@coinopanimator that's less fiction and more reality. Which is always more scary. I meant more fiction based. Just reading the quick description of son of Saul tells me that's some harrowing stuff
Carpenter said a year or 2 ago that he'd be up for The Thing 2 and that it would answer the question from the end of the 1982 movie. I took it as some sort of threat.
You're alone, you're scared, you're cold. A creature from another world stalks you. It can't get any worse...but...wait. You see a shape in the distance. It's him. Shia Lebouf.
Kinda sad Ryan didn't mention Parasyte: The Maximum or Prototype, which definitely draw from The Thing more than Amongus. Prototype has you essentially playing AS The Thing and Parasyte pulls both the paranoia, the dog scene, and even the blood drawing scene (though they do it a bit different) from the movie
I love the you include Roger Ebert’s original reaction. That fucking hack was WILDLY wrong on a myriad of his takes on films. He even hated Aliens originally.
As someone’s who’s been using these long form retrospectives as something to watch while working out, your channel is exactly the thing I’ve been looking for! Youve earned a subscriber!
I know you didn't complain about the end of this movie and it being plot armor, but I never hear the same about the end of Alien. The xenomorph just happens to make its way to the escape shuttle and takes a nap, then lumbers about slowly as Ripley gets dressed.
Hey Ryan! Just binge watched all of your retrospectives. I am a narrative game designer so it is very important for me to know how different people tell different stories, horror included, But I am afraid of horror movies! But, thanks to your videos, I got to know a lot of new amazing things about a horror genre and movie industry. Thank you for your hard work!
I saw the original first. Than at 7 I saw the thing on beta max in my dad’s collection and asked if it’s the same movie. He said no but you you can watch it if you promise not to get nightmares. It’s been my number one movie ever sense.
The prequel was a passable enough movie up until it wasn't. The part that really made me dislike the movie was the "Test" scene. It was such a cool idea to have a test with that could give false positives and the potential for paranoia was amazing... Then not even 2 minutes later everything randomly goes to hell and most of the cast die in a completely unrelated CGI clusterf**k... They really wanted to have the "Test" scene and even came up with a good idea but couldn't be bothered to do a damn thing with it and that just irks me.
Great video! Some thoughts from a random fan, maybe of value, maybe not; Focusing on Carpenter’s versions, I always, since first viewing in the mid 1980’s on tape, FINALLY with VCR (nobody wanted to take me in ‘82 and I was 14Y.O.…) was that it was amazing and smart. I absolutely loved it. You pointed out the very things that did it for me as well, including but not limited to the intelligent construction of situations and directing. The way it’s filmed without a clear leader at first, the way they used the original story, all the players are great, the pacing as they learn about their problem is perfect. The effects…. I mean, in the 80’s? Jesus, I was squirming in my couch a few times. I also feel a bit vindicated and jealous at the same time with all the attention the film gets now, with excellent videos like this and many more decent ones and waves of new fans building up…. when I was PLEADING for people to give Carpenter’s masterpiece a chance decades ago. No, I wasn’t alone, there were other fans and some critics gave it love, but it was rare hearing compliments about it let alone being included at all whether peers or strangers discussed movies. I want to yell at the world; “I told you so!”. The first film- I also love this film because it’s actually older yet better than countless monster movies that followed. The Hawkes’ trademark overlapping dialogue (you pointed it out!! Bravo!), is a good touch, and though it feels a bit forced and staged back then, I know it’s mostly because it was extremely rare (as you mentioned) in films prior. The third film drove me nuts because I love that actress M. E. Winstead (relatively new and young yet solid in everything I’ve seen her do); I loved the concept of a prequel; (always had great curiosity about that situation, which compliments the second film and story); and being new technology, had the chance of making it look amazing. I couldn’t stand the very things you complained about either, plus the way they omitted the stealthiness and intelligence of the creature used in the second film. What predator, anytime or anywhere, roars with announcements that it’s trying to stalk prey? An idiot predator. I also wanted to see if that creature was actually a stowaway, parasite picked up from somewhere…. and ALWAYS thought that should be the case whether intended or not by Campbell or filmmakers. Back in the 80’s upon first viewing, I figured it was the reason for the crash on Earth in the first place- the original beings trying to get rid of it caused chaos. Finally, I actually found the paperback including “Who goes there?” back in the 90’s while snooping around book stores in northern California, after the military stationed me at Travis AFB. I also found “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” AND “We can remember it for you wholesale” during those years of hunting for things I found cool yet most didn’t care about back then. It was disappointing many years later when using the internet to learn more about Campbell being sort of a jerk-turd, especially knowing I thought his story “Who goes there?” was genius. And I still do, actually. Sure there are better written, far better written sci-fi… but there SHOULD be because that was written BEFORE so many other authors were able to learn from each other! That long ago, limited science to work with, and coming up with something that terrifying? Holy sh-t! It unofficially means we should always give everyone a chance unless imminently dangerous. They might be trouble, but I take a look at their work for something good that came out of it. Thanks again for the great video.
8:08, it was also common way back then. Movies went under the name of their producer, not director. They were the ones with the vision, and the money. IIRC it started shifting with extremely influencial directors such as hitchcock that really put their "thing" into a movie and making it their own.
Wish I could've watched the stream last night but so glad you covered this! I watched Carpenter's 1982 version when I was around 16 I think. For me it's near perfect, favourite movie of all time.
37:37 Amazing how the two greats of the sci-fi horror genre (Alien and The Thing) were trashed by critics at the time both have gone on to become recognised as masterpieces that get better with age and actually transcend the genre. The critics simply couldn't see past the gory and shocking elements, which doesn't say much for the objectivity of movie critics.
Great retrospective this true classic is extraordinary. John Carpenter is a terrific director. One of my favorite movies along with "Alien". I've heard that Blumhouse Films is adapting "Frozen Hell" into a motion picture release date TBA. I hope they move forward on this project using practical SFX only. I'm new to your channel & already enjoying it. 👍 Long Live Horror Movies!!
You just implied that it's only been alive for around a thousand years. I don't think you're counting the freezing time, so I'm pretty sure they said that it was in the ice for 100,000 years making this thing ancient and making the alien ship interesting
There should be more horror tales set in Arctic conditions Dark Matter by Michelle Paver I consider worthy of that setting even though it's a ghost story rather than a sci-fi
The original Thing game was awesome. You can play it on emulation. It was well done. Carpenter has said that the PS2 game is actually canon. Really looking forward to the remaster because a) it's The Thing b) Nightdive Studios is doing it and they're pretty much amazing when they do these things and c) it's The Thing.
have you read the novella The Things? it tells the story from the perspective of the monster. I highly recommend it. there is and audio version on RUclips about an hour long.
Childs is the Thing. The doctor tells them earlier in the movie that the Thing can pass from person to person in body fluids. Mcready takes a swig off the bottle and hands it to Childs, who unconcerned, takes a swig from it. Mcready then smiles slightly because he knows Childs is the Thing. The Thing can’t replicate an earring, but it can assimilate someone already wearing one.
The original Thing from another World is a forerunner to The Incredible Hulk, l mean they're both big and green and really mean, and both are pretty much unstoppable. As far as I'm concerned The Thing from another World could kick MCU's version of The Hulks butt!💪🤢
The prequel also reminds me of the X-Files episodes about worms it’s basically a TV version of the thing and the character Scully is very much like the lead character from the prequel
The Nyby-Hawks film premiered when I was about 3 yrs old, so I didn''t see it for about another decade, on tv,. In the interim, I read the original Campbell story and saw a great concept drawing of the 3=eyed "thing", sooooo, I was very very disappointed when I saw the film. Where was the shape-shifting idea? Worse, the "creature" was just a guy who hardly looked different from a human. I though it a well-made movie, but a terrible let-down. Which reasons were also why I was so happy to see John Carpenter's version of the story. I just can't view his film as a "re-make" at all. (I guess I'm just repeating myself!.. Making copy "imitations" of what I already said. Kinda "thing-ish"...maybe?)
This is my favorite horror film of all time. Out of the 3, this is number 1, 2011 at number 2, and the 50’s version at 3. I have the original story and enjoyed that novella. There was a short damage story that was told through the POV of the creature. 36:11 I was away from my phone at this part and thought Donald Trump was talking when it was JC.
The prequel wasnt that bad for fucks sake 😂 only movie RUclipsrs seem to despise it. Oh , and the practical effects for Thing prequel looked shit from what i saw. Probs why they had to resort to expensive CGI so close to final wrap.
The could have done a comic of the Frankenstein‘s monster. In countering the thing. The monster beinging a unnatural life form. Is immune to the things copy ability. The thing takes on the form of all the people the monster killed from taking revenge on dr. Frankenstein. And journeys back to civilization to escape the tournament. Tries to find help but runs into revulsion from every one he try’s to warn. In a weird boy who cries wolf scenario
The prequel left me confused about how The Thing actually works. It creates a double from any sample it gets, or gets inside you and starts replacing you from the inside taking over? Because they say it can't replicate in-organic matter. So by that logic it needs to be the taking over infection from inside, because if not you'd have a bunch of the thing people running around naked. But that then contradicts the test with the dental things. If it takes over your body the dental pieces would still be there...
Don’t forget that horror express prison adaptation of food goes there. And oddly The beast must die. Gimmicky werewolf who done it movie has a lot of the same tropes there are even scenes from this movie that appear in the movie John carpenters the thing which the thing gets a lot of credit for. Namely he passing around of the silver bullet scene. Very similar to the blood zap scene from the thing. I would say The beast must die is a thing sploytation movie in the vain of snow beast and grizzly being jawsploytation films
Thought about doing a top ten movies that are Alien invasive species possibly take over the planet from king Ghidorah ... body snatchers ... the blob.... the thing ... aliens .... critters etc
The very existence of the prequel is kind of a product of the new generation fans and film makers excessive need to over explain. It’s kind of the dynamic of a creater being nice enough to engage fans and ending up being pressured into explaining to much. Franchise results of this are Wolverine name revealed as James Hallet. And his bone claws. The force being the result of partials in a Jedi’s blood. And the highlanders Origin explain as a scenario. All of these things round to majesty and mysteque of the franchise
For the longest time I never even knew the prior 1951 film existed. Still, I prefer the 1982 masterpiece as it's closer to the original 1938 short story.
The very existence of the prequel is kind of a product of the new generation fans and film makers excessive need to over explain. It’s kind of the dynamic of a creater being nice enough to engage fans and ending up being pressured into explaining to much. Franchise results of this are Wolverine name revealed as James Hallet. And his bone claws. The force being the result of partials in a Jedi’s blood. And the highlanders Origin explain as a scenario. All of these things round to majesty and mysteque of the franchise
I've seen the original The Thing From Another World and John Carpenter's The Thing. Tbh, the original is actually really solid and stands out from many of its contemporaries. The remake by John Carpenter though is peak old school creature feature horror. It's one of those films that holds up now and probably will forever.
They're actually 4 movies one is less known it's called Horror Express. Based on the same book who goes there with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing it's very much the same concept only takes place on a train.
Carpenter actually endorsed the game and considers it the canon follow up to the movie. Spoilers if you don’t want to know what happens, but it’s discovered that Childs died of hypothermia and MacReady survived throughout the entirety of the game confirming that neither of them were the Thing at the end of the movie.
Very nice! Will you eventually do retrospectives on series such as Puppet Master, and or The Living Dead, or Of The Dead series? Those are trickier, because Romero’s collaborator split off and took “The Living Dead” as a series, while Romero took “Of The Dead as his series
I don't know....wondering if that title should go to the Blob instead...or maybe I just feel that way because that movie horrified me as a kid 😂 Don't get me wrong though Aliens still in my top 2, that title ain goin no where.
the thing 1982 is my favourite film, i saw it on pirate vhs in either 1982 or 1983 and i was only born in 1979, but you don't forget that first scene where the dog transforms
Nope, the whole point of The Thing is that it would kill everything on the planet if it gets to a population of basically any mammal. Antarctica worked because it explains why nothing saw it before as it was frozen. You can't really do the same thing twice, which is why the prequel sucked.
You can find the scripts for the cancled thing sequel on the internet. Great read with fun references, parallels, and callbacks. If you're a fan of the thing, I recomend it. Hopefully it gets made one day.
Man, you REALLY have to check out Horror Express (1972), Harbinger Down (2015) and Zygote (2017). The first one is loosely based on the novel, the second one has multiple references to The Thing (JC) and its connected to the practical effects that were going to be used in the prequel and the last one is a mix between Alien and The Thing in the eyes if Neill Blomkamp, i’d love to see you touch these ones when making the new The Thing Game Review !!!
Spoilers The Thing is the best one, The Thing is the worst and The Thing is in the middle there, saved you an hour of video what do you mean which one? i just told you which one
John Carpenter's adaptation of the Thing in 1982 is best horror movie ever that hold it's own to this day
American Werewolf in london? Evil Dead? Alien? Texas Chainsaw?
@@coinopanimator all good. But not the best :)
@@alexinfinite7142 Thanks fellow connoisseur
@@alexinfinite7142 Son of Saul is terrifying
@coinopanimator that's less fiction and more reality. Which is always more scary. I meant more fiction based. Just reading the quick description of son of Saul tells me that's some harrowing stuff
Carpenter said a year or 2 ago that he'd be up for The Thing 2 and that it would answer the question from the end of the 1982 movie.
I took it as some sort of threat.
The question that never needs answered, I really hope he doesn't.
Carpenters been dead for like 10 years. But he did say that. He also confirmed that one of the two men at the end are indeed the thing
@@travisbrimstone9619 John Carpenter isn't dead.
@@MAJ0R_TOM Mandela effect
There already is The Thing "2" that explains what happened later. It's a video game, though.
You're alone, you're scared, you're cold.
A creature from another world stalks you.
It can't get any worse...but...wait. You see a shape in the distance.
It's him.
Shia Lebouf.
DO IT!!!!
GETTT MEEE OUT OF HEREREEE
What they managed with the dogs scene is breathtaking.
Kinda sad Ryan didn't mention Parasyte: The Maximum or Prototype, which definitely draw from The Thing more than Amongus.
Prototype has you essentially playing AS The Thing and Parasyte pulls both the paranoia, the dog scene, and even the blood drawing scene (though they do it a bit different) from the movie
"mini" retrospective lol
I appreciate the hour long content. Keeps me entertained while I work
I love the you include Roger Ebert’s original reaction. That fucking hack was WILDLY wrong on a myriad of his takes on films. He even hated Aliens originally.
Well this was a suprising one
As someone’s who’s been using these long form retrospectives as something to watch while working out, your channel is exactly the thing I’ve been looking for! Youve earned a subscriber!
I know you didn't complain about the end of this movie and it being plot armor, but I never hear the same about the end of Alien.
The xenomorph just happens to make its way to the escape shuttle and takes a nap, then lumbers about slowly as Ripley gets dressed.
Horror Express 1972 is based on who goes there as well
Definitely going to need some more mini retrospectives! Great video!
Hey Ryan! Just binge watched all of your retrospectives. I am a narrative game designer so it is very important for me to know how different people tell different stories, horror included, But I am afraid of horror movies! But, thanks to your videos, I got to know a lot of new amazing things about a horror genre and movie industry. Thank you for your hard work!
The Thing from Another World and The Thing (1982) are perfect films
Either film has scary premises that would cause trouble today. Now add body snatchers abilities to the first version and...
I love Carpenters Thing so much, I’ve seen it a bunch of time. The effects still hold up today I think.
Fantastic retrospective I also really recommend watching Morbid Zoo’s video on the 2011 Thing movie!
the 2011 needs to go back to its origin and use the live action devices over CGI.
I like all 3 for what they are. Definitely all worthwhile watches. A end of the world scenario for every era.😂❤👽
I saw the original first. Than at 7 I saw the thing on beta max in my dad’s collection and asked if it’s the same movie. He said no but you you can watch it if you promise not to get nightmares. It’s been my number one movie ever sense.
Dude! I love your retrospectives! Hope you continue them! Ever thought about doing one on The Omen franchise? Or maybe The Exorcist franchise?
The prequel was a passable enough movie up until it wasn't.
The part that really made me dislike the movie was the "Test" scene. It was such a cool idea to have a test with that could give false positives and the potential for paranoia was amazing... Then not even 2 minutes later everything randomly goes to hell and most of the cast die in a completely unrelated CGI clusterf**k... They really wanted to have the "Test" scene and even came up with a good idea but couldn't be bothered to do a damn thing with it and that just irks me.
I’ve been waiting for this video for 22 years.
Great video! Some thoughts from a random fan, maybe of value, maybe not;
Focusing on Carpenter’s versions, I always, since first viewing in the mid 1980’s on tape, FINALLY with VCR (nobody wanted to take me in ‘82 and I was 14Y.O.…) was that it was amazing and smart. I absolutely loved it. You pointed out the very things that did it for me as well, including but not limited to the intelligent construction of situations and directing. The way it’s filmed without a clear leader at first, the way they used the original story, all the players are great, the pacing as they learn about their problem is perfect. The effects…. I mean, in the 80’s? Jesus, I was squirming in my couch a few times.
I also feel a bit vindicated and jealous at the same time with all the attention the film gets now, with excellent videos like this and many more decent ones and waves of new fans building up…. when I was PLEADING for people to give Carpenter’s masterpiece a chance decades ago.
No, I wasn’t alone, there were other fans and some critics gave it love, but it was rare hearing compliments about it let alone being included at all whether peers or strangers discussed movies.
I want to yell at the world; “I told you so!”.
The first film- I also love this film because it’s actually older yet better than countless monster movies that followed. The Hawkes’ trademark overlapping dialogue (you pointed it out!! Bravo!), is a good touch, and though it feels a bit forced and staged back then, I know it’s mostly because it was extremely rare (as you mentioned) in films prior.
The third film drove me nuts because I love that actress M. E. Winstead (relatively new and young yet solid in everything I’ve seen her do); I loved the concept of a prequel; (always had great curiosity about that situation, which compliments the second film and story); and being new technology, had the chance of making it look amazing.
I couldn’t stand the very things you complained about either, plus the way they omitted the stealthiness and intelligence of the creature used in the second film.
What predator, anytime or anywhere, roars with announcements that it’s trying to stalk prey? An idiot predator.
I also wanted to see if that creature was actually a stowaway, parasite picked up from somewhere…. and ALWAYS thought that should be the case whether intended or not by Campbell or filmmakers. Back in the 80’s upon first viewing, I figured it was the reason for the crash on Earth in the first place- the original beings trying to get rid of it caused chaos.
Finally, I actually found the paperback including “Who goes there?” back in the 90’s while snooping around book stores in northern California, after the military stationed me at Travis AFB. I also found “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” AND “We can remember it for you wholesale” during those years of hunting for things I found cool yet most didn’t care about back then.
It was disappointing many years later when using the internet to learn more about Campbell being sort of a jerk-turd, especially knowing I thought his story “Who goes there?” was genius. And I still do, actually. Sure there are better written, far better written sci-fi… but there SHOULD be because that was written BEFORE so many other authors were able to learn from each other!
That long ago, limited science to work with, and coming up with something that terrifying? Holy sh-t!
It unofficially means we should always give everyone a chance unless imminently dangerous. They might be trouble, but I take a look at their work for something good that came out of it.
Thanks again for the great video.
JC's The Thing is in my all time top 3 films
Honorable Mention to Parasyte the Maximum. It was inspired by The Thing.
Thank you for all the hard work you put into the retrospectives brother. Cant wait to see the next one!
The thing is my second favorite Carpenter film in my top 3… just a amazing practical effects
8:08, it was also common way back then. Movies went under the name of their producer, not director. They were the ones with the vision, and the money.
IIRC it started shifting with extremely influencial directors such as hitchcock that really put their "thing" into a movie and making it their own.
What a pleasant surprise !! 🖤
I had a lot of fun with the game and am pumped to hear its getting a remaster.
Wish I could've watched the stream last night but so glad you covered this! I watched Carpenter's 1982 version when I was around 16 I think. For me it's near perfect, favourite movie of all time.
37:37 Amazing how the two greats of the sci-fi horror genre (Alien and The Thing) were trashed by critics at the time both have gone on to become recognised as masterpieces that get better with age and actually transcend the genre. The critics simply couldn't see past the gory and shocking elements, which doesn't say much for the objectivity of movie critics.
Of course. Stuntman Tom Steel. Middle name "Balls Of".
i'd say "spine of steel" instead.
56:21 That is a great idea! Not only would she have killed an innocent, but could have made herself seem like she is the thing to her victim.
Great retrospective this true classic is extraordinary. John Carpenter is a terrific director. One of my favorite movies along with "Alien". I've heard that Blumhouse Films is adapting "Frozen Hell" into a motion picture release date TBA. I hope they move forward on this project using practical SFX only. I'm new to your channel & already enjoying it. 👍 Long Live Horror Movies!!
You just implied that it's only been alive for around a thousand years. I don't think you're counting the freezing time, so I'm pretty sure they said that it was in the ice for 100,000 years making this thing ancient and making the alien ship interesting
Best suspense body horror movie ever made.
There should be more horror tales set in Arctic conditions
Dark Matter by Michelle Paver I consider worthy of that setting even though it's a ghost story rather than a sci-fi
I just discovered your channel, and I absolutely love it!!!
The original Thing game was awesome. You can play it on emulation. It was well done. Carpenter has said that the PS2 game is actually canon. Really looking forward to the remaster because a) it's The Thing b) Nightdive Studios is doing it and they're pretty much amazing when they do these things and c) it's The Thing.
have you read the novella The Things? it tells the story from the perspective of the monster. I highly recommend it. there is and audio version on RUclips about an hour long.
The pixel wall was the alien pilot who hung himself and who would be the thing that chases Kate in the end
Wish they had left the original effects in the prequel then we'd 3 great movies instead of only 2
Fuck yeah
Childs is the Thing. The doctor tells them earlier in the movie that the Thing can pass from person to person in body fluids. Mcready takes a swig off the bottle and hands it to Childs, who unconcerned, takes a swig from it. Mcready then smiles slightly because he knows Childs is the Thing. The Thing can’t replicate an earring, but it can assimilate someone already wearing one.
The Thing
Norwegian
Saken
The prequal named "Saken" might have been useful.
Good choice here
I really don’t when people reference Among Us from The Thing 💀
Hell Yeah, love your retrospectives!!
Also if you like the thing ya gotta watch harbinger down its basically the thing on a boat
Winsted hasn’t disappointed yet… Pilgrim, Clovy Lane, I don’t hate The Thing 2011… they should’ve relied on practical, but studio’s are gonna studio.
I will enjoy this one
The first one was kinda errie. Loved it. Second one was perfection. 3rd one was a pile of crap.
We need a hellraiser retrospective if you havent done one and i missed it lol
Still waiting for HellRaiser hehe
So is Puppet Master film series in order next 😅
The original Thing from another World is a forerunner to The Incredible Hulk, l mean they're both big and green and really mean, and both are pretty much unstoppable. As far as I'm concerned The Thing from another World could kick MCU's version of The Hulks butt!💪🤢
The prequel also reminds me of the X-Files episodes about worms it’s basically a TV version of the thing and the character Scully is very much like the lead character from the prequel
The Nyby-Hawks film premiered when I was about 3 yrs old, so I didn''t see it for about another decade, on tv,. In the interim, I read the original Campbell story and saw a great concept drawing of the 3=eyed "thing", sooooo, I was very very disappointed when I saw the film. Where was the shape-shifting idea? Worse, the "creature" was just a guy who hardly looked different from a human. I though it a well-made movie, but a terrible let-down. Which reasons were also why I was so happy to see John Carpenter's version of the story. I just can't view his film as a "re-make" at all. (I guess I'm just repeating myself!.. Making copy "imitations" of what I already said. Kinda "thing-ish"...maybe?)
This is my favorite horror film of all time. Out of the 3, this is number 1, 2011 at number 2, and the 50’s version at 3. I have the original story and enjoyed that novella. There was a short damage story that was told through the POV of the creature. 36:11 I was away from my phone at this part and thought Donald Trump was talking when it was JC.
Who's going play the Thing game remake coming soon 🤔💬
A film doesn’t care who directed it.
Fil directors have styles. The Thing made by Michael Bay would be totally different than the same film made by Tim Burton.
❤
Try substituting “conflict” for your word, ”confliction”
Child's is the thing, it was the breath that gives it away. Inorganic wasnt an issue in 1982 version. Only 2011.
"THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD" uses smart characters even if they take great risks.
Amogus
Siskel and Ebert sucked.
Thang.
The prequel wasnt that bad for fucks sake 😂 only movie RUclipsrs seem to despise it. Oh , and the practical effects for Thing prequel looked shit from what i saw. Probs why they had to resort to expensive CGI so close to final wrap.
Aliens success may have also been a factor in the Trajectory of the prequel
Wow, most basement-dwellers leave one inane comment, you left eighteen!
The could have done a comic of the Frankenstein‘s monster. In countering the thing. The monster beinging a unnatural life form. Is immune to the things copy ability. The thing takes on the form of all the people the monster killed from taking revenge on dr. Frankenstein. And journeys back to civilization to escape the tournament. Tries to find help but runs into revulsion from every one he try’s to warn. In a weird boy who cries wolf scenario
The prequel left me confused about how The Thing actually works.
It creates a double from any sample it gets, or gets inside you and starts replacing you from the inside taking over?
Because they say it can't replicate in-organic matter.
So by that logic it needs to be the taking over infection from inside, because if not you'd have a bunch of the thing people running around naked.
But that then contradicts the test with the dental things. If it takes over your body the dental pieces would still be there...
Don’t forget that horror express prison adaptation of food goes there. And oddly The beast must die. Gimmicky werewolf who done it movie has a lot of the same tropes there are even scenes from this movie that appear in the movie John carpenters the thing which the thing gets a lot of credit for. Namely he passing around of the silver bullet scene. Very similar to the blood zap scene from the thing. I would say The beast must die is a thing sploytation movie in the vain of snow beast and grizzly being jawsploytation films
Thought about doing a top ten movies that are Alien invasive species possibly take over the planet from king Ghidorah ... body snatchers ... the blob.... the thing ... aliens .... critters etc
The very existence of the prequel is kind of a product of the new generation fans and film makers excessive need to over explain. It’s kind of the dynamic of a creater being nice enough to engage fans and ending up being pressured into explaining to much. Franchise results of this are Wolverine name revealed as James Hallet. And his bone claws. The force being the result of partials in a Jedi’s blood. And the highlanders Origin explain as a scenario. All of these things round to majesty and mysteque of the franchise
Do you think Carpenter movie with Roddy Piper it’s kind of a meta-commentary On the world if taken over by the thing
There is a crappy movie from the 70s call the alien factor that has a similar plot
To me, John Carpenter's The Thing is the original even though I know it isn't, lol.
For the longest time I never even knew the prior 1951 film existed. Still, I prefer the 1982 masterpiece as it's closer to the original 1938 short story.
@@gjtrue same here, John Carpenters version will always be my favorite.
It’s much closer to the short story, so it gives off the feeling of being more “classic” than the original in my opinion.
Same.
Agreed
The very existence of the prequel is kind of a product of the new generation fans and film makers excessive need to over explain. It’s kind of the dynamic of a creater being nice enough to engage fans and ending up being pressured into explaining to much. Franchise results of this are Wolverine name revealed as James Hallet. And his bone claws. The force being the result of partials in a Jedi’s blood. And the highlanders Origin explain as a scenario. All of these things round to majesty and mysteque of the franchise
My grandma watched The Thing (1982) with me and then told me about watching The Thing From Another World when she was younger ❤
John Carpenter's The Thing, is one of those movies I will watch every time a stumble upon in.
Another adaptation of "Who Goes There" that is never mentioned but very good is "Horror Express" with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.
I've seen the original The Thing From Another World and John Carpenter's The Thing. Tbh, the original is actually really solid and stands out from many of its contemporaries. The remake by John Carpenter though is peak old school creature feature horror. It's one of those films that holds up now and probably will forever.
The fact that a 1951 movie had a softcore BDSM scene is insane.
They're actually 4 movies one is less known it's called Horror Express. Based on the same book who goes there with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing it's very much the same concept only takes place on a train.
Yes! I always liked that film!
For years, I had the image of the creature walking down a dark corridor on the train with its mouth open and red eye
I never forgot it
Donald Sutherland passed away two days ago. He played Merrick in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie (and a lot of other roles).
Carpenter actually endorsed the game and considers it the canon follow up to the movie. Spoilers if you don’t want to know what happens, but it’s discovered that Childs died of hypothermia and MacReady survived throughout the entirety of the game confirming that neither of them were the Thing at the end of the movie.
Ayyy, love that you’ve added The Thing to your retrospective lineup.
Very nice! Will you eventually do retrospectives on series such as Puppet Master, and or The Living Dead, or Of The Dead series? Those are trickier, because Romero’s collaborator split off and took “The Living Dead” as a series, while Romero took “Of The Dead as his series
+1 Living Dead
The Thing has so much potential. Imagine that the film takes place in a time when Black Death was a pandemic and its revealed that it was the Thing👀
If Alien was the mother of Among us, then The Thing is it's father!
Nah more of a Godfather
I don't know....wondering if that title should go to the Blob instead...or maybe I just feel that way because that movie horrified me as a kid 😂
Don't get me wrong though Aliens still in my top 2, that title ain goin no where.
Take a shot every time he says “thing”
the thing 1982 is my favourite film, i saw it on pirate vhs in either 1982 or 1983 and i was only born in 1979, but you don't forget that first scene where the dog transforms
The same way fans want to see the Predator in different time periods, seeing The Thing in different time periods trapped would be fun too!
Yep.
Nope, the whole point of The Thing is that it would kill everything on the planet if it gets to a population of basically any mammal.
Antarctica worked because it explains why nothing saw it before as it was frozen. You can't really do the same thing twice, which is why the prequel sucked.
There was a comic adaptation called “Northman Nightmare” that involves vikings encounters a Thing (or Things) in an isolated village.
You can find the scripts for the cancled thing sequel on the internet. Great read with fun references, parallels, and callbacks. If you're a fan of the thing, I recomend it.
Hopefully it gets made one day.
Man, you REALLY have to check out Horror Express (1972), Harbinger Down (2015) and Zygote (2017). The first one is loosely based on the novel, the second one has multiple references to The Thing (JC) and its connected to the practical effects that were going to be used in the prequel and the last one is a mix between Alien and The Thing in the eyes if Neill Blomkamp, i’d love to see you touch these ones when making the new The Thing Game Review !!!
Spoilers
The Thing is the best one, The Thing is the worst and The Thing is in the middle
there, saved you an hour of video
what do you mean which one? i just told you which one
Love these retros ryan! cant wait for the next!
Top 3 movie. Do a video on ‘The Fly’ just watched it last night it was soooo good
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