New movie reaction might come out thursday or friday, mentality is very low and I've heard The Green Mile is sad. Reacting once I'm a little better, adore you all so much 💓💓
Sad is the the centuries understatement... it's like saying Shindler's List is sad... which if you haven't seen it will provide no reference of course... but another analogy would be to say that Nazis were just mean instead of calling them evil.
your the first person ive seen doing a reaction video to this movie that understood what he was saying to them at the beginning lol that was cool everyone eles just seemed totally lost, I was like hurray someone besides me can understand him lol
@@markbrinton6790 umm how does being perceptive have anything to do with anything stated? I just said it was nice that someone that understands Norwegian like myself did a reaction to this. Everyone eles thats done a reaction to this just seems to speak english and the warning hes shouting goes completly overlooked, well 51 people that have liked my comment at this point understood me. Im sorry I didn't make my point clear enough for you Mark.
Thank you for the Norwegian translation at the beginning. I've seen this movie countless times over the years and was always curious what he was saying.
@Ricardo Alonso Rojas "Practical effect fanboys" funny you should say that because they started the production with practical effects in mind but the studio decided practical effects were obsolete and told them to do re-shoots with cgi added later. You can like it all you want but the sequel is shit. Worse acting, worse script, worse screenplay, worse effects, worse lighting, worse almost everything and icing on the pile of shit is the atrocious cg.
The best part of the spider-head alien is that no one notices it for like a good half minute at least. Showcasing how easy it would be for a smaller piece to slip off and hide, if missed.
This is actually part of a trilogy of John Carpenter's called the Apocalypse trilogy. The other two films are Prince of Darkness and In The Mouth of Madness which is just as crazy.
Everyone on their first time watching, "Don't shoot the dog! You're terrible!" A little later, "Shoot the dog, use fire and dynamite!" Except Centane who knew exactly what the Norwegian said. That was a cool twist, you are the first person I've ever seen that knew what the Norwegian shooting at the dog said.
@@shainewhite2781 anyone who understands Norwegian is probably a Thing. oh zing considering there's less than 5 million people on the planet speaking Norwegian not many got the spoiler if those were actually real Norwegians they would've pickled that Thing and eaten it with some lingonberries.
This movie is based on the 1938 novella "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell. It really built a sense of paranoia and fear. John Carpenter added a lot of gore but did a great job adapting the story. One of the greatest horror movies of all time.
What you realize after seeing it again, those guys were panicked, sleep-deprived, possibly starving (because you can't trust any food that was out of your sight) and it makes sense why he was such a lousy shot and why the pilot couldn't work a grenade without dropping it in the snow.
Add to the list that they're scientists and not trained gunmen, and shooting a small moving target from a chopper is hard enough let alone trying to hit it with grenades. Tbh with all the factors working against them it'd be a miracle for them to hit the dog at all
It's actually funny & an early give away for you since you speak norwegian & went in with the knowledge that something was wrong with the dog, unlike all of the other reactors I watched sofar! :)
I think it's funny how many people pretend Norway has it's own language and they don't all speak Swedish. (running away before I get pickled herring thrown at me.)
I was holding my breath because so many American films just have people yelling gibberish. It was a pleasant surprise to see that John Carpenter actually cared to have the line fine right! Not a huge spoiler though as most people are suspicious of the dog in the next few shots just from how the camera lingers on it.
@@zairac2564 Yes! I think great movie directors, 'sweat' the small details and in doing so, create the 'special sauce' that will endear the audience to the movie.
Hi Centane!!! It was so neat to hear your translation. I've watched this movie dozens of times, and it drives me nuts with all the "...oh he's so cute; why are the mean men shooting at him..." Honestly, have you EVER met ANYONE who indiscriminately shoots dogs? So Carpenter roped you in. You fell for it! Only one reactor I watched had a more neutral reaction. She said, "OK, what's with the dog?" Everyone else: "Oh I love dogs; I want the helicopter to crash," and stuff like that. So, it was so much fun when you were able to actually hear the Norwegian scientist say it was a thing. I never knew that. Watched the movie so many times, and you added this really neat piece of additional information.
The best Sci-fi Horror film ever made! I saw this film on the Encore Action Channel July 4th 2002, and it scared the hell out of me! The special effects still hold up to this day.
The little doggy had a bit of a film career after this. He took the lead role in 'White Fang', among others. His real name was Jed. Great reaction, very real and engaged in the horror/suspense. People are reacting to the monster movie 'Tremors'. It is a classic, and think you would enjoy it after this heavier fare. Be good to yourself.
The final Blair Monster was supposed to be even more terrifying with Garry and Nauls being attached to a Blair-Headed snake screaming in pain for help as they were assimilated in real time. Rob Bottin, the effects specialist was relieved from that advanced effect due to extreme exhaustion
The Thing can take the shape of anything it has ever consumed across the universe. It could have been alive for hundreds of thousands of years to millions of years before it reached earth.
I can't think of the name but there's someone making a supercut of reactors reacting to this film scene by scene. Almost everyone loses their minds about the dog.
@@karlmoles6530 this is the first reaction I've seen by someone who can understand what that darn dogshooting Norwegian was saying..... most of us mere mortals had no clue they said it was not a dog, it was a "thing"..... I looked forward to Kamilla's smirk when Kurt Russell referred to the Norwegians as Swedes. isn't it adorable how all the Scandis think there's a difference huh ha ha.
I love the Thing monster concept, one of the scariest thing is it would learn everything that the the person it absorbed knew. From what I understand our brains actually change shape when we learn something, kinda like how you adjust the tiny magnetic particles on audio tape to record sounds…
Holy crap your Norwegian. I was surprised when you stopped the video to translate and come into realization of what the dog is. Usually every reaction is non-stop rants of defense for the dog until the reveal scene lol
And from what I've read, they initially did the creature effects practically so it would match this film, but then the studio interfered and had them done with CGI.
My mother was from Norway. When I rented this and she kind of laughed like you did and translated what the pilot said for me. I actually went to school in BØLER Grade 4. I love Norway. The land of the open-face sandwich, and fiskeboller with white sauce with shrimp, and boiled potatoes! 😍
@@SamuelBlack84 Much like Canada. But during the summer because it's so much closer to the artic circle, it's known as the "land of the midnight sun". During the summer it's like a twilight. Beautiful people and beautiful country. And the food! 💗
Awesome reaction, this is one of my favorite films. And for the closure for the ending of the film, it was a deleted scene where it shows McCready sitting in his office doing paper work and it fades out to credits
Kurt Russell mistaking norwegians for swedes is always funny and I'm a swede XD There are a couple of comicbook sequels from Dark Horse Comics and a video game sequel on PS2 & Xbox.
Great review. Back in the 80’s there was a magazine called Fangoria which focused on gory horror and sci-fi movies. I remember The Thing being a major focus in numerous publications due the extreme gory/realistic scenes.
It's great that you can translate the Norwegian used early in the film. This is based on an old science fiction story called "Who Goes There," by John W. Campbell. An earlier movie adaptation in the '50s was called "The Thing From Another World."
ha ha..... hello fellow old fart with too much useless trivia stuck in his head it leaks out..... just to be perfectly pedantic..... it was John W. Campbell "Jr." (adjusting nerd glasses and raising eyebrow like a dweeb)
@@JuandeFucaU Thanks. I had not encountered his name in decades and did not remember that he was a junior. He wrote a few memorable stories but is best known as the editor who largely shaped science fiction through his influence on authors.
@@jeffthompson9622 ha ha yup..... my sci-fi holy trinity is still Asimov, Heinlein, and Clarke..... I remember Asimov raving about Campbell and Astounding Science Fiction aka Analog Stories, etc. all before my time tho..... I'm just a 60's hippy kid.... watched and read the original Thing in the 70's..... really looked forward to the film release and loved the changes. I can't remember what I had for breakfast but my head's still full of old sci-fi stories..... thanks for the trip down memory lane grampa.
It is much better for the video when the movie is in the big picture and the reactor is in the small picture. Always great fun to see newbies watch this film for the first time.
This is the modern take on the 1951 film "The Thing From Another World"...which was loosely based on the 1938 novel "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell.
Indeed, this film is very close to the original story. The 1951 film was ok for its time but it was essentially just another monster movie. But, in addition to the graphic horror, this one captures the paranoia Campbell intended.
There is a 2011 prequel also called "The Thing" that has actual Norwegian actors in it (but they throw in an American scientist played by Mary Winstead to have an excuse for everyone speaking English most of the time). The prequel tells how the alien was excavated from the ice and brought to the Norwegian base, and the movie inevitably ends with some of the last survivors in a helicopter pursuing a dog imitation over the ice. Much as with the Star Wars prequels, the Thing prequel is controversial among fans, some thinking it relies too much on CGI etc. But far fewer have reacted to it, and it does after all have considerable amounts of Norwegian dialogue (sometimes blatantly mistranslated in the English subtitles provided). It would be fun to see a Norwegian reactor consider it.
Hi Camilla, great reaction mate. The Thing is one of my favourite scifi horror film so I'm glad you seemed to enjoy it. It was cool watching someone who finally understood what the two Norwegians were saying at the start. Sorry they died so early on but they were heroes afterall. If you want to watch a film that covers the same sort of territory might I recommend The Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (1978). It stars Donald Sutherland (Don't Look Now), Veronica Cartwright (Alien), Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek) and Jeff Goldblum (The Fly and Jurassic Park). It's a remake of a 1950s movie but it's still very good. 😊👾
Love this movie. Watched it with my dad and brother way back in the day. I always wanted to watch this movie with a Norwegian so i could see there reaction to the guy with the gun saying his bit. Thank you for fulfilling a lifelong aspiration.
This is one of my favorite films of all times and I must have watched it at least a dozen times, but this is the first time I got a translation for what the Norwegians were saying in the opening! That was nice.
New subscriber here, been going through your library. I am really enjoying your reactions to some of my favorite movies. I saw this one in the theater when it came out and have watched it many times since, although one can kind of guess I never knew what the Norwegian says so thank you so much for the translation. It made my day, really. Love your channel, thanks again.
19:54 when you said that, the primary screen was planning left behind your PiP window, which made for me a great cinematic effect. It was your introspection, plus the sound of the wind in the movie during your explanation that made a great emotional component to the shot. You should watch the 2011 prequel with the same title. But here's the suggestion with the end shot of this film -- one or both of them is a Thing. Problem is you can't tell which one now because there's no way to test their blood for a reaction. But whichever one isn't a Thing, assuming one is still Human, he knows that that Thing cannot be permitted to escape from that place or else Humanity is doomed to a three year road to extinction. You saw that screen -- 27,000 from first exposure the last of Humanity is completely absorbed by them.
Honestly, if I was part of the expedition that encountered this Thing, as soon as they started suspecting other humans of being the Thing, I'd be like "Hey, if one of you are the Thing, I just want to sit down and talk to it, now that it's taken over a body that can perfectly communicate with us". Could you imagine what it could tell us?
In the novella, the thing's eyes were always described as full of hatred. It was semi conscious the entire time it was frozen. So, it's safe to say it hated being there and just wanted off the planet, that's why it was building a spaceship, and everything that happened with the crew, was the thing keeping them busy while it built it.
In the novella, the thing's eyes were always described as full of hatred. It was semi conscious the entire time it was frozen. It's safe to say it hated being there and just wanted off the planet, that's why it was building a spaceship. And everything that happened with the crew, was the thing keeping them busy while building it.
I like your idea for a happy ending! That idea was so heartwarming, it would have melted the ice in Antarctica!! Also: I know it wasn't a big deal for you, but for someone to translate the one Norwegian sentence was priceless! I love how you made the connection to "Alien" right away, which is the movie I most associate it with. Hey, a great horror movie that I'm dying for you to react to is "Carrie" (1976), oh my gosh, pleeeeeeease put that on your list! Congratulations once more for 10,000 subscribers! I celebrated by watching this video, the only one on your channel that I hadn't seen (of a movie I already have watched). Love your channel!
Recommend you watch the 2011 prequal to The Thing. Confusingly it's also called The Thing, which is probably why some people think it's a remake. It's set mostly in the Norwegian base and shows how they found the alien spacecraft. Great reaction, all the very best, Trevor from East London, UK.👏👍.
I love that you start reacting in Norwegian right after hearing the language spoken in the movie "Ja men det er ikke..." That's often what happens when you're bilingual and can switch between which language you think in.
@@ingitraustason8748 That's not a hint. Childs may or may not be the Thing, but we see that the Thing's breath is visible. Bennings has visible breath after being assimilated. Also, John Carpenter said in at least one interview that it wasn't deliberate, Keith David's breath just didn't show up on film because of the lighting.
There was game related to this movie (Aftermath after this version) John Carpenter himself told that the game was canon to the movie, in it, Child's was dead due to cold and McCready survived in the end and helped a soldier to fight against the Boss Thing in a chopper.
Beautiful reaction! Your expressions are so visceral and authentic. It makes your reactions very enjoyable and relatable. Thank you so much for embracing some horror classics too, they are really great. I was lucky enough to meet John Carpenter and was almost in awe of him. He was one of the few celebrities that made me feel that way. I am really excited to watch your channel blow up over the coming weeks and months (it will). Watching your reactions is already like watching a movie with a good friend and you can't wait to see if they like the movie as much as you do. Keep up the good work!
If you were grossed out and impressed in equal measure by the practical effect, you MUST watch The Fly, the 1986 movie by David Cronenberg. The movie has actually a touching love story that helps care for the characters and you will cry for them.... that is, when you're not busy reaching for the barf bag 🤪
I agree, that movie is fantastic, it has some of the best special-effects ever still to this day, but the real reason it works so well is because it’s a tragic love story
Yeah, both The Thing and The Fly are horror classics that actually did the remake thing right. They took the basic concept of the original films and improved on them with more mature, darker ideas pushing them further than the older films would or could at the time. And of course added a whole ton of super gross memorable special effects too. We get so many pointless boring, unoriginal bland remakes like 2016 RoboCop or 2012 Total Recall that strip everything that was fresh and great about the originals and forget to actually add anything new of any worth (in fact the only memorable things in those remakes are simply shout outs to the originals and just make you want to rewatch the originals instead of wasting time with the remakes) that The Thing and The Fly stand out even more of when actual talent does remaking the right way.
Agree! Also suggest Cronenbergs "Videodrome" (1982) and Brandon Cronenbergs "Possessor" (2020). Brandon definitely proves "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree"!
Norway and the Dominican Republic? That is a very unusual mix. Very interesting however. Would love to hear that story sometime. The reason the doctor went nuts was not cabin fever... it was because he felt there was no way to be sure this thing wouldn't get back to civilization unless he destroyed all their means of travel (the helicopter, the radio - so nobody or nothing could call for help, the dogs - because they could use a dog sled to travel, etc). He was trying to protect mankind from being destroyed by this thing.
Loved the reaction! Believe it, or not, "The Thing" is part of John Carpenters apocalypse trilogy. The second is John Carpenters: "Prince Of Darkness" (1987) and John Carpenters: "In The Mouth Of Madness" (1994). These movies are not connected, besides being the films of legendary film director/music composer (Carpenter does the background score for all of his movies). These films I highly recommend!
An all time favorite, an absolute top shelf classic with few peers (being Alien, Aliens, Terminator, and Predator). This is a near perfect film. The ending may be the best cliff-hanger of all time. You experienced the mind-bending classic experience ... Carpenter is a genius. Can you believe this bombed in theaters?!
"If you don't know me, my name's Camilla, I am nineteen, I am from Norway and the Dominican Republic, and I was sent here from The Future to destroy Jessica Alba . . ." 😄
I've seen a lot of reactors do this film, but none of them spoke Norwegian, so they stay in love with the dog right until the cage scene where it transforms. I never get tired of that, but it was a delightful change to watch someone who understood the warning.
There is another Thing film, which although made much later is actually a prequel to this film, set inside the Norwegian camp…. You might want to watch that? In my opinion, it’s not as well made as this one, but it is interesting
I second this. Sad thing about the prequel sequel is that almost everything was done with practical effects until studio bs. The story was meh, but it was screwed even more due to the higher ups.
Also, I love how your Norwegian so you understood the guy in the beginning freaking out. Cool as hell. (Also, sorry to leave so many comments LOL, but hi)
Some Trivia: Larry Franco, the First Assistant Director, is Lars shooting from the helicopter. Adrienne Barbeau is the voice of the Chess game. Adrienne Barbeau was married to John Carpenter when she did this movie.
I wouldn't usually say this, but I'd like you to watch the 2011 prequel as well (also called The Thing, confusingly), set in the Norwegian camp, just because I would like more translation.
@@Centane Troll Hunter is an excellent Norwegian movie I hope you have seen already..... Monty Python and the Holy Grail also has lots of weird Norwegian stuff in the opening credits.
I loved your reaction! It was so much like my own back when it came out!!! "So Invested", yeah I was thinking that was me back in the day! Thanks so much for making me think of the old days :)
No, none of the movie was filmed in Antarctica. The exterior shots were filmed in Alaska and in the Canadian province of British Columbia. All interior scenes were filmed in studios in Hollywood, California.
22:59 - They said earlier in the film the rescue team won't be there until the spring. They knew they were going to die, they just wanted to kill the Thing, so it wouldn't infect the rescue team.
«It's gone» can mean «it's dead» or when talking about objects, «broken». That's why there was ambiguity when he asked wether the generator could be repaired.
Most reactors react just as you when you say "Don't shoot the dog". Yet few reactors ever ask, "Why are they shooting at the dog" or better yet, "They must have some good reason to shoot at a dog".
I didn't see it mentioned, but The Thing had both a follow up comic series & Video game. The game is canon(or main timeline) in it Macready survives and gets away, Childs dies of hypothermia.
I also love and what a coincident that you are Norwegian. Finally, after over 30 years of wondering, I now know what that Norwegian pilot said after they landed the helicopter and continued to chase the dog. :) :)
One of the things I think John Carpenter did well, which hasn't been commented on often, from all the watching videos I've seen, is the chaos and lack of preparedness of the team members. They are scientists or general hands, they can use general tools or some equipment like the flame throwers, but they are not trained soldiers, they are not hardened against fear and terror, or letting attachments and emotions get in the way of perceiving and stopping a real threat, even in the form of a friend or colleague. It explains the slip-ups the team members make (such as Windows facing off against the Palmer Thing), and the film shows how, in such a situation, the paranoia can overcome everyone. There are theories as to the infection Timeline, but It's thought Palmer was infected first (the shadow and the dog), with Norris or Blair following in either order. Blair could have gotten infected during the corpse examinations, at one point he held a pencil very close to corpse tissue and then habitually and absent-mindedly but the pencil against his mouth while thinking to himself, he may have been infected that way. The ending is open but Canon establishes Childs as infected (via followup graphic novels). One thing to note, when we see the room Childs was guarding as being empty, the arrangement of clothes on the wall hooks is different, there is a theory that Childs was assimilated here and had to change clothes. His clothes are different when he encountered MacReady at the end, but they are covered in frost which is could be unusual for newer clothes.
New movie reaction might come out thursday or friday, mentality is very low and I've heard The Green Mile is sad. Reacting once I'm a little better, adore you all so much 💓💓
That's by Stephen King. You might wanna check out Stand By Me or The Shawshank Redemption as well.
You should try cheesy movies like Flash Gordon or Krull. Both are cheesy 80's sci-fi /fantasy.
Sad is the the centuries understatement... it's like saying Shindler's List is sad... which if you haven't seen it will provide no reference of course... but another analogy would be to say that Nazis were just mean instead of calling them evil.
I had wanted to know what that guy (at 3:50) said for decades !
Thank you so much !
Yeah, Green Mile is sad, but it's also a great movie!
your the first person ive seen doing a reaction video to this movie that understood what he was saying to them at the beginning lol that was cool everyone eles just seemed totally lost, I was like hurray someone besides me can understand him lol
I was always curious about what the guy was yelling.
She literally is
That's because she understood Norwegian, not because she was perceptive. Good Lord. Unless you knew what he was saying nobody would know. Wow.
@@markbrinton6790 umm how does being perceptive have anything to do with anything stated? I just said it was nice that someone that understands Norwegian like myself did a reaction to this. Everyone eles thats done a reaction to this just seems to speak english and the warning hes shouting goes completly overlooked, well 51 people that have liked my comment at this point understood me. Im sorry I didn't make my point clear enough for you Mark.
@@christopherplucinski3234 fair enough, I was a little drunk when I typed that. Didn't mean to come across like a jerk. My bad, take care Christopher.
Thank you for the Norwegian translation at the beginning. I've seen this movie countless times over the years and was always curious what he was saying.
I googled it the first time I watched it back in 2011. Crazy Swedes!
I’ve seen people react to The Thing countless times but today I finally got a translation.
@Ricardo Alonso Rojas But it's pretty bad tho.
@Ricardo Alonso Rojas For me that prequel is useless. There is no point, it's boring. Just my opinion tho.
@Ricardo Alonso Rojas "Practical effect fanboys" funny you should say that because they started the production with practical effects in mind but the studio decided practical effects were obsolete and told them to do re-shoots with cgi added later. You can like it all you want but the sequel is shit. Worse acting, worse script, worse screenplay, worse effects, worse lighting, worse almost everything and icing on the pile of shit is the atrocious cg.
@@BattougaThey didn't even re-shoot, they just put cgi all over it.
The best part of the spider-head alien is that no one notices it for like a good half minute at least. Showcasing how easy it would be for a smaller piece to slip off and hide, if missed.
This is actually part of a trilogy of John Carpenter's called the Apocalypse trilogy. The other two films are Prince of Darkness and In The Mouth of Madness which is just as crazy.
The mouth of madness is insane.
@@johnglue1744 I love In the Mouth of Madness!
He did the mouth of madness???? I never realized!
Indeed he did
Prince of darkness is hella unsettling. Still get the shivers when I hear the music.
Everyone on their first time watching, "Don't shoot the dog! You're terrible!"
A little later, "Shoot the dog, use fire and dynamite!"
Except Centane who knew exactly what the Norwegian said. That was a cool twist, you are the first person I've ever seen that knew what the Norwegian shooting at the dog said.
He said, "Get the hell out of there! It's not a dog! It's some kind of thing! It's not real! It's only imitating a dog! Get out of there, you idiots!"
@@shainewhite2781 anyone who understands Norwegian is probably a Thing.
oh zing
considering there's less than 5 million people on the planet speaking Norwegian not many got the spoiler
if those were actually real Norwegians they would've pickled that Thing and eaten it with some lingonberries.
They're not Norwegian Dylan, they're crazy Swedes. :)
@@spoonunit03 Hey! No wait...I'm a bit crazy and I'm a swede. Never mind ;P
@@spoonunit03 who cares?
This movie is based on the 1938 novella "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell. It really built a sense of paranoia and fear. John Carpenter added a lot of gore but did a great job adapting the story. One of the greatest horror movies of all time.
Yeah. John Carpenter came much closer than Howard Hawks did, who just used the basic idea of "Creature from another planet" to build his story on.
It's funny how this movie used to be one of the most hated films of all time.
Centane: 'Don't shoot the dog!!!'
Everyone who's seen the movie: 'No no, shoot the dog, SHOOT THE DOG!'
You actually understood what the guy trying to kill the dog was saying! I'm so jealous!😊
Shoot the dog. Then burn the dog. I saw this way back in 1982. True horror
Thank you so much for your intimate reactions they bring so much pleasure I donated so much!
What you realize after seeing it again, those guys were panicked, sleep-deprived, possibly starving (because you can't trust any food that was out of your sight) and it makes sense why he was such a lousy shot and why the pilot couldn't work a grenade without dropping it in the snow.
Add to the list that they're scientists and not trained gunmen, and shooting a small moving target from a chopper is hard enough let alone trying to hit it with grenades. Tbh with all the factors working against them it'd be a miracle for them to hit the dog at all
"The dog is so pretty."
Not for long.
I still think the film should have also featured kittens.
I just love how this movie goes from slow burn suspense to utter chaos in a heartbeat
12:54, he's trying to prevent them from escaping, making sure the alien doesn't make it to the outside world.
Or he was trying to prevent anyone form calling for helps and help properly contain him.
@@remliqa unlikely, it wants to spread, more people is a good thing
Wow, after decades of wondering what the guy said, when trying to shoot the dog. THAAAAAANK YOU!!
Right on....me too.
you know that you can just... google?
@@milesisediting The Intronets are for porn and leaving bitchy comments.....THAT'S IT!
Det er ikke en hund. Det er en ting!
That was a tremendous waste of time😂😂
I love that you are Norwegian and can understand that part. You continue to amaze with your reactions
It's actually funny & an early give away for you since you speak norwegian & went in with the knowledge that something was wrong with the dog, unlike all of the other reactors I watched sofar! :)
I think it's funny how many people pretend Norway has it's own language and they don't all speak Swedish.
(running away before I get pickled herring thrown at me.)
Yeah, she got an in-movie spoiler by being multi-lingual. 😂👍🏻
I was holding my breath because so many American films just have people yelling gibberish. It was a pleasant surprise to see that John Carpenter actually cared to have the line fine right! Not a huge spoiler though as most people are suspicious of the dog in the next few shots just from how the camera lingers on it.
@@zairac2564 if you look really closely at the dog's eyes..... you can tell it's thinking in Norwegian.
@@zairac2564 Yes! I think great movie directors, 'sweat' the small details and in doing so, create the 'special sauce' that will endear the audience to the movie.
This is way more terrifying than Alien in that it takes you over/contaminates you with the simplest of exposures.
The Thing is more dangerous and gross but as a movie I like Alien better. But both are great regardless.
Hi Centane!!! It was so neat to hear your translation. I've watched this movie dozens of times, and it drives me nuts with all the "...oh he's so cute; why are the mean men shooting at him..." Honestly, have you EVER met ANYONE who indiscriminately shoots dogs? So Carpenter roped you in. You fell for it! Only one reactor I watched had a more neutral reaction. She said, "OK, what's with the dog?" Everyone else: "Oh I love dogs; I want the helicopter to crash," and stuff like that.
So, it was so much fun when you were able to actually hear the Norwegian scientist say it was a thing. I never knew that. Watched the movie so many times, and you added this really neat piece of additional information.
They eat dogs alive in Asia buddy
3:33 she translates the Norwegian. Cool!
The best Sci-fi Horror film ever made! I saw this film on the Encore Action Channel July 4th 2002, and it scared the hell out of me! The special effects still hold up to this day.
The little doggy had a bit of a film career after this. He took the lead role in 'White Fang', among others. His real name was Jed.
Great reaction, very real and engaged in the horror/suspense. People are reacting to the monster movie 'Tremors'. It is a classic, and think you would enjoy it after this heavier fare. Be good to yourself.
9:49, the Dog Kennel sequence was done by Stan Winston Studios.
The final Blair Monster was supposed to be even more terrifying with Garry and Nauls being attached to a Blair-Headed snake screaming in pain for help as they were assimilated in real time. Rob Bottin, the effects specialist was relieved from that advanced effect due to extreme exhaustion
It would've been a lot more disturbing 😬
The Thing can take the shape of anything it has ever consumed across the universe. It could have been alive for hundreds of thousands of years to millions of years before it reached earth.
I wonder where it originally came from?
@farscape Never heard of it
Oh man, 99% of reactors are losing their minds of a dog being shot at in a chopper. Just you wait!!
I can't think of the name but there's someone making a supercut of reactors reacting to this film scene by scene. Almost everyone loses their minds about the dog.
@@karlmoles6530 this is the first reaction I've seen by someone who can understand what that darn dogshooting Norwegian was saying.....
most of us mere mortals had no clue they said it was not a dog, it was a "thing".....
I looked forward to Kamilla's smirk when Kurt Russell referred to the Norwegians as Swedes. isn't it adorable how all the Scandis think there's a difference huh ha ha.
@@JuandeFucaU yup ...lol
I think there was a single person who said something that amounted to "Hold on, maybe he knows something I don't" instead of "Don't shoot the dog".
John Wick would be horribly conflicted watching this movie.
They filmed the movie in Vancouver, British Columbia, Juneau, Alaska and Universal Studios, Hollywood.
*Filmed in Stewart, British Columbia, which is 16 hours north of Vancouver.
I love the Thing monster concept, one of the scariest thing is it would learn everything that the the person it absorbed knew. From what I understand our brains actually change shape when we learn something, kinda like how you adjust the tiny magnetic particles on audio tape to record sounds…
What can I say , Swedes are a heck of a people 🇸🇪
there isn't a single swede in this movie
@@Centane I think he’s joking like how they mistaken Swedes for Norwegians in the movie
So awesome that you translated this. Seen this so many times and never knew what the Norwegians were saying. Fantastic!
Holy crap your Norwegian. I was surprised when you stopped the video to translate and come into realization of what the dog is. Usually every reaction is non-stop rants of defense for the dog until the reveal scene lol
Norwegians are a lot more sensitive to their language than we Canadians give them credit.
No movie or their production company is usually brave enough to feature a dog dying etc in the movie.
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The ending leaves it up as your imagination or what happens to the two guys at the end great ending your face reactions were priceless at some scenes
They made a prequel in 2011. It shows what happened at the Norwegian camp.
And from what I've read, they initially did the creature effects practically so it would match this film, but then the studio interfered and had them done with CGI.
With awful cgi
Pity it's not that good. Worst of all they scrapped the practical and did full digital.
I didn't think the prequel was bad at all.
@@mattschliemann9683 It was bad, but still better than Alien Covenant.
My mother was from Norway. When I rented this and she kind of laughed
like you did and translated what the pilot said for me. I actually went to school
in BØLER Grade 4. I love Norway. The land of the open-face sandwich, and fiskeboller
with white sauce with shrimp, and boiled potatoes! 😍
Does it snow a lot in Norway? I assume it's freezing cold a lot of the time
@@SamuelBlack84 Much like Canada. But during the summer because it's so much closer to the artic circle, it's known as the "land of the midnight sun". During the summer it's like a twilight. Beautiful people and beautiful country. And the food! 💗
I understand Centane's confusion. When Gary first said the "generator is gone," MaCready thought he meant that it was broken---not literally gone.
Awesome reaction, this is one of my favorite films. And for the closure for the ending of the film, it was a deleted scene where it shows McCready sitting in his office doing paper work and it fades out to credits
Kurt Russell mistaking norwegians for swedes is always funny and I'm a swede XD There are a couple of comicbook sequels from Dark Horse Comics and a video game sequel on PS2 & Xbox.
And a prequel film involving the Norwegian base.
Great review. Back in the 80’s there was a magazine called Fangoria which focused on gory horror and sci-fi movies. I remember The Thing being a major focus in numerous publications due the extreme gory/realistic scenes.
I read that issue, and it's what made me want to see it.
first norweigan reaction ive seen to my favourite film, (besides grand budepest hotel.) love it!
It's great that you can translate the Norwegian used early in the film. This is based on an old science fiction story called "Who Goes There," by John W. Campbell. An earlier movie adaptation in the '50s was called "The Thing From Another World."
ha ha..... hello fellow old fart with too much useless trivia stuck in his head it leaks out.....
just to be perfectly pedantic.....
it was John W. Campbell "Jr."
(adjusting nerd glasses and raising eyebrow like a dweeb)
@@JuandeFucaU Thanks. I had not encountered his name in decades and did not remember that he was a junior. He wrote a few memorable stories but is best known as the editor who largely shaped science fiction through his influence on authors.
@@jeffthompson9622 ha ha yup..... my sci-fi holy trinity is still Asimov, Heinlein, and Clarke.....
I remember Asimov raving about Campbell and Astounding Science Fiction aka Analog Stories, etc.
all before my time tho..... I'm just a 60's hippy kid.... watched and read the original Thing in the 70's..... really looked forward to the film release and loved the changes.
I can't remember what I had for breakfast but my head's still full of old sci-fi stories..... thanks for the trip down memory lane grampa.
It is much better for the video when the movie is in the big picture and the reactor is in the small picture. Always great fun to see newbies watch this film for the first time.
This is the modern take on the 1951 film "The Thing From Another World"...which was loosely based on the 1938 novel "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell.
Indeed, this film is very close to the original story. The 1951 film was ok for its time but it was essentially just another monster movie. But, in addition to the graphic horror, this one captures the paranoia Campbell intended.
I liked seeing your eyes get big when the dog started to transform.
LOL ARIC i swear my eyes tried to jump out of my head to not watch that
There is a 2011 prequel also called "The Thing" that has actual Norwegian actors in it (but they throw in an American scientist played by Mary Winstead to have an excuse for everyone speaking English most of the time). The prequel tells how the alien was excavated from the ice and brought to the Norwegian base, and the movie inevitably ends with some of the last survivors in a helicopter pursuing a dog imitation over the ice.
Much as with the Star Wars prequels, the Thing prequel is controversial among fans, some thinking it relies too much on CGI etc. But far fewer have reacted to it, and it does after all have considerable amounts of Norwegian dialogue (sometimes blatantly mistranslated in the English subtitles provided). It would be fun to see a Norwegian reactor consider it.
Perfect choice !
The man who worked on the creature effects Rob Bottin almost died working on the visual due to overworking himself.
Lol he didn't almost die, he checked himself in for exhaustion. Why are people so dramatic? Lol... "HE ALMOST DIEDED!!!"
Hi Camilla, great reaction mate. The Thing is one of my favourite scifi horror film so I'm glad you seemed to enjoy it. It was cool watching someone who finally understood what the two Norwegians were saying at the start. Sorry they died so early on but they were heroes afterall. If you want to watch a film that covers the same sort of territory might I recommend The Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (1978). It stars Donald Sutherland (Don't Look Now), Veronica Cartwright (Alien), Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek) and Jeff Goldblum (The Fly and Jurassic Park). It's a remake of a 1950s movie but it's still very good. 😊👾
Love this movie. Watched it with my dad and brother way back in the day. I always wanted to watch this movie with a Norwegian so i could see there reaction to the guy with the gun saying his bit.
Thank you for fulfilling a lifelong aspiration.
Great reaction. Thank you for the translation at the start.
The prequel which is fairly new has the Norwegians.
Yeah, whoever told her about them, probably meant the 2014 movie
@@KeithDCanada I think you mean 2011.
@@robertcartier5088 Was it 2011? Hmm wow, that's farther back than I thought
I found it to be a very proper prequel.
This is one of my favorite films of all times and I must have watched it at least a dozen times, but this is the first time I got a translation for what the Norwegians were saying in the opening! That was nice.
New subscriber here, been going through your library. I am really enjoying your reactions to some of my favorite movies. I saw this one in the theater when it came out and have watched it many times since, although one can kind of guess I never knew what the Norwegian says so thank you so much for the translation. It made my day, really. Love your channel, thanks again.
19:54 when you said that, the primary screen was planning left behind your PiP window, which made for me a great cinematic effect. It was your introspection, plus the sound of the wind in the movie during your explanation that made a great emotional component to the shot.
You should watch the 2011 prequel with the same title. But here's the suggestion with the end shot of this film -- one or both of them is a Thing. Problem is you can't tell which one now because there's no way to test their blood for a reaction. But whichever one isn't a Thing, assuming one is still Human, he knows that that Thing cannot be permitted to escape from that place or else Humanity is doomed to a three year road to extinction. You saw that screen -- 27,000 from first exposure the last of Humanity is completely absorbed by them.
Everyone always starts: ""what a cute dog."
A little while later: "Kill that thing with fire!!!!"
I love how the thing that made you jump the most wasn’t the 4 first jump scares but the one at 21:04 and it still barely made you jump.
Honestly, if I was part of the expedition that encountered this Thing, as soon as they started suspecting other humans of being the Thing, I'd be like "Hey, if one of you are the Thing, I just want to sit down and talk to it, now that it's taken over a body that can perfectly communicate with us". Could you imagine what it could tell us?
In the novella, the thing's eyes were always described as full of hatred. It was semi conscious the entire time it was frozen. So, it's safe to say it hated being there and just wanted off the planet, that's why it was building a spaceship, and everything that happened with the crew, was the thing keeping them busy while it built it.
In the novella, the thing's eyes were always described as full of hatred. It was semi conscious the entire time it was frozen. It's safe to say it hated being there and just wanted off the planet, that's why it was building a spaceship. And everything that happened with the crew, was the thing keeping them busy while building it.
I like your idea for a happy ending! That idea was so heartwarming, it would have melted the ice in Antarctica!! Also: I know it wasn't a big deal for you, but for someone to translate the one Norwegian sentence was priceless! I love how you made the connection to "Alien" right away, which is the movie I most associate it with. Hey, a great horror movie that I'm dying for you to react to is "Carrie" (1976), oh my gosh, pleeeeeeease put that on your list! Congratulations once more for 10,000 subscribers! I celebrated by watching this video, the only one on your channel that I hadn't seen (of a movie I already have watched). Love your channel!
Recommend you watch the 2011 prequal to The Thing. Confusingly it's also called The Thing, which is probably why some people think it's a remake. It's set mostly in the Norwegian base and shows how they found the alien spacecraft. Great reaction, all the very best, Trevor from East London, UK.👏👍.
I love that you start reacting in Norwegian right after hearing the language spoken in the movie "Ja men det er ikke..."
That's often what happens when you're bilingual and can switch between which language you think in.
just imagine seeing that spiderhead run away like that from beneath your bed tonight....aaaaaaarrrrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhhh
I love the fact that you knew what the Norwegian was saying. A great, fresh and different perspective to start the movie with.
Yes, for her his words are a spoiler
If you're wanting a bit of closure...
In interviews, John Carpenter (director) said that one of them IS a thing in the end of the movie...
If You watch closely in the end Kurt Russel breaths a lot of ice fog but the other guy not so much.
@@ingitraustason8748 That's not a hint. Childs may or may not be the Thing, but we see that the Thing's breath is visible. Bennings has visible breath after being assimilated. Also, John Carpenter said in at least one interview that it wasn't deliberate, Keith David's breath just didn't show up on film because of the lighting.
There was game related to this movie (Aftermath after this version) John Carpenter himself told that the game was canon to the movie, in it, Child's was dead due to cold and McCready survived in the end and helped a soldier to fight against the Boss Thing in a chopper.
Beautiful reaction! Your expressions are so visceral and authentic. It makes your reactions very enjoyable and relatable. Thank you so much for embracing some horror classics too, they are really great. I was lucky enough to meet John Carpenter and was almost in awe of him. He was one of the few celebrities that made me feel that way.
I am really excited to watch your channel blow up over the coming weeks and months (it will). Watching your reactions is already like watching a movie with a good friend and you can't wait to see if they like the movie as much as you do. Keep up the good work!
I especially enjoyed watching your reaction to this wonderful movie.
If you were grossed out and impressed in equal measure by the practical effect, you MUST watch The Fly, the 1986 movie by David Cronenberg.
The movie has actually a touching love story that helps care for the characters and you will cry for them.... that is, when you're not busy reaching for the barf bag 🤪
I agree, that movie is fantastic, it has some of the best special-effects ever still to this day, but the real reason it works so well is because it’s a tragic love story
Yeah, both The Thing and The Fly are horror classics that actually did the remake thing right. They took the basic concept of the original films and improved on them with more mature, darker ideas pushing them further than the older films would or could at the time. And of course added a whole ton of super gross memorable special effects too. We get so many pointless boring, unoriginal bland remakes like 2016 RoboCop or 2012 Total Recall that strip everything that was fresh and great about the originals and forget to actually add anything new of any worth (in fact the only memorable things in those remakes are simply shout outs to the originals and just make you want to rewatch the originals instead of wasting time with the remakes) that The Thing and The Fly stand out even more of when actual talent does remaking the right way.
Agree! Also suggest Cronenbergs "Videodrome" (1982) and Brandon Cronenbergs "Possessor" (2020). Brandon definitely proves "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree"!
"The sound effects of beating him up..." LOL!
Come on everybody and patreons... ARACHNOPHOBIA must be the next movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No matter how many wants me to watch it I won't, sorry 🥺
@@Centane hahahha, I understand.... But it would be SOOOO much fun for us!!!
@@Centane And I really hate spiders too!!!! I mean I really hate the little fuckers!!!!
...or eight legged freaks...lol...
Agreed!!!
Norway and the Dominican Republic? That is a very unusual mix. Very interesting however. Would love to hear that story sometime.
The reason the doctor went nuts was not cabin fever... it was because he felt there was no way to be sure this thing wouldn't get back to civilization unless he destroyed all their means of travel (the helicopter, the radio - so nobody or nothing could call for help, the dogs - because they could use a dog sled to travel, etc). He was trying to protect mankind from being destroyed by this thing.
That makes alot of sense, and also understandable as he went "insane" after researching it
Really enjoying ur movie reactions. Looking gorgeous as always
Loved the reaction! Believe it, or not, "The Thing" is part of John Carpenters apocalypse trilogy. The second is John Carpenters: "Prince Of Darkness" (1987) and John Carpenters: "In The Mouth Of Madness" (1994). These movies are not connected, besides being the films of legendary film director/music composer (Carpenter does the background score for all of his movies). These films I highly recommend!
Seeing the chopper I remembered that the Norwegian guy with the gun was going to deliver some major spoilers
An all time favorite, an absolute top shelf classic with few peers (being Alien, Aliens, Terminator, and Predator). This is a near perfect film. The ending may be the best cliff-hanger of all time. You experienced the mind-bending classic experience ... Carpenter is a genius. Can you believe this bombed in theaters?!
"If you don't know me, my name's Camilla, I am nineteen, I am from Norway and the Dominican Republic, and I was sent here from The Future to destroy Jessica Alba . . ." 😄
Not surprised.
We were wondering when one of you guys was coming.
That dog is so cute, she said.
He said the dog is some sort of thing, she said.
Don't be mean to the dog, she said.
*Oh you gonna learn today!*
I've seen a lot of reactors do this film, but none of them spoke Norwegian, so they stay in love with the dog right until the cage scene where it transforms. I never get tired of that, but it was a delightful change to watch someone who understood the warning.
Thank you for putting "The generators gone" part in, it's my favourite, it's that point that they know they're all done for
There is another Thing film, which although made much later is actually a prequel to this film, set inside the Norwegian camp…. You might want to watch that? In my opinion, it’s not as well made as this one, but it is interesting
I second this. Sad thing about the prequel sequel is that almost everything was done with practical effects until studio bs. The story was meh, but it was screwed even more due to the higher ups.
That's great. First ever Norwegian translation!
You'll be at 4K Subs in no time! Love your reactions, keep up the great work!
THANK YOU SO MUCH for the translation of what the first shooter was saying. I NEVER KNEW what he was saying!
Watch the 2011 prequel called ‘The Thing’ (same name). It’s about the Norwegians and their camp and how it led up to this 1981 classic.
Also, I love how your Norwegian so you understood the guy in the beginning freaking out. Cool as hell. (Also, sorry to leave so many comments LOL, but hi)
I remember when I was too young and watched this movie for the first time. ;) Thank you for this amazing reaction!
Some Trivia:
Larry Franco, the First Assistant Director, is Lars shooting from the helicopter.
Adrienne Barbeau is the voice of the Chess game.
Adrienne Barbeau was married to John Carpenter when she did this movie.
I wouldn't usually say this, but I'd like you to watch the 2011 prequel as well (also called The Thing, confusingly), set in the Norwegian camp, just because I would like more translation.
I'd take a look 💓💓 I love having norwegian in movies, there is so few of them!
@@Centane Troll Hunter is an excellent Norwegian movie I hope you have seen already.....
Monty Python and the Holy Grail also has lots of weird Norwegian stuff in the opening credits.
@@Centane The Wave. I think that's Norwegian, could be mistaken. Interesting little film.
yeah troll hunter was surprisingly good!
I'm usually pretty hard on reboots, sequel/prequels, cheap cash-grab knockoff movies, etc, but I think the 2011 prequel is pretty good.
I loved your reaction! It was so much like my own back when it came out!!! "So Invested", yeah I was thinking that was me back in the day! Thanks so much for making me think of the old days :)
Thats really cool that you're Norwegian and were able to translate at the beginning!
18:43, this was on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments.
I like your closure! Thanks for sharing your reaction!
No, none of the movie was filmed in Antarctica. The exterior shots were filmed in Alaska and in the Canadian province of British Columbia. All interior scenes were filmed in studios in Hollywood, California.
Though John Carpenter DID lower the temperature of the set into the 40's and jack up the humidity.
Awesome! Thanks for the translation, the making-of says that they were just making 'Norwegian-noises' rather than delivering actual lines :)
22:59 - They said earlier in the film the rescue team won't be there until the spring. They knew they were going to die, they just wanted to kill the Thing, so it wouldn't infect the rescue team.
«It's gone» can mean «it's dead» or when talking about objects, «broken». That's why there was ambiguity when he asked wether the generator could be repaired.
I love the Shining reference! It’s one of my favorite horror movies of all time. The word of the day is Chaotic. 😂👍🏻🎬🎥
the soundtrack is by Morricone
Most reactors react just as you when you say "Don't shoot the dog". Yet few reactors ever ask, "Why are they shooting at the dog" or better yet, "They must have some good reason to shoot at a dog".
I didn't see it mentioned, but The Thing had both a follow up comic series & Video game. The game is canon(or main timeline) in it Macready survives and gets away, Childs dies of hypothermia.
Your reaction is priceless! Love it!
I also love and what a coincident that you are Norwegian. Finally, after over 30 years of wondering, I now know what that Norwegian pilot said after they landed the helicopter and continued to chase the dog. :) :)
One of the things I think John Carpenter did well, which hasn't been commented on often, from all the watching videos I've seen, is the chaos and lack of preparedness of the team members. They are scientists or general hands, they can use general tools or some equipment like the flame throwers, but they are not trained soldiers, they are not hardened against fear and terror, or letting attachments and emotions get in the way of perceiving and stopping a real threat, even in the form of a friend or colleague. It explains the slip-ups the team members make (such as Windows facing off against the Palmer Thing), and the film shows how, in such a situation, the paranoia can overcome everyone.
There are theories as to the infection Timeline, but It's thought Palmer was infected first (the shadow and the dog), with Norris or Blair following in either order. Blair could have gotten infected during the corpse examinations, at one point he held a pencil very close to corpse tissue and then habitually and absent-mindedly but the pencil against his mouth while thinking to himself, he may have been infected that way. The ending is open but Canon establishes Childs as infected (via followup graphic novels). One thing to note, when we see the room Childs was guarding as being empty, the arrangement of clothes on the wall hooks is different, there is a theory that Childs was assimilated here and had to change clothes. His clothes are different when he encountered MacReady at the end, but they are covered in frost which is could be unusual for newer clothes.
There is a prequel that explains what happens to the Norwegians. Its also called the thing. Think it was made in the 2000s