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My favorite part of reactions to this movie is the realization that the dog is not, in fact, the goodest boi.
The dog acted the heck out of the role though. He was a goodest boi IRL.
Yeah they all fall for the bait.🤣🤣
It kind of puzzles me that every reactor initially sides with the dog. When I first saw The Thing, I remember thinking "They must have a good reason for wanting that dog dead." I've yet to find a reaction video on the same page.
@@calhoffman6704 Yep same here.
@@calhoffman6704 - That's pretty open-minded of you. Respect on that. I leaned more towards your view the first time seeing this film, especially when the dog ( masterfully acted ) was lurking down the hall looking for victims to infect/bite.
I've noticed a lot of reactors say the Norwegian is a lousy shot. Hitting a moving target from a helicopter is a lot more difficult than people think it is. Especially a small target like the dog. This is why the military uses machine guns or mini guns to "spray" an area from above.
It's always funny to see people who know nothing about firearms judging others on their shooting ability
It’s ALWAYS the people who have CLEARLY never even held a gun 😂
while freezing and wearing thick gloves and being shocked by the encounter with the "thing" resulting in everybody but you 2 dieing....
@@cuoresportivo155Thank you. Everyone forgets in hindsight those two guys were the Child's and Mac for the Norwegian camp. Adrenaline dumped, no sleep for at least a couple of days, paranoid... Any one thing would put a good marksman off his game, much less hanging out of a helicopter going for a moving target.
exactly! i've never even held a gun, but it's pretty obvious to me that it would be extremely difficult to shoot a small moving target from a distance, from a moving helicopter! i have no idea how people don't get that.
A cool detail is Norris already had a bad heart before he was absorbed. When the Thing copies you, it copies you perfectly. Real Norris had a heart condition, which means the Thing organism copied his defective heart. It probably doesn’t know or even consider a defective heart from a healthy one when forming the copy. It simply copies its prey as best it can in order to blend in with the group, including any abnormalities. Whether that’s a defective heart, deformities, old injuries, missing limbs, etc. Flaws and all are copied. Norris Thing had a real heart attack at 42:03 because that’s what a defective heart would naturally do under the extreme stress of the situation. The biology of a perfect imitation.
The defibrillator shocks later on were likely perceived as an attack and forced Norris Thing to break it’s camouflage in order to defend itself.
Well put. The Thing is a cellular hive-mind. On a cellular level (blood,) it reacts instinctively.
However, its functionality is to replicate an organism.
If the system of the organism it's replicating fails, it will "die."
This is why the "dead" remains don't fight back or try to escape whilst being carried to the burn pile.
But the defibrillator was seen as an attack at a cellular level, and it hyperreacted.
@@tommc3622 I absolutely love that there's actual science behind The Thing. Not many horror movies can say that.
@SirBroadcast Moreover, Carpenter's story is extremely faithful to the source material, written in 1938.
It's astounding that this concept is that old. The idea feels fresh even in 2024.
as a norwegian, every time i watch this and that norwegian guy is yelling “that’s not a dog, it’s some sort of thing! it’s a fake!” im yelling back in my head like “listen to him!! youre all gonna die!!”
Yep! He's saying "It's an imitation of a dog! Get away from it you Idiots!" It's so obvious something is not right, but everyone is just so in love with the pretty dog lol
John Carpenter knew that the majority of people watching this movie wouldn't understand the language, so he had no issues with having that line in the beginning of the movie. It's kinda genius, tbh. But that guy doesn't help his credibility with his actions. Even if the scientists understood what he was saying, guy shows up with a rifle shooting and ends up hitting one of them instead of the dog and then starts chucking a granade. By just his behavior, he wouldn't have been believed.
I always wondered what it was like for Norwegian Land to watch this in the theaters 😬
@@FireTiger941yeah it’s so obvious something isn’t right because there’s two angry gun men yelling in a foreign language shooting bullets close to the Americans. No one in their right mind would think that’s an Alien dog. Realistically the worse thing that dog could have done was have rabies, and you wouldn’t chase down the dog like that for rabies in Antarctica
I like to imagine John carpenter just had them change the Norwegian actors dialogue to jibberish or something stupid like pig Latin xD
As usual "don't hurt the puppy" (twenty minutes later) "KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!" 🤣🤣🤣
😂At least they picked up something wasn't right in the hallway scene (fantastic dog actor seriously) I've seen some reactors have no suspicions get completely blindsided when the dog's face opens up lol. I remember the first time I watched this I thought the dog could be rabid or something when they guy was chasing it shooting, I was confused as to why but didn't think he was doing it for fun or no reason so I was sus of it already.
Love it,absolutely love it😸The dog and Norris scenes ALWAYS get to reactors.Rob Bottin should have got an Oscar for his effects work.The man was a genius.He should have done the practical effects for the 2011 prequel.Instead they used CGI effects😿
Space Rabies
lol
My #1 Favorite John Carpenter Movie!
Critics tore this movie apart, calling it "Boring, Dull, A Wretched Excess, and One hell of an antidote for ET" which came out 2 weeks later.
The film was a box office failure, making $19 million dollars against a $15 million dollar budget.
The Dog Kennel Sequence was done by Oscar Winning VFX artist Stan Winston, as Rob Bottin fell ill with pneumonia and a bleeding ulcer as he ate and drank Snickers bars and coca cola every day until he got the VFX right.
The sounds of The Thing when it transforms are that of alligators crocodiles, bears, rattlesnakes, horses, pigs squealing, and human screams played backwards or slowed down to make it sound otherworldly and terrifying.
The film is now a cult classic and has been regarded as one of John Carpenter's best movies ever made.
Thx much for telling us how the Thing scream was made...been a massive fan of this flick for nearly 4 decades now (sheesh lofl?!) & had never heard the story before. ❤
A little fun fact. when scientists go to the south pole to do research and when the last plane leaves, they watch this movie.
Every year during the first snow of winter, I go outside late at night and sit in my shed freezing my ass off, drinking J&B rare scotch, and watch this. It's become my own little tradition, it's really immersive considering I live in Kansas, out in the middle of nowhere with nobody around for miles.
That's hardcore.
I totally would put this on. I watch this movie every winter at least a few times, as well as The Shining, good winter flicks. If I had a dollar for every time I watched The Thing since 82...lol
There have been debates for over 40 years whether or not MacReady and/or Childs is the thing at the end. And lots of people have made really interesting theories about who got infected when, but the film was made so cleverly that it’s pretty impossible to know for sure with every character. A masterpiece for a reason. 👏
I prefer ambiguity but I think at the time Carpenter intended Childs to be the alien. Saw a video explaining that the shot of the empty hallway sort of hints he was infected because a coat is missing that used to be there (it tears through your clothes when it absorbs you). Still, I think ambiguity is the point.
In the first autopsy the guy didn't say the creature was normal he was just commenting on what he found, which was just a single set of human organs which was supposed to highlight how odd this conjoined twin looking creature was.
It amazes me how little people listen to dialogue. He never said the creature was normal, he said it APPEARED to have a normal set of internal organs
@@charlesbecker934 Plus all the people who think there are wolves in Antarctica LOL
Fun Fact: This movie was hailed as a terrible movie when it came out in 82'. It's now considered one of the greatest of the horror genre/theme.
I remember that. In '82, this movie was savaged and ripped to shreds by critics and audiences stayed away. People wanted feel good alien movies like E.T. This film is now (deservedly) considered a masterpiece of horror way ahead of it's time.
Yeah. It flopped at the box office but I actually saw this in the theater and loved it.
Myself and every guy I knew LOVED this movie and we all saw it multiple times. WE knew how awesome and groundbreaking it was and how unbelievably stupid and short-sighted the critics were.
That was just from critics. It mainly failed because it was released like a week or 2 after ET. It exploded in popularity on home media, becoming an instant cult classic.
The same will happen for post-Endgame MCU.
The blob and the fly are amazing and gory beyond belief. While The Thing 2011 prequel isnt as good as the original and the studio covered all the practical effects with cgi, its decent overall.
Yeah. The director and actors tried their best. That movie gets way more hate that it deserves.
my interpretation of the ending is they were both not the thing but they also both died that night to prevent it from possibly spreading. Ik there is an ending they planned to do that explains it way more but the ambiguous ending is honestly iconic. Fits so well for a movie all about the anxiety of not being able to trust anyone even the main character
One of the more interesting theories about the ending is that Childs is actually The Thing.
When Mac is sitting with him at the end, you can clearly see his breath. When Childs is speaking, you can’t see his breath at all.
I don’t know how correct the theory is, but I thought it was a great detail.
@@TheLisa-Al-Gaib it’s literally not confirmed or denied in anyway that child’s is actually the thing this is something you’ve pulled from your cheeks. The thing can perfectly mimic a human or animal but can’t mimic breathing? seriously where is the logic. If that is true it’s very likely a production error not a hint 💀
@ Relax, it’s just a theory I read online. I thought it was a fun observation. You are right that it could very well be a simple production error.
I thought so too. And they figured that since they'd already burned down the camp and all ways of communication, there wasn't any way for them to live anyway.
@@TheLisa-Al-Gaib and the theory is Mac tests Childs by giving him alcohol as the thing wouldnt drink it. Then again the thing wants to freeze so it can sleep they said so if either is the thing they can just wait for the other to die of the cold while you just go to sleep again
FINALLY! One of my most fave movies.
Everyone: omg, don't hurt the dog!
Later: KILL IT WITH FIRE!
watch Thirteen Ghosts!
This is actually my all-time favorite horror movie. It's so fantastic, so I'm stoked to see you guys checking it out. Happy Halloween!
The synchronized "Secret tunneeeellll" has me in TEAAAARS (I sang it too lolololl)
I sang it too lol!
33:38 - Okay, so: my favorite bit that people always seem to miss on the first watch. How did the Thing get to the stored blood, when the only two people with access to it (Copper and Gary) are both human?
At 26:21, the dialogue is cut off in the reaction, but you can hear Bennings say, “Get ’em from Gary…” to Windows. He asking for another reason, but he wants to use the same keyring that grants access to the stored blood.
When Windows comes back with the keys and finds Bennings in the process of being absorbed, you can hear him drop the keyring at 27:26. Presumably, one of the Things found the keys later and used it to get to the blood. Bennings-Thing probably didn’t have time to it, so it would have to be either Norris or Palmer, whichever one has been turned by this point.
During the argument over the keys, Windows begins slowly backing out of the room at 34:03. He’s realized it’s only a matter of time before Gary remembers giving the keys to him, and he’s worried the mob mentality taking hold will target him, so he makes a break for the guns to defend himself.
Didn't Windows drop Garry's keys in the storeroom? Perhaps Palmer got the keys then? Garry picks them up later.
Windows dropped the keys in the storeroom. Perhaps Palmer got the keys then and put them back? Garry picked up the keys later.
Crazy fact, Wilford Brimley (Blair) was only 47-48yrs old when he made this. Looks like he looked the same for 40yrs straight
John Carpenter's: The Thing is one of my favorite movies. I watched it since i was a kid and i have probably watched it over a 100 times. About 2 years ago i realized something. When Windows goes and checks in with Bennings and he sees Bennings being taken over by the thing, you can hear Windows drop the keys. So later when they descover that someone had open the freezer and destroyed all the bloodbags, Windows gets scared because he was the last person who used the keys. Who picked up the keys is a mystery. A nice little detail i found out for a movie i loved for many years. Nice reaction vid! Keep 'em coming!
It was Blair.
Same, I’ve watched this so many times and have watched a ton of videos analyzing it too. Breaking down each scene to try and see who the Thing was is so much fun.
Consider this: The thing attacked Bennings. They all chased the Bennings-thing outside. But the thing that had Bennings had gone its own way, and probably finished changing into the norwegian guy it had previously been assimilating before it had been burned by the norwegians. Or it also may have become Bennings. So I'm picturing the norwegian guy with the keys, raiding the blood, and then going somewhere to hide. Maybe it changed into some other form after.
God I love this movie, the practical effects + the suspense are just unmatched. Lord of the Rings and The Thing are by far my most watched reactions, I swear by now I've seen almost every one I can find on youtube. The movies are just that good that I truely enjoy experiencing them over and over again with new people!
The dog was actually part wolf. Which is why he was so silent. Adult wolves don't bark.
His name was Jed
So he was like balto 🥲
He also wasn't looking for attention like a normal dog. It made Jed seem unnatural. Apparently cast and crew were unnerved by his behavior.
Huskies don’t bark much. Howl yes
This is my top fav horror movie. Tarantino said it best when he said the paranoia/tension is so high it has no where else to go than breaking the 4th wall and to the viewer.
28:03 That howl scared the everliving shit out of me when I stumbled upon this movie at night when I was home alone as a 13 year old kid in the early 90's. It's one of those scenes that have never left me.
If you translate the Norwegian, he gives the entire plot away.
which is a bit of a spoiler if you Do speak norwegian lmao
Very bad Norwegian it is - then again, the actor is German. As a Swede I usually have no problems understanding Norwegian, but the only word I hear is "idiot".
not the entire plot, idk why tf people always complain about this, it literally give you the smallest possible information possible “hey that dog isn’t a dog” ok? you find out not even 15 minutes later that something may be up with the dog, it’s really not that big of a deal
I guess Norwegian viewers are f***ed. 😂
I was just debating what horror movie to show my husband for the first time and this was at the top of my list…. Thanks for giving me that final confirmation! ❤
The titlecard is pure brilliance. It's literally a cut matte, backlit while burning a black plastic trash bag to reveal the name. \o/
A well done recreation from the original film.
Based on the story "Who Goes There" by John W Campbell which has a similar open ending. This is actually a remake of the 1951 movie THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD which has James Arness as the "Thing" (of Gunsmoke TV series fame). It does away with the imitation plot as The Thing is a vegetable-like creature which uses plasma to grow little things in a greenhouse. The story takes place up north and has the similar storyline of the military snd scientists discovering a spaceship frozen in the ice. They use thermal bombs to uncover the flying saucer which blows up and throws the "Thing" away from the ship. The crew takes the block of ice back to camp and of course the Thing awakes and attacks the military and scientists at the camp. The opening title of this version of the Thing is basically the same as the 1951 version only the 1951 opening is in black and white.
It's not a remake per se of the 1951 movie, it's a retelling of the original story by Campbell.
"Mac wants the what!?" This movie still holds up. Practical effects, Hollywood. Let's get back there!
If I see someone so desperate to grenade a dog in this situation, and I can't understand what they're saying, I'm helping them.
Just what I commented! Not exactly, obviously, but I’m killing it myself. How can love for dogs rob someone of rational thought?
The first time I saw this was on VHS at a friend's house... then I drove home at 2AM in a blizzard, in the middle of nowhere Canada! Longest 12 miles ever! lol
Every time i watch someone react to this, and they defend the dog at the start, i just chuckle lol
Modern directors need to watch this movie to learn about earned jump scares. There's always separate tension, something else drawing the eye- Mac holding dynamite talking about being attacked while he sleeps- and then, abruptly, the belly mouth. Mac specifically says it could only have been one person who messed with the blood- then the other blood he's testing jumps out of the petri dish. It's masterful misdirection.
Fun fact: the opening credit sequence where The Thing burns into the screen is lifted from the 1950s adaptation of this story "The Thing from Another World" made by classic movie legend Howard Hawks. John Carpenter really liked that film and recognized that it was such a kick-ass opening...that was his way of paying homage.
Woke up to a thunderstorm and this video! Perfect start to halloween. HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!
Haha me too! MN weather is nuts
The actor who played Childs (Keith David) still works a lot today especially voice work. When I watched an episode of Rick and Morty, I immediately recognized his voice. He plays the President of the United States on the show.
The soundtrack was nominated for a Razzie award. Funny enough, years later unused scores from the film were used in The Hateful Eight (a slightly similar premise just no alien) and that soundtrack won an Oscar.
The character Childs is played by Keith David, who was also in Carpenter's "They Live" and voices POTUS on "Rick and Morty".
Keith David is iconic, voiced so many great characters but one of my childhood favorites is Goliath from Gargoyles animated series (like in my top 3 favorite animated shows as a kid along with Batman and X-men the animated series).
Also Spawn, Goliath, Arbiter from Halo
Ha! I just made this exact comment...worded a bit different, but same info drop. 😆
MacReady's back story is he was military -- i think in 'Nam. i think that's why he became the leader.
Originally Jerry Goldsmith was going to compose and conduct the Score for the movie, but turned it down as he was too busy working on POLTERGEIST, The Secret Of NIHM and RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD. Ennio Morricone was hired, but had a falling out with John Carpenter and most of his score went unused and was replaced by synthesizer music by Carpenter and Alan Howarth.
The guy whose voice you recognized is a very young Keith David . Very prolific actor and voice actor.
the thing 2011 is not a remake, i wont spoil what it is. there is tons of break downs of the movie including the end and its debated to this day.
Would have been incredible if they had been allowed to keep the practical effects and not had all their wrk overwritten with dated CGI
25:33 Antarctic scientists actually do drink a lot to cope with winter depression.
Also, helps keep you warm depending on what kind.
@@StevenJShowactually, alcohol only makes you FEEL warm, not actually make you warmer.
So unless your the baker on the Titanic, it’s not really suggested as a survival strategy.
@@kingofthemonsters8357 Did you really "achtually" me?
You shifted the goal posts as well. We weren't talking about a survival strategy. We were talking about its uses in the cold of the arctic where you're usually inside of a man made shelter, like Outpost 31. You drink it because it makes you feel warm, because it takes the edge off, softens your nerves. All of the above.
@@StevenJShowno, they didn't. You changed what you said after you were corrected. You don't even have to scroll to see you swapped from 'it makes you warm' to 'it makes you feel warm' 😂 so maybe don't take such a combative response. It won't kill you to accept a correction, quell that ego dude.
One of my all time favorite theories is about the scene it shows a pov going through the main building. Showing the door outside open where Childs was suppose to be standing watch. If you notice earlier Childs is wearing a jacket identical to one hanging by the door. But during the POV the jacket is now missing. Child’s shows up later wearing the same jacket. Giving the implication Blair took him over and he needed a new jacket since his other one was ripped through. Not confirmed but a awesome theory.
This is a near-perfect movie. That being said, I think it would be better if they cut the saucer scene from the beginning of the movie (and from the beginning of Predator too). You shouldn't be thinking aliens until they find it crashed later.
In case you wonder why some of the cast (such as Windows) give off sinister or scared looks, it's because they were instructed to act like they weren't sure if they were infected or not, to add to the unknown factor of how the Thing works on it's victims.
“Hi, I am dog. Yes?” 😂😂😂
Weirdly it barely snows in Antarctica. It's considered a desert. It's so cold that atmospheric moisture tends to freeze out before reaching the continent 😯
at 31:12 Childs is played by Keith David who is well known for many things, my personal favorites include Captain Anderson from the Mass Effect video game series as well as The Arbiter from the Halo video game series
And the voice of Goliath from Disney's Gargoyles and the voice of Spawn in the animated series. And he played in John Carpenter's They Live.
@@ComicPhreakAnd in Moral Kombat 11 where Spawn delivers some harsh burns.
@Bluesit32 Moral Kombat? LMBO!!!
Voice roles as The President and Reverse Giraffe on Rick and Morty, and a ton of US Navy recruitment commercials in the 2000s.
And the infamous 'frank and beans' scene in 'There's Something About Mary".
I love when the movie starts and everyone is like - "Oh that poor dog" and 20 minutes later it's - "Kill that motherfu****".
“He’s a terrible shot” You ever try shooting a moving target from a moving helicopter? 😂😂 It’s crazy how many reactors say this and have CLEARLY never shot a gun.
Shooting a moving, nimble target from a stationary position is difficult enough!
Well, the shooting isn't difficult. Actually hitting it definitely is!
Add in that you have freezing wind basically blasting you and your hands are freezing.
Plus... The pilot and the shooter were both the lone survivors of the Norwegian camp. They had just lived what the American crew was about to. The lack of sleep, fighting, paranoia... If you put Childs and Mac in the same situation they too would be unlikely to snipe a dog from a moving helicopter.
This can't be stated enough.
CLEARLY. Imagine being this arrogant.
27,000 hours works out to about 3 years... Just 3 years and every person and possibly every land animal could be a Thing!
Or could be all THE Thing, if you believe it's one big organism.
@daz_n Imagine a giant ocean full of the Thing made from all ocean life
That’s a lot of Thing
This movie has been analyzed six ways from Sunday, with every detail trying to determine who got copied and when. But I've never seen anybody ask, about that opening sequence, what good it would do to shoot a dog/thing. The Thing seems the literal definition of "bullets can't stop it".
2:55 - it should be noted that winter South of the equator is in the middle of the year meaning this took place from May-July, thus NOT a Christmas movie.
This is my favorite film of all time. That first "bum bum" when "Antarctica, 1982" pops up always gives me goosebumps to this day.
19:19 The toothed "FLOWER" that comes out on this part was the dog's tongues with their teeth. Also, if you're planning on doing The Fly and The Blob, make sure it's the 80s remakes. David Cronenberg Chuck Russell and Frank Darabont killed it with The Fly and The Blob remakes
The Fly and the Blob are surely one of the best remakes out there, and surpasses their original movie in everything. I myself consider the '82 Thing not as a remake of the '51, it's more of a retelling of the original story by Campbell.
22:50 based on "Fantastic Plastic" model of the ship, it is anywhere from 335.42 feet across (the length of 1.11 American football fields) to 350 feet across (1.17 American football fields). That makes it 102 to 107 meters wide and very comparable to the Constitution Class Enterprise's saucer section from Star Trek: TOS (which is 127 meters across).
He did The Fog with Jamie Lee Curtis and her mother plus the Annie actress from Halloween. And that dog should have gotten the Oscar that year.
Why does everyone assume he is a terrible shot? Listen, you are not hitting a moving target from a moving helicopter underneath rotorwash with a single shot rifle. There is a reason we attach miniguns, rockets, and hell fire missiles to our helicopters in the army. you need area effect to ensure you are hitting a small moving target like that. You ain't sniping shit.
Everyone always talks about the chest mouth scene but for me the blood test jumpscare is much more effective.
Honestly if you see a helicopter trying to shoot a dog, there may be a reason for it! There would be no way someone would go through the trouble of that!😅
Another intelligent comment. There’s hope yet.
I can see the actors in the movie questioning why theyre shooting at a dog but reactors know they are watching a HORROR MOVIE they should assume theres something wrong with it
Critical thinking isn't a lot of people's strong suit
It's like they "speculate". But none of it is really based on whats happening in the movie. They make huge assumptions (also assuming they'd be a better shot is funny). @@charlesbecker934
especially when yk, the start yk, using explosives, you’d think “hey, that’s weird”. and then yk, the very obvious scene of the dog licking the dudes face, like ik you have zero clue what the movies about but holy shit use your head 😭
The only flaw in this masterpiece was showing the alien ship at the beginning.
I also love that two of the characters are named after the prevailing competing computer types of the time... Mac and Windows.
Haha. That is brilliant!
And Windows freezes during a crucial moment. Dammit Windows.
It's been theorized that the thing go on or broke free on another good alien species ship in the beginning and killed them hence why the ship crashed.
Also Blair is a hero and didn't get infected till he was put in the shed alone because somebody got to him then. You can see he was about to hang himself but one of the things got to him first hence why his personality completely changed.
That was my theory as well. This type of alien creature doesn't exactly seem like the type that would have the technology or inclination to build an intergalactic space ship. It's more like a conscious disease. I think it's more likely that it infected the actual alien species that navigated the ship, and slowly took the ship over. That's probably why it crashed into earth.
Yes, Blair got infected in the shed. When they put him out there, he was paranoid and hostile. When Mac goes to check on him he's apologetic and pleading to go inside, but a noose is clearly visible. He was planning on hanging himself before the thing got him.
yall have got to watch and react to THE SUBSTANCE, probably one of the best horror films of the year with an actual message, good shit i tell ya
Fun fact...the dog was named Jed. He was an Alaskan Wolf/Malamute hybrid also seen in movies like White Fang and The Journey Of Natty Gann.
1982 was such and amazing year for cinema. This film, Poltergeist, Star Trek II, Tron E.T., and Blade Runner came out. E.T. crushed them all at the box office, and many of them, like The Thing and Blade Runner, didn't do well but rapidly gained cult followings before becoming recognized as some of the most influential films of the later 20th century. I turned 12 that summer, back when seeing R-rated films at a young age was more common and I loved many of these films.
to answer your question at the end, The blob 1988 is a must have movie. The fly too !
Happy Halloween!
I subscribe to the Cross-Contamination theory... "a small particle is enough to take over an entire organism"... I think it's in the bottles of alcohol... explains why Mac-Thing chuckles at the end when Childs takes a swig... also, explains why Fuchs got flamethrowered instead of absorbed... he figures it out, gives away the game to Mac-Thing, and is taken off the board.
This is awesome! You guys are great and this is a great drop!
"This is gonna be just like the other place..."
Funny you should say that - the Norwegian camp set WAS the remains of the US camp set after they burned it down at the end of the film.
Two sets for the price of one😁
I've been waiting for you guys to watch this movie!! It's one of my favorites!!
Love your reaction to blood test jump scare scene🤣 Personally, I watched The Thing 2011 in theater before I knew that there is 1982 version. It's quite enjoyable and I would love to see your reaction to it. HOWEVER, it doesn't surpass this one for sure, and I heard that they were forced to use CGI instead of practical effect and it doesn't look too good, but in term of story and monsters design, I would say they did it quite well.
You guys are two of my favorite reactors!! I really enjoy the time spent with you and your hilarious sense of humor and your reactions to jump scares!! Peace and love to you and yours!!❤😊
Absolute classic! The artistry that has went in to the practical fx makes my heart happy. I havent watched The Thing in a good while, so I'm long overdue a rewatch
I havent seen it personally, but what I've heard about that other film you watched the trailer for at the end is: On paper, writing wise it was very good. The issue is that the director (This one wasnt John Carpenter) bait and switched the entire visual effects team. He had it all done practical like the original. Physical hand made props. But in the background, he had actually hired a completely separate team to go back over all scenes with practical affects and replace them with CGI. Nobody knew about this until the film debut and a lot of people were very pissed off, the practical visual effects team specifically. They had spent all this time doing the props for a sequel to The Thing which is legendary for its own visual effects, only to sit their ass in the seat and discover all of their work had been scrubbed. Erased. A non CGI version of the film does exist but has never been released.
3:54 Me: That better be a god damned bazooka.
Okay,whenever new people see this classic...Alternative ending time😊The cable version at the end showed one of the dogs staring at the burned camp and runs off,showing the audience that the Thing survived.2,McCready is rescued and his blood is tested and it's negative for the Thing.
Watched this movie on several medias (VHS, DVD, BluRay, 4K, Laserdisc) but never get hold of that alternative ending of the cable version
Terrible shot? Have you ever tried shooting a moving target from a helicopter with a rifle? Try it.
It’s hilarious that I guarantee neither of these two shlubs have ever even held a gun yet they’re making fun of the guy saying he’s a “terrible” shot 😂 People are so dumb.
One of the greatest films ever made. This film is significantly better than Halloween, which tends to be the favorite amongst Carpenter fans. I would recommend one of the most underrated films from the 80s period... The Hitcher.
This is one of my favorites too! As soon as I watched it, it was in my top 3! Your title mad my day 🥹🥳🔥
The difference between winter and summer... in summer it's like - 2°C outside, in winter is - 40° C colder.
Masterpiece of a film
34:00 There's a reason Windows starts backing up when they are trying to figure out who sabotaged the blood. It's because he was the last person to have the keys.
Bennings asked Windows to get the keys from Gary. When he got back and saw Bennings being assimilated, Windows dropped the keys and ran. So ANYONE could have picked them up, sabotaged the blood, and put them back on Gary's belt. But since Windows had it last, he would have been suspect number one the moment they knew.
I seen this recently. Absolutely blew me away. The maker of much of the practical effects was 23 years old. Absolutely amazing talented individual. Well done.
Happy Halloween and happy Diwali to yall :).
The fact that the thing received so much criticism when it released that it almost ended carpenters career is so funny cause now it’s a CLASSIC
genuinely shocked you guys hadn't seen this yet but happy about it
So much fun to see this in a crowded theater when it was released. I went back a couple of times dragging friends along, "you gotta see this!"
Happy Halloween, guys, absolutely loved this reaction, I knew you guys would enjoy this one, hope you all are having a great Halloween! :)
Theres a 2000 and something sequel, with CGI all over, but doesnt even come close.
This one is just pure genius.
The guy you were wondering about, where you've seen him before? That's Keith David. He was in a lot of 80's movies, including "They Live", another John Carpenter film. More recently, he played the father in Jordan Peele's movie, "Nope", and also supplies the voice of "The President" in Rick and Morty.
Yes! I love it when people do react to this movie.
In the beginning, the Norwegian guy said: "Get the hell out of here, that's not a dog, it's something! It's imitating a dog, it isn't real! Get away, you idiots!"
I went to see this movie when it came out and everyone else and all of my friends went to see E.T. The theater was only half-full and the people there were watching this masterpiece. Carpenter has done it again with the perfect mix of horror, suspense, and top-tier paranoia. I don't know how MacReady didn't get infected when that blood jumped out of the petri dish. I thought that everyone in the room got infected when Norris' stomach opened up and his intestines and veins were splashing green blood everywhere.
The characters do not trust anything or anyone else because they cannot tell who is human or an alien. They didn't even know if they were infected or not. I love how Carpenter tried to misdirect us by making us think that Clark was infected because he spent time with the dog. Blaire immediately understood the magnitude of the situation when he did his analysis of the organism. He did not want anyone that's infected to get back to civilization. The computer analysis estimated that infecting the whole world population would take a little over three years. That's scary as hell.
FYI: That actor that you were trying to figure out who he was by his voice is Keith David. He also played in They Live, Something About Mary, Pitch Black and The Quick and The Dead. He's also an accomplished voice actor. Voiced characters in the Spawn and Gargoyles animated series, and in Halo, Fallout and Saints Row video games.
I was so happy that I went to see this movie. I told all my friends about it and we all went to see it the next weekend and they loved it. The practical effects are amazing. This movie holds up to any horror movie today. Carpenter is a genius at suspense and horror.
49:56 Secret Tunneeeeeeeeeel! 👏🏻 Welcome to "singing that song to any movie with a secret tunnel" since watching TLA 🤣
Everyone always says the Norwegian is a terrible shot.. unfortunately it is ridiculously difficult to make a moving shot like that in a helicopter .. in reality like insanely tough shot
Armchair sharpshooters.
@@SubterrelProspector go ahead and get some sharpshooter training with a long gun like that and steadily practice for a minimum of 10 years straight .. come back and tell me how easy of a shot that is :p hitting a moving target with any kind of non mounted firearm whilst hanging outside of a moving helicopter is nigh impossible
A sharpshooter is usually good at making calculations on the fly but with all of those variables it’s just too complicated to do anything other than get lucky 😆
This was fantastic. I knew you guys would freak out, I knew you'd love it, and I knew the humor would be top notch for this movie! Happy Halloween, thank you🤘
A classic body horror masterpiece from John Carpenter, I love recommend to you guys The Blob (1988), Deep Blue Sea (1999) and Deep Rising (1998) 😊
You guys need to watch “The Terror” Season 1 ONLY. (originally on AMC in 2018). It was a weekly episode for 9 or 10 weeks. Ridley Scott production. So good !!!!
Fun fact. The Norwegian base is the American base after they blew it up. They just filmed those scenes last.
4:09 I don't think shooting from helicopter is that easy.
Another AMAZING Carpenter/Russell film is "Escape from New York"... highly recommend
I ADORE this movie!! I'm shocked you guys haven't seen it before, but so excited to see what you think! The suspense and suspicion are so intense and then the jump scares are brilliant! Also fun fact, not sure if someone's said, in the scene with the dog going into the room with the shadow of a man, they had a random crew member stand in so the audience wouldnt be able to tell who got taken over! Also the practical effects guy Rob Bottin supposedly worked 2 years on the effects and then collapsed and had to go to the hospital for dehydration and exhaustion (idk if this is rumor or fact, but this guy is phenomenal!)
I never noticed that at the end you can see McCreedy’s breath but not Childs’. I still subscribe to the idea that the bottle they share at the end was an unused Molotov, and that it’s Mac’s last test and Childs drinks it - mimicking Mac.