It's less a concious thought and more like "Okay, fuck MacReady. This bastard is the only human left, and I can't seem to stop him! Fuck it! I'm pulling out............... ALL THE STOPS" It's more about Blair-Thing's desparation and growing *anger* that MacReady won't just leave it alone and let it do its thing. That, and it was the end of the move, the final Thing, and comparable to a "final boss" so from a director's stand point, yeah they wanted to go all out. This isn't even as far as they wanted to take it, they originally planned Garry and Nauls being a part of Blair-Thing.
@@Skycrusher Yeah, apparently Nauls was in the middle of being devoured and assimilated, and he would have cried out for help while being impaled by tentacles. I think it would have made MaCready's "Fuck you too" more powerful.
@@andyroobrick-a-brack9355 According to a storyboard on Outpost 31, Nauls is trapped in a wooden locker or cabinet, and Blair-Thing is surrounding it about to get him. He claws and pulls splinters of wood from a plank and impales himself in the mouth it, effectively committing suicide to avoid Blair-Thing. This would have made Blair-Thing unable to assimilate Nauls' dead flesh however. Lots of room to wonder how differently the movie woulda turned out had John had the budget and time he wanted.
@@andyroobrick-a-brack9355 Possibly. I havn't been in the Thing community activity for a while. You could check Outpost 31, I hear it's been put back up.
There's something about good ol' stop motion in horror movies that makes it a lot more disturbing than any CGI effect could hope to be. I'm not sure what it is though.
Na it looked too different so they scrapped the stop motion . but. I think that despite how good these effects were at the time people are right in saying how they look far too cumbersome and robotic these days to get that realistic effect going. For 30 years ago it is still damn impressive mind.
i think its totally unreal,,he must be very afraid with something like that,,,,,,its better sigourney weaver and all the crew of the nostromo in alien 79 they show more fear and tense than the characters of the thing
0:51 - My version doesn't have that shot. It's a different one where it tracks up to the dog coming out of the torso, looking up at it. Kind of a close up.
They should have made it in this part where the thing finally speaks. THE THING: (In a raspy voice): Did you really think that you could escape your demise? I decieved windows. I decieved blair. I decieved nauls. I decieved bennings. I decieved garry. I decieved and killed them all. And now........ YOUR NEXT ON THE LIST!
Wow???? That would have been a better end of the old movie??? So the dog thing that pop off blairs chest did slime it's way out? Well more like slither... There was a cord still part from it? Attached... But still would have been a great end than the final release movie end.
For stop motion I actually think it's not too bad. Honestly the tentacles that did make it into the movie are probably the worst looking movement in my opinion. I don't know, the movement just seems too fast. The one thing I don't like about it is the Blair parts of the monster, I like how the parts in the movie he looks like he's in pain and his arm is just moving around unnaturally, but in the stop motion he's staring maliciously at Mac with his hands down calmly. It kind of clashes with what I like about this design, where it looks like the human part is in constant pain because the monster part taking over the body, almost like there's still a part of Blair left but it's long gone and impossible to save. This just seems unsubtle and over the top.
That's... exactly what it is? It's 1982 and CGI wasn't much of a thing at the time (I mean, everything in the '82's "Thing" movie went all-practical), so it's to be expected.
@@billjoe39 Exactly. I finished to write a big french encyclopedia about S-F and fantastic movies, it includes a tribute of more than thirty pages about the classic Fx masters and ten pages of conclusion explaining why CGI ruined movies - and I am a big lover and animals too
*The Thing:* _"Alright, need to imitate these lifeforms. Giant maw goes here, aaaand... grow dog from stomach. s'perfect."_
It's less a concious thought and more like "Okay, fuck MacReady. This bastard is the only human left, and I can't seem to stop him! Fuck it! I'm pulling out............... ALL THE STOPS" It's more about Blair-Thing's desparation and growing *anger* that MacReady won't just leave it alone and let it do its thing.
That, and it was the end of the move, the final Thing, and comparable to a "final boss" so from a director's stand point, yeah they wanted to go all out. This isn't even as far as they wanted to take it, they originally planned Garry and Nauls being a part of Blair-Thing.
@@Skycrusher Yeah, apparently Nauls was in the middle of being devoured and assimilated, and he would have cried out for help while being impaled by tentacles. I think it would have made MaCready's "Fuck you too" more powerful.
@@andyroobrick-a-brack9355 According to a storyboard on Outpost 31, Nauls is trapped in a wooden locker or cabinet, and Blair-Thing is surrounding it about to get him. He claws and pulls splinters of wood from a plank and impales himself in the mouth it, effectively committing suicide to avoid Blair-Thing. This would have made Blair-Thing unable to assimilate Nauls' dead flesh however. Lots of room to wonder how differently the movie woulda turned out had John had the budget and time he wanted.
@@Skycrusher I think that was a passage from a Thing novel taken from Nauls's POV. Perhaps it was a storyboard included in the book?
@@andyroobrick-a-brack9355 Possibly. I havn't been in the Thing community activity for a while. You could check Outpost 31, I hear it's been put back up.
Fun fact. This stunt was done with a REAL stick of dynamite. Kurt Russell got kicked back some feet after it exploded.
not in this part it was in the blood test scene.
These scene seems allot better it shows more of the blair monster.
how tall coul it be?
idk cuz the only blair size comparison i saw was 1 ft so ofc its not 1 ft cuz it towers over mac@@pulse4503
There's something about good ol' stop motion in horror movies that makes it a lot more disturbing than any CGI effect could hope to be. I'm not sure what it is though.
Rusty Shackleford
I think it has gotta be something about the slightly off-balance, jagged motion that stop motion has that makes it so off putting.
Na it looked too different so they scrapped the stop motion . but. I think that despite how good these effects were at the time people are right in saying how they look far too cumbersome and robotic these days to get that realistic effect going. For 30 years ago it is still damn impressive mind.
Dude, this looked like shit.
Anirudh Menon been nice if they did some sort of edit and made it look more in line with the rest of the movie.
I'm 1000% percent sure that any CGI effect can make this better. Nice nostalgia glasses, tho.
This is way creepier and scarier with the stop montion and that angle the atmosphere, lighting like everything about that scares me
best ending ever
I loved Kurt Russell's comment : " Yeah... 'F*ck you too !' '" 🤣
i think its totally unreal,,he must be very afraid with something like that,,,,,,its better sigourney weaver and all the crew of the nostromo in alien 79 they show more fear and tense than the characters of the thing
Super! Thank you very much!
Aww it's so cute, let's pet it!
How about let's not? You don't wanna die by that thing.
"Yeah, FUCK YOU TOO!"
God damn it I love how unfazed he is.
looks like another resident evil boss
The original BIOHAZARD story. Pre Umbrella Corp.
I can see why they cut out the stop-motion stuff. It really doesn't look very good.
@ :38 That dog thing points to the dynamite and Mac reacts to it on cue.
0:51 - My version doesn't have that shot. It's a different one where it tracks up to the dog coming out of the torso, looking up at it. Kind of a close up.
Are there any cuts of the film that include the stop-motion scene?
Only the parts from 0:00 to 0:12
I wonder if the thing caught diabeetus after assimilating Wilford?
They should have made it in this part where the thing finally speaks.
THE THING: (In a raspy voice): Did you really think that you could escape your demise? I decieved windows. I decieved blair. I decieved nauls. I decieved bennings. I decieved garry. I decieved and killed them all. And now........ YOUR NEXT ON THE LIST!
Cringe.
Wow???? That would have been a better end of the old movie??? So the dog thing that pop off blairs chest did slime it's way out? Well more like slither... There was a cord still part from it? Attached... But still would have been a great end than the final release movie end.
For stop motion I actually think it's not too bad. Honestly the tentacles that did make it into the movie are probably the worst looking movement in my opinion. I don't know, the movement just seems too fast. The one thing I don't like about it is the Blair parts of the monster, I like how the parts in the movie he looks like he's in pain and his arm is just moving around unnaturally, but in the stop motion he's staring maliciously at Mac with his hands down calmly. It kind of clashes with what I like about this design, where it looks like the human part is in constant pain because the monster part taking over the body, almost like there's still a part of Blair left but it's long gone and impossible to save. This just seems unsubtle and over the top.
Blair thing was kinda cranky lol
Not even a deleted scene fixes Blair-Thing's stupid pause instead of attacking MacReady.
True, can be said for other moments the creature just kinda stands there.
THE DOG WAS SUPOSSED TO COME OUT?
0:12-0:20 was really cool. The rest looks like a playdoh stop-motion
That's... exactly what it is?
It's 1982 and CGI wasn't much of a thing at the time (I mean, everything in the '82's "Thing" movie went all-practical), so it's to be expected.
@@sayaharagin9811 will still take this over crappy and artificial CGI any day
@@billjoe39 Christ man, not all CGI is bad. Get off of your high horse.
@@billjoe39 Exactly. I finished to write a big french encyclopedia about S-F and fantastic movies, it includes a tribute of more than thirty pages about the classic Fx masters and ten pages of conclusion explaining why CGI ruined movies - and I am a big lover and animals too
@@zooshipcaptain8531 Cgi didn’t ruined movies
😳 devil
That's an alien, dude.
Know your races.