The Thing from Another World #2 - Atop the Fourth Wall

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

"Why would you be watching a review of the second issue before the first issue?" Because that's the order in which KZbin recommended it to me.

[@biropgrules]

as a guy who has the exotic job of being a norwegian contruction worker that deals with rails and fences, i can inform you that our company does use flamethrowers on ocasion(in winter most commonly to unfreeze our metal materials thats frozen together). idd be really shocked if people working in antarctica didnt use flamethrowers for similar puropses.

[@misterbubbles6389]

Flamethrowers: the most convenient of construction equipment

[@2wingo]

They're also very useful for clearing brush to create fire-breaks and killing Africanized honey bees.

[@natebush8217]

@@2wingo Bees. My god.

[@andrewgwilliam4831]

@@natebush8217 Beads?

[@CycloneShadowYT]

@@andrewgwilliam4831 my god.

[@aarengabriel8106]

As an Argentine dude, I am proud to adopt Señor Sunglasses as a national hero. He's certainly better than any politician we have now.

[@Cdr2002]

Based, señor sunglasses is awesome Sorry to hear about the shit politicians tho

[@troin3925]

Here's a better joke-"Turns out if we just show someone who's infected, Custer's Revenge, they immediately surrender themselves to be burned."

[@jrny20]

I would have used "Turns out, if we just show someone who is infected Mitchell; they immediately surrender themselves to be burned."

[@davidspring4003]

Turns out if we just show them Halloween 2, they immediately surrender themselves to be burned."

[@TPrower]

The argument at the end was very chilling. Such close friends and comrades, torn apart by paranoia and past mistakes...

[@aaa1e2r3]

+TPrower Agreed

[@jakebryant3445]

And kinda meta since he's technically arguing with himself

[@dakotadoyle7573]

What are you talking about, he's arguing with 90's kid linksano and Harvey

[@munromister777]

Oh my god, the intruder is Todd in the Shadows! We're all doomed!

[@Duchess_Van_Hoof]

Here you show how to create a proper isolation story. You take the horror element and make it minimalistic, barely show it, thus making it difficult to comprehend. And then you let simple human paranoia do the work. If there is a serious threat and it could be any of the characters that is responsible then they would turn on each other and the result would easily become quite grim. There is no need to go around slaughtering everyone, the humans do that by themselves.

[@MrMuxix]

The thing figures out how to get past the blood test? Thinks Linkara I'll have nightmares for weeks

[@QwertyCaesar]

MrMuxix I actually have a pet theory that the blood test was a ruse. In the original story the thing is telepathic. My theory is that it used its telepathy to cause that reaction to buy time for the Wilford Brimley thing.

[@aros0018]

Funny enough, for as not good as the movie was, the test they used in the Thing prequel I thought was actually kind of clever. The Thing being unable to replicate dental fillings because they're not organic. It's nowhere near as good as the blood test, since it only rules out those with fillings, which I was fine with since the Norwegian base should have logically done better at surviving if they'd thought up the same test as Outpost 31. Point is, without the blood test, it would have been cool to see the other ways people would try to figure out who was infected, to various levels of success.

[@indy6s]

They could just try burning their loose hair

[@tokuguythereviewer4496]

@Darth_ Madara Never had nightemares and good to see you

[@AMPMASTER10]

Ways 4 it to cheat 1: Switch samples. 2: infect all samples 3: Have the thing samples "take one for the team"

[@Shepherd1OFH]

Amazing. Im watching this at 12:35AM and was nodding off a bit and suddenly hear you say "Don't fall asleep on me okay".

[@HyruleSwordsman94]

3spoopy5me

[@commanderkruge]

The flame throwers actually were in the original short story. According to it they were used to flatten the landing strip for planes (iirr) - and of course those would be using gas instead of some napalm concoction.

[@KevlarNinja]

I really love the conflict in this episode. Then again, it's interesting to see characters arguing done right. It becomes cathartic instead of annoying.

[@Cdr2002]

Absolutely agreed

[@belseygell9258]

I still remember watching this video and this ending scene for the first time. And 37:15 is still such an effective moment. Scared the CRAP out of me back then and still gives me chills years later. (Really, the entire scene is just so excellent...I kinda forget one person plays all four of these characters. Still very much a favorite moment in this little storyline.)

[@Reemus4]

Well ofcourse every outpost was stocked with lots of guns and flamethrowers after the first NaziVampires attack in Antarctica.

[@MGDrzyzga]

Ok, I just got a random thought. Childs blowing the hatch to "kill" the thing, but not even killing MacReady. What if Childs were infected, and this was an escape plan? Basically, the stated reason is a lie, but covers him as stupid/panicked/not thinking it through, in case this fails. I don't remember if this squares with the further sequel, but does it have to? As long as the South American bit wasn't planned when this was written, it could still have been the intent.

[@kingofthegundam7974]

Considering Childs was infected in Climate of Fear, that actually does make sense.

[@DianaGohan]

Again stuff like this to me makes this the best storyline as you're not only developing Linkara but the rest of the cast. As not only would this lead to further Harvey Finevoice backstory down the road, but the fact that you actually have the characters bicker and argue with one another also shows their limitations and annoyances at one another and makes them feel more real. Harvey's temper being addressed, showing 90's Kid can think and actually do a decent job pointing out issues, Linksano actually backing up 90's kid on how you shouldn't throw the word idiot around etc. This is all good stuff that actually makes this feel in a weird sense more "real" then even other story line bits and I just like the idea of the extended cast having their own personalities and sometiems not being able to get along with everyone and that not just being played like a joke. I don't think anyone else who does the whole "I'm pretending to be other people" has really mastered that so good on you for doing so.

[@DianaGohan]

Oh also SPOILER ALERT FOR THE MOST RECENT LINKARA STORYLINE The whole "maybe the entity isn't dead maybe it just switched bodies" and Harvey accusing Linkara of that some point... wow amazing he actually did call that nearly 5 years later. Hope that's addressed in the next part of the storyline actually which yeah really looking forward to.

[@nathanthompson4613]

I forget that Lewis plays all of them sometimes

[@mimsjr1994]

you know a testement to how scary the thought is of the thing getting around the blod test is when someone like me who has one seen the prequel ( and quite liked it) actually jumps a bit at the thought of the thing getting around detection

[@KidSnivy69]

What does seeing the prequel have to do with the blood test?

[@nathanthompson4613]

KidSnivy96 I’m guessing there are people who would argue that liking the prequel makes you an idiot or something. Haven’t seen it, though, so I don’t know

[@ACrustyCount]

Ok, upon rewatching this episode and the others, I gotta say it's Still pretty dang good. I love the opening homage to the movie, and i especially love the addition of the information outside the comic. Believe it it not, I actually felt a slight shiver at the idea of The Thing figuring out the blood test. It's absolutely horrifying to consider and I honestly wouldn't shy away from glassing several miles to protect humanity from a threat like this. I do feel a reference to Star Trek DS9 could have been used with their fear of the changelings and how this creature it 100x worse in comparison

[@billymccrary2246]

Here's how I'm picturing it: Childs: "Yeah, go [beeped] yourself!" MacReady: ("Is it me or I almost get a straight case of deja vu in some ways?")

[@ero521]

I don't know if I'm the only one who didn't think of the Kool-Aid Man at 14:57, but instead some kind of meaty Sonic the Hedgehog. "He's the fastest THING alive!"

[@TheLowBrassDude]

It's kinda bizarre that Sci-fi pulled the plug after two very successful high budget miniseries's years earlier, Dune and Children of Dune.

[@GabyGeorge1996]

Yes but those were MINISERIES.

[@TheZipperDragon]

"Palomo? My name is Signore Sunglasses!"

[@ChristianNeihart]

Maybe the Thing channeled its inner Baby Xenomorph and booked it.

[@gunsniper0018]

Actually, on the com getting wet, no. Let me explain, The mic on a 1mc is often disconnected until it is needed, until that time the connector is usually covered with a screw on cap. Now this might be different for subs, buuuut, most weatherdeck connectors are small metal (painted brass most times) boxes with waterproof seals due to obviously the fact that waves can and will crash over the deck. Now again i was a surface guy so my knowledge of the systems of a sub are limited, however the navy is pretty uniform in some basic systems so yeah that mic should be fine.

[@Robbinson98]

04:02 thanks Linkara, I was just thinking about how much I wanted to wet the bed tonight, but didn't know what to do until you came along. Thanks for being so helpful.

[@RainaThrownAway]

The sequence from 10:35 to 11:35 is probably one of my favorite jokes.

[@Tareltonlives]

"You've got to be fuckin' kiddin'" sums up this comic

[@RenjiMaili]

Even Team Rocket isn't as incompetent as the Thing is in this comic.

[@DaditudeEra]

I gotta say of all the bits and sketches on the show, this like four person argument with myself segment where you layer the audio on top of eachother really makes it seem like there's extra people in the room. Good work!

[@SuperGodzilla2]

damn we got screwed, that series sounded awesome, especially the part where the Thing can beat the blood test

[@deadaccount7520]

I always thoght. There was a missed opportunity in carpenters version. As big of a theme as paranoia is. The other camp instead of being Norwegian should have been a soviet camp. I guess it could be argued the paranoia was already turned up to 10, but i would say "yeah but that would take it to 11".

[@sachacassin5429]

I love how the soldiers of my country are the smarts ones. P.S. ARGENTINA! ARGENTINA!

[@jfdrac]

Wow Linkara is known around the world

[@FanZ2626]

I was just skimming through various episodes in the course of getting back into AT4W after not watching for a while, and I noticed how in this episode the ending theme suddenly changes from an instrumental version of the opening theme to one of the runner-up candidates to be the AT4W opening theme in the first place (specifically the one showcased in the Top 15 worse moments of Countdown video), without any apparent explanation or acknowledgement. I'm happy about the change because I wished some of the runners-up had gotten more attention then they did (even though this one wasn't quite my favorite among those, that was probably the one featured in the ending to Secret Defenders #10; this one was probably my second favorite, though), but I'm curious: what was the reason behind the change? And should we expect the ending theme to ever change again in the future?

[@adamgoss3638]

Linkara, I'm surprised you had nothing to say here in the episode (or your ruminations posted on here)about the debut of your new end-credits theme song, which I like very much btw!

[@nicholasraharjo7582]

You as Freddy Krueger shushing us is way scarier than this comic

[@wellstiscool]

Aww, I love li'l froggy-Muppet-Thing on the title card.

[@FaceUnreality]

That mini-series idea sounds awesome. Why hasn't no one greenlit this?

[@michaelrodriguez7667]

Aw man, that sucks. I really want to watch that sequel mini-series.

[@Bauglir100]

19:28 Can we be sure that's really the Thing, and they didn't just unearth a Shoggoth by accident?

[@noahmagana137]

Ten years of the review of the second issue of the thing from another world

[@sonofbeardman]

I'd personally be all for the sequel miniseries idea being revisited for streaming, especially after hearing in 2020 that Universal and Blumhouse apparently wanted to remake the '82 movie (as if we didn't already have enough reasons to hate that year).

[@slayertakim1]

I think that thing tv series should be made, if it can't work on on scifi, give it to another station or make it into a movie.

[@jfdrac]

Now I am sure it could the problem is getting all the parts together....Getting rights, getting back the original creative team or if not getting them to sign off on using their concept and determing if their is the market for the film

[@spiderboy43]

Also, just wondering why the shadow figure didn't think to block the cellphone signal until after Linkara brought it up. "Oh crap, he called someone on the outside! Why didn't I consider it before!?" Still funny though.

[@coleyboyd]

trust me linkara,story wise this is the best sequel

[@otakon17]

4:03 that bit scares the crap out of me...

[@MicrowavedAlastair5390]

I'm four years late, but I think the cover doesn't work mostly because it just looks like the dude is exploding.

[@jonathanwarrdddedcxddeecec4787]

The thing sequel weather kept as a miniseries or turned into another movie needs to happen

[@rockofsteel23]

Is the spell book the absent grimoire? Speaking of the grimoire, will it be popping up during the tournament?

[@darkprinceofpain1010]

If this is the real linkara I have some comics for this show The fly outbreak IDW jurassic park Dark horse gamera Justice league vs predator

[@dukespubber741]

Actually, one of the levels of Patreon is to heavily suggest a comic. Another level, which is highly coveted, allows to tell Linkara exactly what comic he wants you to review.

[@AT4W]

+Matthew Cavalier Actually, no, there's only the one level about actually picking something to review. Anyone can SUGGEST a comic. XD

[@christianviayrada499]

+Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall can u review the iron man comic

[@darkprinceofpain1010]

+Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall I just want to see what you wold say about predators with the JL powers.

[@darkprinceofpain1010]

+Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall I have most of the comics and cans send them to you.

[@blkknightrutter]

Sees Linkara dressed up as Freddy Kreuger, and go figure, on the day Wes Craven passes. I don't know if that's coincidence or just a bit too soon.

[@Gat720Dua]

+Kenny Rutter Most likely coincidence, the video was made a long while ago and reuploaded into KZbin.

[@blkknightrutter]

+Gat the Man I know. It's just the timing of it all.

[@FischerFilmStudio]

Linkara, I believe you would really enjoy reviewing the Star Wars Tales series! They are so expansive and there are many good and bad comics in them! I love the series even though it's flawed!

[@aaa1e2r3]

23:48 Yes, that may be incredibly stupid, but that being said, that image just looks bad ass

[@kamencj]

I kinda now want to see not only that sequel miniseries get revived but also see how the thng fairs on middle earth

[@jfdrac]

The Thing vs Beorn Book it

[@joeywaters5559]

This one really increased the scare factor.

[@DeisFortuna]

according to runescape, the solution to your problem with the door is just saying the words in reverse order.

[@pauldecker4630]

It's interesting to me that from the shows and movies I've seen from the Sci fi channel they usually do miniseries and tv shows really well but seldom movies.

[@AT4W]

+Paul Decker It used to be a muuuuuch bigger problem back in the day. Sci-Fi Original Movies more often than not were Asylum-level schlock, if not outright produced by the Asylum altogether.

[@jfdrac]

I think it comes down to 2 factors.....1) Miniseries are 2-4 times longer than a movie hence a bigger budget 2) Due to only doing 1-2 a year they give them more time and effort to work on them and polish the script wanting them to look good while the movies are those dirt cheap turn them out quick movies so their is neither time nor resources to make them look good nor concern with a polished script

[@jakebryant3445]

That is a good point. Syfy has made a lot of silly monster movies like the directors of old

[@troin3925]

27:38-28:20 Sums up Monster Blood IV, Lifeline: Halfway to Infinity and Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension.

[@abrakadabra6364]

I hope Finevoice apologized to 90's kid. if not, they go thru something where he sees his strengths.

[@andreworders7305]

Fuse box jokes about the video game that went over my head: 1

[@aaa1e2r3]

Linkara, I would recommend you check out the manga/anime Parasyte, it's a series that takes on the concept of "The Thing in the city" with a bit of variation. Personally, I can't say it's a great series but it is an interesting read/watch to say the least

[@lovejoy550]

I watch this video twice now and I did not notice the guy in the back until now.

[@SpeedyEric1]

4:43- And these were before the super-stupidity that is ...Sharknado! (DUN, DUN, DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN)

[@Nightwing9597]

SpeedyEric1 Now there’s an idea: The Thing Vs. Sharknado

[@iplaytoomuch67]

Because of the several cracks at the ps2 game, I take it that you played it. I only know about it so I'll ask someone who knows (or to the internet in general) is it any good? I've heard it had some fairly decent mechanics for the time, but that's it

[@mj91212]

Antarctic research stations actually do have flamethrowers, they use them to de-ice machinery.

[@alexveverka3913]

I would have been ok if they made that SYFY mini series into a cartoon like Men In Black.

[@averagegamecritic]

A touch can infect people makes sense, kind of. Maybe a surface scratch that people can't notice really?

[@jojoreztorc0396]

3:58 OK!! THAT’S HORRIFYING!!!

[@jrny20]

You know what, I'm gonna write a sequel to The thing; using the concept of the Sci-Fi Channel's concept.

[@QwertyCaesar]

jrny20 how is that going?

[@jrny20]

@@QwertyCaesar Sorry to take so long to respond. I have been side-tracked with rewriting stuff I had previously published, due to inconsistencies. One such story was a horror story, that takes place in Antarctica, and involves an alien virus, zombies, monsters, and underground high-tech facility. Think of it as The Thing x Doom x Resident Evil. I did at one point, had brainstormed the setting, and characters. I will have to go back and see what I have.

[@Magic_Tricks-p8d]

The first part of John Carpenter's, The Thing, gets a sequel comic, and prequel film, a video game and a planned mini series. Yet the other two films in the same trilogy don't get anything, but a cult status? Well "In the Mouth of Madness" doesn't a sequel.

[@Merit2397]

This is where I felt some the storyline segments really SHOULD have been called something other than "Gun and Sorcery", since the journey that Linkara went on was over and the villain had been defeated. This a NEW story, this is a new conflict, this feels like a new arc. I remember sometime back, he went over the movie Future Shock, and said that it should have been called "Paranoia". Well, that's what I feel THIS section should have been called. Still the story was intense and a decent send up to the Thing.

[@AT4W]

To me, storylines are defined by the final villain (or at least the PRESUMED final villain as the story progresses). While there are mini-arcs like the Halloween ones that might have their own sub-names, all of the stuff with Linkara's journey is part of the arc leading up to a final confrontation with Jaeris over the magic gun. Admittedly, this also made more sense with the original plans - wherein Linkara would shed a lot of the other gadgets and weapons to back to mostly just using the magic gun while Jaeris would use more and more tech to try to combat Linkara.

[@felipevega830]

You probably won't see this but the previous episode the thing from another world #1 is blocked in the us not sure what you could do about but just in case you didn't know letting you know now

[@august9474]

I want to know though how does The Thing get past the blood test

[@Cartoonicus]

Hey, Linkara, I think you left the camera running, there, at the end.

[@TheZipperDragon]

Anyone know where to find those scripts? I'd love to read them.

[@andreworders7305]

Actually, there is a very good reason to have a flamethrower in Antarctica. It can quickly melt built up snow and ice.

[@williambeck2372]

Regarding the lintball escape The Thing does after finding out they were going to test it? You missed a chance to use a Three Stooges sound effect.

[@BigChill12345]

Continuity speaking, I have always been bothered by the fact that he is just randomly able to contact the Cinema Snob and then the signal drops.

[@tavila]

Sorry if this questions already been asked but what was the original plan for jarus and the mobile emitter? I was thinking team up since Holo Kara would know just the way to get under Linkara's skin maybe even done a Mecha Kara disguise or he just used its tech to side step the defenses of the apartment or comic cron 1.

[@jfdrac]

According to one onf Linkara's ruminations the plan was to have a final battle with Linkara before he faced Jaeris like in video games where you fight hat you think is the final boss but see he was only a minion all along

[@rankushrenada]

the guns in the Argentinian outpost could (quite vague could) be explained by the fact that during the 80's they were in the middle of an armed conflict with the UK, so it miiight be during that time? Considering Fawkland Island is sorta-kinda-in a way near the outpost?

[@eddihurta7173]

Rahn Dôm -but being there for so long would the bullets freeze and the guns jam and not work properly?

[@jfdrac]

Not if kept inside....its no tropical paradise but inside they can survive as normal unless soemthing goes wrong

[@jfdrac]

Them having them for any reason is not the issue its that treaty should have banned all that

[@thedenmeister6414]

I know you don't do Manga but (and as my usual self) found a loophole. Linkara, could you review a few of the Marvel Shogun Warriors comics and The Gold Key Battle Of The Planets comics.

[@Altair718]

that looks like one amazing backscratcher.

[@dunkanbulk14]

hey linkara, have you read the manga series called parasyte yet? it's awesome

[@averagegamecritic]

The sub is almost plausible until you mentioned how far inland it is. I can buy that a sub could navigate under the ice quite a ways since I'm assuming the ice is a mile or so at least above the ground, but there are probably underwater mountains.

[@magnamon2099]

linkara, be honest, you just wanted to call him señor sunglasses.

[@Annatar3019]

This doesnt seem to match up with the episode description on the episode guide.

[@andrewgwilliam4831]

I can understand/handwave them having flamethrowers (for construction) but a grenade?!

[@nathanthompson4613]

Is it just me, or do a lot of the title cards after Starstream #1 show Linkara as having somewhat bonded with the Thing?

[@andreworders7305]

Why doesn’t child’s get in the escape capsule? The thing wasn’t in the escape capsule so not using it didn’t change the outcome at all

[@Josh-pk7vi]

You could probably pull off this kind of imagery with Stop Motion. Or puppets.

[@jacklovejoy5290]

came for the comics, stayed for the snob

[@troin3925]

If John Carpenter likes this comic, I'd love to see his reaction to Eternal Vows.

[@ernestmoreno8244]

Troin he would probably consider hanging up the rope noose

[@davidspring4003]

This comic is leagues better than Eternal Vows, which, even if you do like this comic, just proves how BAD Eternal Vows is.

[@ellnats]

at least keith david didn't lead kurt onto that boat, I have a bad experience with keith david leading me onto a boat, dude blew me up and put me in a coma for over a year

[@TheZipperDragon]

Honestly, I could believe (in most cases) that the thing could be ridiculous strong, or fast...Tentacle thing, not so much, buuuut.

[@ShroudedWolf51]

Well, not continent. Archipelago. But, yeah. Still ground and rock.

[@walkingcubkid]

How would the thing have figured around the blood test?? I mean sure it could taint the blood samples making it seem like everybody is the thing for a distraction and to cause confusion? But how else would it have done it?

[@agentofchaos7456]

Probably the same as what they did in the sequel to this.

[@dakotadoyle7573]

DAMMIT IT COMIC CREATORS STOP WASTING GOOD IDEA'S ON BAD COMICS

[@sethhancock40]

Loved the ending bit with the lighting of the powder keg. But...what was with the bit where we are shown Brad doing pretty much nothing for three minutes? It's got that same charm as Markiplier contemplating a banana for five minutes, in that we're just sitting there waiting for something to happen, and the payoff is that there was no point to it...wait...was that the purpose of that bit, Linkara? Just teasing us for about three minutes with the possibility that something could happen, but all that happened was something dumb and pointless with no payoff?

[@AT4W]

I just found it amusing as a blooper.

[@sethhancock40]

Fair enough! Looking at it a second time I couldn't help but chuckle! It's just the first time I was mostly staring and wondering "why", but I guess it falls under that "stupid things you can't help but love" category, like much of Monty Python~

[@TheAllSeeingEye2468]

the last 3 min of the vid where weird, why was that thee?

[@AT4W]

Just bloopers, really.

[@deadaccount7520]

I do understand getting aggravated when comics take liberties with established franchise's. It also on occasion goes the other way. DH going back and removing newt and hicks from their series after 3 came out. But a xeno infestation would ve hard to stop. The thing would be almost impossible

[@isenokami7810]

I'm starting to think the Thing just went nuts after the movie.