Fun fact: the Norwegian pilot was shouting (in Norwegian) a spoiler for the entire film: "Get the hell outta there. That's not a dog, it's some sort of thing! It's imitating a dog, it isn't real! Get away, you idiots!" I just love that little detail; he shouts a clear, concise warning that makes total sense--if only you know the language.
@@amandamiquilena That's true. However, he is also a guy who's been stuck in Antarctica for some time and is wildly shooting and tossing grenades. Given that, a little hard to tell if his warning, whatever it might be, should be taken seriously. Isolation and extreme conditions can take quite the toll on as social an animal as humanity. He might have been yelling that the dog was a Freemason who'd stolen his aura or something.
@@michaelccozens Perhaps they were worried that might offend Norwegian speakers. There can't be to many nations with Antarctic research bases...so limited to what nation it would be....Mind you being a movie you could of said it was anyone..As long as it was a language the Americans may not have know..so as to keep the mystery as to why he was shooting at the dog. Then again no matter what the nationality they choose....if the film showed in that nation...the audience would lose the mystery element.
I don't remember were I found it, but, I found a list of trivia about the movie that claimed the dog was actually half-wolf, which was why he acted so skittishly around the main cast and the other dogs
For real, people never hone in on the dog immediately, usually it’s on the long scenes of the dog inside the facility that people start to suspect the dog, never in the first ten minutes of the movie. 🙌👏🙌👏🙌👏.
Does Amanda know Norwegian(3:00 - 3:10)? The actor with the rifle probably isn't a native speaker but he gives pretty understandable warnings about the dog before opening fire at the US base.
The dog, Jed, was amazing in this movie. The corridor scene, he walks into shot, stops, walks a little, stops... walks, stops and looks into one of the rooms... then walks again, stops, looks into the second room, stops breathing for a second, thinks, then goes into the room. All the while, the crew of 5 or 6 people with cameras and lights, and the director, are all in front of him, moving backwards as he walks... and not once did Jed falter or even look at he camera or the crew. Then the kennel scene as well... walks half way in, stops, waits... looks carefully... walks another step... stops... walks, stops, then carefully and almost robotically drops to an overly-uniformed laying position, keeping his head perfectly straight. Not bad for a dog that was only 4 years old, and this was his first acting job.
Hardly, in one interview Carpenter explained that the scene where the dog was staring at the wall in the Kennel took 271 takes, and the one at the start where the Nowegian gets out of the helicopter, they had to shoot all the scenes without the dog and then shoot the dog with a trainer later. If you notice you never actually see the dog with any of the actors in that scene.
19:55 John Carpenter said that roar is the screams of every creature that thing has consumed in the universe. Btw you're perceptive about the little details in the practical effects and the movie itself, this quality unfortunately most react people lack.
The effects were done by master creature designer Rob Bottim and as you can see 40 years later still hold up incredibly well. No awards were received for this movie. Rob got so sick on working on the effects he had to be flown outof Alaska to a Hospital. It was found out that he had severe dehydration and blood problems.
Whaaaattt? Wow, thanks for sharing this info. I find it very interesting and relatable. This video took me 24 hours to edit (non consecutive) and I had to take strong medication for my migraines in order to finish it and post it in time ( yeah, I know this sounds excessive but I like working hard and being responsible). I'm only saying it because OF COURSE i'm not as talented as Rob Bottim but OMG I sure can understand how passion and perfectionism can make you physically sick and how IT SUCKS when you make all that effort and people don't appreciate it. I didn't know he didn't get any awards...well, a least the movie became a classic and it's mostly thanks to him.
@@daveb947 Winston was asked to do the kennel scene as Bottin was completely overwhelmed with so many effects shots. The official documentary is called Terror Takes Shape and is fantastic.
@@paulfromt.o.7384 Yeah, and Winston asked for his name to be omitted from the credits because he felt Bottin had done so much he deserved sole credit. Stand-up guy.
This has got to be the best reaction video to this film I’ve ever seen, the small detail that you noticed at the start of the film is incredible because most reacters think that the Norwegians are evil for trying to kill the dog but in reality they are being heroic.
"Are we sure this Thing didn't come from Hell?" LOL! THAT has got to be the greatest comment I've heard from any reaction I've ever seen! Instant subscription.
@@86leewis Unless you're truly religious by heart, not every single person really cares what the Bible says whether it makes sense out of anything or not, especially when some people get very touchy about the subject of faith and reality along with belief and behavior
@@86leewis no need to worry, I'm not offended because I'm not religious by heart, I've barely read the bible at all I never get touchy when it comes to religious stuff because it's just not me, it's not my style
I have seen more than a few reactions to this movie and they all are mad at the dog being shot at, no one says the dog is evil that soon. You really picked up on that very early. Your reactions are always very entertaining. The Exorcist is another great horror movie from that time. If you want a fun horror action movie watch Big Trouble in Little China (another great performance by Kurt Russell).
I was just going to post something similar. Everybody feels for the dog at first, but few realize that maybe they had a good reason for shooting at it.
I feel like some of these reactors are saying the things they think they’re supposed to say: I know people have changed since this film was made and are super sentimental about dogs, especially young women, but I do think they’re hamming it up a little with the dog stuff.
Helps to speak 🇳🇴 also, that flower thing that came from the dog was made from dog tongues and canine teeth (fake) if you pause it, and listen to the commentary.
Amanda: This is soooo disturbing. 😱 The Thing: I'm just a space spider with eye-mouth-tentacles, standing in front of a girl, asking her to be digested. 😢
"They should leave before it gets dark" In Antarctica you have 6 months of daylight followed by 6 months of darkness. Mac even mentioned "First week of winter".
Notice that the creepy music doesn't kick in until Childs drinks from the bottle, the same one that MacReady was drinking from? Also, it makes more sense that the Thing would want two of itself to be frozen intact, rather than one. Much better chances of eventually being recovered that way.
Congratulations little lady...you just watched the best horror/suspense movie ever made.. and you got a new subscriber when you said you loved practical effects...I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions to other classics...thanks!..was fun✌️☺️
They hardly made them this good then, either. There's a reason this film is still remembered when many other films of the same era have long been forgotten.
Fun fact: For The Thing prequel that came out in around 2010 they filmed the entire movie with practical effects by the same guy who did it for this first movie, it was looking absolutely fantastic you can find some footage on RUclips. But then the post prod decided to replace ALL th practical effects by CGI which is really unfortunate because it would have looked much better with the practical effects...
@@TheMayanGuy Higher ups keep making that decision for some reason and it wrecks these films. They almost did it to The Mandalorian too but Herner Werzog called them out and they backed off
I love your reaction!!! I think at the end they were both infected and didn’t even know it. Since earlier McCreedy says the thing wants to freeze and they can’t let it happen. But by the end he is suggesting they allow themselves to freeze
Great review of possibly the best practical effects horror ever oh and 33:04 "what if he wasnt fully transformed yet" I thought I was the only one who thought that because you can still hear his muffled screaming *shudder* also others commented but yeah you calling out the dog at the beginning makes you legit one of if not only that has, great job!
This is my favorite movie of all time. I recently started watching all the reaction videos, and this is my favorite of those so far. I was amazed how you asked very logical questions, at points, only to have the actors ask the same question a few seconds later. It made me appreciate how well written this script was. I have always appreciated the score by Ennio Morricone, the practical effects by Rob Bottin, and the direction of John Carpenter, but now I have a greater appreciation for the script, and the flow. This is one of the few movies I've ever watched that I can find zero wrong with. Thanks so much for this reaction video. I wish I could go back, and see it again for the first time!
speaking of CGI the remake from a few years ago started with practical effects but the producers thought it looked dated...so they went with lots of terrible CGI and it's just bad
You handled that well! I didn't read to the comments so I don't know if anybody told you there are sequels in comic book form or if you would graphic novels. There's the prequel movie in 2011. As well as a lot of RUclips information mostly people just questioning what actually happened and who did what to whom. I'm surprised you didn't jump more, maybe you were jumping on the inside but outwardly you were pretty cool about it! This is one of my favorite movies, next to Alien aliens and predator and Terminator and of course the Star Wars movies. Will be watching to see what else you watch, hope you enjoy the ride!
Rob Bottin, who did the special effects work on this film, was in his early 20s when he worked on this movie. Apparently he passed out from working too hard during production, so they brought in Stan Winston's company to help out, who I think only did the kennel creature.
A fun detail in the original story this is based on, titled Who Goes There?, is that they deliberately sabotage the vehicles to keep it from escaping to the outside world. But they keep the radio functional and report in normally to prevent any rescue attempts. It's a surprisingly tense read and captures the paranoia of the situation wonderfully.
22:18 If it’s a perfect imitation, the problem is that you’re probably just going to end up asking questions it already knows. When the Thing assimilates a new life-form, it takes over, and copies every aspect of the host, including the brain. This means it can absorb the memories and personalities of its victims. This is seen throughout the film as The Thing imitates not only the physical appearance, but also the habits and mannerisms of its host, allowing it to blend in, and choose when to attack. Interestingly enough, The Thing acquires the strengths and weaknesses of its host. Like Norris, and his weak heart for example. Ultimately the Thing is a highly intelligent and deceptive Alien parasite, which makes it all the more terrifying.
I think the scariest aspect of the Thing is the idea that the imitation might be so perfect that people don't know that they are copies. Not until their body starts moving on its own.
This movie used to disturb me so much. The practical effects is what makes it a classic. They don’t make them like these anymore. The sequel, which was shot in the 2000s was actually decent because they kept using practicals.
There are no security questions. The thing really takes it all, memories, personality. It could be your best friend or lover and you would never know. Probably why this film is so great
6:03 "most visually disturbing movie i've seen" she says as she moves closer to the screen to see the horror 😂 one of my all time favorite movies, so well done! this is my first viewing of your channel, i look forward to seeing some more! 👍
Those bottles were being used as Molotov's, it was a final test for childs. He should have reacted to the fuel in the bottles, but he didn't. That is why KR smiles, teh Thing, slipped up and Childs was revealed as an imposter.
@@joshpatten1540 the situation is a bit like the supposed remark overheard in a crowd when leaving the cinema after the first of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. "That wasn't much of an ending."
Morricone's score is one of the best in his career, I think. One of the very few times Carpenter did not do the score. I can imagine Carpenter being in awe of him accepting to do the score.
Hi again. I made a snarky comment before about not watching horror movies in broad daylight, but that was before I watched your video all the way through. I still think you should brave a darker room, but I did want to compliment you on the video. Your reactions seemed very genuine, and I appreciated that you were appreciating the craft of the film making along with the movie itself. I saw in your bio that you enjoy making short films so I would suggest that you try and get your hands on a copy of The Thing with the director's commentary track which also features the star of the film - Kurt Russel. It's one of the most entertaining ones I've ever heard, and also quite informative. Oh, and I am now subscribed to your channel.
Loved watching you watch one of the greatest films ever made. Somehow I missed this one back in the day, saw it later on VHS, and was blown away. So many great movies were made back then.
This is one of the most perfect cosmic horror films. From the suggestion of an ancient "evil", to the paranoia, to the hint of the indifference of the universe, to the ambiguous ending, it has all of the markers of horror that gets under your skin. I first saw this film three and a half decades ago, and it's still one of my favorites, making me think about the implications of this terror long after I've watched it.
Blair was building a ship because it wasn't Blair. The Thing (Alien) just wanted to get out to consume other beings. The Thing has obviously been to many other planets before Earth as evident by the tentacles, crab like legs and almost dinosaur like head at the end.
Thank you Amanda for reacting to The Thing (1982) it is one of my favourite horror movies. Have you ever seen The Exorcist (1973) it is arguably the best horror movie and I would love to see your reaction to it
This is one of the best reaction videos to The Thing I've seen. You're quick on picking up clues. May I recommend The Fly from 1986, and Downfall from a couple years ago?
This is just a theory by fans, but it's one of the most well known once, and I feel like the ending makes so much more sense through it, even if it is I believe confirmed to not be intended. The theory says that MacReady at the end had replaced the liquor in the bottle with fuel, since the creature only imitates and does not know what things taste like. That's why he doesn't take a drink himself before he gives the bottle to Childs, who then drinks the fuel without noticing anything odd about it. Idk, I knew this theory before I ever watched the movie, so it's hard for me to watch that scene at the end without thinking about it.
I like this theory too. It’s also noticed that MacReady is bellowing steam as he breathes and Childs is not. As in, MaCready is breathing like a human, but Child’s is not.
If you want to read something super interesting, read the short story The Things by sci-fi author Peter Watts. He tells this story from the point of view of the alien...and it's much different than what you assume when watching this movie.
There's also a book called "Short Things", where a number of SF writers do short stories based on the original source material. It's uneven, but worthwhile for fans to pick up.
My favorite part is when MacReady tells them we need to warm things up a little around here. We're not getting out of here alive... But neither is that Thing. It's acceptance but not simply of your own death, but your own death will be best case scenario. This film is still one of the most terrifying concepts. It's Antarctica, you've nowhere to go, 0 life exists there beyond penguins and whales, that's it. The winters get down to -200°F with winds at 70mph. You have nowhere to go. You're in a chess battle of wits between you and The Thing. Such a good film.
I thought for sure you speak Norwegian because it really seemed you understood what the pilot was saying. Kudos for catching on. Usually the scene in the kennel catches everyone off guard. You seemed to be straddling a line between I'm loving this and I'm gonna pass out. Great reaction.
This was a good reaction, at points you where transfixed. When you saw the spiderhead you had the WTF face followed by blurting out "WHAT THE F." Fun to see a 40yr old film still shocking the viewer with those practical effects.
A detail I love: at 13:34 Wilford Brimley uses his pencil to poke at bits of the Thing, then at 13:44 he taps the pencil to his lips. Also, I love how he puts on gloves, and then shoves his entire dang arm inside the Thing. Why even bother with the gloves? I swear, the things you notice when you have pandemic-brain.
The movie posits that it would take three years for the Thing to take over the Earth. After experiencing this pandemic, that number should be adjusted to eight months.
The idea of small particle of The Thing taking over entire organism was just a theory, that Fuchs came up with, so that men could prevent infection should it work this way. However, we, as an audience, know that this theory did not work [at least in the movie] For neither Blair during autopsy, Clark during petting the Dog/Thing, nor Mac and Copper during putting burnt Thing from Norwegian base into the chopper were infected.
@@Antagonopolis Well Blair is a Thing and we don't know when he became one, so it's possible he was exposed during one of the autopsies (his continuing to come up with theories that are directly harmful to the Thing could be a product of the creature trying to deflect suspicion, the "not knowing you're infected" theory, etc). Given fur isn't living cells it's readily possible that petting the dog-Thing didn't infect Clark. The outer layer of the burned Thing is also dead tissue, so Mac and Copper wouldn't have been exposed to live Thing cells just by picking it up.
The scary thing is, the Galaxy is so vast we could spend 1,000 years looking and find nothing in a Galaxy teaming with life, I've always thought Blair got infected during the Autopsy, he puts the pen he uses to poke the thing to his mouth. I would recommend for you react to Event Horizon,
3:49 Well, gotta say, I've watched a lot of reactions to this movie. Congrats on guessing the true nature of the dog so quickly. Most don't catch on till the dog transforms.
Great reaction, l love that you picked up on details most don’t see til after a few viewings. I always figured that Macready blowing it up at the end would only allow hundreds of pieces of the creature to be scattered around to freeze until the rescue team arrived and there would be no chance then to isolate it. If the blood reacted by itself each piece would then be a threat to the world. Their best chance would’ve been to let everything freeze including themselves with written notations on each person’s body detailing what had happened, at least giving some warning not to remove or defrost anything.
Well given the blood was no longer under Palmer-Thing's control (otherwise he could have passed the blood test) it's likely that below a certain level parts of the Thing no longer have any kind of collective intelligence, and so the bits of Blair-Thing wouldn't be much of a threat to the rescue team. The Thing also seems to require sense organs which it wouldn't be able to form at such a small size, since the blood just flees chaotically. Also the heat of the dynamite detonation and the subsequent fire in the generator shed would probably have been enough to destroy the fragments anyway.
I feel bad, I didn't make a recommendation, have you seen "American Werewolf In London"? Great effects and a touch of dark humor! Please people, she will love it! My first time here, I have no power!
17:11, I mean anything is possible, if we can live on a planet with animals/lizards that can camouflage with the environment, lizards that can shoot blood out of their eyes, giantsquids at the bottom of the ocean that we almost know nothing about, giant plant creatures that used to exist way back before humanity that was almost or the complete of the statue of liberty in the ocean I think, gigantic sharks that used ate whales like a snack, and us being a species that we are still unaware if we are just humans that just existed or aliens that forgot their origin, it's not too suprising to assume that aliens like this would exist, especially since there are many possibilities that we can in the observable universe, it would not be crazy to think that this exists somewhere out there just waiting to be exposed...
New sub here. I really enjoyed your reaction to this. This movie is one of my favorite movies from the 80s that showcases practical effects. I would also highly recommend An American Werewolf in London (1981), and The Fly (1986) if you haven't seen them already. I should also mention Alien (1979) & Aliens (1986), as they are not only classic masterpieces in movie cinema history, but they also use great practical effects. Enjoy!
I already watched The Fly but I'm adding the other three to my suggestion list. Thanks for suscribing just please be a little patient as I want to do more movie reactions but I've also been doing some shows that I should, of course, continue 👍
@@amandamiquilena please react to these horror movies A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) Child's Play (1988) The Howling(1981) The Lost Boys (1987) Scream (1996) Pet Semetary (1989) Candyman (1992) From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) It Follows (2014) Gremlins (1984) The Evil Dead (1981) Evil Dead 2 (1987) Army Of Darkness (1992) Halloween (1978) Here's some action movies for you to react to Police Story (1985) Enter The Dragon (1973) First Blood (1982) The Terminator (1984) Terminator 2 Judgement Day (1991) Fist Of Legend (1994) True Lies (1994) Speed(1994) Point Break(1991) Lethal Weapon (1987) RoboCop (1987) Total Recall (1990) Predator (1987) Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000) Legend Of The Drunken Master (1994) Die Hard(1988) The Protector (2005) The Raid Redemption (2011) The Raid 2(2014) Kung Fu Hustle (2004) Beverly Hills Cop (1984) Smokin Aces(2007) Shoot'Em Up (2007) El Mariachi (1992) Desperado (1995) Once Upon A Time In Mexico(2003) Once Upon A Time In China (1990) Mr. Nice Guy (1998) The Matrix(1999) The Last Boy Scout (1991)
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You are smart. You began your suspicions about the dog from the very beginning. Most of yt reactors fall in love with dog (because is cute) and they tend to believe that norwegian guy is an "evil man" without wondering why he is trying to kill that animal in the first place.
Love the reaction btw. It's such a good movie and holds up incredibly well.....I would say timeless. The practical effects.....like you said are always 100% better than cgi. (I believe the artist name is Ralph Baker???.... Though I am probably wrong but he us the practical effects wizard.....like Frank Welker is to voices (though the torch passed to Dee Bradley Baker)) I also love thata before this Kurt Russel was a Disney Star. Starring in tons of movies and a lot of them are super fun. He's such a good actor. I would reccomend "Sphere" after this. While no where near this level of effects I feel the tone and feel is similar to this movie.....definetly got some inspiration from this Classic that..(in my opinion) if you love movies is required viewing alongside "Alien" along the same genre. Sorry was long....oh and yes......it's kind of impossible for aliens NOT to exist. The universe is simply too massive lol.
The 'Ralph Baker' you thinking of is probably Rick Baker who did all sorts of special effects work stuff most notably An American Werewolf in London effects he then did again for Michael Jackson's Thriller.
I've seen some comments suggesting Alien so, I'll add it to my list 👍 and I had no idea that Kurt Russell used to work for Disney, wow. You wouldn't imagine that by watching him here. His performance was very dark.
@@amandamiquilena Yes, definitely watch Alien! The sequel Aliens is also worth watching. It's often considered one of the best sequels ever made. If you liked Kurt Russell, you might want to watch Big Trouble in Little China. It's a bit of a quirky action-comedy movie that isn't everyone's taste but it does have a cult following of people who love it. He's also in Quentin Tarantino's Hateful Eight which is a really good film with lots of suspense and great characters.
This movie is considered part 1 of John Carpenters "Apocalypse" trilogy, 3 narratively unconnected movies he made depicting the 1st days of the End of the World. This should help clarify the ending a bit for some, the other 2 movies are "Prince of Darkness" & "In the Mouth of Madness"
This might be my favorite reaction to this movie. On one hand, I like seeing people's surprise from certain parts, but I enjoyed how many things you caught onto before they happened.
Love seeing reactions to my favorite movie, and you're a fun reactor! Great job picking up on the dog. Also I must say I find your accent very pleasing to listen to. If you're looking for more content and are okay with gore in a different context I think reacting to Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers are classics and always good for both the entertainer and audience, as long as you're up for sad war films. They're great though so hope you go for something like that!
Bro aren't you tired of seeing the same movies over and over getting reactions? Everybody suggests the same fucking movies lmao. Why? Who gives a shit about another Saving Private Ryan reaction by the 1547387th reactor? Let's suggest movies nobody reacted to. Speaking of reactors, they're spreading like mushrooms lol, daily suggested by dumb youtube.
@@spongebobandplanktonshould2920 I think some of us are guilty of loving seeing people react to our favorites. I've watched a million The Thing reactions cause its one of my favorites 😅 I get your point though
Exorcist, Jaws, Die Hard, Scarface, Godfather 1-2. Saving Private Ryan. Such a great reaction, and if you don't mind saying so. You are a stunningly gorgeous woman. P.S. Stay safe and be well !
Worst case scenario is this continues to repeat and play out in larger and larger events . . . . Thanks for that face when the tentacle grabbed the blasting machine and pulled it down the hole.
What a great reaction. Most people dismiss this movie because of the gore. But you handled it very well and appreciated the practical effects. BTW according to the story this was based on, Blair destroys the communications equipment because he realizes the thing is so sophisticated that it can even become a radio wave. Crazy!
1/2 Great reaction, Amanda! Thanks! What follows is my reaction to yours, as it occurred to me. I apologize for the extremely-excessive length. Hopefully some might find some value in it, but if not, so be it. I generally write to clarify my own thinking, in any case. Wheatus was not a reference I was expecting to encounter today. Kudos! IIRC, the opening "reveal of title" effect was created by filling a fishtank with smoke, shining a light through it and a stencil of the title, and then hanging a garbage bag in front of the whole contraption. Setting fire to garbage bag from the bottom and letting the flame climb haphazardly upwards created the "reveal" effect. Practical effects are full of wonderful little MacGyver moments like that (do people still know who MacGyver is?). If I can give my two cents on your question about "talking too much", talk (or whatever!) when you feel the urge to do so. We're here to see your reaction. If it bothers some, I'm sure they can find something more to their tastes elsewhere. Can't please everybody, so may as well stay true to your intentions, as much as is practicable. 3:00 I don't think he was trying to bury the grenade. He was trying to find it to throw it further away from the helicopter's fuel tanks. We don't know it at the time, but the Norwegians have already destroyed their camp, so if the American station becomes exposed, the Norwegians would need the helicopter to have any hope of reaching somewhere that would protect them from both the Thing and the weather. Plus, the guy was likely too close to escape the kill radius of the combined grenade and helicopter explosion anyway, especially in snow, so trying to find the explosive was really his only chance at survival. 3:15 Off-topic, but the "breaking the window to shoot" thing is so common in movies that some people assume it has tactical value. It very much doesn't - in fact, it gives away your position to anyone watching or listening - but it does obscure the fact that movie guns use blanks, not actual bullets, and therefore have no projectile to break the window if you left it intact. 6:29 I'm pretty sure you're giving exactly the reaction Carpenter was going for. The warning about the dog's death scene was very considerate. Good catch on the eyes (human eyes, no less). Don't know if you saw it, but the "flower" that emerges after the eye-lump splits open is made of dog tongues and teeth. Great examples of how the Thing uses the anatomy and biology it's absorbed to create new adaptive forms. Worth noting that basically every time there's a cut, a whole new effects rig is introduced. The sheer number of separate devices they had to build is mind-boggling. 16:38 "Chariots of the Gods" was a popular book (and series) in the '70s promoting a conspiracy theory about aliens being regular visitors in Earth's history and enabling the construction of various huge structures by ancient civilizations. Basically the precursor to that "It's All Aliens!!" guy on the History Channel. Kinda insulting to our ancestors, as well; they did that shit. They were just as smart as we are, if not smarter, though we like to think otherwise (an example of "historical bias"). Smart enough, anyway, to use primitive tech and immense amounts of labour to do things so amazing we think them impossible. Ancient peoples could do almost anything we can today (with notable exceptions, of course). It just took a lot more time and back-breaking drudgery without machines and energy that wasn't generated by muscles. 18:34 This is a great example of Hitchcock's differentiation between "shock" and "suspense" (paraphrase); "Shock is a bomb going off. Suspense is two characters sitting at a table having a discussion, when the audience knows there's a bomb at their feet, and they don't". 19:25 Probably not strictly "alone" - it didn't mind assimilating one of the dogs while the others in the kennel looked on - but it's an infiltrator by nature, like some of the "slaver" ant species. And infiltration requires that the target remain unaware of, or at least unable to locate and destroy, the infiltrator. 19:53 A bit of a sad possibility is that the Thing was attempting to communicate with the humans at this point. Hard to blame it for trying to secure its safety before attempting dialogue with other creatures, if it even understood that humans were capable of that level of communication prior to around that moment. To a hive-mind/super-organism like an ant colony, killing a few individuals would be like us losing a few cells when we stub our toe, so it might not even grasp that it was snuffing-out unique genetic lines via its actions. Lots of potential for violent misunderstanding generating further violence. There's been some work on solving these types of potential problems in NASA projects considering what we should do if and when we encounter alien life. 21:01 That axe Blair was wielding was not supposed to go through that table quite as well as it did. You can see how close it comes to splitting Kurt's skull. Blair's attempting to destroy any ability of the camp to escape or call for rescue, as well as (possibly?) attempting to destroy all data on the creature entirely. He's already decided the camp and all in it are lost. He's trying to protect the rest of the world, and possibly trying to keep the alien and the ship from being re-discovered at all, at least as much as he can. 22:03 Blair probably would have gone after Clark, if he had any way to be sure that Clark was the only instance of the Thing in camp at that time. 22:18 This has been a big question for philosophers for a long time. Goes to the nature of identity and individuality. Your solution is a good one, but what if, since memory is a physical phenomenon (and much less reliable than we think; we basically re-create our memories every time we "recall" them, and not necessarily faithfully. Very disturbing implications if you accept that our definition of self is built on memory), the perfect imitation inherently has your memories, as well? This is similar to the famous thought experiment referenced in "WandaVision", called "The Ship of Theseus". For those who may not know, say you have a historical ship (Theseus's, in this case), and you keep it for display in a museum. Over time, the boards making up the ship begin to rot, so you replace them as needed. Eventually, the entire ship has been replaced. Is it still the Ship of Theseus? Why/why not? What if you removed and replaced the original boards one-by-one, and used the original materials to make a whole "new" identical ship. Which of the two is now the "real" Ship of Theseus? Both? Neither? Why? It's a fun thing to consider when you're feeling a little too secure in your existence. An extension of that type of thought experiment is, "If the world around you were removed and replaced with an identical copy while you slept, how would/could you know?". For some, this is more than an idle thought; there's a psychological condition where people feel, for whatever reason, that exactly that scenario has occurred, and nothing can free them of the fundamental conviction that the "world" is no longer "their" world. What this means for the nature of memory and perception is still being unraveled. 25:03 Fair point on people not being able to get out of the base, but there's nowhere to go. It's a winter storm in Antarctica; conditions in those have been known to get colder than the surface of Mars, with windchills up to around -80 C. Nobody without a heated and insulated space-suit would last long in that. And the visibility can get so bad that they really do string-up hand-lines to go 20 feet between buildings, because you can easily get disoriented and freeze within that distance. The polar regions do not screw around. An interesting point here is that, while the movie is more about individual paranoia and suspicion, the original story had a heavy layer of commentary on the possibility of and tremendous (possibly irrational) fear around the concept of Communist infiltration. The Thing's semi-non-individualized nature is something of a reference to how Communist society was viewed at the time of the original writing by many of those most fearful of it. 27:25 Carpenter's attention to detail is on great display here. For that 2-second shot of the doctor without his arms, he located and hired an actor who was actually missing both of his upper limbs. 28:36 Don't know if it was known at the time, but it's been observed that evolution on Earth seems to have a special affinity for crab-like animals. Such species seem to have evolved independently many times throughout the history of life on this planet. Probably a coincidence here, but neat. 30:26 That's a very good question. Do instances of the Things necessarily know what they are? Either way, what does that mean for their replicating ability and its relationship to identity? 31:24 More great detail from Carpenter here. Before the jump-scare, he had the same fake hand prop in the same position, filmed from the same angle, in a previous shot. This has the effect of giving the audience the unconscious expectation that the hand is "safe", as nothing happened the first time we saw it, so why would that change? Really makes the shock feel earned and genuine, rather than cheap, as jump-scares sometimes feel in less-skilled hands. 32:33 Gotta take a moment to appreciate the stuntperson doing that incredibly-intense fire walk. They're just engulfed. I don't know how they didn't come out of that with serious burns. 36:32 Those are real explosives Russell is throwing there. A couple of them went off a lot closer than was planned. It was lucky no-one was injured. 1/2
They actually made a Prequel (which is also called "THE THING") to this Movie back in 2011. It also takes place in Antarctica in 1982 and 3 days before the events of the John Carpenter Movie and it is the story of what happened at the Norwegian Base (the base where the Dog-Thing came from). The Prequel stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Joel Edgerton. Now I myself actually like the Prequel although it is not anywhere even close to being as good as the John Carpenter Movie. The Prequel definitely does have a lot of flaws, it also unfortunately has got a lot of really bad CGI in it as well. The reason why it has bad CGI is because back when they first made the Prequel, they did indeed do Practical Effects in it but after filming on the Prequel was finished and it then went into Post-Production, The Studio watched the Prequel and for some reason, they did not like the Practical Effects in it and so very late into Post-Production, The Studio hired the guys who did the CGI for the Movie "DISTRICT 9" to come in and cover over a majority of the Practical Effects in the Prequel with the CGI which they did. The fact that it was all done so late into Post-Production of the Prequel (like almost at the last minute) is 1 of the main reasons why I myself think the CGI looks so bad. However, I myself still like the Prequel and if that sort of thing (really bad CGI) is not something that bothers you then you should check out the Prequel as well whenever you have chance. Again, it is not anywhere even close to being as good as the John Carpenter Movie and so if you watch the Prequel, don't go into expecting to see a Movie that is better or on the exact same level as the John Carpenter Movie. Basically if you do watch the Prequel then when you go into it, just lower your expectations.
Great choice of movie. I enjoyed your reaction. To answer your question, yes, I believe in the existence of aliens, but not necessarily that they're hanging around the Earth. Do more movies. Speaking only for myself, I like movie reactions better than most of what you've been doing. See you for the next one.
I like reacting to movies but if you ever want your channel to do any growing or progress at all, you gotta go with what most of the people want and ask. That's why you can see way more reactions to shows than cinema on my channel. Whenever I react to movies, people just don't watch (it was not the case with this video tho) and yeah yeah, people say "do what you like, it's your channel" but it reaaally really, reaaaally, really sucks to work on something for 20+ hours and seeing it flop after you post it (not to mention all the wasted time and work) but you know what, I'm going to make more movie reactions, I'm feeling motivated after this video 😄
@@amandamiquilena There are many movie reaction channels that don't do many shows, yet do succeed, so there's got to be a way. I'll be glad if you do more, because I enjoyed watching you react. There are many channels for which I'd like to subscribe based on the person, but just can't because their taste in subject matter is too far from mine.
@@amandamiquilena Oh well, too bad. You should still watch it on your own time. I will check in to see if you do some movies, I'll check them out if you decide to. :-)
The practical effects in this movie are 40 years old, and look better than most of the CGI created for films that cost 100 times more than this masterpiece of fear and paranoia. I've lost count how many times I've watched this over the years, it's at least 50 (probably more). Yes I do believe there is alien life out there, but it's more likely in my opinion to be something small like bacteria than a huge creature that wants to kill us :)
It kind of was made today, in the form of a prequel. It had practical effects but for some unfathomable reason someone chose to cover them up with not-the-best CGI
Great reaction Amanda! Great editing and unlike TOO MANY reactors, you're not babbling all the time, very refreshing, one of the greatest horror movie of all time, thanks and keep up the good work!
no.... the actor here who plays norris... the man having a heart attack.... the actor.... charles hallahan..... poor guy died of a heart attack in real-life while driving home.......R.I.P.....charlie.
Perhaps the artistic difference between practical effects and CGI could be compared to sculpting vs painting? "The Thing" is truly one of the greats within the horror genre. In psychological horror, you generally don't see all that much of the antagonist - much is intentionally left to your imagination. While I'd definitely place "The Thing" in the psychological horror genre with its sense of dread, isolation and paranoia, it's also very visual in a way I find unusual when that genre's concerned. First time visitor here and I enjoyed your reaction a great deal! You've got another subscriber!
The little theory was childs was infected and macready handed him a bottle of gasoline he had left of the molotov explosives since childs wasn't showing any visible breath in the extreme cold> And thats why he was laughing. Plus the whole movie was about not trusting anyone and what the thing caused panic and confusion.>There is a prequel and kinda dwelves into the norwegian camp and how it all started. There are plenty of theories out there but it's for you to decide who is the thing ??
I think it was last year or year before, someone finally asked Keith David about the breath thing and he said he never noticed it and that they probably edited it in post, implying that even he doesn't know if Childs was infected.
Childs is still wearing an earring at the end. If you've seen the prequel it shows, fillings and metal parts implants,jewelry, don't transfer to the imitations
One of my favourite horror movies - that great blend of "simple" horror premise, of a creature slowly killing off the crew from the shadows, mixed with intrigue and scifi goodness. I remember hearing that this a spiritual successor to a much older film, The Thing from Another World, though I've never seen that one so no idea if it holds up. There's also a more recent prequel based on the crew of the first base that they investigate. I'd highly, highly recommend Alien and Aliens after this if you enjoyed the combination of horror, scifi elements and practical effects. Maybe Predator too, another movie I love that has a sort of similar vibe with that "simple" horror premise. Your reaction to Garry's way of being killed/turned into the thing with the hand over the mouth - almost the opposite to me! I found that one of the freakier deaths. Still freaks me out I think the likely hood of our planet being the only one to have life in the entire universe is highly unlikely. Is any of the potential life out there intelligent? I sure hope so!
2/2 (apologies for the awkward formatting; RUclips is having fits) 40:48 It's been noted that Carpenter's ambiguous ending leaves the audience with a taste of the uncertainty, fear, and paranoia that had tortured the characters throughout the story. Couple of last thoughts; it's not made entirely clear whether, or to what degree, instances of the Thing might have a hive-mind or some variety of telepathic or other connection with each other. An interesting variable to consider. The production of this film was intense and somewhat troubled. Makes for good reading, if it's of interest. Finally, was Rick's garbage ship from "Rick and Morty" possibly inspired by Blair-Thing's half-built craft? Looks very similar, even in size. Whoever may have read this far, thanks, and I hope you feel my comments were at least somewhat worth your time. And thanks again, Amanda! Always fascinating to see how new audiences react to these pieces, and whether/how well they hold-up over time.
So cool to see someone enjoying a film I was introduced to in 1989, and is still one of my all time favs. It always made me laugh though that there were Norwegians who didn't speak English. In the real world Norwegians speak better English than I do.
Haha, great react! One of my favorite horror movies. The the ending is left open ended, and adds to the anxiety. I couldn't imagine the Horrors of " The Thing" actually making it to a populated area of the world . 😳
There's a short story called "The Things" written from the creature's perspective that has some interesting speculations regarding why the creature acts the way it does: for example, that Norris actually did die of a heart attack because a shapeshifter simply had no concept of a defective organ, and that the reason people continue to act normally is that the creature, being a perfectly distributed cellular intelligence, doesn't understand the function of the brain and finds it horrific when it realises how creatures on this planet work. Also there's an implication in the ending that Childs is a Thing because you can see MacReady's breath but not his.
Fun fact: the Norwegian pilot was shouting (in Norwegian) a spoiler for the entire film: "Get the hell outta there. That's not a dog, it's some sort of thing! It's imitating a dog, it isn't real! Get away, you idiots!"
I just love that little detail; he shouts a clear, concise warning that makes total sense--if only you know the language.
Kind of spoilt it for Norwegian audiences.....
Oh, cool! Interesting! but you can also kind of tell that he's giving them a warning just by his tone and how stressed he was 😄
@@amandamiquilena That's true. However, he is also a guy who's been stuck in Antarctica for some time and is wildly shooting and tossing grenades. Given that, a little hard to tell if his warning, whatever it might be, should be taken seriously. Isolation and extreme conditions can take quite the toll on as social an animal as humanity. He might have been yelling that the dog was a Freemason who'd stolen his aura or something.
@@Bodneyblue Kinda weird that the studio didn't spring for a couple lines of ADR for the Norwegian market. How much could it have possibly cost?
@@michaelccozens Perhaps they were worried that might offend Norwegian speakers. There can't be to many nations with Antarctic research bases...so limited to what nation it would be....Mind you being a movie you could of said it was anyone..As long as it was a language the Americans may not have know..so as to keep the mystery as to why he was shooting at the dog. Then again no matter what the nationality they choose....if the film showed in that nation...the audience would lose the mystery element.
"The dog is evil." You're the first reactor I've seen who actually got it from the beginning!
Oh yeah. I was pleasantly surprised. Most always said: oh the poor dog. Congratulations to Amanda.
I don't remember were I found it, but, I found a list of trivia about the movie that claimed the dog was actually half-wolf, which was why he acted so skittishly around the main cast and the other dogs
For real, people never hone in on the dog immediately, usually it’s on the long scenes of the dog inside the facility that people start to suspect the dog, never in the first ten minutes of the movie. 🙌👏🙌👏🙌👏.
Does Amanda know Norwegian(3:00 - 3:10)? The actor with the rifle probably isn't a native speaker but he gives pretty understandable warnings about the dog before opening fire at the US base.
@@walterchavez3081 If I'm remembering it right he's the brother of one of the other actors, don't remember which one though
The dog, Jed, was amazing in this movie.
The corridor scene, he walks into shot, stops, walks a little, stops... walks, stops and looks into one of the rooms... then walks again, stops, looks into the second room, stops breathing for a second, thinks, then goes into the room.
All the while, the crew of 5 or 6 people with cameras and lights, and the director, are all in front of him, moving backwards as he walks... and not once did Jed falter or even look at he camera or the crew.
Then the kennel scene as well... walks half way in, stops, waits... looks carefully... walks another step... stops... walks, stops, then carefully and almost robotically drops to an overly-uniformed laying position, keeping his head perfectly straight.
Not bad for a dog that was only 4 years old, and this was his first acting job.
Part of it is he isn't just a dog, he's half-wolf with a lot of wolf-like mannerisms.
Almost like he was trained or something...
@@Cheepchipsableand he was trained damn well! One of the best dog actors I’ve ever seen!
Hardly, in one interview Carpenter explained that the scene where the dog was staring at the wall in the Kennel took 271 takes, and the one at the start where the Nowegian gets out of the helicopter, they had to shoot all the scenes without the dog and then shoot the dog with a trainer later. If you notice you never actually see the dog with any of the actors in that scene.
19:55 John Carpenter said that roar is the screams of every creature that thing has consumed in the universe.
Btw you're perceptive about the little details in the practical effects and the movie itself, this quality unfortunately most react people lack.
The effects were done by master creature designer Rob Bottim and as you can see 40 years later still hold up incredibly well. No awards were received for this movie. Rob got so sick on working on the effects he had to be flown outof Alaska to a Hospital. It was found out that he had severe dehydration and blood problems.
I think Stan Winston even helped out a bit. Havent watched the behind the scenes doc in a while but i may be thinking about another movie.
Whaaaattt? Wow, thanks for sharing this info. I find it very interesting and relatable. This video took me 24 hours to edit (non consecutive) and I had to take strong medication for my migraines in order to finish it and post it in time ( yeah, I know this sounds excessive but I like working hard and being responsible). I'm only saying it because OF COURSE i'm not as talented as Rob Bottim but OMG I sure can understand how passion and perfectionism can make you physically sick and how IT SUCKS when you make all that effort and people don't appreciate it. I didn't know he didn't get any awards...well, a least the movie became a classic and it's mostly thanks to him.
@@daveb947 Winston was asked to do the kennel scene as Bottin was completely overwhelmed with so many effects shots. The official documentary is called Terror Takes Shape and is fantastic.
Still kinda look like rubber and fake-fur animatronics, but having something obviously, physically there with the actors can be a bonus.
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Yeah, and Winston asked for his name to be omitted from the credits because he felt Bottin had done so much he deserved sole credit. Stand-up guy.
This has got to be the best reaction video to this film I’ve ever seen, the small detail that you noticed at the start of the film is incredible because most reacters think that the Norwegians are evil for trying to kill the dog but in reality they are being heroic.
"Are we sure this Thing didn't come from Hell?" LOL! THAT has got to be the greatest comment I've heard from any reaction I've ever seen! Instant subscription.
Well, this movie is part of Carpenter's Apocalypse Trilogy along with Prince of Darkness and In the Mouth of Madness.
There is no hell, so I doubt it. I don't remember anything mentioned in the bible about it either.
@@86leewis Unless you're truly religious by heart, not every single person really cares what the Bible says whether it makes sense out of anything or not, especially when some people get very touchy about the subject of faith and reality along with belief and behavior
@@brandonblanton2609 that was sort of a joke. Sorry if you were offended.
@@86leewis no need to worry, I'm not offended because I'm not religious by heart, I've barely read the bible at all I never get touchy when it comes to religious stuff because it's just not me, it's not my style
I have seen more than a few reactions to this movie and they all are mad at the dog being shot at, no one says the dog is evil that soon. You really picked up on that very early. Your reactions are always very entertaining. The Exorcist is another great horror movie from that time. If you want a fun horror action movie watch Big Trouble in Little China (another great performance by Kurt Russell).
Big Trouble is one of my favourite films. I wouldn't even call it horror really. It's... something else! 😀
I was just going to post something similar. Everybody feels for the dog at first, but few realize that maybe they had a good reason for shooting at it.
I feel like some of these reactors are saying the things they think they’re supposed to say: I know people have changed since this film was made and are super sentimental about dogs, especially young women, but I do think they’re hamming it up a little with the dog stuff.
Helps to speak 🇳🇴 also, that flower thing that came from the dog was made from dog tongues and canine teeth (fake) if you pause it, and listen to the commentary.
@@pssthpok BTiLC is just pure insane fun. One of my all time favorites.
Amanda: This is soooo disturbing. 😱
The Thing: I'm just a space spider with eye-mouth-tentacles, standing in front of a girl, asking her to be digested. 😢
"They should leave before it gets dark" In Antarctica you have 6 months of daylight followed by 6 months of darkness. Mac even mentioned "First week of winter".
The ending is perfect because ur mind goes crazy thinking of all the possibility :)
What I love is that when someone asks Carpenter "who is what" at the end, he answers something different every time
I like the "their both still human but, slowly succumbing to paranoia" interpretation
Notice that the creepy music doesn't kick in until Childs drinks from the bottle, the same one that MacReady was drinking from? Also, it makes more sense that the Thing would want two of itself to be frozen intact, rather than one. Much better chances of eventually being recovered that way.
No one seems to consider the possibility that Mac is the only one there and that Childs is a hallucination.
@@goji8416 Childs is human or was but he died in the sequel,
He lives and wasn't infected in the Canon
Congratulations little lady...you just watched the best horror/suspense movie ever made.. and you got a new subscriber when you said you loved practical effects...I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions to other classics...thanks!..was fun✌️☺️
"I love practical effects."
Subbed.
Such a great movie wish they could still make them like this today
Me too! Including the practical effects.
They sorta did with "Harbinger Down". Unfortunately, the script was terrible.
They hardly made them this good then, either. There's a reason this film is still remembered when many other films of the same era have long been forgotten.
Fun fact: For The Thing prequel that came out in around 2010 they filmed the entire movie with practical effects by the same guy who did it for this first movie, it was looking absolutely fantastic you can find some footage on RUclips. But then the post prod decided to replace ALL th practical effects by CGI which is really unfortunate because it would have looked much better with the practical effects...
@@TheMayanGuy Higher ups keep making that decision for some reason and it wrecks these films. They almost did it to The Mandalorian too but Herner Werzog called them out and they backed off
I love your reaction!!!
I think at the end they were both infected and didn’t even know it. Since earlier McCreedy says the thing wants to freeze and they can’t let it happen. But by the end he is suggesting they allow themselves to freeze
Great review of possibly the best practical effects horror ever oh and 33:04 "what if he wasnt fully transformed yet" I thought I was the only one who thought that because you can still hear his muffled screaming *shudder* also others commented but yeah you calling out the dog at the beginning makes you legit one of if not only that has, great job!
So happy you reacted to this! When my dad showed it to me and my brother, as teenagers no less, he told me to remember the name John Carpenter.
This is my favorite movie of all time. I recently started watching all the reaction videos, and this is my favorite of those so far. I was amazed how you asked very logical questions, at points, only to have the actors ask the same question a few seconds later. It made me appreciate how well written this script was. I have always appreciated the score by Ennio Morricone, the practical effects by Rob Bottin, and the direction of John Carpenter, but now I have a greater appreciation for the script, and the flow. This is one of the few movies I've ever watched that I can find zero wrong with. Thanks so much for this reaction video. I wish I could go back, and see it again for the first time!
this is a very chill reaction to a movie a lot of people find disturbing 😄 glad you are still making videos
speaking of CGI the remake from a few years ago started with practical effects but the producers thought it looked dated...so they went with lots of terrible CGI and it's just bad
*Points in spider man meme
Jed the Dog is one of the great animal actors ever! He's half-wolf which explains why he was often so still in his movements
We so often overlook the skill of animals in movies
Geez, they are frikkin trained!
All Jed did was walk around a bit, expressionless - like Steven Segal.
The dog in The Mask had way more range.
You handled that well! I didn't read to the comments so I don't know if anybody told you there are sequels in comic book form or if you would graphic novels. There's the prequel movie in 2011. As well as a lot of RUclips information mostly people just questioning what actually happened and who did what to whom. I'm surprised you didn't jump more, maybe you were jumping on the inside but outwardly you were pretty cool about it! This is one of my favorite movies, next to Alien aliens and predator and Terminator and of course the Star Wars movies. Will be watching to see what else you watch, hope you enjoy the ride!
Rob Bottin, who did the special effects work on this film, was in his early 20s when he worked on this movie. Apparently he passed out from working too hard during production, so they brought in Stan Winston's company to help out, who I think only did the kennel creature.
A fun detail in the original story this is based on, titled Who Goes There?, is that they deliberately sabotage the vehicles to keep it from escaping to the outside world. But they keep the radio functional and report in normally to prevent any rescue attempts. It's a surprisingly tense read and captures the paranoia of the situation wonderfully.
22:18 If it’s a perfect imitation, the problem is that you’re probably just going to end up asking questions it already knows. When the Thing assimilates a new life-form, it takes over, and copies every aspect of the host, including the brain. This means it can absorb the memories and personalities of its victims. This is seen throughout the film as The Thing imitates not only the physical appearance, but also the habits and mannerisms of its host, allowing it to blend in, and choose when to attack. Interestingly enough, The Thing acquires the strengths and weaknesses of its host. Like Norris, and his weak heart for example. Ultimately the Thing is a highly intelligent and deceptive Alien parasite, which makes it all the more terrifying.
I think the scariest aspect of the Thing is the idea that the imitation might be so perfect that people don't know that they are copies. Not until their body starts moving on its own.
This movie used to disturb me so much. The practical effects is what makes it a classic. They don’t make them like these anymore. The sequel, which was shot in the 2000s was actually decent because they kept using practicals.
There are no security questions. The thing really takes it all, memories, personality. It could be your best friend or lover and you would never know. Probably why this film is so great
Super cool you!! Randomly caught your review of my favorite movie ever. Instant sub. Haha
6:03 "most visually disturbing movie i've seen" she says as she moves closer to the screen to see the horror 😂 one of my all time favorite movies, so well done! this is my first viewing of your channel, i look forward to seeing some more! 👍
It's because it's both horrific and fascinating, like "what am I _looking_ at here?"
The hangman’s noose in Blair’s prison makes me think he realized that he was infected and was going to kill himself but the thing stopped him.
The ambiguous ending upset a lot of people. It's left to the imagination.
...or left for a sequel, although it seems there was a made for TV spin-off.
All the clues are there to figure out who was who not just for the ending, but throughout the whole movie.
Those bottles were being used as Molotov's, it was a final test for childs. He should have reacted to the fuel in the bottles, but he didn't. That is why KR smiles, teh Thing, slipped up and Childs was revealed as an imposter.
Well if you look at childs breath you don't see it but McCreadys you see it it. I don't know but I thought that to be weird and childs drank after him
@@joshpatten1540 the situation is a bit like the supposed remark overheard in a crowd when leaving the cinema after the first of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. "That wasn't much of an ending."
Morricone's score is one of the best in his career, I think. One of the very few times Carpenter did not do the score. I can imagine Carpenter being in awe of him accepting to do the score.
Hi again. I made a snarky comment before about not watching horror movies in broad daylight, but that was before I watched your video all the way through. I still think you should brave a darker room, but I did want to compliment you on the video. Your reactions seemed very genuine, and I appreciated that you were appreciating the craft of the film making along with the movie itself. I saw in your bio that you enjoy making short films so I would suggest that you try and get your hands on a copy of The Thing with the director's commentary track which also features the star of the film - Kurt Russel. It's one of the most entertaining ones I've ever heard, and also quite informative. Oh, and I am now subscribed to your channel.
Loved watching you watch one of the greatest films ever made. Somehow I missed this one back in the day, saw it later on VHS, and was blown away. So many great movies were made back then.
I think nothing else compares to this. It is the best sci-fi horror film of all-time IMO.
9:42 "He's gonna eat all of them" I laughed so hard! Lol
It's hard to believe this classic film is 40 years old
This is one of the most perfect cosmic horror films. From the suggestion of an ancient "evil", to the paranoia, to the hint of the indifference of the universe, to the ambiguous ending, it has all of the markers of horror that gets under your skin. I first saw this film three and a half decades ago, and it's still one of my favorites, making me think about the implications of this terror long after I've watched it.
Blair was building a ship because it wasn't Blair. The Thing (Alien) just wanted to get out to consume other beings. The Thing has obviously been to many other planets before Earth as evident by the tentacles, crab like legs and almost dinosaur like head at the end.
Why does everyone assume it just wants to turn everything and not simply try to escape ?
Thank you Amanda for reacting to The Thing (1982) it is one of my favourite horror movies.
Have you ever seen The Exorcist (1973) it is arguably the best horror movie and I would love to see your reaction to it
Love that you always go closer to screen to get an even better view on disgusting scenes.
This is one of the best reaction videos to The Thing I've seen. You're quick on picking up clues. May I recommend The Fly from 1986, and Downfall from a couple years ago?
The destroyed Norwegian base is ACTUALLY the recycled blown up base from the ending. By reusing the set, they saved $250.000 in costs for filming!!
This is just a theory by fans, but it's one of the most well known once, and I feel like the ending makes so much more sense through it, even if it is I believe confirmed to not be intended.
The theory says that MacReady at the end had replaced the liquor in the bottle with fuel, since the creature only imitates and does not know what things taste like. That's why he doesn't take a drink himself before he gives the bottle to Childs, who then drinks the fuel without noticing anything odd about it.
Idk, I knew this theory before I ever watched the movie, so it's hard for me to watch that scene at the end without thinking about it.
I like this theory too. It’s also noticed that MacReady is bellowing steam as he breathes and Childs is not. As in, MaCready is breathing like a human, but Child’s is not.
If you want to read something super interesting, read the short story The Things by sci-fi author Peter Watts. He tells this story from the point of view of the alien...and it's much different than what you assume when watching this movie.
There's also a book called "Short Things", where a number of SF writers do short stories based on the original source material. It's uneven, but worthwhile for fans to pick up.
He didn't bury the grenade, it slipped out of his hand due to the thick arctic gloves - they make it hard to get a good grip.
Other great sci-fi/horror movies from the same era, with amazing special effects are: Alien, Aliens and The Fly
My favorite part is when MacReady tells them we need to warm things up a little around here. We're not getting out of here alive... But neither is that Thing.
It's acceptance but not simply of your own death, but your own death will be best case scenario. This film is still one of the most terrifying concepts. It's Antarctica, you've nowhere to go, 0 life exists there beyond penguins and whales, that's it. The winters get down to -200°F with winds at 70mph. You have nowhere to go. You're in a chess battle of wits between you and The Thing.
Such a good film.
Thank you for being the first reactor I have seen to acknowledge how great of an actor the dog is. And the hat. 🙂
I thought for sure you speak Norwegian because it really seemed you understood what the pilot was saying. Kudos for catching on. Usually the scene in the kennel catches everyone off guard. You seemed to be straddling a line between I'm loving this and I'm gonna pass out. Great reaction.
You have a really good sense of comedic editing, haha. Your reaction and use of text onscreen are super well timed
This was a good reaction, at points you where transfixed. When you saw the spiderhead you had the WTF face followed by blurting out "WHAT THE F." Fun to see a 40yr old film still shocking the viewer with those practical effects.
A detail I love: at 13:34 Wilford Brimley uses his pencil to poke at bits of the Thing, then at 13:44 he taps the pencil to his lips. Also, I love how he puts on gloves, and then shoves his entire dang arm inside the Thing. Why even bother with the gloves?
I swear, the things you notice when you have pandemic-brain.
The movie posits that it would take three years for the Thing to take over the Earth.
After experiencing this pandemic, that number should be adjusted to eight months.
If you paid close attention the pencil never touched the flesh
wow, good catch.
The idea of small particle of The Thing taking over entire organism was just a theory, that Fuchs came up with,
so that men could prevent infection should it work this way.
However, we, as an audience, know that this theory did not work [at least in the movie]
For neither Blair during autopsy, Clark during petting the Dog/Thing,
nor Mac and Copper during putting burnt Thing from Norwegian base into the chopper were infected.
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Well Blair is a Thing and we don't know when he became one, so it's possible he was exposed during one of the autopsies (his continuing to come up with theories that are directly harmful to the Thing could be a product of the creature trying to deflect suspicion, the "not knowing you're infected" theory, etc). Given fur isn't living cells it's readily possible that petting the dog-Thing didn't infect Clark. The outer layer of the burned Thing is also dead tissue, so Mac and Copper wouldn't have been exposed to live Thing cells just by picking it up.
The scary thing is, the Galaxy is so vast we could spend 1,000 years looking and find nothing in a Galaxy teaming with life,
I've always thought Blair got infected during the Autopsy, he puts the pen he uses to poke the thing to his mouth.
I would recommend for you react to Event Horizon,
Everytime I watch this movie, just like you mentionned, I am super impressed as how good of an actor the dog was. Very good reaction, stay awesome
3:49 Well, gotta say, I've watched a lot of reactions to this movie. Congrats on guessing the true nature of the dog so quickly. Most don't catch on till the dog transforms.
Same and agreed! Also one of the few reactors to remember and question “where’s Child’s?”
It's because the dog is very good at playing his role and looking innocent. Amazing dog actor 😂😂💕
Great reaction, l love that you picked up on details most don’t see til after a few viewings.
I always figured that Macready blowing it up at the end would only allow hundreds of pieces of the creature to be scattered around to freeze until the rescue team arrived and there would be no chance then to isolate it. If the blood reacted by itself each piece would then be a threat to the world. Their best chance would’ve been to let everything freeze including themselves with written notations on each person’s body detailing what had happened, at least giving some warning not to remove or defrost anything.
Well given the blood was no longer under Palmer-Thing's control (otherwise he could have passed the blood test) it's likely that below a certain level parts of the Thing no longer have any kind of collective intelligence, and so the bits of Blair-Thing wouldn't be much of a threat to the rescue team. The Thing also seems to require sense organs which it wouldn't be able to form at such a small size, since the blood just flees chaotically.
Also the heat of the dynamite detonation and the subsequent fire in the generator shed would probably have been enough to destroy the fragments anyway.
I love that when others would be recoiling and covering their eyes, you are leaning in with eyes glued to the screen.
This is my all-time favourite movie. And, as big as the universe is, we can't be alone. It's inevitable. Thank you for this reaction.
I feel bad, I didn't make a recommendation, have you seen "American Werewolf In London"? Great effects and a touch of dark humor! Please people, she will love it! My first time here, I have no power!
17:11, I mean anything is possible, if we can live on a planet with animals/lizards that can camouflage with the environment, lizards that can shoot blood out of their eyes, giantsquids at the bottom of the ocean that we almost know nothing about, giant plant creatures that used to exist way back before humanity that was almost or the complete of the statue of liberty in the ocean I think, gigantic sharks that used ate whales like a snack, and us being a species that we are still unaware if we are just humans that just existed or aliens that forgot their origin, it's not too suprising to assume that aliens like this would exist, especially since there are many possibilities that we can in the observable universe, it would not be crazy to think that this exists somewhere out there just waiting to be exposed...
New sub here. I really enjoyed your reaction to this. This movie is one of my favorite movies from the 80s that showcases practical effects. I would also highly recommend An American Werewolf in London (1981), and The Fly (1986) if you haven't seen them already. I should also mention Alien (1979) & Aliens (1986), as they are not only classic masterpieces in movie cinema history, but they also use great practical effects. Enjoy!
I already watched The Fly but I'm adding the other three to my suggestion list. Thanks for suscribing just please be a little patient as I want to do more movie reactions but I've also been doing some shows that I should, of course, continue 👍
@@amandamiquilena please react to these horror movies
A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
Child's Play (1988)
The Howling(1981)
The Lost Boys (1987)
Scream (1996)
Pet Semetary (1989)
Candyman (1992)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
It Follows (2014)
Gremlins (1984)
The Evil Dead (1981)
Evil Dead 2 (1987)
Army Of Darkness (1992)
Halloween (1978)
Here's some action movies for you to react to
Police Story (1985)
Enter The Dragon (1973)
First Blood (1982)
The Terminator (1984)
Terminator 2 Judgement Day (1991)
Fist Of Legend (1994)
True Lies (1994)
Speed(1994)
Point Break(1991)
Lethal Weapon (1987)
RoboCop (1987)
Total Recall (1990)
Predator (1987)
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000)
Legend Of The Drunken Master (1994)
Die Hard(1988)
The Protector (2005)
The Raid Redemption (2011)
The Raid 2(2014)
Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Smokin Aces(2007)
Shoot'Em Up (2007)
El Mariachi (1992)
Desperado (1995)
Once Upon A Time In Mexico(2003)
Once Upon A Time In China (1990)
Mr. Nice Guy (1998)
The Matrix(1999)
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
You are smart. You began your suspicions about the dog from the very beginning. Most of yt reactors fall in love with dog (because is cute) and they tend to believe that norwegian guy is an "evil man" without wondering why he is trying to kill that animal in the first place.
Love the reaction btw. It's such a good movie and holds up incredibly well.....I would say timeless. The practical effects.....like you said are always 100% better than cgi. (I believe the artist name is Ralph Baker???.... Though I am probably wrong but he us the practical effects wizard.....like Frank Welker is to voices (though the torch passed to Dee Bradley Baker)) I also love thata before this Kurt Russel was a Disney Star. Starring in tons of movies and a lot of them are super fun. He's such a good actor.
I would reccomend "Sphere" after this. While no where near this level of effects I feel the tone and feel is similar to this movie.....definetly got some inspiration from this Classic that..(in my opinion) if you love movies is required viewing alongside "Alien" along the same genre.
Sorry was long....oh and yes......it's kind of impossible for aliens NOT to exist. The universe is simply too massive lol.
Truth! Rob Bottin was the main makeup and effects guy. Totally right about practical stuff holding up so much better over time than CGI.
Kurt Russel also played Major League Baseball. He was a pitcher but lost his arm young.
The 'Ralph Baker' you thinking of is probably Rick Baker who did all sorts of special effects work stuff most notably An American Werewolf in London effects he then did again for Michael Jackson's Thriller.
I've seen some comments suggesting Alien so, I'll add it to my list 👍 and I had no idea that Kurt Russell used to work for Disney, wow. You wouldn't imagine that by watching him here. His performance was very dark.
@@amandamiquilena Yes, definitely watch Alien! The sequel Aliens is also worth watching. It's often considered one of the best sequels ever made.
If you liked Kurt Russell, you might want to watch Big Trouble in Little China. It's a bit of a quirky action-comedy movie that isn't everyone's taste but it does have a cult following of people who love it. He's also in Quentin Tarantino's Hateful Eight which is a really good film with lots of suspense and great characters.
I love that at the most disturbing, disgusting parts you leaned in to get a closer look.
This movie is considered part 1 of John Carpenters "Apocalypse" trilogy, 3 narratively unconnected movies he made depicting the 1st days of the End of the World. This should help clarify the ending a bit for some, the other 2 movies are "Prince of Darkness" & "In the Mouth of Madness"
In the Mouth of Madness is such an underrated film, and is one of Sam Neil's best roles imo
This might be my favorite reaction to this movie. On one hand, I like seeing people's surprise from certain parts, but I enjoyed how many things you caught onto before they happened.
Love seeing reactions to my favorite movie, and you're a fun reactor! Great job picking up on the dog. Also I must say I find your accent very pleasing to listen to.
If you're looking for more content and are okay with gore in a different context I think reacting to Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers are classics and always good for both the entertainer and audience, as long as you're up for sad war films. They're great though so hope you go for something like that!
Empire of the Sun is one of my favorites that I rarely see reactions to in the War category.... that and Behind Enemy Lines.
Bro aren't you tired of seeing the same movies over and over getting reactions? Everybody suggests the same fucking movies lmao. Why? Who gives a shit about another Saving Private Ryan reaction by the 1547387th reactor? Let's suggest movies nobody reacted to. Speaking of reactors, they're spreading like mushrooms lol, daily suggested by dumb youtube.
@@spongebobandplanktonshould2920 I think some of us are guilty of loving seeing people react to our favorites. I've watched a million The Thing reactions cause its one of my favorites 😅 I get your point though
How did I not know you reacted to this, I’m so excited to see your reaction😁
It's absolutely incredible to see the reaction of someone who *knows* Norwegian watching this movie.
Exorcist, Jaws, Die Hard, Scarface, Godfather 1-2. Saving Private Ryan. Such a great reaction, and if you don't mind saying so. You are a stunningly gorgeous woman. P.S. Stay safe and be well !
Great fun watching you react to this.
You really enjoyed it. The suspense, acting and effects make this a classic.
Amazing reaction. If you like splatter/gore movies I suggest you the The Evil Dead Trilogy.
Worst case scenario is this continues to repeat and play out in larger and larger events . . . . Thanks for that face when the tentacle grabbed the blasting machine and pulled it down the hole.
You're welcome 😂😂
I am impressed ! I`ve watched dozens of reactions to this film , and you are the first one who realized there was something wrong with the dog !
Your reactions are fun to watch! I hope your channel takes off; I'd love to see more!
From "the things" point of view, it's not an evil force... it's just trying to survive.
oh, you dont know how to interpret evil looking sounding things then
If it has no control over its cellular process, no indeed, it's not evil
@@longfootbuddy You're pretty slow, aren't you?
@@Blutteufel you want to make out with the thing, dont you?
What a great reaction. Most people dismiss this movie because of the gore. But you handled it very well and appreciated the practical effects. BTW according to the story this was based on, Blair destroys the communications equipment because he realizes the thing is so sophisticated that it can even become a radio wave. Crazy!
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Great reaction, Amanda! Thanks! What follows is my reaction to yours, as it occurred to me. I apologize for the extremely-excessive length. Hopefully some might find some value in it, but if not, so be it. I generally write to clarify my own thinking, in any case.
Wheatus was not a reference I was expecting to encounter today. Kudos!
IIRC, the opening "reveal of title" effect was created by filling a fishtank with smoke, shining a light through it and a stencil of the title, and then hanging a garbage bag in front of the whole contraption. Setting fire to garbage bag from the bottom and letting the flame climb haphazardly upwards created the "reveal" effect. Practical effects are full of wonderful little MacGyver moments like that (do people still know who MacGyver is?).
If I can give my two cents on your question about "talking too much", talk (or whatever!) when you feel the urge to do so. We're here to see your reaction. If it bothers some, I'm sure they can find something more to their tastes elsewhere. Can't please everybody, so may as well stay true to your intentions, as much as is practicable.
3:00 I don't think he was trying to bury the grenade. He was trying to find it to throw it further away from the helicopter's fuel tanks. We don't know it at the time, but the Norwegians have already destroyed their camp, so if the American station becomes exposed, the Norwegians would need the helicopter to have any hope of reaching somewhere that would protect them from both the Thing and the weather. Plus, the guy was likely too close to escape the kill radius of the combined grenade and helicopter explosion anyway, especially in snow, so trying to find the explosive was really his only chance at survival.
3:15 Off-topic, but the "breaking the window to shoot" thing is so common in movies that some people assume it has tactical value. It very much doesn't - in fact, it gives away your position to anyone watching or listening - but it does obscure the fact that movie guns use blanks, not actual bullets, and therefore have no projectile to break the window if you left it intact.
6:29 I'm pretty sure you're giving exactly the reaction Carpenter was going for.
The warning about the dog's death scene was very considerate.
Good catch on the eyes (human eyes, no less). Don't know if you saw it, but the "flower" that emerges after the eye-lump splits open is made of dog tongues and teeth. Great examples of how the Thing uses the anatomy and biology it's absorbed to create new adaptive forms.
Worth noting that basically every time there's a cut, a whole new effects rig is introduced. The sheer number of separate devices they had to build is mind-boggling.
16:38 "Chariots of the Gods" was a popular book (and series) in the '70s promoting a conspiracy theory about aliens being regular visitors in Earth's history and enabling the construction of various huge structures by ancient civilizations. Basically the precursor to that "It's All Aliens!!" guy on the History Channel. Kinda insulting to our ancestors, as well; they did that shit. They were just as smart as we are, if not smarter, though we like to think otherwise (an example of "historical bias"). Smart enough, anyway, to use primitive tech and immense amounts of labour to do things so amazing we think them impossible.
Ancient peoples could do almost anything we can today (with notable exceptions, of course). It just took a lot more time and back-breaking drudgery without machines and energy that wasn't generated by muscles.
18:34 This is a great example of Hitchcock's differentiation between "shock" and "suspense" (paraphrase); "Shock is a bomb going off. Suspense is two characters sitting at a table having a discussion, when the audience knows there's a bomb at their feet, and they don't".
19:25 Probably not strictly "alone" - it didn't mind assimilating one of the dogs while the others in the kennel looked on - but it's an infiltrator by nature, like some of the "slaver" ant species. And infiltration requires that the target remain unaware of, or at least unable to locate and destroy, the infiltrator.
19:53 A bit of a sad possibility is that the Thing was attempting to communicate with the humans at this point. Hard to blame it for trying to secure its safety before attempting dialogue with other creatures, if it even understood that humans were capable of that level of communication prior to around that moment. To a hive-mind/super-organism like an ant colony, killing a few individuals would be like us losing a few cells when we stub our toe, so it might not even grasp that it was snuffing-out unique genetic lines via its actions. Lots of potential for violent misunderstanding generating further violence. There's been some work on solving these types of potential problems in NASA projects considering what we should do if and when we encounter alien life.
21:01 That axe Blair was wielding was not supposed to go through that table quite as well as it did. You can see how close it comes to splitting Kurt's skull.
Blair's attempting to destroy any ability of the camp to escape or call for rescue, as well as (possibly?) attempting to destroy all data on the creature entirely. He's already decided the camp and all in it are lost. He's trying to protect the rest of the world, and possibly trying to keep the alien and the ship from being re-discovered at all, at least as much as he can.
22:03 Blair probably would have gone after Clark, if he had any way to be sure that Clark was the only instance of the Thing in camp at that time.
22:18 This has been a big question for philosophers for a long time. Goes to the nature of identity and individuality. Your solution is a good one, but what if, since memory is a physical phenomenon (and much less reliable than we think; we basically re-create our memories every time we "recall" them, and not necessarily faithfully. Very disturbing implications if you accept that our definition of self is built on memory), the perfect imitation inherently has your memories, as well?
This is similar to the famous thought experiment referenced in "WandaVision", called "The Ship of Theseus". For those who may not know, say you have a historical ship (Theseus's, in this case), and you keep it for display in a museum. Over time, the boards making up the ship begin to rot, so you replace them as needed. Eventually, the entire ship has been replaced. Is it still the Ship of Theseus? Why/why not? What if you removed and replaced the original boards one-by-one, and used the original materials to make a whole "new" identical ship. Which of the two is now the "real" Ship of Theseus? Both? Neither? Why? It's a fun thing to consider when you're feeling a little too secure in your existence.
An extension of that type of thought experiment is, "If the world around you were removed and replaced with an identical copy while you slept, how would/could you know?". For some, this is more than an idle thought; there's a psychological condition where people feel, for whatever reason, that exactly that scenario has occurred, and nothing can free them of the fundamental conviction that the "world" is no longer "their" world. What this means for the nature of memory and perception is still being unraveled.
25:03 Fair point on people not being able to get out of the base, but there's nowhere to go. It's a winter storm in Antarctica; conditions in those have been known to get colder than the surface of Mars, with windchills up to around -80 C. Nobody without a heated and insulated space-suit would last long in that. And the visibility can get so bad that they really do string-up hand-lines to go 20 feet between buildings, because you can easily get disoriented and freeze within that distance. The polar regions do not screw around.
An interesting point here is that, while the movie is more about individual paranoia and suspicion, the original story had a heavy layer of commentary on the possibility of and tremendous (possibly irrational) fear around the concept of Communist infiltration. The Thing's semi-non-individualized nature is something of a reference to how Communist society was viewed at the time of the original writing by many of those most fearful of it.
27:25 Carpenter's attention to detail is on great display here. For that 2-second shot of the doctor without his arms, he located and hired an actor who was actually missing both of his upper limbs.
28:36 Don't know if it was known at the time, but it's been observed that evolution on Earth seems to have a special affinity for crab-like animals. Such species seem to have evolved independently many times throughout the history of life on this planet. Probably a coincidence here, but neat.
30:26 That's a very good question. Do instances of the Things necessarily know what they are? Either way, what does that mean for their replicating ability and its relationship to identity?
31:24 More great detail from Carpenter here. Before the jump-scare, he had the same fake hand prop in the same position, filmed from the same angle, in a previous shot. This has the effect of giving the audience the unconscious expectation that the hand is "safe", as nothing happened the first time we saw it, so why would that change? Really makes the shock feel earned and genuine, rather than cheap, as jump-scares sometimes feel in less-skilled hands.
32:33 Gotta take a moment to appreciate the stuntperson doing that incredibly-intense fire walk. They're just engulfed. I don't know how they didn't come out of that with serious burns.
36:32 Those are real explosives Russell is throwing there. A couple of them went off a lot closer than was planned. It was lucky no-one was injured.
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They actually made a Prequel (which is also called "THE THING") to this Movie back in 2011.
It also takes place in Antarctica in 1982 and 3 days before the events of the John Carpenter Movie and it is the story of what happened at the Norwegian Base (the base where the Dog-Thing came from). The Prequel stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Joel Edgerton.
Now I myself actually like the Prequel although it is not anywhere even close to being as good as the John Carpenter Movie. The Prequel definitely does have a lot of flaws, it also unfortunately has got a lot of really bad CGI in it as well. The reason why it has bad CGI is because back when they first made the Prequel, they did indeed do Practical Effects in it but after filming on the Prequel was finished and it then went into Post-Production, The Studio watched the Prequel and for some reason, they did not like the Practical Effects in it and so very late into Post-Production, The Studio hired the guys who did the CGI for the Movie "DISTRICT 9" to come in and cover over a majority of the Practical Effects in the Prequel with the CGI which they did. The fact that it was all done so late into Post-Production of the Prequel (like almost at the last minute) is 1 of the main reasons why I myself think the CGI looks so bad.
However, I myself still like the Prequel and if that sort of thing (really bad CGI) is not something that bothers you then you should check out the Prequel as well whenever you have chance. Again, it is not anywhere even close to being as good as the John Carpenter Movie and so if you watch the Prequel, don't go into expecting to see a Movie that is better or on the exact same level as the John Carpenter Movie. Basically if you do watch the Prequel then when you go into it, just lower your expectations.
They're both great movies!
I enjoy the prequel as well. Plus that, one of the characters actually says the words "Among Us"
Great choice of movie. I enjoyed your reaction.
To answer your question, yes, I believe in the existence of aliens, but not necessarily that they're hanging around the Earth.
Do more movies. Speaking only for myself, I like movie reactions better than most of what you've been doing. See you for the next one.
I recommended "An American Werewolf In London" because of this.
I like reacting to movies but if you ever want your channel to do any growing or progress at all, you gotta go with what most of the people want and ask. That's why you can see way more reactions to shows than cinema on my channel. Whenever I react to movies, people just don't watch (it was not the case with this video tho) and yeah yeah, people say "do what you like, it's your channel" but it reaaally really, reaaaally, really sucks to work on something for 20+ hours and seeing it flop after you post it (not to mention all the wasted time and work) but you know what, I'm going to make more movie reactions, I'm feeling motivated after this video 😄
@@amandamiquilena There are many movie reaction channels that don't do many shows, yet do succeed, so there's got to be a way. I'll be glad if you do more, because I enjoyed watching you react. There are many channels for which I'd like to subscribe based on the person, but just can't because their taste in subject matter is too far from mine.
@@amandamiquilena Oh well, too bad. You should still watch it on your own time. I will check in to see if you do some movies, I'll check them out if you decide to. :-)
If they are, it's probably because they want to borrow money.
The practical effects in this movie are 40 years old, and look better than most of the CGI created for films that cost 100 times more than this masterpiece of fear and paranoia. I've lost count how many times I've watched this over the years, it's at least 50 (probably more). Yes I do believe there is alien life out there, but it's more likely in my opinion to be something small like bacteria than a huge creature that wants to kill us :)
on a side note, i was trying to think of who you reminded me of,... a young Neve Campbell. 😄
Good react. Nice to see younger folk appreciate practical effects.
Try 'In the Mouth of Madness' sometime!
Love your reactions and cute facial expressions throughout this amazing movie. Great stuff! 😉
This is a lesson in suspense. It’s a masterpiece.
Hey Sweden!!
You've got good instincts. Like the other person said most don't pick up on the dog being evil at the beginning so quickly. Oh, also, beautiful hair 😍
It kind of was made today, in the form of a prequel. It had practical effects but for some unfathomable reason someone chose to cover them up with not-the-best CGI
Great reaction Amanda! Great editing and unlike TOO MANY reactors, you're not babbling all the time, very refreshing, one of the greatest horror movie of all time, thanks and keep up the good work!
no.... the actor here who plays norris... the man having a heart attack.... the actor.... charles hallahan..... poor guy died of a heart attack in real-life while driving home.......R.I.P.....charlie.
Perhaps the artistic difference between practical effects and CGI could be compared to sculpting vs painting? "The Thing" is truly one of the greats within the horror genre. In psychological horror, you generally don't see all that much of the antagonist - much is intentionally left to your imagination. While I'd definitely place "The Thing" in the psychological horror genre with its sense of dread, isolation and paranoia, it's also very visual in a way I find unusual when that genre's concerned.
First time visitor here and I enjoyed your reaction a great deal! You've got another subscriber!
The little theory was childs was infected and macready handed him a bottle of gasoline he had left of the molotov explosives since childs wasn't showing any visible breath in the extreme cold> And thats why he was laughing. Plus the whole movie was about not trusting anyone and what the thing caused panic and confusion.>There is a prequel and kinda dwelves into the norwegian camp and how it all started. There are plenty of theories out there but it's for you to decide who is the thing ??
I think it was last year or year before, someone finally asked Keith David about the breath thing and he said he never noticed it and that they probably edited it in post, implying that even he doesn't know if Childs was infected.
The breath is hard to see because it's dark but it is there, it's more noticeable in the remastered version
Childs is still wearing an earring at the end. If you've seen the prequel it shows, fillings and metal parts implants,jewelry, don't transfer to the imitations
27:47 I don’t know why I just found your physical reaction here adorable…
One of my favourite horror movies - that great blend of "simple" horror premise, of a creature slowly killing off the crew from the shadows, mixed with intrigue and scifi goodness. I remember hearing that this a spiritual successor to a much older film, The Thing from Another World, though I've never seen that one so no idea if it holds up. There's also a more recent prequel based on the crew of the first base that they investigate.
I'd highly, highly recommend Alien and Aliens after this if you enjoyed the combination of horror, scifi elements and practical effects. Maybe Predator too, another movie I love that has a sort of similar vibe with that "simple" horror premise.
Your reaction to Garry's way of being killed/turned into the thing with the hand over the mouth - almost the opposite to me! I found that one of the freakier deaths. Still freaks me out
I think the likely hood of our planet being the only one to have life in the entire universe is highly unlikely. Is any of the potential life out there intelligent? I sure hope so!
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40:48 It's been noted that Carpenter's ambiguous ending leaves the audience with a taste of the uncertainty, fear, and paranoia that had tortured the characters throughout the story.
Couple of last thoughts; it's not made entirely clear whether, or to what degree, instances of the Thing might have a hive-mind or some variety of telepathic or other connection with each other. An interesting variable to consider.
The production of this film was intense and somewhat troubled. Makes for good reading, if it's of interest.
Finally, was Rick's garbage ship from "Rick and Morty" possibly inspired by Blair-Thing's half-built craft? Looks very similar, even in size.
Whoever may have read this far, thanks, and I hope you feel my comments were at least somewhat worth your time. And thanks again, Amanda! Always fascinating to see how new audiences react to these pieces, and whether/how well they hold-up over time.
There is a 2011 Movie also called The Thing, it's a Prequel to this Movie.
So cool to see someone enjoying a film I was introduced to in 1989, and is still one of my all time favs. It always made me laugh though that there were Norwegians who didn't speak English. In the real world Norwegians speak better English than I do.
Haha, great react! One of my favorite horror movies. The the ending is left open ended, and adds to the anxiety. I couldn't imagine the Horrors of " The Thing" actually making it to a populated area of the world . 😳
“All 27 Euros.” 🤣
The Blob from 1988 is another great horror movie and yes I belive in aliens💕
yes that is also a remake of the 1950's movie but still disturbing and i heard they were making a sequel to the 88 movie but idk any more info
Listen, that movie traumatized me as a child lol so I might revisit it as an adult and see how it goes 😄
There's a short story called "The Things" written from the creature's perspective that has some interesting speculations regarding why the creature acts the way it does: for example, that Norris actually did die of a heart attack because a shapeshifter simply had no concept of a defective organ, and that the reason people continue to act normally is that the creature, being a perfectly distributed cellular intelligence, doesn't understand the function of the brain and finds it horrific when it realises how creatures on this planet work.
Also there's an implication in the ending that Childs is a Thing because you can see MacReady's breath but not his.
27,000 hours is just 3 years, 3 months... :(