43:41 The 5 stages of a reactor watching The Thing blind: Stage 1: AWW! A Puppy! Stage 2: How awful, he's shooting at the puppy! Stage 3: Thank goodness, the puppy's ok. Stage 4: That puppy is a little sus... Stage 5: *KILL IT WITH FIRE!*
@SunlessNickКүн бұрын
Most reactors I see miss out stage 4 :).
@valeria262Күн бұрын
Yeah I think by the point they land and he's clearly yelling at them to move away is when people should wonder why he was so bent on killing the dog in asking what was wrong with the dog rather than what was wrong with him
@rangerone8813Күн бұрын
@@GuardianOwl The stages are different for male reactors: Stage 1: He’s trying to kill the dog. Dog is sus. Stage 2: yup.
@AlessaParkerКүн бұрын
@@SunlessNick it's the opposite for me :D
@IanM-id8orКүн бұрын
Stage 6: Share a drink with the Thing Let's be fair, they are probably both the Thing by that stage. McReady *definitely* is the Thing
@martinholt81682 күн бұрын
Fun note: the Norwegian gunman basically gives the whole plot away at the beginning of the movie - but only if you speak Norwegian.
@PlacidDragonКүн бұрын
Calling it Norwegian is kind of generous, the accent is atrocious. But yes, you get the info that its not what it appears to be :)
@dandotvidКүн бұрын
@@PlacidDragon saying it's not the language because the accent is really bad is strange. Does that mean if someone has a really thick Indian accent, they're not actually speaking English?
@CenindoКүн бұрын
I'm Norwegian and I think the (German) actor does a decent job. He is borderline credible as a (breathless) native speaker.
@evanirvana500Күн бұрын
@@martinholt8168 boy then Americans don't speak English then, huh? Ask the Brits and we slaughter the language!
@GarrettJayChristianКүн бұрын
@@Cenindo Thanks for this perspective. I'm always curious about these things.
@stumblepuppy6062 күн бұрын
as of 1994, sled dogs are forbidden in Antarctica. They say it was for ecological reasons - every scrap of poop, human and canine, must be removed from the continent and that is difficult to do when you're running with sled dogs, and if a dog got loose it posed a risk to indigenous wildlife. We all know the real reason though. Every scientist in Antarctica has seen The Thing and doesn't want to be left alone with a sled dog anymore.
@PChazman1Күн бұрын
Lol 😂😂😂 Imagine if they had penguins in this movie!
@stumblepuppy606Күн бұрын
@@PChazman1 one slowly waddles up to Mac, and looks up at him, then its face opens up like a flower and it screams while its flippers turn into tentacles
@ALJ9000Күн бұрын
@@stumblepuppy606 What if the face peeled back and a tentacle came out as the flippers grew spikes or extended into mantis arms?
@stumblepuppy606Күн бұрын
@@ALJ9000 it's a shapeshifting monstrosity that has likely assimilated tens of thousands of species across the Galaxy, and can change any part of itself into any part of something it ate. We could riff off countless permutations of what a Thing-Penguin could do to freak out Kurt Russell
@ALJ9000Күн бұрын
@@stumblepuppy606 Maybe add in some Necromorph as well?
@kevinburton39482 күн бұрын
I met Keith David (Childs) in 2023 at a convention in Niagara Falls (Canada)... (I was cosplaying as MacReady) I told him my opinion on "Who is Who?" at the end- They are *BOTH* human- the only two survivors. And it isn't about "seeing someone's breath in the cold" or "Childs' switched jacket" or "a gleam of light in someone's eye" or "gasoline in the whiskey bottle that Childs drinks" (all theories to tell if someone is the Thing and all of which *do not* hold up under scrutiny).... The point of the ending is that these two characters have been at each other's throats through the entire film. Childs is Mac's opposition. And they were both prepared to kill each other- Childs willing to let Mac to freeze to death outside, and Mac ready to shoot Childs if he didn't comply with being tied up for the test. But now at the end, all that animosity for each other is gone- Mac's offer of the whiskey is not a final test- it is an olive branch. They have finally put aside all their hate and distrust for one another knowing that although they will not survive, they have saved Humanity. This is our "happy ending." The whole time I was telling Keith David this, he had a smile that kept growing and growing. When I finished, he shook my hand. It might not be "the answer", but it was good enough for me.
@Redfern42Күн бұрын
Aww...! really I LIKE that! Both Mr. Keith's kind gesture and your suggestion they've made peace with each other! As you noted, the closest thing to a "happy ending" a film like this (as presented) could have. That's going to serve as my head canon from now on, softening the normally nihilistic feel many people get from the ending. We certainly need a bit of hope these days. Thank you!
@evanirvana500Күн бұрын
Good enough for me!
@walfiend2Күн бұрын
This is how I've always seen the ending, too.
@MilleniumlanceКүн бұрын
27:00 notice how Palmer and Norris are always by each other and giving each other funny looks
@BarebonesNetwork-w3sКүн бұрын
John Carpenter was on Colbert's late-night show and told him that one of them was, indeed, infected. There are clues and I saw a KZbin channel of someone who pointed out the clues. I think he got it right.
@bradleyjohnson17022 күн бұрын
Literally EVERY reactor ever: "DONT YOU DARE KILL THAT DOG!" 15 minutes later : "KILL IT WITH FIRE!"
@WhatTheExpletiveКүн бұрын
Literally, SOMEONE posts this in the reactors comments...
@bradleyjohnson1702Күн бұрын
@@WhatTheExpletive literally
@Wouldyoukindly4545Күн бұрын
@@WhatTheExpletiveLiterally someone always calls the person who made the comment that is on every reaction of the thing.
@prd1073Күн бұрын
"Puppy!"😍
@WhatTheExpletiveКүн бұрын
@@Wouldyoukindly4545 It's like breaking one's toe whilst kicking a bucket... Literally
@RetroRobotRadio2 күн бұрын
9:16 award for best dog actor goes to Jed, the wolf-Alaskan Malamute who played the pup.
@Jacquer682 күн бұрын
He also played White Fang back in the day, if I recall
@cornerpage66342 күн бұрын
He brought a lot of gravitas to the role and projected a nice understated menace.
@RetroRobotRadio2 күн бұрын
@@cornerpage6634 the actual reason why dogs are so focused in when they are in Antarctica... There are no squirrels!
@fusionaddictКүн бұрын
@@Jacquer68 And he's in The Journey of Natty Gann!
@VinterfridКүн бұрын
Why do you persist call it "pup" when it apparently is an adult dog? Isn't that denomination reserved for puppies?
@McBeelzebubКүн бұрын
I never…EVER get tired of people saying, “THATS HOW IT ENDS?!” but think about it. Could there be a better ending?
@Kasino8023 сағат бұрын
No, Chandler, there couldn't 😊sorry, I just couldn't read without hearing Chandler.
@TheTangothrax18 сағат бұрын
No. It's perfect
@rodentnolastname66122 күн бұрын
As usual "don't hurt the puppy" (twenty minutes later) "KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!" 🤣🤣🤣
@WhatTheExpletiveКүн бұрын
As usual, SOMEONE posts this in the reactors comments...
@potencjalnypracownik2966Күн бұрын
They dont think with brain.
@descendfromgrace126 күн бұрын
I used to work with a guy who would do the south pole station networks. They watched this every year when they were officially locked down for winter.
@51tetra69Күн бұрын
In the prequel to “The Thing”, they were able to identify people who had been imitated because the Things were only able to replicate organic matter and were therefore unable to duplicate inorganic matter, which meant that items such as pins inserted to hold together broken bones and fillings in your teeth would be missing in people that had been taken over. That would obviously be the case for anyone like Norris that had a pacemaker as well. They were thus able to identify who was a Thing and who was not by checking for fillings, etc… When the Thing imitates someone, it perfectly duplicates every cell with such precision than it actually retains the memories, knowledge, and personality of the individual it copies. Norris (the guy who’s chest bursts open, chopping off the doctor’s hands with its bear-trap teeth) had a bad heart, and likely a peacemaker. When the Thing took him over and perfectly imitated him, it also faithfully recreated his heart defect, but not his pacemaker, which eventually caused Norris to suffer a heart attack for real during a high-stress moment. The Thing would have been happy to hide itself in a presumably “dead” body, but it couldn’t tolerate the electro-shocks from the defibrillator and was thus forced to reveal itself. Of course, the amazing scene where Norris’ head separates from his burning body, slides onto the floor, and pulls itself away, transforming into a crab/spider with his upside-down head as its body, and tries to crawl away unnoticed, is an iconic moment! (Incidentally, at the beginning of the movie, the spaceship was flying erratically because the crew was desperately trying to fight off the Things that were aboard their vessel and causing havoc. That’s why the spaceship attempted to make an emergency landing on the nearest planet and ended up crash landing in the Antarctic. Only one of the Things as survived the crash and made it out of the ship alive, only to freeze in the ice.)
@mikedavis979Күн бұрын
Although interestingly, in the original short story ("Who goes there?"), the Thing, while able to mimic other organisms, does not do so at the cellular level, thus it is killable and far less dangerous than the Thing in this movie. Still great story, however, worth reading. The 1950s movie is excellent as well, I think...although they did not have any shape-shifting or chameleon abilities in that movie (probably for budgetary reasons). Basically an intelligent vegetable in that movie. Still one of the ground-breaking sci-fi movies, IMHO. You can watch that movie and see how it influenced this movie, and Alien, and other movies. ("The Thing from Another World" was the 50's movie). They use geiger counters like the proximity trackers in Alien....the realisitc dialogue reminds you of some of the scenes in Alien....just a fantasatic movie, directed by Howard Hawks.
@GranpaMike17 сағат бұрын
You should really be mindful of giving away spoilers. I doubt she's seen "THE THING" (2011), yet.
@ssort6914 сағат бұрын
@@mikedavis979 Matt Dillon from the famous western show Gunsmoke plays the creature in the 50s show, this was before Gunsmoke and one his biggest parts at the time that he made it.
@evilscary2 күн бұрын
The Thing, The Fog (1980), In the Mouth of Madness, and Prince of Darkness are some amazing horror movies, all by John Carpenter.
@gmchris3752Күн бұрын
Don't forget They Live!
@fusionaddictКүн бұрын
Never any love for Christine, sadly, which so often gets forgotten and it's one of his best.
@DerekHarrison-d5dКүн бұрын
John Carpenter is a genius as is Rob Bottin.Apparently the criticism Carpenter got from the critics for this film hurt him badly.Thankfully,it’s been reappraised as the classic we all knew it was.Carpenter has talked about doing a follow up movie about the events after finding Child’s and Macready.Kurt Russell has also spoken about it too.I hope it happens using the practical special effects that Bottin used in the 1982 movie.I actually like the Thing 2011 prequel because it told the story from the Norwegian perspective.So many reactors never understand why the dog/husky is being shot at and why the body that Macready and Copper bring back from the Norwegian camp is deformed.The prequel tells us that and while so many HATE the CGI effects,the story is good and leads to the events in this film.AND@evilscary,don’t forget ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13(great soundtrack),ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK & 🎃HALLOWEEN.
@quixote6942Күн бұрын
I liked "Vampires" as well.
@biguy617Күн бұрын
@@quixote6942vampires is pretty good
@BanyanTree1Күн бұрын
What makes this an all-timer, even more than the effects, is that the characters are smart and all making the best choices they can to survive, even if those choices turn out to be wrong. Too many horror movies rely on characters acting like idiots.
@shalekendar6759Күн бұрын
*EXACTLY* this!
@johnsensebe3153Күн бұрын
Especially _Oculus,_ where the main character literally takes years to work out a completely idiotic plan.
@TheTangothrax17 сағат бұрын
A horror Kobayasi Maru, they weren't foolish at all but it was a true no win scenario. Their absolute best was never going to earn more than a draw where both sides lose. Test of character
@fusionaddict2 сағат бұрын
@@BanyanTree1 Even the “dumb” decisions are 100% realistic. Every reactor screams some variation of “You brought it BACK with you?!?!” when they return with the burned remains. But of course they did. They’re scientists. Their job is literally to observe & investigate the natural wonders & mysteries of the universe. But once the threat is revealed, they make realistic & intelligent choices with the resources they are given. “I suggest everyone prepare their own meals, and we should only eat out of cans” is a line representing levels of character competence that borders on the pornographic.
@chazzerous26 күн бұрын
“As a big strong adult that can handle it” - famous last words for The Thing 😅 That is THE Wilford Brimley, btw.
@morphman86Күн бұрын
Wilford Brimley was a prominent actor with 80 acting roles to his name, not including the infamous commercial. He was acting all the way up to his death 4 years ago, last appearing in an episode of Yellowstone. He even did some stunt work in the late 60s.
@CCFONESOLКүн бұрын
And oatmeal commercials
@DerekHarrison-d5dКүн бұрын
He’d also been a US Marine,a Sergeant,in the 50s.
@patbrewer4205Күн бұрын
He and Richard(Diamond) Farnsworth they even made a movie together
@lolmoominКүн бұрын
And so ends the worlds first and most realistic game of Among Us. The model work in this film is second to none.
@GARYHODGKINSONКүн бұрын
Windows was so nervous because nobody knew for certain that they weren't infected, Norris was infected without knowing, because he was exposed to a small part of the Thing, and the Thing was slowly eating him alive, one cell at a time, rather than the fast assimilation many of them suffered. So yes, Norris probably did have a heart attack, when too much of his body mass had been replaced with the Thing. He was still mostly human, until he collapsed.
@johnhoblock5872Күн бұрын
A little trivia... When The Thing screams it's the screams of every lifeform it has ever imitated.
@RetroRobotRadio2 күн бұрын
7:06 they actually used one of the production staff to make the shadow, so the audience would not be able to tell who is was.
@cybergeek11235Күн бұрын
oh, that's MEAN
@Dylan_PlattКүн бұрын
Which is wild, because that hair silhouette looks exactly like Norris'.
@highlander31527Күн бұрын
4:49 Apparently, a knight in chess cannot move between those squares. It's L shaped movement cannot start on that position and end in the second position. So, Mcready was right. She cheated.
@jddonovКүн бұрын
It's possible but if you watch the screen throughout the scene the board changes so it's probably a continuity error.
@deanwalker9605Күн бұрын
I will never scroll past anyone's first time watching reaction to The Thing!!
@Raptorrex652 күн бұрын
If you spoke Norwegian you would have known the dog was the thing he says it all right from the beginning, got to love carpenter's humor.
@VinterfridКүн бұрын
Not true - that must be some very odd Norwegian accent.
@jd190dКүн бұрын
@@Vinterfrid Well, people who speak Norwegian can understand it. Centane does a reaction and does say how it is kind of Norwegian but close enough to understand the message.
@dabbadonisthestout72842 күн бұрын
Bennings scream is an amalgamation of all the creatures and beings it has absorbed over the millions years it has lived 😮
@fusionaddictКүн бұрын
This is legitimately my all-time favorite movie and the only thing I love watching as much as The Thing is watching other people watch it for the first time. Also, it is absolutely the Wilford Brimley you think it is. Kurt tells a great story about Wilford on set in the making-of documentary. Rob Bottin's work on the creatures that Blair autopsies freaked everyone on-set out except for Brimley. Brimley was a legitimate Wyoming cowboy and a USMC veteran, and had no problem diving right in. "It's just like skinnin' a deer!" he allegedly declared.
@DerekHarrison-d5dКүн бұрын
Completely agree.It’s one of my all time favourites with Romero’s Zombies:Dawn of the Dead,Terminator 2:Judgement Day & Aliens:The Special Edition Version.I just can’t understand why the critics panned The Thing so badly when it came out in 1982.I saw it when it came out,and could never understand the hate.It captures paranoia perfectly in an isolated outpost.Apparently John Carpenter was hurt by the criticism,but thankfully it’s been reappraised as the classic we all knew it was.I actually like The Thing 2011 prequel as well,because it tells us the story from the Norwegian perspective.A lot of reactors don’t understand why the dog/husky is being shot at and why the body Macready and Copper brought back from the Norwegian base is deformed.That film clears all that up.Sadly it gets ripped apart because of the CGI effects which don’t compare to the work Rob Bottin did on the 1982 film.
@fusionaddictКүн бұрын
@@DerekHarrison-d5d "I actually like The Thing 2011 prequel as well,because it tells us the story from the Norwegian perspective." That's actually why I thoroughly dislike the prequel. Some things don't need to be explained and actually lose their mystique when you do so. SEE ALSO: Han Solo winning the Millennium Falcon & making the Kessel Run.
@DerekHarrison-d5dКүн бұрын
@@fusionaddict This is exactly the attitude the critics had to The Thing when it came out in 1982.Hated it,not understanding why we had this shapeshifting creature tearing people apart when we have the good alien …ET which came out the same year.It’s all about opinions.Carpenter has said he’d like to do a follow up story to what happens when the rescue team finds Child’s and Macready.Kurt Russell has also said in interviews he’d be up for it.Why shouldn’t that story be told.Should it just end with Childs and Macready guessing who’s the Thing? How many movies end up becoming franchises.The Alien story could and should have ended with Aliens,but they did the awful Alien 3.Some like that movie,others don’t.As I said,it’s all about opinions.The right story from John Carpenter could give us a good sequel.Just because you didn’t like it dosent mean others should hate it.It’s hated by people because of the CGI effects.If Rob Bottin had worked on it,it would have been a far better movie.It’s all about opinions.
@fusionaddictКүн бұрын
@@DerekHarrison-d5d "Should it just end with Childs and Macready guessing who’s the Thing?" Yes, yes it should. Because the entire point of the film is mistrust and paranoia, so an ambiguous ending is the most on-theme ending possible.
@DerekHarrison-d5dКүн бұрын
@@fusionaddict ‘YES,YES,it should’.This isn’t about what you want or I want.This is about a reactor watching the film and judging for herself.Why is this bothering you so much? If John Carpenter makes the follow up movie are you going to start moaning about that! GET A LIFE!!!
@daveemerson65492 күн бұрын
"Well, at least the dog is safe!" Oh, you poor, poor lady.
@fedosКүн бұрын
At least Childs is safe.
@cbobwhite57682 күн бұрын
The first movie made from the book, was "The Thing from Another World" 1951. No shape changing, but still a good movie. Carpenter's title reveal was an homage to the 1951 original. James Arness, Sheriff Matt Dillion from "Gunsmoke", played the thing.
@VinterfridКүн бұрын
James Arness is best known for his role as Zeb Macahan I'd say.
@vincegamerКүн бұрын
@@Vinterfrid you could say that, but I wouldn't believe you. Never heard of Zeb.
@kemowery2 күн бұрын
Comedian A. Whitney Brown, years ago on Saturday Night Live, made the joke "I'm A. Whitney Brown, someday I hope to be THE Whitney Brown." Not only has that stuck with me for like 40 years, the credit for "A. Wilford Brimley" makes me make that joke EVERY TIME.
@justinclloydКүн бұрын
"I'm *a* god. I'm not *the* God... I don't think."
@mpg272727Күн бұрын
Although it's never stated i'm pretty sure the directors intended for it to be that the thing did not make the spaceship it simply stowed on board, killed whatever aliens were flying it which is was caused said spaceship to crash to Earth in the first place
@Dylan_PlattКүн бұрын
Hmm, interesting. What makes you think that?
@necrosundergroundКүн бұрын
I've always had a theory that the thing was a science experiment gone wrong. I mean, if it was a naturally evolved species, could you imagine what kind of hellscape planet spawned it? No, I think it was an experiment, probably originally a fast-mutating virus or something that grew as it consumed and somehow got loose in the ship and attacked the actual aliens who were studying it. It clearly has at least a degree of animal cunning, but that doesn't necessarily imply sapience; although it might level up in intelligence as it absorbs more evolved species. Whatever the case, I just can't picture this thing being part of any kind of natural food chain or environment. If it was an apex predator, then it would have taken over its home planet through absorption; and if it was a lower tier occupant on the food chain, then what the hell kind of creature would be capable of snacking on it? Science experiment gone way wrong, it's gotta be.
@TheGoldenAlchemist8626 күн бұрын
I’ve seen this movie probably 10 times at this point and yet I still keep jumping and flinching when The Thing acts up
@kinokind2936 сағат бұрын
Richard Masur was on "One Day at a Time". That's probably where you know him from (if you're old enough!).
@Citizen880201208202 күн бұрын
Event Horizen and the Mist are definitely two must sees. Even if the Mist is a bit lower budget feel but the story itself is interesting.
@RetroRobotRadio2 күн бұрын
According to supporting material that the space ship was NOT the ship of the Thing. Alien explorers were visiting other worlds and the thing took over one of the crew. The aliens couldn't stop it so they crashed the ship in the ice to stop the Thing for getting to their world.
@Dularr2 күн бұрын
The other storyline. It's a prison ship.
@morrigannibairseach12112 күн бұрын
In the original book Who Goes There and its expanded version Frozen Hell it was the thing's ship. Ship's engine just got caught in the magnetic field. In the short story The Things, told from the thing's perspective, it was also its own ship.
@Poss12 күн бұрын
The Thing forces the viewer into the environment, into the story, so well. Just amazing film-making. This will be fun to share. Here we go! :)
@davidwatson225 сағат бұрын
Old movies are so good as they spend more time developing the characters and not relying on the wow effects of cgi. Its left open to make the audience think and ask that question who is the thing Thete is a prequel to this and thetes also a short animated cartoon that continues on from the end of this movie..
@flatcat66762 күн бұрын
As much as you love sci-fi, I can't believe you'd never seen this classic! So glad you've had a chance to experience now. The tension throughout this film is delicious, and most of the action sequences that occur when the Thing has to reveal itself are genuinely surprising and scary. Your response when the end credits started was pretty much universal for everyone the first time they see this one😁
@MadTheDJКүн бұрын
They're both human at the end and that's the tragedy of their sacrifice. There are a lot of theories about Childs being infected and Mac testing him with the bottle, but they either misread the scene, cherry-pick details, or misunderstand how the Thing infects people. A few cells aren't enough, it needs at minimum a small piece and time to first absorb a victim and then create an imitation. It's not a virus infecting people slowly from within. They literally explained it in the movie (and show it, several times). So yeah, Childs is not infected. He was following Mac's instructions to burn Blair if he tries to comeback without Mac, Garry and Nauls. Childs didn't know that Blair-Thing was building a craft to escape and had been busy coming and going from the shed. He and the others would've figured that he was just sitting in the shed either fully human or as the Thing (or had used that noose), and if he was the Thing that he'd try to escape when they came to give him the test. Hence: burn him on sight if he's alone and out of the shed. So that's what Childs did, went after him. And lost his bearings in the dark until the camp started blowing up.
@gazzamanazza4pm2 күн бұрын
If I had to pick a word for this film I'd go with Effective. Everything, from the practical effects to the character tension and even the score is so simple yet so effective. It's no wonder this film remains genre-defining to this day.
@skribblestyleСағат бұрын
Cool tidbit about that intro card. This was filmed in 1980 before CG was used readily in film and tv, so it was actually a practical effect! They drew the title on an animation cell and stuck it to the back of a fish tank. They filled the fish tank with smoke, put a floodlight behind it, and then used a black trashbag to block the light. Then they lit the bag on fire, and it slowly burned away letting the floodlight spill through the animation cell, into the smokey fishtank. You can even see the flames as they burn away the trashbag. Endless creativity in this films production! Absolute geniuses at their craft.
@erikhanson1162Күн бұрын
Keith David, who I did not realize was in this until the credits rolled, is an iconic voice actor. He voiced Goliath in the Gargoyles animated series, Dr. Facilier in Disney's Princess and the Frog, and most recently Husk in Hazbin Hotel on Amazon Prime. Wonderfully gritty gravitas, and the man can *sing*.
@cybergeek11235Күн бұрын
And Admiral Anderson in the Mass Effect trilogy, let's not forget.
@DarkPaladin24Күн бұрын
And let's not also forget Spawn in the HBO animated series and also MK11.
@shalekendar6759Күн бұрын
He plays himself (as the Vice President of the United States) in Saint's Row 4
@manjackson2772Күн бұрын
Don't forget his other on-screen roles! John Carpenter directed him more than once, he was one of the main characters in They Live. He had that ten minute fist fight with Rowdy Roddy Piper.
@otis16249 сағат бұрын
You forgot the arbiter from Halo he voice acted that one
@theylied17762 күн бұрын
The original version (1951:The Thing From Another World) is what inspired John Carpenter to become a director. In the Movie Halloween, the kids are watching the original version of The Thing.
@mahlizКүн бұрын
So the actors apperently talked it over and came to the conclusion that if they where the thing they wouldn't know it themself. Gives a new meaning to the "If I was an imitation a perfect imitation how whould you know", the way I take that is, the thing can hide within anything and take over when it wants to. So that is why windows is acting releafed when his blood isn't reacting to the hot needle. Ty for the reaction
@vashsunglassesКүн бұрын
That's how it is in the original story. At one point you're in the POV of someone who is being infected (he touches the mutated corpse) and he sort of just gets drowsy and falls asleep for a bit.
@VinterfridКүн бұрын
"Releafed"? He was actually a tree you mean? And now the leaves are growing back on him? 😉
@3Kings_Industries2 күн бұрын
Oh no, FunnyLilGal is gonna freak on those dogs !!!
@alicepbg20422 күн бұрын
it never fails. first is "no! don't shoot the dog" and then "kill it with fire!"
@jjc58712 күн бұрын
3 years for the Earth to be taken over by that thing is being very generous. Especially back when the population was half of what it is today. That thing would spread and multiply very quickly.
@raymondamador1487Күн бұрын
Less populated then, but less connected. More populated now, and more connected, I'd think it would spread faster now
@gabrielestrada8523Күн бұрын
Water supply, infecting insects, mold spores, yeah, 3 years could be done.
@andrewmccormick38992 күн бұрын
I actually worked in Antarctica at McCurdo Station.. We also watch this come winter
@alextrill1746Күн бұрын
Do you get many eldritch monstrosities there?
@thomashiggins9320Күн бұрын
@alextrill1746 Pfft. 🤨 Like he'd actually *tell* you if he did. 🙄 (Besides, those of us who have seen "Cabin in the Woods" know the *true* reason the Norwegians were there. 😁)
@nathanmead9585Күн бұрын
@@alextrill1746 Giant albino penguins.
@alextrill1746Күн бұрын
@@nathanmead9585 I understood that reference.
@SunlessNickКүн бұрын
I think Windows was relieved because he didn't know what McReady would interpret as the blood trying to survive.
@paulschuckman6604Күн бұрын
Wilford Brimley will forever be the Quaker Oat man to me.
@UncleMiloКүн бұрын
The ratings were fine. People today treat their kids like they are so fragile.
@DiomedeneКүн бұрын
The main parenting philosophy at the time was that it is the parents job to prepare children for the world, today's seems to be that it is the parent's job to protect them from the world. Both how the change came to be and where it will lead is an interesting sociological puzzle.
@GhostPurple69Күн бұрын
john carpenter is my absolute favorite filmmaker he usually writes, directs, *and* composes the score to his movies. they usually have zero budget, yet he is so good with camera placement and economy of storytelling and editing, he makes it stretch way further than it should. the first halloween (the only one he actually directed) is sometimes my favorite movie ever. i kinda thought i would be jamie lee curtis when i got older. 😅 carpenter's films are so distinctively *themselves*, while covering such varied ground in style and tone and genre, that it would totally be worth doing a marathon. assault on precinct 13, halloween, the fog, escape from new york, big trouble in little china, they live-all stone-cold brilliant, and it's worth appreciating the commonalities and differences amongst them all.
@GhostPurple69Күн бұрын
carpenter's films are specifically one of the main references that stranger things makes an effort to pastiche. its music in particular is basically a john carpenter score, not written by carpenter. also carpenter hasn't really directed much in the last 25 years or so, but he has been releasing a whole string of electronic music albums, each track meant as a theme for a movie that doesn't exist outside of carpenter's head. and, they're really frickin good. kzbin.info/www/bejne/inWln3Wag96Mn68
@chrisbiebel6205Күн бұрын
Another great Carpenter film that's in the Sci-Fi genre is "They Live." It also has Keith David in it. Definitely worth a watch.
@Wannabe_Baby2 күн бұрын
"Flamethrower?! [evil laugh]" I'm glad you mentioned Doctor Who and Farscape. I do sometimes wonder how the Doctor would handle this situation.
@eddhardy1054Күн бұрын
If you want a rough idea of the Doctor in this sort of situation mate I'd recommend you watch pts 1 & 2 of Classic Who serial The Seeds Of Doom from 1976. It's basically a mashup of The Thing and Day Of The Triffids and it's wonderful
@Wannabe_BabyКүн бұрын
@@eddhardy1054 I have. :)
@eddhardy1054Күн бұрын
@@Wannabe_Baby In that case my apologies mate 😔
@alexanderharris5022Күн бұрын
For the actual Thing vs The Doctor it would depend. 2,5,10,13 and 14 would probably die. They’re too friendly, too quick to rely on their companions and a lot of their monsters get given ‘a chance’ to back down even when it’s clear they’re a threat. 1,6,7,8,11 and 15 have a 50/50 chance based on how they handle their enemies. They tend to back off and evaluate before getting involved or they are quite skilled investigators often working faster than their opponents. That said, they have character flaws that make them somewhat vulnerable and they might not know how to handle the loss of their companions if they got infected. 3,4,9 and 12 kill it and lament or debate the ethics of having killed The Thing later. Their number 1 priority is to identify its weaknesses and then kill it. Work out what it wants after everyone else is safe. With potential for 12 to let it kill some people just to help him work out killing it faster.
@alicepbg2042Күн бұрын
ever seen midnight?
@DivusMagus26 күн бұрын
Honestly the ending is perfect. The whole movie is tense and encapsulates paranoia. So ending it without a deffinent answer suits it. Edit: also the noose with Blair is likely due to him realizing he was infected but it took him over fully before he could off himself.
@theunamiableКүн бұрын
The first person infected was presumably the guy that we only saw as a shadow on the wall. When they filmed that, they got someone who wasn't an actor (I think it was the shoot's bus driver) to cast the shadow, so you couldn't recognise it as a particular character.
@Ernie_And_MonkeyКүн бұрын
You mention how Clark looked familiar. He was on an old TV show called, "One Day At A Time". He played a lawyer but was also the boyfriend of Ann Romano. Annie also had 2 daughters who were Valerie Bertinelli and Mackenzie Phillips.
@x_warhog_x8701Күн бұрын
Yep....
@Johnny_XRКүн бұрын
"Apparently grazes heal very quickly these days." - nervous laughter - EFFING LOL 🤣
@072503813 сағат бұрын
What I love about this movie is that John Carpenter said in an interview that there is a clue that actually answer if Childs is the thing or not. It makes every fan theory possible and that's why it is so rewatchable. Anyone could be right, but we might never know, just like the characters. That's immersion.
@chadlynch15518 сағат бұрын
I watch every reaction to this movie I can just so I can see people go from "don't shot that cute dog!" to "OMFG! KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!"
@noahschultz90312 күн бұрын
The special and practical effects used in this movie was way ahead of its time, its top notch even 40-something years later! Not to mention the movie is genuinely horrifying and it just makes you question EVERYTHING
@diannebdeeКүн бұрын
The actor dog's name was Jed. He was an Alaskan Malamute/Wolf Dog hybrid. He was as both John Carpenter and Kurt Russell both said on the audio commentary on the bluray special edition, "The best damn actor in the film." That hallway scene where he's stealthily checking each room he did all on his own without prompting. Carpenter asked for him to be placed at the end of the hallway and he just did what he did. He was born in 1977 and died 18 years later in 1995. After his acting career was over, he was sent to an animal refuge where he is now buried. He also appeared in "White Fang, The Journey of Natty Gann," and others. Ethan Hawke who appeared in "White Fang" and Richard Masur who played Clark both said what an amazing animal he was. I can't disagree. Masur offered to take him after the filming on "The Thing" ended. What a special boy he was. As for the ending on who is The Thing and who isn't. Look at which one has breath and who doesn't. Namely Childs doesn't and MacReady does. Also, Mac put gasoline in the bottle that "Childs" drank. Instant Molotov cocktail. Bye bye Childs. Also, the Norwegian base is the exact same one the Americans were at. Those scenes were filmed AFTER the film was done to take advantage of the destruction of the American base. So both were the same base. Cleaver economy of sets if you ask me. It is THE Wilford Brimley. Keith David was in both Riddick films.
@iamredoctoberКүн бұрын
Quite honestly, that dog should have been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
@MySerpentineКүн бұрын
There should be a Best Animal Actor award for stuff like this :D
@vashsunglassesКүн бұрын
I think the best version of the ending is if neither one is infected, they've successfully defeated the Thing, but they're so paranoid that they'll die needlessly instead of working together to survive.
@synaesthesia201020 сағат бұрын
this fil is less about the horror, more about the paranoia. it's an absolute masterpiece. also, the Norwegian tries to tell them that the dog is not a dog, it's an alien creature
@reverseBLT12 сағат бұрын
I'm in the camp that says *everyone* was the Thing, just at different stages of infection. All it takes is a single supercell, and there's no way any of them got out of this without getting at least one of the supercells on them. So, at the end, you had two Things staring at each other, waiting to see what would happen. The only real question was how human each still was, when those haunting bass chords started back up.
@Khay-772 күн бұрын
This and The Mist are the feel good movies of October everyone needs to experience.
@pauljanetzke2 күн бұрын
Creepshow is a good one as well, both of them as well as the Twilight Zone movie.
@DeadLikeMe-ir9ixКүн бұрын
Too bad the ending of the mist didn't follow the book. ORIGINAL ENDING IN THE BOOK. In the book the military doesn't show up and they just drive away into the mist
@asciishallreceive3871Күн бұрын
@@DeadLikeMe-ir9ix What the fuck? saying a spoiler one a reaction channel...some people, I swear.
@DeadLikeMe-ir9ixКүн бұрын
@@asciishallreceive3871 sorry I just get pissed off with the ending.
@Khay-77Күн бұрын
@@DeadLikeMe-ir9ix Even Stephen King said the director's ending was better than that.
@RadianIndustries2 күн бұрын
The score was written by Enio Morricone and is also one of the best horror soundtracks ever. The Thing is also one of the few John Carpenter films that Carpenter did not score himself.
@bensneb360Күн бұрын
Fun Fact: this was released the same weekend as Blade Runner, which both bombed because the weekend before, ET came out and went on to be the highest grossing film at the time… definitely my favorite John Carpenter movie
@tskmaster38372 күн бұрын
"Nice knowing you, Windows." I swear I've said that to a Blue Screen of Death. I know I've said "ooh Windows..." to one of its Black Screen bad updates.
@Sournote88Күн бұрын
I love the heavy-handed foreshadowing of McCready breaking the chess game when he can't win.
@MsSwordwolfКүн бұрын
You must check out the 2011 version with Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Joel Edgerton.
@VinterfridКүн бұрын
It is really not a "version" - it's a prequel to John Carpenter's film.
@aaronhedlund8136Күн бұрын
We have a standard response in our house for when people ask questions about movies or shows that will obviously be revealed later - “Why are they shooting at the dog?”
@visualartsbyjr24642 күн бұрын
Huh… you faired a lot better than i first thought. Hehe One of the best practical effects in movies ever. Glad you enjoyed it!
@fedosКүн бұрын
There is so much theory material about The Thing out there that someone could probably dedicate a channel to reacting to lore and breakdown videos about this one movie.
@springdeerling786626 күн бұрын
I love the body horror but also the psychological aspect. If youre infected where do you start and it stop? If it exists with all your memories intact is it still technically "you"? Theres a newer manga ive been reading called The Summer Hikaru Died. The premise is that one day a boys friend name hikaru went to the mountain and was missing for days, then he suddenly popped up again. He's the only one who realizes that its not REALLY his friend. Something took his form after he died but the thing still has all of Hikarus memories to the point that it doesnt know if what its feeling are it's own feelings or Hikarus (ik i commented hours apart, my adhd brain pulled me elswhere for a bit)
@vashsunglassesКүн бұрын
Ship of Theseus
@othervoices76Күн бұрын
One of my favorite movies.. still holds up after 40 years
@zmarkoКүн бұрын
Keith David is an absolute treasure. He's an amazing character actor and has been in hundreds and hundreds of films/tv shows/video games. Some of my favorite parts being in There's Something About Mary, Platoon, They Live, Men at Work...just a slew of roles he's played. An amazing actor.
@PlacidDragon2 күн бұрын
Never fails for reactors for this movie : 5 seconds in : aaaaaw, what an adorable puppy, get those men hunting it!! 10 minutes later : Yaaaargh, kill it with fire!!! :D Though, to be fair, she picked up on the "this is eerie" feeling very quickly :)
@hjorturerlend2 күн бұрын
20:15 In this case it's a random set worker so you can't guess via the silhouette.
@toddhill74832 күн бұрын
You are sporting the perfect shirt for this reaction. But if you're cold from watching a film in an arctic landscape, throw on another layer, and exchange the iced beverage for a hot one. 🗻
@djgamer554626 күн бұрын
I'd reccomend the 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. It's got Jeff Goldblum, Donald Sutherland and Leonard Nimoy in it. It was made right on the cusp of the 80s golden era of practical effects. On the subject of Jeff Godlum and 80s effects, the remake of The Fly that he was in is also amazing.
@eddhardy1054Күн бұрын
& don't forget Veronica Cartwright from Alien is also in it
@19wulfy69Күн бұрын
The opening title was done with a fish tank, a plastic garbage bag, a stencil, a lighter, some dry ice, and a light. In 2002 there was "The Thing" video game that gives this an end and Jhon Carpenter validates it as cannon. The big hat Kurt Russell wears is so you can pick him out in long shots... I think they just wanted to see if he could pull it off.
@VACIO6662 күн бұрын
An image I will never forget is that of Donald Sutherland pointing his finger and giving that chilling scream, in the 1978 film "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", or the number of times I have seen "Andromeda Strain" from 1971, a film that attempted to apply scientific rigor to a threat from outer space, or the recent surprise called "Abigail", terror and black comedy very well combined.
@mcgfnКүн бұрын
what does any of that have to do with the thing?
@VACIO666Күн бұрын
@@mcgfn I was referring to the classic gems of science fiction and horror films that remain in our memory, like "The Thing", and that today, from time to time, surprises appear like "Abigail". Greetings.
@HeliRy20 сағат бұрын
“Antarctica: Winter 1982” Ah yes, winter. In Antarctica. As opposed to all of it’s other seasons 😂
@CenindoКүн бұрын
Don't worry, you actually began to suspect that the dog was bad already before the kennel scene. I have seen reactors who are so dense that only ten minutes AFTER the reveal do they finally say something to the effect, "oh, so THAT was why the Norwegians were chasing it?"
@prescott73332 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching this one,Angela. You are a legend.❤
@Palora01Күн бұрын
I bet everyone who's watched the movie was grinning like a mad man throught out.
@Hawksmoor42Күн бұрын
Angela, who works in a medical field, being just as horrified at the unsterile blood drawing as the body horror and alien monster. Just goes to show people can find horror in all sorts of places.
@GrrrTurtleКүн бұрын
Kurt Russel plays a wicked alien, cussing out his boss when he quits his job.
@robertballard299812 сағат бұрын
As gnarly as 22 year-old Bottin's effects works are, nothing is more disconcerting than Wilford Brimley without a mustache.
@pfreelantzКүн бұрын
I'm pretty sure there's a subreddit where people do entire vision boards to try and math out whether or not one of the last two were actually a Thing. :D The funny part of that is: It doesn't matter...there's still a whole spaceship just sitting there that probably has more.
@rodentnolastname66122 күн бұрын
You only see the aftermath of what happened at the Norwegian camp but those events are echoed in what happens in the American camp
@MySerpentineКүн бұрын
They shot the Norwegian camp using what was left of the main camp after the fire.
@pcbutler197114 сағат бұрын
A few things. It's based of a short story and the Thing from Another World 1951. "watch Clark" was meant for us the audience as a distraction, the scene where Docs arms are bitten off (screaming) was played by an double arm amputee war vet with a mask. There was a comic mini series that takes place immediately after the movie ends with Clark and MacReady as the main characters.
@pcbutler197114 сағат бұрын
oh... And the movie is spoiled at the beginning if you know Norwegian. The shooter yells, In Norwegian, to "stay away... It's not a dog... It's some kind of thing..."
@papa_xan2 күн бұрын
This film remains the gold standard for practical effects, and even after 40+ years the CGI has not gotten close.
@kemowery2 күн бұрын
This and the dragon in Dragonslayer, IMO. FLG: Watch Dragonslayer!
@garethmitchell772326 күн бұрын
One of my favourite films, love tge fact that you don't know if either of the guys at the end is infected or not.
@swahilimasterКүн бұрын
Every single reactor: "Puppy", "Why are they trying to shoot it". Everybody who's seen the movie: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
@carnicus1Күн бұрын
Macreadyy entire character is encapsulated in that chess match. He would rather destroy everything than admit defeat
@phoenixsorenКүн бұрын
There's a popular theory that the bottle at the end was full of gasoline, and Mac was checking to see if he was talking to a Thing or not because it wouldn't know the difference
@spooney1007 сағат бұрын
@@phoenixsoren but that was debunked for a few reasons. Firstly Mac thought he was the only survivor and he just killed the Thing, he knew he was gonna eventually freeze to death so brought a drink to numb it and he likes a drink anyway. Why would he bring gasoline? Secondly, Mac goes to take a swig of the drink just as Childs shows up. Obviously he wouldn’t drink gasoline. Thirdly, the Thing retains its victims memories so even if Childs was an imitation it would know its gasoline.
@revolutionaryspectre90232 күн бұрын
This is the absolute top tier "Kurt Russell is hot in this" film, which says a lot because that man is goddamn gorgeous on the worst of days lol
@CraftsWithCrafts23 сағат бұрын
The opening title card was actually practical in that they had a garbage bag behind the cut out title card, shone a light at it and then burned the plastic bag to get that upwards crawling reveal effect.
@supermoogle07Күн бұрын
OMG!!! I watch a bunch of reactions so I don’t really keep track of what everyone has watched. Totally didn’t realize you hadn’t seen this movie. SO happy I get to see one of my favorites react to one of my favorite horror movies.
@morphman862 күн бұрын
Those iconic opening titles were made with practical effects, not the CGI Tron would be known for the next year. The FX team achieved this effect by stretching a garbage bag onto the animation cell with the titles and place that behind a big fish tank they filled with smoke. Aiming a light behind the letters gave it this ethereal feeling. Then they just put a match to the garbage bag, and what we see is the plastic melting to reveal the title, with the smoke in front of the letters and the light coming from behind them.
@staticXorcism15 сағат бұрын
One of the things that really sets you apart from other reactors is your production. It's not just your lighting or sound (which are great), but your editors are absolutely incredible. Xander, Nathanael, thank you for the work you do and putting out content that allows us to experience these movies and TV shows as if we were right there with Angela. I also love the consistency of little details like the Dr. Who snap 😂. You all are amazing. 🙏 PS: You do a pretty damn good job yourself when you have to do your ow editing too, Angela!