I heard a radio interview to an actual antarctica researcher. He explained they did six-month shifts there. They had an established tradition: watching The thing at the beginning of each shift.
Do you see the words tumbling out, the happiness in their eyes, the way they interrupt each other to tell you what they think and what they know about each scene. This is the type of film they and many others could easily do an extra hour on. The purest type of fan boy review.
@4833 4833 ... That is so true and so obvious..... I m glad someone noticed that and said it/wrote it. Same "fan boy" enthusiasm can be seen in their "Aliens" review...... Watching them in that one, especially Ian, you have a feeling he 's gonna cumm in his pants any second, lol..... All in all, couple of very passionate film lovers..... just like majority of their audience I guess ;)
@@sasahuzjak2249 haha yes Aliens ans Predator. But no surprise I think. For real movie Geeks and dudes, these are the perfect movies to fall in love with
It's also hard to imagine a similar fitting closing line that would also work both ways, him beeing the thing or thinking the other guy is. It gives away nothing either way and is just perfect like the whole movie.
I saw the Thing in the theaters, saw ET once. Getting near 40 years, I don't remember how many times I have watched this movie. The fluff falls away, the good stuff keeps on delivering the goods. Thanks for the work into the divergent views in the review gentlemen. It keeps one from just being spoon-fed.
Born in 71, so I was of prime age to soak up the pop culture explosion that hit at the start of the 80s, and boy did I, so I can verify that The Thing was a VHS staple anywhere that carried movies for sale or rent. That's how it earned its reputation and garnered its lifelong fans...
I know I have. Last time I watched E.T., I was in so critical in 59:33 a parental standpoint, I could not het past the scene by the shed. That fucking thing never would've gotten into the house, making it 15 minutes long
Makes one wonder, would his films have been as impactful if studios had more faith in him and gave him more money to work with? I think so but one must wonder...
I have similar story to Iain's, when I first watched The Thing. It was a Sunday night, my mom made pizza for me and my brother. I was flipping through the channels and I saw a helicopter chasing a dog in the middle of nowhere, and I was like: "why are they doing that". It was hard to keep that pizza in my stomach durring my watch time, but I'm glad I did because The Thing became my favorite movie.
Just want to say, some people scoff at when he accidentally throws the grenade behind him in the beginning of the movie. If you've ever been in cold that serious, your hands tense and completely lock up. He'd been in a helicopter, gripping and firing a weapon out the side for who knows how long. By the time he was pulling the grenade, he was frantic, his hands were cold and he was likely going insane. All of those things considered, I would've been mad if he didn't fumble around like that.
Except... wasn't the shooter the one who went running after the dog, still shooting? I thought it was the pilot who fumbled the grenade, although to be fair with the gloves he was wearing and his sudden movement while holding it the slip was still perfectly reasonable.
Love your channel! You guys always do a great job. I've been waiting for this one to share a brief story. I was stationed in South Korea in the early 80's. I worked as a guard in a military detention facility housing minimum/medium risk criminals, 20 or 30 soldiers and airmen. It was movie night for the prisoners and I was working the blotter desk the night they played John Carpenter's The Thing. Now I wasn't able to see the whole film but I did run back to the bay every few minutes to catch what I could. At one point while at the desk I heard a huge commotion from the back. Thinking there might be trouble in the bay I ran to see what was happening. I arrived in time to see Norris's head separating from his body. The commotion was the prisoners, most of whom were screaming and crying at what was on the screen. It was chaos. Several had actually ran to their bunks to hide. Even some of the guards were averting their eyes. I think about that every time I watch the movie. Just an example of how good this film is. Thanks guys!
That he did. He has done wonderful scores since the Spaghetti westerns of the 1960s, and he never got much recognition for his work at least until he finally won a Oscar for his original score on the Hateful Eight by Quentin Tarantino.
Fun fact, a large portion of the soundtrack for this film was never used, and was repackaged for The Hateful Eight! So funnily enough Morricone really received an Oscar for his work on "The Thing".
I just watched a review on the music and how it interacted with the film from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Wow. Absolutely fantastic RUclips video.
The evil scream from Bennings after the Thing realizes its been found out just before fully assimilating is the stuff of nightmares, far scarier than any of the sick (amazing) gore in the rest of the film. Glad you also brought up the fantastic score from Ennio Morricone.
They are mine too but I had to turn off there land of the Dead review people didn't like day of the dead at first I hope they change there minds about Land Of The Dead!
This movie is a masterpiece. The atmosphere, the acting, the music, the camera work are amazing, and the practical effects are equal to, nay, better than anything you see today. Even the way the gore is implemented is marvelously effective. There's little gore in terms of the running time of the whole film, but when it's there, damn, is it powerful!
The Thing along with Alien gives us a remote claustrophobic confined space to build up paranoia & so much tension with no escape. And thats just the setup for both movies. The cast is great in this movie and left me tension filled through the whole movie. One of the 2 greatest horror scifi movies ever made. Period
One of my favorite movies, I had so many nightmares about it that I was afraid is my dog for weeks, oh memories ☺️ This is also when Kurt Russell became the love of my dreams and beards became so attractive for me 👀
I love your long format videos fellas I actually am always looking for something to listen to while I'm at work doing my thing in your videos make for a perfect fit for that
Love your review of John Carpenter's The Thing. You guys' entheusiasm for this stellar movie shines through from start to finish, i could watch it again and still be entertained; you really did this film justice and have become my favourite reviewers.
I love this movie. I love the idea for the monster, I love the designs and the fact that you only see it a few times. Modern movies should learn from that.
Guys I’m so happy you got around to reviewing this film, been subscribed to channel for a few years and absolutely love it and both of your great taste in film. Great review again, can’t wait till you get through the rest of John carpenters back catalogue👍🏻
The scene that takes on added weirdness when watching this the second time around is when Norris and Palmer look at each other (when McReady is locked out), since the viewer now knows that they are both non-human "things". The three guys who go out to the flying saucer are McReady, Norris and Palmer. The only obfuscation about the 3rd guy is that some of the coverage showing him more clearly may have wound up being edited out, ie not some sort of deliberate aesthetic misdirection ploy. Btw, Rob (Bottin) had also done the fairly challenging HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP a few years earlier than THE THING.
The other theory about Norris , is that the thing didn't imitate Norrises heart defect, but he was slowly infected by the thing virus (named the cloud virus in the video game) and it was slowly taking him over, so once the cloud virus took over Norrises vital organs he slowly died, struggle with breathing as the virus took over his lungs, the heart stopping as the cloud virus spread and assimilated it. And when Doc tried to revitalise him the cloud virus had finished assimilating Norrises whole body and attacked Doc as he tried to use the defibrillator.
Halloween, The Thing, The Fog. Some of my all time favorite films. John Carpenter is a master. I watch this one once a year. The effects are unnerving because body horror is frightening. Humans deconstructed, assimilated, reconfigured in grotesque ways. Rob Bottin and his masterful nightmarish other worldly work. The movie is a masterpiece and its sad that it was not well received when it came out. As a film lover I go to the theater hoping that a new film will absolutely knock me to the ground with creativity, great story, great acting. And it so rarely happens. Under The Skin was one movie for me, and i’m sure I can think of maybe a couple more. What I would give to have seen The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Thing, The Exorcist for the first time ever before others had seen it. Its so rare nowadays. Great review.
I've watched this movie so many times, I've lost count. Loved this movie as a kid and is in my top 10. Thanks for the review! It's always nice to hear other peoples opinions about it.
top 10 best movie ever, no doubt about it, i know so many people who place it top3 or nr1. i argue then that i cant decide between this, Alien and Jaws. But it might just be the best movie ever.
It’s a finely balanced movie that would have been easy to get wrong in the hands of a lesser director.I love the effects etc but also the quieter parts are some of my favourites like the dog walking in the room near the beginning and the exploration of the first station.The atmosphere is amazing and that’s down to the director and it’s why I also love The Fog.
Thank you regarding (especially) your theory about Fuch's death. This always troubled me, and your theory does make a lot of sense. Regarding the ending, when I first saw the movie, as a teen, in a movie theater, I wondered (like everybody else) if Child was "the thing". And my thinking was : Well if Child is "the thing", he (it ?) and McReady may actually try to talk to each other, instead of trying to kill each other. And something might actually happen, some lesson be learned. A truce, even, maybe, trying to help each other out of this Hellish place. Some kind of cooperation. Who knows ?
You can discuss this movie forever. That's why people watch it so many times , there's always new thoughts popping into your head and most of them you'll never get the answer too . If it was a Blumhouse production , EVERYTHING would be explained more than once , shoved down your throat like a Thing-tentacle , you'd watch it once and forget it . I get the feeling that Speak no Evil will be a hollow shell of its original . Love watching you chaps discuss-arguing about this and the other films you review lol . Keep it up .
This movie was filmed about 6 hours north of where I live near one of the northernmost cities in British Columbia (Nelson) on the border with the Yukon Territory and Alberta.
I’ve just stumbled upon your channel recently and absolutely love your reviews. These films take me back to browsing dark shady independent video shops back in the 80’s when I was a kid. My mate and me managed to rent zombie flesh eaters for 50p for an afternoon when we was 12. I watched the thing on the same mates Betamax and was absolutely blown away by it. Keep up the good work chaps.
You two are seriously the best reviewers on RUclips. Thank you so much for doing such great work. I wish I could sit down with you guys in person and just talk about movies.
Imagine having lunch at a diner with Childs. *Childs opens up his sandwich, removes a slice of cheese and holds it up on display.* Childs: "If this was an imitation - a perfect imitation - how would you know if it was really brie?"
Who else here loves Keith David for his voice acting work? Especially Goliath from "Gargoyles", Spawn from the animated series, and Dr. Facilier from "The Princess and the Frog".
I love everything about this film. Imagine how non weird the World would be without Lovecrafts influence on so many of the greats of our day. I love movie reviews but I am also too picky. I recently found you both and have since gone on to watch your whole series over the past few weeks. Thank you for giving me a reprise from the news during the month of October. I am grateful to have found this channel and grateful you two are so entertaining. Cheers to you and yours.
Great discussion! One of my favorite 80s horror movies - such a classic and simply a tense game of cat and mouse with some absolutely stunning special effects for its time.
Great review of my favourite Carpenter film and one of my fav horror films.. I gotta say, it's got to be one of the best ever remakes/re-imaginings. I think only David Cronenberg's The Fly (1986) comes close. Great dynamics between characters, great tension and paranoia, the best example of practical effects EVER ... plus I love the ambiguous ending.
Love the video! I have to say though that Norris must have been infected before Palmer. The Thing is so much more likely to assimilate someone when alone with them. The dogs were assimilated because they were all trapped in an enclosed space, they couldn’t fight back and they can’t possibly tell the humans what they saw so there was no risk at all there.
Greatest horror movie ever made. Perfect movie. Cast. Story. Camera-work. Effects. Score. Atmosphere. Director. Editing. An unbelievably amazing film. I remember watching it as s kid and being blown away when The Doc has his arms bitten off and Norris-Thing comes out of the stomach 👌
The Thing is so meticulously ambiguous that even after watching it plenty of times you're still not entirely sure of the exact timeline and events. Endlessly debatable and rewatchable, The Thing can be studied for years (which it has been undoubtedly) but still, everyone has their own opinions and no-one can really disprove them. The Thing is a masterpiece of a movie. The most underrated movie ever made? Possibly. The greatest Sci-Fi/Horror ever made? Probably. John Carpenter's greatest Movie? Undoubtedly. Stellar review guys. Entertaining and thought provoking insight from a fan's perspective. It makes me want to watch The Thing again, and again, and again...
Oh yes, loved that you reviewed the prequel but this is the one, I'm with Gary on this, it's my favourite every kind of movie 😂 big trouble in little China sometimes dethrones it though, depending on the mood 😂 this is a true classic, unbeatable in almost all aspects, Brilliant review and breakdown as always guys.
Right? I mean, they were already in a tense situation and he got charged at. Even if there wasn't a knife or if the movie was about a serial killer instead of a alien monster the most he would be charged with would be manslaughter
I saw this film around 1983, when it first went to VHS video rental, with my brother-in-law. I was about 17, and it shook me up, no doubt. Gave me nightmares, and I wasn’t a kid, I was working, and going out to night clubs, drinking, smoking, but it scared me with a scare that lingered, and made me have bad dreams about being infected by some weird creature. Great, great movie by a great, great, highly intelligent director, at his height. Best sci-fi horror ever, best horror ever, one of the best movies of all time, in any genre. Love this film and watched it a thousand times, and still watch it again and again to this day. Brilliant, and who even remembers ET now..?
This is one of my all time favourite films.Everything about this movie just creeps me out.I watched this when I was about 6 or 7 and loved it just as much then.The dog scene and the chest scene were just so different to anything I’d watched.It’s also got bits of humour in that makes me smile.Excellent,Brilliant film 👍
I think alot of the "Childs is a Thing" theories are kinda stupid. The "McReady tricks him into drinking gas" one is particular never fails to make me roll my eyes. The Thing absorbs its victims' memories when it assimilates them. If Childs was a Thing and McReady DID trick him into drinking gasoline, Childs-Thing would still spit it out bc The Thing would have Childs' memories and *know* the difference between bourbon or whiskey and gasoline.
About time, guys! Great film - and so great to see so much enthusiasm from both of you! Although I think if you freeze this video at 56:28 that image sums up your show quite nicely... one of you usually loves the film you review, and the other goes "well..."
Sorry I asked that question when you already answered it, I was getting some tea. The 1951 movie is 1 of my favorites. I just want to say that the dialogues in that movie were fantastic, especially the way they'd run into each others talks. It was extremely crisp.
Great job as always guys! This is probably my favorite Carpenter film and one of my favorite films of all times. Interesting coincidence, couple days ago i read Alan Dean Foster's novelization of the film you mentioned and showed in video which includes all the differences from original script. I love the film the way it is, but man, would i love to see that snowmobile chase and fight with the two dog-things in canyons, and the more action packed ending with MacReady fighting the main Thing with tractor.
One of the few movies of it sorts I could actually get my baby momma to watch. That says a lot though, definitely one of the best movies ever made especially for a remake. In my top 10 for sure.
If my sister had been older when this came out I do believe my mom would have taken us to this but she was very young so we saw ET, I wanted to see this movie since I was a teenager. My sister is almost 12 yrs younger than me.
I love how you two argue about who the dog “takes over” and whether it’s Norris or Palmer haha. I’ve also had this debate with some of my film loving friends. At the end of the day though, it’s definitely Norris.
Pretty much. When Mac is trying to get in the door and as Childs says Palmer is “anxious” to let him in. At that point I believe Palmer is definitely the thing especially when him and Norris share that look with each other like “let’s take over these bastards.” Plus when to dog goes in the room the shadow of the man clearly has the shape of Norris’s hair, IMO.
But the figure under the hair is slim...Norris was chubby with a pronounced double chin, his head almost merging into his neck rather than just sitting on top of it. The hair may have been similar to Norris', but the head/body profile wasn't the same.
Top bollocks top shelf review of one of the greats. As you were discussing the casting and how the cast got to know their characters and how natural it turned out, it reminded me of Alien. How that crew interacted as regular workers on a space truck. Same feel. Same overlapping dialogue.
I love the fact that MacReady's number one character trait that makes him the perfect foil for the thing is set up right from the get-go: he loses at computer chess, and instead of trying again, he drops his drink into the computer and fries the circuit board. If he is outplayed, he will scorch the earth. That's why he won. My favorite MacReady moment in the entire film is when he breaks back into the supply room with dynamite and a flare, half-frozen, covered in frost, and ready to blow everything and everyone sky-high if they fuck with him. It's just a continuation of that trait in him to do whatever it takes to win, and it's what ultimately destroys the creature... probably. Definitely one of my favorite films for all the reasons listed here - #1 for Carpenter, and in my top 10 of all time.
It's already been established that, since the thing can hold copies of dna within itself at the cellular level, Since even some simple plants have 100 times the dna size of a human, then the thing can keep thousands of copies of DNA from all creatures within just one of it's cells.
Beautiful analysis! One of my favorite films ever. I love to think about this film over and over and reconsider different theories. Greetings from the U.S. :)
I heard a radio interview to an actual antarctica researcher. He explained they did six-month shifts there. They had an established tradition: watching The thing at the beginning of each shift.
They should train one their huskys to go around and lick everyone after the movie. 😉🤣😂
I believe that.
They don't watch The Thing every six months because they work in Antarctica, they watch The Thing every six months because they're human beings...
@@marcbraun5342 They also watch THE THING every six months because they work in Antartica considering the context.
RAD !!!!!!!
Do you see the words tumbling out, the happiness in their eyes, the way they interrupt each other to tell you what they think and what they know about each scene. This is the type of film they and many others could easily do an extra hour on. The purest type of fan boy review.
@4833 4833 ... That is so true and so obvious..... I m glad someone noticed that and said it/wrote it. Same "fan boy" enthusiasm can be seen in their "Aliens" review...... Watching them in that one, especially Ian, you have a feeling he 's gonna cumm in his pants any second, lol..... All in all, couple of very passionate film lovers..... just like majority of their audience I guess ;)
@@sasahuzjak2249 haha yes Aliens ans Predator. But no surprise I think. For real movie Geeks and dudes, these are the perfect movies to fall in love with
@@dawnderhenker Yes... Just add Terminator in the mix and you got yourself the Holy Trinity of movies in general 😎🤘
"Why don't we just wait here for a little while...see what happens"
Best closing line ever
It's also hard to imagine a similar fitting closing line that would also work both ways, him beeing the thing or thinking the other guy is. It gives away nothing either way and is just perfect like the whole movie.
If I remember well, in the novel (adapted from the film), they end up starting a game of chess.
Awesome ending to and awesome film.
Absolutely brilliant film and brilliant ending.
I say this line in daily conversation and nobody gets it. Lol
I saw the Thing in the theaters, saw ET once. Getting near 40 years, I don't remember how many times I have watched this movie. The fluff falls away, the good stuff keeps on delivering the goods. Thanks for the work into the divergent views in the review gentlemen. It keeps one from just being spoon-fed.
I would dare guess that over the years since their release many more people have rewatched The Thing than ET.
So true. Plus, spielnerg.made a CGI ET. Ewwwwww
Yeah. ET is just okay, while The Thing is one of the best movies of all time.
Born in 71, so I was of prime age to soak up the pop culture explosion that hit at the start of the 80s, and boy did I, so I can verify that The Thing was a VHS staple anywhere that carried movies for sale or rent. That's how it earned its reputation and garnered its lifelong fans...
I know I have. Last time I watched E.T., I was in so critical in 59:33 a parental standpoint, I could not het past the scene by the shed. That fucking thing never would've gotten into the house, making it 15 minutes long
I saw E.T. In theaters as a child 5 maybe 6 times. I haven’t seen E.T. In probably 30 years now. But I watch The Thjng once a year.
One of my all time favorites... John Carpenter, what a genius. And an underrated one, at that...
Makes one wonder, would his films have been as impactful if studios had more faith in him and gave him more money to work with? I think so but one must wonder...
What the fuck is going on.😢😅😂
I have similar story to Iain's, when I first watched The Thing.
It was a Sunday night, my mom made pizza for me and my brother. I was flipping through the channels and I saw a helicopter chasing a dog in the middle of nowhere, and I was like: "why are they doing that".
It was hard to keep that pizza in my stomach durring my watch time, but I'm glad I did because The Thing became my favorite movie.
Amazing! Thanks for sharing.
In my case, some friends explained the movie to me as a kid. It was so intense I consider that my first viewing.
Just want to say, some people scoff at when he accidentally throws the grenade behind him in the beginning of the movie. If you've ever been in cold that serious, your hands tense and completely lock up. He'd been in a helicopter, gripping and firing a weapon out the side for who knows how long. By the time he was pulling the grenade, he was frantic, his hands were cold and he was likely going insane. All of those things considered, I would've been mad if he didn't fumble around like that.
Also, he was wearing those heavy ski gloves which basically deal a -50% dexterity debuff.
Except... wasn't the shooter the one who went running after the dog, still shooting? I thought it was the pilot who fumbled the grenade, although to be fair with the gloves he was wearing and his sudden movement while holding it the slip was still perfectly reasonable.
Love your channel! You guys always do a great job. I've been waiting for this one to share a brief story. I was stationed in South Korea in the early 80's. I worked as a guard in a military detention facility housing minimum/medium risk criminals, 20 or 30 soldiers and airmen. It was movie night for the prisoners and I was working the blotter desk the night they played John Carpenter's The Thing. Now I wasn't able to see the whole film but I did run back to the bay every few minutes to catch what I could. At one point while at the desk I heard a huge commotion from the back. Thinking there might be trouble in the bay I ran to see what was happening. I arrived in time to see Norris's head separating from his body. The commotion was the prisoners, most of whom were screaming and crying at what was on the screen. It was chaos. Several had actually ran to their bunks to hide. Even some of the guards were averting their eyes. I think about that every time I watch the movie. Just an example of how good this film is. Thanks guys!
@iamMWH
... Such a great and unique story man! Definitely worth to be told and shared.... In a weird way, I envy you for the experience! ;)
What pussies. I saw this at around eight years old and didn't even flinch.
Ennio Morricone passed away today. He left us countless wonderful scores.
That he did. He has done wonderful scores since the Spaghetti westerns of the 1960s, and he never got much recognition for his work at least until he finally won a Oscar for his original score on the Hateful Eight by Quentin Tarantino.
Fun fact, a large portion of the soundtrack for this film was never used, and was repackaged for The Hateful Eight! So funnily enough Morricone really received an Oscar for his work on "The Thing".
I just watched a review on the music and how it interacted with the film from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Wow. Absolutely fantastic RUclips video.
The evil scream from Bennings after the Thing realizes its been found out just before fully assimilating is the stuff of nightmares, far scarier than any of the sick (amazing) gore in the rest of the film. Glad you also brought up the fantastic score from Ennio Morricone.
Excellent Review! This is one of my favorite John Carpenter films.
it is his best one for sure, the others are good, this one is sublime.
My 2 fave film critics talking about one of the best horror films ever.
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Right there with ya
You guys are definitely not alone under those circumstances!!! ;) ;) ;)
They are mine too but I had to turn off there land of the Dead review people didn't like day of the dead at first I hope they change there minds about Land Of The Dead!
Kick in the door and get the popcorn. It's time to watch the boys review a classic.
*THE THING (1982)* just might be The Greatest Horror Film of All Time
Excellent Review, guys !
The THING is the greatest Sci-Fi Horror film of all time.
It is more a sci-flick than horror!
@@ricomajestic Nah, it's a Horror Film first and foremost !
The Thing was not filmed in Alaska. It was filmed on a glacier in a small northern community called Stewart, located in British Columbia, Canada. :-)
I actually fly into that airport regularly with Microsoft flight simulator
Never mew that my favorite movie was filmed there!
This movie is a masterpiece. The atmosphere, the acting, the music, the camera work are amazing, and the practical effects are equal to, nay, better than anything you see today. Even the way the gore is implemented is marvelously effective. There's little gore in terms of the running time of the whole film, but when it's there, damn, is it powerful!
The Thing along with Alien gives us a remote claustrophobic confined space to build up paranoia & so much tension with no escape. And thats just the setup for both movies. The cast is great in this movie and left me tension filled through the whole movie. One of the 2 greatest horror scifi movies ever made. Period
It was a lot of fun watching two guys talking with clearly so much love for this masterpiece.
One of my favorite movies, I had so many nightmares about it that I was afraid is my dog for weeks, oh memories ☺️
This is also when Kurt Russell became the love of my dreams and beards became so attractive for me 👀
justin denney-hall / Agreed 100%
Kurt Russell is damn fine in this! He's also a major hottie in Escape From New York : )
Benny he's so cute your right 😉
I love your long format videos fellas I actually am always looking for something to listen to while I'm at work doing my thing in your videos make for a perfect fit for that
Love your review of John Carpenter's The Thing. You guys' entheusiasm for this stellar movie shines through from start to finish, i could watch it again and still be entertained; you really did this film justice and have become my favourite reviewers.
I love this movie.
I love the idea for the monster, I love the designs and the fact that you only see it a few times. Modern movies should learn from that.
Guys I’m so happy you got around to reviewing this film, been subscribed to channel for a few years and absolutely love it and both of your great taste in film. Great review again, can’t wait till you get through the rest of John carpenters back catalogue👍🏻
Ive been waiting for you guys to do this film for years now. Thanks
The scene that takes on added weirdness when watching this the second time around is when Norris and Palmer look at each other (when McReady is locked out), since the viewer now knows that they are both non-human "things".
The three guys who go out to the flying saucer are McReady, Norris and Palmer. The only obfuscation about the 3rd guy is that some of the coverage showing him more clearly may have wound up being edited out, ie not some sort of deliberate aesthetic misdirection ploy.
Btw, Rob (Bottin) had also done the fairly challenging HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP a few years earlier than THE THING.
In my top 3 films ever made. The other two; Predator; and Big Trouble in Little China. John Carpenter is so under appreciated.
The other theory about Norris , is that the thing didn't imitate Norrises heart defect, but he was slowly infected by the thing virus (named the cloud virus in the video game) and it was slowly taking him over, so once the cloud virus took over Norrises vital organs he slowly died, struggle with breathing as the virus took over his lungs, the heart stopping as the cloud virus spread and assimilated it. And when Doc tried to revitalise him the cloud virus had finished assimilating Norrises whole body and attacked Doc as he tried to use the defibrillator.
19:00 The dogs in the kennel have the monster made straight away. That's why it goes for them with complete disregard about revealing it's self.
I just finished the previous thing video. What a treat to get this review next.
You guys really did The Thing justice.
Halloween, The Thing, The Fog. Some of my all time favorite films. John Carpenter is a master. I watch this one once a year. The effects are unnerving because body horror is frightening. Humans deconstructed, assimilated, reconfigured in grotesque ways. Rob Bottin and his masterful nightmarish other worldly work. The movie is a masterpiece and its sad that it was not well received when it came out. As a film lover I go to the theater hoping that a new film will absolutely knock me to the ground with creativity, great story, great acting. And it so rarely happens. Under The Skin was one movie for me, and i’m sure I can think of maybe a couple more. What I would give to have seen The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Thing, The Exorcist for the first time ever before others had seen it. Its so rare nowadays. Great review.
Thursday is here at last! I hope the copyright monster doesn't assimilate this review.
Let's hope so. These guys rock
The one we’ve been waiting for lads 👍
Carpenter & Russell provide one of the best commentary tracks on film ever.
One of the best movies of all time!
I've watched this movie so many times, I've lost count. Loved this movie as a kid and is in my top 10. Thanks for the review! It's always nice to hear other peoples opinions about it.
top 10 best movie ever, no doubt about it, i know so many people who place it top3 or nr1. i argue then that i cant decide between this, Alien and Jaws. But it might just be the best movie ever.
I have to agree, all three are in my top ten
Solution: all 3 in the number 1 slot.
You guys are the absolute best! Would love to hear your take on Leviathan and Deep Star Six
It’s a finely balanced movie that would have been easy to get wrong in the hands of a lesser director.I love the effects etc but also the quieter parts are some of my favourites like the dog walking in the room near the beginning and the exploration of the first station.The atmosphere is amazing and that’s down to the director and it’s why I also love The Fog.
That´s it !! I´m popping in the blu-ray to watch The Thing for the 50th+ time. Great review guys !
Thank you regarding (especially) your theory about Fuch's death. This always troubled me, and your theory does make a lot of sense.
Regarding the ending, when I first saw the movie, as a teen, in a movie theater, I wondered (like everybody else) if Child was "the thing". And my thinking was : Well if Child is "the thing", he (it ?) and McReady may actually try to talk to each other, instead of trying to kill each other. And something might actually happen, some lesson be learned. A truce, even, maybe, trying to help each other out of this Hellish place. Some kind of cooperation. Who knows ?
I was 12 and my mom and my uncle took us kids to see The Thing. It was awesome.
You can discuss this movie forever. That's why people watch it so many times , there's always new thoughts popping into your head and most of them you'll never get the answer too .
If it was a Blumhouse production , EVERYTHING would be explained more than once , shoved down your throat like a Thing-tentacle , you'd watch it once and forget it . I get the feeling that Speak no Evil will be a hollow shell of its original .
Love watching you chaps discuss-arguing about this and the other films you review lol . Keep it up .
Good Job guys! you made it!
This movie was filmed about 6 hours north of where I live near one of the northernmost cities in British Columbia (Nelson) on the border with the Yukon Territory and Alberta.
Serious question, do you vacation in warmer climates and if so, where?
I’ve just stumbled upon your channel recently and absolutely love your reviews. These films take me back to browsing dark shady independent video shops back in the 80’s when I was a kid. My mate and me managed to rent zombie flesh eaters for 50p for an afternoon when we was 12. I watched the thing on the same mates Betamax and was absolutely blown away by it. Keep up the good work chaps.
Yes! Well done gentleman 👍
You two are seriously the best reviewers on RUclips. Thank you so much for doing such great work. I wish I could sit down with you guys in person and just talk about movies.
Ocpcommunications and Ramboraph4life as well
Thanks for the review guys! Always enjoy your take on movies.
PS: please turn up the volume a little, thanks!
Imagine having lunch at a diner with Childs.
*Childs opens up his sandwich, removes a slice of cheese and holds it up on display.*
Childs: "If this was an imitation - a perfect imitation - how would you know if it was really brie?"
😅
@@MrGrandure Thanks!
Who else here loves Keith David for his voice acting work? Especially Goliath from "Gargoyles", Spawn from the animated series, and Dr. Facilier from "The Princess and the Frog".
Also the beef 2 documentary 😅
Captain Anderson from the Mass Effect Trilogy
The Arbiter
I love everything about this film. Imagine how non weird the World would be without Lovecrafts influence on so many of the greats of our day. I love movie reviews but I am also too picky. I recently found you both and have since gone on to watch your whole series over the past few weeks. Thank you for giving me a reprise from the news during the month of October. I am grateful to have found this channel and grateful you two are so entertaining. Cheers to you and yours.
Great discussion! One of my favorite 80s horror movies - such a classic and simply a tense game of cat and mouse with some absolutely stunning special effects for its time.
Big fan of Off The Shelf Reviews!
Great review of my favourite Carpenter film and one of my fav horror films..
I gotta say, it's got to be one of the best ever remakes/re-imaginings.
I think only David Cronenberg's The Fly (1986) comes close.
Great dynamics between characters, great tension and paranoia, the best example of practical effects EVER ... plus I love the ambiguous ending.
Love the video!
I have to say though that Norris must have been infected before Palmer. The Thing is so much more likely to assimilate someone when alone with them. The dogs were assimilated because they were all trapped in an enclosed space, they couldn’t fight back and they can’t possibly tell the humans what they saw so there was no risk at all there.
Have anyone seen the commentary version with John Carpenter and Kurt Russel? Kurt sits and laughs at every scene almost.
It's hilarious
Greatest horror movie ever made. Perfect movie. Cast. Story. Camera-work. Effects. Score. Atmosphere. Director. Editing.
An unbelievably amazing film. I remember watching it as s kid and being blown away when The Doc has his arms bitten off and Norris-Thing comes out of the stomach 👌
Sick day.... Spending it w/ you, gents. Good ish. :)
-J from NJ / USA
The Thing is so meticulously ambiguous that even after watching it plenty of times you're still not entirely sure of the exact timeline and events.
Endlessly debatable and rewatchable, The Thing can be studied for years (which it has been undoubtedly) but still, everyone has their own opinions and no-one can really disprove them.
The Thing is a masterpiece of a movie.
The most underrated movie ever made?
Possibly.
The greatest Sci-Fi/Horror ever made?
Probably.
John Carpenter's greatest Movie?
Undoubtedly.
Stellar review guys.
Entertaining and thought provoking insight from a fan's perspective.
It makes me want to watch The Thing again, and again, and again...
Oh yes, loved that you reviewed the prequel but this is the one, I'm with Gary on this, it's my favourite every kind of movie 😂 big trouble in little China sometimes dethrones it though, depending on the mood 😂 this is a true classic, unbeatable in almost all aspects, Brilliant review and breakdown as always guys.
40:01 I disagree he charged him with a deadly weapon in my own opinion it was self defense but that’s my own opinion
Right? I mean, they were already in a tense situation and he got charged at. Even if there wasn't a knife or if the movie was about a serial killer instead of a alien monster the most he would be charged with would be manslaughter
Exactly
I agree. I thought that when Childs said it.
Nice to see you guys are fans of Final Space. It's super underrated!
I was surprised to find you guys never reviewed this, but I'm glad y'all did the two films in this order.
You can thank Universal for the delay
3*
I saw this film around 1983, when it first went to VHS video rental, with my brother-in-law. I was about 17, and it shook me up, no doubt. Gave me nightmares, and I wasn’t a kid, I was working, and going out to night clubs, drinking, smoking, but it scared me with a scare that lingered, and made me have bad dreams about being infected by some weird creature. Great, great movie by a great, great, highly intelligent director, at his height. Best sci-fi horror ever, best horror ever, one of the best movies of all time, in any genre. Love this film and watched it a thousand times, and still watch it again and again to this day. Brilliant, and who even remembers ET now..?
It’s that day of the week!
This is one of my all time favourite films.Everything about this movie just creeps me out.I watched this when I was about 6 or 7 and loved it just as much then.The dog scene and the chest scene were just so different to anything I’d watched.It’s also got bits of humour in that makes me smile.Excellent,Brilliant film 👍
Its fantastically entertaining watching you guys discuss this movie.
This is one of the big ones lads, great work!
Yessssss!!! Dream come true! Thanks guys : ) Off The Shelf Forever!
Love you guys! Love your reviews and I'm glad you did justice to this movie review. Always happy for the next review :)
I have been waiting for y’all to cover this! Been looking forward to watching all day lmao. Stay awesome my dudes! 👊
I think alot of the "Childs is a Thing" theories are kinda stupid. The "McReady tricks him into drinking gas" one is particular never fails to make me roll my eyes.
The Thing absorbs its victims' memories when it assimilates them. If Childs was a Thing and McReady DID trick him into drinking gasoline, Childs-Thing would still spit it out bc The Thing would have Childs' memories and *know* the difference between bourbon or whiskey and gasoline.
Love this review -- your enthusiasm is palpable. And great insights.
About time, guys! Great film - and so great to see so much enthusiasm from both of you! Although I think if you freeze this video at 56:28 that image sums up your show quite nicely... one of you usually loves the film you review, and the other goes "well..."
Sorry I asked that question when you already answered it, I was getting some tea. The 1951 movie is 1 of my favorites. I just want to say that the dialogues in that movie were fantastic, especially the way they'd run into each others talks. It was extremely crisp.
Great job as always guys! This is probably my favorite Carpenter film and one of my favorite films of all times. Interesting coincidence, couple days ago i read Alan Dean Foster's novelization of the film you mentioned and showed in video which includes all the differences from original script. I love the film the way it is, but man, would i love to see that snowmobile chase and fight with the two dog-things in canyons, and the more action packed ending with MacReady fighting the main Thing with tractor.
Little too close to _Aliens._
One of the few movies of it sorts I could actually get my baby momma to watch. That says a lot though, definitely one of the best movies ever made especially for a remake. In my top 10 for sure.
If my sister had been older when this came out I do believe my mom would have taken us to this but she was very young so we saw ET, I wanted to see this movie since I was a teenager. My sister is almost 12 yrs younger than me.
I love how you two argue about who the dog “takes over” and whether it’s Norris or Palmer haha. I’ve also had this debate with some of my film loving friends. At the end of the day though, it’s definitely Norris.
Pretty much. When Mac is trying to get in the door and as Childs says Palmer is “anxious” to let him in. At that point I believe Palmer is definitely the thing especially when him and Norris share that look with each other like “let’s take over these bastards.” Plus when to dog goes in the room the shadow of the man clearly has the shape of Norris’s hair, IMO.
Follow Your Dreams All true. I just personally don’t see how Palmer could’ve been the thing first, it had to have been Norris.
The shape of the hair in the shadow in the doorway looks more like Norris.
But the figure under the hair is slim...Norris was chubby with a pronounced double chin, his head almost merging into his neck rather than just sitting on top of it. The hair may have been similar to Norris', but the head/body profile wasn't the same.
It has to be Norris. As Gary pointed out, had it been Palmer, he would have taken over Childs when they were alone in the bedroom together.
That cut to Thing from Adam's Family was perfect xD
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Fantastic review of one of my all time faves!
I love off the shelf reviews
I’ve been waiting for this review, excellent stuff guys! Thank you, thank you 😊
Awesome review, one of my favourite movies.
Top bollocks top shelf review of one of the greats. As you were discussing the casting and how the cast got to know their characters and how natural it turned out, it reminded me of Alien. How that crew interacted as regular workers on a space truck. Same feel. Same overlapping dialogue.
To all the critics that said The Thing was a bad movie I have this message: WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU SMOKING WHEN YOU REVIEWED THIS???!!!
1987MartinT I agree 100% 👍
GreetIngs from Michigan! Love you guys and love this movie!!
Really looking forward to this review, hope u both had a good Halloween guys 👊👊
I love the fact that MacReady's number one character trait that makes him the perfect foil for the thing is set up right from the get-go: he loses at computer chess, and instead of trying again, he drops his drink into the computer and fries the circuit board. If he is outplayed, he will scorch the earth. That's why he won.
My favorite MacReady moment in the entire film is when he breaks back into the supply room with dynamite and a flare, half-frozen, covered in frost, and ready to blow everything and everyone sky-high if they fuck with him. It's just a continuation of that trait in him to do whatever it takes to win, and it's what ultimately destroys the creature... probably.
Definitely one of my favorite films for all the reasons listed here - #1 for Carpenter, and in my top 10 of all time.
Best creature feature movie ever made..
It's already been established that, since the thing can hold copies of dna within itself at the cellular level, Since even some simple plants have 100 times the dna size of a human, then the thing can keep thousands of copies of DNA from all creatures within just one of it's cells.
It's a parasite
I just love your reviews. Keep em going!
I love The Thing and i love your review..it reflects how i feel like no other reviews i have seen.
Welldone🙏
Beautiful analysis! One of my favorite films ever. I love to think about this film over and over and reconsider different theories. Greetings from the U.S. :)
OMG this movieee! Oh how I wish they do a sequal with Kurt Russell living in the cave hiding from the thing 30 years on.
Finally!!! I was waiting for this review!
Yes!! My favourite horror movie also!!