It is based off the book "Who Goes there?" but I am not sure this is vaguely close tot he book. The Original The Thing from the 50s might be closer to the book, but this film is Infinitely better. The Ending makes up part of Carpenter's "Apocolypse Trilogy" Including "They Live" and "Prince of Darkness". Both of which are excellent films. You cannot go wrong with Carpenter Films "Big Trouble In Little China" "Christine" "Star Man" "Ghosts of Mars" "Vampires" the original "Halloween" "Dark Star" "Escape from New York" "Escape From LA", "In The Mouth of Madness" The original "Assault on Precinct 13", The orginal "The Fog" His other couple I have not seen yet. I specify THE ORIGINAL in some of these because entirely too often people break the 13th Rule of Cinema :"Thou Shalt Not Attempt To Remake A Carpenter Film", There is a reason why Carpenter hates the film industry, and there will never be another Carpenter in our lives, and perhaps not ever. The man is a highly underrated genius. If you just hooked yourself to the Carpenter train and watched all the films I listed above, you would assure yourself of a subscriber, here.
@@broodhunter21 This movie is closer to the novella Who Goes There? than the 50s version. However, the novella is not the original source. The novella is a condensed version of the novel Frozen Hell.
Yup. Blair was infected at this point but had not been completely taken over. He infects himself with his pencil when he puts it in his mouth after touching the "dead" Thing dogs.
You have now gone through the ancient rite of passage for all movie reactors, passed down since time immemorial: mistakenly rooting for the Husky in the opening scene of THE THING and enduring the betrayal when it turns into a giant spider-monster. From this day forth you are both true reactors.
i’ve literally only ever seen one reactor catch on and that was because she was norwegian and understood the poor man. apparently he flat out says “that’s not a dog that’s the thing”. 😂
Tale as old as time. There are only a few things in life you can really count on. That shift from "Don't hurt the doggo!!" to "Kill it! Kill it with fire!!" Is one of those things... and like the sun rising in the east, it's a treat each and every time. 😊
We first saw this in a motel room in California coming back from Disneyland when I was 10. Scared the hell out of us. Afterwards my dad came running out of the bathroom flailing my mom's pantyhose on his head screaming. We screamed.
Rob Bottin who did the creature effects worked so hard on this film that he worked himself into severe dehydration and pneumonia. John Carpenter said to Rob you'll go to a hospital on your own or have someone take you there by force.
Yes Rob and John are good friends. Rob is one the greatest in game for creature design but one day Rob decided to just leave Hollywood altogether. It is a mystery but I hope he is teaching somewhere where people want to learn these effects.
Yes, more J C. Also a little trivia for you guys. He is a composer and has done the scores on many of his films. He’s also turning and doing live shows with his kids of his movie music .
@@orangewarm1 I'd say these are the weakest of Carpenter's good films... BUT! Assault on Precinct 13 worths it for their reaction to "that one scene" 🤣
The Thing video game from 2002 is a direct sequel (according to John Carpenter) and you'll see who survived at the end. The old theatrical version end credits shows a scene of a Thing-dog running from the camp.
4:22: "I don't speak Norwegian ..." He said: "YOU GET THE HELL AWAY! THAT'S NOT A DOG, IT'S SOME SORT OF THING! IT'S IMITATING A DOG, IT ISN'T REAL! GET AWAY, YOU IDIOTS!" Sometimes, knowing Norwegian is a real advantage.
* One of the most interesting coincidences in the 2011 prequel, is that those 2 crazy Swedes...er, Norwegians, were the only 2 in their entire camp that couldn't speak English, and that there was also a Russian camp not all that far away from the Norwegian camp. How do you say "You idiot" in Norwegian again? Just in case I need to know that. You never know.
Yeah, Jed the wolf-dog. He was also in White Fang and some others. If you get a copy of the movie on DVD or bluray, the special features include commentaries and making of stuff. They mention that he was a real pro. Did a lot of stuff almost perfectly. But he could get a bit spooked now and then, with his wolf side being dominant.
One of the good things about his character is that when he was infected is left entirely ambiguous, except for the fact that we know at some point he did become infected. Arguably the most popular fan theory, however, believes that Blair was infected very early after being put in the shed, perhaps the very first night. So sure, he may not have been "crazy" when destroying the helicopter, but I share the belief that Blair was infected for most of the film, like well before they do the blood test
I'd say it's between being locked up and pleading with Mac to come back in; human Blair tied the noose but Thing Blair ignored it. We know that either Nortis or Palmer went up to Mac's shack and hid the clothing and left the light on, so Blair most likely got got then.
This is my first time to enter your channel, but i decided to watch your reaction because is my favourite terror movie too. More than 40 years and still makes concern about the dog at the beginning and so efective the practical effects
...Yes, it was based on the 1938 novella, Who Goes There? Because of advancements in special effects, the John Carpenter version is more faithful to the book than the original 1951 film directed by Howard Hawks
@PrinceJancelot. All the humans had light reflecting from their eyes while all the things had no reflections. That was intentional. IIRC from a documentary I saw...
Yes, this is based on a 1938 novelette by John W. Campbell, Jr. (writing as Don A. Stuart), “Who Goes There?” WGT is a recognized classic of the SF genre, chosen for the SF Hall of Fame by the Science Fiction Writers of America. It was Campbell who originated the idea, who created the menace in an isolated research station, who focused on the psychological horror of the situation, and who invented the blood-test idea. Congratulations for understanding that Blair was trying to stop them from leaving and infecting the rest of the world. Most reactors don’t understand that. He wasn’t infected until later. The Thing got to him by breaking in from the outside (the break-in from outside is explicitly mentioned). The practical effects are widely considered some of the best ever done.
great reaction! i knew your faces would be priceless. please do more horror and sci-fi. i feel like y’all would enjoy mimic starring mira sorvino and directed by guillermo del toro.
Yeah this was a wild one, I’m sure we had a wide range of facial expressions when all the gore came on screen😂. Thanks for watching and for the recommendation!
The title card was achieved by carving the title in wood and covering it with a trash bag. Then they put it behind a fish tank and shined a light behind it and set the bag on fire. So epic!
It is actually a recreation of the title sequence from the original 1951 movie. Carpenter happens to love that movie and recreated that title as an homage.
The Dog Alien his real name is Jed. Jed was a Wolf/Husky. John Carpenter said Jed was greatest animal actor he'd ever seen. If you love animals please watch Jed's performances in The Journey of Natty Gann (1985) and White Fang (1991).
"Was this based off a book?" Technically yes. Based off a science fiction horror short story called "Who Goes There?" It was very loosely adapted in the 1950's as a B-movie about a plant-based alien monster (worth a watch, its' kinda fun and as a kid there was a jumpscare that literally made me scream! lol) it was called "The Thing From Another World." John Carpenter read the original stroy and said "Nah, I can adapt this better than they did in the 50's." He did. The film is now a classic in terms of tension, atmosphere, and of course absolutely phenomenally ingenious makeup FX and prosthetics.
Actually, John Carpenter had no intention of remaking the original film, as he was a fan of director Howard Hawks. A friend of his told him to read the novella. That's when he changed his mind.
The makeup effects in that movie were done by Rick Baker, who Rob Bottin had worked for when he was getting started in the industry, and did the effects in this movie.
Your reactions were outstanding! I love this film so much, and I watch ALL reactions. Saw it opening night with my best friend in 1982, both seniors in HS. Scared the bejeezus out of us and we had to walk home in the dark...Well done, girls. Subbing for more. 😁
@@totallywhatever Oh it was worse after. His mom had dropped us off, and on our walk back home, a dog started following us! Hanging just far enough back and showing up in the streetlight behind us. We were laughing in hysterical terror haha! You're so welcome, keep watching those classics, there are so many great 80s films!
You're welcome, I'll add a few more titles afterwards. @norwegianmaster: I haven't seen the first film, but it's supposed to be good, I know the second one. Well, there are a lot of good films, even those where, strangely enough, you can't find any or hardly any reaction videos or, many years ago, what were actually not real reactions, without inserts, scenes or not what we call them today, with one certain length or are just film reviews. There are very good films and even standouts that stand out from the crowd. For a while I had added a whole battery of links under reactions, although some of the comments then disappeared. Maybe, since films, series, no matter whether you like them, whether they are mediocre or very good.... have a message embedded in them or things that can happen later in a certain way, hints..., of course not exactly like that. I would have to explain longer, but I'd rather leave that alone, just as certain symbolism occurs in many films, series, animation, sometimes advertising... which is not a coincidence, or things that are used to manipulate our thoughts in order to point out things that are planned were made to agree, to make them compliant, anyone who sees through it won't fall for it. Transcendence is one of those where there is a connection to reality, or Matrix or They Live (1988) or even The Truman Show. Let alone something like: The Lazarus Protocol (2012) In German: HARODIM - Nichts als die Wahrheit There are several trailers in german on YT, as well as the entire film several times. As well as: The Lawnmower Man (but with a German title of course), in English there should be significantly more and better films, we are very strict about that. The Simpsons is very famous for announcing things that have come to pass later. A lot happens that was often planned long in advance. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022-IMDb 8,2) Project Brainstorm (ca. 1983) A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001-IMDb 7,2) The same young actor from: The 6th Sense Pay It Forward (2000-IMDb 7,2) - Das Glücksprinzip - with H. J. Osment Bicentennial Man (1999) Cloud Atlas (2012 - 2.52 Hours - IMDb 7,5) From one of the converted Wachowsky Brothers who also created the Matrix Trilogy. Starman (1984 in Germany published, in the Cinema) Jacobs Ladder (Only the ORIGINAL 1990, not the bad Remake) Soylent Green (1973) Angel Heart (1987), with M. Rourke Conspiracy Theory - Fletcher"s Visionen (1997-IMDb 6,7) The Game (1997) Chuck (2016) Wiki: Chuck - The Real Rocky (original title: Chuck) is an American boxer biopic directed by Philippe Falardeau from 2016. It tells the story of the heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner (played by Liev Schreiber), who dies after a fight against Muhammad Ali gained notoriety and served as the inspiration for Sylvester Stallone's film Rocky. Million Dollar Baby (2004-IMDb 8,1) Clint Eastwood - Boxer-Drama Moonwalkers (2015) TOP MOVIE: Mr. Nobody (2009 - IMDB 7.8) 2,35 Hours long in the Directors Cut. Wiki: Mr. Nobody is a 2009 science fiction drama film written and directed by Jaco Van Dormael and starring Jared Leto, Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger, Linh Dan Pham, Rhys Ifans, Natasha Little, Toby Regbo, and Juno Temple. It tells the life story of Nemo Nobody, an 118-year-old man who is the last mortal on Earth after the human race has achieved quasi-immortality. Nemo, memory fading, tells a doctor and journalist about his three main loves and his parents' divorce and the subsequent hardships he endured. The speculative narrative frequently changes course to investigate the alternate life paths that could have resulted from his making different decisions in his life, focusing on when he is nine, fifteen, and thirty-four. The film has nonlinear narrative that incorporates the multiverse hypothesis.... Please do not confuse it with a film of the same name. The film does not fit into any genre. He deviates far from the standard mush. Also difficult to describe, you simply have to see it. the best would be, of course, in a reaction video :). Tron 1 and Tron 2: Legacy (1982 + 2010) War Games 1 (1983) and 2 Minority Report (2002) The Manchurian Candidate (2004) Logans Run (1976) Z.P.G. 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Haarp is real! And Chemtrails which allegedly does not exist Flight of the Navigator (1986) Explorers (1985) Cocoon (1985) + Cocoon 2 batteries not included (1987) German: Das Wunder in der 8. Strasse Gremlins 1 +2 The Series: Utopia (GB, not the US Remake) Series: XIII: The Series (2011) Both series only have 2 seasons. With XIII, Season 2 is where things get really interesting.
"I hope nothing happens to the dog!" Ladies, you had no idea what was coming :D This is a true classic, and the practical effects are still top-tier to this day.
Not encountered your channel before ladies but saw this on my recommendations, TH-cam knows me too well as after seeing this movie for the first time when I was around 5 it was then and remains now my favourite movie of all time and lit my passion for horror, intrigue and suspense. I have to confess I'm only about 2 thirds of the way through your reaction currently but had to stop to say this before continuing. It is an incredible breath of fresh air to see reactors understand the plot, the consequences and most vitally the different characters motivations as the story unfolds. It is, in a word shocking just how many people new to the story entirely miss things like Blair's motivations, for this I am delighted and very grateful to have stumbled on your reaction.
There is a short story called The Things and it's written from the perspective of the Thing. Very interesting. It doesn't understand the concept of individuality and it doesn't understand why humans don't want "communion" with it.
Fun Fact: Kurt Russell wasn't really into being in the movie....he thought it was just going to be a gore horror....but when he asked John Carpenter what the movie was really all about...Carpenter said "total paranoia" Russell immediately took the role.
100% my fav movie of all time. The practical effects are top notch and some of the best you'll ever see...including any CGI stuff by far. The tension that builds and the casts reaction, was truly horrifying. Alien is close with the tension, cast, and effects. It's the Not Knowing if even you could be infected and not know... This was a fun watch, thanks for that and great job. Till the next one, Enjoy.
Prince of Darkness (1987) rounds out John Carpenter's Apocalypse Trilogy... Mind (Madness), Body (Thing), and Soul (Darkness). Escape from New York (1981), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), They Live (1988), The Fog (1980), and of course, Halloween (1978). Cheers!
@@totallywhatever How could you not do the immortal, Halloween in October. But @razbaqueDirge has got it nailed, that's all you need to know! (Prince of Darkness is a miss)
@@totallywhatever Yes! I loved his performance and his character! I wonder If it succeeded at infecting the world would it combine to make a massive alien or stay in separate bodies.
26:55 - notice who commented about "you gotta be kidding me" 28:38 - notice who got revealed as a Thing The other fun part in the lead-up was that the petri dish of blood got closer and closer, indicating that as the options for compromised people dropped, the threat got closer and closer.
And not one single CGI crap apart from the actual computer screens lol. All practical effects. The artistry behind it is amazing. Rob we salute you sir.
Charles Hallahan - the actor on the table where his chest opens and his head crawls on the floor - every time I would watch a show with him in it with my mom we would say "the head, the head." The Thing is a horror classic - it often played in theatres during cult weeks in Vancouver so I was lucky to see it on the big screen years after its release. Another Sci-Fi classic from around the same time (1978) is Invasion of the Body Snatchers with Donald Sutherland and Jeff Goldblum.
The novella it's based on is Who Goes There? A 1938 story. The first adaptation was The Thing from Another World in the 1950s. Obviously, they couldn't do the morphing part but really caught the isolation and fear. It was also more accurate in that the research team was made up of both sexes. By then the governments knew that women have a stabilizing effect on men in isolated situations. John Carpenter either didn't know or decided to omit women to ramp up the tension. None of the movie adaptations portray all of The Thing's abilities. Who Goes There? is usually up on TH-cam and takes only a few hours to finish.
I'm pretty sure submarines are manned ( see what I did there?!😜 ) by almost exclusively military personnel. In the 1982 version, as in the 1950s you have a mix of military, retired military, academics and techs. Two different situations. But I don't know enough submarines and their crews to comment. I know Jimmy Carter was a submarine commander and nuclear physicist. His was the first administration to invest in making solar panels accessible to American homeowners, because he understood them. He also wanted to mitigate another OPEC oil embargo and attendant shortages and inflation in the late Nixon and the Ford administrations that carried into his own. Such a moral and brilliant man. He also invited the protocols for " HOT " repairs near reactors. Since each repairman could only stay near the reactors for a very few minutes, he drilled his people in advance on everything task they would perform so the next guy knew exactly where the last guy finished, and his tools were laid out.
@@dionysiacosmos Yeah, that was my point. Women are more disruptive to the cohesiveness of the crew than they are stabilizing. Just ask the women who already serve in the Navy and they will tell you themselves that putting women on board is a bad idea and they're blunt about the reasons why. So an all male skeleton crew operating during the six month winter in the Antarctic makes perfect sense. I'm not sure why the tangent on Jimmy Carter, but he was a nuclear trained officer on submarines, NOT a submarine commander, not even the engineering department head. He also didn't do squat to reverse the inflation he inherited and it ballooned to over 13% before he left office. As for "hot" repairs? I doubt he had anything to do about it since he never worked at a commercial nuclear generating station and hot entry procedures are developed by the individual operator (company that owns the power plant) locally in accordance with 10CFR50, 10FR25 (codes of federal regulations) and the local branch of the Nuclear Regulator Commission, he was the President and shouldn't be micromanaging hot entries... then again, is WAS his micromanagement of the Iran-Hostage rescue operation that turning it into the total cluster-spasm that it became. Don't get me wrong, he's bright in his particular field and a nice guy, I'd love to have him as a neighbor, but he has no business being head of the HOA let alone the US Commander in Chief.
That dog should have gotten an Oscar -the Academy should have created a new category -best Animal Performance in a feature film, just so to give that dog the Oscar
There are lots of good 70s, 80s, and 90s movies. I would suggest Halloween 1978, Friday the 13th 1980, and A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984 movie series. There are even great movies from the early 2000s like The Texas Chainsaw remake from 2003, Silent Hill 2006 and 30 Days of Night 2007.
Every single person that hasn't seen the movie,at the start, please don't hurt the dog. Those who already saw the movie, grinning and shaking their heads. This is 1 classic horror movie that I personally love, thanks for the reaction,it was great
Hello Totally Whatever hello anyway I had a really bad day at work and thank you so much for watching my number 1 favorite Halloween movie The Thing (1982) directed by John Carpenter and God bless the both of you as well:).
I think, you ladies, will be blown away by Steven Spielberg's "Artificial Intelligence: A.I." or "Bicentennial Man" with Robin Williams. Two excellent science fiction films that deserve a great reaction.
I love it when people chuckle at the Gary, "Tied to this ******** couch!" line. After one of the craziest and most tense scenes ever put on film, it's a nice little release. It seems to go right past most people though.
You two actually understood why Blair was wrecking the helicopter and equipment. So many people watching this movie immediately think "Oh he must be infected because he's destroying stuff!" Of course, I myself might have thought that too when I saw this movie the first time at the age of 8. :D but I'm glad you realized he's simply trying to keep the thing from reaching the outside world. I think Blair was human when they locked him in the shed. While he was in there by himself, he realized he was a sitting duck for it. He made the noose hoping to go out on his own terms rather than have it consume him and then walk around pretending to be him. At some point, it did get to him. We know one or two of them were assimilated by the dog thing and then we also saw part of it escape through the roof in the kennel, so that's a lot of possibilities of things that could have gained entrance to the shed. It could have made itself very small or tentacles etc. and crawled in under the door, or simply opened the door from the outside. In the short story that this movie was based on, the ending was more definite and happy, because they killed the last of the things right before it had finished making a personal anti-gravity flying device. In this movie, however, it's harder to account for all the things. We don't know if Childs might be the thing, we don't know if there might have been more things around the UFO crash site, we don't know if things might have buried themselves as smaller animals in the snow, we don't know that there aren't still things now frozen near the norwegian base. That's too many possibilities. And it only takes 1 cell of the thing to potentially begin taking over all life on earth. So the likelihood that they stopped it is practically nil, though MacReady definitely slowed it down by destroying its main body mass. So we know there would be teams going in to investigate what happened. They'd surely collect biological samples for study. And, according to the short story, albatrosses are flying around antarctica during spring time, so a chance for it assimilate birds and then get to South America or even just the ocean where it can begin assimilating all ocean life. Either way, the world is doomed. I think a good sequel to this would involve an intelligently run rescue team realizing from MacReady's recording what they're dealing with and properly quarantining tissue samples before it's too late and then the story could pick up decades later, even in the future perhaps. It wouldn't make much sense to make a Thing movie where it gets out into the open world because, despite being spectacular and horrific, there would be no hope. It really makes sense to have such a movie take place in some kind of possible isolation of it, such as in space or in an underground base or on another planet or an asteroid mine. Some place where you could potentially nuke it and end it, even though that would never be the kind of drastic measure we want to take.
Wow, yes you made some great points here! I’ll admit I didn’t feel too much hope for humanity at the end but your idea of an intelligent rescue team researching and coming up with a solution sounds like it could work! Thanks so much for watching!
Congratulations. At least one of you knew very quickly the dog couldn't be trusted. And both of you understand Blair was not the thing when he destroyed the equipment but simply didn't want anyone to leave. A lot of reactors didn't get it.
this was one of the funniest reactions i've watched of this lol the arm pinching reaction was hilarious. I saw this at a friends house during a sleepover when it came out on video when I was 8 his parents had no idea what it was we watched it in the dark i think it gave me ptsd lol
I saw this in the theatre when it came out. 42nd Street in NYC. When the blood reacted to the heat the entire packed theatre yelled out in unison, OH SHIT! I love this movie. I must've seen it a thousand times and I loved your reactions to it.
Such a good film - and its so re watchable honestly it gets better with every rea watch - John Carpenter is a master film maker - many of his films were thought too grose at the time and hated but now days they are the Finest Films ever made as far as Sci Fi horror
Trying to figure out when everyone got turned is my favorite part of rewatches. The ambiguous ending is pretty perfect for the constant dread of paranoia running throughout.
33:01 correct in the comic books it showed what happened afterwards, child’s breathe is nearly showing HINTING he’s infected. Military shows up and takes them away and if you want to know how it ends either play the game or read the comics😊
David Clennon, who plays Palmer in this movie, has been in a lot of things. One thing I can highly recommend is a tv movie called Special Bulletin. It's usually easy to find here on TH-cam for free. It's a very good movie and he has a major role in it.
A classic from the 80s. I myself had not watch this movie till year. And wow it is a phenomenal movie. The tension, the suspense, drama. It has everything. And that dog. That dog was a great actor lol. Loved your reaction to this movie ladies.
Such a great concept and probably one of the only snow-based movies I enjoy. You're probably getting loads of suggestions, but Sphere from 1998 is a good sea-based Sci-fi movie, adapted from the Michael Crichton book (same guy responsible for Jurassic Park and Westworld).
The thing is based on a 1948 short story called Who Goes There? The first film based on this story was 1951's THE THING (FROM ANOTHER WORLD) which is excellent and highly intelligent as well although the spfx are significantly tamer with a significant story element that's different. Loved your reactions! Best ever!
It is based on "Who Goes There?" a short story by John W. Campbell written in 1938. Some folks think it may be the best sci-fi story ever written. The ending of the movie is perfect to my mind as it leaves us guessing as to what happens to the rest of us next. I second "Big Trouble in Little China" and also suggest "Starman" for a kinder gentler shape-shifting alien.
I agree 100%… I think it’s one of the best endings ever written. Even though many people didn’t like it. Popular opinion is to always wrap things up in a neat bow - and this movie didn’t do that. Brilliant! For the last 40 years I’ve been wondering what the fate of the world is after the rescue team eventually arrived.
It still blows my mind how faithful Carpenter is to the book, and that this story/concept was written in 1938. It feels fresh and contemporary in 2024. ... And the ending is very purposefully ambiguous. Firstly to reinforce the sense of paranoia, and leave you unsettled. But moreover, it's a moot point. That's the ultimate takeaway. Cellular remains of The Thing are all over the American and Norwegian camps. When the rescue teams arrive, it's the end of the world. This is the story of the beginning of the end. Part of Carpenter's "Apocalypse Trilogy."
@@tommc3622 indeed! That assumes either Child’s or Mac infected. But even if they aren’t… there are particles of the Thing all over both camps! Makes the ending even more awesome.. when you think of what happened next!
Great reaction, just subbed. I've had a quick look through the comments, and didn't notice anyone else mention it, but the dog-thing scene in the kennel was done by Stan Winston, after Rob Bottin took ill. Stan Winston was already an established name in movie FX so he asked not to be credited for his work, because he didn't want to take any of the attention of Bottin, who was a young up and comer at the time. Stan Winston's name didn't appear in the credits for The Thing until it was released on home video.
Tremors (1990) Fright Night (1985) The Lost Boys (1987) Alien (1979) and it's Sequel Aliens (special edition) (1986) For John Carpenter films Big Trouble in Little China They Live Escape from New York The Fog (1980) Hope you have a good weekend and congratulations on 2k subs.🎉🎉🎉
I was nine years old when I saw this in the cinema in 1982. The defibrillator/chest scene literally made me leap out of my seat and run to the back of the theater. Yeah. The Thing was not appreciated at all back then. It took a few years but it is now an undisputed classic.
Some hate the ending! But I love it, it's brilliant n leaves things open ended! This movie blew my mind for creativity! I had no idea what was coming next, and that's rare for me with films, which I often find very predictable! Not this! 😮
John Carpenter has said he wants to do the follow up story on what happened to Child’s and Macready when the rescue team found them.I hope it happens.It’s hard to believe this movie was panned by critics when it came out in 1982,and that criticism hurt Carpenter pretty badly.Thankfully it’s since been reappraised and is now the classic that it always was.😉
You two are the sharpest and most expressive reactors, very fun to watch. Novella by the great John Campbell. What made the story so good was that the scientists behave intelligently, unlike the dopes in most horror movies, and yet the enemy is still overwhelming.
Crazy to think that, like The Shining, this was a box office bomb when it was released. The critics hated it! If you plan to stick with John Carpenter, I recommend: * "Big Trouble in Little China" (another collaboration with Kurt Russell) * "They Live" (similar tone of paranoia as "The Thing", but more action/sci-fi than horror/sci-fi, and another collaboration with Keith David) * "Prince of Darkness" (features Denis Dun and Victor Wong, who both star in "Big Trouble in Little China") * and one that doesn't get recommended often enough, but is a must if either of you are Stephen King fans: "Christine." It doesn't get as much love as other Carpenter films, but Keith Gordon (not to be confused with Keith David) gives a great performance as Arnie. Cheers!
That is crazy! I cannot believe the critics hated this movie. We loved it and were hooked throughout the whole film! Thank you so much for watching and for the suggestions. We will add them to our list!
@@totallywhatever I don’t know if any others have mentioned it but there was a prequel in the 2010s that was decent, it’s worth a watch if u like this one. 👍
SUPERB Sci-Fi Horror film, and even a BETTER reaction! I agree, stay with the genre as well as Carpenter films. I'll suggest Starman - 1984 film. Another Carpenter sci-fi movie.
29:22 That dynamite was real and when he threw it Russel said later that it was a bit too close and the explosion almost rocked his soul lol. Or words to the effect. If you watch closely you can see him almost collapse.
I saw this at the drive-in the summer it came out (I was 13), not having any clue what I was getting myself into, and it basically traumatized me for a while until it became one of my favorite sci-fi/horror flicks the older I got. Rob Bottin (pronounced Boe-teen) created the insanely awesome effects. He also did the monster effects for HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP (1980), and the werewolves for THE HOWLING (1981), one of two now classic werewolf movies from the 80s, the other being AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981). Rick Baker did the effects in that one! This is based on a 1938 novella titled, "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell, but a few years ago they unearthed a novel length version he penned titled, Frozen Hell. THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951) is the first attempt to bring his shapeshifting story to the big screen but FX technology wasn't advanced enough to do it justice (it was by the time the 80s came along), so the alien is more of a humanoid thing.
I am glad I did not see this when I was 13, I would’ve been traumatized too! We thought the effects were awesome and most of the time prefer practical effects to computer generated. It looks like there’s a few movies you mentioned that we have to add to our list!
@@totallywhatever The main reason I wanted to see Carpenter's remake was that I was a fan of the '51 original, having seen it on TV when I was a child, but, dear God, I even remember seeing the TV spot for it late one night when I was watching a Twilight Zone episode, and got sooooo excited, but as I said I was NOT prepared. I was okay after the kennel scene, but totally freaked out when I saw Bennings taken over, and raced back to the car my mother, my brother and I had come in. I also had a school friend with me at the time too, and we decided to walk close to the screen and watch it that way, but after I was traumatized I laid in the backseat only daring to listen to the unfolding horrors, while my mother freaked out too. Oh, God, that night is forever burned into my brain. It wasn't until it debuted on HBO a year or two later did I actually see it and become a fan.
Another Incredible film is called "Train To Busan" - Its subtitled but that's okay. You WILL need tissues by the end though as, unlike most scary ones, it will hit you in the feels.
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Every You tuber ever: "They better not hurt the dog!" Then 10 minutes later "Kill it, kill it with fire!"
It is based off the book "Who Goes there?" but I am not sure this is vaguely close tot he book. The Original The Thing from the 50s might be closer to the book, but this film is Infinitely better.
The Ending makes up part of Carpenter's "Apocolypse Trilogy" Including "They Live" and "Prince of Darkness". Both of which are excellent films. You cannot go wrong with Carpenter Films "Big Trouble In Little China" "Christine" "Star Man" "Ghosts of Mars" "Vampires" the original "Halloween" "Dark Star" "Escape from New York" "Escape From LA", "In The Mouth of Madness" The original "Assault on Precinct 13", The orginal "The Fog" His other couple I have not seen yet. I specify THE ORIGINAL in some of these because entirely too often people break the 13th Rule of Cinema :"Thou Shalt Not Attempt To Remake A Carpenter Film", There is a reason why Carpenter hates the film industry, and there will never be another Carpenter in our lives, and perhaps not ever. The man is a highly underrated genius. If you just hooked yourself to the Carpenter train and watched all the films I listed above, you would assure yourself of a subscriber, here.
😂 we definitely were not prepared for the dog kennel scene!
@@broodhunter21 This movie is closer to the novella Who Goes There? than the 50s version. However, the novella is not the original source. The novella is a condensed version of the novel Frozen Hell.
@@ianstopher9111I’d say the novella is the original source since Frozen Hell wasn’t found until much later and only recently published.
Favorite reactor went "THAT IS NOT A PUPPY Y'all... Y'ALL (everyone that voted on the movie to be watched) SET ME UP (100% dog lover)
You 2 are the first reactors who realise Blair wasn't crazy when he destroyed the helicopter and radios.
He was really trying to protect humanity! 😭
I was going to comment the same thing. So many reactors get it wrong.
He might've been infected by then. Isolating the humans.
Yup. They picked that up quick
Yup. Blair was infected at this point but had not been completely taken over. He infects himself with his pencil when he puts it in his mouth after touching the "dead" Thing dogs.
You have now gone through the ancient rite of passage for all movie reactors, passed down since time immemorial: mistakenly rooting for the Husky in the opening scene of THE THING and enduring the betrayal when it turns into a giant spider-monster. From this day forth you are both true reactors.
😂😭 we were not ready for that!!
i’ve literally only ever seen one reactor catch on and that was because she was norwegian and understood the poor man. apparently he flat out says “that’s not a dog that’s the thing”. 😂
@@alexandervelez9507 I saw that reaction also. It was great!
Agreed. "No, not the dog!" turns into "BURN IT!" Nicely done, and welcome to the club. 😯
Tale as old as time. There are only a few things in life you can really count on. That shift from "Don't hurt the doggo!!" to "Kill it! Kill it with fire!!" Is one of those things... and like the sun rising in the east, it's a treat each and every time. 😊
"First goddamn week of Winter."
Every Winter I find a reason to quote that line.
That's a great line, I may have to start saying that!
"HEY, SWEDEN!"
"They are Norwegian!"
As a Swede, that's funny :D
Same lmao
There's a scene in the TV series "Hell on Wheels" where a character says "They call me the Swede. I'm Norwegian."
The most unbelievable thing is when copper says there is no alcohol in the Norwegian’s blood
To be fair, there's far to many dots and weird things hovering around the letters of their way to long Norwegian names and stuff.
@@rsrt6910because you are not the center of the 'stage' Get used to it because nobody is. Will make sense soon.
"VCR. I couldn't think of the name for it."
Did you hear that? My oldness just intensified.
😂 I mean, I definitely used a VCRs as a kid, but haven’t really thought about them in a very long time. It took me a minute to think of the name!
Me too.... I instantly grew a white beard when she said that.
FX master Rob Bottin said that the alien design came from a fever dream
I believe it!! It was pretty crazy!
We first saw this in a motel room in California coming back from Disneyland when I was 10. Scared the hell out of us. Afterwards my dad came running out of the bathroom flailing my mom's pantyhose on his head screaming. We screamed.
10!? I’d be having nightmares for sure if saw this when I was 10!
That's brilliant. It's the sort of thing I would have done with my kids. It wouldn't work now because they are both in their thirties.
I had the same reaction when i watched The Fly (1986) at like 12-13... i havn't seen it since, but watch The Thing yearly and it has similar gore ^^
@@TheDeeGeeNL The Fly is amazingly gross.
That's a good dad.
Rob Bottin who did the creature effects worked so hard on this film that he worked himself into severe dehydration and pneumonia. John Carpenter said to Rob you'll go to a hospital on your own or have someone take you there by force.
And because of that, Stan Winston took an uncredited role to help with the effects, I know for sure that he did the husky transformation scene.
Wow he did a great job but glad he was forced to get healthy!
Yes Rob and John are good friends. Rob is one the greatest in game for creature design but one day Rob decided to just leave Hollywood altogether. It is a mystery but I hope he is teaching somewhere where people want to learn these effects.
He was also only 23 years old when he did the effects.
RIP, Wilfred Brimley, Blair.
RIP, Charles Hallahan, Norris.
RIP, Richard Dysart, Copper.
Oh nooo, RIP.
Wilford Brimley.
RIP, Donald Moffat as Garry
John Carpenter is a must. Big Trouble in Little China is a good choice for the next film, however, They Live is another great example of His.
I'd go for Halloween and Assault on Precinct 13.
Thanks for the suggestions!! We will definitely add them to our list!
Yes, more J C. Also a little trivia for you guys. He is a composer and has done the scores on many of his films.
He’s also turning and doing live shows with his kids of his movie music .
"They Live" is a pretty rad movie as well.
@@orangewarm1 I'd say these are the weakest of Carpenter's good films... BUT! Assault on Precinct 13 worths it for their reaction to "that one scene" 🤣
The Thing video game from 2002 is a direct sequel (according to John Carpenter) and you'll see who survived at the end.
The old theatrical version end credits shows a scene of a Thing-dog running from the camp.
Thanks, that sounds pretty interesting!
4:22: "I don't speak Norwegian ..." He said: "YOU GET THE HELL AWAY! THAT'S NOT A DOG, IT'S SOME SORT OF THING! IT'S IMITATING A DOG, IT ISN'T REAL! GET AWAY, YOU IDIOTS!"
Sometimes, knowing Norwegian is a real advantage.
Wow, thanks so much for translating that! Too bad they couldn’t understand!
Damn, you beat me to it, I had come to the comments to see if anyone else had wrote this.
I thought it was Swedish.
Wasn't fair to call them idiots. Like, how would they know it's an alien from another planet???
* One of the most interesting coincidences in the 2011 prequel, is that those 2 crazy Swedes...er, Norwegians, were the only 2 in their entire camp that couldn't speak English, and that there was also a Russian camp not all that far away from the Norwegian camp. How do you say "You idiot" in Norwegian again? Just in case I need to know that. You never know.
Yes, not only is The Thing the best sci-fi/horror film of all time (yes, better than Alien), but it just one of the best cinematic films of all time.
RIP Jed. Best dog actor of all time.
Oh nooo, he was amazing!
Wonderful actor. Deserves all the praise
Yeah, Jed the wolf-dog. He was also in White Fang and some others. If you get a copy of the movie on DVD or bluray, the special features include commentaries and making of stuff. They mention that he was a real pro. Did a lot of stuff almost perfectly. But he could get a bit spooked now and then, with his wolf side being dominant.
Jed was no pick-nick though, not to be messed with
@@Jayskiallthewayski Yeah he was gangsta
My late father took me to see this in 1982 when I was just about 15. It has become my favorite horror movie of all time. Thanks, dad RIP.
What a nice memory. You can think of him whenever you watch it!
Nice to see reactors actually understand that Blair hasn't gone crazy, but is trying to stop the Thing from leaving the camp and save humanity.
It was such a sad realization on is face when he saw the outlook for humanity on the computer screen.
yeah, until.........
One of the good things about his character is that when he was infected is left entirely ambiguous, except for the fact that we know at some point he did become infected. Arguably the most popular fan theory, however, believes that Blair was infected very early after being put in the shed, perhaps the very first night. So sure, he may not have been "crazy" when destroying the helicopter, but I share the belief that Blair was infected for most of the film, like well before they do the blood test
I'd say it's between being locked up and pleading with Mac to come back in; human Blair tied the noose but Thing Blair ignored it. We know that either Nortis or Palmer went up to Mac's shack and hid the clothing and left the light on, so Blair most likely got got then.
Tarantino said The Thing is among the best movies ever made. The horror, the dread, the paranoia.
It’s a great ride.
We felt all the horror, dread, and paranoia throughout the movie!
If you are looking for another good one, you could try Frailty.
This is my first time to enter your channel, but i decided to watch your reaction because is my favourite terror movie too. More than 40 years and still makes concern about the dog at the beginning and so efective the practical effects
We were not prepared for what happened to the poor dog!!
@@totallywhatever no one does !!! Imagine me as a kid watching this, of course i didnt finish the hole movie at that age
That was thoroughly enjoyable ladies. 😂 Subscribed.
Thank you so much for subscribing and watching!
...Yes, it was based on the 1938 novella, Who Goes There? Because of advancements in special effects, the John Carpenter version is more faithful to the book than the original 1951 film directed by Howard Hawks
@PrinceJancelot. All the humans had light reflecting from their eyes while all the things had no reflections. That was intentional. IIRC from a documentary I saw...
it's a good thing the girl on the right puts her hands up like a sun visor, very solid protection lmao
😂
This is one of the best movies ever made.
Greatest ending.
We loved the ending too!
This is a very H. P. Lovecraftian story.
"It's weird and pissed off, whatever it is..." A great line 😅
Thats an amazing line!
Yes, this is based on a 1938 novelette by John W. Campbell, Jr. (writing as Don A. Stuart), “Who Goes There?” WGT is a recognized classic of the SF genre, chosen for the SF Hall of Fame by the Science Fiction Writers of America. It was Campbell who originated the idea, who created the menace in an isolated research station, who focused on the psychological horror of the situation, and who invented the blood-test idea.
Congratulations for understanding that Blair was trying to stop them from leaving and infecting the rest of the world. Most reactors don’t understand that. He wasn’t infected until later. The Thing got to him by breaking in from the outside (the break-in from outside is explicitly mentioned). The practical effects are widely considered some of the best ever done.
Yeah he was trying to save humanity! 😭 And we loved the practical effects!! Thanks so much for watching!
For more than 40 years people still argue about whether was Childs the Thing in the end or not)
Yes we have people commenting both ways!
@@totallywhatever that is what is called a masterpiece)
@@totallywhatever What if it was neither Childs or McCready?
"Aww Puppies! 😍Who's a good boy? Wait Wut? Oh nah, you are not about to shoot at that puppy... No! Why!?!" Every single time 🤣
Not the dogs!! They really got us! 😭😂
Unless you can understand Norwegian
@@Ray.Norrish I haven't watched any norwegian reactors 😉
great reaction! i knew your faces would be priceless. please do more horror and sci-fi. i feel like y’all would enjoy mimic starring mira sorvino and directed by guillermo del toro.
Yeah this was a wild one, I’m sure we had a wide range of facial expressions when all the gore came on screen😂. Thanks for watching and for the recommendation!
John Carpenter THEY LIVE
Also, Christine.
Two of his best but dont forget Big Trouble or Escape
The title card was achieved by carving the title in wood and covering it with a trash bag. Then they put it behind a fish tank and shined a light behind it and set the bag on fire. So epic!
Thats pretty impressive, it turned out amazing!
It is actually a recreation of the title sequence from the original 1951 movie. Carpenter happens to love that movie and recreated that title as an homage.
The Dog Alien his real name is Jed. Jed was a Wolf/Husky. John Carpenter said Jed was greatest animal actor he'd ever seen. If you love animals please watch Jed's performances in The Journey of Natty Gann (1985) and White Fang (1991).
Oh we loved Jed! Thanks for the recommendations, we will check them out!
Part Alaskan Malamute, not Husky! 🙂
@@calanor4130 oops!
The opening was taken from the Howard Hawks version. I grew up with the original, later bought the book and finally saw the Carpenter version…loved it
"Was this based off a book?"
Technically yes. Based off a science fiction horror short story called "Who Goes There?"
It was very loosely adapted in the 1950's as a B-movie about a plant-based alien monster (worth a watch, its' kinda fun and as a kid there was a jumpscare that literally made me scream! lol) it was called "The Thing From Another World."
John Carpenter read the original stroy and said "Nah, I can adapt this better than they did in the 50's."
He did. The film is now a classic in terms of tension, atmosphere, and of course absolutely phenomenally ingenious makeup FX and prosthetics.
Wow, we’ll have to check out the 1950s adaptation!
Actually, John Carpenter had no intention of remaking the original film, as he was a fan of director Howard Hawks. A friend of his told him to read the novella. That's when he changed his mind.
@@clarencewalker3925 Oh, that tracks, too. Cool! I gotta do better research, lol!
"We love animals." let the countdown to the reveal begin...
😂
'An American Werewolf In London' 1981.
Oh thanks, we’ll add it to the list!
The makeup effects in that movie were done by Rick Baker, who Rob Bottin had worked for when he was getting started in the industry, and did the effects in this movie.
Your reactions were outstanding! I love this film so much, and I watch ALL reactions. Saw it opening night with my best friend in 1982, both seniors in HS. Scared the bejeezus out of us and we had to walk home in the dark...Well done, girls. Subbing for more. 😁
Thank you so much for watching and subscribing! I am not sure I could’ve handled this movie in high school. I would’ve had nightmares!
Especially when the docs defibrillator goes through Norris’s chest😸That always shocks reactors.😹
Did you spot the 2nd storyline in the movies... ??
@@totallywhatever Oh it was worse after. His mom had dropped us off, and on our walk back home, a dog started following us! Hanging just far enough back and showing up in the streetlight behind us. We were laughing in hysterical terror haha! You're so welcome, keep watching those classics, there are so many great 80s films!
The Fly 1 (1986) +2 (Horror)
Videodrome (1983) Horror
They Live (1988) John Carpenter
Annihilation (2018)
Lucy (2014)
Transcendence (2014)
Great list, thanks so much!
Id prefer The Conjuring and Hereditary
You're welcome, I'll add a few more titles afterwards.
@norwegianmaster: I haven't seen the first film, but it's supposed to be good, I know the second one. Well, there are a lot of good films, even those where, strangely enough, you can't find any or hardly any reaction videos or, many years ago, what were actually not real reactions, without inserts, scenes or not what we call them today, with one certain length or are just film reviews.
There are very good films and even standouts that stand out from the crowd. For a while I had added a whole battery of links under reactions, although some of the comments then disappeared. Maybe, since films, series, no matter whether you like them, whether they are mediocre or very good.... have a message embedded in them or things that can happen later in a certain way, hints..., of course not exactly like that. I would have to explain longer, but I'd rather leave that alone, just as certain symbolism occurs in many films, series, animation, sometimes advertising... which is not a coincidence, or things that are used to manipulate our thoughts in order to point out things that are planned were made to agree, to make them compliant, anyone who sees through it won't fall for it.
Transcendence is one of those where there is a connection to reality, or Matrix or They Live (1988) or even The Truman Show.
Let alone something like:
The Lazarus Protocol (2012)
In German: HARODIM - Nichts als die Wahrheit
There are several trailers in german on YT, as well as the entire film several times. As well as:
The Lawnmower Man (but with a German title of course), in English there should be significantly more and better films, we are very strict about that.
The Simpsons is very famous for announcing things that have come to pass later. A lot happens that was often planned long in advance.
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022-IMDb 8,2)
Project Brainstorm (ca. 1983)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001-IMDb 7,2) The same young actor from: The 6th Sense
Pay It Forward (2000-IMDb 7,2) - Das Glücksprinzip - with H. J. Osment
Bicentennial Man (1999)
Cloud Atlas (2012 - 2.52 Hours - IMDb 7,5)
From one of the converted Wachowsky Brothers who also created the Matrix Trilogy.
Starman (1984 in Germany published, in the Cinema)
Jacobs Ladder (Only the ORIGINAL 1990, not the bad Remake)
Soylent Green (1973)
Angel Heart (1987), with M. Rourke
Conspiracy Theory - Fletcher"s Visionen (1997-IMDb 6,7)
The Game (1997)
Chuck (2016)
Wiki: Chuck - The Real Rocky (original title: Chuck) is an American boxer biopic directed by Philippe Falardeau from 2016. It tells the story of the heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner (played by Liev Schreiber), who dies after a fight against Muhammad Ali gained notoriety and served as the inspiration for Sylvester Stallone's film Rocky.
Million Dollar Baby (2004-IMDb 8,1) Clint Eastwood - Boxer-Drama
Moonwalkers (2015)
TOP MOVIE: Mr. Nobody (2009 - IMDB 7.8) 2,35 Hours long in the Directors Cut.
Wiki:
Mr. Nobody is a 2009 science fiction drama film written and directed by Jaco Van Dormael and starring Jared Leto, Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger, Linh Dan Pham, Rhys Ifans, Natasha Little, Toby Regbo, and Juno Temple. It tells the life story of Nemo Nobody, an 118-year-old man who is the last mortal on Earth after the human race has achieved quasi-immortality. Nemo, memory fading, tells a doctor and journalist about his three main loves and his parents' divorce and the subsequent hardships he endured. The speculative narrative frequently changes course to investigate the alternate life paths that could have resulted from his making different decisions in his life, focusing on when he is nine, fifteen, and thirty-four. The film has nonlinear narrative that incorporates the multiverse hypothesis....
Please do not confuse it with a film of the same name. The film does not fit into any genre. He deviates far from the standard mush. Also difficult to describe, you simply have to see it. the best would be, of course, in a reaction video :).
Tron 1 and Tron 2: Legacy (1982 + 2010)
War Games 1 (1983) and 2
Minority Report (2002)
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Logans Run (1976)
Z.P.G. (1972)
Phase IV (1974) Clever Horror-Movie (Soft)
Zardoz (1974)
Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
The Truman Show
Silkwood (1983)
Network (1976)
Higher Power (2018)
Operation Avalanche (2016)
Capricorn One (1977)
Interstellar (2014) Production: Christopher Nolan
Tenet (2020) Production: Christopher Nolan
Inception (2010) Production: Christopher Nolan
Source Code (2009)
V for Vendetta (2005)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Clockwork Orange (1971)
I Am Legend (2007)
Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) Biography
Get Out (2017)
I Am Mother (2019)
Ghost in the Shell (2017)
Uncanny (2015)
Children Of Men (2006)
Contact (1997)
Tschernowik, in German: Weltengänger (RUS 2018)
The China Syndrome (1979)
The Island (2005)
1984 (1984 - George Orwell)
Enemy of the State (1998-IMDb 7,3) Will Smith
Alita-Battle Angel (2019-IMDB 7.4)
Ready Player One (2018-IMDb 7,4)
Free Guy (2021-IMDb 7,6)
August Rush (2007-IMDb 7,4)
Upgrade (2018-IMDb 7,5)
Tomorrowland (2015-IMDb 6,4) George Clooney
CONTAGION (2012-IMDb 6,8)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008-2,46 Hours-IMDB 7.8)
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012-IMDb 6.6)
What Dreams May Come (1998-IMDb 6,9) Robin Williams
Patch Adams (1998-IMDb 6,8) Robin Williams
Awakenings - Zeit des Erwachens (1990-IMDb 7,8) Robin Williams
Dead Poets Society (1989-IMDb 8,1) Robin Williams
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
Trading Places (1983)
No Retreat, No Surrender (1986)
Lost Place (2013)
Wikipedia:The story follows four youngsters who, while geocaching in the Palatinate Forest, stumble upon what appears to be a disused American military base where top-secret electromagnetic wave experiments were conducted during the Cold War....
Haarp is real! And Chemtrails which allegedly does not exist
Flight of the Navigator (1986)
Explorers (1985)
Cocoon (1985) + Cocoon 2
batteries not included (1987) German: Das Wunder in der 8. Strasse
Gremlins 1 +2
The Series: Utopia (GB, not the US Remake)
Series: XIII: The Series (2011)
Both series only have 2 seasons. With XIII, Season 2 is where things get really interesting.
Saw this more than 40 yrs ago and the ending still gives me chills. Fantastic movie making.
Agreed, it was great!
Thank you both for reacting to one of my all-time favorite films!!!! ; )
We loved it!! Thanks so much for watching!
"I hope nothing happens to the dog!" Ladies, you had no idea what was coming :D This is a true classic, and the practical effects are still top-tier to this day.
We definitely didn’t know what was coming! We loved the practical effects in this movie!
Not encountered your channel before ladies but saw this on my recommendations, TH-cam knows me too well as after seeing this movie for the first time when I was around 5 it was then and remains now my favourite movie of all time and lit my passion for horror, intrigue and suspense.
I have to confess I'm only about 2 thirds of the way through your reaction currently but had to stop to say this before continuing. It is an incredible breath of fresh air to see reactors understand the plot, the consequences and most vitally the different characters motivations as the story unfolds.
It is, in a word shocking just how many people new to the story entirely miss things like Blair's motivations, for this I am delighted and very grateful to have stumbled on your reaction.
Thanks so much for watching, I can’t believe you saw this when you were 5! We would have had nightmares for sure at that age.
There is a short story called The Things and it's written from the perspective of the Thing. Very interesting. It doesn't understand the concept of individuality and it doesn't understand why humans don't want "communion" with it.
That sounds super interesting!
You actually realized Blairs motivation.
That alone makes you more competent than 80% of people.
Good job, you.
To truly experience the Thing, you have to watch it at night. Lights off. Alone.
Might be too scary for us! 😂
Fun Fact: Kurt Russell wasn't really into being in the movie....he thought it was just going to be a gore horror....but when he asked John Carpenter what the movie was really all about...Carpenter said "total paranoia" Russell immediately took the role.
Wow we’re glad he changed his mind!
Actually Kurt didn't want the part because of the hat, but he grew to love the hat.
100% my fav movie of all time. The practical effects are top notch and some of the best you'll ever see...including any CGI stuff by far. The tension that builds and the casts reaction, was truly horrifying. Alien is close with the tension, cast, and effects.
It's the Not Knowing if even you could be infected and not know...
This was a fun watch, thanks for that and great job. Till the next one, Enjoy.
Thanks so much, this was such a great movie! We will add Alien to our list!
Prince of Darkness (1987) rounds out John Carpenter's Apocalypse Trilogy...
Mind (Madness), Body (Thing), and Soul (Darkness).
Escape from New York (1981), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), They Live (1988), The Fog (1980), and of course, Halloween (1978). Cheers!
Thanks for the suggestions. We will definitely add these to our growing list!
Can't forget Christine either
@@totallywhatever How could you not do the immortal, Halloween in October. But @razbaqueDirge has got it nailed, that's all you need to know! (Prince of Darkness is a miss)
Top 5 movies of all times, amazing all the way around, and scariest ever. Perfection.
We loved it!! Thanks so much for watching!
The Thing is truly epic for it's practical effects.
Poor Wilford. The man is only remembered for his diabetes commercials. Before that he did a lot of Quaker Oats commercials. Also this! Great video!
Oh yes, we forgot about the Quaker commercials! We’re glad we got to see him in this, he was great!
@@totallywhatever Yes! I loved his performance and his character! I wonder If it succeeded at infecting the world would it combine to make a massive alien or stay in separate bodies.
You guys had great reactions! Great movie, that was fun!
Thank you so much for watching!
26:55 - notice who commented about "you gotta be kidding me"
28:38 - notice who got revealed as a Thing
The other fun part in the lead-up was that the petri dish of blood got closer and closer, indicating that as the options for compromised people dropped, the threat got closer and closer.
Ahhh good catch!!
And not one single CGI crap apart from the actual computer screens lol. All practical effects. The artistry behind it is amazing. Rob we salute you sir.
Charles Hallahan - the actor on the table where his chest opens and his head crawls on the floor - every time I would watch a show with him in it with my mom we would say "the head, the head." The Thing is a horror classic - it often played in theatres during cult weeks in Vancouver so I was lucky to see it on the big screen years after its release. Another Sci-Fi classic from around the same time (1978) is Invasion of the Body Snatchers with Donald Sutherland and Jeff Goldblum.
The novella it's based on is Who Goes There? A 1938 story. The first adaptation was The Thing from Another World in the 1950s. Obviously, they couldn't do the morphing part but really caught the isolation and fear. It was also more accurate in that the research team was made up of both sexes. By then the governments knew that women have a stabilizing effect on men in isolated situations.
John Carpenter either didn't know or decided to omit women to ramp up the tension. None of the movie adaptations portray all of The Thing's abilities. Who Goes There? is usually up on TH-cam and takes only a few hours to finish.
You mean like on submarines... oh wait...
I'm pretty sure submarines are manned ( see what I did there?!😜 ) by almost exclusively military personnel. In the 1982 version, as in the 1950s you have a mix of military, retired military, academics and techs. Two different situations. But I don't know enough submarines and their crews to comment.
I know Jimmy Carter was a submarine commander and nuclear physicist. His was the first administration to invest in making solar panels accessible to American homeowners, because he understood them. He also wanted to mitigate another OPEC oil embargo and attendant shortages and inflation in the late Nixon and the Ford administrations that carried into his own.
Such a moral and brilliant man. He also invited the protocols for " HOT " repairs near reactors. Since each repairman could only stay near the reactors for a very few minutes, he drilled his people in advance on everything task they would perform so the next guy knew exactly where the last guy finished, and his tools were laid out.
Invented!
@@dionysiacosmos Yeah, that was my point. Women are more disruptive to the cohesiveness of the crew than they are stabilizing. Just ask the women who already serve in the Navy and they will tell you themselves that putting women on board is a bad idea and they're blunt about the reasons why. So an all male skeleton crew operating during the six month winter in the Antarctic makes perfect sense.
I'm not sure why the tangent on Jimmy Carter, but he was a nuclear trained officer on submarines, NOT a submarine commander, not even the engineering department head. He also didn't do squat to reverse the inflation he inherited and it ballooned to over 13% before he left office. As for "hot" repairs? I doubt he had anything to do about it since he never worked at a commercial nuclear generating station and hot entry procedures are developed by the individual operator (company that owns the power plant) locally in accordance with 10CFR50, 10FR25 (codes of federal regulations) and the local branch of the Nuclear Regulator Commission, he was the President and shouldn't be micromanaging hot entries... then again, is WAS his micromanagement of the Iran-Hostage rescue operation that turning it into the total cluster-spasm that it became.
Don't get me wrong, he's bright in his particular field and a nice guy, I'd love to have him as a neighbor, but he has no business being head of the HOA let alone the US Commander in Chief.
That dog should have gotten an Oscar -the Academy should have created a new category -best Animal Performance in a feature film, just so to give that dog the Oscar
Agreed, the dog was amazing!
There are lots of good 70s, 80s, and 90s movies. I would suggest Halloween 1978, Friday the 13th 1980, and A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984 movie series. There are even great movies from the early 2000s like The Texas Chainsaw remake from 2003, Silent Hill 2006 and 30 Days of Night 2007.
Ooh good list. It looks like there’s some good ones for the upcoming Halloween season!
Every single person that hasn't seen the movie,at the start, please don't hurt the dog. Those who already saw the movie, grinning and shaking their heads. This is 1 classic horror movie that I personally love, thanks for the reaction,it was great
😂 so true!!
Hello Totally Whatever hello anyway I had a really bad day at work and thank you so much for watching my number 1 favorite Halloween movie The Thing (1982) directed by John Carpenter and God bless the both of you as well:).
Sorry about your bad day. I hope things get better! Thanks for watching!
Another alien movie that has a similar theme is 'The Hidden'. Underrated fun movie.
Awesome, we’ll add it to our list!
Lol!
@11:53 when she said she couldnt think of the name VCR i felt so old 😭 but i remember them like it was yesterday i still have one 🤣🤣🤣
I definitely used VCRs. I just couldn’t think of what it was called because I haven’t seen one in so long!!
And I thought I was old because I remember 8 Tracts
@@Holy_Wraith me too i remember 8 tracks lol
I think, you ladies, will be blown away by Steven Spielberg's "Artificial Intelligence: A.I." or "Bicentennial Man" with Robin Williams. Two excellent science fiction films that deserve a great reaction.
Thanks so much for the recommendations, we haven’t seen either of those!
I love it when people chuckle at the Gary, "Tied to this ******** couch!" line. After one of the craziest and most tense scenes ever put on film, it's a nice little release. It seems to go right past most people though.
It’s a pretty great moment after all that stress building up!
You two actually understood why Blair was wrecking the helicopter and equipment. So many people watching this movie immediately think "Oh he must be infected because he's destroying stuff!" Of course, I myself might have thought that too when I saw this movie the first time at the age of 8. :D but I'm glad you realized he's simply trying to keep the thing from reaching the outside world. I think Blair was human when they locked him in the shed. While he was in there by himself, he realized he was a sitting duck for it. He made the noose hoping to go out on his own terms rather than have it consume him and then walk around pretending to be him. At some point, it did get to him. We know one or two of them were assimilated by the dog thing and then we also saw part of it escape through the roof in the kennel, so that's a lot of possibilities of things that could have gained entrance to the shed. It could have made itself very small or tentacles etc. and crawled in under the door, or simply opened the door from the outside.
In the short story that this movie was based on, the ending was more definite and happy, because they killed the last of the things right before it had finished making a personal anti-gravity flying device. In this movie, however, it's harder to account for all the things. We don't know if Childs might be the thing, we don't know if there might have been more things around the UFO crash site, we don't know if things might have buried themselves as smaller animals in the snow, we don't know that there aren't still things now frozen near the norwegian base. That's too many possibilities. And it only takes 1 cell of the thing to potentially begin taking over all life on earth. So the likelihood that they stopped it is practically nil, though MacReady definitely slowed it down by destroying its main body mass.
So we know there would be teams going in to investigate what happened. They'd surely collect biological samples for study. And, according to the short story, albatrosses are flying around antarctica during spring time, so a chance for it assimilate birds and then get to South America or even just the ocean where it can begin assimilating all ocean life. Either way, the world is doomed.
I think a good sequel to this would involve an intelligently run rescue team realizing from MacReady's recording what they're dealing with and properly quarantining tissue samples before it's too late and then the story could pick up decades later, even in the future perhaps. It wouldn't make much sense to make a Thing movie where it gets out into the open world because, despite being spectacular and horrific, there would be no hope. It really makes sense to have such a movie take place in some kind of possible isolation of it, such as in space or in an underground base or on another planet or an asteroid mine. Some place where you could potentially nuke it and end it, even though that would never be the kind of drastic measure we want to take.
Wow, yes you made some great points here! I’ll admit I didn’t feel too much hope for humanity at the end but your idea of an intelligent rescue team researching and coming up with a solution sounds like it could work! Thanks so much for watching!
Congratulations.
At least one of you knew very quickly the dog couldn't be trusted.
And both of you understand Blair was not the thing when he destroyed the equipment but simply didn't want anyone to leave.
A lot of reactors didn't get it.
I see you've also watched In the Mouth of Madness. Need to watch Prince of Darkness next to complete the Apocalypse Trilogy!
Im not aware of any reactor that has completed The Apocalypse Trilogy, so that would be pretty cool.
this was one of the funniest reactions i've watched of this lol the arm pinching reaction was hilarious. I saw this at a friends house during a sleepover when it came out on video when I was 8 his parents had no idea what it was we watched it in the dark i think it gave me ptsd lol
For more young Kurt Russel, Escape from New York is really good. Escape from LA is good as well.
Awesome, thanks for the recommendations!
Don't forget Big Trouble In Little China. Epic Carpenter/Russel comedy.
I saw this in the theatre when it came out. 42nd Street in NYC. When the blood reacted to the heat the entire packed theatre yelled out in unison, OH SHIT! I love this movie. I must've seen it a thousand times and I loved your reactions to it.
Thanks so much for watching, we love this movie too!
Such a good film - and its so re watchable honestly it gets better with every rea watch - John Carpenter is a master film maker - many of his films were thought too grose at the time and hated but now days they are the Finest Films ever made as far as Sci Fi horror
Trying to figure out when everyone got turned is my favorite part of rewatches. The ambiguous ending is pretty perfect for the constant dread of paranoia running throughout.
Already want to watch it again - we missed so much.
33:01 correct in the comic books it showed what happened afterwards, child’s breathe is nearly showing HINTING he’s infected. Military shows up and takes them away and if you want to know how it ends either play the game or read the comics😊
I saw this when I was 7 or 8.
I rage quit 😂
Now it's one of my favorites.
7 or 8?? We would have had nightmares for days!
@@totallywhatever pretty much 🤣
Great reaction, ladies! Wilford Brimley... yeah... I remember him from the old Grapenuts commercials. Love the Bob Lazar UFO pic, Carolyn!
Thanks so much!!
David Clennon, who plays Palmer in this movie, has been in a lot of things. One thing I can highly recommend is a tv movie called Special Bulletin. It's usually easy to find here on TH-cam for free. It's a very good movie and he has a major role in it.
A classic from the 80s. I myself had not watch this movie till year. And wow it is a phenomenal movie. The tension, the suspense, drama. It has everything. And that dog. That dog was a great actor lol. Loved your reaction to this movie ladies.
We were sooo impressed with the dogs acting! And the tension as you mentioned was so high throughout. Thank you so much for watching!
Such a great concept and probably one of the only snow-based movies I enjoy. You're probably getting loads of suggestions, but Sphere from 1998 is a good sea-based Sci-fi movie, adapted from the Michael Crichton book (same guy responsible for Jurassic Park and Westworld).
Oooh no one has suggested Sphere yet, great choice and we haven’t seen it! I love both Westworld and Jurassic Park!
I've seen the movie and it wasn't all that good.
The thing is based on a 1948 short story called Who Goes There? The first film based on this story was 1951's THE THING (FROM ANOTHER WORLD) which is excellent and highly intelligent as well although the spfx are significantly tamer with a significant story element that's different. Loved your reactions! Best ever!
Thanks so much for watching!!
It is based on "Who Goes There?" a short story by John W. Campbell written in 1938. Some folks think it may be the best sci-fi story ever written. The ending of the movie is perfect to my mind as it leaves us guessing as to what happens to the rest of us next. I second "Big Trouble in Little China" and also suggest "Starman" for a kinder gentler shape-shifting alien.
We loved the somewhat ambiguous ending, it really kept us thinking about the possibilities! Thanks so much for watching and for the suggestion!
I agree 100%… I think it’s one of the best endings ever written. Even though many people didn’t like it. Popular opinion is to always wrap things up in a neat bow - and this movie didn’t do that. Brilliant! For the last 40 years I’ve been wondering what the fate of the world is after the rescue team eventually arrived.
It still blows my mind how faithful Carpenter is to the book, and that this story/concept was written in 1938. It feels fresh and contemporary in 2024.
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And the ending is very purposefully ambiguous.
Firstly to reinforce the sense of paranoia, and leave you unsettled.
But moreover, it's a moot point.
That's the ultimate takeaway.
Cellular remains of The Thing are all over the American and Norwegian camps. When the rescue teams arrive, it's the end of the world.
This is the story of the beginning of the end. Part of Carpenter's "Apocalypse Trilogy."
@@laminar0886 Once the rescue teams, both Norwegian and American arrive, the world (as we know it) has 27,000 hours left.
@@tommc3622 indeed! That assumes either Child’s or Mac infected. But even if they aren’t… there are particles of the Thing all over both camps! Makes the ending even more awesome.. when you think of what happened next!
Loved your reaction. This is one of my favorite movies of all time. I subbed. Keep up the great work.
It’s such a good movie, we couldn’t believe we hadn’t seen it before!
Now you have to watch the new one
Great reaction, just subbed. I've had a quick look through the comments, and didn't notice anyone else mention it, but the dog-thing scene in the kennel was done by Stan Winston, after Rob Bottin took ill. Stan Winston was already an established name in movie FX so he asked not to be credited for his work, because he didn't want to take any of the attention of Bottin, who was a young up and comer at the time. Stan Winston's name didn't appear in the credits for The Thing until it was released on home video.
That’s a pretty amazing story about Stan Winston and it’s good to know some people (us now included) realize the effort he put into this movie!
Tremors (1990)
Fright Night (1985)
The Lost Boys (1987)
Alien (1979) and it's Sequel
Aliens (special edition) (1986)
For John Carpenter films
Big Trouble in Little China
They Live
Escape from New York
The Fog (1980)
Hope you have a good weekend and congratulations on 2k subs.🎉🎉🎉
Near Dark (1987)
I was nine years old when I saw this in the cinema in 1982. The defibrillator/chest scene literally made me leap out of my seat and run to the back of the theater. Yeah. The Thing was not appreciated at all back then. It took a few years but it is now an undisputed classic.
Wow, 9 years old!! I don’t think I would be able to handle this movie at 9!
Some hate the ending! But I love it, it's brilliant n leaves things open ended! This movie blew my mind for creativity! I had no idea what was coming next, and that's rare for me with films, which I often find very predictable! Not this! 😮
Yes, we loved the ending! It definitely left us thinking for a while.
John Carpenter has said he wants to do the follow up story on what happened to Child’s and Macready when the rescue team found them.I hope it happens.It’s hard to believe this movie was panned by critics when it came out in 1982,and that criticism hurt Carpenter pretty badly.Thankfully it’s since been reappraised and is now the classic that it always was.😉
"It could be either one of them..."
Listen to the that last conversation again. It also works if *both* are Things.
That is most definitely the Diabeetus/Quaker Oats guy: Wilford Brimley. He was also in Cocoon, another great 80s alien movie.
Thanks for confirming. He looks pretty different without his mustache!
Great reaction n just discovered your channel. Subbed!! 👍
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I love how she watches the scary parts like she’s looking into the sun lol 😂
😂😂
I watch all the reactions to this movie just to watch people go from "How dare you shoot at that dog?!" to "OMFG! KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!"
The Thing (2011) is the Prequel to The Thing (1982). And it shows what happening in the norwegian Camp. Starring Mary Elisabeth Winstead 😉
Thanks for the rec!
Spooky season is coming. Stay with the scary movies 👻
Ooh great idea, there are a lot of scary movies from the 90s and 80s we have not seen!
You two are the sharpest and most expressive reactors, very fun to watch. Novella by the great John Campbell. What made the story so good was that the scientists behave intelligently, unlike the dopes in most horror movies, and yet the enemy is still overwhelming.
Thank you so much for your nice words and thanks so much for watching. We really appreciate it!!
Crazy to think that, like The Shining, this was a box office bomb when it was released. The critics hated it!
If you plan to stick with John Carpenter, I recommend:
* "Big Trouble in Little China" (another collaboration with Kurt Russell)
* "They Live" (similar tone of paranoia as "The Thing", but more action/sci-fi than horror/sci-fi, and another collaboration with Keith David)
* "Prince of Darkness" (features Denis Dun and Victor Wong, who both star in "Big Trouble in Little China")
* and one that doesn't get recommended often enough, but is a must if either of you are Stephen King fans: "Christine." It doesn't get as much love as other Carpenter films, but Keith Gordon (not to be confused with Keith David) gives a great performance as Arnie.
Cheers!
That is crazy! I cannot believe the critics hated this movie. We loved it and were hooked throughout the whole film! Thank you so much for watching and for the suggestions. We will add them to our list!
Excellent choice ladies ! Great review !
Thanks so much for watching!!
@@totallywhatever I don’t know if any others have mentioned it but there was a prequel in the 2010s that was decent, it’s worth a watch if u like this one. 👍
SUPERB Sci-Fi Horror film, and even a BETTER reaction! I agree, stay with the genre as well as Carpenter films. I'll suggest Starman - 1984 film. Another Carpenter sci-fi movie.
Oh I’ve never heard of Starman, just added to our list! Thanks so much for watching!
@@totallywhatever Glad to suggest this one, this i believe is a Sci-Fi romance drama. You both will like this gem!
"Maybe he's ok" I cackled, ngl.
😂
I just got some Funko Pops from The Thing 😀😀 They're pretty awesome. The Norris Crab head is my favorite.
That Deluxe Fusion - Blair is. 👌
Oh yeah he's going for 60 - 70 dollars
That’s awesome, I’ll have to look them up! They can make even the creepiest characters look cute somehow. 😂
Oh the Blair Monster is pretty cool it comes with the dog that comes out of his stomach 😀😀
Wow, I've been hoping funko would do The Thing. Will have to get them.
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That dynamite was real and when he threw it Russel said later that it was a bit too close and the explosion almost rocked his soul lol. Or words to the effect.
If you watch closely you can see him almost collapse.
Yikes, that would be pretty scary!
Body horror masterpiece
Agreed!!
I saw this at the drive-in the summer it came out (I was 13), not having any clue what I was getting myself into, and it basically traumatized me for a while until it became one of my favorite sci-fi/horror flicks the older I got. Rob Bottin (pronounced Boe-teen) created the insanely awesome effects. He also did the monster effects for HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP (1980), and the werewolves for THE HOWLING (1981), one of two now classic werewolf movies from the 80s, the other being AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981). Rick Baker did the effects in that one! This is based on a 1938 novella titled, "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell, but a few years ago they unearthed a novel length version he penned titled, Frozen Hell. THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951) is the first attempt to bring his shapeshifting story to the big screen but FX technology wasn't advanced enough to do it justice (it was by the time the 80s came along), so the alien is more of a humanoid thing.
I am glad I did not see this when I was 13, I would’ve been traumatized too! We thought the effects were awesome and most of the time prefer practical effects to computer generated. It looks like there’s a few movies you mentioned that we have to add to our list!
@@totallywhatever The main reason I wanted to see Carpenter's remake was that I was a fan of the '51 original, having seen it on TV when I was a child, but, dear God, I even remember seeing the TV spot for it late one night when I was watching a Twilight Zone episode, and got sooooo excited, but as I said I was NOT prepared. I was okay after the kennel scene, but totally freaked out when I saw Bennings taken over, and raced back to the car my mother, my brother and I had come in. I also had a school friend with me at the time too, and we decided to walk close to the screen and watch it that way, but after I was traumatized I laid in the backseat only daring to listen to the unfolding horrors, while my mother freaked out too. Oh, God, that night is forever burned into my brain. It wasn't until it debuted on HBO a year or two later did I actually see it and become a fan.
Another Incredible film is called "Train To Busan" - Its subtitled but that's okay. You WILL need tissues by the end though as, unlike most scary ones, it will hit you in the feels.
Ooh thanks, we’ll add it to our list!