer not knowing the infection timeline stuff. I’ve had some stuff pointed out to me and I’ve tried to block it out of my memory. Half the fun of “The Thing” is never knowing who’s infected and who’s not.

[@stgeorge28]

That's how Carpenter wanted it. Speculation and constant theories. It worked, because to this day it's still discussed who was the Thing, especially the end. They don't make em like they use to.

[@dustinj2470]

Same man, top 3

[@RandomUser25122]

Me too, along with The Terminator and Aliens. Been in my top 3 since it came out and I saw it in the cinema first run and walked home at midnight on dark streets that made me twitchy. That’s when you know you’ve seen a good movie.

[@inthedesertwithchris6260]

I wish I could watch it for the first time again.

[@Deephouse_Gent66]

Completely agree! Kinda hate people's desire to over-analyze and dissect. The 'mystery' is what makes it all golden.

[@dstalent4105]

As a film critic, I was lucky enough to interview cast members and Carpenter after a screening of this version of "The Thing" during a press opportunity in NYC.

[@champagnetina]

@@dstalent4105 can you do a video and share your experience? I bet it would be really interesting

[@Rob-qr2kn]

This is going to be exciting. I saw this in 1982 at twelve years old. It has been my most favorite sci fi/horror movie of all time. I still watch it to this day. Even the prequel was decent. My only issue is that they didn't do a third one where the thing makes it back to population. I'm hoping some day, someone will make a movie showing that.

[@creationfantastique]

Je pense que le numéro 1 doit rester le numéro 1, le film numéro 2 qui revient en arrière était moyen, et n'avait pas la vision et la puissance du premier de carpenter, en faire un troisième serait un gâchis, c'est un film unique qui normalement doit rester sur une interrogation point. Je suis aussi un fan de carpenter, mais il faut respecter l'œuvre.

[@NickElliott-dv8vn]

One of the best films ever put to screen

[@Njbear7453]

There’s always one of those

[@trevorstockwell8290]

Would love to see them do the fog expanded

[@RogueDragon05]

The Fog Remake right?

[@AJLangford]

The Thing Expanded? You've got to be fucking kidding me... I'm in!

[@CREATORVCLIVE]

Haha! Welcome on board

[@blueriverlore]

Awesome! I just placed my order! I am so impressed with 'Aliens Expanded' I HAD to pick up 'The Thing Expanded'. Hoping you get Kurt and Dean Cundey on board for the project! Thanks CREATORVC... you guys ROCK!

[@CREATORVCLIVE]

YOU ROCK! Thanks so much

[@clutch2827]

John Carpenter starting to look like David Lo Pan.

[@damondenis9406]

lol... Exactly! lol...

[@Emulous79]

INDEED!

[@sloanmagnum5009]

Hahaha

[@tpliscon4662]

I've watched this movie well over 1,000 times. BEST MOVIE EVER!!! In my opinion. I'd love to see every scrap of this movie. Don't care what it is, just want to see more.

[@Steve-fn8hs]

Two of my favourite films of all time. Aliens and The Thing. Sooooo looking forward to this 👌

[@Poss1]

And so this one is here! Excited to see what you put together, as usual. And here for this. Really looking forward to it. Thanks again, everyone, for all the work. See you!

[@CREATORVCLIVE]

Thank you!

[@ZombieShobb]

John Carpenter's: The Thing is my favorite movie and has a great making of that people should watch. What i don't always want is explanations to movies. I remember when i saw making of the first Alien movie and some producer or someone said "I want to know what that ”alien pilot” is on that ship. That is what we now know as Engineers. And when i saw Prometheus i went: "Damn, now i know what is in the first Alien movie." Things don't always have to have answers and just let us ourselfs discuss and wonder what things might be. Still going to watch this because they have made good documentaries and i am a huge John Carpenter fan.

[@job4391]

They need to do They Live.

[@jacktorrance6404]

I swear to God, I just so happened to put on a shirt based on the movie right before I saw this in my recommendations. Holy shit! The shirt is grey and in black it has that iconic image that's on the poster and right below it in black letters it says, "Who goes there?".

[@babywah3290]

Original novella title.

[@Auto-Tomato]

Always wished Creative Assembly had made a game of The Thing with the same passion they made Alien Isolation, love this movie.

[@jonisafreak3]

The original Ps2 thing game is actually fantastic and it’s being remade and was given its blessing by Carpenter.

[@Auto-Tomato]

@@jonisafreak3 Yeah, it was a great game back in the day, not too sure how well the remaster will hold up though.

[@Zerofightervi]

I have 4 different copies of this film, it's absolutely brilliant. I love older films that don't explain everything, it's one of the problems with the expansion of the Alien universe. The xenomorph was made by an angry robot? No, no that's not what I pictured at all. The Thing doesn't need explanation beyond what the characters discover themselves.

[@CREATORVCLIVE]

Well said 👏

[@leeroderick]

You get Bottin, you get my money.

[@ObsoleteGamercom]

Yes! Rob Bottin please!!!

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Well said, never seen many interviews with him and that saddens me

[@Emulous79]

@@ENTERTAINtheDUDE He was on the most part of The Thing DVD supplements.

[@jonisafreak3]

@@Emulous79yes and that’s all really. the guys one of the greatest SFX artist of our time up their with Baker, Winston and Savini and yet he’s been a complete recluse his entire career.

[@babywah3290]

Jeez- how about tackling David Lynch’s Lost Highway while you’re at it?😂😂 I’ll definitely get a copy of this.❤

[@filmbuff2777]

I'm still trying to make my way through Aliens Expanded (sorry, got a lot going on), but I'll definitely support this.

[@CREATORVCLIVE]

Thank you!

[@sepsism138]

Looks awesome! Would be great to see Rob Ager of Collative Learning involved on some level (if he wants to), he has the best The Thing analyses around IMHO.

[@boomieboo]

I can't mention another film that has been begging for a sequel for decades more than The Thing. What happens when the Thing breaks out into civilization? This can easily be a trilogy if not an ongoing franchise where humans first discover the outbreak and are overwhelmed by it as the Thing takes over the population. Then how humans find ways to quickly detect and destroy it. Then how to destroy the Thing on a mass scale. How this hasn't become a franchise yet on the level of Predator, Terminator, Alien, etc. is beyond me.

[@babywah3290]

Blair’s notes of it could’ve imitated millions of planets in millions of galaxies pretty much says it all. IT crashing in a frigid climate was the Hail Mary needed for humanity on earth but the ending is open to interpretation. Was Childs infected when missing? Was MacCready an alien- an individual separate cell, killing other aliens in disguise to save itself?

[@DoctorBatmanMD]

Look at what’s happened to those franchises though. I’m glad “The Thing” remains a singular film with absolutely no sequels or prequels whatsoever. ***cough***

[@Mr_HammerExe]

@@DoctorBatmanMDThere was a sequel mini-series planned to release back in 2005, but it was canned due to a lack of funding for the practical effects. Though you can read the scripts online.

[@marsoblivi0n945]

What we need is an old school carpenter kick in the ass. One last time. One last masterpiece. Even if it’s just for fun and cheese.

[@121slayer]

Look at the respect all of these guys show towards us, the fans. Hey Disney do this stuff when promoting your shows and movies.

[@M.Abbas7944]

In 2004 My Dad Got Me The Game & In 2005 I Watched The Movie. I Knew My Dad Had Amazing Taste In Movies. Forever Grateful 💙

[@tbone9912]

"Funny things. I hear funny things out here." I have used this line for over 40 years now.

[@frankgaitan2702]

I have seen “The Thing” released in 1982 more than Star Wars and Aliens, John Carpenter’s “The Thing” is an absolute masterpiece, thank u JC

[@inigoloyola1869]

I've been on a "The Thing" obsessive binge recently and this is really psyching me up. Can't wait to see this deep dive!

[@CREATORVCLIVE]

Thank you! It's going to be an awesome journey

[@jameslevy8347]

I hope they'll do a 3rd film. The host from a tv series about movie mistakes talked about the prequel film and said "The Thing a prequel to The Thing and if there will be a 3rd film and should be called And Another Thing.

[@bobafett2243]

I love this movie. My brother and friends still talk about it now and again to this day.

[@MrEnricopallazzo]

The opening scene of The Thing immediatly sets the mood for the entire movie. Thank you to everyone involved in the realization of this timeless masterpiece.

[@betacollector9343]

Super excited. Hope to see Kurt Russell, and all the rest of the cast who are still with us. And i hope to see more of these 'Expanded' documentaries, like maybe do one on Transformers 1986, Predator, The Fly, Evil Dead, etc.

[@CREATORVCLIVE]

We'd love to cover all of those!

[@betacollector9343]

@@CREATORVCLIVE Whatever you decide to cover, I'm in. Love yall's work.

[@CREATORVCLIVE]

Thank you!

[@Deephouse_Gent66]

THE THING, ALIENS and THE FLY(Cronenberg). THAT's my cinematic trinity.

[@walterfechter8080]

John Carpenter rendered the perfect example of suspense and terror like no other. The cast and performances are stellar. The practical special effects were amazing. I never left this film behind in 1982. I'm still "watching the skies."

[@kizmo2317]

I love every single frame of this movie.

[@SIKELL1]

Get Rob Bottin on board please!!!!!!!!!!!

[@CREATORVCLIVE]

we will try!

[@thescorpionsy9011]

Wishing you the Best with this project as with all of your Projects, CreatorVC crew! ❤👍

[@CREATORVCLIVE]

Thank you!

[@Jerec]

Watched this recently with my kids that are probably as old as I was when I first saw it decades ago. I was glad to see if didn't disappoint. One of my all time favs! What was it with 80's movies that made them so friggin' good!?

[@CREATORVCLIVE]

Great question!

[@montanausa329]

If you have the dvd with commentary you will also be very impressed by it. It is the best commentary that I ever listen to with a movie

[@allenniumfalcon]

I would LOVE to see any footage or unused practical effects regarding the lost Nauls assimilation scene.

[@steveoshow4832]

Probably the best SiFi Horror movie ever made. Although a sequel was made which didn’t do very well, I’ve often imagined Kurt Russell in a true sequel as RJ Macready in the present retired and living a good life. He gets the FaceTime call to assist in an incident.. “I’m never going back ever” But you know that’s where he is going to return….

[@brightstonepictures]

Looks amazing! Can't wait to dive into this

[@joeyandrews1921]

Please, Can You Make Akira Expanded?

[@CREATORVCLIVE]

Perhaps one day `:-)

[@betacollector9343]

​@@CREATORVCLIVE I'd be open to that.

[@detangojet]

This movie has so much. One of my fave thriller/horror flicks.

[@jgamez5023]

One of the best movies I've ever seen.....soundtrack is off the charts

[@rayharvey1330]

Yo John...How come we never got a sequel???🤔

[@miguelramos9418]

My favorite movie of all time hands down. I believe that I own every copy of The Thing collectors editions,both foreign and domestic. Just because!!!.

[@boinger5]

Awesome! If John is up for it, then his whole directorial work expanded would be great! Loved Big Trouble in Little China and Halloween and They Live! and .....keep up the great work guys and gals and such!

[@TravelingTal]

Number 3 on my "20 films to watch before you die" list.

[@RaptorBlue2004]

It would be really cool to see a crossover between. The Thing vs Aliens vs Predator.

[@Owen-ub3fv]

JC needs to make a sequel and bring back an older Kurt Russell found living in the Antarctic or in South America.

[@funkydozer]

The Bennings scream is still the most blood curdling sound in horror cinema history

[@felixpoventud3914]

To me the 80s THE THING! Was the greatest horror movie ever made! The ending was the greatest ending in any horror movie!!

[@Hank139]

As a kid a stepdad took me to the original, scared the crap out of me. This one scared the crap out of me as an adult. I need to see it again. Lol

[@MrBlunt419_]

John Carpenter is awesome. Halloween, The Thing, They Live, etc. And he does the music himself. Such magnificent and entertaining films that have stood the test of time.

[@gizzykatkat9687]

I LOVE The Thing!

[@michaelmayo]

I wrote the long "The Thing"/Peter Kuran-VCE articles for the double issue Cinefantastique Magazine put out on this so I'm very curious about your coverage. Have always loved this movie from the first press screening on and am glad it's finally getting the respect it deserves. "Man is the Warmest Place to Hide..."

[@CREATORVCLIVE]

That's awesome to hear! Cinefantastique Magazine is a superb publication.

[@crisfirestar4857]

Another classic from the 80s…the 80s decade is truly a magical time where creativity, imagination, originality, artistry, visionary, bold and audacity can be seen and felt in both music and film, even today so many movies get their inspiration even outright just copying the gems of the 80s

[@goji059]

Kurt Russell kills it in this movie

[@brianpaschal5430]

A phenomenal story & movie indeed!

[@Kildzr]

What is the runtime for this documentary?

[@CREATORVCLIVE]

We estimate the runtime will be between 3.5 - 4.5 hours.

[@m0v13knut]

Somebody in this trailer ain't who he claims to be. Right now, that could be one or two of us. By spring, it could be all of us.

[@oxmys]

I thought at first that this was a remake in which the Thing assimilated everyone on the base into a giant amorphous Expanded-Thing.

[@seereadnhear]

After this you guys should do a Police Academy retrospective. Before everyone else is gone.

[@CREATORVCLIVE]

that would be a cool idea but another company is covering Police Academy.

[@seereadnhear]

@@CREATORVCLIVE I had thought that that production company was bankrupt

[@MWMTex]

This movie was a serious mind f**k! Most watched it and looked at it as classic sci-fi horror. But it's deeper than that. John Carpenter knew what he was doing and was ahead of his time.

[@babbyfacerevocation2740]

first time I seen this was at the Fine Arts Theater Main Street Springfield Oregon I was lit on mushrooms never heard of the movie never seen the ad for the trailer I was freaked out for 2 weeks 15 years old

[@moodyowlproductions4287]

Why don't we just wait here for a little while.....see what happens?

[@Gee-gz7ob]

is there a dvd release? or just digital

[@CREATORVCLIVE]

BLU-RAY and digital only

[@MysteriousMarsupial]

The first movie I remember watching multiple times (in cinemas first release)

[@josesosa3337]

If the cancled syfy sequel ever gets brought back, that would be pretty cool. Sometime in john carpenters life would be great for its release.

[@srbotana]

Cosmic Horror is back baby

[@louiez.9748]

A movie that was so underrated in the 80's is now a terrifying cult film that is still part of my nightmares.

[@Andriej69]

I'm still waiting for my blu-Ray version of "Aliens:Expanded" - digital version was absolutely amazing, physical copy is a must

[@CREATORVCLIVE]

Thank you! Aliens Expanded Blu-rays begin shipping at the end of this month - creatorvc.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/47001233859-when-will-i-receive-my-copy-updated-delivery-schedule-for-aliens-expanded-documentary

[@Andriej69]

@@CREATORVCLIVE Ohh, I'll be counting the days!

[@sgtjarhead99]

One of my favorite Sci-Fi films of all time.

[@immenseape]

Love this, loved Aliens Expanded, will back this on payday next week, woop!

[@CREATORVCLIVE]

Awesome,and thank you!

[@markwalsh2340]

I've had a sequel story in my mind for years. The end of the movie leaves us with a blizzard so deep and long it buries everything. Coupled with lost communication the camp is lost to history until, thanks to global warming, the ice melts away enough that the military is able to send an exploratory team to investigate what happened. One of the team gets infected and attempts to make it back to civilization but is discovered secretly by other team members who try to stop it in a "race against time" thriller to prevent earth from being infected. I smell blockbuster

[@CREATORVCLIVE]

Very cool!

[@vaclavmacgregor2464]

Everything you need to know about the Thing(Or as much as possible,I think making it unclear only adds to the experience...like something that keeps you up at night thinking about it because a good Horror is one that really make you think)

[@Horror_Collector4Life]

I agree and in my Opinion John Carpenter's Masterpiece "The Thing" is in all aspects a very disturbing film that won't let you go.

[@deniro800]

A great night for me is "The Thing from Another World" 1951 followed by John Carpenters The Thing,in my home cinema,with beer and pizza.Its the little things.

[@EdwardHinton-qs4ry]

I'd say The Thing is the greatest movie ever made, any genre, period.

[@TheKeggie]

This is one of the Top 10 Horror films of all time so thank you for doing this.

[@27kjz005]

The masters of special effects were Rob Bottin and Stan Winston, set design by Albert Whitlock. It would take a sequel to Carpenter perhaps on the 2022 pandemic😊

[@Brehat29]

Hi, just ordered the T-shirt and blu-ray. Forgot to ask something. Will there be subtitles provided. English is not my prime language and subtitles (even only english) would help me not miss anything.

[@CREATORVCLIVE]

English ans Spanish subs

[@dgml007]

Neither Childs or MacReady were Things at the end of the movie, as Things cannot simulate speech - very much in the same way that Jed, the dog, does not bark. Change my mind. 😁

[@CREATORVCLIVE]

challenge accepted ;)

[@dgml007]

@@CREATORVCLIVE Keep up the excellent work. Love all your products. 😎👍

[@allenniumfalcon]

They can replicate the exact speech patterns and memories of any assimilated organism. Perfect imitations

[@davidpaylor5666]

Blair was infected and had conversations with the others while he was locked in a shack in isolation, all while he was tunnelling out and building a new spaceship.

[@Njbear7453]

Oh gosh here we go

[@tboards71]

And when you consider that the video game is getting a remake! 🎉🎉🎉

[@imharleyquinn]

A remake with mods haha. That doesn't look like a remake

[@s0undw4v3ultra]

If this film could give me nightmares for weeks after first watching The Thing, Thats how I know it was a horror film well made!

[@bernierose719]

I hope John carpenter directs at least one more movie

[@CensorTube84]

Easily my favorite sci fi/ horror film

[@hell1515]

Take my money. 💰 I'm in! Subscribed! 💯

[@CREATORVCLIVE]

Thank you!

[@maxbrown1990]

That is the ONLY film director I gave FIVE 10/10 ratings on IMDb, so he's literally my favorite...

[@stgeorge28]

One of my top 5 movies of all time.